Christmas Jubilee at The Ritz Extends Cash Gift Parade
Indiana residents claim 45 cash gifts totaling 400 during a holiday distribution by local businessmen. The event, held at The Ritz Theatre, awarded prizes from 5 to 1000 dollars with Burgess B. H. Lichteberger as host. Names and numbers appear across a long list of recipients including Mrs. John F. Pounds and Mrs. John B. Garman among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritz ‘Theatre
John F. Pounds
Indiana
Ritz Theatre
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Zjoe Calvo
Aultman
Wmrs
John B. Garman
Romayne McLaughlin
Richard Bryan
Steve Voytex
Coral
Ray ‘B. Shields
H. B. Langham
Wild
Nichol Heads Board of Auditors For Coming Year
The county Auditors organize on Monday evening with Harry A. Nichol elected president and Floyd A. Lightner as vice president. Wm. Hildebrand, a Democratic member from Armagh, becomes secretary. After the oath of office on Monday January 6 they begin auditing the county’s receipts and expenditures for 1835.
County School Directors Hold Annual Meeting on Thursday
The Indi ana County School Directors Association will meet in Memorial Hall on Thursday with guest speakers Dr. Lee L. Driver from the State Department of Public Instruction and Supt. Lloyd Henkle of Bedford County Schools. A yearly subscription to The Progress makes an ideal gift at $1.50 within Ingigna county and $2.00 elsewhere, with a Christmas card greeting included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County School
Memorial Hall
Lee L. Driver
State Department of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Supt
Lloyd Henkle
Bedford County Schools
Ingigna
Pomona and Willet Grange Joint Meeting Dec 26
Holiday week program includes Pomona and Willet Granges with Henry I Wilson addressing compensation and social legislation at 1:30. Miss Willet’s Welcome, reports, fifth degree close, then lectures, musical acts, and Grange programs in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Willet Grange
Ton
Henry T. Wilson
Pomona Grange
Wdna Frye
Willet
C. W. Cummins
Success Grange
Schuock Grange
Henry I. ‘Wilson
Indiana
Savan Grange
Denton Grange
Willet Grange Music
Creekeide Grange
Marion Center Grange
Lions Club enjoys falconry talk at weekly meeting
Preliminaries short to fit time for four guests and 21 members. Mrs Prevost played piano with Dutch Campbell, earning praise. J K Torres of Soil Conservation Service shared a falconry talk and showed a trained falcon, detailing training methods, bird traits, and 200 mph dive. Also listed are multiple attendees from Ohio and Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Dutch
Campbell
Prevost
J. K. Torres
Wild Life Division
Soil Conservation Service
Torres
B. C
Mr. Torres
Notice to Correspondents for Christmas Week Printing
The Progress will be printed at noon on Tuesday December 24 to begin in the malls before Christmas. News letters received after Monday evening December 23 cannot be used. Correspondents unable to mail letters by Monday evening are asked to omit sending a letter next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
Grange
F. C. Craig
Thos. Campbell
A. H., Wiggins
Mr. Patterson
Wells
Clarence Brown
Ethel Mull
Frances Hamilton
Walker Wiggins
Mary and
Lois Smith
Injuries Fatal to Father of Mrs Long of Cherry Tree
David H. Stephens 70 of Cambria county died in Lee Memorial Hospital Johnstown Tuesday morning from injuries after being struck by a car near Vinco Friday My Stephens a lifelong farmer and former two term road supervisor in vackgon township Cambria county is father of Mrs Mary Long of Cherry Tree. Also Daniel A McGough 79 former Ebensburg city official died of heart trouble at his home Tuesday morning he was father of Mrs Mary McLaughlin of Indiana. Improvements at Local Armory in WPA project underway at the State Armory includes excavation and construction of an equipment room janitors room and an arts and ammunition vault. 9275 hunting licenses issued for 1935 season with 60 non resident licenses sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Long
Cherry Tree
David H. Stephens
Cambrig County
Lee Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Vinco
My. Stephens
Vackgon Township
Cambria County
Indiana
Ebensburg
Daniel A. McGough
Register and Recorder
Mary (McGough) McLaughlin
John C. McLaughlin
Wark
State Armory
R. Henry
Apollo
S. R. Henry
Benjamin Franklin
George Renwick
Edin
Henry
Indiana County Farm Extension Annual Meeting Set
W D Zinn of Philippi West Virginia will speak at the Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association meeting at the Methodist Church on Friday December 20. The morning session starts at 10 00 A M in the Chapel and the afternoon program follows the dinner in the dining room. Farmers families and others interested in agriculture are invited to attend the session and luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Zinn
Philippi
W. Va
Indiana County Agricultural, Extension Association
Methodist Charch
Real estate transfers span multiple townships and banks
A compilation lists transfers from Mrs. O C Organ to First National Bank of Indiana for a Center township lot and other deeds across Homer City Center township White townships and nearby areas. Purchasers include individuals and trusts with amounts from $1 to $5,100 and entities like Blairsville Savings Trust and Conemaugh Building and Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. C. Organ
First National Bank of Indiana
Center Township
Hannah M. Wissinger
Homer City
J. H. McCune
Homer City National Bank
Timberlake
Indiana Lumber & Supply Co
White Township
J. G. Richard
Robert C. Cunningham
American Trustee and Transfer Co
Brushgatley
Kathryn
Houck
Etta
Cherryhill Township
Elsie A. George
Ward C. Fitzgerald
Paul
Guy L. Hileman
Pine Township
C. C. Beck
Laura Smyers Shranger
D. B. Jamison
Blairsville Savings & Trust
Blairsville
Burrell Township
A. P. Sandry
Blairsville Savings & Trust Co
McLaren
Home Building and Loan Association
John L. Smith
George W. Hazlett
Joseph T. Baker
Rett Dallafara
Florence C. Spires
William ©. Austin
Conemaugh Building and, Loan Association
Robert S. Wolfe
Conemaugh Building and Loan Association
Conemaugh Iron Works
G. 4B
Anderson
Young Peoples Council Christmas Program Planned
A Washington Presbyterian church program by the Young Peoples Council features Worship Service Scripture Reading Christmas Pageant and Music with the Boston Family Carols The theme is Christmas and the Spirit of Goodwill All are invited to attend The meeting starts Friday at 7:46 PM with discussion led by Dr J K Beaton and a roll call reading of minutes and reports for future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Council
Washington Presbyterian Church
Gertrude McElhoen
Young People of Washington Church
J. K. Beaton
Officers of Auxiliary of Spanish American War Veterans
At the meeting of the Auxiliary of the Joseph A Blakley Post No 55 Spanish American War Veterans held Thursday evening in Memorial Hall the following officers were elected for the coming year Dollie Ayers president Mabel Mikesall senior vice president Edna Christenson junior vice president Augusta Kehne chaplain Mary Helman historian Joella Mears patriotic instructor Maude Kerr Conduct or Anna McHenry arggletunt conductor Ada Starry guard Stella Kaufman assistant guard Edie Kerr secretary Virginia Fleming treasurer The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers $5.50
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Blakley
Memorial Hall
Dollie Ayers
Mabel Mikesall
Edna Christenson
Augusta Kehne
Mary Helman
Joella Mears
Maude Kerr
Anna McHenry
Personal Brevities Highlight Indiana Weekend Visits
A chain of social notes lists residents and visitors in Indiana, including Gertrude Overdorff in Pittsburgh, J J Getty in town, the Hamlt ons and Smith families from Covode and Vandergrift, and families heading to Florida for the winter. Several local residents plan holidays with relatives, while others renew subscriptions, undergo medical procedures, or welcome missionaries returning to St Petersburg and Tokio connections.
Former Taliany Woman Killed in Train Collision in Florida
Mia Mabel Lovelace Allan Tyne a native of Indiana and former Dubois resident was killed in a railroad crossing crash in St. Petersburg Florida on Friday evening. She was widow of William Ballantyne and visiting her mother Cora Lovelace and sister Nell Lovelace. She had lived in Dubois for 25 years and leaves several children in various locations. State received more than £1000 in dog license fees from the county. 8,873 licenses were sold and over 91,000 paid to the state. 1930 licenses on sale with deadlines January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taliany
Florida
Mabel (Lovelace)allantyne
Indiana
St. Petersburg
Fla
Willam Ballantyne
This Plies
Cora Lovelace
Nell Lovelace
Ballantyng
Dubois
C. C. McLain
Pennsylvania
Hogs Sold At Butler Auction In YaaK Event Amid Stats
The Butler egg auction society reported 877,853 dozen eggs sold during the recent Yaak auction closed July 11, 1938 and covering sales through October 1, 1985. Over those years 1,492,662 dozen eggs brought 5,206.58 dollars, averaging 26.4 cents per dozen. A county agent survey shows buyers mostly sell direct to consumers, with 87 percent preferring white shells and 69 percent candle grains before retailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
R. HH. McDougall
Buller County
Clarion and Jefferson county dramatics finals held at Brookville
The district dramas finals were staged Tuesday evening at Brookville High School with judges Flora Fritz Henderson Marie Shielda Warner and Evelyn Judson. The Ashland Parent Teachers Association entry The High Heart won and advances to Harrisburg. Other county entries were King Row from New Rehoboth and The Darkest Hour Uncle Jimmy from Jefferson county groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion
Jefferson County
Jefferson Counties
Brookville High School
Brookville
Flora Fritz Henderson
Marie Shielda Warner
Evelyn Judson
J. A. Warner
J. W. Warner
Ashland Parent Teachers Association
Clarion County
Harrisburg
King Row
Comrades
New Rehoboth Church
Sugar Hill Grange
Uncle Jimmy
Oliveburg Dramatic Club
Homer City Fire Department Officers Elected
The Homer City Fire Department announced its officers for the year with Chief Harry Kickinger as head, Z. C. Beithart as president, Lisls Plickiager as secretary, Fr. J. Carson as treasurer, and trustees P. W. Graham, H. M. Kunkle, and A. T. Campbell joining the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Bire
Officara
Harry Kickinger
Z. CG. Beithart
Lisls Plickiager
Fr. J. Carson
J. Mi
White Township resident dies in Indiana Hospital
Mrs Fermella Jobe aged 70 of White Township died today in Indiana Hospital after 11 o'clock from a complication of diseases. The notice notes her death and provides no further family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fermella Jobe
White ‘Township
Indiana
Permella Jobe
White Township
Susquehanna Grange Dramatic Four Wins Fourth Place
The Susquehanna Grange of Clearfield county presented the final one act play Dead Expensa at Indiana high school with a large audience. Other contestants included Myers Literary Society Centor township Peeler Dramatics Club Armstrong township and Bigler United Presbyterian Sunday School. The Susquehanna Grange Girls Chorus won the vocal music contest and will represent the district in the State Farm Show contest in Harrisburg in January where 18 state grange districts compete for state honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chai
Home Grange Whieners
Vocaldusk
Susquehanna Grange
Clearfield County
Indiana
Myera Literary Society
Centor Township
Peeler Dramatics
Heart Attack Fatality for Jounty Native John Brady
John Wesley Brady 73 native of Montgomery township died of a heart attack at a hunting camp in Goshen township Clearfield county. He once ran a Hastings hotel and in recent years owned a gas station in Mahaffey. Funeral held Tuesday at his niece’s home in Cipsy then interment at Burnside cemetery. Survived by brother George M. Brady of Gipsy and sister Mrs. Lotte Warden of Pittsburgh. wife long separated. status of her life unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Brady
Clearfield County
Ord Buterbaugh
Cipsy
Montgomery Township
Burnside Cemetery
John Weasley Brady
Goshen Township
William Brady
Hastings
Mahaffey
George M. Brady
Gipsy
Lotte Warden
Pittsburgh
Charles Cicero Guilty Of Drunken Driving In Indiana
Charles Cicero of Indiana was found guilty in a criminal court of operating a motor vehicle under the influence after his car collided with Tra Myers near Penn Run last June. Cicero claimed no intoxication and said wine spilled from a broken container in his car, splashing wine on him as his mouth was open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gieero
Charles Cicero
Indiana
Cicero
Tra Myers
Cherryhill Township
Myers
Penn Run
Pomona Grange to Award Attendance Banner
At the Indiana County Pomona Grange quarterly meeting at Willet on December 26 a banner will be awarded to the grange with the highest attendance percentage for 1936. Secretaries have attendance records and monthly totals to compute averages before presenting at the Ure Poin meeting on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
Indiana County
Willet
Civilian Conservation Corps camp closures listed
The Shelocta GCC Camp No 6 will be discontinued before January 16. About 200 boys at the Shelocta camp, established six months ago, are transferred to other camps. Three Virginia camps will be discontinued at the same time. The Rayne Township soil conservation camp in this county will continue and workers will move to the Sheloeth section. Dr. Hammers elected medical director of Lancaster County Hospital and Asylum, starting Monday, replacing Dr. Herbert Haim and Dr. B M Green who resigned. 20 percent dividend declared for New Florence National Bank depositors. payment via the new bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta Gcc
Sheloeth
Das
New Provence National Bank
Ayalluile
Wustueg
New Florence Naonal Bank
New Florence National Bank
Car Stolen in Panxsutawney Involving Rochester Mills Resident
Richard Gaston of Rochester Mills reported his 1942 Chevrolet Cabriolet stolen in Panxsutawney on Saturday night from Walter Custin of Rochester Mills. The incident stands out as a rare case of a car theft in the town era. Albert Schmaedick and his siblings of Illinois woke to cosl gas fumes, aided by an alarm clock, saving them from danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Gaston
Rochester Mills
Walter Custin
Rochester Miks
Albert Schmaedick
Illinois
Hit and run death prompts confession and bail
Funeral services were held for Melvin Anderson of Clarksburg age 21 who died in Indiana hospital after being struck by a car while walking along the highway near the Punxsutawney Ernest roads. Ward Fritz 26 of Homer City confessed to hitting him and was bailed on involuntary manslaughter and failing to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Clarksburg Presbyterian Church
Saltsburg
Melvin Anderson
Clairksburg
Indiana Hospital
Punxsutaywney-Ernest Roads
Ward Fritz
Homer City
Ernest
Clarksburg
Anderson
Charles Fulton
Thaly Machine
Torrance State Hospital
Harry W. Anderson
Elders Ridge
Starford Man Killed and Man Loses Eye in Crash
Melvin Stadtmiller a 32 year old Starford man was killed when two cars skidded and collided on the devil's elbow four miles south of Big Run. Herbert Sherwood driving the other vehicle sustained injuries including a punctured eye and a skull fracture to a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Ran
Melvin Stadtmiller
Oliver Stadtmiller
Starford
Devil's Elbow
Bells Mils
Big Run
Buttine-Pittshurgh Hiehway
Ke Vieline
Herbert Sherwood
Stafford
Jos
John Ibritsko
Clymor
Claud Petriquin
Ernast
Don Jennings
Bernard- Fell
Auto Accidents Boost Omaha Limb Manufacturer Prosperity
George J. Johnson, an Omaha maker of artificial limbs and orthopedic appliances, says auto accidents have driven a 60 percent rise in his business. He notes railroad accidents once supplied more work but safety now reduces those claims. A separate fragment mentions Ben Hamilton felling trees in Washington woods where a gust toppled one tree, injuring him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
George J. Johnson
Johnson
Ben Hamilton
Washington Woods
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Mrs
Anneal
Lions Club
Melvin H. Launty
Virginia
Fetterman
Floyd Wendell Stockdale
Anna T. F
Roger
Zinn
West Virginia
Pridly
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Poat Gazette
R. D
Mias Gertrude Overdorff
Washington Street
John JT. Getty
Church Street
Jay Hamlton
Covode
Indiana Vistors
Harry Smith
Vanedergrift
David S. Fox
South Sixth Street
Melbourne
James Kinter
Dixonville
5. C. Kinter
South Eleventh Street
Harry S. Wynkoop
Marion Center
BR. I
Linesville
Blaine Short
Chestnut Street
D. B. Urey
Livermore
James Urey
A. C. Elkin
Goldie
Luther
Washington Township
Harry Ferguson
Clarksburg Independent
James H. Hile
William St. Clair
Lafayette College
John St. Clair
Schoolstreet
G. L. Edwards
Merlin
Beyer
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Fred Oakes
W. &. Oakes
Clymer
George Regan
Nannette
Hornell
Regan
Dean Phipps
BE. Walker Smith
Walker
Mary Thomas
Town
Harry Thomas
Hagerstown
Eugene Barnard
Arlene
Johnston Barnard
School Street
Barnards
Tokio
Japan
Presbyterian Board
J. Roy St. Clair
Alexandria
Betty
Elizabeth Gregg
St. Clair
Quay Overdorff
Lila May
Margery
Glenn
Brushvalley
John M. Daugherty
James R. Daugherty
Frank H. Daugherty
Alan
Martha
East Locust Street
Bruce Kendig
Edward Hanscom
Philadelphia
Daugherty
Edwin Clark
Oakland Avenue
Lakeworth
Mia
John H. Martin
Clark
David Mack
Williams College
Williamstown
Margaret
Chicago University
Chicago
James Mitl J
North Sixth Street
Butlar Ra
Tom
Eugene Ralston
Elderton
Paul Kimmel
Ospital
Kiltanning
Near Shelovlu
Kummell
Mondelion
Clemon Brendlinger
Robinson
Lemon Brendlinger
Siaiary
Flora Kunkla
South Fork
James Botts
Chalmers Hrendlinger
Iseling
William
Robert Brondlinger
John Dunn
Susquehanna GR Amign Tigre Dramatic
Liek
Strecs
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