Christmas Cheer Planned Across Indiana County
Charitable groups organize a countywide Christmas program with Burgess B H Lichteberger as master of ceremonies. Events at the Veterans of Foreign Wars HQ and the Indiana and Ritz Theatres offer musical and vocal performances, with a thousand children to receive treats and baskets. Free shows, church programs, and Elks Charity Ball proceeds fund meals, clothing, and toys for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Veteran of Foreign Wars
North Sixth Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Indiana County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
America
Indiana Municipal Band
William Beck
Capt. Stons
Salvation Army
Maj
C. C. McLain
V. F. W. Post
George Clark
W. Pearl Walker
Reed
Shirey
Evangelical Church
Indiana Municipal
Thomas 4H
Sheehe
St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church
Indiana
Ritz
Elks
State Armory
Injury on 82nd Birthday Fatal to County Father
William M. Spicher died last week in Zanesville Ohio from injuries suffered December 1 his 82nd birthday. He was father of Howard Spicher of Glen Campbell and had long lived in Tranway C. prior to residing with his daughter. He sustained fatal injuries in a fall down stairs at his daughter's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Spicher
H. B. Corder
Zanesville
Ohio
Howard Spicher
Glen Campbell
Tranway
Robbery at Widow Crawford’s Rochester Mills Home
A vacant furnished residence belonging to Mrs Jessie Crawford widow of James Crawford at Rochester Mills was entered by thieves while she cared for a sick relative. Several articles were stolen during the break in. The report notes Mrs Crawford’s July death of her husband and her absence at the time due to family illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Crawford
Rochester Mills
Crawford
James Crawford
Mother ends life after critically shooting daughter
Ruth Mitchell Shultz of Erie fatally shot herself after shooting her 14 year old daughter Imogene, who remains in critical condition. The tragedy follows her grief over her husband’s recent death, and a letter to L E Shultz of Ambridge requested funeral arrangements. The daughter was found by a neighbor after spending the night beside her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Mitchell Shultz
Erie
Imogene
Shultz
Indiana County
L. E. Shultz
Ambridge
Two boys lose eyes in local coasting accidents
Richard Colgan nine of Lucusboro and Leonard Helman fifteen of Homer City both lost their left eye in sledging crashes in their communities within the past week. Colgan had eye removal surgery at Indiana hospital after his sled collided on Thursday. Helman suffered a similar injury and the eye was removed at the hospital Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Colgan
Lucusboro
Leonard Helman
Homer City
Colgan Lad
Indiana Hospital
Herman Boy
Westover boy released after hospital treatment
Charles Westover aged four has recovered from gunshot wounds and was released from the hospital after the December 1 shooting at the Westover home. He was taken by his mother to her parents' home. father Heber Westover faces imprisonment in the county jail after fatally injuring two year old William and wounding Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westover
Charles Westover
Heber Westover
Severe Florida freeze ruins fruit and crops report
A December 17 letter from Mrs. Olive Martin of Orange City reports a severe Florida freeze earlier this month with 19 degree temps. She says fruit is frozen, trees look bad, and gardens including cabbage and peas were ruined. plans to sell fruit next week are dashed. Separately, about 1500 pounds of Army ammunition were stolen from the local State Armory on Wayne Avenue, with a basement room door found jammed by caretaker Clinton B. McAfoos during morning inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
D. A. Cunningham
Wayne Avenue
Olive Martin
Orange City
Fla
State Armory
Clinton B. McAfoos
Retiring Blairsville Rural Carrier Honored at Testimonial Dinner
Lewis G. Piper, a Blairsville rural mail carrier for 39 years, was surprised by a testimonial dinner and reception Monday evening attended by about 150 patrons and friends. He plans to devote time to farming on his Blairsville area acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis G. Piper
Blairsville
Piper
Stolen Buick Sedan Belongs to J Howard Houk
The Buick sedan of J Howard Houk of the Indiana Pharmacy was reported stolen from North Sixth Street on Tuesday night. The car was parked near the office of Justice of the Peace Walter H Jack on Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Houk
Sixth Street
Indiana Pharmacy
North Sixth Street
Tuelice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackon
Dorsey Walker Elected President of Johnstown Stamp Exchange
Dorsey L. Walker a former Indiana resident and former office boy in the program office was chosen president of the Johnstown Stamp Exchange at a Tuesday evening meeting in Johnstown M. C. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Walker
Indiana
Johnstown
Free Christmas Show At Indiana And Ritz Theatres
Wally Nordby and his theatre group will host county children for a free Christmas morning show at 10 o clock in the Indiana and Ritz theatres. Santa will assist. doors open 9 30. Program includes a western, comedies, and cartoons. last year over 2000 youngsters attended. Outside communities are urged to provide cars to bring eligible children under 16 to the theatres before 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Nordby
Indiana
Ritz
Santa
Indiana Borough
Real estate transfers listed in regional records
Harry G. Jenkins transfers 7h acres in Rayne township to Otto A. Leising for $1. Rebecca J. McGraw sells 7 200 square feet in West Wheatfield township to Blair E. McGraw for $400. Savings and Trust Co. sells house and lot in Indiana to Bessie C. Dilts for $4 000. Jacob B E Holby sells lot in Blairsville to Irene Holby for $500 and Irene Holby sells lot in Blairsville to Jacob Holby for $500. D B Allison sells 11 acres in North Mahoning township to Mary Allison Blose for $1 06. M M Carnahan sells one acre in Armstrong township to Esther Carnahan for $1. Jennie H. Elgin sells house and lot in Indiana borough to Savings and Trust Co. for $390. B K Ankeny sells house and lot in Indiana borough to Savings and Trust Co. for $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Jenkins
Otto A. Leisening
Rayne Township
Rebecca J. McGraw
Blair BE. McGraw
West Wheatfield Township
Savings and Trust Co
Bessie C. Dilts
Indiana
Jacob Be, Holby
Irene Holby
Blairsville
Jacob Holby
Blairaville
D. B. Allison
Mary Allison Blose
North Mahoning Township
M. M. Carnahan
Esther Carnahan
Armstrong Township
Jennie H. Elgin
Indiana Borough
B. K. Ankeny
Court Dismisses Suit Over False Imprisonment Claim
Judge Langham dismissed a $10,000 damage suit by Laura Winter of Oil City against Blairsville Burgess G. Overdorff for alleged false imprisonment and malicious persecution. Costs were placed on Winter. Winter had been arrested November 28 1982 for keeping a place for drinking and disorderly house, pled guilty, and was fined with jail if unpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Langham
Laura Winter
Oil City
Blaieville
Burgess G. Co
Bucks Killed by County Hunters in Indiana District
150 bucks reported killed by Indiana county hunters during the season ending December 15. This figure, up 40 from 1943. In the five county district of Indiana Cambria Westmoreland Somerset and Bedford, 1175 bucks were killed compared with 1116 in 1933. A total of 103 does and spike bucks were illegally killed in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Litginger
Indiana
Cambria
Westmoreland
Somerset
Bedford Counties
Potter County hunter bags 11 point Michigan buck
A. Lingenfelter of Chambersville bagged a 200 pound 11 point Michigan buck in Potter County. The kill is noted as one of the finest of the Potter County season and highlights the county's hunting tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lingenfelter
Chambersville
Michigan
Potter County
Armstrong Township Student Shoots Eight Point Buck
An Armstrong Township High School student named James Woreman, resident of the Peeler district, shot an eight point buck in Elk County. The report notes a need for ten million trees annually for use as Christmas trees in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Township
James Woreman
Peeler
Elk County
United States
Personal Breevities of Indiana Readers
A string of home town notes from Indiana detailing visits and travel. Individuals and couples from Armstrong township to Pittsburgh, Grove City, and Johnstown are listed as callers, visitors, or subscribers to The Progress, with several Christmas gift subscriptions noted. Multiple residents travel for family events, hospital stays, or holidays.
Indiana Woman Celebrates Birthday Despite Ill Health
Mrs. Margaret Bonner of Indiana celebrated her late birthday Saturday at the home of Misses TH Ne and Annie Oligher on North Fourth Street where she has lived for some time. She is bedfast due to bone fractures from five years ago but retains good health and spirits. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Harrisburg expects to issue over 700000 sets of 1943 automobile license plates in the final two weeks of December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Margaret Bonner
TH Ne
Annie Oligher
North Fourth Street
Bonner
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Harrisburg
We Also Serve Christmas Seals Poem Appeal
A tuberculosis sanatorium patient writes a Christmas Seals poem urging readers to buy seals to help prevent TB. The author asks donations to the Indiana County Tuberculosis Society at 622 Philadelphia St and via mail this week, wishing a Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Philadelphia St
Butler Egg Auction Reports Growth and Cash-Only Sales
Butler Co operative Egg Auction board reveals 398 members across fifteen counties and 524000 dozen eggs sold for 121000 dollars in the past year. Auctions are Tuesdays and Fridays with holiday week adjustments, and shipments arrive by express at 25 cents per case. Buyers include hucksters, stores, milk firms, restaurants, and hotels.</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Co-operative Eyg
Indiana County
Foster J. Parks
Clarksburg
Irvin M. Behm
Marchand
C. M. Bell
Home
N. H. Barkley
Livermore
V. R. McAdoo
Shelocta
Austin Say
Earnest L. Good
Indiana
Joseph I. McElhoes
Grant Pearce
K. EB
Nolf
Dayton
Tragic Blairsville Ice Accident Claims Bennett Boy
Clare Bennett aged nine fell through ice on the Conemaugh River at Blairsville while inspecting ice that extended 40 feet into the water. His brother Milton and friend James New jumped in to help but could not reach him before he sank. Lifeless after 40 minutes, Clare was pronounced dead. funeral held at the Bennett home with burial in Blairsville cemetery. He leaves parents Arthur and (unnamed) Bennett, four sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Burnell Bennett
Blairsville
Conemaugh
Arthur Bennett
Milton
James New
Billy New
Clare
Indiana Woman Seeks 16000 Damages in Auto Injury Suit
Mrs Rosina Ross former proprietor of the Roses Fruit Store sues William H Carnahan and his mother Jes sie K Carnahan in Prothonotary's office seeking 16000 for injuries from a December 18 1932 auto collision as she crossed Sixth street near Philadelphia street at about 8 PM. The incident allegedly left her unable to continue her fruit store business which she had recently sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosina Ross
Roses
Prothonotary
William H. Carnahan
Jessie K. Carnahan
Wayne Avenue
Wiliam H. Carnahan
Rode
Sixth Street
Philadelphia Street
Pomona and Clymer Grange Meet December 27
A joint Pomona and Clymer Grange meeting will be in Oligher Hall starting at 10 AM on Thursday December 27. After routine business and officer election, a Clymer Grange member will give the welcome and Mrs Marion Holt of Flora Dale Grange will respond. A lecturer's conference is at 1 PM with a program including singing, readings by Grace McFarland and LaRue Warner, discussions on Homestead rehabilitation settlements and economical administration, plus music and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oligher Hall
Boxginning
Pomona and
Clymer Granges
Clymar ‘Grange
Marion Holt
Flora Dale Grange
Denton Grange
Clymer Grange
Grace McFarland
Flora Dale
Charity Ball at Armory to Aid Christmas Basket Drive
Indiana Lodge No 9d Protective and Benevolent Order of Elke sponsors a charity ball at the Armory on Thursday evening December 20. Proceeds go to preparing and distributing Christmas Baskets to Indiana County’s needy. Neal Buckley’s orchestra will furnish music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Christma Dinkers
Indiana Lodge No. 9d
Protective and Benevolent Order of Elke
Indiana County
Neal Buckley
Woman Seriously Injured in Leap From Second Story Window
Mrs. Vernika Swanlik, 46, of Ern est, suffered skull fracture and severe lacerations after allegedly leaping from a second story window at her Mynest home. She is hospitalized locally. In Maryland General Hospital Baltimore a baby 30 minutes old underwent successful appendectomy. Hang up the Baby's Stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE Wonan
Vernika Swanlik
Ernest
Mynest
Maryland General Hospital
Haltimore
Brother of Olivet Woman Killed by Slate Fall
Charles Edward Pratt, 22, brother of Mrs. Alfred Barr of Olivet near Riders Ridge, died in Truxall Pennsylvania on Thursday from a fractured skull after being caught in a slate fall. Born November 6, 1911 in Braddock, he had worked at Truxall for a year. He leaves three brothers Sherman Calvin and John Pratt of Renton and his widow. Burial was in Saltsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivet
Charles Edward Pratt
Alfred Barr
Riders Ridge
Truxall
Braddock
Burr
Sherman
Calvin
John Pratt
Renton
Saltsburg
Prominent Woman Dies After Pneumonia and Stroke in Apollo
Mrs Cordelia Lightcap 88 widow of Foster Lightcap and lifelong Indiana County resident died at her daughter’s Apollo home after pneumonia and a stroke. Maiden name Cordelia McGara born near Chambersville. survived by son Norman L Lightcap ill with pneumonia and three daughters Nora Sloan Mame Way Beasie Sloan. Funeral Saturday 1:30 pm at the Way home, Rev C A Waltman officiating. Burial Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia (McQnura) Lightcap
Foster Lightcap
Indiana County
Prank EK. Sloan
Apollo
Foster Lightcup
Lightcap Homestead
Kellysburg
Beasie
Lee Sloan
New Bethlehem
Way Home
Wigan
C. A. Waltman
Marion Center
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral Services For Merle E. Smith Held In Indiana
Funeral services were held Thursday at 2:00 p m at Streams Funeral Home for Merle Eugene Smith 19 of Indiana who died Tuesday at Indiana Hospital from an illness. Son of Mrs Mary C Smith and the late Herman C Smith he was a senior at Indiana High School active in Student Council Webster Debating Club and Home Room Association. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and will be honored by six pallbearers. Born September 30 1916 in Indiana he resided here all his life survived by his mother and three brothers Clark Lawrence and Randolph Smith. The report notes two other senior classmates lost within 13 months Jane Simpson Frank Miller and Fred Stewart in unrelated tragedies. The piece shifts to Sutton P Lewis 85 of Rayne township who died Monday at his son Charles B Lewis’s Grove Chapel Church home. Born in Washington township April 21 1849 he taught school and farmed and belonged to Curry Run Presbyterian then the town church. His widow Nancy J Bowers died May 16 1927. He is survived by his son and siblings Thomas S Lewis and Mrs William T Wilson. The obituary reflects Lewis’s long service and family ties in ANE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Shay
South Sixth Street
Johnstown
Lisle Bay
Armstrong Township
H. CG. Boyle
North Tenth Street
Pittsburgh
Barney Forquer
West Lebanon
Indiana
Hart Daugherty
North Ninth Street
Overdorff
Brushvalley
Robert Kime
Kittanning
William Holstein
South Eleventh Street
Robert Clark
Sixth Street
Richard Madden
Locust Street
Polly Tomb
School Street
Dixon Tomb
Mary M. Fleming
Creekside
R.D
Ben Taylor
South Ninth Street
Montezuma
Ind
Joseph Taylor
W. P. Littlefield
Keota
Iowa
John Vinton
East Oak Street
Josephine Mack
New York City
J. W. Mack
Anna Smitten
Oak Street
A. ©. Specht
Waynesburg
Paul, Rittenhouse
Washington,d. C
L. B. Rittenhouse
Fourth Street
Donald McHenry
Janet
Detroit, Mich
Frank Williams
Seventh Street
Louise Hess
Rochester Mills
Indiana Hospital
Edgar Wilson
Eugene Wilson
Penn State Forest School
Mt. Alto
Lawrence F. Robinson
Town
Virginia
Tenent College of Christian Education
Philadelphia
George McIntire
Betty
Frank McIntire
West Philadelphia
Milton Williams
West Washington Street
Olive Kerr
Seward
E. A. Zimmerman
Harry Smith
Valley Forge Military Academy
Raymond Smith
East Waterstreet
John D. Adamson
Home
R.D.2
Daniel McMillen
Oliver ‘Lingenfelter
Chambersville
J. M. Cunningham
Armstrong
Township
Progress
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Frank H. Daugherty
Acast Street
Edward Hanscom
Martha
Hanscom
Webster Debating Club
Home Room Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Arthur J. Pfohl
Pallhear
Clark
Lawrence Smith
Randolph Smith
Wilkinsburg
Jane Simpson
Frank Miller
Shelocta
Fred Stewart
Conemaugh River
Blairsville
Oakland Cemetery
Sutton P. Lewis
Rayne Township
Charles B. Lewis
Grove Chapel
Washington Township
Wilders Ridge Academy
Curry Run
Longtime West Lebanon Resident Sarah Barr Dead
Mrs Sarah Eligabeth Barr died in December at the Presbyterian Home Glenshaw Pennsylvania in her 89th year. Widow of Calvin Barr she was a devout Christian and lifelong member of West Lebanon Presbyterian church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years. She leaves nieces and nephews and many friends. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Home Glenshaw by Dr Taylor Pittsburgh with interment in Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah K. Bare
Sarah Eligabeth Barr
Presbyterian Home
Glenshaw
West Lebanon
Calvin Barr
Taylor
Pittsburgh
Oakland Cemetery
Oy Town
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shoup
St. Jacobs Church of
South Bend
St. Jacobs Lutheran Church of
Chevrolet
Detroit
Iran
Edwards
Edwards Motor Co
Husband
the Progress
Indiana and
Ritz Theatre
Lipo
Lillian Rankin
Indiana Co
Leonard L. Jones
Strangford
Jensie L. Davison - Robinson
Burgess
Watchers
William Lee Burton
Butler Egg Auction
Fieftahen
Roy
Conemal River
Ige
Victin
Pay
Eaters
Sault
Wm. H. Carnahan
Mother
Pomona
LaRue Warner
Success Grange
M. ‘Thompson
Dick Stephens
H.C. Kunkle
B. 2. Weder
Mrk
Monde McIlenry
Clynee
The
Progress and
R. D
Grim Reaper
Merle E Eugene Sith
Maphis Hugene Smith
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