Dairying Costs Highlighted By Teachers College Board
Figures presented to the board show that the State Teachers College spent 787,615.77 on salaries and wages from June 1, 1929, to April 10, 1931, with maintenance and repairs totaling 1,412,971.65. Major items include 250,000 for the New Arts Building, machinery and equipment costs, and receipts of 1,026,023.05 during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Marion Center
H. P. Lewis
Haa
Indiana
Real estate transfers listed including multiple tracts
A sequence of real estate transfers shows numerous buyers and sellers in various townships. Notable entries include Harry Fleming selling two tracts in South Mahoning for 1300 dollars and Maria Cicero selling three tracts in White for 3200 dollars plus a 1.33 acre parcel for 4800 dollars. Other transfers involve Cherryhill Center Burrell Washington and Conemaugh with prices ranging from 50 to 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Fleming
Augusta Eneee
S. Mahoning
A. d. Hines
Samuel Lute
Cherryhill
Nettie Keller
Center
Bert B. Fairman
Geo
J. Schuerger
Washington
Jane M. Palmer
Nellie M. Palmer
Burrell
Louisg Coldebela
Mary N. Palmer
Blacklick Improvement Co
Walter F. Lybarger
Linus Feilin
Della
W. Mahoning
Marshall
Milo C. Miller
Maria Cicero
Etta Hess
White
R. J. Flynn
James, M. Kelley
Conemaugh
Charles H. Hutchison
Weller H. Gordon
E. Wheatfield
Marriage Licenses and a Three-Woman Assault Charge
The list includes numerous marriage license entries with residents from Blairsville Bon Air and surrounding areas. Separately, Leland Albright of Buffington township accuses Mrs Sadie Graham Miss Mary Graham and Miss Mary Eilen Hileman of assault and battery after a lumber incident near the Graham home. The trio deny wrongdoing and the case proceeds before Justice Walter H. Jackson with a hearing set for Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington
Pwp
Leland Albright
Buffington Township
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Sadie Graham
Mary Graham
Mary Eilen Hileman
Albright
Graham
Indiana County Dairy History Highlight On KDKA
William S. Wetzel of Marion Center discussed Indiana County dairy development on KDKA. He traced early settlement from 1748, noted timber coal and gas riches, and the rise of rail milk shipments to Pittsburgh by 1880, led by Homer City and pioneer dairyman James M. Risinger, with Marion Center’s H. P. Lewis introducing registered Jerseys in 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Wetzel
Marion Center
Indiana County
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Homer City
James M. Risinger
Pennsylvania State Jersey Cattle Club
H. P. Lewis
Philadelphia
Blacklick to Washington D C婚? Jean Maxwell Marries Elmer Spencer
Mrs Isabella Maxwell announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Jean Maxwell to Elmer Clyde Spencer. The ceremony occurred in Baltimore on January 31, 1931. The couple will reside in Woodbridge after June first. Mrs Spencer is noted as a prominent Blacklick woman with many well wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Maxwell
Blacklick
Washington, D.C
Isabella Maxwell
Miss Jean Maxwell
Elmer Clyde Spencer
Seattle
Wash
Baltimore
Spencer
Woodbridge
Washington
D.C
County Nurses Gather For Thursday Evening Event
Registered nurses of Indiana county will meet in the basement of the Court House for a social gathering Thursday evening. State Superintendent Miss Alice M. O Halloran will speak in the main courtroom, followed by a social period with refreshments. More than a hundred invitations were issued and about sixty five county nurses are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Indiana County
Alice M. O'Halloran
State Department of Health
Harrisburg
Forest Fires Burn 10900 Acres in Brushvalley Township Losses Set
Damages reported from forest fires across the county hit heavy losses in Brushvalley township where 10900 acres of brush and timber burned before crews contained the blaze. Firefighters from Homer City and Brushvalley battled the flames along the railroad between Josephine and Heshbon, sparing Samuel Walbeck farm buildings near Heshbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley Township
Samuel Walbeck
Heshbon
Campbell
Homer City
Findley
Josephine
Cliffside Park
Indiana
Cliffside Dance Hall
West Wheatfield
Blacklick
Buffington
Union
Clymer
State Game Commission Visits Local Aviary Whipperwill
State Game Commission members including Ross Ressler and Charles Has king Townsend toured the Lawrence Hasdnger aviary at Whipperwill. The group praised the breeding pens housing 115 Asiatic game birds across eight species, noting the extensive, evergreen-lined runways and natural shelter aiding breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipperwill
State Game Commission
Ross
Ressler
Jard
M. B. Reis
A. Hiller
Charles ‘Hasking Townsend
New York State Aquarium
Lawrence Hasdnger
Hasinger
Personal News From Indiana Visitors and Local Calls
Local notes list numerous residents and visitors in Indiana and surrounding towns. Names include Ethel of Rossiter, Edward B Bennett, J M Dick, Frank Stumpf, Gene Myers, Russel Lewis, A A Silvia, A S White, J B Tomb, Wayne Tomb, R N Ray, Thomas Penler, C B Bell, Robert Bell, William H McCann, D M Butterbaugh, Cap A Woodward Smith, Fred Clark, Lewis Weiss, D Dearmy, Ruth Adair, Ernest Kinsey, Ruth Lingenfelter, A L Stuchell, Henry Townsend, and others amid hospital, business trips, and seasonal travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Rossiter
Edward B. Bennett
Town
Harrisburg
J. M. Dick
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
Frank Stumpf
Aspinwall
G. BH
Myers and
Brothersi Gene
Altoona
F Russel Lewis
Smicksburg
Thomas Penler
West Chestnut Street
Windber
C. B. Bell
Robert
Glen Campbell
William H. McCann
Home
D. M. Butterbaugh
Buffington Township
Capt
A. Woodward Smith
Armagh- East Wheatfield Township
J. O. C. McCracken
Export
McCracken
Ruth Adair
Church Street
H. B. Sterner
Dixonville
Ward Devers
Near South Bend
The
Progress
Jeti Smith
Mildrea
Nancy
Dayton
R.D
Mr. Smith
Fred Gershman
Alex M. Gershman
Locust Street
New York
Abe Myers
Mettropolis
A. A. Rummel
W. R. Brilhart
Plumville
Rummel
Pauline Lingenfelter
Southstraet
Valley Lodge
Rebekahs
Yates‘boro
Lingenfelter
Yaterboro
A. L. Stuchell
Creekside
Mr. Stuchell
Troutman Company
Henry Townsend
Ruth
South Bend
Progress Office
Townsend
New Century Club elects Florence Wallace president
Annual meeting of the New Century Club at the W C T U building elected Florence Wallace as president and named Annie Lowry first vice president H J Johnston second vice president Mary McKnight third vice president. Elected officers include E B Race recording secretary Edwin Long corresponding secretary Gilbert Wolfenden treasurer and John C Hamill C Blaxter as two year directors with Lowry Wallace and Johnston chosen as delegates to the State Federation meeting in York next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Wallace
New Century Club
W. C
B. Race
Edwin Long
Gilbert Wolfenden
John C. Hamill
C. W. Blaxter
Lowry
Wallace
Johnston
State Federation of Women's Clubs
York
Mary Rhodes
Nora Patton
Luna Clamants
Mary Bell Campbell
Luella Grosse
Anna Campbell
Virginia DeGaetano
Hall Pennsylvania
W.S. Hamilton
Commodore Farmers Association Shows Rapid Growth
The Commodore Farmers Association reports tripled business and membership in under two years since starting March 1929 with 16 farmers. By Dec 1929 gross sales were 7924 and 67 members. year two grossed 23509.89 with 145 members. now 174 members, distributing feed and supplies from Commodore and Cherry Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Farmers’ Co-operative Association
Commodore Bank
Commodore
Cherry Tree
Deaths in Area Bring Sad Tidings Across County
A sequence of obituaries from Washington township to Tunnelton notes the deaths of Mrs. Robert Huff aged 72 in Fairmont West Virginia and Mrs. Catherine Wynkoop aged 80 in Rayne township. Also reported are funeral arrangements for Frank W. Wilson, Samuel Miller, Annie E. Kinter, infant Virginia Lee Burnheimer, and Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Ball, with survivors listed and community ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wut
Robert
Cutlip) Huff
Washington Township
Fairmont
Nathan Cully
Sumimeraville
W. Va
The
Baptist Church
Weert Virginia
Five Polis
Huff
L. Tt. Huff
Thomasville
N.G
H. H. Tuff
Grafton Road
P. P. Huft
Charleston
3.C
W. G. Huff
Martinsburg
I. G. Huff
United States Army
Canal Zone
Orie Vangilder
Blea
Opal Garrett
Fairmount
Tame Deer Killed by Dog Near Rustic Lodge
A tame deer owned by Leslie Pattison at Rustic Lodge southwest of Indiana was killed by a dog Sunday afternoon. Pattison seeks the dog owner, who faces a fine up to $100. Also, Harrisburg reports the House approved a 20,000 mile township roads bill, placing oversight with the Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Pattison
Rustic Lodge
Indiana
Mr. Pattison
House
Harrisburg
Admin
Highway Department
Punxsutawney Man Fatally Struck By Auto
Calvin Bley of Punxsutawney, Indiana native and livery operator, died in Punxsutawney hospital from injuries after being struck on West Mahoning street Thursday night by a car driven by Paul B. Greenwall. He leaves a widow Miss Delillah Means and three children, with funeral services held Monday by Rev. H. F. Miller. He had been a long time member of the Evang elical Lutheran church and Odd Fellows, and worked for McQuown Automobile Co. for 19 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Intercaidence
Covode
Raymond Porce
Juneau
Punxautawney Hospital
Uriah Peace
Evangelical Church
The
Odd Fellows
Glenn White
Dora May
H. C. Baun
Joseph Peace
Town
Milton Peace
Embry Peace
Cleveland
Henry I
Herman Peace
Comstock
Nebr
Calvin Bley
Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Hospital
Indiana
West Mahoning Street
Funxsutawney
Paul B. Greenwall
Punxsetawney
Conrad Bley
McQuown Automobile Company
Hig Prater
H. F. Miller
Odd Fellows Lodge
Misa Delillah Means
Georgeville
Paul M. Bley
New Castle
Clarence B. Bley
Chester
Wade Stokes
Punxsutawnay
Jacob Wetting
Peter Riddle
Death of Dill Hazlett and church growth at town
Dill Hazlett son of the late Dr Hazlett of Lown and his wife died recently within a week at their St. Louis home. He was a brother of Mrs Mary Stewart Has lett of Cambridge Ohio formerly of town. His father was a prominent local dentist. In town the First United Presbyterian Church saw 20 members join during quarterly communion on Sunday morning. Rev J J McIlvaine led preaching with assistance from Rev A E Driggers of Kittanning during the preparatory services Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dick
Cherryhill Township
Jacob P. Dick
J. M. Dick
Frank W. Wilson
Thompson Cemetery
Hillsdale
Howard G. Wilson
Montgomery Township
Anderson
Cherry Trea Presbyterian Church
Eugene Pounds
Elderton
Eugene Wilson
Town
Stanley Wilson
Gallitul
Dill Hazlett
Dr. Hazlett
Lown
St. Louis
Hazlett
Mary Stewart Haslett
Cambridge
First United Presbyterian Church
J. J. McIlvaine
A. E. Driggers
Kittanning
Wild Geese Die After Mistaking Oil Pit for Water
A flock of 25 wild geese in Eldorado Arkansas perished after mistaking an abandoned oil pit for water, their wings coated in sediment preventing escape. In Coventry Vermont a 16-year-old boy, John Carroll, survived a barn fire by holding the cow's tail as it bolted to safety. Albert Zallery of Daugherty's drug store suffered a broken nose and injured wrist while helping extinguish a small fire in the Gessler ice house behind the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil
Eldorado, Ark
John Carroll
Coventry
Gessler
Albert Zallery
Daugherty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wetzel
Marion
Kdea Farm
Teachers' College
Mauris G. Smith
Blairsville
Hona L. Fulmer
Sarl
F. Sundberg
Todiana Hua EB. Palmer
Thos
H. R. Swan
Hilda I. Smith
Blairaville
Clarence
Crach
Bawaston
Marion Anderson
James C. Patterson
Brownfield Wilda
Uniontown
Henry A. Nicomede
Edith M. Lanfranki
Blackneck
Mike Kowalski
Saltsburgs
Agata Mihalak
Ses Coral
Elmer P. Burkley
Bairdstown
Hannah E. Irwin
Henry M. Peoples
Ruby L. Brown
Donald M. Brinck
Florence
A. Murphy
J. I, Fetterman
Banks
Zelda Fetterman
Indiana Co
John J. Milko
Barnesboro
Eva Chilenski
Gherryhill
Christian Endeavor
Union of Christian Endeavor
Mras
Katherine Kunkle
Pennsylvania
Annabel Kunkle
Ed. Buchanan
Joe Butcher
Near Seward
Bear Seward
Karl ‘Crouse
Charles
New Florence
Geraldine Decker
Mra
Walter Decker
Decker
Elizabeth Carson
J. W. Carson
Harry Canfield
Perry, N.Y
California
Yuba River
Guy Tabler
Young Township
Jacksonville
Latrobe
Peter Bell
X. N. Langham
Brushvalley Two
Brushvalley
Albert Buterpaugh
Foster
C. R. Foster
Marry White
Red Cross
Harry White
Croylands
Crystal Room
Hotel Moore
Conservatory of Music
John W. Neff
Bert Russell
Detroit City College
Indiana Hospital
Stinson
Charles Miller
Miller
Squire Walter
H. Jackson
8. C. Streams
Pnemonia
James Streams
Pittsburgh Post Office
Philadelphia Street
H. A. Orr
Commodore Farmers Association
P. Fitzpatrick
J. P. Witapatrick
Cherry Trea
Harry E B. Koozer
Fitzpatrick
Thef
Pitzpatrick
John F. Fink
Veterans’ Bureau Hospital
Brushvalley Hall Club
Charles Altimus
George Evans
John Auld
Davis
Grace Buchanan
Frank Rhine
Raymond Pears
M. A. Wynkoop
Catherine (Buchanan) Wynoop
Rayna Township
Wynkoop
James D. Buchannan
Rayne Township
Christ
Ambrose Baptist Church
M. Alden Wynkoop
Kime
Oakland Cemetery
Barnuel Miller
Samuel Miller
Johnstown
Cramer
Philip
Susan
Fulcomer) Miller
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sarah Dick
John Ressler
Bert Miller
H. A. Sharp
Barron Avenue
Annie E. Kinter
Shelotta United Presbyterian Church
R. V. E. Wright
Shelocta
James F. Kinter
Armstrong Township
Robert Armstrong
Sheloca
Virginia Lee Burnheimer
Virginia Lee
Logan Burnheimer
Mary Ella
Martha Elizabeth Ball
Tunnelton
John ‘Ball
Man Heads Florista Asso
George D. Leydick
Northwestern
State College
Walter Kissinger
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