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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1918
Page
6
Local column records residents and visitors in Indiana yesterday and over the weekend. Names include W. Wi. Faith Perry Wallace May Lightheiser J. M. Smeltzer Walter Uliack Alfred, and many others from Blairsville Croekside Snieksburg Lovejoy and nearby townships. notes on funerals, schooling, and social calls.
Plans are underway for Indiana county to mark the entry of the United States into the war and launch the Third Liberty Loan of 3 billion. Senator Ernest L. Tustin and Lieut. Paul Perigord will speak from the Elks Building balcony if weather permits, with a 1 PM parade and 2:15 addresses, followed by draftees departing at 4 PM.
Deeds filed show numerous transactions across wards and townships. Names include George Miller, Harry Warner, John Clevenger, P S Rummel, John Bursky, Agnes Craig, James Streams, Ira Sell, Alex Dick, Charles Ross, Clinton Shaffer, Lillian Bracken, Curtis Bracken, Mary Dunlap, Burton Artemus, William Gardner, John Panchesi, Harry Greasley, John Lintner, C M Brandon, William Northcraft, George Yehuel, Nanumia Kelly, John Stewart, Clara Miller, D F Rinn, Curtis Stear, W S Carleton, George Highlands, W Laxman, Conemaugh Smokeless Coal Co, A W Buck, J C Weitzell, W R Weaver, J E Kunkle, many items noting ward, acreage, and sale price.
Baker team won the Cookport spelling contest for Green Township students by spelling 277 of 300. Nellie Crawford, George Spicher, and Larry Cooper of Cookport followed with 261, while Sara Roberts, Grace Williams, and Thelma Myers of Pine Flats tallied 288. Individual honors went to Pansy Nicholson with runners-up Sara Roberts and John (Pine Flats). County Treasurer J Cal Leasure praised achievements and urged year‑round effort.
W H Adams a Penn Run resident since 1871 and village postmaster for 17 years will retire and move to New Kensington to live with daughter Mrs W Vans. He plans a public sale of personal property in Penn Run soon. Social Chat Miss Stella Stear of Onberg was surprised by 50 friends at her sister’s home to celebrate her birthday with games and music and refreshments. In Texas Camp Alva Campbell left for San Antonio Pesus where he has enlisted in the tele graph branch of the aviation section Signi Corps. W K Davis of Jacksonville transacting county business enrolled as a Progress subscriber while in town.
Official Review summarizes US war effort from 1917 including troop and naval growth, expenditures, bonds, and industrial mobilization. It notes 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 enlisted in the Army, Navy near 21,000 officers and 320,000 enlisted, Liberty bond subscriptions totaling 6.6 billion dollars, and widespread production of ships, weapons, ammunition, and aircraft.
Wills dated 1917 and 1918 distribute Adams farm and other property among Martin siblings and descendants. Catherine Martin’s daughters receive life use of property with a council of estate. remainder divided among five children. Alex McConnell’s will leaves homestead to widow for life with son Slarry as heir. widow to receive one third of crops and livestock. Timber sale proceeds and stock bequest also outlined. MelKelvey estate provides widow lifetime heirship with subsequent division among four children and codicil adding bank stock. Executrices named alongside attorney marking executors.
County school directors will meet next Tuesday afternoon to elect a county superintendent for a three year term. Three candidates James Chapman Norman Work and Dot Wingar are vying, with the vote expected to hinge on qualifications for administrative leadership. Dwight Hillis will deliver the lecture, and the levy date will be announced later.
A miner from Claghorn in Lrushval ley township hunts for his wife who vanished last week with $400 and their seven children. He claims she fled with the money, while authorities pursue the missing children and wage earners. The couple are thought to have eloped after the wife left with the funds and a dentist’s work duties.
Margaret Loverich two years old of Homer City was seriously hurt yesterday afternoon when struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad engine while playing near the tracks. Her mother Mrs Henry Loverich is mentioned in nearby notices, as is Mrs G Christy of town who will serve as a field secretary for the Potomac division of the American Red Cross in Washington. Christy has long led local women’s clubs and helped establish Red Cross activities in the county, earning statewide recognition as a pioneer domestic welfare worker.
Geartiaed Pou Trew at Pinsacala engaged in archival work while recovering from severe cold. Camp Lee promotions include Slurry AM. Groat of Indiana to sergeant major, with earlier corporal rank. A crowd reception in Salisbury honored local families and servicemen. Newton Amnon, Saltshire resident, suffered a stroke while drilling, and several locals mourned the death of Mrs. Bide Devinnay aged 85 in Clarkshusi. Funeral services and burial occurred in Clarkshburg cemetery.
Jacob Cribbs 83 a lifelong Macklek resident was killed by a train Monday while walking along railroad tracks a half mile from the line authorities say he had been warned due to poor health and defective hearing survivors include two daughters Mrs Harry Clark Mrs Elior Alman two sons Charles Cribbs Albert Cribbs and a brother Marion Cribbs Funeral plans were private.
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