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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1930

Page

5

Improvement plans at college approved for 1929 construction

Board of trustees approved $88,000 for Main Building renovations at State Teachers College including steel stairways with fire doors and a new 22 passenger elevator. Electrical rewiring at $45,000, new lighting, and emergency lighting will modernize the building. Also approved are plans for a $200,000 Arts Building under construction and a June to September work window.

State Teachers College Ther Institution John Sutton Hall Fiont Recreation Hall State Teachers Colleges of Pennsylvania

Memorial to W F Wettling on Benjamin Franklin Highway

Movement to place a memorial tablet for the late W Fred Wettling on the high knoll east of Indiana gains favor as the Benjamin Franklin Highway nears completion. Wettling, once secretary of the National Benjamin Franklin Highway Association, contributed years of effort to securing the route through Indiana and promoting the transcontinental highway. The high knoll spot offers an expansive view across farmland and valleys, chosen as the setting for a tribute to Wettling and his work. Also appears are multiple property transfers in counties including White, Indiana, Montgomery, Green, and East Wheatfield, with sums listed for each deed.

W. Fred Wettling Indiana Atlantic Pacific High Knoll Esat Benjamin Franklin

Indiana Theatre to go talkie with Alias French Gertie

The Indiana Theatre installs modern talking equipment and will open as a talkie venue next Monday presenting Bebe Daniels in Alias French Gertie. Adult admission rises to 36 cents, children 10, with policy unchanged except for talkie feature and new novelties, news, and comedies.

Indiana Theatre Bebe Daniels Gertie Indiana

White Oak School closes with perfect attendance noted

Eleven of thirty pupils at White Oak school in West Mahoning township achieved perfect attendance during the term. A pupil completed her sixth year and another her fifth straight year without missing a day. Teacher T. T. Dodson closes his third year. The term ended with a picnic, a boys versus married men baseball game, and an old fashion spelling bee where parents won. Detours announced in Indiana County on several routes with miles and surface types.

White Oak West Mahoning Township T. T. Dodson Smicksburg Millie Kerr Miles Kerr Dorothy Kerr Ethel Gearhart Edward Griffith Fred Gearhart Brook Kerr Ruth Kerr Ada Bell Kerr Cora Ann Weaver Edith Bush

Forestry and Coal Mining Related As Twin Interests

Mearfield Bituminous Coal Corp publishes a booklet detailing the link between forestry and coal mining. It argues the two are closely related, noting that one ton of coal uses four board feet of lumber and a 60 ton railroad car carries about 200 board feet of timber.

Mearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation

Slight Fire Damage at Troutman Store Promptly Doused

Quick action by Troutman Department Store employees and a fast fire department response averted a larger blaze. A fire in the basement furnace room, likely from a defective flue, was contained with extinguishers and hose lines. Damage, largely smoke, affected a section of the men's department and was estimated at about $1,000.

Troutman Department

Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Value of Egg Production

Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania remains the leading poultry state with an egg crop valued at over 42 million dollars for 192? and 114 million dozens. Since 1926, value rose by about 6 million, with production expanding across most counties. Keys Week May 1 to 7 highlights egg value and nutrition.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Federal Ingiauia

Recent Deaths Highlight Elderton and Shelocta Rites

Funeral services for Mrs. Lois C Armstrong were held at the home before interment in Elderton cemetery. Aged 89, she died Friday at her Shelocta home after a long life in Elderton and Shelocta with many grandchildren and great grandchildren among her survivors. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. Elizabeth L Gibson at 77, and 55 year old S. S. McGaughey of Washington township, with brief funeral notes and survivor lists. A separate item mentions Dr Victor Fruwald of Vienna performing five plastic surgeries in Indiana, and Muir Frew of Dixonville named to the 26th Bituminous District mine examining board.

Lois C. Armstrong Elderton Shelocta Alexander Jane Armatrong Lark Elderton United W. E. Wright Sheloca H. C. Farren Daniel Manners Town H. B. Smith West Lebanon Charlotte Armstrong H. I. Culbertson George E. Chattham Altoona J. Grier Clark Johnstown Elizabeth L. Gibson Samuel S. Gibson East Philadelphia Street Hizabeth L. Anderson Pine Flats Mr. Gibson Indiana Gibson Presbyterian Church Robert L. Clark Greenwood Cemetery James A. Gibson Wilkinsburg W. Ford Gibson Windber Sarah Terry Narbeth McGaughey Washington Township Robert C Martha Harmon McGaughey Victor Fruwald University of Vienna Austria Fruwald American Medical Society Muir Frew Dixonville Thomas S. Lowther

M E Union Starts A Drive For 300000 Welfare Fund

More than 65 prominent Methodists in Indiana Westmoreland and Armstrong counties volunteer as leaders in the $300 000 Appeal of the Pittsburgh Methodist Episcopal Church Union from April 24 to May 11 to fund Good Will Welfare Work. District leaders include J Kunkle Neil Griffith Clyde Weston H N Humphreys and others with campaign teams planned across 58 churches. Mrs Elizabeth Dick 93 renews her Progress subscription and remains active in Penn Run community life as a longtime reader and neighbor in the area.

Indiana Westmoreland Armstrong Pittsburgh Methodisal Episcopal Church Union M. L. Benedum Pittsburgh J. &. Kunkle Homer City Neil Griffith Marion Center Clyde Weston Gallitzin H. N. Humphreys Johnstown D. P. Davis Arnold C. C. Warren Rural Valley L. B. Weller Ligonier Bert Jones Murraysville George H. Flick Vandergrift Indiana County George Blairsville Wm. McMillen Blacklick Clifford Palmer Cokeville Daniel Harmon J. B. Keeler Elderton W. J. Sprow Cloa H. J. Hetrick Clymer William Harper Commodore J. A. Terpe H. A. Matthews Salisbury

Injured by Stray Bullet From Local Student

John Copenhaver a 20 year old Kiski student from Kit tanning was wounded by a stray .22 bullet while painting on the new Saltsburg bridge late Tuesday afternoon. He was treated at West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh for liver damage and stomach wall penetration and is expected to recover. A second item reports Miss Ella Sinclair 63 found dead in Plumcreek township Armstrong County, believed to have died a week earlier likely from a stroke.

Kathryn Dowling Oakland Avenue Pittsburgh Everett Ale Glen Campbell Indiana Helen Mercer Saltsburg Schoool Latrobe Jay H. Manhing J. G. Penney Co Cleveland Penney Johnston Moorhead Cherryhill Township Lawrence Getty Youngstown John L. Getty Church Street Wallace Florence Oakland Charlotte. Williams Oneida N.Y Hast Water Street A. S. Birdsall Beatrice and Brenner Margaret Elizabeth Bloomsburg Atttorney James W. Mack North Sixth Street Helen’ Peterman Bridgeville James L. Peterman Wayne Avenue J. H. Devin Pearl Shelocta R.D.2 Progress J. D. Shankle Rochester Mills The Margaret Beck Dayton Vandergrift Simon Heyman Sylvia South Seventh Street Buchman Oak Street Ernest B. Race Third Street Raceville Loretta M. Allison D. J. Allison Talorsville Harvey Edwards Idajar Catherine Stadtmiller Philadelphia John Hogan Thomas Pealer Indiana Hospital J. I. Henderson Mins Agnes Stadtmiller Willard Home J. N. Elder Ernest Forsha North Fifth Street Paul Youngstown Hospital Harry Wyncoop New York City Marion Center Metropolis Gustin L. Moorhead New York Archy Marshall Grandsview Wash Smithkilbure Plumvylle Wallace Diven Livermore Marshall Point John M. Daugherty Marguerite Ray Hill William W. Taylor West Church Street Blanche Anthony Tenth Street John S. Fisher Jimerson Carney Morgantown W. Va Penn Run Mr. Carney J. K. Carney University of West Virginia Kiski John Copenhaver Kittanning West Penn Hospital New Bridge Ella Sinclair Plumcreek Township Armstrong County

Two Fatally Hurt In Auto Accidents

Mire Dow Outs Responsible for Accident Resulting In Death of Joseph Rodgers William Kerr, both victims in separate crashes near Emerick Hills and Big Run. Joseph Rodgers, 42, of Dixonville, died after being crushed between cars on the Lalea-to-the-Sea highway while guiding a stalled vehicle. William Kerr, 71, of Smicksburg, died from internal injuries after being hit while crossing near his Big Run home.

Mire Dow Joseph Rodgers William Kerr Sinicksburg Dixonville Brookville Emerick Hills Rodgers Lalea-to-the-Sea Donald Kiern Orange N.J Smicksburg Big Run Valentine Kerr Thomas Kerr Mary McClinsey R. V. Kerr North Ninth Street

Deckers Point Woman Hins Supported Blind Husband and Self

Mrs. Mary H. Henry of Deckers Point renews her subscription to The Progress. She supported her blind husband Daniel W. Henry for nearly 20 years, doing house and farm work, serving as a cook, and caring for the home after his eye injury left him blind. She will be 74 on May 28 and remains in good health despite hard work.

Deckers Point The Progress Mary H. Henry Henry Daniel W. Henry Aya Specialista

Gasoline Storage Plant Progress at Twolick

Standard Oil Company advances a major gasoline distribution plant at Twolick south of Indiana. Tanks under construction will hold 450000 gallons and trucks will replace tank cars for Indiana Jefferson Cambria and Somerset counties. Eight truck drivers will be employed. In a separate item county authorities probe a Coal Run dynamiting at House No 133 with one suspect held. house occupants escaped injury. The report notes a declining national horse census.

Standard Oi Company Twollck Indiana Standard Oil Company Tuscarora Oil1 Company Twolick Baltimore Midland Jefferson Cambria Somerset Coal Run John Chiievizal Mike Tinchak Charles Plestick

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Elmer W. Allison W. F. Wettling Benj Franklin Highway D. W. Simpson John A. Gegoeine White Joseph Cacciatore Mary Zbur Annie Anderson John A. Renz H. Kerr Esta Kerr Montgomery Mary Steets George D. Stock Burrell Catherine ‘Long C. F. Livingston Domenico Castiglione Jennie Cassole Green James T. Stutzman Joseph C. Rager East Wheatfield Hdwara Sarah E Gilbert Harry G. Kunkle Minerva Nolf Mario Versino Wilmerding Ida Vitali Newrytown Charles FE Mauk - Wood Helen B. Smith Waad Harry G. Wolfe Alice L. Househo Walter E. Scholes Wee Mary L. Stadtmiller Lin Evil Virginia Miller McCreight Armstrong Township J. H. Devlin Connellsville Emma Stewart Railroad Avenue Zellers Sellers Stewart Albert’ G. ‘Manon Saltsburg Baptist Church Saltsburg Church C.L. Fisher Point Marion W. C. McCullough Billy Hullihan Williard Institution Billy” Hullinan Williard John Camoa Mr. Camon Uniontown A. W. Mabon Indiana Club John W. Warner Harry White George T. Buchanan Roa International Toay China Ronald Griffith State College Rossiter Grace Leota Anderson J. B. Anderson West Philadelphia Suibeortang Belgium Holland Jaly Department of Highways Creekjalde Cramer Armagh Pikes Peak Fillmore Kent-Blairsville Plumvilla Trade City Bulgaria Gertrude Anthony South Tenth Street Blanche”Anthony John 8. Fisher Misa Lou Anthony Frank Anthony Henry Shoemaker United States Anthony Fisher Florida D. A. Cunningham Orange City Pla National Gardeng Fla Winfield L. King Hasinger Baltimore Evening Sun G. McCartney State Highway Patrol Johustown Troutman Toa Clearfield Wentmoreland Elizabeth Tl, Gibson M. E. Union Hale Mra Elizabeth Dick Grandmother Dick Dratie Wolk
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