Lincoln Club holds broad GOP meet across Indiana county
Two hundred voters attend Lincoln Club meeting at Plumville Grange Hall with speakers including Dr Emlyn Jones Howard Stull and Walter Morris. Attendees from Plumville Amicksburg West and South Mahoning townships heard endorsements for Republican candidates for Congress state senator and state legislature. Plans for future sessions in Armagh Rossiter Marion Center and Blairsville were announced with invitations to all Republican candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumville
Amicksburg
West
South Mahoning
Lincoln Club
Indiana County
George Adamson
Wil ‘Fred EH. Helwig
Indiana
Helwig
Congress
Jefferson
Armstrong
Cambria
Gilbert Wolfenden
General Assembly
J. T. Stewart
J. Clair Sloan
H. B. Hewitt
Walter H. Jackson
Harry H. Wilson
Blairsville
Steele Clark
Cherry Tree
L. A. Chick
Armagh
East Wheatfield
West Wheatfield
Armagh Grange Hall
Alex Elliott
Emlyn Jones
Howard W. Stull
Johnstown
A. H. Stewart
Club
Abraham Lincoln
Stewart
Robinson Schoolhouse
Rossiter Theatre
Marion Center
Plymer
Blairsville High School
White Township Teachers Ink Ao 1936 37 Slate
The White Township schools elect a 1936 37 term slate of teachers including H. J. Myers Eugene McAnulty T Leonard Kunkle D M Stonebraker Blaine Hill Ruth Jamison Adah Metz Leda Stephens Mildred Ortner Gertrude Wilson Dorothy Mulholland Clare Gemmel Harriet White Charlotte Smith Ruth Kelley Fern Stonebraker Ruth Kanaar Margaret Salsgiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Township
H. J. Myers
Eugene McAnulty
T. Leonard Kunkle
D. M. Stonebraker
Blaie Hill
Ruth Jamison
Adah Metz
Leda Stephens
Mildred Ortner
Gertrude Wilson
Dorothy Mulholland
Clare Gemmel
Harriet White
Charlotte Smith
Ruth Kelley
Fern Stonebraker
Ruth Kanaar
Margaret Salsgiver
Opening Day Fishing Licenses Reported in PA
The Pennsylvania fishing season opens with Indiana County well represented among the state’s 250000 sportsmen on the streams. A total of 543 fishing licenses were issued by County Treasurer John M. Thompson at noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
John M. Thompson
Engagement of Miss Turner to Ward Zeigler announced
Miss Jessie R. Turner of Indiana State Teachers College will wed Ward M. Zeigler of Indiana, purchasing agent for the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation. Also note the annual P T A card party set for Thursday evening, April 23 at Horace Mann school to benefit the P T A, with public attendance invited. George Behm and sons from Marchand were Indiana visitors today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie R. Turner
Teachers College
Ward M. Zeigler
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
Clearfield Bituminong Coal Corporation
Parent-Teacher Association
Horace Mann
George Behm and Sons
Irvin and
Wilson
Marchand
Temporary Pedestrian Bridge Over Conemaugh At Cokeville
A temporary eight foot wide pedestrian bridge will be built over the Conemaugh river at Cokeville to connect Blairsville and Cokeville until a permanent highway bridge is replaced after flood damage. The contract goes to University Fittings & Scaffolding Co of Blairsville and completion is expected this week. Buses will ferry passengers across once open, alleviating isolation between Cokeville and Blairsville and restoring fire protection to Torrance State hospital by shortening detours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Conemaugh River
Cokeville
University Fittings & Scenffolding Company
Blairsville
Cokemaugh
Torrance
Jefferson Day Dinner Attended by Hundreds in Indiana
Judge John H. McCann of Ebensburg was the principal speaker at the Jefferson Day dinner held Tuesday night in the Methodist Episcopal church social rooms, drawing more than 400 attendees. The Indiana County Democratic Club sponsored the event with music by Neal Buckley’s Orchestra, a soloist, a singing group, and an invocation by Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Shane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. McCann
Ebensburg
Methodist Episcopal Church
Indiana County Democratic Club
Ebenaburg
Catherine Slobr
State Department of Wesfars
Harrisburg
Harry W. Fee
Indiana County Democratic
Neal Buckley
Orchestra of
Indiana
Austin Drew
Wilbur Gibson
Pearl Walker
John St. Clair
Logan Houck
George W. Clark
Samuel W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Robinson girl dies of diphtheria in Robinson
Doris Eva Foust aged 10 of Robinson died from diphtheria at her home Monday. Her brother Emerson is seriously ill with the same disease. She is survived by her parents and several siblings. The Foust home is quarantined. Judge B B Creps announces appointments including L Langnecker as judge of election Blacklick Precinct 2 to replace J R Lang and Maude Lang as inspector. Karl Pfeiffer named constable Marion Center borough to replace J T Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Eva Ruust
Wilbert Foust
Robinson
Emerson Foust
Abram Foust
Robingon
Foust
B. B.creps
L. Langnecker
Blacklick Township
J. R. Lang
Maude B. Lang
Blacklick
Byron C. Hmert
Karl Pfeiffer
Marion Center
J. T. Burns
Indiana Board of Education approves 18 mill school tax levy
At a Monday meeting the Indiana Board of Education set the 1936 school tax levy at 18 mills, a two mill increase to meet current obligations. Stray dogs and cats will be killed as Blairaville declares a campaign to exterminate roaming animals starting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Board of Education
Blairaville
Ricers
Lions Club Program Highlights Americanism Talk
Indiana Lions Club opened with a dinner invitation for all men of the community and guests from Kiwanis and Rotary. Attorney James W. Mack Sr. spoke on Americanism and The Constitution, warning autocratic government risks and stressing state powers within democratic intent and the Supreme Court role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Induana Lions Club
Kiwanis
Lions
C. G. Bunnell
Westinghouge Co
Karl F. Oerlein
Science Department
Indiana Teachers College
James W. Mack, Sr
Mack
Germany
Russia
Italy
Washington
Supreme Court
Mark
Thomas Pealer Appointed Assistant Chief Maintenance Engineer
Thomas Pealer of Indiana, serving as engineer of the Tenth District Pennsylvania State Highways, was named assistant chief maintenance engineer for Western Pennsylvania. The appointment becomes effective April 1, with Pealer to receive his original salary of 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Pealer
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Pealer
Dairymens Meeting Set at Strongstown School House
A dairymen’s meeting convenes Thursday evening April 16 at 8 p m in Strongstown school house to discuss Bangs disease testing and other Agricultural Extension program phases. County Agent Warner will explain the joint Bangs test plan by Federal and State Bureaus of Animal Industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairymens
Strongstown
Warner i
Bureaus of Animal Industry
Dairymen Enjoy Dinner and Milk Show Prizes
Nearly 160 leading dairymen dined at the First United Presbyterian church social rooms for the annual meeting of two Indiana County Dairy Herd Improvement Associations and the Quality Milk Show. Prizes were awarded, with remarks on quality milk sales and a one act play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Indiana
John 8. Rankin
Rayne Township
Carl E. Walker
Marion Center
J. Mack Hood
James Cornell
Carl Walker
W. H. Wood
Marion Center Grange
William 8. Wetzel
Eloise Sprankle
Donald Keim
R. €. Dayton
Rieck-Mc-Junkin Dairy Company
Pitts_burgh
Colantha
Clyde Houck
Carl Johnston
H. W. Murnau
Frank Ginter
Quay McMillen
Workhouse Terms Fines For Alleged Drunken Drivers
Wheeler of Cresson pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence and was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to three to six months in Allegheny County Workhouse. Jack Haladay of Cleveland, a truck driver, also got a similar sentence after pleading guilty to failing to stop after an accident while alleged to be drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Cresson
E. B. Creps
Allegheny County
Jack Haladay
Cleveland
Haladay
Shooting in Clymer Leaves Man Wounded by Police
Jay Bankovitch, 28, of Clymer, listed in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen after a Tuesday morning shooting by Chief Tony Askey during an attempted arrest near Sixth Street. The incident follows allegations he loitered and attacked the officer when ordered to move. Nearby, Mrs. George Hill and Mrs. Harry Cribbs, Indiana visitors, and local residents celebrated a new daughter Barbara Ann Buth born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Bath at Indiana hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bankovitch
Clymer
Tony Askey
Bankovitch
Sixth Street
Askey
George Hill
Harry Cribbs
Seward
Indiana
Perelvy N. Park
Locust Street
New York City
Ietropolis
J. Earl Bath
South Sixth Street
Indiana Hospital
Barbara Ann Buth
Haim J. Johnston
John A. H. Keith
Marrisburg
Joseph Parnell
Mary Lee Eith
Robert Lewis
Town
John M. Daugherty
Church Street
Ernest Stewart
College Avenues
New York
Mediterranean
Naples
Italy
Emma Stewart
American College
Sofia
Bulgaria
Personal Brevities Highlight Local Social Visits
A string of residents and visitors appear in a town social column. Miss Beatrice Fleming spends Easter with Pittsburgh friends. William Christenden calls in from Plumville. many names from Harrisburg Reynoldsville and Indiana share weekends and Easter with relatives. The piece notes subscriptions renewed and church services attended by local families and visiting clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Fleming
Grant Street
Pittsburgh
Roy Wherry
Leechburg
William Christenden
Plumville
Robert Alker
Harrisburg
John Alker
School Street
Wynona Wilson
Reynoldsville
Ben Hill
Water Street
Rey
Paul Carson
Universal
Harry Carson
White Township
Robert Webb
Robert, Jr
South ‘Thirteenth Street
Cyrus Buchanan
South Fifth Street
A. H. Stewart
Church St
Laura Duncan
Jeannette High School
Myre
Charlotte Duncan
Wayne Avenue
Stillman A. Foster
G. A. Foster
Bennington
J. T. Stewart, Jr
Westminster College
New Wilmington
J. T. Stewart
Clyde Fleming
Joan
Cleveland
Ohio
Progress Office
William B. Olle
A. E., Hammerson
Lora Jean
Racine
Wis
F. S. Huntuon
Milwaukee
Albert Buterbaugh
Lillian
Elmer
Jesse
Brushvalley
Indiana
Parkwood Native Recovering From Serious Injuries
Mrs. Robert G. Bratton, 73, of Blairsville and Parkwood native, is recovering at the Homeopathic Hospital in Pittsburgh from a fracture of the right hip and right elbow after a fall at her home on Thursday. She previously broke her left elbow in a sidewalk accident two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Hratton
Hlairsville
Parkwood
Dlomeopathic Hospital
Pliteburgh
Bratton
Prominent Educator Outlines Adult Bible Class Plan
Arthur Rodmer of Harrisburg, superintendent of the Adwit Division of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association, will speak at seven county locations over Sunday to Tuesday on Adult Bible Class work. He will discuss "Adults with Christ for a New Day" at Harmony Presbyterian Penn Run, Indiana First Presbyterian, Salineburg First Presbyterian, Rosalter Presbyterian, Marion Center Methodist, Hillsdale Methodist Protestant, and Blairsville Lutheran with times listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Rodmer
Harrisburg
Adwit
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association
Bodmer
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Penn Run
First Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Salinburg
Presbyterian Church
Rosalter
Methodist
Marion Center
Methodist Protestant Church
Hillsdale
Lutheran Church
Blairsville
Two Little Girls Hurt in Local Car Crashes
Two young girls, Mary Jean Brant seven of Plumville and Winifred Oakes six of Clymer, were hospitalized with skull fractures after separate car accidents. Brant ran in front of a parked car driven by Andrew Savage near Plumville. Oakes fell from a car on Dixonville road while riding with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Plumville
Carroll Oakes
Dixonville Road
Cherry Tree Woman Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Accident
Mrs. Catherine Nitewonger of Cherry Tree, age 165, was hospitalized in Indiana with fractures to her pelvis and right ankle after being struck by a westbound car on the Benjamin Franklin highway near George's garage west of Indiana. The driver fled the scene, state patrol reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Nitewonger
Cherry Tree
Indiana Hospital
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Seoarge
Indiana
Trip to California by Black and Troutman Party
Mr and Mrs Merle Black and Rev and Mrs J B Troutman depart Amicksburg for a several week overland motor trip to California. The group will visit points in the far west and return via Winits. Black is a rural mail carrier based in Smirksburg and Walter Black will serve during his brother's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Black
J. 8. Troutman
Amicksburg
Overland
California
Far West
Black
Smirksburg
Walter
Local trio heads to Florida and Georgia to visit kin
Leonard Way and George Marbach of town drove to Gainsville Georgia to see Mrs. Marbach who has been visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bennett of town at their winter home in St Petersburg Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennett
Town
Bether Bennett
Edgar F. Eyde
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Eyde
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Leonard Way
George Marbach
Gainsville
Marbach
Harry Bennett
St. Petersburg
Fla
County Youth Dies in Route 111 Car Crash
Funeral rites held Tuesday at Bowdertown Evangelical church for Frank Bostic of Montgomery township Williamsport hospital treated him after a Sunday crash with Chester Bair of Logan Center. He sustained a skull fracture and other injuries when the car plunged over an embankment after hitting a guard rail near No 2 bridge on Route 111. He resided with his sister in Williamsport and was active in Shryock Grange. Surviving parents are Edward K. and Mrs Bostic, and his siblings in Indiana Findley Hugh Marlyn Cherry Tree Williamsport Pittsburgh and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdertown
Williamsport
Montegomery Township
Shryock Grange
Edward K. Bostic
Montgomery Township
James H. Aice
Indiana
Findley
Hugh and
Marlyn Bostic
Cherry Tree
C. C. Reynolda
Wilkinsburg
Dizabeth Bostic
Pittsburgh
Christy Fragier
Millicent Bostic
Real estate transfers across Indiana County deeds listing many parcels
A sequence of property transfers is recorded across Indiana County towns including White, Pine, Armstrong, Creekside, Cherryhill, and Rust Wheatfield. Transactions list grantors and grantees such as Joseph P. Mack, Harry Carlyle Walker, Etta Daugherty, J N Elder, Hart B Daugherty, Delbert Frantz, Thomas Frantz, Amanda Lydick, and Shawnee Coal Co. with parcels ranging from lots to acres and prices from $1.00 to $3,750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Mack
Harry Carlyle Walker
White Township
J. Milford
Etta G.daugherty
Indiana
Third Ward
Joe An Lane
J. N. Elder
W. F. Craft
William C. Mack
Pine Township
James H. Blakeley
Eliza Jane Blakeley
Armstrong Township
Charlotta Sloan
Jason W. Shaffer
Creekside Borough
Dorothy Daugherty
Hart B. Daugherty
J. R. Daugherty
Delbert G. Frantz
Thomas H. Frantz
South Mahoning Township
Atras
Amanda Lydick
John Sokol
Cherryhill Township
Shawnee Coal Co
Commissioners
Indiana County
Green Township
Commissioners of Indiana Co
H. B. Buterbaugh
Laura M. Hill
Miller W. Stiles
Rust Wheatfield
Austin Cessnu
M. KE. Reark
George Harwig
M. V. Ling
Anniversary Tribute To Mr And Mrs Halmiston In Center
Mr and Mrs James M Halmiston of Center township celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary over the weekend at Kuesta. Attendees included their son Howard Halmiston and family from Aglman B J Wegley of Washington Pa Mrs T W oats and daughter Mary and son Donald of Parkwood and Misses Viola Bowman and Crissie Britton. Five grandchildren Raymond Jimmy Sally Patty and Howard Jr joined the celebration as the Rebekah Lodge presented a wedding cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Halmiston
Center Township
Kuesta
Howard Halmiston
Aglman
B. J. Wegley
Washington, Pa
T. Woats
Mary
Donald
Parkwood
Viola Bowman
Crissie
Britton
Raymond
Jimmy
Truck Destroyed By Fire On William Penn Highway
A Newark New Jersey truck and trailer owned by Demente Lorite and driven by Louis DePaul were destroyed by a fire on Wednesday night along the William Penn highway seven miles east of Blairsville. The motor caught fire and the driver found the underside of the truck in flames after stopping to inspect. Traffic was blocked for an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demente Lorite
Newark
N. J
Louis
DePaul
Wiliam Penn Highway
Blairsville
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Mahonings
Rossiter
White Township Teachers Ink Ao
Conemaugh
Margaret Snyder
Lydia Snyder
Ths Place
E. G. Dimling
Jack Munyon
Indiana Evangelistic Tabernacle
John Galbreath
R.D
Misa Malvene Martz
East Philadelphia
R. B. Botsford
E. H. Hrickson
Greensburg
College Inn
Marion Botsford
Uniontown
J. Wilbur Gibson
State Board of Game Commissioners
Warner
Patterson
Keystone
Cornellian
Victory
Fulton Simpson
Bert Blakley
Patterson T. W. Craig
Patterson A. Ward Overdorf
Patterson Paul Hopkins
Patterson Vallie Cable
Keystona Danks
Cornellan
Penn
Mrs
Gladye Roof
United Presbyterian Church
Academy OF Science Honors
Uncle Dick" Wehrle
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Dick” Wehrle
Graham Netting
Carnegie Museum
Wehrle
William H. Buterbaugh and Sons
Banks
Jonsthan
Commodore
Butterbaugh, Sr
Progress
Pittsburgh Post
John J. Mellyalne
Gene
New Castle
Robert M. Fisher
North Sixth Street
Mellyaine
New Calle
Firat
Robert M. Lucas
Homer City
Sncrrases
Ruth J. Hill
Joe Bender
Theresa Votta
Paul Miller
Sheloctulaie Croft
Han Dalyer
Williams
Port
Maeching
Brige
Bowdertown Church
G. DO. Templeton
Marion Center, RD
The
Templeton
Misa Anna Oresik
George Solyncki
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