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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1918
Page
6
Spruce area residents recount social visits and illnesses with many names. A farewell for John Bagley before camp, dances and games at Wm McCluskey’s, and Liberty Bond references frame weekly updates alongside travel to Johnstown, Indiana, and Mechanicsburg. Community members share sickness, visits, and upcoming moves amid wartime Bond drives.
Local items record church calls and moves including Rev W E Hamilton moving to Dixonville and Marvin Barkey relocating his family. Short social notes mention car purchase, a Red Cross fund raiser, and several visits and travels among families in Indiana, Akron, Johnstown and Pittsburgh.
DECKERS POINT residents share a sequence of visits with relatives in Ord Barnesboro and Indiana. Mary McQuown and Grace Abel both travel for family time while Clair Abel returns from Pittsburgh. A Saturday Red Cross social invites pies from ladies as community fundraising continues.
Nannie Nichol visited friends in Indiana last week. Frank Hazlett bought a car. Mrs. Mary Johnston called in Plumville Saturday. Quint Whitaker visited daughter Ed Moot in March last week. Lea VanHorn and daughters June and Olive visited Mr and Mrs Bennett VanHorne Sunday. Extra hour of day suggested for Liberty Bonds selling. Mrs. Annie Aul is sick. Lottie Johnston returned home after staying with aunt Isse Williams in Punxsutawney for a month. Our school closes Thursday.
Services were held at the Presbyterian church by Rev Sproull. Mr and Mrs Frederick Mack improve after illness. Public sale announced for April 13 1918 on J R Clark farm near Homer City with farm machinery and livestock. Other notices include a sale at George Fr Houck’s late residence in Purchase Line on April 18 and executors for the Houck estate. Smut in oats mentioned.
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