Wiggins Couple Marks Sixty-One Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs J W Wiggins of South street celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary at Indian Springs Park with a family gathering. He is 84 and she 82, both born in Armstrong County areas. They were wed August 2 1876 in West Lebanon and are active members of the First United Presbyterian Church in Indiana. They have six children 21 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Local attendees included relatives from Philipsburg Clearfield Wilkinsburg and Indiana among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
J. W. Wiggins
South Street
Indian Springs
Park
Wiggins
Shelocta
Misa Laura A. Lowman
Jacksonville
West Lebanon
John ©. Telford
West Union
Mary Reed
Philipsburg
Indiana
Indiana Democrat
W. C. Wiggins
Albert Adams
Clearfield
Frank Wiggins
Jimmie
Wilkinsburg
T. M. Wiggins
Pete Wiggins
Merril
Marastellar
H. C. Putt
James M. Frampton
Roland
Joyce
W. E. Wiggins
Walter
Margaret Steele
Stella
A. H. Wiggins
T. W. Wigging
Paul, Jr
Jimmile
Thelma
D. D. Walker
B. H. Fitzgerald
Nettle Mitzgerald
Livermore
County Detective Moore Slashed Jaw in Jail Waiting Room
County Detective William J. Moore suffered a fractured lower jaw when struck by prisoner John Anthony Jr., 34, of Clymer, in the county jail waiting room. Anthony, reported released recently from Western Penitentiary, was captured after a car chase and fled into woods before being returned to Indiana for a hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Moore
John Anthony, Jr
Clymer
Moore
J. Clair Irvin
Anthony
Western
Pen- Laentierh
Arerst
Indiana
Boyd Lydick
William McCloskey
Johnstown
McCloskey
Indiana-Punxsutawney Road
Clearfield
Heavy Voter Registration Surges in County Tuesday
Voters from any district may register at the Court House up to September 1 under the Permanent Registration Act. Tuesday marked the third official registration day in the county with reports showing increased interest and growing totals, though final figures were not yet compiled by the County Commissioner's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Indiana County
Nimmy Stewart Back in Studios After Illness Recovery
Indiana county readers learn Jimmy Stewart has fully recovered and returns to MGM studios to work with Edward G Robinson on The Last Gangster. He also notes MGM will finish Vivacious Lady, in which he stars with Ginger Rogers, per a letter to his parents. Local notices include marriage licenses and a table set prize won in a Leader Bargalo Store contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimmy Stewart
Indiana County
Jimmy Stewart
M.G.M
Alex M. Stewart
North Seventh Street
Jimmy
Edward G. Robinson
Ginger Rogera
J. A. Bowser
Marion Center Road
Indiana
Bargalo
Miller Hess Retires From Long Flour Milling Career
Samuel W. Hess of Brush Valley retires after 30 years in milling. He sold his half interest in Hetrick and Wilson Plouring Mills Indiana, the state’s only flour and grain products mill. Hess began in 1907 with the Foust mill, later managed Hetrick and Wilson, and since 1931 co-owned the business with W. J. Wilson until selling to A. M. Hilfinger of Pittsburgh on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Hess
Hetrick & Wilson Plouring Mills
Indiana
Mr. Hess
Brushvalley Township
Daniel
Lucinda
Hess
Brush Valley
Dilltown
Hetrick & Wilson Mill
W. J. Wilson
Town
A. M. Hilfinger
Pittsburgh
Wilson
Real Estate Transfers Across Blairsville and Surrounding Townships
A series of property trades and transfers recorded in Blairsville area townships. Transactions include parcels in Blairaville Blairaille Montgomery township West Wheatfield White Indiana and Conemaugh with prices ranging from $1.00 to $4 000 detailing owners buyers and parcel sizes such as 9 acres 103 acres and 2 lots. Notable names appear repeatedly including William H Sweet James M Turner Harriet Seeeholtz Clarence W Sutton Laura Walker Woodrow Deyarmin and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Sweet
James M. Turner
Blairaville
Harriet M. Seeeholtz
Clarence W. Sutton
Blairaille
Laura Walker
Woodrow Deyarmin
Montgomery Township
Joseph A. McKelvey
Tony Terial
East Wheatfield
Robert M. McConnell
Goldie Parks
Burrell Township
Martin H. Dick
Gertrude H.stephens
Cherryhill Township
West Wheatfield Township
Guy Bryan
Robinson
Charles Sutton Post
Bolivar
Co. J. Beard
David Duncan
White Township
Agnes Duncan
James D. Clark
Lloyd J. Gorman
Mamie J. Elgin
Indiana
Fourth Ward
Eliza Leary
Joseph Leary
West Wheatfield
John Leary
John Turk, Sr
John Turk, Jr
Young
John J. Williams
Mike Barton
Pine Township
Farmers ‘Bank and Trust Co
Clarence M. Snyder
Jacob Pennington
Trustees Baptist Church
Glen Campbell
Harrison
Banka Township
Ohio Bureau of Credits, Inc
William §. Martz
Edna C. Martz
Elizabeth Diebenderfer
First National Bank of Indiana
Homer Burkett
Saltsburg Coal Mining Co
Frank Bucardi
Conemaugh Township
Margaret G. Jackson
Firemen Relief Associations to Receive State Funds
Indiana County firemen relief groups will share 5016 dollars as part of 705654 dollars approved by Auditor General Warren R. Roberts in Harrisburg. The funds come from a two percent tax on foreign fire insurance written in 1935 and are paid to boroughs cities and townships with organized relief associations. Armstrong, Cambria, Jefferson, Clearfield and Westmoreland counties receive respective sums listed in the state distributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Warren R. Roberts
Harrisburg
Armstrong County
Cambria
Jefferson
Clearfield
Westmoreland
White Township Youth Killed in Saxton Crash
Funeral rites held Tuesday for Lawrence Brombach aged 12 of White township after a car crash near Saxton Bedford county late Saturday. He died from skull fracture while riding with John Watson and family en route to Robertsdale. Survived by mother Mrs Mary Brombach and many siblings. Private funeral set for Friday in Robinson Funeral Home with Greenwood cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard Catholic
Lawrence Brombach
Mary Brombach
White Township
Saxton
Bedford County
Joseph
John Watson
Robertsdale
Robert Watson
Alex Watson
Watson
Brombach
Pittsburgh
Sebastian Brombach
Indiana
Mary Catherine Stewart
Violet Williamson
Dearborn
Mich
Frank
Martin
Anna
Margaret
Tressa Brombach
Robinson
North Seventh Street
Greenwood Cemetery
John P. Franklin
West Philadelphia Street
Carlisle
Laura L. Franklin
Carlysle Orr
Mia. Beasie Anderson
Laura Palmer
Margaret Franklin
New Motor Vehicle Code Duty Clarifies Post Crash Steps
Harrisburg Aug. 3 Secretary of Revenue J Griffith Boardman announced a new provision of the Motor Vehicle Code requires motorists who collide with a parked car to locate and inform the owner or leave a notice with name and address and accident details. Drivers must report to the Department of Revenue within 24 hours. Only official inspection stickers may be displayed on windows and wings. The penalty for violation is a fine of 5 dollars plus costs. Another section requires living quarters trailers to carry approved fire extinguishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Secretary of Revenue
J. Grifith
Pennsylvania
Fire at Sing Lee Laundry Destroyed Shirts and More
A fire at Sing Lee Laundry on North Ninth Street around 9 20 Monday night destroyed about 150 shirts 24 white shirts and a quantity of underwear. Loss ran to several hundred dollars. Firemen confined the blaze to the drying room on the second floor where it started from an overheated hot plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Lee
Ninth Street
North Ninth Street
Personal Brevities Tally Local Visitors and Travel
County coroner John Woods and family motor to Canada and New England. Numerous townspeople and relatives visit Oakland avenues, Braddock, Indiana, Ocean City, Geneva-on-the-Lake, and Lake Canova. Outing trips include Ottawa, Thousand Islands, Muskok a Lake, and Chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton B. Glassford
Town
Washington, D.C
Florence Wallace
Oakland Avenue
Boston
Maya
Frank H. Campbell
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
Hart Shields
Taylorsville
Wm. Beatty
Church Street
Braddock
Mra. I. Brody
Water Street
School Street
Chautauqua
N. J
A. B. McElvany
Ruth
Ocean City
Mary Rhoades
Mise Mary Frederick
Geneva-on the-Lake
Herachel H. Shaffer
Little Son
North Eighth St
New Jersey
John Ju. Getty
Atlantic City
Agnes St. Clair
Water
Harry St. Clair
Ofllendale
Calif
Esele Shannon
Leech
Thomas Hood
West Wheatfield Township
H. Browning
Harry Herlinger
Mt. Lebanon
Pittsburgh
B. Bracken
Arthur
Ruth ‘Bracken
Near Armagh
Samuel W. Shane
Washington, Pa
Maxine Watson
South Sixth Street
Randal Thompson
Wheeling
W. Va
Hanscom
Philadelphia
Frank Daugherty
East Locust Street
Hanucom
Sutton
Gilbert Wolfenden
Gilbert, Jr
George
Richard
Oak Street
Thousand Island
Muskoka Lake
Calander
Ottawa
New Troutman Store To Be Modern In Every Detail
New fixtures from E. M. Cowboy head of Troutman store planning in New York are ordered for thousands of dollars and designed for striking displays. Indiana Lumber and Supply Co. builds many tables while local painters and carpenters prep the three story Bon Ton building on Philadelphia street for the arrival of fixtures. Plans also call for a two story warehouse, 20 by 60 feet, behind the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Cowboy
New York
Troutman’s
Troutman's
Pennsylvania
Indiana Lumber and Supply Co
Bon Ton
Philadelphia Street
New Head Chosen for East Wheatfield Armagh School
John Mack of Culver elected principal for the next school year at East Wheatfield Armagh High School meeting of the board. Joseph Sheehe Indiana becomes seventh grade teacher. Dan P Simmons Johnstown named science instructor. Marie Locks North Braddock takes over commercial teaching. Supervising principal office discontinued to save costs. Ernest Kinsey resigns after 16 years. strike at Armagh last May involved about 80 students and was resolved after two public meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
East Wheatfield- Armagh
John Mack
Culver
Ebensburg-Campbria Township
Joseph Sheehe
Indiana
Dan P. Simmons
Johnstown
James Getty
Marie Locks
North Braddock
Margaret George
Ernest Kinsey
Kinsey
Armagh
Injured Farmers Taken To Indiana Hospital
Paul Allgood aged 90 of near Rochester Mills lies in serious condition at an Indiana hospital with an abdominal wound after a fork punctured his abdomen while pitching hay on Friday. Robert Moretti aged 14 of near Fulton Run is treated for internal injuries after being kicked in the abdomen by a horse on his father's farm on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Allgood
Rochester Mills
Indiana Hospital
Robert Moretti
Fulton Run
Mother of Indiana Woman Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs Philip Hoffman longtime McKeesport resident and mother of Mrs John J Geisel of Indiana died from a heart attack Tuesday morning. Survived by husband and several children including Mrs Anna McFee George Hoffman Phillip Hoffman William Hoffman John Hoffman Theodore Hoffman and Emma Johanna Elizabeth Hoffman. Funeral at Hoffman home Thursday afternoon with burial in Allegheny Memorial Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Philip
Hoffman
McKeesport
John J. Gelsel
Oakland Avenue
Tuesaday
Gelsel
John J. Geisel
G. C. Murphy
Town
Hofman
Anna McFee
Dormont
George Hoffman
Phillip and
William Hoffman
Detroit
Mich
John Hoffman
Clairton
Theodore Hoffman
Homestead
Emma
Johanna
Elisabeth Hoffman
Allegheny Memorial Cemetery
Family Reunions End Ten Year Separation Near Trade City
A Pleasant event near Trade City saw Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hawk and their family convene for a 10 year reunion. Children and grandchildren gathered for lunch with relatives from Dora Plumville Grange Smicksburg Marchand and nearby areas. Afternoon was spent visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hawk
Trade City
Ernest Shick
Charles
Mervin
Clair Edith
Doris
Boyd
Russell
Carl
Mona Adams
Elias Powell
Dora
Mitchell Wells
Charlotte
Mabel
Isabel
David
Bobby
Frank
Harry
Dale Kirkpatrick
Plumville
Ernie Coleman
Mildred
Floyd
Helen
Donald
Grange
George Roush
Harold
Smicksburg
Herbert Miller
Shirley
Marchand
Frances Ruffner
Brushvalley High Alumni 10th Reunion Planned
Brushvalley High School Alumni Association prepares a basket picnic style 10th reunion at Campbell's Mill Park near Blairsville on Saturday August 14. Teachers and former students are invited. Committee includes Mrs Ethel Rugh Mikesell Indiana and Mrs Flora Bell and Howard McCormick Brushvalley township. Officers: Boyd McElwee Johnstown president Floyd Rhine near Clymer vice president Mrs Sara Auld McCormick Brushvalley secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley High School
Campbell's Mill Park
Blairsville
Mra
Ethel
Rugh) Mikesell
Indiana
Flora
George) Bell
Howard McCormick
Brushvalley Township
Boyd McElwee
Johnstown
Floyd Rhine
Clymer
Sara (Auld) McCormick
Brushvalley
Annual reunions listed for Simpson Memorial and others
The notice lists multiple reunions across Armstrong and surrounding counties. Events include Simpson Memorial Association on August 7 at Simpson church near Blanket Hill, and Lydickr on August 12 at Indian Springs. Other gatherings occur August 7 to August 28 at Smyrna church, Marion Center Park, Purchase Line Community building, Indian Springs Park, Pine Flats School grounds, Rushwood Park, Dayton fair grounds, Ebenezer church, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
John Simpson
Mumau
Purchase Line
Buchanan
Indian Springs Park
Indiana
Dayton Fair Grounds
Mauk
Ebenezer Church
Ringgold
Jefferson County
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JW. Wiggins
Armstrong Moon
Ship
First U. P. Church
Stanbaugh
Robert Stanbaugh
Mary Stanbaugh
Penn Run
C. B. Henry
South Third Street
Dorsey Custer
South Second Street
Leonia
C. J. Schaub
Henry
Earl Vincent English
Hiwood City
Susanna Marie Buynak
Dixonville
Harold Frederick Clark
Mary A. Walker
Lucerne Mines
Mather
Blanche Taylor
Waynesburg
Chas
B. Kirkland
Westmoreland Co
Helen Irene Hughes
Derry
William, H. Colbitt
Erle
H. K. Smith
the Progress
R. D
Lad
Derrick
Billy
Frank Davidson
Mahaffey
Sarah Jane
Troutman
Brushvalley High
Lydick
Camp Rest
Nichol
Smyrna Church
Pennsylvania Highway No
Georgeville
Ambrose
Bence
Marion Center Community Park
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