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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1931
Page
2
Health official Dr Theodore Appel stresses individual responsibility in health. He cites diabetes heart disease and cancer, urges personal sanitation, proper garbage disposal, and fly-control measures. He warns that backyards and cellars can breed flies spreading typhoid and contaminating food and milk. Cleanliness at home is essential.
Harrisburg April 7 The Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters reports rapid shipment of forest tree seedlings to private planters across the state. Hundreds of thousands daily, evergreen species 6 to 8 inches high dominate, hardwoods less common. total spring plantings near 100 million with private and state forestries contributing millions more.
Obituaries and funeral notices from Indiana area readers list S. Marshal Lattimer of Dayton and others including Mrs. W. H. Phillips of Ridgway and Mrs. Arizona Stephens of Diamondville. Details note dates, birthplaces, survivors, church services at Glade Run and Ridgeway, and interments.
The Ritz Theatre features Hell's Angela with 87 planes and famous aviators, including a Zeppelin raid on London and von Richtofen's flying circus. Also on deck are Lonley Wives and Millie at The Ritz with Helen Twelvetrees aging on screen, plus Mr. Lemon Of Orange starring El Brendel and Fifi Dersay.
The passage notes large trees are impractical due to planting cost. It claims gulls are better with small trees. Two men can plant 1060 trees daily. Suggested spacing is about six by six feet, allowing slightly over 1000 trees per acre.
Members of the Evangelical church honored Pastor A B Hosbach on Thursday evening with a social event. The program included music readings and talks, followed by lunch and a birthday cake presentation with gifts to the pastor.
The Economy Fuel Company filling station on North Fourth Street was entered by thieves early Monday morning. Accessories valued at four dollars were taken.
Norbert Gray of Altoona driver of the truck that wrecked March 26 on Cookport Uniontown highway near Commodore killed F. L. Daniels of Altoona. Coroner witnesses testified the truck exceeded 24 mph as the driver lost control. Gray was jailed after the hearing and released on $1,000 bail for court trial.
Miss Evelyn Phillips of Pittsburgh suffered a fractured thigh in a car accident near Saltsburg on Sunday afternoon. She was unconscious at the scene and remained so when admitted to West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh by ambulance. James A. Smith, a loyal representative of Northwestern Mutual, led the Pittsburgh district in March policies written.
Deaths include Mrs. Dora Belle Rummel of Buffington township aged 66, with funeral at United Brethren church Belsano on Wednesday April 8. burial in Belsano cemetery. Also Frank Sipos, 16, of Lucerne died in Indiana hospital. survived by parents Julius and Mrs. Sipos and siblings. Includes memorials, pruning demonstrations, and local notices from Armstrong County area.
An auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court of Indiana county will attend to distributing money in the hands of George A. Vrantz administrator of Blanche Drantz estate. The hearing is at Cunningham Building Indiana Va on Monday May 4 1031 at 2 00 PM for all interested parties.
Supplemental account filed by Perler and West for the Orphans Court of Indiana County to settle and report distribution of estate funds in the hands of C. AteLam Administrator of Nature of Nettle J Luras deceased. Auditor Gilbert S. Parnell scheduled to attend at Citizens National Bank Building Indiana PA on May 4 at 9 o clock A M for interested parties to appear.
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