Local social notes from Girty and nearby towns
Girty area residents shared Sunday visits with relatives including Mr and Mrs Harl Walker near Mt Zion and Mr and Mrs J T Sheasley near Mt Union. Pupils Hazel Cravener Goldyn Rupert and Mary Ellen Matthews took mid year exams at South Bend. Local callers included Mrs A M Jamison, Joe Houser, and Mr Wingard from Indiana and Plumville.
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J.C. Schreeengost
Paul, Glenn
Marine
J.T. Sheasley
Mt. Union
Hazel E. Cravener
Goldyn I. Rupert
Mary Ellen Matthews
Girty School
South Bend
Herbert Boyer
A. M. Jamison
A.M. Jamison
Joe Houser
Mr. Wingard
Indiana
Plumville
J. C. Schrecengost
J. H. Christy
Vera
Arthur Johns
Murray Meyer
The Confidence Man and the Pearl Vault
A suave con artist named Arnold Millurn targets a forged treasure tale after finding a sealed letter from a fake captain. He rents a harbor view room to access a hidden vault via a carved mantle, only to discover a decoy advertisement and a note from Mrs. Cynthia Rodgers revealing the scheme.
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Rnold Millurn
Wella
California
Arnold Millurn
Times Square
Cynthia Rodgers
Brooklyn
Pago-Pago
Cynthia
Jack MacDonald
Peter Rodgers
Long Bridge
Silver Swan
Treasure Hunter
Mrs
Cynthia Rodgera
The Man in the Glory Song Series
A devotional lyric describing faith in Christ’s coming and the speaker’s daily hope. It weaves biblical citations with personal testimony, noting rising anticipation, steadfast service, and the belief that the Man in the Glory keeps the believer clean and bright from morning to night.
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Matt
Sutter family called to Clairton for mother’s hip injury
The Sutter siblings Lester and Jay rushed to Clairton to be by Mrs. June Sutter after a fall that left her hip broken. Other notes mention Mrs. Jane Sutter’s serious hip fracture in Clairton, Miss Dorothy Wahob and Thomas Cowie visiting Punxsutawney friends, and various visits around McKeesport, Blairsville, and Ford City as winter snows impact daily life.
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Covode
Lester
Jay Sutter
Clairton
June Sutter
Clarence Carbaugh
T. Simpson
Butler
Flora States
California
Viva Homen
Wilda Chesley
Maurice Homen
Earl Beck
Indiana
Jane Sutter
Harl
McKeesport Hospital
Dorothy Wahob
Thomas Cowie
Punxsutawney
Evelin
Edward Hugas
Robert Miller
Mra
J. 8
It Does Make a Difference in the Struggle for Glory
A reflective line on personal choice under pressure. It contrasts urging others to act with confronting one’s own decisions when faced with glory or challenge, highlighting the difficulty of choosing for oneself rather than advising others.
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Relf
Local residents visit and conduct business in town
A stream of visitors and locals from Barnesboro Nicktown Erie and nearby areas transacted business and called on friends in town throughout Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Notable names include Harry Ansted Alma Vozer Mary Ann Lecorchick and Mrs. Frank Zuray with family members and several other residents from Barnesboro Heilwood Schellsburg St Marys and Penn Run.
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Alverda Harry Ansted
iBarnesboro
B. R. Williams
Virgil Grumbling
Heilwood
Paul ‘Stiffler
Greensburg
Larry Sain
St. Marys
Tony Legas
Barnesboro
R. D
Nelson Miller
Penn Run
Amos Cooper and Son
Christina Long
Grace Brown
Marstellar
Walter Stiles
Nicktown
Henry Bennett
Barnesborb
Frank Zuray
Hellwood
Dora Jasento
Local Notes From Strongstown and Vicinity
Mae Waltemire, formerly at the Geo Holby home, has returned to Indiana. Whelma Boring visited brother Boyd Borg in Buffington township. Sara Jane Conrad, formerly at New Kennington, came back home. Frank Dudgeon and his West Virginia Mountain Boys played a square dance at Charlie's Grove Wednesday. Leona Empfield of Belsano visited Nan Peddicord. Schools closed for a week due to cold and drifting roads. Mr and Mrs Wm Davis and son Billy were visitors in W F Bennett's home.
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Mae Waltemire
Geo
Nan Peddicord
Wm. Davis
Billy
W.F. Bennett
Local residents visit and call on neighbors across many towns
Mount Union and surrounding areas report a long list of visitors and callers. J T Sheasley and William Roas were business callers at Kittanning. Many townsfolk including Quinter Boyer, Mr and Mrs Dean Elgin, and Mrs J C Schrecengost with family visited relatives in Indiana and Elderton. The note mentions serendades, a sleigh ride, magician show attendance, and a couple marrying to begin life on a farm.
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Mount Union
J. T. Sheasley
William Roasborough
Kittanning
Quinter Boyer
W. N. Boyer
McIntosh
Dean Elgin
Owen Smeltzer
M. R. Ankney
Donald
Z.C. Mulberger
Edwin
John Leightner
Indiana
Glenn Reefer
Gastown
George Peterman
Sabinsville
I. J. Rearick
Dayton
Walter Rupert
Glann
Eleanor
Nevin
Leroy
Elderton
Arthur Blystone
J. O. Blystone
Olivet Social Notes Include Visits and Health Updates
Miss Nancy Stewart called at the Frank Lambing home on Thursday morning. Mrs. Elmer Painter lies in a nearby Indiana hospital as friends wish her a speedy recovery. Walter Ewing and Frank Lambing are named in a local incident involving J. B. Ewing on Friday. Miss Margaret Wilson visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Steele Wilson on Sunday. Richard Johns was at Shady Plaza on Friday and Alfred Bair from Apollo called in Olivet on Saturday.
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Margaret Wilson
Mrs. Steele Wilson
Richard Johns
Shady Plaza
Alfred Bair
Apollo
Olivet
Quote from Merchant of Venice on evil within
Shakespeare notes a deceitful soul as a villain with a smiling face and a good apple rotten at the heart. The line contrasts appearance with inner corruption in Act 1 Scene 3 of Merchant of Venice.
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Mvnice
Spanking in Child Welfare Is Discouraged Expert Says
A St Joseph expert in children's welfare argues that spanking misses the aim of care and calls for a different approach, urging alternative discipline methods for better outcomes in child welfare.
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Joseph
News Press
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