New First National Bank Opens in Indiana Pennsylvania
The First National Bank in Indiana Pennsylvania opened for business Monday at the regular banking hour. Edward B. Bennett serves as president and is a State Senator and general contractor. Dr. G B Simpson is vice president and a physician. Paul J Straitiff is cashier and conservator of the old bank.
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First National Bank
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Edward B. Bennett
G. B. Simpson
Paul J. Straitiff
DR. G. KE. Simpson
New First National Bank
Bank Reorganization Forms New Indiana Institution
Directors named for the First National Bank of Indiana Pennsylvania include Edward B Bennett M J Walsh Thomas H Sheehe G H B Simpson H B Buterbaugh Allen Kirkpatrick and Paul J Straitiff The new bank established under a new charter joins the Federal Reserve System and will take over the old bank assets while the Conservator continues the old bank operations The plan enables transfer of most old bank deposits to the new bank with deposits guaranteed under the National Banking Act of 1938
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First National Bank
Edward B. Bennett
Indiana
M. J. Walsh
State Teachers College
Thomas H. Sheehe
Clearfield Supply Co
Penna
G. H B. Simpson
H. B. Buterbaugh
Allen Kirkpatrick
Pittsburgh
White Township
Paul
Federal Reserve System
United Stated Banking Department
Paul I. Atrahim
First National Bank in Indiana Opens New Branch Status
Depositors without proven claims urged to visit the bank promptly as the new First National Bank in Indiana takes over the old bank building and assets. Checks dated April 9, 1934 or later will be drawn on transferred balances. The bank brings $1,800,000 released to old depositors plus $255,000 for community development under sound banking policy. Indiana now has three insured institutions: The Savings and Trust Company, The Farmers Bank and Trust Inc., and The First National Bank in Indiana.
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First National Bank In
Indiana
First National Bank of Indiana
The
Savings and Trust Company
Farmers Bank and Trust Inc
First National Bank
School centennial attracts Kern interest pageant finale
A Pennsylvania school centennial celebration is attracting Kern County interest as Indiana honors a century of free education. The weeklong program includes Sabbath sermons, a four day series of educational events, and a Monday joint dinner at the Methodist Episcopal church led by Supt Norman Koontz of Indiana Public Schools. William S. Dougherty and Thomas Sutton are cited as veteran friends of education.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Methodist Hpiscopal Church
Norman Koontz
Indiana Public Schools
William 8. Daugherty
Thomas Sutton
Friends of Education
Hach
Beaverdale Native Angus L. Walker Dies at 68
Angus L. Walker 68, father of Mrs. H Wilbur Black of 731 Wayne Avenue, died at his Beaverdale home Tuesday. A Logan Coal Co. mine foreman, he belonged to the United Brethren church and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Survived by his widow Elzada Walters Walker and several children including Mrs. Black. Funeral at the Black home Thursday at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev. Resaler and Rev. Arthur J. Pfohl Bastor.
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Angus L. Walker
H.wilbur Black
Wayne Avenue
Beaverdale
Walker
Logan Coal Co
United Brethren Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Elzada (Walters) Walker
Black
Indiana Man Struck by Lightning At Evening Storm
David Boring, 24, Hight cook at the Indiana Hotel, was unconscious for several minutes after a bolt of lightning struck a maple tree in front of the Taylor home at 530 Philadelphia Street around 9 00 PM Tuesday. Windows shattered by the blast. he was revived by a physician and appears fine today.
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David Boring
Indiana Hotel
Head of Insurance Company Locating Here
George A. Getty has been appointed Indiana representative of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. He resigned as cashier of the Union National Bank of Summerville to take the post and is locating in Indiana this month as a respected SummerVille banker and businessman.
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George A. Getty
Indiana
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Getty
Union National Bank of
Summerville
Jefferson County
Indiana marks centennial with education speakers and music
The centennial celebration honors Indiana's public schools and Teachers College with a dinner and program. Dr. Foster chaired, Dr. M Walsh spoke on Pennsylvania's free school birth and development. The Tuesday evening auditorium program featured children chorus, Indiana Choral Society, and praise for local education. Dr. Gerwig of Pittsburgh lauded Indiana’s educational progress and arts emphasis. The event closed with a historic pageant at Indiana High School and a display of old textbooks and pictures. A local minister's mother suffered a paralytic stroke, affecting church events.
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Teachers College
Sutton
C. R. Foster
State Teachers College
Free School System
Pennsylvania
Indiana High School
George W. Gerwig
Pittsburgh
Foster
Education
Gerwig
Indiana
Commonwealth
Indiang High School
Samuel W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian‘. M
McDonald, Pa
Chapman Reelected Indiana County School Superintendent
Jas P Chapman of Indiana was re elected to a county school superintendency eighth term. He has 26 years total service after ten years as a local instructor. 143 directors attended the Tuesday meeting in the court house as Chapman secured near unanimous support.
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Ifna
Jas. P. Chapman
Indiana
Indiana County
Court House
Chapman
Thesday
John H. Thompson
Blaireville
C. F. Glasser
Rayne Sownglip
James ‘Repine
Clarksburg
August Dietz
East Wheatfield Township
E. ‘Eb, Irwin
Montgomery
William Brendlinger
West Wheatfield
Norman C Koontz Re elected Superintendent of Borough Schools
Norman C Koontz was re elected superintendent of the Andiana Borough Schools for another four year term by the Board of Education after considering other applicants. The annual salary will be $4,000.
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Norman C. Koontz
Andiana Borough
Board of Education
Kooniz
Real estate transfers list across Mahoning and Blairsville areas
A compilation of transfers including I N Loos to Kritzer for 182 acres in N Mahoning at 1106 dollars George Adamson to Robert Marshall for 116.8 acres in S Mahoning at 2000 dollars David Heofflech to James Nine bark for 95 acres in Cano at 1 dollar Norman KF Moore to Blatraville 3 and T Co for a Blairsville lot at 1 400 dollars James D Sweeney to Shreve Sweeney two Blairsville lots at 1 dollar Amanda Anderson to Presbyterian Church of Indiana lot in Indiana at 1 Nora Fails to Presbyterian Church of Indiana lot in Indiana at 1 John McMillen to Blain McMillen 52 acres in Montgomery at 1 Chas Schwary to Mike Protz two Blairsville lots at 1 John W Sampson to B Hudson 90 square rods in A Mahoning at 1 George Hice to Roy Palmer 40 acres in W Wheatfield at 6 dollars George Hice to Indiana Co Commission ers 60 acres in W Wheat field at 63 96 Roy Palmer to Chester Empfield 10 acres in W Wheatfield at 1
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I. N. Loos
D. N. Kritzer
N. Mahoning
George Adamson
Robert D. Marshall
S. Mahoning
David Heofflech
James A. Ninebark
Cano
Norman KF
Moore
Blatraville 3
Detour on Win Penn Highway Between Mundy’s Corners and Cresson
The State Highway Department announced a summer detour on the Win Penn Highway from Mundy’s Corners to Cresson. Traffic will be routed via Nady-Gho for 14.7 miles to avoid construction. Honest Man Gets Liquor dob Thomas Lostrick, of Mineat, joined 17 officers appointed by the Liquor Control Board with a $2,040 annual salary.
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Win
Penn
Mundy's Corners
Cresson
Penn Highway
State Highway Department
Nady-Gho
Dob Thomas Lostrick
Mineat
Liquor Control Board
Woman Check Passer Detained by Local Officers
Betty Lininger, about 32, of Johnstown, detained by borough officers Anderson and Kelly at noon on Tuesday as she boarded a bus for Johnstown. Local merchants report she passed worthless checks. Blairsville and Indiana police pursued similar complaints. she was taken to Blairsville for a hearing before Justice Ralph C. Brown. Indiana officers arrived with a warrant for her arrest based on Blairsville and Johnstown complaints.
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Betty Sninger
Johnstown
Blairsville
Betty Lininger
Anderson and
Kelly
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Ralph C. Brown
Golden Wedding Nelly Ring for Prominent White Township Couple
Mr and Mrs P L Hamill long time White township residents quietly marked their golden wedding anniversary at home on Tuesday Their son and daughter in law hosted a family dinner and Mrs Hamill formerly Miss Laura Campbell is recovering from a long illness The couple wed in a Campbell home ceremony performed by the late Rev David Hall in Cherryhill Township
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P. L. Hamill
White Township
John Hanill
School St
Hamill
Laura Campbell
David Hall
Town
Campbell
Cherryhill Township
Samuel Highlands
Josephine Simpson
Margaret Bennett
Homer City
Indiana
Two Sentenced On Monday For Larceny and DUI
Boyd McGarry pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny before Judge Langham on Monday and was sentenced to pay court costs a fine of 14 cents and serve not less than six months nor more than a year in Allegheny County Workhouse Howard Johns, implicated in the same crime, is out on $600 bond and will face trial. Wilson pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was fined 200 plus 40 days in county jail. He must also restore damage to two automobiles.
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Boyd McGarry
Jaige J. N
Langham
Sheny County
Howard Johns
Wilson
Blairsville Man Held Vor Hearing Before Grand Jury
Following an inquest Blairsville resident John Madoni was recommended for grand jury action in the death of six year old Anna Kiemel of Coral fatally struck March 16 by a car Madoni drove She died en route to Indiana hospital Dr M M Davis acting coroner ruled the inquest I R Tubbs charged Madoni with manslaughter and he was released on a $1,000 bond awaiting a preliminary hearing next Wednesday before Squire J D Hill
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John Madoni
Blairsville
Anna Kiemel
Coral
Madoni
Indiana Hospital
M. M. Davis
I. R. Tubbs
Indiana
State Highway Patrol
Squire J. D. HI
Town
Dr. Foster Speaks to Somerset Rotarians on Public Schools
Dr. Charles R. Foster president of the Indiana State Teachers College was guest speaker at the Somerset weekly luncheon. He discussed the growth of the public school system over 200 years and noted Pennsylvania’s 100th anniversary of free public schooling this month.
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Foster
Somerset
Charles R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
Publc
Pennsylvania
Wood Clark Named Chief of Accounts and Records in Pittsburgh
Wood Clark of Pittsburgh and former resident of this place is appointed chief of the division of accounts and records for the Department of Public Safety in Pittsburgh by Director H Ralph E Smith. The post carries a $2500 yearly salary. Mrs. Clark is married to the clerk of the United States Court in Pittsburgh.
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Wood Clark
Pitts |Burgh
This
Division of Accounts and Berards
Department of Public Safety
Pittsburgh
H Ralph E. ‘Smith
Clark
United States Court
Fatal Auto Crash Takes Shelocta Child on Tuesday
Mildred Elizabeth Sharp seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Sharp of Shelocta was fatally injured by an automobile on the Benjamin Franklin Highway Tuesday afternoon while returning from an Armstrong township school with her brother The accident near Shelocta involved Charles If Stivanson and wife of Kittanning whose vehicle swerved to avoid another car and struck the girl The child died at Indiana Hospital with a broken neck Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Shelocta United Presbyterian church Burial will follow in the church cemetery
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McNary
Saltsburg
Indiana
Daniel McMillen
Chambersville
Frank Kerr
Grant Township
M. D. Crawford and Son
Butler
Smicksburg
John Kerr
Robert Reed
Town
Johnstown
Polyclinic Hospital
New York City
Thomas Smythe
Ol ‘City Hospital
Annie McKee Smitten
Waynesburg
North Eleventh St
G.G. Hill
Virginia
Jimmy
Washington, D. C
Charles Poelett
Washington, Pa
T. P. Stephens
Wayne Avenue
Clifford Kauffman
Ferndale Borough
Oakland Avenue
Richard Cummins
Manorville
FY. D. Cummins
South Fifth Street
Michael Heckman
North Ninth Street
S. Marshall
Livermore
R.D
Marshall
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Todd McGaughey
J. W. McGaughey
Emily Bierer
West Philadelphia
Calvin Fleck
Rimersburg
Warren Brothers
Lawrence Lockard
Brothers
Noble Miller
North Sixth Street
J. W. Miller
Nella
West Washington
Pittsburgh
Join A. Scott
North Seventh Street
Atlantic City
Seele
Maggie Walbeck
J. J. Fetterman
Mildred Elizabeth Sharp
Elmer Sharp
Sheloca
Benjamin Franklin
Charles If. Stivanson
Kittanning
iShelocta
Shelbeta
Emma Sharp
Armstrong Township
Shelocta United Presbyterian Church
Church
Lightning Strikes Highway Between New Florence and Ligonier
A sudden electrical storm sent a bolt of lightning onto a concrete road between New Florence and Ligonier. The strike damaged the highway for about 50 feet and blasted a trench through the ground. Eyewitnesses described earth being hurled 100 feet into the air as the arc left the roadway. Concrete chipped along 600 feet and a trench roughly 16 by 6 by 2 to 4 feet was gouged from the ground.
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New Florence
Ligonier
Seven Daughters Greet Mother on Birthday
Mrs. Linnie Trusal of Chambersville celebrated her 82nd birthday with seven daughters and their families at her home. Grandchildren and friends joined the party, gifts were given, a cake with 82 candles was on display, and the gathering produced many warm wishes for the elderly honoree.
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Linnie Trusal
Chambersville
Thl
Penney Store Managers Convene in Atlantic City
Jay H. Manning of town attends regional convention for Penney store managers and buyers in Atlantic City. Eight conventions will be held nationwide this month with all 1489 Penney store managers meeting with central office members.
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Penney
Jay H. Manning
J. C. Penney Company
Atlantic City
Marriage Licenses and Divorce Plea Noted
A list shows marriages including Harry L. Prager with Florence M. Silffler in Akron and several other couples across Ohio and Pennsylvania. The text ends with a divorce plea alleging incompatibility due to lack of income, filed in a Pittsburgh area case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Prager
Akron
Florence M. Silffler
Cresson
Andrew J. Wittenauer
Lima
Barbara Anderson
Pittsburgh
Steve Yanosesik
Lucerne
Marie Biggle
George T. Palmer
Sallaburg
Pearl BE
Fennell
Sallaburg Nawin LL
Rummell
Homer City
Rosie N. Bruner
Blairaville
R.D
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New Institution
Dr. G
Old Bank
Paul J, Atraitiff
Centennre
H. Wilbur Black
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
A. D
Ineus
Jas. BP
J. H. Shank
Vandergrift
Steale Clark
Cherry Tree
J, SC. Long
Punxsutawney
David Ferguson
Murrayaville
Jas
Nelly
Pittburgh
Shelocta
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Shelocta U.P
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