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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
2
Dr Theodore B Appel urges parents to have children examined prior to returning to school. Latent defects may go unnoticed until not treated, risking illness or time lost. A recent case found a girl with a heart condition and a boy needing glasses, underscoring the value of routine checks.
Pennsylvania public schools show more boys than girls ages 6 to 20, with 42,000 more boys enrolled. In eighth grade and final year of high school girls outpace boys, while many boys are older for their grades. Superintendent Rule urges local analysis of curriculum to address these patterns.
Beginning Friday September 1 both The Ritz and Indiana Theatres will operate on Standard Time with matinees at 2 00 and evening shows at 7 00 and 9 00. The Ritz features Paddy the Next Best Thing with Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter and Moonlight and Pretzels with Mary Brian, while Shanghai Madness starring Spencer Tracy and Faye Wray plays Thursday to Saturday September 7 to 9.
The Ritz Theatre presents Moonlight and Pretzels starring Mary Brian for three days Wed Thu and Fri Aug 30 31 Sept 1. The program lists showings and admission details for the engagement.
The article lists multiple reunions across communities including Purchase Line Academy alumni at the old grounds August 19 with over 100 attendees. It notes memorials for instructors and trustees, elected officers for the next gathering, and names numerous attendees and former pupils. It also mentions Rodkey, Mabon, Gibson descendants events and plans for Labor Day at Rocky Glen Park with gathering details.
At the Chicago World’s Fair the Sears Roebuck fountain displays intrigue visitors with a sign urging bending over to make water flow. The mechanism uses a photo electric cell that turns the stream on when the head lowers and stops when raised, a curious display of invisible light control.
State milk will be available here on Friday September 1 through the Emergency Relief organization. Orders resemble food orders and are being sent countywide today.
Letters of Administration granted to W I Montgomery of Banks Township estate. Creditors must present authenticated claims for settlement and debtors should make prompt payment. August 23, 1933.
Reorganization plans approved by the Comptroller of the Currency for 31 of 69 unlicensed national banks in Western Pennsylvania. Treasury aims to approve plans for the remaining 38 within two weeks and expects many banks to reopen, though some liquidations may occur. over 80 million dollars in frozen deposits could be released. Blairsville National Bank among those listed. Also notes a Veterans of Foreign Wars Band concert tonight in Court House yard with a 35-piece ensemble and a varied program.
By order of the Orphans Court of Indiana County Pennsylvania dated August 28 1033 there will be a public sale of the estate of Sarah J Lydic deceased at the premises in the township of Washington Indiana County Pennsylvania on 2
On September 26, 1933 at 2:00 PM, on the premises, a two story frame dwelling with outbuildings in Washington Township Indiana County Pennsylvania will be sold. The land laps from a public road to a private road and back to the starting point, totaling one lot and seventy one perches. The property, conveyed to William H. Lydie by Elizabeth Dixon and Jane Mabon in 1896, is now to be sold by executor Cortland Y. Lockhart, with 23 percent of the bid due when knocked down and the rest in cash upon confirmation of sale and deed delivery. Auctioneer JD. Bothel. August 30, 1939.
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