Complete Spraying Proves Worth in Orchard Yields
Fruit growers gathered at the Court House for the Extension News meeting where J A Ruel and L T Denniston shared spray schedules that reportedly achieve 98 percent control of fungi and diseases. Officers elected were Hood president, Smith vice president, Stonebraker secretary treasurer, with MeKlenty Nibert George and Murray as directors. A summer Brewers tour and picnic was planned at Claude Verger’s orchard near Apollo and at T C Hood’s near Elders Ridge. County Agent Warner urged dairymen to assess individual cows’ milk production, keep records, and cull low producers while feeding to production. a Black Locust planting program and catalogs were offered. Availability of Locust, Norway Spruce, and White Spruce trees was announced with a reminder to order soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Claude R. Verger
Apollo
T. C. Hood
Elders Ridge
Armstrong County Trust
J. W. Warner
A. Woodward Smith
Burrell Township
Florida
Garford
Asaya
Thalf
Warner
Dairy Feeding Meetings Set for February 19
Penn State dairy extension specialist R H Olmstead will discuss economical dairy feeding with slides and share recent experimental results at two meetings on February 19. R D Marshall will address milk marketing problems tied to the Pittsburgh district, with County Agent Warner covering Bangs disease testing. Ladies are invited to both daily meetings with time for questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Olmstead
Penn State
Farmers Co-operative Hall
Huff
Shelocta
Olmstead
R. D. Marshall
South Mahoning Township
Marshall
Dairymen's Co-operative Sales ‘Association
Pittsburgh
Warner
Locust Trees Offered for Fence Posts in Indiana County
County Agent J. W. Warner says the black locust is top fence post material in Indiana county. Forest seedlings are available from the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters at two dollars per thousand plus express. One thousand trees will plant about an acre. at Penn State College an acre planted seventeen years ago yielded 1150 locust pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
J. W. Warner
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Express
Pennsylvania State College
Sheep and Wool Growers Meeting Planned for Feb 26
The Sheep and Wool Growers Association schedules its annual meeting for Tuesday February 26 at the Lutheran church with a dinner after a morning session starting at ten. Toastmaster E Bayard of Pittsburgh and speaker Hansel French are named, with two roast lambs prepared for the luncheon. An encore announcement will appear next week with full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheep and Wool Growers
Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Lutheran Church
Bayard
Pittsburgh
Hansel French
Bee Meetings Set for February 18 at Two Locations
Two bee keeping gatherings on Monday February 18 feature Penn State expert BE. J. Anderson discussing bee diseases spring management swarm control honey marketing and queen rearing. Morning session at 10 A M at the Court House and afternoon at 1 30 P M in Blairsville Jamison Hotel lobby. All bee keepers invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Blairaville
BE. J. Anderson
Penn State
Jamison Hotel
Blairsville
Married men have better chance of keeping out of prison
Harrisburg, Feb. 12. State Welfare statistics show married men have a two to one better chance of staying out of prison in Pennsylvania than single men. Among 6839 inmates tallied, 3365 were single, 1759 married, 622 widowed or separated, with 93 unspecified. More than half under age 30, over half between fourth and eighth grade, 710 up to high school, 77 college. One quarter read below IQ 69, another quarter 70–79. many labeled feebleminded or border-line.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Welfare
Huntingdon
Weddings of a Week in Local Families
A week of marriages is reported with several ceremonies. Misa Sara Elien Blose wed Ray B. Shields in a private Home ceremony in Indiana area. out of town guests included C. B. Hilty and Mrs. Broadbent. Other couples include Gaylon Elliott with Lula May Shilling in Alverda February 8. Howard Holsse with Margaret Kerr February 9. John D Long with Alice Sterling February 7. Charles Johnson of Curtland and Willetta Putt of Blairsville married earlier in Blairsville.
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Misa Sara Elien Blose
W.H. Blose
North Seventh Street
Ray B. Shields
Burt C. Shields
West Church Street
Blose
Robert L. Clark, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Indiana High School
The
State Teachers College
C. B. Hilty
Apollo
J. D. Hart
Cleveland
J. H. Broadbent
Philadelphia
Gaylon Elliott
Lula May Shilling
Alverda
Justice of the Peace Arch Repine
William Biliett
Barnesboro
William Shilling
Public School Enrollment Facts from 1934 State Data
The 1934 data show 27.5 pupils per teacher, 28.5 in 1934, with 43 schools employing only one teacher. The state has 1230 high schools, 9–12 enrollments up 51.1 percent since 1929, and 12th grade up 112 percent since 1926. Nonresident pupils were 16.7 percent in 1934, graduates up 96.5 percent since 1925. About 30.8 percent of high school grads entered higher learning in 1930, down to 17.5 percent in 1933.
Pantry to Post Gazette readers on wartime aid and housing
The item surveys wartime relief spending by Uncle Sam totaling over 3 billion dollars and notes documentary evidence from the Hauptmann trial in New Jersey. It also mentions household water access in American farms, a claim about a baking powder tip, and a judgment on domestic labor in clothing factories.
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New Jersey
Social guests visit Jericho and nearby towns
JERICHO Mr and Mrs James McDowell and son Jimmy of Johnstown spent Sunday with the John McDowell family. Mrs Lottie Donahue of William Penn highway spent Monday with the Joseph Hall family. Robert Fry visiting the Joseph Higging family. Eva Mae and Della McDowell and Kathleen Shomo called on the Ray Lichtenfeld home. Grandma Marsh remains about the same. John Boyle visiting Callera and McDowell relatives. Frank Heiple of Pontiac Mich visited and called on his sisters in Derry and New Florence. Charles Jones of Johnstown weekend guest. Everett Lewis of Derry visited relatives. Miss Gladys I Lichtenfels of Johnstown spent weekend with her parents. D J Boyle home visitors included Mr and Mrs Walter Muir and children of Tabor, Mr and Mrs John DeArmin and son of Brushvalley, and Mrs William Muir of West Bolivar. Mr and Mrs Morria Walbeck called at the Wakefield home Sunday. Mrs Harry Lewis and son James of Blairsville visited Mrs Cynthia Hall and other relatives. Miss Helen Mack of near Clyde and Mr Gallagher of Brackenridge called on Merle Mack family recently. Other callers at the Mack home included Mrs Mattie Brendlinger and George Mack of West Wheatfield township and Mrs Vincent Mack of near here.
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Lottie Donahue
William Penn Highway
Joseph Hall
Robert Fry
Joseph Higging
Ray Lichtenfeld
Eva Mae
Della McDowell
Kathleen Shomo
Grandma Marsh
John Boyle
Near Here
McDowell
Frank Heiple
Pontiac
Mich
Heiple
Derry
New Florence
Charles Jones
Johnstown
Everett Lewis
Gladys I. Lichtenfels
D. J. Boyle
Walter Muir
Mr. Tabor
John DeArmin
Brushvalley
William Muir
West Bolivar
Morria Walbeck
Wakefield
Harry Lewis
James
Blairsville
Cynthia’ Hall
Helen Mack
Clyde
Gallagher
Brackenridge
Merle Mack
Sunday Visitors and Local Notices Report
Sugar Run resident Girty J. R. Smith visits his brother in law J T Jamison on Sunday. Edwin Rosensteel and daughter Shirley Anne of Oklahoma spend time with J H Christy family. others from Apollo Vandergrift Mt Zion and Vandergrift appear in a sequence of Sunday calls and weekend visits. Shakespeare and boot waterproofing note close the item with a public sale bill mention.
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J. T. Jamison
G. M. Houser
A. M. Jamison
Mt. Zion
Earle Walker
M. B. Smeltzer
J. R. Jamison and Sons
Robert, Jr
Merle
F. A. Coleman
Vandergiift
Anna Smith
Local social notes from South Bend and nearby towns
Mrs Carl Fleming and daughter Ruth of Currys Run visited with aunts Maria and Sadie Smith on Friday. Wendell Devers called on business in Pittsburgh Friday. Ira Devers visited New Kensington Saturday. H H Hanna and Bob Townsend called in Kittanning Saturday. Mrs Nancy Devera and Mrs Clara Townsend were Thursday callers in the Martz home. Mrs R A Silvis spent an evening in the Joe Coulter home in Girty. Sam Beighley and Jim Smith visited during the week with their aunt Maria and Sadie Smith. The Ramer family have moved to
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Fleming
Ruth
Currys Run
Maria
Sadie Smith
Wendell Devers
Pittsburgh
Ira Devers
New Kengington
H. H, Hanna
Bob Townsend
Kittanning
Nancy Devera
Clara Townsend
Martz
R. A. Silvis
Joe Coulter
Girty
Sam Beighley
Jim Smith
Ramer
Verse From Psalms on Courage and Safety
A brief biblical verse emphasizes fearlessness amid danger, citing Psalm 91:5 to comfort readers with divine protection through night terrors and daytime threats.
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Farm Extension News
Court House
J. A. Ruel
L. T. Denniston
State College
Addust
R. V. Kerr
North Ninth St
Didiana
Ponna
Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
M.C. Stewart
General Aghint R. TD
Homer City
Hasinger
Baby
Paul B. Hasinger
United States
Shields
Elliott Shilling
Molisse-Kerr
Howard Holsse
Margaret Kerr
Heshbon
Donald C. Davis
Irvin Molisse
Dilltown
Harry Kerr
Johnson P
Ntt
Charles Johnson
Curtland, O
Willetta Putt
Squire Ralph Co. Brown
Courtland
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
A. D
Uncle Sam
Hell
Jericho
James McDowell
Jimmy
John McDowell
Idaho
Wilda Anderson
Wagoner
Ling
Martha
Dot Townsend
Billa Long
Hobart Shellhammer
Jane Ruffner
Vandergrift
Shakespeare
Hamlet
South Bend
First National Bank
PENNA
Saturda
Penney
Philadelphia St
St. Clair Rinn & Co
11Th & Water
David Weamer
Luxenberg
Philadelphia and
7Th Streets
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