Recent Deaths A. Wilcott Johnston of Armagh
A Wilcott Johnston aged 69 died after months of illness at his Johnstown home. He had lived in Johnstown since 1919 and worked for the state highway department as caretaker of routes 223 and 625. Survived by wife Carren L Brendinger and three sons Stephen, David, Maurice, plus four grandchildren and sister May Kathryn Sutton. Funeral held at home with burial in Johnstown cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Eliott. Johnston
A. Wilcott Johnston
Armagh
Johnstown
State Highway Department
Stephen A. Johnston
Buena Vista Furnace
Brush Valley
Arvagh School Board
Carere L. Brendinger
David A. Johnston
Maurice B. Jelinaten
Jownstown
May
Kathryn Sutton
Coraopos
Bethany Presbyterian Church
D. M. Lyle
Larry Ramsay and the Lostwithiel Beads Rescue
Larry Ramsay wanders from New York aboard the Galatia bound for Plymouth and Havre. A chance encounter in Lostwithiel with a distressed girl whose beads are tangled in a garden hedge leads him to perchance a daring rescue aided by his poised wit and a commanding umbrella. The tale blends travel longing, memory of a lost love, and chance at a quaint English village turning into a moment of heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arry Ramsay
Seven Seas
Larry
Galatia
Plymouth
Havre
New York
England
London
Cornwall
Lostwithiel
Lostwith-eal
Innes
Ocean Lner
Plymouth Harbor
Singland
Larry Ramsay
Larry S
Pasteurization Defined in Historic Text
A historical note defines pasteurization as heating raw milk to a specified temperature for a set period, then rapidly cooling to a lower temperature. The text mentions a range around 145 degrees and a long duration before rapid cooling, illustrating early descriptions of the process.
Memorial notices and obituaries from Homer City area
The week closed with funeral services and interments for Samuel Bruno 27 of Homer City after a mining accident near Monessen. Jane Kunkle 85 of Kellysburg, G D Munshower 37 of Blairsville, Kathryn Henry 69 of Torrance, Levi Smeltzer 77 of South Bend Township, E B Clawson Turtle Creek, Sarah H Black Pittsburgh, William C Reed Portland, and Susie Bernardo Smyers Town are remembered with service details and family survivors.
Pinchot Proposes Large Budget For Pennsylvania
Governor Pinchot's budget requests total 188,097,829 for the coming biennium with a possible 29,000,000 balance. He projects education to receive 91,890,975 and welfare 46,566,162 including 3,760,000 for Mothers Assistance. He outlines taking over 20,000 miles of township roads, a 75,000 mile total system, with 25 to 27% in each county. He notes highway revenue cuts, unemployment relief plans, and a push to speed construction using March funding. He also calls for reform of gasoline tax collection and upgrades in aviation and state facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Department of Highways
Tisher
Department of Public Instruction
Welfare, Health
Military Affairs
Pymatuning
State College
Greater Pennsylvania Council
Philadelphia
Americanization Schools Discussed by New Century Club
Mrs. M. J. Walsh of the State Teachers College spoke on Americanization Schools to the New Century Club on Monday evening. A musical program preceded the address by Miss Laura M. Rensberg of the State Teachers College with piano accompaniment by Miss Mary St. Clair King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Century Club
M. J. Walsh
State Teachers’ College
Laura M. Rensberg
State Teachers College
Mary St. Clair King
Sabbath schedule and local calls in Clarksburg area
Clarksburg notes list Sabbath services at 9:45 and 9:16 pm next Sunday, with Mary Speedy and others visiting Saltsburg and nearby homes. Various families including Coleman, Waddle, Dunlap, Fulton, Rose, Compton, Cribbs, and Jewell Station residents are recorded as Sabbath guests and visitors across Saltsburg, Derry, Indiana, and Pittsburgh areas. Continuous social visits, prayer meeting at Foster Parks, and local transacts are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Momber
Mary Speedy
Saltsburg
Mary Betty
Jack Keeley
Harry Coleman
Wilber Coleman
C. C. Walker
James Waddle
Coral
Dorothy Robertson
Jewell Station
J. G. Moorhead
Wilbur Coleman
Saltsbury
Foster Parks
Mary Elizabeth Jewell
Lela Compton
Indiana
Loyd Gulick
Ralph Donahey
M. A. Fulton
Pittsburgh
R. N. Coleman
Harry Ferguson
Irvin Shannon
Ferguson
Weekend visitors and social calls sweep through Plum Orber Valley
Miss Rebecca Blue, Lloyd Bell and Thelma Bell from Pittsburgh and Salinburg visit the Bell home. Quilting at Mrs. Arley Brady’s draws several locals and Indiana visitors. Neighbors and kin attend gatherings in Kenwood and surrounding towns with multiple calls and outings noted through the week including WTA meeting at 2700 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Blue
Lloyd Bell
Pittsburgh
Thelma Bell
Salinburg
C. T. Bell
W. ©. Jamison
J. M. Rankin
George McMillen
Arley Brady
Harry Wadding
Ruth
Indiana
Harry Rankin
Harry Jamison
Sloan
Harold Johnson
Margaret Louise
W. C. Jamison
Harry Hullighan
Sagamore
Joe Potts
Mae
A. Brewer
Graceton
Sam Potts
BH. G. McMillen
Monay
Miriam
Winifred Hil
Mary McLoughlin
Harry
Local Social Roundup and Obituary Report
Sabbath visitors from Zions Valley and nearby towns fill homes in the Matson, Long, and Anderson families. Adam Painter plans a fruit growing venture after apple tree work. Leroy Smeltzer, an elderly Girty resident, dies and is buried. Blairsville men Graff and Craighead elected directors at the Latrobe coal mining institute. next meeting set for Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
C. B. Ross Coal Mining Institute
Latrobe
F. Malcolm Graff
Plum Creek Community Notes and Locals
Mrs. T Q Kimmel was homebound with a bad cold this past week. Farmers and their wives from the area attended a cooperative meeting at Shelodta on Thursday. The Ladies Aid served a fine dinner in the new United Presbyterian church there. The Reefer and Altman families visited Ralph Ramer's home Sunday. Lucius Rearick stayed several days with Mrs. Kimmel. Irwin Reefer and family attended a relative's funeral at Miit tanning. Lee Kimmel and Lloyd Reefer traveled to Ohio after Mrs. Kimmel’s brother-in law was hurt in an automobile accident. Lloyd Reefer and family visited with their parents, the Houser family, on Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plum Creek
T. Q. Kimmel
Farmers Co-Operative
Shelodta
Ladies’ Aid Society
New United Presbyterian Church
Gettus Reefer
Ward Reefer
Arthur Altman
Ralph Ramer
Lucius Rearick
T. Q.cimmel
Irwin Reefer
Miittanning
Lee Kimmel
Ohio
Smyrna Church Services and Local Visits
Rev Clark will preach at Smyrna Place Sabbath at 11 o'clock. Charles Grape and daughter Nellie of Troutville visited Norman Burkett and family. Lester Hamilton, from Dayton, spent Sabbath with his parents. Olive Hamilton visited R B Nichol and family. Ada Jane and Rachael Hamilton of Indiana spent the weekend at home. Mrs Norman Burkett visited Mr and Mrs Charlie Moorhead on Tuesday. Clark Bair and wife and Pearl Hall of Indiana called on Harvey Hall. R B Nichol was a business caller in Indiana Thursday. John Sutton aged 13, son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Sutton of Water street, recovering from emergency appendicitis operation in Indiana hospital. condition favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Long
Emma Matson
Anderson
Knox Long
Roy Long
Baby
Adam Painter
South Bend
Clyde Walker
Apollo
Frank Matson
Lea Anderson
H. W. Klingensmith
Leechburg
Matson
George Beighley
John Wasson
Mildred Long
Alvin Miller
Carl Anderson
Vandergrift
Mr. Anderson
Leroy Smeltzer
Girty
Clark
Charles Grape
Nellie
Troutville
Norman Burkett
Lester Hamilton
Dayton
Olive Hamilton
Nichol
Familly
Ada Jane
Rachael Hamilton
Indiana
Charlie Moorhead
Clark Bair
Pearl Hall
Harvey Hall
John
Robert S. Sutton
Waterstreet
Indiana Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth MccLeister
Elizabeth Crawford McLeister
Horace Kinter
Marion Center
Kinter
Shelocta United
W. T. Anderson
Rawal Pindu
India
H. B. Anderson
Hinton
W. Va
William Fails
Leetonia
Johns
Armstrong Township
White Church
Uniontown
Green Township
Clark Samuel Johns
James J
Katherine (Scheckler) Johns
New Florence
Abbie (Garman) Johns
Harry Johns
J. K. Ross
Albert R. Walker
White Township
Wilmer
Wallie Johns
Town
Harvey James
Bolivar
Grandi
Dow Johns
Jacob Hudson
James Langham
Mare
Hn Pittman
Jwourty
Emma Caddick
Quincy
David Lothard
Thomas Cadilick
Oil City
Middle West
J. Wilse McCartney
Mary Allisgon
George W. Lockard
Charles Lockard
Albert J. Lockard
Clairmont
Ills
Delmont Lockard
Bella McCombs
Harry P. Baylor
Bellefonte
John Paddicord
Brushyalley Township
Homer City
James McCombs
Cleveland
John Johnston
Williams Johnston
Lomer City
J. 8. McCombs
Sunbury
John Peddivord
California
Hulda
Melissa
Emma Peddicord
By Leete Stone
Serre Copyright
Greenwood Cemetery
Samuel Bruno
Lucerne
St. Bernard Church
All Town
van Meter
Monessen
Hig
Andrew Bruno
Joseph and
Anthony Bruno
Mra
Mary Narrone
Dominick Bruno
Nanty-Glo
Carmen Bruno
Frances Passera
Jane Kunkle
Washington Church
Kellysburg
Washington Presbyterian Church
Michael Kunkle
Phillip
C. G. Shields
Ieay Kellysburg
Cynisca Condron
Punxsulawney
G. D. Munshower
G. D. Munstower
Memorial Hospital
Gillia
Willard
Bertha Culp
Laura McClarren
Frances Willard
Myrtle Simpson
New Flovence
Robert Willard
Pittspurgh
John Willard
Harrison City
Clark Willard
Garrick
Reuben Willard
Duncanwood
Kathryn Henry
Daniel P. Henry
Torrance
John F
Columbus, O
Thomas
Derry
William L
Brookville
Kathryn Neil
Sue Moses
Rosanna Clark
Nellie Hoffman
Mary A. Henry
Levi Smeltzer
Elderton
South Bend Township
Armstrong County
Melvin and
Owens
Todd
Cochrans Mills
Christopher Shaffer
Roam
Brick Church
Samuel Smeltzer
Lawn
BE. B. Clawson
E. B. Clawson
Emma Penrose
Turtle Creek
West Wheatfield Township
Andrew Penrose
Tess Lichtenfels
George Montgomery
Sarah H. Black
Robert C
Mary H. Black
Pacific Avenue M
Bible School
William C. Reed
Clifford Reed
Portland
Ore
Edward
George
Thomas W
Charles B
Myrtle
Luna Reed
Reed
Oakland Avenue
Frank Bernardo
Susie Bernardo
Smyerstown
Union Church of Rossiter
Lewis
Elizabeth Vedasso
J. H. Lewis
13Th Street
Roy Henry
Clarksburg
Plum Orber Valley
Harris Coble
Near
Cherry Tree
F. B. Smith
Orley McCombs
Akron
Zenas Hines
Blaine and
Vanova
Bernice Anthony
Harrisburg
Matilda Gibson
F. GB. Smith
Gladys, Ford, Jr
Billy Jack
Conrad Sloppy
Kenwood W. ©. T. A
Hifie Amond
Zions Valley
Troutman’s
People’s Shoe Store
Pexinsylvanis
Smyrna
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