Indiana farm dinner and safety meet announced
The Indiana Local Threshermen and Farmers Protective Association will host a dinner and safety meeting at the Moore Hotel on Saturday April 18 at 6 30 p.m. Reservations are urged by April 17 with a 76 cent dinner price. Following the meal, motion pictures on accident prevention and safety will be shown plus talks by Bruster of Harrisburg and J A Rose of Pennsylvania Threshermen. County Agent John W. Warner will discuss organization activities. The report also covers March dairy herd tests and butterfat yields across several farms and institutions in Indiana County.
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Indiana
Threshermen, and Farmers Protective Association
Moore Hotel
Aftair
Court House
Bruster
Threshermen and Farmers Protective Association of
Harrisburg
J. A. Rose
Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers Association
John W. Warner
Indiana County
Hugh Brown
J. F. Pounds
Clyde Haskins
Commodore
John Pounds
Vallie Coble
Gr.h
Gr.g
J. Mack Hood
R.J
H. M. Brown
James Lynch
RB. B. Miller
H. A. Melsaac
Gr.j
H. A. MelIsaac
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County Extension Plans Large Number Of Farm Demonstrations
Program checking at Penn State assistant director J M Fry visited Indiana county on April 1 to review a robust county plan arranged by County Agent Carter. With 19 planning meetings across as many communities, almost 400 attendees heard about 100 projects including pasture, soybean, barley, alfalfa, sweet clover, seed corn, and grass demonstrations. Additional topics covered dairy, poultry, club work, insect control, woodlot pruning, spray services, landscape work, and community shows. A culling demonstration at Ira Savage Farm was postponed to April 8 due to rain, with guidance on internal parasites treatment and timely poultry culling advised for better flock performance.
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J. M. Fry
Penn State
Indiana County
Carter
Black Knot On Plums And Cherries Prompt Cutting And Spraying
County agricultural guidance urges cutting out all black knot swellings at least six inches below the visible signs on plum and cherry trees to halt the fungal disease. Spraying per State College schedule is the next step, as removal alone cannot control the outbreak. 4 H Club specialist P Lang of Pennsylvania State College spent two days in Indiana County promoting club work, drawing 110 attendees across Potato and Calf Club events and planning future meetings in Blairsville Huff and New Florence areas.
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Mba
Carter
State College
P. Lang
Pennsylvania State College
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Lang
Blairsville
Huff
New Florence
Easter Weekend Notes In Smicksburg Community
Annie Stear ill with bronchitis and many residents and visitors are listed as Easter guests or travelers to and from Vandergrift Indiana Butler Verona Windber Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh Monongahela City Kittanning and Grove City College. Local events include senior class play April 23 and Y P C U and Brethren church Easter activities.
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Annie Stear
Ronchitis
Velma Walker
Vandergrift
Mra
Rafe Walker
Clark Zimmerman
C. B. Condron
Mae I. Davis
Grove City College
Leanna Davis
Mollia Stear
Indiana
Carl Wagner
Wayne Walker
Monongahela City
Walker
Leone Barrett
Boyd
Butler
Wm. Barrett
Stanley Marshall
Ece
Louise Stiteler
Marshall
M. K. Lewis
Leroy Condron
Verona
C. H. Condron
J. B. Bell
Windber
Steel Calhoun
Jack Clevennd
Barbara
Wilkinsburg
Margaret Shaffer
Floda Stiteler
Elwood Stiteler
Pittsburgh
Zula Stiteler
Martha Uncapher
F. CG
David Edmunds
Theo, Elkin
Haster
Florence Condron
A. Douglas
Annie Sell
Elderton High School
Shelocta
Misa Marie Kimmel
Young People’s Department
of the Brethren Church
Douglass
Elderton town eyes electric service promise
Elderton residents cheer a soon promised electric service. News notes report Mrs. Nannie George visiting Indiana friends and Mrs. Kate Johnston returning from Blairsville Greensburg and Latrobe. Local church youth party and WCTU meeting are mentioned along with visits to Miss Margaret Gibson and health update on Edward Clark after a recent auto accident.
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Nannie George
Indiana
Kate Johnston
Blairsville
Greensburg
Latrobe
Young Peoples Societies
The
United Presbyterian Church
Meade Johnston
McAfoos
Margaret Gibson
Annie Irwin
G. P. Clark
Alex Clark
Edward Clark
Tarentum Hospital
Italian Pride Fired by Relics
Rome Mussolini leads extensive excavations to revive Italian pride by uncovering ancient Roman ruins. Fresh finds at Pompeii and Herculaneum include a complete silver service, gold centerpieces, and a large cake knife, with new streets and forums revealing life of the buried cities.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Vesuvius
Lfe
Scattering His Father's Ashes Alters St Louis Estate
In St Louis Samuel Burke faced forfeiture of his share in his father Thomas F. Burke's estate if he scattered the ashes on a creek as prescribed. The will provided cremation and ash scattering with a hope the ashes would drift to the sea. Burke left $1 to a son and $1 to a daughter.
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St. Louis
Samuel Burke
Salvation Army
Thomas F. Burke
Burke
Automobile Fire Spreads Then Drives to Lynn Fire Station
Jacob Ganz found his automobile ablaze outside the Ansha Sholum Synagogue. He jumped into the driver’s seat and drove to the nearest fire station, where firefighters extinguished the flames.
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Lynn
Mass
Jacob Ganz
Ansha Sholum
Deadwaters and Friends Visit Derry and Johnstown
Local social notes list weekend visits among residents of Derry Brushvalley and Johnstown including Russell Altemus and family, James Campbell and others. Rotary exchange notes report Johnstown and Indiana clubs renewing ties with Thomas Doakes and Gomer Walters speaking, plus district governor talks for the coming Thirty-third district conference in Pittsburgh. A light Knicker-Snacks exchange concludes with a tombstone epitaph pun.
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Mile Muraick
Russell Altemus
Derry
H. W. Moose
Wayne
Mildred
Thalma
A. G. Nelson
Brushvalley
John Altemus
Johnstown
James Campbell
Clarence McFeaters
Penn Rup Grange Hall
Evenue
Harvey Moose
Blairsville
Indiana
Thomas Doakes
Gomer Walters
James Brewer
Indiana Club
Johnstown Club
Hal White
Pittsburgh
Hal
Easter Socials and Local Notes From Creekside Area
Easter activities include a cantata at the Presbyterian church and family visits to Manor and Chambersville for birthday parties. Several residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Fairman and the Bothells, plan moves. Ed Lohr welcomes a baby girl. Easter outings span Punxsutawney and Bell's Landing. A cement road cave-in between Creekside and Ernest is noted with health updates for Mrs Blystone.
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Presbyterian Church
Eva Hendricks
Stewart Pfeil
Norman Little
Manor
Alda Pfeil
John Elkin
Jessie Johnston
Burleson
Elizabeth
Chambersville
Linnie Trusal
Ladies Aid
M. BH
Alice Lohr
James Macro
John Miller
Creekside
Ernest
George Blystone
Ronald
George Johnston
Bell's Landing
Newspaper combo offer for 1981 subscribers
The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette offer a joint package for 1981. The two papers cost $6.00 for R F D subscribers or town residents. The Post Gazette has no agent, and all orders should be sent to The Indiana Progress in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Post Gazette
Indiana Progress
Indiana
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Indiana County Cow Testing Association
Carl Johnston
Torrance State Hospital
William S. Wetzel
County Home
R.H
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C. C. Pollock
Wm. S. Wetzel
C. S. Gerhard
G. C. Swan
Merrill Travis
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Carl Walker
Gr.hl
David
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Stone of
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the ‘Tuberculosis Associations of
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D. J
Gompers Ave
Smicksburg
Elderton
Magsolini
Marcellus
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Deadwaters
Ima Skinner
Troutman’s
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Perfectaterless
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Climax
Austin’s Carpet Cleaner
Homewares Dept
Indiana’s
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Leonard Electric
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