Auto wreck injures three near Blairsville in Pennsylvanial
Mrs. Annie Barseman of Aspinwall aunt of Mr. Forrester was hospitalized with head lacerations and shock after an accident near Rainbow Villa east of Blairsville on the William Penn Highway Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Forrester and her daughter Mary Ellen were treated at home for injuries. Miss Forrester drove when tire blew near Strangford road intersection, car overturned twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Forrester
Mary Ellen Forrester
Church Street
Annie Horseman
Aspinwall
Forrester
Rainbow Villa
Blairsville
William Penn Highway
Barseman
Indiana Hospital
Armstrong Grange Meeting Program at Parkwood Schoolhouse
The Armstrong Grange meets August 18 at Parkwood Schoolhouse with a theme on agriculture. Activities include songs Stay on the Farm and Sowing the Seed, papers on The Agricultural Outlook and The Agricultural Opportunities of this Section, a stunt, select reading, jokes, and a concealed biography. Score results are Blue 88 and Green 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
Aegriculture
Tom Campbell
Mrs. Little
Lena Abel
the Grange
Clarence Brown
Alvin Craig
Louise Conrad
Erman Shirey
John Craig
Margaret Dible
Blair Hamilton
Frances Hamilton
Man Charged After White Township Lad's Death
A Bedford county coroner’s jury urged charging Alex Watson of Robertdale with reckless driving in the July crash that killed 12 year old Lawrence Brumbaugh of White Township Indiana county. The lad died when a car struck a truck during a visit to John Watson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford County
Alex Watson
Robertdale
Lawrence Brumbaugh
White Township
Indiana
John Watson
Four Arrested for Copper Wire Theft at Pansy Mine
Four men from Punxsutawney and Oil City were jailed in Indiana County after a Tuesday arrest for stealing 2,800 feet of copper wire worth 560 dollars from the Pansy Coal Company mine near Trade City in North Mahoning township. They faced a Justice of the Peace hearing and were ordered held for court. An alleged confession implicated Joseph Ernest, 18, of Punxsutawney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy Coal Company
Trade City
North Mahoning Township
James GC. Bridge
Punxsutawney
R. D
John Bridge
Oil City
R.D
Fred Bridge
Perry R. Warring
Oility
Privatea Paul Longo
A. C. Hughmanick
Punxsutawney Aud Station
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Hill
Joseph Ernest
Battle Creek Princess Named Top Child at Show
Betty Jane Hill aged three was acclaimed Princesa of three to five year olds at a Battle Creek baby show in Michigan. She earned a silver loving cup and a certificate for beauty popularity and perfect health. Betty Jane is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Hill of 421 W Michigan Ave Battle Creek. Mrs Hill is former Beatrice Stoddard from Plumville who graduated Plumville High School in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Hill
Princesa
Battle Creek
Mich
Betty Jane
Jack Hill
Michigan Ave
Hill
Beatrice Stoddard
Plumville
Plumville High School
Pennsylvania Consolidation Push Aids Rural Schools
About 4,500 schools have merged since 1890 into 881 consolidated schools serving roughly 175,000 pupils. The State Council of Education notes proper administration and funding could cut one room schools from about 6,000 to under 1,000, with 2,300 rural districts remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Council of Education
Double Ring Ceremony Unites Sudar and Morris
Register and Recorder W R Calhoun presided over a double ring ceremony on August 6 at his Court House office uniting Nick Sudar of Mather Pennsylvania and Mrs Blanche Taylor Morris of Waynesburg. The couple exchanged two rings during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun
W. R. Calhoun
Nick Sudar
Mather
Blanche Taylor Morris
Waynesburg
Court House
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Wilson Returns From Canada Fishing Trip
Deputy Sheriff Eugene Wilson and his wife and Sergeant Louis R. Feloni of the local State Highway Patrol, and Mrs. Feloni, have returned home from a two week fishing trip in Canada. They enjoyed excellent fishing and the scenery of the Canadian lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wilson
Louis R. Feloni
State Highway Patrol
Missionary Rev William Sutherland to Preach at Local Church
Rev William Sutherland and his wife, sponsored by the United Presbyterians, will sail for India on September 1. He will occupy the pulpit of the First United Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning, representing the local United Presbyterian in the foreign mission field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sutherland
United Presbyterians
William Sutherland
India
First United Presbyterian Church
Sutherland
United Presbyterian
Penn State horticulture field day and village festival
A Penn State horticulture field day featuring variety trials plant breeding and fertilizer experiments will be conducted by staff of the department at the Vegetable Gardening and Plant Breeding Field Day. A Grove Chapel Lutheran church festival on Route 119 five miles north of Indiana takes place Thursday evening Aug 12 proceeds for the church repair fund. Also note that James W Mack and family return from six weeks in Europe arriving Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State
Araft
Department of Horticulture
Pennsylvanis State College
Grove Chapel
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Route 119
Indiana
Wil
Europe
James W. Mack
Gon
David
Josephine
Real estate transfers list in Indiana County
A lengthy transfer listing shows numerous property deeds across townships and towns in Indiana County. Names include J R Peterson Stewart Robinson John H Sink Agnes E Blebak Sam J Rura Michael Hlebak William Bush Arthur M James W B Shaffer Homer S Shaffer Harry W Fee Bertha J Stutzman George D Palmer Albert Southitt F I N Bank Indiana Walter Peterman Pauline Neale T Wayne States Nancy J Ray Ellen Henry Harry A Holt Agnes Holt Jacob Kovacic Mary G Dunlop Samuel M McMillen Mary B Martin Blairsville street railway Burrell township Indiana White township Green township Arm agh Burrell Montgomery Washington and Center townships with prices ranging from 1 to 9800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Peterson
Stewart Robinson
Saltsburg
J. R. Paterson
Salisburg
First National Bank of Indiana
John H. Sink
Homer City
Agnes EB. Blebak
Sam J. Rura
Center Township
Michael Hlebak
William Bush
Arthur M. James
North Mahoning Township
W. B. Shaffer
Homer S. Shaffer
Buffington Township
Mary B. Martin
Samuel McMillen
Blairsville
Blairsville Glass Company
Stanley Harridon
Burrell Township
James A. Pierce
Guy Kime
Indiana
First Ward
Andy Topic
Mike Topic
South Mahoning Township
John B. Lowry
Indian Springs Corporation
White Township
Ww. W. Taylor
J. Purl Bennett
Second Ward
Indiana County Street Railway Co
Merle O. Fleming
Josephine Furnace and Coke Co. I
W. E. Oakes
Frank Rudiak
Green Township
Alfred Foster
Mabel Foster
Armagh
Josephine Furnace and Coke Co
Peter Madgar
Thomas W. Orr
Steve Machauga
L. Potts
Clarence G. Adamson
Washington Township
Dp. J. McCune
O. V. McCune
Montgomery Township
Marriage Licenses Proclaimed Across Western Pennsylvania
A list of marriage license registrations shows couples from Butler, Indiana, Allegheny, Westmoreland, and surrounding areas. Names include Chas Kirkland, Helen Hughes, Kingsley Reesman, Bernice Coleman, Bridget Sarver, Walter Sexton White Two, Elizabeth Hawking, Ellsworth Byers, Alene Plunkard, Margaret Shankle, William Seabury, Hazel Trimble, John Fedrick Waterman, Beatrice Chronowski, Mildred Carr, Merle Booth, Eseie Roush, Frank Bostianic, Mary Poag, Carl Carnes, Alice Blystone, Melvin Farr, Laura Ayres, Edwin Laskoski, Helen Telk, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Kirkland
Westmoreland Co
Helen
Rene Hughes
Derry
Kingsley Reesman
New Bethlehem
Bernice Coleman Dayton Thomas Lindsay
Homer City
Bridget Sarver
Walter Sexton White
Iselin H. BE. Keating
Elizabeth E. Hawking
Indiana
Ellsworth Byers
Manorville
Alene Plunkard
St. Petersburg
Margaret Shankle
L. Seabury
New Alexandria
Hazel BE
Trimple
John Fedrick
Waterman Btella Chronowski
Mclatire
Frederick C. Cohen
Blairsville
Mildred Jane Carr
Blairaville
Merle W. Booth
Mahaffey
Eseie D. Roush
Rochester Mills
Frank Bostianic
Cherry Run
Mary ‘Poag
Carl M. Carnes
East Freepoal
Alice R. Blystone
Saltsburg
R.D
Melvin Edward Farr
Wilmerding
Laura May Ayres
Turtle Creek
Edwin Laskoski
Helen Agnes Telk
Indiana Man Puts Up Giant Gooseberries in City Yard
The Progress foreman H Stuchell tends a three year old gooseberry bush at 361 Water Street, picking berries weighing up to half an ounce and about 3 ¾ inches long. He has so far gathered a gallon from one bush grown from cuttings. Separate item notes Pennsylvania motor fuel taxes rising by 6.56 million dollars in early 1937 and a 17 percent jump in the first half of 1938, with no county returns to the federal gas tax program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
EB. Stuchell
Progress Office
Water Street
Stuchell
Pennsylvania
County Voter Registration Push Extends Hours
County commissioners extend registration hours to 10 PM through the week to urge unregistered voters to sign up. Republicans lead Democrats 13,521 to 9,912 in county registrations, with about half of voters unregistered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
John B. Flenniken
Levi Houck
L. Campbell
Registration Commission
David Hill
Reunion season brings former students together in county
Hundreds attend reunions at Brush Valley and Blanket Hill churches as alumni of select schools recall days past. Guests from Indiana Altoona Pittsburgh and other Western Pennsylvania towns share two minute talks on school memories and current occupations. D W Simpson of Indiana to lead new year. D M Campbell of New Florence named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War- Fong
J. T. Stewart
Indiana
CG. A. Campbell
Armagh
Brushvalley
Joseph Huston
Pittsburgh
Alumni Association
Rev
John Simpson
D. W. Simpson
Crooked Creek Dam to Begin Construction in Weeks
Federal funds totaling over 4 million dollars were allocated to start the Crooked Creek flood control dam at Tunnelville where the creek meets the Allegheny river. Lieut Col Covett ordered Capt Chadwick and engineers to establish temporary quarters for construction heads. State plans include property damage compensation under the federal flood control plan. Backwater from the new dam is expected to extend 18 miles. Borough Council approves street improvements on Oak Fifth Chestnut and Locust. Amesite Corp awarded 20 tons of Amesite for road work. Miss Helene Madison of Seattle set freestyle records on the short course as of January 1, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek
Tunnelville
Allegheny River
W. B. R. Covett
Army District
Pittsburgh
B. F. Chadwick
Corps of Engineers
Oak Street
First
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Washington
Locust Street
Chestnut Street
Tenth
Cly~ner Avenue
Amesite Corporation of America
Prospective Students Urged to Apply for State Teachers College
Applications for entrance to the State Teachers College at Indiana Pennsylvania are arriving quickly. Officials have not set a final date, but after August 28, only applicants in the upper half of the high school class will be considered until entrance exams are taken. If the flow continues, the college may close the list to meet the state quota. Act promptly to avoid disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College
Indiana
State Department
John J. Connolly
D. J. Fiscus
Guernsey Tour Planned for August 19 21
A three day Guernsey tour for August 19 20 and 21 invites Guernsey breeders dairymen and families to visit Pennsylvania counties. Tour departs Indiana Court House on August 19 at 6 00 am with lunch at Hershey Park cafeteria a 30 minute tour of the park and grounds. Noah Young 198 pounds carried a 150 pound man in Melbourne Australia on April 12 1925 and ran a mile in 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiana Court House
Hershey Park
Noah Young
Melbourne
Australia
Horse Pulling Contest and Colt Club Judging Details
Horse pulling contest supervised by Indiana County Horse and Mule Association using Penn State dyno meter car. Teams under 3000 lbs compete Aug 31 at 7 00 PM. over 3000 lbs on Sept 1. Premiums: light teams 50 30 20 dollars, heavy teams 60 30 20 dollars. Entries due Aug 30. Class 6 Colt Club yearling colts judged Sept 1 at 8 30 AM with weigh slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horse and Mule Association of
Indiana County
Pennsylvania State College
C. A. Burge
Colt Club
Homer City Lad Lost Life in Car Collision
Louis Perman aged 15 of Homer City died from internal injuries after a Sunday night crash near Homer City. He was in the rumble seat of a car driven by Paul Overdorff of Brushvalley township and died Tuesday morning at Indiana hospital. Funeral Thursday at the parental home with burial in Greenwood cemetery. Surviving are his father and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Stepinski
Lucerne
Indiana
Poland
Mary Stepinski
Bertha Shimko
Anna Kroll
Helen Stepinski
New York City
Greenwood Cemetery
Town
Louis Perman
Homer City
Tindiana Hospital
Paul Overdorff
Brushvalley Township
Route 119
Smicksburg 4-H Calf Club Organized on Monday Afternoon
The Smicksburg-Ox Hill 4-H Calf Club formed Monday at H. M. Travis farm with J. W. Warner as temporary chair. Elected officers include Blaine Elkin as president Yvonne Travis as vice president John Hoover as secretary treasurer Robbie Lee Thompson as song leader Laird Travis as game leader and Harold Thompson as news reporter. Adult leaders are H. M. Travis R. C. Roof and Ralph Nichols. Eight members comprise the Guernsey and Holstein clubs. Most members have registered heifer calves. Next meeting will be at R. D. Marshall’s farm. After the meeting members swam in Big Mahoning Creek and played mushball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smicksburg
First Male Child Born to Syntron Named Homer Boyle
The first male child born to an employee of Syntron Company in Homer City is named Richard Homer Boyle. Son of Mr and Mrs Harold J Boyle, the newborn carries Homer City as his middle name per a company resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Homer Boyle
Harold J. Boyle
Homer City
Syntron Company
Richard Bovile
Homer
Poultry Farmers To Tour Pennsylvania August 16 17
Pennsylvania poultry farmers will undertake their annual tour August 16 and 17. County Agent J W Warner says the event begins at nine o clock Monday morning at the Pennsylvania Farm Show building Harrisburg with the group assembling there before visiting the Harrisburg State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
J. W. Warner
Pennsylvania Farm Show
Harrisburg
Harrisburg State Hospital
Miller Named Head of Commercial Dept at Broad Top High
William EB Miller son of Albert L Miller of East Locust street and graduate of the State Teachers College has been elected head of the Commercial Department at Broad Top Township High School in Defiance Bedford county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William EB. Miller
Albert L. Miller
East Locust Street
State Teachers College
Broad Top Township
Defiance
Bedford County
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. BH. Forrester
Annie Barseman
Mr. Forrester
Armstrong Grange Program
Panama
Crooked Creerk Dam
Tunnellville
Helene Madison
Seattle
Teachers College
Guernsey
Indiana County Fair
Mure
Shires
Wrens Wey
Bec
Peter Cairns
Commodore
Stafford
Cairns
Starford
Hurta
Arnold Keller
Star
Syntron
Employes
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