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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Fisher
Florida
D. A. Cunningham
Orange City
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National
Gardeng
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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