Indiana County Red Cross Sends Large Overseas Donation
Indiana County Red Cross chapter plans a New Year shipment for soldiers and Belgian children totaling 600 sweaters 1300 pairs of socks 500 property bags 300 pajamas 400 pinafores 200 children’s dresses and 60 convalescent robes. Auxiliary work and Boy Scout support underpin the relief effort before winter hits. Enrollment data suggests lower turnout than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Indiana County
Indiana
The
Belgium
Boy Scouts
Former County Physician W R Campbell Writes From France
Former Robindall native Dr. W. 8. Campbell now in military service in France sends a Christmas message from Bordeaux to Indiana county friends wishing them a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. He notes 1500 wounded soldiers shipped home and praises Gen Foch for the war’s military outcome. The Progress will print a year of issues starting January 1 and will publish Tuesday, December 31 due to New Year mail holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
W. 8. Campbell
Robindall
Big County
Sam
Bordeaux
Indiana County
United States
Foch
Letters from France Reveal Army Truck Company Service
Clark Davis of Davis township recounts his son Private Clay Davis from Marseilles France serving in Motor Truck Company 680. The letter details convoy work near Verdun, driving and inspecting trucks, and travel across France. Also included is Private Lester C. Dick of Indiana county describing a Meuse bridge mission, a Meuse wound, hospital care, and Thanksgiving greetings from France.
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Motor Truck Company
Clark Davis
Davis
Washington Township
Clay Davis
Marseilles
France
Motor Truck Company 680
Verdun
Mediterranean Sea
Trick
Brest
Tow
Anding Roy Moore
Ile
Corn and Potato Show Next Month
Indiana county Farm Bureau sponsors a county corn and potato show in Indiana on January 11 with prizes for top 3 corn and top 3 potato exhibits. Districts group corn entries. best 5 potatoes to Harrisburg show. Exhibits due by January 10. open to public 9 am to 9 pm. A nurse from Penn State will judge and speak on seed improvement. Mrs Hinitt is gravely ill en route to hospital.
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Indiana County Farm Bureau
J. H. Warner
Indiana
Mahoning
Canoes
Banks
Grant
Montgomery
Green
Cherryhill
Pine
Buffington
Washington
Rayne
Armstrong
White
Brushvalley
Center
East
Weat Wheatfield
Young
Conemaugh
Blacklick
Burrell
Harrisburg
Indiana County
Farm Buureau
Pennsylvania State College
Last Day for Low Rate Pittsburgh Dailies Offer
December 31 is the deadline to secure Pittsburgh morning papers at a reduced price. The Prospect advertises The Progress and other Pittsburgh dailies for 4.76 dollars until year end, with savings for ordering two papers together. Rural subscribers can also take advantage, choosing from Gazette Intram and Dispatch or Post.
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Pittsburgh
Indiana County
Algo
Pittsburgh Gazette Innes
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Pittsburgh Post
Influenza Surge Reported Across Indiana County
Local physicians report six new influenza cases in the past week with several serious cases and few fatalities. County correspondents note the rural districts are less affected than the county seat, where the situation remains serious.
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Indiana
Wife Follows Husband in Death After Influenza
Mrs. Ira Deemer of Bolivar died of pneumonia after influenza on December 17. Her husband died four days earlier of the same illness. The 21 year old was survived by three children and her parents Mr and Mrs James Ayers of Bolivar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Deemer
Bolvar
James Ayers
Bolivar
Bryson
Mailman
Bryson Earl Fairman
Holme
Vandergrift
Lottie Fairman
Creekside
la Wau
Oakland
Personal Brevities Reflect Indiana Visitors and Residents
In Indiana and nearby towns, numerous residents and visitors were noted in a string of social calls and holiday movements. Names include Neal, Campbell, Lytle, Little, Williams, Smith, Marshall, Hoffman, White, Shank, McClain, Strong, Fisher, Bryan, Neal, Wiggins, Warner, Peterman, Rudgock, Moore, Horner, McLaughlin, Cetty, Maquilken, Thompson, Maloney, Nichol, Jamison, Simpson, Hamilton, Moorehead, Johnston, Greer, Morton, Sutchinson, Hammers, Slypson, Lightseap, and Misher among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Russell
Sheloc
Tadiana
R. Smith
Penn Run
David Marshall
Livermore
Tad‘ana
Thomas Hoffman
Buffington Township
Indiana
Jemima White
Waterstreet
Herman
Blairsville
J. J6. Shan
Homer City
Mary Peterman
Ida
Armstrong Township
David Rudgock
Read
Moore
West Lebanon
W. D. Horner
Canton
Annie Brandt
South Sixth Street
Katherine McLaughlin
North Seventh Street
Philadelphia
Lawrence Cetty
Jefferson Medical College
William Maquilken
Marines
Paris Island
Bell Thompson
South Witthtreet
Joseph Thompson
Connellsville
J. Ht. Maloney
Rhode Island
Harold Simpson
David Hamilton
Lynn Moore
Bonald Moorhead
Mercersburg Academy
D. Johnston
Diderton
Rt. M. Johnston
Latrobe
Alonga Greer
D. Morton
Coral
Progress
W. HL. George
George Fulton
Hartford
Conn
West Church Street
Paul i. Hutchinson
Camp Dodge
James
Hammers
Sam
Hospital No. 104
Bordeaux
France
Slypson
H. B. Neal
Town
Neal
Trade City
Simpson
de. Neal
Dixon Tomb
Johnstown
Edward Lighteap
Lightseap
Ridert Wisher
Etudent
Harvard Law School
Mary
Coucher College
Baltimore
Lholy
John $. Misher
North Sixth Street
Local Deaths and Obituaries in Indiana Area
A batch of obituaries notes James Artur Lucas known as Cooney Lucas dies at 46 of pneumonia while on duty for the local express wagon. Also listed are Craig Edmiston 26, Harry Torrence Waltermire 41, infant Marshall Moyer King, Bryson Earl Fairman 28, Charles Abel 65, infant Joan Elizabeth Lyon four months, Olta Work Petersen 68, Frank Medell 24, Virginia Kauffman about 18, Melvilla Davis and Wendell Davis among others, with services held in Indiana and Greenwood and interments in Oakland and Mahoning townships cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Artur Lucas
Nettie Lucas
B. W. Hutchinson
Oakland Cemetery
T. Waltermire
Harry Torrence Waltermir
Yeas
Prank Coy
Gherryhill Township
William Waltermire
W. F. Pershing
Canbria County
Milton Wornk
Baynesboro
Milton Tydick
Green Township
Frank Coy
Smith Waltermire
Cherryhill Township
Milton and
Clair
Rev
Sterling
Hailwood
Greenwood Cemetery
Blacklick town notes and social news brief
Blacklick and nearby residents share social calls and visits across Pittsburgh Punxsutawney and Indiana scenes. Notables include Mr and Mrs W C Seaman hosting Christmas dinner with Punxsutawney friends and a busy civic club meeting discussing national service works and Red Cross.
Fate of Two County Soldiers in Doubt
An investigation from Washington is probing whether Herbert L McHenry of White township or Herbert LE McHenry of Rayne township fell in France. Each mother, widowed, awaits word as letters suggest possible error in a death report. The weekly casualty list also notes several Indiana County soldiers wounded in France. A Cape May hospital furlough is noted for day Mock, and Private Livesly of the 110th Infantry died at sea en route home.
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War ‘Department
White Township
Itagna Township
Washington
France
Charlotte McHenry
Gilpin McHenry
Herbert L. McHenry
Gays T
War Department
Werbert EH. Mellenry
Rayne Township
Frank M. Barkley
Livermore
James M. Bagley
Cherry ‘Roo
Peter Parthenke
Hdrvl
Robert YT. Ray
Ponn Run
Bailey Darley
Jacksonville
Charteg Shatter
Indiana
John Douglass
Cokeville
Edward Brink
Smickaburg
Frank M. Stone
Thomas Brash
Creekside
Willian G. Bennett
New Florence
Lester Wreck
Miller Coppa
Hlaitaville
Donald Lydick
Luavejoy
Clarence 3. Groft
Blairsville
Hobart J. Merrier
Marion Center
John RK. Marshal
Indianas
Julian Chicardy
Bladdick
Day Mock
West Wheatfield Township
Government Hospital
Cape May
N. i
Go. PF
110Th United States Infantry
Indiana Boy Cited for Bravery in Action
Corp. Robert Jeffries, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jeffries of Saga more, cited for bravery in action with Head quarters Company L10th regiment. He aided seven-nilometer guns, helped recapture an officer, organized a patrol of 35, and helped counterattack despite danger. Later, he urged a counterattack with 7% men. Also notes Lovejoy Boy wounded in France on October 15, Corp. D. B. P. Lydie of Co. G, 825th Infantry, wounded in Argonne forest on October 16. hospitalized.
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Corp
Robert Jeffries
Joseph Joffries
Sagamore
Uclion
L10th Regiment
Moorea
Jaffries
Jeffries
Lovejoy
W. J. Lydie
Tovejoy
Gorp
D. BP. Lydie
Co. G
825Th Infantry
France
Argonne Forest
Dna Base Hospital
Weddings of a Week in Kellysbore and Marion Center
Weddings of a Week report two marriages. Fontaine Walker of Kellysbore married Miss Vada V Walker of Marion Center at the M church parsonage by Rev Dr B W Autchinson. Clarence Carr of North Mahoning twp wed Iva Pearl Kaun of Canoe township by Rev De B W Mutehingen at the M church. Sabbath School convention cancelled due to influenza epidemic affecting District No 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marriige
Henry G. W
Nonnenberg
Ee Fiomer City
Clarence C. Carr
Mahonley Iva
Pearl Ban Canoe
W. R. Shall
Smickshburg
Harriet Kline
Smicksburg
Edwin S. Fontanna
Marion Center
Vada Helle Walker
Rochester Mills
Q. Brilhart Rowe i. Hagjott
Free Arcadia
Harry Bherwin
Glen Campbell
Flo May Jeffries
Joseph A. Bullock
Wheeling
W. Va
Core Brung
W.va
Fontaine-Walker
Edwin
Care-Baum
Clarence Carr
North Mahoning Township
Iva Pearl Kaun
Canoe Townslip
de B. W. Mutehingen
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Anthony Burns
R. M. Burns
Arthur Mangiss
Page Courson
Vandererift
Geo. Leydie
George D. Leydic
Daugherty
Wissell
Tippery & Leech
Ira A. Myers
David Blair
Harry Mead
South Eleventh Street
Consolidated Lumber Plant
Edward J. Lightcap
Lightcap Electric Company
Frapper
Migs
Annie Bowers
Oounty
SHELL
Wick
Elizabeth Hadden
Lester C. Dick
802Nd Engineers
T2nd Division
New York
Base Hospital No. 64
Meuse
Camp Lee
James River
Newport News
Pontenzen
St. Aganan
Menge
Hinitt
I. W. Winitt
Presbyterian Church
S J. Francis
England
Hugh Blakley
W. A. Graham
Aultman
CG. Neal
M. W. Campbell
Armagh
John Lytle
Penn ‘Tun
A. P. Little
A. D. Williams
Clymer Sunday School
Wass
Adam Stahl
J. J. Thomas
James Arthur Lucas
Crarg Edmiston
Indiana Lodge of Odd Yellows
Raymond
James Halmiston
Trev
Greenwood
Edmiston
South Tleventh Street
Marshall Moyer King
Marshal Moyer King
Harvey King
Charles Abel
Deckers Point
Eanger
Tauberan Church
Odd Tallows Lodge
Adam Abel
Parkwood
Joan Elizabeth Lyon
Col
James W. Lyon
Offe Work Petersor
Ollla Work Petersen
W. J. Peterson
Ates
J. 2. Jeffries
Thomas Wilden
Samuel Wilden
Frank Pedell
Frank Medell
Virgil Trowe Fedell
Alex Walker
Virginia Kaul
Virginia Kauffman
Banks Kauffman
Center Township
Melilla Craig Davis
Melvilla Graig Davia
Irvin Davia
le Tedd
Maursday
Wendell Davis
Irvin Davis
Counter’ Sonsalty
Bell
Smoky City
Duinean
Letitia Duncan
W. C. Seaman
Civic Clib
Wein
Notnach
Justio Slaugy
W. A. Ward
Maryuger
G. O. Smith
Iddward Ioremano
Mlora Johnston
T. V. Palmer
Sue Mennett
Key
Camp Taylor
Joseph Baran
J. C. Rager
Scottdale
James Libengood
J. A. Hayes
J. K. Geary
Mildred
Anna Cillgan
Bruce Wiegner
Mia
HH. B. Donelson
James Wadsworth
Charlie Grater
J. J. Spackman
LaMiuitia
I. Walker Smith
Sumley Graff
Golivar
Hart Euston
Jadhiunit
Olymer
Arya Hetrick
John Stick
Tussdlay
Mack Stewart
Indiana Hospital
Robert Miller
Burnesboro
Samual Barto
Stork
Ttuy Lovell
Frad Bowser
Vranes
Heilwoood
Ft. QO
Lytle
Albany
Harry Ord
Charles Kirker
Mika Minerva Kirk Patviel
Barnesboro
Vide Tyger
Miss Pickering
W. Awallnee
Wilson
Drdiana
Fleslwood
Hes
I. W .Croyle
Q. Ih
K. M. Quickel
Toh Geilith
Lndia
Witthatay
Anthony
Tia Bro Handlehtdres
Toas Ead Andrew
Hastings
Wahi
Ryger
Adam
Ara Wey
Dua Supp
Vitghurgh
Farmer
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