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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
7
Residents and relatives from Reyloc Rochester Glen Campbell Newcastle and other towns spent Christmas and the holidays with family. J B Wooster, Marion and Leone Wooster, and Heath relatives visited. Millersville and Clarion students returned home. several trips to DuBois Johnstown Dubois and Lambertville noted along with family gatherings and funerals.
A report notes Mrs. V. C. Campbell shopping in Clearfield on a Saturday while spending time with her daughter Margaret who is at Camp Devitt in Allentown Pennsylvania. The fragment references family activity and a military or medical camp context without further details.
Jack Morris moved his family from this place to Blairsville. Mr and Mrs L W Jacoby spent Christmas with their son in law and daughter at Indiana. Mrs Walter Erickson of Barr Slope a hospital patient in Indiana was brought home Thursday. Mrs Edward Fisher is a patient in Indiana hospital. Christmas entertainments at Baptist and Methodist Sunday schools were well rendered with a full house. Mr and Mrs Eugene Tate and two children spent Christmas with his parents at Pine Flats. D R Bolgin transferred from Dixonville station to Clymer. Robert Jacoby is the new agent here. C E B Keating of Purchase Line was a business caller here on Saturday. Ledabene and Pearl Laing of Indiana spent Christmas vacation with their mother Mrs Leda Laing.
Ernest McLaughlin spends Christmas with brother Harry. A well attended Christmas entertainment at U P church. Miss Claire Rearick of Ridgway visits Miller home. Grace and Blanche Allshouse with mother Alice Allshouse. Rhoda Ramer from Indiana visits Leason Ramer. Edith Wood visits home. Sheloda saw a two car crash with minor injuries. Kings medicine show at T Angl e Inn draws crowd. Louise Berkey honored with chest of silver. W D Rankin buys a new horse. Cleve Sheaffer moves to Vandergrift. Virginia Robison of Indiana visits Porter Calhoun home. Miss Olive Dickey of Troy guest of Mabel Bennett Dickson.
On New Year’s Eve Billy Belding and Jane Haley visit Stannard’s Jewelry where a missing five hundred dollars tests their resolve. Uncle Walker Bailey stage manages a test to see if they stick to a plan. he offers a pathway with salary and stock credit to replace the lost money. The couple chooses to persevere and aims for a future together.
Three poultry meetings will be held in Indiana county on January 5. Morning sessions at B. J. Pearce's near Gaible ton and at C. B. Neal's farm near Trade City cover ventilation wiring perches and water systems under H. H. Kauffman Penn State extension. An evening session at the Court House 7:30 p.m. is the Adult Poultry Record Association meeting with Kauffman discussing artificial heating and December reports.
Clark Pollock of Marion Center stands as the sole Indiana county grower to produce certified seed in 1931. He cultivated 1,300 bushels on 314 acres planting 25 bushels per acre of Michigan certified seed and applying 600 pounds of 4-8-4 fertilizer in the row. Planted May 10 in clover sod, his rotation followed by rye and clover, with next year’s crop again potatoes. The Harrisburg Bureau of Plant Industry reports a disease-free field aside from minimal stem end browning. A warning note from State College cites rising seed issues from stem end browning and rot due to late fall warmth. A county meeting will discuss seed sources for the coming season. Bee School slated for Friday at the courthouse with sessions morning and afternoon. E J Anderson to instruct using charts, slides, and films. Postal cards prepared for 470 beekeepers. Donald Moorhead’s Sleepy Hollow apiary records an outstanding honey crop, surpassing one ton.
The annual meeting of the Threshermen and Farmers Protective Association of Indiana County will be held Saturday afternoon January 2 at 1 90 pm in the Court House. Officers will be elected and reports heard. A Harrisburg representative will discuss Compensation Insurance for threshers sawmill workers and farmers.
Mr and Mrs Mel Silvis and families spent Christmas in New Texas with relatives including Cam MecCutcheon, Irwin Kelly, Jim Porter, Alfred Silvis and R A Silviz. Herman Knepshield family joined Virgle Alshouse. Santa visited South Bend School with candy and treats. O M Anderson visited Wendel Devers home. Billy Frantz in Elderton. Sam Berghley in Kittanning. Mrs Wendell Devers and others mentioned.
Oscar Straus operetta The Chocolate Soldier stars Vivienne Segal and Charles Purcell at the Nixon Theater for the week of January 4. Cast includes Alan Rogers Sarah Edwards Eleanor Palmer John Parks Theo Von Tassel with a 36-voice chorus and 20-piece orchestra under Max Fichandler. Newle Wise, visiting Indiana, notes his New Year born name.
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