Two Youths Die In Tragic Drowning and Hit-and-Run Death
Blairsville man held to answer manslaughter and hit-and-run charges in connection with a late Saturday night death on the Blairsville Derry highway near Cokeville. Patsy Ross, 24, was instantly killed when struck as he walked with companions four feet off the road. a bent fender clue led to the suspect, optometrist Hawin F. Baurer. In a separate accident at Lucerne dam, 7 year old Mike Strkuivech drowned after falling 14 feet into a water hole. Nick Lepovich, 10, witnessed the scene but fled, and the body was recovered by Homer City Fire Company shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Lucerne
Hawin F. Baurer
Patsy Ross
Blairsville-Derry
Cokeville
Henry Ross
Cokevills
Albert
Arthur Repine
Baurer
Latrobe
Mike
Tony Strkuivech
Nick Lepovich
Nick
Homer City Fire Company
Indiana County Waste Lands Offer Large Timber Income
Kiwanis hear Penn State College forester Frank Murphy outline Indiana county 100000 acres of non productive fields. Timber could yield at least 900000 dollars yearly with a 750000 dollar ten year outlay for trees planting labor. Yields begin about 20 years after planting and rise as trees grow. Planting ten million trees annually for ten years urged to reclaim land with proper cutting later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Frank T. Murphy
Pennsylvania State College
Indiana County
Murphy
Joe Dickey Injured While Boarding Fire Truck
Joe Dickey of South Sixth Street was hurt when attempting to board a fire engine responding to a Tweed home alarm on West Tenth Street at noon Sunday. He sprained his knee after jumping from the vehicle to avoid a collision with a nearby car. The Tweed home blaze was extinguished before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Dickey
South Sixth Street
Harry Tweed
West Tenth Street
Tweed
Smicksburg Bridge Removal Sets Time Record
The steel bridge over Lit tle Mahoning Creek at Smicksburg was removed in nine hours by Fred R. Means of Walier. Weighing about 35 tons, it was completely cleared and will be replaced by a three-span concrete structure. Gates Construction Company holds the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smicksburg
Little Mahoning Creek
Fred R. Means
Walier
Gates Construction Company
Former Indiana Teacher Named Abyssinian Education Director
Foreign Post Tendered former local teacher Dr. Ernest Work, a longtime town resident and former Indiana school principal, to serve as director of education of the Abyssinian government. Since leaving Indiana he has been a faculty member at Muskigum College New Concord Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Post
Ernest Work
Town
Indiana Schools
Indiana
Water quality warning in Harrisburg email dated August 4
Harrisburg reports that sparkling water does not guarantee purity. Dr J Moore Campbell, chief of the bureau of communicable diseases, warns that during summer water shortages people may drink from rural springs. Only water from sources bearing the Pure Water sign should be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
J. Moore Campbell
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
Department of Health
Campbell
Jeo Campbell
Treasurer's Sale Postponed Until November 3rd 1930
The Treasurer's Sale scheduled for August 4 was postponed to Monday November 3 at 1 PM after consulting county solicitors. The adjournment gives taxpayers a chance to settle taxes under the 1929 tax law before November. Delinquents should take advantage of the opportunity. Elmer W. Allison signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesars
Peeler
Elmer W. Allison
Half Way Mark Passed for State's New Road Program
Harrisburg reports that more than half of the $24.5 million Wheeler Flynn highway funds have been spent with only a month beyond half the biennium elapsed. Chief Engineer Samuel Eckels notes progress across Indiana and surrounding counties, with many counties over 50 percent completed and several near or at 99 percent. The remaining work should finish or advance by June 30 next year. County allocations include Armstrong 368,378.61, Cambria 809,627.99, Clearfield 360,602.23, Jefferson 436,485.48, Westmoreland 283,623.83, and others listed in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Samuel Eckels
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Bekels
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield T
Kefferson
Westmoreland
Big Charity Circus Here Two Days Next Week
Brookside Health Camp sponsors secure Lewis and Zimmerman circus for afternoon and evening shows on Wednesday and Thursday August 18 and 19 to raise funds for developing work at the Children’s Health Camp. Twenty children are at the camp with applications from about 25 more. The professional circus features clowns aerialists acrobats and animals not a carnival. Shows at the grounds opposite the Fair Grounds include a Miss Indiana contest for Indiana county’s most popular woman open to any woman filing at Circus Headquarters 4344 North Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside
Lewis and Zimmerman Circus
Indiana
North Sixth Street
Brookside Health Camp
Weddings of a Week Personal Breviti
At a high mass in St Bernard church Miss Evelyn Rezzolla became the bride of Attorney Bruce Sciotto. The ceremony was by Rev Father Brady and followed by a wedding breakfast at Indiana Country Club. The couple will honeymoon in Lucerne Quebec and eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard
Father Brady
Evelyn Clara Rezzolla
John Rezzolla
South Seventh Street
Bruce A. Sciotto
Lucille Litzinger
Buller
Frank Graff
Kittanning
Thresa Robreck
Wheeling
Josephine Harry
Connellsville
Ida Gervais Litzinger
Butler
Blanche Bennett
Frances Walsh
Mary Sciotto
Armita Rezzolla
C. Margiotti
Punxsutawney
F. Lorenzo
J. Galianti
Erie
William Ruffner
Greensburg
Seaton Hill Seminary
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Dickinson Law School
Indiana County Bar Association
Indiana
Local Young Woman Will Be August Bride
Mr and Mrs Edward E Yeager of School street invite as the parents announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Helen Gibson to Ewald Erickson Elexis Hrickson and the couple plan to wed August 20 at Zion Lutheran church in town She is known in Indiana and has taught domestic science in Greensburg schools Erickson is principal of Ludwick schools They will reside in Greensburg Lost Pinger in Accident A L Brewer of Graceton lost the little finger of his left hand when car wheels trapped it during spragging at the Graceton Goke plant last month The finger required amputation Leechburg Couple Proud Parents Neal Thoburn born Monday at Indiana hospital to Mr and Mrs C H Keeter Leechburg The mother Dorathy Neal formerly of Plumville now in Leechburg Mrs Neal visited this week to greet her grandson The combination of courage and intelligence is unbeatable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath-Harkness
Mary Hollis Heath
Allen G. Heath
Railroad Avenue
Joseph Reed Harkness, Jr
Dormont
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church
Town
J. A. McCamey
M. E. Church
Indiana High School
Indiana State Teachers’ College
York High School
Buckley College
Harrisburg
Joseph Reed Harkness
Mellon Bank Corporation
Conrath George Clair
David Conrath
Clara George
Wesleyan Methodist Church
F. J. Davis
Roy Conrath
H. Kh. George
Clark Street
Katherine Jones
France
Katherine A. Jones
Locust Street
American Red Cross
Roosevelt
Lieut
Wilber Jones
Jones
Indiana
New York
Ida Stephens Brown
Blairsville
Annia E. Bryan
Robinson
Paul Jeffries
Atlantic
B. A. Stear
Wayne
Smicksburg
William Parks
W. Guthrie
Church
G. T. Learn
Pan
Rey
W. G. Stonaker
Cockport
Eleanor Gordon
M. C. Gordon
North Eighth Street
Vassar College
Duffman
Vandergrift
J. Bert Lytle
Robert J. Hood
West Wheatfield Township
Fred St. Clair
John M. St.Clair
West Philadelphia
Edward H. Sutton
Georgeville
Guy Kime
West Water Street
Wilam Whitfield
Miami
Florida
Squire
Charles McLain
East Philadelphia
Clyde Houck
Helen Louise
Iva Fyock
Ella Mae
Near Purchase Line
Ida Wallace
Mary Frederick
Yellowstone National Park
H. C. Carson
Bulger
Washington County
Harry Carson
White Township
N. J. Calhoun
Mary
Monmouth
A. A. Calhoun
Fifth Street
Calhoun
First United Presbyterian Church of
Boyd Lydick
Dorothy
Dayton
Brushvalley Township
Lydick
Samuel Thompson
Thompson
Archy Thompson
South Fifth Street
United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth
Mls
Katherine Roof
Constable
Frank Roof
New Alexandria
Bert Roof
Frank
George A. Jawart
Plumville
Progress
Jewart
Myrtle Mackendrick
University of Southern California
Lon Angeles
Nancy M. Swan
San Gabriel
H. F. Duffman
John
Martha Grace
Dorothy May
Jimmy
J. Burt Lytle
Edward Caldwell
Marion Center
Lewis Wettling
Bristol
Jus
J. Jack
Philadelphia
Jack
Lewis
Atlantic City
New England
NTL
Jas. la Jack, Jr
John D. Stewart
Krailroad Avenue
Phillips Exeter Academy
Edward E. Yeager
School Street
Mary Helen Gibson
Ewald Elexis Hrickson
Zion Lutheran Church
Greensburg
Erickson
Ludwick
Pinger
A. L. Brewer
Graceton
Graceton Goke Company
Leechburg
Neal Thoburn
Indiana Hospital
C. H. Keeter
Dorothy Neal
A. Neal
Neal
Stork Brings Baby Flo Joan to Dickey Family
Dr and Mrs Clark Dickey announce the birth of a daughter Flo Joan on July 28 at Harrisburg. The baby arrived a day after the couple's first wedding anniversary, joining grandparents Mr and Mrs J M Dickey. The note mentions local family ties and a separate city building improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Dickie
Clark J. Dickey
South Seventh Street
Inlaw
Clark Dickie, Jr
Harrisburg
Flo Joan
What Railways Do In An Hour
Prepared by the Bureau of Railway Economics from 1929 statistics. In one hour railways earn 716 840 dollars from transportation operations while spending 614 386 dollars in operating expenses and paying 330 612 dollars in wages. They remit 46 288 dollars in taxes and move 6 026 cars with revenue freight and 88 932 passengers board trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Railway Economics
Pine Flats Christian Church To Hold Home Coming
Pine Flats Christian Church plans its second annual Home Coming on Sunday August 16 with 9:30 am Sunday school, 11 am communion, 2 pm afternoon program, and 7 pm evening program. The event features Edna Pyle, Walter E. Brown, J W Gibson, Aleene Williams, and a Pageant by Pine Flats Young People.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Flats
Howard Trout
Blanche Barr
Vanora Hiney
J. W. Gibson
Minda Stitt
Sojo
Aleene Williams
Barber
Pine Plats
Theatre to receive new sound equipment and interior upgrades
Work crews at the Tells Theatre are decking the interior with scaffolding while extensive redecorating, re-carpeting, and stage reequipment proceed. A modern sound system will be installed, joining a total project cost of 18,000 dollars as the venue prepares to re open after renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tells Theatre
Playhouse
Aleady
Intel
Indiana Theatre
Langham Held in Jail Awaiting Grand Jury Action
Perry Langham, a Montgomery township native, is jailed in Cambria county awaiting September grand jury action on a murder charge linked to the July 23 dynamiting death of his two children. He was treated for a throat slash after a prior arrest and later housed in Spangler hospital before transfer to jail. The same edition notes a premium list for the Indiana County Fair and references community silver borrowings among women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langham
Dall Vo
Perry Langham
Montgomery
Cambria
Ebensburg
Kineigh
Langha
Spangler Hospital
Deaths of Mrs Silas Fleming and John Major
Mrs. Silas Fleming of near Willet dies suddenly at 63 from complications. She leaves husband, daughter Mary, two sisters and a brother, with funeral at Fleming home and burial in Beaver. John Major, 82, former Cokeville merchant and postmaster, dies in Cokeville. service Friday with burial in Blairsville cemetery. Dr M C Thiseng, Blairsville figure and ex president of Blairsville College, dies in New York after a decade directing New York Civil Service education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Fleming
Jennie M. Fleming
Silas M. Fleming
Willet
Washington Township
Beaver
Plumcreek
Mary
May Fields
John Marlin
Thompson
Town
Fleming
John Major
Cokeville
John Webster
Blairsville
Andrew Lehrman
Salisbury
Fulton Douglass
M.C. Thiseng
M. GC. Shiseng
Blairsville College
New York
New York City
County to Pay Part of Bridge Cost Over PRR Tracks
The Public Service Commission orders reconstruction of the bridge on route No 327 over Bloek Lick branch tracks near Dag in Brush valley township Indiana county. Total cost 128501 with 20000 to be paid by the railroad and county. remainder by State Highway Department. Townships to cover damages for new location and approaches. Completion required by a stated deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRR
Dins
Public Service Commission
Bloek Lick
Pennsylvania Railwoad Company
Dag
Brush Valley Township
Lis
Indiana
State
Hghway Department
Weconor Bo, Loal
Fire destroys Brandon farm at Social Hall near Blairsville
Early Wednesday about 12:30 a.m. a blaze on the J. T. Davis farm west of Blairsville completely destroyed burn and contents including this season's wheat crop 30 acres 40 tons of hay a load of new potatoes and farming implements. Brandon lacks insurance on contents and some barn coverage. Suspected cause involves thieves dropping a match while taking potatoes. Other items include births at Indiana hospital and a double house fire at Iselin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yume Paanier
Marl
Brandon
J. T. Davis
Social Hall
Blairsville
Well Known Families Hold Annual Meets
The community page lists multiple family reunions set for August across Indiana and Penn Run areas. The Lydick, Learn, Lowman-Graham, Bagley, Carnahan, Janson, Barber, Bath, Cribbs Dixon, McFeatea Cresswell Artemus, Johnston, Smith, Palmer and Campbell groups plan gatherings at Marion Center Park, Indiana Fair Grounds, Rustic Lodge, and area farms with baskets, programs, and picnics. Notable notes include the 30th Lydick reunion and the long-running Bath and Jamison lineages with stated invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydick
Marion Center
Nual
Ling
O. EB
Learn
Cockport
John Learn
Lowman-Graham
Indiana Fair Grounds
Bagley F
William Bagley
Carnahan Renson
Rustic Lodge
Indiana
Saitsburg Road
Reunion Association
Janson Clan
H. T. Jamison
Penn Run
Ned Baskets
Matilda Jamison
Gertrude Leech
McKeesport
H.T. Jamison
C. C. George
Garman
Clyde Bee
Cherry Free
John
William Work
John Bath
Walier
Woodlawn Park
Bep
Joseph Bath
Bath Boys
John R. Bath
Emma Peffer
Punxsulawney
Maude Long Glenn
Punxentaweney
William R. Long
Punxsultawney
Harry Jordan
Waller
Earl Bath
Daniel Cribbs
Nancy Dixon
Mark Dixon
William Kerr
Clarksburg
Kier
McFeatera
Cresswell
Artemus
Fair Grounds
Johnston
Indiana Fairgrounds
George Smith
Canoe Township
Union Church
Rossiter
Old Smith Homestead
Palmer
Campbell
Clark’s Park
William Penn Highway
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coreville
Highway Department
Sciotto Rezzolla
Paul V. Muller
Theresa V. Kelly
Starford
Bruce A. Sciotio
Evelyn C. Rezzella
Clair D. Conrath
Clara EB
George
Otis C, Williamson
Kathryn L
Guldin
Armagh Hulbert H
Marvin Clymer
Mary M. Putt
Clymer
James I
Fairohustown
Dalia M. Chierroni
Floyd M. Welsh
Torrance
Pheba J. Benfield
J. M. Stewart & Co
Pine Plats Christian Church
Rita
G. B. Puller
Warmers & Minera Bank of
Jacksonville
James C. McGregor
L. PT. McQuade
Wera M. Stockade
Venenzio Serrani
Conemaugh
Campereat-A
4. Clair Sloan
White
Antonio Alderina
John J. Ganley
Wilbur F. Jackson
Geo. J. Andvlezek
Pine
Meade Th. Douglass
Penna, Coal & Coke Co
Green
Angelina Macrilla
Antonio Granjano
Joln Clymer
J. 8. Pierce
Joseph Lanfranki
Boyd Bennett
D. St. Bennett
Mary A. Gibson
Chas, Shultz
Cherryhill
Phomax Gibson
Chithe Shultz
Savan Colleries
A. L. Light
Mahoning
George Chester
Vernie B. Wilson
John J. Hasinger
Winfield L. King
I M . Rebut
Gilbert Wolfenden
Lucius W. Robinson, Jr
West Pike
George Schur
Tlome
W. Stineman
Twobeck
W. S. Rebinkon
Waterstreet
Iselin
Ole Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Tony Steronick
Frank Murti
Ira U
Stéronick
WUL
State Eightay Department
North Mahoning Township
This County
Perry Township
Jefferson County
Bolivar
Don Antonacci
Hiderton Givi
Martha Prugh
Elderton
Gordon's
Mimer W. Allison
Ladies’ Fire Department
Lydicks
Lowman-Graham Clan
Jdanrre Jsons
Penn
Stear's Dam
Clyde Wine
George Greiner
Robert Reed
Stear’s Dam
HE. A. Stear
West Mahoning Township
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