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Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1933

Page

2

Truth About Financing the State Teachers Colleges

The article argues the cost of Pennsylvania State Teachers Colleges is far less than publicized, detailing 1927 to 1933 figures, noting student payments and government funding, and urging careful budgeting to protect education funding amid proposed cuts to 83 percent of the Teachers College budget within the state system. It emphasizes the colleges’ role in teacher preparation and that funding comes from corporate, mercantile, and inheritance taxes, not property taxes. It also includes a local item about John Rice of Cherryhill township, a Progress subscriber and hunter, with mink trophies and a mounted deer head.

Pennsylvania Harrisburg Teachers College Commonwealth John Rice Yellow Creek Cherryhill Township Indiana John Rice

Ritz Theatre Presents Eight Miles of Gala Theatre Effects

The Ritz hosts a two day engagement with Employees' Entrance as the annual department store ball comes to life in a lavish production. Loretta Young stars with Warren Williams and a strong cast including Wallace Ford and Allen Jenkins. Also on the bill Hold Em Jail with Betty Grable and Edna May Oliver, Up in the Air by Indiana Lions Club, and State Fair with Janet Gaynor and Will Rogers. Bring Em Back Alive at Indiana Theatre follows and Blondie Johnson closes the weekend with Joan Blondell and Chester Morris in a crime drama.

Ritz Theatre Warren Williams Loretta Young Wallace Ford Alice White Allen Jenkins Hale Hamilton Wheeler & Woolsey Ritz Betty Grable Betty Edna May Oliver The Indiana Lions Club Cem Fox Film Janet Gaynor Will Rogers Lew Ayres Sally Hilers Norman Foster Louise Dresser Frank Craven Victor Jory Phil ‘Stong Midwest State Mall Lhasa Able County Fair Indiana Fair van Beuren Corporation Frank Buck Indiana Theatre Blondie Johnson Jann Blondel Chester Morris Woman Joan Blondell

Local Social News From Blacklick and Area

Miss Bernsetta Newton of Zelfo nople visited over the weekend and received a surprise birthday party. Miss Dillie Cunningham of Armagh stayed with her sister Mrs. J A Shrom. The Hildebran and Trexler families of Armagh visited M O Smith’s. Presbyterian church activities include a Washington birthday program at the church Friday and a gathering at Dunlap’s Wednesday evening.

Bernsetta Newton Zelfonople M. O. Smith Dillie Cunningham Armagh Har J. A. Shrom Will Hildebran Hilly R. O. Trexler Pragbyterian Nial Dunlap's Cr. O. Smith Martha Fulton A. T. Miler Graceton Presbyterian Church Mack Girard Blairsvyille

Washington as the great and steadfast character

A biographer lauds George Washington, comparing him to Jefferson and Newton in insight. He praises Washington’s prudence, fearlessness, calculated esteem for others, and enduring leadership that kept the revolutionary cause alive and unified postwar. Only Washington’s character endures as a sacred American legacy.

Washington Jefferson Newton Bacon Locke Emineis

Thirty two students awarded international free scholarships

Indiana County announces one year international correspondence schools scholarships for thirty two local youths. The list provides names towns ages lesson counts and addresses of winners as of January 15, including Arcadia Woodrow Engle Armagh Charles Bracken Barnesboro Louis Nagy Brushvalley Earl Smuth Blairsville James B Simpson Cherry Tree Ralph Kanarr Carrolltown Anthony Raffe Commodore Albert Hickok Clymer Walter Molesky Ebensburg Walter Lesser Glen Campbell A Glenn Smith Hastings Samuel Semelsberger Hailwood Meredith Davis Homer City Ray Good Marion Center Roberta Caldwell Nant-y-Glo Chalmer Dilling Patton John Semelsberger Spangler James Doran Wintondale Andrew Hraber.

Indiana County H. BR. George Arcadia Woodrow Engle Armagh Charles Bracken Barnesboro Joseph Bashista Blacklick Township Louis Nagy Brushvalley Earl Smuth Blairsville James B. Simpson Cherry Tree Ralph Kanarr Carrolltown Anthony Raffe Commodore Albert Hickok Clymer Walter Molesky Ebensburg Walter Lesser Glen Campbell A. Glenn Smith Hastings Samuel Semelsberger Hailwood Meredith Davis Homer City Virginia Lattlerrs

Rockslide Wrecks Train on Bolivar Branch Injures Man

A rockslide on the Bolivar branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, the Alum Bank line, injures Harry Nesbitt a former Blairsville resident. The emergency stop after warning by two Strangford boys caused damage to two freight cars and a fast freight train, as the slide was found by the boys while walking from Boligir to Strangford.

Boyar Ranch Bolivar Branch Pennsylvania — Railroad Alum Bank Harry Nesbitt Blairsville Strangford Boligir

Tentative Grouping of School Districts Elucidated

The piece outlines a proposed administrative consolidation plan for school districts, emphasizing reduced central administration, maintained local control, and state approval. It clarifies misconceptions about building or bus expansions and notes final authority rests with the State Council of Education via legislation.

Ehlefly Doctor Rule State Council of Education

Lewistown and area social notes spread through week

Cherey Tree reports Helen Barnes as caller in Lewistown on Sunday. Many visitors and callers appear in Spangler, Vince, Johnstown, Hastings, and nearby towns. Birthday greetings for George W. Graff mark a family gathering. local Silk Mill pays out seventy thousand dollars in wages and lists its current staff and officers.

Cherey Helen Barnes Lewistown CG. W. Sebring Spangler M. L. Wickes Chicago Til J. P. McCurdy Sandy Ridge Clyde Bee Amanda Horner Spanger Phil Boyer Vince J. W. Miller John Murray Ida Ida Murray Glen Campbell Gertrude Barnes Orland Kopp Roy Kopp Cleveland J. E. Wooster Harlen Bee Indiana Rosalie Stutzman Johnstown G. T. Cameron Ivan McCormick Hastings M. L. Hudson Lock Haven Cora Hudson Jersey Shore W. T. Hudson Robert Tonkin Clark W. BE. Thorpe Cyrus Knupp M. E. Schmonder Bob Graham Miller Gray Albany Nyy J. W. McFarland Unlonville John Winslow Howard Haley Williamsport Myrtle Cramer Marie Shilling Clearfield Margaret Winslow Indiana Textile Mills Co J. Clair Sloan Silas 0 Streams Thomas Pealer N. Dewitt Ray George J. Palt W. C. Bennett Tracy A. Taylor New York City

Executor's Notice for Annie K. Lowry Estate in Indiana Borough

Peder and Tait announce letters testamentary for Annie K. Lowry deceased of Indiana Borough. Creditors must present claims duly authenticated for settlement. debtors should make prompt payment. John R. Lowry, Executor, 804 East Ninth Ave Tarentum PA, February 8 1983.

Peder & Tait Annie K. Lowry Indiana Borough Guidentate John R. Lowry East Ninth Ave Tarentum Edwin M. Clark Onie B. Lowry Indiana L. Lowry Wim Pierce Pearl ‘Ty Pease West Wheatfield Township Mke J. Sutton Bolivar Pesler & West Maude Moreling Laura M Yucknberg Penna Notich Mia Jane Johnston Maryy, Rabins Water St

Upper Greenwich School House bid notice in Cambria county

A bid invitation from Dixonville Pa for a school house known as upper Greenwich near Cambria County. Bids due March 16 1933 with right to reject. Clyde Houck president RK G Rice secretary. Also notices of estate administrations and claims in Indiana Pennsylvania West Wheatfield Township Bolivar and Indians with executors and administrators named.

Upper Greenwich Cambria County Inc Clyde Houck G. Rice Dixonville District Court of the United States Pennsylvania Walter J. Lyda Burrell’ Township Indiana County Congress Fittsburgh Ingaid

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