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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1935

Page

4

Milk Show Awards At Indiana Dairy Event

Farm Extension News details milk production exhibits and prizes for Jersey Holstein and Guernsey cattle. Awards include ribbons for top five in each class, local merchant prizes, two dollars from breed clubs, and a dairymen’s dinner April 20 at First United Presbyterian church in Indiana. Classes cover raw retail milk, pasteurized retail milk, and milk for pasteurizing from herds of various sizes. Exhibitors receive score cards. further information from listed Milk Show Committee members.

County Jersey Holstein and Guern‘sey Clubs I. E. Parkin Dalry State College Rieck- Melunkin Laboratory Indiana Hardware Co Indiana First United Presbyterian Church J. W. Warner John Rankin R.D John R. Campbell Clyde Houck Clymer H. O. Kimmel Sheloca Co. A. Trask George A. Taylor Dalry Council Pittsburgh William 8. Wetzel Marton Center

Public Sale at J M Cunningham Farm Indiana Pa

A public sale of personal property at the J M Cunningham farm four miles southwest of Indiana in enter township and Warren Road on Tuesday April 16 at 12 00 oclock includes two work horses two good cows one fresh May 2 various chickens farm machinery vehicles and tools plus household goods and equipment Terms are announced sale day Auctioneer R W George lists owner J M Cunningham R D 5 Indiana Pa

J. M. Cunningham Indiana Enter Township Warren Road Kentucky Milwaukee Syracuse R. W. George

Wool Growers Sponsor County 4-H Lamb Club

Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers voted to sponsor a 4 H Lamb Club for youths ages 10 to 20. Committee leaders J I McElhoes Clayton Miller and H M Brown will oversee lambs fed from June 16, with showings at Pittsburgh October 23 and 24. The association will finance up to ten members, provide transport and lodging, and supply record booklets feeding directions and show prep guidance. Plans for the annual wool pool were also discussed with bids to be sought in June 1935.

Indiana County Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Fort Pitt Fat Stock Show Association Lamb Club Warner W. B. McConnell State College John W. Warner Wool Association

Teacher Johnnie and Pa’s domestic improvements last year

Johnnie asks about improvements while Pa buys Ma a new washboard, illustrating small home upgrades. The exchange highlights simple household purchases reflecting ordinary family life of the period.

Johnnie

Easter and Its Musical Heritage Across History

The passage traces Easter origins and customs from Beltane fire to modern Easter music, noting the vernal equinox around March 21 and the festival’s antiquity. It highlights Easter’s influence on church music since the Council of Trent, praising Palestrina, Schultz, and Handel for shaping sacred works like The Messiah, and ends with a note on singing Alleluia to greet the Easter sun.

Teome Vesta Germany England British Isles Scotland Council of Trent Palestrina Church Muasle Christ Schultz

Birth of the Pullman Sleeping Car from Overland trail tale

On the Overland trail at Ben Holladay’s station a discussion about sleeping car bunks inspires George M. Pullman. He later uses the idea to develop the Pullman sleeping cars, transforming railroad travel. Henry Carlisle and Elmo Scott Watson recount the anecdote from Western Newspaper Union.

Ben Holladay Overland Trail George M. Pullman Henry Carlisle Lake Shore Buffalo Chicago Carlisle Pullman Canisie Chicago and Alton Railroad Western Union

Weddings of a Week News Briefs Compile Local Marriages

Marriage notices from the region list Dick Ray and Madaline Baber wed in Paden City. Other couples include Robert Rougenx and Mary Lentz in Indiana, W. Glenn Sprankle and Margaret DeBonney in Vandergrift, Clara Nellie Park and Earl B. Miller near Shelocta, Loy A. Gromley and Vivian Spicher in Dubois, Robert James McClellan Jr. and Naomi Davie in Barnesboro, and Lawrence D. McCurdy with Matissa A. Gill in Wellsburg.

Cherry Tree Social News Notes

Mr and Mrs Andrew Johnson and Mrs Wm Fleischer drove to Johnstown on Tuesday. Blair Baker of Indiana and his wife spent the weekend with his parents in Cherry Tree. Kate Jenney visited Huntingdon. Norman Sebring and daughter Norma Jean of Portage spent Sunday with Clair Sebring. Harlin Bee and his grandmother visited Wade Leasure near Rochester Milla. Mrs Wm Fleischer visited Lewis Town last week. Bob Zimmerman of Huntingdon currently visits friends here. Mrs R O Lytle was a business caller in Indiana. Clyde Bee and son Jack, Clair Sebring and Mrs J N Beck visited Rev J P McCurdy at Coalport. Rev McKnight of Cookport called in town Wednesday. JC W Sebring and Kinport Wilson visited Indiana last Wednesday.

Cherry Tree Andrew Johnson Wm. Fleischer Johnstown Blair Baker Indiana Jesse Baker Kate Jenney Huntingdon Norman Sebring Norma Jean Portage Clair Sebring Harlin Bee M. J. Jamigan Wade Leasure Rochester Milla Lewistown Bob Zimmerman R. O. Lytle Mra Clyde Bee Jack J. N. Beck J. P. McCurdy Coalport Rev. McKnight Cookport JC. W. Sebring Kinport

VandErift Families Visit Relatives Across County

Girty Mr and Mrs Loula Shamberger and daughter of Vandererift spent Sunday afternoon with relatives including Mr and Mrs A M Jamison Mrs Christopher Schaeffer of Bilerton and Mrs Saral Smieliveradil Mer. Also visiting were Mrs Vira Teng and Mr and Mrs Judson and son J Clair with the Judsons at their parents’ home.

GIRTY Loula Shamberger Vandererift Ans Shamberger Ss. A. M. Jamison Mir Mars Christopher Seheaffer Div Bilerton Gad Saral Smieliveradil

Local visits and callers in Leechburg area

Residents of Leechburg including Aldis Bernice and Doris with relatives in town hosted or visited family members such as Mr and Mrs M B Smeltzer and Mr and Mrs Harlen Sweltzer. Visitors from Vandergrift Indiana Elderton Apollo Plumville and South Bend were noted along with local callers in the J T Jamison and J H Christy households. Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette are referenced in a small line.

Ters Aldis Bernice Doris Leechsburg M. B. Smeltzer Harlen Sweltzer W. R. Pittman Vandergrift Ed. Fata Indiana Our Town Ey. Brown Della Elderton J.T. Jam

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Farm Extension News Sage Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co Harrisburg M. C. Stewart R. D. NO Homer City Wool Growers Baw New Hampshire Paul B. Hasinger Wayne Avenue Elmo Scott Watson Rougenx Lentz Robert Rougenx Ernest Mary Lentz Fulton Run First Presbyterian Church of Robert L. Clark Raymond Rougenx Surveyor, Pa Lincoln Lentz White Township Sprankle-DeBonney W. Glenn Sprankle Margaret ‘DeBonney iRev George R. Haden Miller Park Clara Nellie Park Homer Park Advance Earl BE. Miller A. G. Miller Shelocta Frederick Stuebar Park Elderton High School Turtle Creek Miller Westinghouse Airbrake Company Gromley-Spicher Loy A. Gromley Montgomery Township Vivian Spicher Dubois R. A. Nelson John H. Gromley Grant Township H. §. Spicher McClellan-Davis Robert James McClellan, Jr Naomi Davie Alverda Barneaboro J. BH. Jackson Robert McClellan Thomas Davin McCurdy-Gill Lawrence D. McCurdy Mise Matissa A. Gill Wellsburg W. Va Nev. W. J. Frayer McCurdy Beckwith Machinery Co Oat Mias CH New Kensington First National Bank Comptroller of Currency Edw. B.bennett G. E. Simpson Paul J. Strautiff Thomas H. Sheehe Dr. H. B. Buterbaugh M. J. Walsh Allen Kirkpatrick, Jr Houser Miss Lrewerl Mire Vira Judson J. ‘Clair Mate Charles Ihe Justeen Christy Apollo Corneling Christy J. H. Christy Ht. Jamison Plumyiile J. T. Jamison J. BR. Jamison J. C. Schrecengost BE. D. Schrecengost South Bend Sara Esther Walker John Meyer The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette R. D Penney’s J. C. Penney Company, Incorporated Luxenberg Indiana, Pa
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