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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1934
Page
6
The harmless skin test shows if germs of tuberculosis lodge in the body and if a positive result requires X rays to check lungs. If damage is found, steps prevent further development and assess exposure at home. Tuberculosis societies promote child protection, funded by Christmas ear sales.
Gordon Dramatics Club won the inter-county contest held in Indiana High School auditorium on Saturday evening and will represent the Indiana-Armstrong district at the state tournament in Harrisburg January 21 to 26. The winning production was The Valiant, coached by Mrs. J Harald Gibson, with cast members T. F. Williams J Harold Gibson J. D. Mikesell Miss Frances McCrea John T. McCrea and Robert Henderson from Gordon school district.
Two separate house fires the same day destroyed Perry Fleming and family’s Armstrong township home and a Young township dwelling owned by Mrs Carlo Thomas. An overheated stove sparked Fleming’s fire. contents valued at about 85 dollars plus cash and papers burned, with insurance covering part. Thomas’s fire began in an outhouse near midnight. home and contents lost, pupils from Indiana State Teachers College aided by neighbors.
Christmas vesper service at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday afternoon featured a well balanced program by members of the Monday Music Club. The large audience enjoyed the performance, finding it delightful and impressive throughout.
Washington Township Tax League holds a December 27 meeting at the Marlin schoolhouse with a Christmas music program directed by Miss Gertrude Wissinger. The evening includes recitations, a one act play by Atwood young people, choruses, duets, jokes, readings, and multiple musical numbers by local performers.
Sabbath school announced for next Sunday at 10 00 with no church services Residents from Saltsburg Watsons Ridge and Indiana were guests at a 1 00 PM dinner at the Coleman residence Mrs Clare Marshall recovering from malaria in Florida Indiana shoppers visited Clearfield Blairsville and Braddock areas while several local families were Sabbath visitors at Paul Lowman home or hosted gatherings
County Agent Warner warns that locally grown Christmas trees Outperform long distance shipped ones. Local Scotch and Red Pine retain needles for weeks in warm dry rooms, while shipped trees shed needles quickly after transfer.
Attendees at the State Grange meeting in Hershey included Pomona Muster and Mrs. Harry C. Kunkle of Shelocta, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Devlin of Shelocta Grange, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brown of Armstrong Grange, Earl Koontz and Harold Beatty of Marion Center Grange, Mr. Braughter of Sagan Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Altman of Home Grange, M. C. Stewart and L. F. Robinson of Success Grange, and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Barr and Miss Bothel of Clyner Grange.
A garbled text from Luke 2 recounts angels announcing the birth of Christ to shepherds in Bethlehem. It describes the babe in a manger wrapped in swaddling clothes and the heavenly host praising God. The shepherds hurry to Bethlehem to witness the mystery proclaimed by God.
Mr Mincy, a hardnosed businessman who distrusts Christmas, travels to a Canadian outpost to fetch a tree for children. On a perilous return down a steep hill the tree’s weight acts as a natural brake, sparing a crash and forcing him to admit that Christmas trees are indeed good for something.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs E J Boyer and family with Wilbert Rearick and Harry Silvis near North Washington. D J Wagner and son George called in Apollo. E J Boyer family spent Saturday in Indiana. K W Thompson and Miss Jennie Sloan visited Mrs Margaret McGaughey. Dwight Parks and son Lynn and Sam Umbaugh joined Saturday evening at L M Henderson home. Italian barbers ran a busy trade after Mussolini frowned on beard fashion.
A string of marriages reported from Avonmore Dixonville Blacklick Homer City Ebensburg and Brentzer. Couples include Culp Keeley Lee Wilson Bortz Grumplin McAdoo Overman Lyda Truby Bonn Yates with brides and grooms from Avonmore Dixonville Homer City Ebensburg and Brentzer. Ages occupations coal miner nurse and varied.
The Scorpion club of Robinson and Bolivar hosted a venison dinner last week in Bolivar with Harry Domenic of Robinson as host and a three point buck bagged by him. The event was held in the club room in Bolivar and celebrated as a festive gathering.
Notices pasted in school books instruct children on air raid procedures. The piece frames a broader wartime atmosphere and includes a provocative line about a woman exiting a car backwards, reflecting local humor and social attitudes of the period.
Report notes engineers foresee talking books using the talkie principle in the future. A humorous exchange questions if any woman would grab her skirts at a mouse, with a quip Eve as a punchline reflecting the era’s playful stereotype.
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