Coal Output in 25th District Report 1932
The 25th Bituminous Coal District annual report shows 1932 production at 3,096,650 tons with 623 fewer workers than 1931 and nine fatal accidents. Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co led with 1,431,795 tons from Lucerne, Ernest, and McIntyre mines, amid 76 loading machines and 3,942 district employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Rochester &Pittsburgh Coal Company
Lucerne
Ernest and McIntyre
Roch. & Pitts. Coal Co
Clear. Bit. Coal Corp
Helvetia Coal Min. Co
Bethlehem Mines ‘Corp
Appalacha Coal Co
Harry ©. Clark
Harve Mack Coal Co
St. Clair, Rinn & Co
Dixonville Fuel Co
Marion Coal Co
Williams Coal Min. Co
K. C. Fairman
Progress Has Held The Stewarts Century Home
Centenarian reader A T Stewart of Center township keeps The Progress a staple in the family homestead since his grandfather Samuel Todd Stewart. The paper, titled variously, has long served the Stewart household with weekly visits. Blairsville clubs and county figures announce events from talks by Dr Charles R Foster to Rural Mail Carriers meetings on February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Progress
T. Stewart
Center Township
Samuel Todd Stewart
Misa M. B. Stewart
Stewart Homestead
Washington
Rural Mail Carriers Association of
Indiana County
Indiana Post Office
James Edwards
Dixonville
Benjamin Thomas
Marion Center
Indiana
John G. St. Clair
School Street
McClatchey
Grafton
J. Stewart Marshall
Lewisville
Harry
Wilson
George Marshall
Blairsville
Hallie Dawson
North Sixth Street
Florida
Shields McMillen
South Mahoning Township
Clarence Little
June
Geneva
Goldie Houser
Little
Betty
Mra
Blanche Orr
Willet
Donald Getty
North Tenth Street
Pittsburgh
A. J. Musser
South ‘Sixth Street
Atlantic City
Chalfonte-Haddon Hotel
Edward Empfield
Mack
Collins Cramer
Brushvalley
Anderson George
Wilson ‘St. Clair
John G.st. Clair
School &I
Lafayette College
Samuel W. Shane
Nancy Anne
North Seventh Street
Cherry Tree
Douglass
W. B. Milliken
Homer City
Mary ‘Wilson Stewart
Alex Stewart
Virginia
Vassar College
Harold ‘R. Bair
Vanderegrift
Indiana Hospital
Nancy Nichol
Town
John Simpson
W.A. Simpson
Ray Hess
R. D
Miss Shea
P.E. Shea
Hart Daugherty
North Winth Street
Retail Lumbermen's Association of
Western Pennsylvania
Workhouse sentence for robbery at Cherry Tree
A group of defendants faced penalties for liquor violations larceny and disturbing a religious meeting at Greenwich church. Brumbaugh Brings two to five years in the Allegheny County Workhouse, with others getting jail terms from 30 to 60 days and costs. Hale McAnulty received an indefinite Industrial Training School term, while Rummel and Davis drew six months to a year in the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hrumbaugh
J. N. Langham
Allegheny County
Brumbaugh
Holtz &Crass
Cherry Tree
Fred Wood
Louis Frellino
Homer B. Downey
Joe Simontis
Andy Abramovich
Greenwich
John Porky
Hale McAnulty
Morganza
Morris Rummel
Dan Davis
First United Presbyterians Plan Double Anniversary
First United Presbyterian church Indiana marks 125th parish and 75th NAC founding. Activities span March 5 to March 19 with Loyalty Day services Youth Night Prayer meetings Missionary Night Historical Night and a special anniversary sermon. Dr John J McIlvaine leads planning with church leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
United Presbyterian Church of North America
John J. McIlvaine
Poultrymen Eye Egg Auction Co operation in Indiana Co
About forty five people attended a county egg marketing meeting at the Court House. WH Kauffman spoke on egg grading and described the Butler egg auction planned for the coming summer. A committee will pursue inquiries about egg auction cooperation, with 125 surveys sent to larger flock owners to guide marketing plans. The Grow Healthy Fullet Service announced, inviting enrollment for brood rearing advice and record cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ege
Court House
WH. H. Kauffman
Pennsylvania
Indiana County
Butler
Bruce Neal
Smicksburg
R.D
J. S. McEhees
Home
Ernest Good
Indiana
H.C. Cunningham
Brushvalley
Norman Barkley
Livermore
Warner
Kauffman
Clerical Force Reduced at Prothonotary’s Office
Two Blair Ansley and Miss Hannah Helman, clerks at the Prothonotary’s office, are off duty due to illness. Ansley is treated for an infection in his left leg, Helman for a severe cold. County Treasurer C C McLain reports issuing 6200 dog licenses and 60 fishing permits by noon today. The exchange notes changes in dress and habits among the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prothonotary’s Office
Winess
Blair Ansley
Hannah Helman
Prothonotary's
Mr. Ansley
Miss Helman
C. C. McLain
County man killed in Texas car accident obituary
Vallie Johns, 23, Uniontown native and former U S Army regular, died February 3 in Texas when his car met trouble and crashed into a telephone pole while en route to Fort Clark. Funeral services were held at Evangelical church Uniontown with interment in the church cemetery. He is survived by his mother Anna Johns and several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valle Johns
Army Post
Stafford
Evangelical
Uniontown
Green Township
Church
Vallie Johns
Texas
Ife
United States Regular Army
Anna Johns
Fort Clark
Raymond Johns
Taylorsville
Edward Johns
Graceton
Harry Johns
William Johns
David Smith
Niagara Falls
Louise Swartz
Apollo
Saltsburg Girl Wins First in Oratorical Contest
Saltsburg Miss Jane Martin won first place in the annual Young People's Oratorical Contest of the Kittanning presbytery at Apollo Presbyterian church. Her oration The Steward's Progress earned $5 in gold. Grace Fryar of Apollo took second with The Way Out and $2.50. Other contestants included Jessie Mae Cribbs Clarksburg Nancy Patterson West Lebanon Sarah McFeely Heilwood Jane K Wetzel Homer City and a Dayton church representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Jane Martin
Saltsburg
Kittanning
Life
Jessie Mae Cribbs
Clarksburg
Nancy Patterson
West ‘Lebanon
Stewardship of Life
Jane K. Wetzel
Homer City
Dayton Church
F. E. Adlock
Indiana
Real Estate Transfers and Nominal Sums Recorded
A series of property transfers listed with minimal prices. Jesse BE Thomas to Albert Jacoby transfers a lot in White for $1.00, Asa BE McAnulty to Gertha G McAnulty 89 acres in Green for $1.00, James 8 Blair to James 8 Blair tracts in Rayne for $1.06, Chas B Jamison to John B Young tract in Burrell for $1,600, Milton Hollis to 8 W Palmer 2 acres in Blacklick for $1.00, Margaret Fireman to Martin Hoop 29 acres in North Mahoning for $725, Martin Hoop to John Hoop 10 acres in North Mahoning for $250, Henry Hoop to John M Hoop 58 acres in North Mahoning for $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse BE. Thomas
Albert Jacoby
White
Asa BE. McAnulty
Gertha G. McAnulty
Green
James
North Mahoning
Martin Hoop
John Hoop
Henry Hoop
John M. Hoop
Kentucky Governor Refuses Hayes Extradition Request
Governor declines to grant extradition for Jesse Hayes 28 former resident of Heshbon jailed in Indiana on murder charges. Judge Laftoon of Kentucky orders no extradition and Hayes is released. Mrs. Mary Jane Hayes, his blind mother, pressed the case in person to the governor. Hayes, a coal miner, is accused of shooting John Bellas at Heshbon on November 28, 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Jesse Hayes
Frankfort
Indiana
Heshbon
Laftoon
Hayes
Mary Jane Hayes
Jesse
John Bellas
Marriage Licenses Listed For Blacklick and Iselin
The notice lists multiple couples receiving marriage licenses including Leroy Davis with May O Sheiler, Paul Cucovals with Folecia Yerep, Francis Jakosh Jr. with Jean V. Fillar, Alexander Parker Clune with Ada F Willie. The report adds a Weather-wise Groundhog line about red flannels remaining popular for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick Blacklick - Alrman
Leroy Davis
May O' Sheiler
Paul C. Cucovals
Folecia M. Yerep
Francis Jakosh, Jr
Iselin
Jean V. Fillar
Iwelin
Alexander M. Parker
Clune Ada F. Willie
Clune
County Teachers Observe Second School Year Event Saturday
About 550 county teachers and 500 local educators will spend Saturday touring Indiana Borough Public Schools and the State Teachers College Training School. Morning sessions begin at 8 46 with group rotations to prevent congestion, and observers may join music or art, or visit various grade levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Borough
State Teachers College
County Teachers’ Institute
Indiana
Indiana High ‘School
North Fifth Street
Prominent Dubois Attorney Shot Four Times at Home
Lisle D. McColl a leading DuBois attorney and brother of local dairyman C. H. McColl was shot four times in his garage at his country home near Salem. Wounds are serious but he shows a strong recovery effort. Authorities probe motive thought to be robbery or revenge as wires to the home were cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBois
Lisle D. McColl
C. H. McColl
White Township
Comery
Salem
McColl
DuBois Hospital
Oldest Duck Keeps Pekin Record At 30
Oldest duck, a brown and white Pekin-Runner, owned by R. W. and Miss Clara Wehrle, will be 30 years old this spring. Raised at 8 Fifth Street, it remains healthy aside from rheumatism in cold weather. In youth it laid two eggs daily, but has not laid in about 14 years. The duck is treated like family, with care noted by Mr. Wehrle as the average age for this variety about 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W
Clara Wehrle
Miss Wehrle
Fifth Street
Wehrle
Scouts Rally Brings Large Turnout at Armory
Hundreds of Boy Scouts from the district attended the Friday evening rally in the Armory and performed well. Winners in first, second, and third places will then face champions from other districts at the Scout Commissioner's rally in the Armory on Friday, February 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital Auxiliary
State Armory
Jimmie Adams
Punxsutawney
Poacher College Freshmen Host Annual Dance
Blaze Teachers College Freshman class holds its annual dance at the College Recreation Hall Saturday evening. Fire damaged Leroy States residence in Canoe township Thursday night. the logs are covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poacher College
Blaze Teachers College
Leroy States
Canoe Township
State Teachers College Board Opposes School Code Change
The Board of Trustees at State Teachers College adopted a resolution opposing sections of the proposed School Code that would close some colleges and centralize education management. Indiana Borough Council finance committees announce a half mill tax cut for 1933, reducing the borough levy to 81 and a half mills, saving taxpayers about $4,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College and Tactians Board of Education
Stateeachers College
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Weddings of a Week in Plainville and Nearby
A column records multiple local deaths and funerals from Plainville and surrounding towns. It notes Mrs. Mimer Songer Bakman aged 62, widow of Elmer Sanger, of Plumville, and survivors including children and relatives. funeral Thursday at her home with Dunkards cemetery interment. Also obituaries for Julia Ann Spicher, John Lemon Mahan, Depp of Cloe, Anna Jeffries Fleming, Mary Ferguson Byer, Dr. J. J. Brewer, Archie Bennett, and Catherine Keinley Savers with brief survivor details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimer Songer
Anna Gearheart Bakman Bonger
Plainyilie
Abraham
Caroline Gearhart
Dayton
M. B. Hakman
Plumville
M. E. Church
Willis Eakman
Sagamore
Isobel Eakman
Orvis Eakman
Fairmont City
Gladys Livingston
Binksville
Leroy Eakman
Blawnox
Julia Ann Spicher
John Milan H. Spicher
Denton
Friends
Ridgely
Joseph and
Christina Russell
Indiana County
Murray H. Spicher
Chester
Mabel Smith
Denton, Md
John Lemon Mahan
Washington Township
Clarence Mahan
Philippine Islands
P. BR. Altimut
McMinnsville
Ore
James Mahan
Pitcairn
Irving Mahan
Iowa
William Mahan
R. Walker
Gabriel Watterson
Rural Valley
Advance
C, Ic, Shaffer
Hamar City
Biderton
Purton FH. Depp
Cloc
Moses H. Deppad
Cloe
Mia
Jennia Depp
Garland
Naomi
Carl London
John Shearer
Bria
John HW. de
Mary Ferguson Byer
Mrv
Mary Ferguson Byar
Blairsville
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Ferguson
Rebecca Torrance
Blaisville
New Quarters for Welfare Association
Dr. Foster Elected President as Welfare Association of Indiana County outlines past year and future goals at annual meeting. The group moves into fireproof quarters formerly occupied by French Dyers and Cleaners near the B R & P railroad station on West Philadelphia Street with county funding split between the Welfare Association and Emergency Relief Board. Representatives from 42 welfare units attend, as officers and auditors are appointed and reports presented. meeting continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Foster
Welfare Association
Emergency Relief Board of
Indiana County
French Dyers and Cleaners
West Philadelphia Street
Welfare Association of
John W. Warner
8. W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian Church
Jobe Thompson
Laura G. Wigeind
150 Attend Co operative Meeting At South Bend
Hundreds from Shelocta Elderton and South Bend gather for Armstrong County Farmers Co operative Association annual meeting at South Bend. H M Kimmel elected president with a 1913 slate while 1932 business volume remains low. Local women led by Helen Ann Thomas discuss clothing and home economics. Also notes accident injures Mrs Segner with multiple spinal fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Kimmel
Armstrong County Farmers Cooperative Association
South Bend
Shelocta
Elderton
Women of the Reformed Church
Murray Ankeny
Helen Ann Thomas
Home Economics Extension
Armstrong County
Thomas
W. E H. Wood
H.C. Kunkle
Fred Snyders
Albert Riggle
Sam Shenk
New Florence Woman Injured in Car Accident
Mrs L T D Mabon of New Florence is hospitalized at Inthea Memorial in Johnstown after a Saturday car crash. The vehicle struck a guard rail on icy roads to avoid a collision, with the injured woman improving under treatment. Banks closed February 22 for Washington's Birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Florence
Mra. L. TD. Mabon
Inthea Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Washington
Indiana
George Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rochester & Pittsburgh
Charles ‘R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
William M. Ruddock
W. Ralph Cummings
Greenville News
First United Presbyterians
Indiana CO
Buller
First United Presbyterian Church
R. B. McClure
Nile
Teachers Institute
Granga Hall
F. 7. Murphey
Penn State
Murphey
Burton H. Depp
W. J. Fleming
Evangelical Church
This County
Anna Jeffries Fleming
W. S. Fleming
WH. B. Fleming
New Kensington
Fleming
Akron
J. B. Fleming
Phoenix
Ariz
Bmjah Baker
Omeigh
G. TL. Price
M. IR. Fleming
Atatera
J. J. Trewer
J. J. Brewer
Brookville Hospital
Minnnie van Nforn
Georgeville
Archie K. Bennett
Strongstown
M.eb
Mrs
Catherine Savers
Catherine Keinley Savers
William Savers
Bruighvalley
John ®Auers
NEW Quarters For Welfare Association
Re & P
Edward Segner
Clark Street
Water
Fifth Streets
Charles McKelvey
Seener
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