Saltsburg Man Falls From Bridge Drowns
Sherman Greaves, 35, of Saltsburg, structural steel worker, fell into the swollen Conemaugh river while on the Livermore bridge project and drowned. Firemen searched but the body was recovered days later as flood waters receded. He leaves a widow and three children. his brother died years ago in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Greaves
New Livermore Bridge
Saltsburg
Conemaugh
Livermore
Greaves
Blairsville
Sherman
Chalfant
Colorado
A. 5. Greaves
New Alexandria Presbyterian Church
Pomona Grange Meets at Penn Run December 30
The final 1937 Pomona Grange meeting will be held at Penn Run Grange Hall on Thursday evening December 30 with a cafeteria luncheon and supper near the hall. Lecturers meet at 1:00 pm. afternoon program begins 1:30 pm with group singing, discussions on the Neutrality Act and peace, a musical reading, illustrated lecture on Farm Forestry, stunts, and a debate on continuing the Agricultural Conservation Program. Evening session 7:30 pm. County problems discussion and safety essay results to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
Penn Run Grange Hall
Grange Hall
Helen K. Smith
B. R.braughter
Flora Henderson
Floyd Ball
Alice Stewart
Jean Wetzel
W. W. Simonds
State College
Louise Streams
R. H. Thompson
John R. Smith
Samuel E. Dible
H. M. Thompson
M. C. Stewart
James Hellbrun
Willet ‘Grange
Pomona
Grange Vital County
Indiana
Penn Run Grange
Grange
Margaret Burkett
Jean Weitzel
Birthday salute to Mrs Ramuel Kimmel in Shelocta
Mrs Ramuel Kimmel a former Shelocta resident turned 86 greeted Sunday by Shelocta kin and Indiana neighbors at North Seventh Street with good health and youthful spirit noted. A wedding shower honored newlyweds Mr and Mrs Ployd Aul at the Gamb le home Trade City with many gifts from relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramuel Kimmel
Shelocta
John W. Warner
North Seventh Street
Indiana
Ployd Aul
Samuel Gamble
Trade City
West Mahoning Township to Test Bangs Disease
Forty five farmers in West Mahoning plan area testing for Bangs disease as County Agent J W Warner explains new provisions. Township chairman H M Travis to collect applications. district solicitors named for North Point Loop Pine Grove White Oak Toad Alley Dry Knob Fleck Bowser. Separate meetings set for South Mahoning on Dec 28 and Green on Dec 29 at local halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Mahoning
Green
West Mahoning Township
Smicksburg
J. W. Warner
H. M. Travis
North Point
P. A. Weaver
Hlmer Gallagher
Pine Grove
Marshall Haskell
White Oak
McClelland
Toad Alley
Frank Stephenson
Dry Knob
Calhoun Fleck
Arnold Bowser
South Mahoning Township
Ox Hill Grange Hall
Green Township
Cockport
Marriage Licenses Issued Across Several Towns and Names
A list of marriage license issuances includes Garmantown Sagamore Ford City Wilmer Shankle and Mary Milburn Lewis, Steve Novak and Josephine Vitale, Angelo Leonardo, Leonia Agnes Taylor, Carl Irvine McIntyre and Helen Lewis, Delmer Miller and Anna M. Hill, Vincent Gromley and Leonia Agnes Taylor, and other pairs across Indiana, Cherry Tree, Blairsville, Vandergrift, and surrounding areas. The notices name numerous individuals and partner pairs including Roy, Stafford, and Scott areas with multiple named couples and locale references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garmantown
Sagamore
Ford City
Wilmer C. Shankle
Mary E, Milburn Lewis
Steve Novak
Josephine Vitale Angelo Leonardo
Indiana
Leona Pittman
Joseph Liverinac
South ‘Fork
Sara Ellen Dodson
Strongstown
Harry Gromley Cherry Trea
Lola Hawk
Rossiter
Chester W. Stamp
Stoneboro
Mildred V. Gallentina
Utica
Delmer Miller
Freeport
Anna M. Hill
New Florence
Ward Hamill
Beatrice Tillet
R.D
Vincent O. Gromley
Cherry Tree
Leonia Agnes Taylor
Heilwood
Carl Irvine McIntyre
Helen Lewis
John Croyle
Commodore Wilma ‘Patters
Stafford
Joseph Hazeldin Warr
Scroft
Margaret Grace Peters
Blairsville
William Mitchell
Commodore
Queen McCoy
Cookport
Donald C. Klingensmith
Kelly
Mildred BR. Stanley
Vandergrift
Federal grant funds improve Locust Grant Washington Streets
The Works Progress Administration approved over 39000 for Indiana and Homer City street projects. Indiana will resurf ace Grant Washington Locust with new curbs and gutters, while Homer City will resurface Miller Oakland Grand Church and Incubator alley. No new taxes or assessments will be levied. Progress subscriber H Kissinger and family renewed their county newspaper deal during Christmas shopping in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust
Grant
Washington
Indiana
Homer City
Works Progress Administration
Washington and Locust
Miller
Oakland
Grand
Church
Trig
Man Charged With Annoying Girls to Face Hearing
George Warholick aged 24 of Coy is to have a hearing this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Walter H. Jackson on charges of alleged molestation of three girls and a young woman on an Indiana street over the weekend. Police Chief William J. Kelly filed the charges after Warholick was arrested in a storage building near town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Warholick
Coy
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Indiana
William J. Kelly
Warholick
Town
Varholick Fe
Christmas in hospital for 45000 Pennsylvanians
Miss Mary B Miller, president of the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, announced today that about 45,000 Pennsylvanians will spend Christmas in beds as patients in the state's hospitals. The nation is enjoying its family celebration elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary IB. Miller
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
Mother and Son Hurt in Auto Crash Near Elderton
Donald Calhoun age five of Sheroda suffered a fracture and his mother Mrs Calhoun had cuts and bruises when a car struck a pole near Elderton amid dense fog. The collision injured a mother and son riding together. Mrs Margaret Gilgannon of Cosh Octon Ohio is visiting relatives in town. Mr and Mrs A H Heath of College Avenue visit Pittsburgh for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Calhoun
Sheroda
Elderton
Mra
Calhoun
Dense Fogia
Margaret Gilgannon
Coshocton, O
Logan Miller
Church Street
A. H. Heath
College Avenue
Pittsburgh
J. H. Harkness
Real estate transfers and Christmas services tallied in Indiana county
Real estate transfers list numerous pairs with plat notes and prices from Indiana and White townships plus Armstrong and Green areas, including transfers to and from individuals and corporations such as Home Owners Loan Corporation. Christmas in the Churches reports First United Presbyterian services with Dr Stillman A Foster delivering the message and a 35 voice choir performing The Story of Christmas cantata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Ferguson Stewart
Ernest Stewart
Indiana
G. W. Musser
Esther K. Musser
Second Ward
G. Walbeck
Clara M. Tomb
Homer City
Emma E. Fleming
Clare R. Fleming
White Township
Mary C. Burns
June
Butereine
Montgomery Township
Louis G. Nevins
M. Rom & Sons Co
Third Ward
George Simpson
A. D. Manners
Saltsburg Coal Mining Co
Jas. Pennt
Conemaugh Township
George Hwannick
Andrew Rohacheck
Armstrong Township
Arron E. Wilson
John B. Wilson
G. E. Simpson
C. Edward Stuchell
Elmer W. Allison
Indiana County Commissioners
West Mahoning Township
Green Township
John Danko
Home Owners Loan ‘Corporation
Blaieville
Elmer BH
Palm
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Burrell Township
Co. C. Dinsmore
Home Owners
First Ward
Uriah Brown
Clymer
Nellie Pleming
Indiana County Building and Loan Association
Elizabeth Gregg
George JB. Baker
Harry Patsolle
First United Presbyterian Church
Stillman A. Foster
Progress
Robert M. Fisher
William P. Moorhead
Receil Lytle
Martha Smyth
Hugh R. Wiley
E. J. McLuckie
John Snodgrass
Personal Brevities From Indiana Area Holidays
Marion Center and nearby towns see a flurry of holiday visits as families host relatives from West Philadelphia Street to Rochester New York. Readers note numerous listings of travelers and shoppers, with birth announcements and college students returning home for Christmas.
Bell to Install Additional Equipment at Indiana Central Office
William C. St. Clair, manager for Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, announced plans to install new equipment at the Indiana central office. The expansion, representing nearly $9,000, aims to accommodate continued growth and is expected to be completed late next year with facilities for future expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
William C. St. Clair
Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Mr. St. Clair
Bell
Ernest Stewart Jr Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Ernest Stewart Jr son of Attorney and Mrs Ernest Stewart of College Avenue had an appendicitis operation at Indiana Hospital Tuesday morning. His condition was excellent at noon today. Ernest is a student at Princeton University and returned home Saturday night for the holiday vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stewart, Jr
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
Indiana Hospital
Tis
Ernest
Princeton University
Tide man fined for killing a doe in Center township
Justice of the Peace Hiram B. George fined Tide resident George Ondo 23, $100 and costs after he killed a doe on December 8 in Center township. Ondo said he shot at a buck and struck a doe, with part of the meat found at his home by officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tide
Justice of the Peace
Hiram B. George
George Ondo
Center Township
Ondo
East Wheatfield Man Amputated Left Foot and Lost Right Hand
W H Dick of Armagh patient in Lee hospital Johns town had left foot amputated Friday morning after an accident 35 years ago caused removal of his right hand. His condition is fairly good. Mrs Olla Baker Blairsville Miss Blele Moore Apollo and William Floyd Vandergrift were Indiana shoppers today. Jeff Smith and daughters Mildred and Ethel near Smicksburg were Indiana Christmas shoppers Tuesday. Mr Smith gave his home a year's subscription to the Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
H. &. Kissinger
Paul
Homer City
Indiana
Margaret Richardson
Marion Center
Apent
Sadie Jeffries
West Philadelphia
Laura Bush
Washington Street
Avin Evang
Ebensburo
John Truby
State College
D. A. Piscus
Water Street
Rosa Huge
Detroit
Harold Wilson
Rochester
N. Y
William Mottern
Vandergrift
Anna Mc Gaughey
Robert Reed, Jr
Sappery Rock State Teachers Colleges
Robert Reed
R. G. Wilson
Oil
City
J. F. Wilson
W. R. Kress
Town
R. A. Fulton
Zuretta
Betty
Burnetta
Robert
Kathryn Stiner
West Lebanon
County Gear
Kenneth Kerr
Newport
John Kerr
Rankin
Flora M. Clark
Blairsville
R. D
Charlotte Chapman
West Washington Street
Herbert Layton
Morristown
N. J
Retha Burnheimer
Agricultural Extension Office
Court House
Pittsburgh
Midland
John McGeary
Betty Jane
George
Leechburg
Jack Steetle
Alabama University
Paul Steetle
West Church Street
Virginia Smith
Westtown School
Philadelphia
James A. Smith
South Seventh Street
Ralph Harrison
Jean
Ithaca
Harrison
Harold Zener
Indiana Hospital
Zener
Olive Minser
Im Muese
John R. Rezzolla
John
Law School
University of Pannsylvania
Richard
Randolph-Macon Military Academy
Front Royal
Virginia
Joseph D. Curamins
Joanna
Josephine Heckman
Kittanning
Mra. Cumming
Heckman
M. Heckman
G. H. Coleman
Mabel
Dorly
Dale
James A. Patterson
Overtrude
Catherine Dunmire
Avonmore
W. T. McGinley
Lewisville
David Cornman
Eleanor Ruth
Youngstown
McGinley
Vaughan F. Martin
David Foster Martin
General Hospital
Martin
Alvera Barbor
Mia
Jennie Barbor
Dixonville
David N. Barbor
East Wheatfield Township
W. H. Dick
Armagh
Lee Hospital
Johnstown
Olla Baker
Blele Moore
Apollo
William Floyd
Jeff Smith
Mildred
Ethel
Near Smicksburg
Lions and Theatres Present Christmas Show and Party
Indiana Lions Club partners with The Manos and Indiana Theatres to stage a Yuletide event at The Manos Theatre Friday at 10:00 AM. The two hours feature screen and stage entertainment, with toys for children and groceries for parents, plus transportation arranged by the Lions Club. The Wrens also held a Christmas party at the Indiana County Home Tuesday evening with magic and music and gifts for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveries
Yuletide
Indiana Lions Club
Manos
Indiana Theatres
Manos Theatre
Lions Club
Wrens
Indiana County
Pennsylvania Leads Nation With Largest Highway System
Harrisburg December 21 Pennsylvanias highway system now spans 40 600 miles the largest in any state in the Union More than 30 000 miles are improved a notable development in the states infrastructure program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
The
Union
Duchheit Heads Board of Assistance in Indiana County
Gov George H Earle names a nine member county board to supervise relief and assistance. Edward C Buchheit heads the board with Dr George C Martin John Ghizzoni Mrs Frances Woodburn Harry P Rhondos Miss Elizabeth Stoneback and Lloyd Braughtner among members. Public Assistance Act created county units replacing older boards. About 400 tuberculosis patients from Mont Alto Cresson and Warburg sanatoria will return home for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
George H. Earle
Edward C. Buchheit
Idi
George C. Martin
Clymer
John Ghizzoni
Homer City
Frances Woodburn
Harry P. Hhondos
Blairaville
Dlizabeth Stoneback
Blacklick
Lloyd Braughter
Rochester Milla
Biafraville
Mont Alto
Cresson
Wamrburg
Word Became Flesh As Christmas Faith Shall Live
The article reflects on the season’s meaning from the gospel of John, noting that the Word becoming flesh reveals God with us Emanuel. It contrasts divine mystery with Christ’s humane garb, tracing prophecy to Bethlehem and the enduring Christmas spirit grounded in a real divine fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christendom
John
Matthew
Hehold
Emanuel
God
Jesus Christ
Gabriel
Bethlehem
Jesus
Heaven
Earth
A&b
Israel
Christmas Parties Highlight Blakeville Social Scene
Christmas celebrations enliven Blakeville with two gatherings. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen met at Mrs. J A Shelter's home in Blaireville, sharing a turkey dinner for 20 and exchanging gifts. The Clover Leaf Sewing Club met at Mrs. Charles Hunter's home for a festive evening. County Agricultural Conservation meetings are scheduled for December 27 and 28 across Armstrong Center Washington and Young townships Archibald School House Blacklick and nearby areas, with times noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakeville
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
J. A. Shelter
Blaireville
Shetler
Clover Leaf Sewing Club
Charles Hunter
Indiana County
Armstrong
Center
Washington and Young Townships
Archibald
Long sentence for Johnstown driver in DUI case
Peter Lucas of Johnstown, 23, was sentenced by Judge Creps to 18 months in the Allegheny County Workhouse after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. He must pay a $200 fine plus costs, plus restitution to injured victims Pearl Nagle and Lois Dick from Charles, who were hit by his car on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Lucas
Johnstown
Allegheny County
Pearl Natgle
Lois Dick
Charles
Lucas
Walter McAdams
Blairaville
McAdama
West Virginia
North Fourth Street
Indiana
Edgar McAnnity
Homer City
George Clark
Blairsville
George Robbins
Commodore
W. W. Glass
J. M. White
Cockport
Angelo Tuscano
Sharpaburg
Tuscano
Herman Votta
Ernest van
Paulty
Votta
Leonard Literary Talent Show Series Opens Season
Leonard Literary Society of Indiana State Teachers College opens its season January 10 with Mrs Martin Johnson from African Jungle fame at Manos theatre at 6:16. She features with talking pictures showing tribesmen and wild animals. Jitney Players from New York visit March 21 with Sheridan's The Rivals matinee and Tip Van Winkie evening. Boake Carter to lecture January 20 in the gym. Season memberships only. some good seats remain. orders at Munos box office beginning January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Literary Society
Indiana State Teachers College
Martin Johnson
Manos Theatre
Jonson
Tip van Winkie
Boake Carter
Wil
College Gymnasium
Munos
Johnstown Youth Arrest Linked to Multicounty Thefts
Henry Kent and Clyde Cobaugh, ages 35 and 39, were arrested in Chicago and jailed in Ebensburg after pleading guilty to breaking and entering and larceny tied to robberies across Indiana Westmoreland Cambria and Somerset counties. They followed the capture of Francis Berchey, 19, of Johnstown, who admitted involvement and named two others. Police estimate over $1,200 in cash and merchandise was taken from safes across Blairsville Seward Morellville Patton Cresson Jennerstown and Paint Borough. Other locals noted include Samuel Spence and Harry Davis of Washington Township and Indiana shoppers visiting The Progress office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Henry Kent
Clyde Cobiugh
Chicago
Cambria
Ebensburg
Indiana
Westmoreland
Somerset
Kent
Cobaugh
Francis Berchey
Blairaville
Seward
Morellville
Patton
Cresson
Jennerstown
Paintborough
Also Mentioned on This Page
Penn Run
F. Clair Ross
Armstrong County
Cambria County
Clearfield County
Jefferson County
Westmoreland County
Bangs
Hnristmor
Lions and Theatres
A. Duchheit
Board OF Assistance
Hlairsville
Mirhe
Samuel Spence
Harry Davis
Washington Township
W. J. Stewart
R.C
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