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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
7
Indiana County road officials held their annual convention in the Court House with forty supervisors present. Discussions covered maintenance, culverts, and state expert aid, while resolutions urged a road tax for alien workers and codification of road laws. C. M. Lingle was reelected president, with W. W. Hopking as secretary.
James Wiggins of White township, the county’s largest peach grower, predicts no peaches or sweet cherries next summer in this section due to January’s deep freeze. He notes most fruit buds form in fall and, aided by a warm January, swelled beyond endurance when the cold snap hit. After two good seasons, a third harvest was unlikely, as three successive crops are rare.
Judge Langham on Monday morning sentenced John Frank of Lucerne to six months in the workhouse after pleading guilty to illegal liquor selling. Louis Cipriano of Lucerne also received six months, paroled on $150 and costs. Eva Cipriano pleaded guilty to a second offence and drew three months in the workhouse without parole. John Leickel of Homer City pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons, fined $50 plus costs.
The State Orchard Inspector for the district including Indiana Carbon Clearfield Lehigh and Montgomery is J. B. Briggs of 1382 Powell street Norristown Pa. He will inspect orchards in the counties named to determine pests and cooperate with the Division of Zoology and owners in their suppression. Presbyterians Hold Annual Meeting re elects Attorney D. B. Taylor and names William S. Hamilton as new trustee at Indiana church gathering noting congregational reports.
Center township resident A P Griffith suffered a total loss when a barn and farm machinery burned down late Friday with no insurance. The fire destroyed a team of horses grain and other equipment striking his farm. Roy George, living adjacent, also lost his home in a separate Saturday afternoon blaze.
Misses Ines and Mary Mackel, separated in youth, were reunited at Ollie W. Maciel and Ivy Wright's wedding supper in Rochester Mills on March 30. Ines, long based at Big Run, and Mary at Mahaffey, had not seen each other since their mother Mrs. C W Mackel died nineteen years ago. Neither sister knew the other would attend.
Mrs. H C Christy was reelected president of the New Century Club of Indiana for the third successive term at the annual business meeting held Monday afternoon. Added officers include Vice Presidents Mrs. O C Buchheit Miss Mary McKnight Mrs. Ralph B D Por rester secretary Mrs. M C Gordon assistant Mrs Heimer Ollis treasurer Mrs W Rose and directors Mrs Joseph W Clements Mrs J N CO Park and Mrs R M Wilson.
Albert Henry of Brushvalley township owns a 19 year old Alderny cow that has just given birth to her seventeenth calf, claimed to be the oldest cow in the county still increasing her family. Birthday party for Mrs. Frank Rankin held near Five Points on March 1 with greetings, dinner, fancy work club games, and an address by Mrs. J. J. Henderson who gave presents. Governor Brumbaugh proclaims May 25 as State-wide Good Roads Day urging citizens to plan and contribute to highway improvements. Wallace J. G. Wallace, Indiana figure, observed his 86th birthday yesterday. Livermore resident H. J. G. Warnick severely ill with intestinal trouble. Indiana markets note butter and mare prices. Milton Waltermire near Hejlwood sold a Belgian mare to Anthony Stuchell near oY gcante.
The Progress announces a big Anniversary Number issued late May or early June featuring a complete illustrated county history. 60 to 80 pages with hundreds of pictures, all county sections represented. 8,000 copies printed. regular subscribers get about 4,000. Send 10 cents per copy plus address details to receive by mail.
A string of local weddings described across Georgeville Willet Ernest and Indiana area communities. Couples include Nichol Smithy Bath Barr Stuchell George McCauley Custer Mackie Wright with ceremonies led by ministers Morrow Wilson McKee Miller and others. Couples will reside in their respective towns.
A breezy verse extols smiling as a cure and social fuel. It asserts that a cheerful face improves mood, aids daily living, and inspires others to imitate. The rhymed piece invites readers to join the “brotherhood of smiles” and to try it for a day to see personal and communal benefits.
Michael Overdorff aged 71 of Blairsville died at home on March 19 from heart trouble. Born in Brushvalley township he was Civil War veteran and former Lode member. Survived by his wife Maria Esch two daughters Sallie Nola and Margaret, all Blairsville residents, and two brothers Jacob S. Overdorff and John S. Overdorff.
A parade of local visitors and residents reports a string of social calls and travels. G B Work, Minnie Rinn, Doyle Gorman, and many others are listed visiting relatives, friends, or conducting business in towns including Rochester Mills, Philadelphia, Wilgin, Indiana, Greensburg, and Blairsville. Several note travels to Philadelphia, New York, Altoona, and Baltimore for leisure or professional reasons, with mentions of millinery, athletics, and a military inspection.
Commissioner Price Jackson of the Department of Labor and Industry urges electrical workers to observe strict precautions. The pamphlet advises shielding eyes from arcs, locking switches, using insulated tools, and treating wires as live until proven dead. It warns against live-work unless essential, using safety devices, reporting unsafe equipment, and proper ladder use.
Unsettled conditions persist in county coal operations after the old working scale expired April 1. Several mines idle though no strikes declared, including Priest, Creekside, and Fulton Rings of Jefferson and Clearfield Coal and Iron Co, with no pressure to operate. Clymer United Mine Workers voted against last year’s scale while Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp mines there closed after April 1. flooding halted further work.
James Stitt eleven son of Reverend and Mrs Wilson Stitt of Livermore drowned in the Conemaugh river on Saturday afternoon after slipping from the bank while playing with six year old John Luther Five days of high water followed before the body could not be recovered despite dragging and dynamite efforts. Rev Stitt pastors the Livermore Presbyterian church near the bridge over the river.
Indiana County Street Railways Co announces April 9 schedule changes to improve connections on the Clymer line via Cherry Tree and Dixonville. The 5:45 a.m. Toddana departure will link with the Dixonville train, and the 7:08 a.m. Indiana departure will link with the Clearfield train, allowing patrons to leave Indiana later while preserving morning connections.
Wilson Thompson of Railroad Avenue celebrated his 71st birthday with a family gathering planned by daughter Ella. The event drew Mrs. Homer Waddell and others from Leechburg Vandergrill Youngstown and Salisburg with one member absent for illness. Also noted are several unrelated notices about marriages and local farming updates including W P F Snyder’s new tractor and A Myers moving the City Grocery to a remodeled Penn Building on Philadelphia Street.
Frank L. Neff, manager of the Indiana County Street Railways Company, who recently purchased a School street lot from G. W. Lenkerd for 1500 dollars, will erect this spring a modern brick dwelling. Mrs. J. McCreight of Advance was transacting business at the county court.
Two of eight workers killed in the Robindale mine blast were John Waddell and George Watson both long known in the Clymer Dixonville area where they had worked for years. Waddell, 40, superintendent, left a wife and three month old son. Watson, 45, assistant superintendent, left a wife and four children. The explosion, blamed on open lamps, wrecked the mine mouth and was felt townwide. Waddell entered the mine ten minutes before detonation. Thirty men worked there but a strike kept numbers down to eight. Bodies were recovered except Hoover’s, thought trapped under a cage. The town of Robindale is a new mining community six months old, built with buff brick houses and a well equipped company store.
Twenty five friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. John J Orr of Wales as they plan to move to the David Marlin farm near Wales. A fancy work club formed. two new assessors appointed by county commissioners. Mrs Margaret Steele and Stella entertained neighbors, with music and refreshments. J R McElhoes unit sold to Joseph McBil hogs. Dwight Patterson visiting West Lebanon relatives.
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