Home COC Members Make A Good Record
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp SC8-PA-1 at Home Rayne township has driven erosion control in Crooked Creek since April 1935. Enrollees built 140 check dams, seven permanent, 12 000 feet of diversion ditches, 1 448 square yards of seeding and sodding, six water storage reservoirs, and 25 000 rods of wire fence. Forestry work included 8 - forest stand improvements, planting 875 000 tree seedlings across 310 acres and 6 090 square yards of gully bank reforestation. Emergency tasks added 117 man days in fire fighting and snow shoveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
United States
SC8
Edward Waters Injured In Cherry Tree Auto Crash
Edward T Waters, 75, of Cherry Tree, is hospitalized at Spangler Hospital with a skull fracture after being struck by a car Tuesday afternoon near his home. The vehicle, said to be driven by Mrs Ernest Garman of Emeizgh, was involved in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward T. Waters
Cherry Tree
Edward T.waters
Spangler Hospital
Mra
Ernest Garman
Emeizgh
Morgantown Man New Manager at J. G. McCrory Store
C. C. Bratton of Morgantown West Virginia takes over the J. G. McCrory store on Philadelphia Street succeeding Mr. Gregory who moves to the McCrorey store in Emporium Pennsylvania. Bratton resides on South Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Bratton
Morgantown
W. Va
J. G. McCrory
Philadelphia Street
Gregory
McCrorey
Emporium
Bratton
South Sixth Street
Sixth Street
Mrs Wissinger Fractures Leg In Fall At Home
Mrs Wissinger of West Water Street sustained a leg fracture in a Saturday fall at her residence. She was taken to Indiana hospital for treatment, the fracture reduced, and she is convalescing at home with steady recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Wissinger
West Water Street
Indiana Hospital
Mrs Purl Bennett Recovering From Heart Attack
Mrs Purl Bennett of East Oak Street is recovering after a heart attack she suffered recently. Miss Helen Coulter and Miss Peggy Fritchman, Hood College students, are home for Raster vacation. Quay Shields of Covode was a county seat caller on Tuesday. He had completed service at COD Camp in Garbleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purl Bennett
East Oak Street
Helen Coulter
Peggy Fritchman
Hood Colleges
Quay Shields
Covode
Quay
Garbleton
Penn State Alumni Banquet Saturday Evening
Penn State Alumni from Indiana gather at Rustic Lodge two miles southwest of Indiana Saturday at 6 pm for a get acquainted banquet. Ed Hirshman, secretary of the Alumni Association, will relay a message from the college. Ex Governor John Fisher of Indiana will speak on early contacts with the institution. Local officers include President George A. Robeson and Secretary J. W. Warner. Dinner cost 76 cents. reservations via Warner’s office, phone 71.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8. Fisher
J. K. Hibeshman
Rustic Lodge
Hgent
Penn State
Rustie Lodge
Indiana
Ed. K. Hirshman
Penn State Alumni Association
John 3. Fisher
Fisher
Indiana County
George A. Robeson
J. W. Warner
Lions Club Musical Night Highlights Travelogues and News Footage
Lions Club members enjoyed music by Angie Cardamone a.k.a. Bob Carter with Red Nichols Orchestra accompanied at the piano by Dutch Campbell. They received a roaring ovation. George Lydie presented travelogues and moving pictures from the west and northwest plus scenes of last winter's snow pack ice jams and Indiana floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion
Angie’ ‘Cardamone
Bob Carter
Red Nichols Orchestra
The
Lions Club
Lion Dutch Campbell
Lion Fred Wear
Lowell Thomas
George Lydie
Northwest
St Clair Heads County Bankers Association in Indiana
At the annual meeting held at the Country Club John G. St. Clair cashier of Farmers Bank and Trust Co. was elected president for the coming year. Officers include ER Westley Hewling secretary Lester Tuck treasurer Wallace Burr W C Smith Floyd Houck and H B Baker on the executive board. Forty attended the meeting and dinner with guest speakers and music by Delos Campbell and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Bankers Association
Country Club
John G. St. Clair
Farmers Bank and Trust Co
ER. Westley Hewling
New Florence
Lester Tuck
Indiana
Wallace Burr
Blairsville
W. C. Smith
West Lebanon
Floyd Houck
Clymer
H. B. Baker
Blairaville
Delos Campbell
Park Press Wins Primary Ballot Printing Contract
The Park Press secured the official and specimen ballot printing for the April 28 Primary Election at 232 dollars, beating a second bid of 3298 dollars. Official ballots measure about 12 by 18 inches with specimens 10 by 18 inches, with quantities set for Republican, Democrat, Socialist and Prohibition parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Park Press
Trade City 4-H Club Talk Set by County Agent Warner
County Agent Warner will address Trade City 4-H boys and girls at the Grange Hall Thursday evening at 7 30 illustrating the talk with stereopticon views Floyd Smith is meeting’s chairman The event focuses on 4 H Club work and youth education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Trade City
John W. Warner
Grange Hall
Floyd Smith
Real estate transfers in Indiana and surrounding townships
First National Bank of Indiana trades 42 acres in Green township for 1760 dollars to Fred McMillen. Numerous transfers involve parcels across Armstrong, White, South Mahoning, Center, Canoe, Brushy Valley, and other townships with prices from one dollar to two thousand dollars, including house and lot in Homer City and multiple two acre tracts. Names include Raymond Krape, Glark, Shick, Verria, McManus, May Wider Pounds, Smeltzer, Good, Kish, Deaden derfor, Mor rione, Wallace, Freddicord, Yosurack, Williams, Mor gisgk, Murdick, Palmer, Certo, Sleppy, Iacovoni, Coleman, Nichol, Sutter, Miller, Strong, Marshall, Cunningham, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Indiana
Fred McMillen
Green Township
Raymond
Krape
Fred
Glark
Indiana
Second Ward
Paul
White
Shick
Creekside
Alexander Postrelo
Antonio Verria
Salinburg
H. B. McNaughton
Claude W. McNaughton
Third Ward
Indiana County Building and Loan Association
Oran Ross McManus
White Township
Savings and Trust Co. of
J. Vernon ‘Kimmel
Ronaldo C. Smeltzer
Armstrong Township
J. L. Good
Clark G. Good
South Mahoning Township
Joseph Morasgick
Frank Kish
Canoe Township
Henry Wood
Cameron Deaden
Derfor
Rayne Township
Carolina Morrone
Philip Morrione
Center Township
Jake Wallace
Homer City
Wilson Freddicord
George Yosurack
R. R. Willams
Charles Ratay
Emma Wallace
Mirat National Bank of Indiana
W. Fred Henry
H. Leo Henry
Jennie B. Murdick
J. A. N. Palmer
Brushyalley
Elder Peeler
John C. Grove
Plumville
Caterine Certo
Joseph P. Dalessio
Sarah 8
McNitt
Sara S. Sleppy
Cherryhill
Concetta Iacovoni
Pauline Coleman
Young Township
Charles ‘L. Strong
Sarah 3. McNitt
Robert D. Marshall
J.dale Marshall
James Dale Marshall
Julia M. Cunningham
Robert P. Cunningham
Marriage Licenses Listed For Indiana Residents
A list of individuals including Carl A. Kolbe Neva Jane Thompson Raymond Malajarki Clymer Anna Boston Carl F M Sundberg White Two Margaret B Spencer Robert C Steele Harry E Baird Cecelia D Krebs Frank McGinity Jane Holby Marjorie B Luster Robert M Lucas Ruth Hill Anna Martha Holstein and others under Indiana residency with locations such as Blairsville Homer City and Nanty Glo reflected in a period notices record of license issuances.
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Carl A. Kolbe
Neva
Jane Thompson
Raymond Malajarki
Clymer
Anna Boston
Indiana
Carl F. M. Sundberg
Margaret B. Spencer
R.D
Robert C. Steele
Harry E, Baird Bolivar Cecelia D. Krebs
Robinson Frank
McGinity
Blairsville
Jane Holby
Return From Caribbean Tour Ends With Homecoming
Mr. and Mrs. Milsworth Campbell of South Seventh Street and attorney and Mrs Wayne Tomb of North Eighth Street returned Monday evening from an eight day ocean trip covering over 2500 miles. They spent two days in Havana and one day in Nassau Bahama Islands with perfect weather. In Havana daytime temps ranged from ninety to one hundred degrees. Harry Smith and Howard Porter, sons of local families, were noted among related news from Valley Forge Military Academy. Indiana visitors included Mr and Mrs Walter Black of near Smicksburg and their family guests from New York and Export, plus Miss Ruby Waugaman of Kittanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milsworth Campbell
South Seventh Street
Wayne Tomb
North Eighth Street
Havana
Cuba
Naussa
Bahama Is
Havanna
Walter Black
Near
Smicksburg
Indiana
Alfred
Youngwood
Walter Ayers
Carlabelle
Betty
Little Genease
N. Y
J. O. Repine
Export
Ruby Waugaman
Kittanning
Personal Brevities Note Frequent Local Visitors
A long list of county residents and visitors is recorded, detailing social calls and trips. Names include Go, T. Melaughlin. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Everett. Miss Josephine Simpson. Miss Rebecca Blue. Miss Ruth Lowther. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Miller. Attorney and Mrs. S. M. Jack. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fleming. A. H. Wiggins. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Graham. Mrs. G. R. Webster. Mrs. Emily Bierer. Dr. and Mrs. A. B. McCormack. Mr. and Mrs. Murray Coon and daughter. Miss Ida Gailey. Mrs. Samuel Shane, Jr.. A. GC. Guist. Mrs. George S. Ray. Hon. Elder Peeler. Miss Belle O’Neal. Mrs. James Edmiston. Ralph Moorhead Jr.. William Henderson. W. W. Couch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Melaughlin
Heshbon
J. W. Everett
West School Street
Johnstown
Josephine Simpson
Thomas 8. Lowther
South Seventh Street
Thompson
Stanley Fleming
Pittsburgh
Israel Fleming
West Water Street
A. H. Wiggins
Parkwood
R. L. Graham
Burrell Township
Graham
David L. Marshall
Lewisville
Indiana
G. R. Webster
Gipsy
Earl Riethmiller
Emily Bierer
West Philadelphia
Harry Miller
Washington
A. B. McCormack
Oil City
Thomas Smyth
West Washington Street
Murray Coon
Louise
Aspinwall
Martha Coon
Hast School Street
Ida Gailey
Scranton General Hospital
Scranton
Alice Gailey
East Oak Street
Harry Earhart
Oakland Avenue
Samuel Shane
Marion
Dormont
Rey
Samuel W. Shane
A. GC. Guist
West Lebanon
Progress Office
George $. Ray
Crete
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Elder Peeler
Sumter
8. C
Ambrose O'Neal
Margaret
Bella O'Neal
Belle O’neal
Candidacy ballot draws set for spring primary
Republican candidates Morris Bennett and Jackson lead the slate for Congress Senate and Assembly with first and third places for others. Democrats Kirach Gray repeat for Congress while Bennett and Wolffen den lead Republican State Senate and Assembly delegates and national committee candidates listed with multiple Indiana towns named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
General Assembly
Walter H. Jackson
Indiana
Flest
Earl E. Hewitt
Harry H. Wilson
Blairsville
J. T. Stewart
J. Clair Sloan
Steele Clark
Cherry Tree
D. L. Smith
J. Charles Short
A. H. Seaman
F. J. Watson
John Buggey
John B. DeSantis
Russell B. Gamble
Charles H. Bee
John S. Fisher
Walter W. Krebs
Johnstown
George HE
Princible
Harry A. Philliber
James F. Brett
David Campbell
Leslie A. Chick
Howard B. Buterbaugh
State Committee
Linda Brigman
Lafayette F. Sutter
D. R. Tomb
New Indiana State Teachers College Trustees Appointed
Thomas Sutton of Indiana, long time chairman, is reappointed trustee for another term. New appointees include Horace Miller of Greensburg, R. H. Philson of Meyersdale, David Hale McMaster of Johnstown, Mrs. Paul Reed, Mrs. Harry W. Fee, Thomas H. Sheehe, Attorney D. St. Tomb of Indiana, and Wm. 4 Smith of Punxsutawney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Teachers College
Thomas Sutton
Indiana
Horace §. Miller
Greensburg
R. H. Philson
Meyersdale
David Hale McMaster
Johnstown
Paul Reed
Harry W. Fee
Thomas H. Sheehe
D. St. Tomb
Smith
Punxsutawney
Kinsey to Speak at Cherryhill Parent Meeting
Prof Ernest Kinsey supervising principal of East Wheatfield and Armagh schools will address the Cherryhill Township Parent-Teacher Association Friday evening in the Cherryhill Township High School at Penn Run. Kinsey opened the high school Huat classes in 1915 and has served as principal and teacher in Indiana county schools, aside from World War service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Kinsey
P. T
Cherryhill
East Wheatfield Township
Armagh
Cherryhill Township
Parent- Poacher Association
Penn Run
Kinsey
Huat
Cherryhil Township
Indiana County
Local residents plan moves to Ohio and Columbus
Ohio residents We Locate Vincent Leawis and family, of Sixth street, will move next week to New Lexington to live near their son-in-law and daughter Federal district Judge Melvin Underwood and his wife in Columbus. Lewis, a trained horseman, previously supervised retraining stables on the Lucius W. Robinson farm west of Indiana. Dewitt Ray and wife of North Tenth street return from a four week visit in St Petersburg, Fla. A Wingard of Smicksburg, manager of Smicksburg Lime Company, noted for high grade lime in demand by farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Vincent Leawis
Sixth Street
New Lexington
Melvin Underwood
Columbus
Lewis
Lucius W. Robinson
Indiana
Deaths of Mrs A S Birdsall and Mrs Tucker in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Funeral notices report the deaths of Mrs Annie Clawson Birdsall of Indiana Pennsylvania at Me Gee Hospital Pittsburgh on April 7 following illness. She leaves husband Arthurs, two daughters Beatrice and Eleanor, and sisters in West Youngstown and Pittsburgh. Services are set for Streams Funeral Home Friday at 2 30 p m. Also dying in Cleveland was Mrs Mary McDonald Tucker wife of Douglass S Tucker, with bronchial pneumonia after appendicitis. Survived by husband, son Robert, daughter Ruth, grandson Tommy, and brother R Bills Tucker. Indiana attendees included Mr and Mrs John G St Clair and family, Dr M M Davis, and Mr and Mrs W J Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Birdsall
Annie (Clawson) Birdsall
Arthurs, Birdsall
Indiana
Gee
Pittsburgh
Birdsall
Peter and
Isabel (Hunter) Clawson
Armstrong Township
Indiana High School
Commercial Department
Indiana State Teachers College
A. IS. Birdsall
Methodist Episcopal Church of Indiana
Nora Rebekah Lodge
Noble Jarand
Rebekah Assembly of Pennsylvania
Beatrice
Waterman
Eleanor
Pearl KE
West
Youngstown
E.R. Crawford
Streams Funeral Home
Holt Hughes
Oukland Cemetery
Douglass S. Tucker
Mary (McDonald) Tucker
Cleveland
Broadvalley
St. Lukes Hospital
Tucker
Robert and
Sara McDonald
Brushyalley
Brush Valley
Robert Tucker
Ruth Tucker
Tommy Tucker
R. Bills Tucker
Ilves
Duluth
Minn
John G
St. Clair
Wilson
M. M. Davis
W. J. Wilson
Two Counties Await Statins Decision On Bridge Ownership
Blairsville and Torrance officials urge immediate construction of a temporary bridge over the Conemaugh river at Blairsville after the Cokeville bridge washed away in a recent flood. The 1700 patient Torrance State Hospital relies on Blairsville for fire protection, but detours to Torrance reach 17 miles. The Cokeville bridge, built by Indiana and Westmoreland counties, was state taken over. until ownership is resolved, no steps will be taken to place a temporary span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairaville
Torrance
Cokeville
Blairsville
Torrance State Hospital
Coketown
Conemaugh River
Cokevilla Bridge
Blatraville
Indiana
Westmoreland
Armstrong Grange Program Promises Community Learning Night
The Armstrong Grange meets April 16 at Parkwood school house with music by Mrs. R. A. Fouts and a roll call on accident causes. Dorothy Craig speaks on insect pests, Mrs. W. A. Dible and others present. additional program items include a concealed biography and crop adjustment discussion. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kerr of Newport visit Fort Kerr relatives on South Twelfth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
R. A. Fouls
Dorothy Craig
W. A. Dible
W. L. Brown
Bert Conrad
W. Craig
R. A. Fouts
A. B. Cray
Walker Wiggins
Kenneth Kerr
Newport
John Kerr
Bouth Twelfth Street
Two Men Die in Mine Accidents and Motorcycle Fatalities
Funeral services planned for Charles R. Park of Marion Center after a rock fall in his Dixonville road coal mine killed him. Frederick Smith of Iselin buried after a Friday coal mine death. Frederick Maryin Smith and Ralph German, 22, of Altoona, die in separate crashes near Blairsville while en route to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Park
Frederick Smith
Ralph German
Altoona
William Penn Highway
Blairsville
California
Donald Griffith
Griffith
Ger Ian
Herman Simon
Hrooklyn
N.Y
TwoYearOld Burned To Death In Parental Home Near Alverda
Velina Irena Johns aged two died after flames ignited from her clothing at the Johns residence near Alverda in Pine township on Wednesday afternoon April 1. Her mother Mrs Blanche Johns suffered severe burns while extinguishing the fire. Survived by her parents two brothers and a sister all under 12. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R. D. readers five thousand six hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alverda
Pine Two
Velina Irena Johns
Har
Blanche Laney Johns
Pina Township
Johns
Heilwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crooked Creek
County Bankers Association
Park Press
Mahon
Philadelphia St
John M. Daugherty
Ernest Stewart
Streamline Market
Young ‘Township
W. J. Stewart
Livermore, R.D
8. C. Coleman
Frank Flacus
South Eleventh Street
East Philadelphia Street
Harry Smith
Raymond F. Smith
Howard Porter
G. Frank Porter
Valley Forge i Military Academy
James Edmiston
Edmiston
Pittaburgh Port
Philadelphia
W. W. Couch
Sheloca
Pittsburgh Gazette Timex
Tima
Couch
Young
Armstrong
Tsallot
Armstrong Grange Program
Marion Center
Iselin
Dixonville Road
Bert Jones
Robert M. Park
Martha Mary (Stewart) Park
Robert M
John
Frank
Caroline
Mildred
Howard
Bertha
Dorothy Park
Saltsburg
Emma Smith
Drew Smith
Iselin Union Church
Clarksburg
Smithport
Martin M. Smith
Percy Hemphill
Bruno Thomas
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
R. D
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