County Tax Millage Keeps At Seventy Two Mills
The 1931 county tax millage remains 7.34 mills with 3.44 allocated to the sinking fund and 0.04 to the county tax. Faced with heavy relief demands, the Board of County Commissioners will enforce strict economy and may cancel or cut typical appropriations this year. Tax appeals have closed and staff move to county, school, and road tax duplicates for tax collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Health demonstration to be held Thursday evening
Parents of public school students and others interested in health education are invited to a monthly PTA meeting Thursday at 8 o'clock in Indiana High School auditorium. The program, led by Miss Virginia Adams and Robert Mansted under Superintendent Koontz, shows corrective exercises and faulty posture types with demonstrations and explanations. A film on the work will be shown and the High School pit orchestra will provide music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koontz
Rotary Talk Highlights Local Service Clubs Theme
Frank Bernet of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation presented before the Rotary Club on Monday evening, reviewing the work of local service clubs under the topic Community Service Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bernet
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Rotary Club
Elderton Donates to Red Cross Drought Relief Fund
Elderton residents contributed $30 to the Red Cross drought relief fund, per Mrs. P. M. Whitney of Kittanning, secretary of the Armstrong County Chapter. Real estate transfers listed include A. W. Nealor to L. B. Kerr for a lot in Indiana at $1006, Colomba De Luca to William T. Dixon for a lot in Blairsville at $300, Margaret Leydic to Rosa P. Steetle for a lot in Indiana at $3000, Penn Fuel Corp. to J. O. Clark for a tract in Banks at $100. Marriage licenses issued for G. Boyer and Mary Walk. Frank Totes and Olive Hoover. William Covatch and Iselin Mundok. In local notes, Miss Hinda Frye recovers at home from a serious operation near Creekside. Lloyd Wisor, 32, of Coral, treated for a broken leg after a rock fall at Coral coal mine. Indiana High School defeated Blairsville 35 to 22. County treasurer issued 6,400 dog licenses and 8 fishing licenses as of noon. Quotations note sunup v. down, with moral: An idle brain is the advance agent of a busy tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elderton
Red Cross
Armstrong Co
P. 3. Whitney
Kittanning
Armstrong County
A. W. Nealor
L. 8. Kerr
Indiana
Colomba de Luca
William T. Dixon
Blairsville
Margaret Leydic
Rosa P. Steetle
Penn Fuel Corp
J. O. Clark
Banks
Lloyd Wisor
Coral
Indiana Hospital
Rural Mail Carriers and Wives Elect Officers in Indiana County
Rural Mail Carriers and Auxiliary members met in the post office basement for their annual Indiana County gatherings. New leaders were chosen for the coming year with H A Campbell as president and Mrs D Blair Shirley as auxiliary president among those elected. Delegates to the Montrose state convention were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary
Indiana County
Gov. Pinchot
Kiwanis Talk Praises Dr Keith and Public Education
Hon John S Fisher commended the late Dr John A H Keith State Superintendent of Public Instruction at a Kiwanis meeting calling him an outstanding national figure in education. Meanwhile Mrs Helen Lasco of Coral Run died suddenly from a heart attack in Hazelwood physician office. Her funeral will be Thursday at Iselin Catholic church with interment at St Bernard cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Fisher
Keith
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
John A. H. Keith
Fisher
Helen Lasco
Coral Run
Hazelwood
Coal Run
Iselin Catholic Church
St. Bernard Church
Sudden Death of Prominent Teacher Shocks Community
Miss Nellie A. Glassford, 31, a Pittsburgh schools instructor, died this morning at her parents home from pneumonia after a brief illness. A Indiana High School and Indiana State Teachers College graduate, she previously taught in Clymer and Colyer. Funeral Friday at 2 30 pm at the Glassford residence with Rev. John S Scott and Rev. John J McIlvaine officiating. interment in Greenwood cemetery. She leaves parents Mr. and Mrs. J Milton Glassford and siblings Paul, Lisle, and Helen.
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Tneumonia
Nellie A. Glassford
J. Milton Glassford
West Church Street
Miss Glassford
Pittsburgh
Indiana High School
Indiana State ‘Teachers College
Clymer and Colyer
Indiana Baptist Church
Paul Glassford
Detroit
Mich
Lisle Glassford
Helen Glassford
Glassford
John 8. Scott
The
Baptist Church
John J. McIlvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Town
Greenwood Cemetery
Dr B F Bieber Resigns To Take Butler Church
Dr B F Bieber pastor of Zion Lutheran church resigns at Sunday service effective in two weeks to accept a call from the Lutheran congregation of Butler Pa. Father of State Nurse Alice Graffius ill with pneumonia at Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bieber
Butler Church
Zion Lutheran Church
Teaves
Historic cherry tree mark at three-county corner
Harrisburg reports on a long vanished cherry tree that stood at the junction of Indiana Cambria and Clearfield counties marking the Fort Stanwix boundary. A monument at Cherry Tree borough preserves the spot, with a 1894 dedication led by Governor James Beaver and inscriptions detailing the 1763 treaty deeds and purchase line survey.
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Harrisburg
Washington
Aorocaretts
Department of Forests
Waters
Indiana
Cambria
Clearfield
Fort Stanwix
Towanda
Kittanning
Cambria County
Philadeclonia
Canon Place
Mac
Purchase Line
James Galbraith
Taukine
Cherry Tree
James Beaver
Willmer McKeage
Cherry Tree Borough
Personal Brevities From Indiana County
Leroy Bee of Starford, county seat caller on Thursday, and many others including Harry E. Clark of Glen Campbell, Christopher Coy of Cherryhill township, Delmont R. Keith of Starford, A. K. Gerhard of Burrell township, Asher G. Glenn of Greens township, and Willam G. Stewart of Huffington township appear in Indiana calls and visits. The list mentions Postmaster R. M. Dodson, Erie county events, subscribers to The Progress, visits by Judge W. H. S. Thompson and others, and several relocations and travels within Indiana and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Bee
Starford
Harry E. Clark
Glen Campbell
Tudiana
Christopher Coy
Cherryhil Township
Delmont R. Keith
Indiana
A. K. Gerhard
Burrell Township
Asher G. Glenn
Green Township
Willam G. Stewart
Huffington Township
Moorhead
South Seventh Street
Wilkinsburg
Wilson Bowser
West Mahoning Township
William Lyons
Zoe
Penn Run
R. M. Dodson
Rochester Mills
A. N. Moore
W. W. Nichol
N. J. Montgomery
Paul
Near Commodore
W. L. Overdorff
Lloyd
Brushvalley
B. Lintner
Blairsville
Wayward Johnston
J. S. Cornell
John A. Scott
North Seventh Street
California
George W. Reese
Edenshurs
Cambria County
J. Iti. Davis
Johnstown
F. E. Byers
Cree
Batardis
Progress
J. T. Buller
Cornapolis
Donald Moorhead
Hasthoonst Street
William M. Sharp
Sheloca
R.D
Ethel Jefferds
Pennsylvania State College
Bessia Owen
Indiana County
James L. Ray
Earl
Mila
H. A. Thay
Albert Stahl
Willard
Pittsburgh
Hazel Olive Stahl
Children’s Hospital
C. C. McLain
Gilbert Parnell
Town
Cresson
Thomas Bender
J. S. Wagner
Kenneth Dick
Blacklick
R.D.1
Wagner
Hale Longwill
Church Street
O. J. Longwill
Tucson
Ariz
Canton
W. H. S. Thompson
Marguerite
Harry Lydick
Ho ‘L'Wollek Gardens
Thompson
United States District Court
Walter E. Kissinger
William Kissinger
Doris ©. Stephens
Reuben Einstein
Misa J. C. Richey
Blgirsville
D. TL. Dancan
Conemaugh Township
Duncan
Benjamin F. Stephens
Cherryhill Township
A. T. Stewart
Genter Township
Snow
Hig
Cherry Standium
Tamer City
Duany Viewis
Ronditinas Hole
Couple Luncied Near Here On Last Ride Saturday
Irene Schrader and Glenn Dague, known as the trigger couple, were paraded along Philadelphia Street to view bystanders as they rode to Rockview where they died in the electric chair early Monday. The pair were condemned for the December 27, 192? murder of Corporal Brady Pant during a holdup near Butler, ending a high-profile case with their “iron nerve” and religious fervor. The execution followed an eventful final ride through Indiana with guards and spectators observing at roadhouses and along the route.
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Irene and
Dague
Indline Baronte
Benth Hans Ag
Irene Schrader
Glenn Dague
Indiana
Rockview
Philadelpha
Wulow Lodge Inn
Benjamin "Ranklin
Johnston
Lawrences County
Irene
Roadhouse
Irong
Philadelphia
New Castle
Bellefonte
Trene
Herm
Deguo
der. Geoorgie KR. Lyons
O. R. Check
Hellwood
Bockview
Alley
Gen Piel
Ronn Dagne
Brady Pant
Butler
Purchased Interest In Flour Milling Firm In Indiana
S W Hess and William J Wilson become sole proprietors of the flouring mill business known as Tetrilek & Wilson. They purchased the late Delos Herrick and William J Wilson stock and leased the mill to operate under the name Hetrick & Wilton. The mill remains the only such establishment in Indiana with substantial local patronage and a promising future based on the two millers long, successful experience.
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S. W. Hess
William J. Wilson
Tetrilek & Wilson
Delos Herrick
William 'l. Wilson
Hetrick & Wilton
Indiana
Tess
Wilson
Green County Hen Wins Record at State Poultry Meet
Harrisburg reports a White Leghorn owned by Ben W Jacobs of Greene County led the record of performance in Pennsylvania. The bird scored high in the yearlong work by the Bureau of Markets, with 90 birds out of 4,000 entered. Eleven flocks across nine counties contributed to the event. Also noted, Roy Thomas J. Tuneo of Waterstrest graduated as valedictorian from the General Electric School at Mune February 10 and secured a position with GE in Erie. Two youths, Henry BE O’Marrah and Paul Reithmiller, were sentenced after pleading guilty to railroad station theft and other charges. County’s share of gas tax refunds totals 21,332 dollars, with Jodiana and Cambria counties receiving portions, in a proposed plan for a 13-month calendar year starting Sunday.
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Green County
Harrisburg
Ben, W. Jacobs
Greene County
She — Tureau
Markets
Pennsylvania
Roy Thomas J. Tuneo
Prank Rungo
Waterstrest
Elias
Mune
General Electric Company
Erie
Thomas
Indiana
Tme
Henry BE. O’marrah
Paul Reithmiller
Eaustrun
J. N. Langham
Marion Center
Joe Palero
Obituary for Davitt Henry Cramer of Brush Valley Township
Davitt Henry Cramer 75 a well known farmer of Brush Valley Township died February 17 after a one day illness. Funeral services were held at Brush Valley Lutheran church with burial in the church cemetery. He leaves 15 children and 27 grandchildren. His wife Annie Lawer Cramer died in 1988. Surviving children reside in Homer City Blairsville Derry and other nearby communities. Reverend Richards assisted by Ch W Sprinkle conducted the services.
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David Oh Cramer
Brushvalley
Beaves Fiftteen Chitldren Void Wernt Yheven
Gueandchildren Fower
Mvningellan
Cania Tts
Annie Lawer Cramer
Ouly
Mie
Wain
Wiliam Jy Cramer
Homer City
Rink and
Ch. W. Sprinkle
Annual Mining Institute Draws Large Local Attendance
Nearly 240 men from the 26th Bituminous Coal district attended the semi annual mining institute in the M. C. G. A. building. President J. Lowther presided as discussions on safety footwear protection and profitable practices drew helpful, profitable sessions. I. R. Vinton of town gave an address, Frannel Foohan of the Bureau of Mines spoke, and a Zion Lutheran church banquet capped the day with music and remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semiwunnal Institute
M. CG. A
Jons
Lowther
Sesson
Rock
Zion Lutheran Church
Uleir
I. KR. Vinton
Vranels Foohan
Bureau of Mines
William Neff
Dr J A H Keith Dies in Harrisburg Indiana
Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction and president of State Teachers College Harrisburg dies after a yearlong illness. Body taken to Indiana Teachers College auditorium for funeral services led by Rev. John J Mellvaine. Burial at Oakland Cemetery. Keith contributed to Indiana education and Rotary leadership. He was born in Homer Illinois in 1869 and educated at Illinois State Normal, Harvard. Funeral services held at the Keith home and college community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. T. Keith
John S. Misher
State Teachers College
Wiispinee
Harrigburg
Teachers College
John 7. Mellvaine
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Keith
Harrisburg
State Department of Education
Kalth
Ie County
Seit
Keith Wanco
Indiana Rotary Club
Indiana Country Club
Stakespearte Club
State Tanchers College
Harvey Hamilton Keith
Jennings County
Indiana
Methodist Episcopal Min
Tinois
Tiiais
Camargo
Ninois
Dilinaig
Contests Mark Scouting 21st Anniversary Rally at Armory
Closing event of the 21st anniversary celebration of Scouting in the United States featured tests in Signalling Compass First Aid Knot Tying and Fire by Friction. Winners included Leroy Rowley Indiana No 4 Clifford Tomb Indiana No 1 and Mike Asper Wialavilla No 3 in Stennillng. Milton Freeman Indiana No 1 Walter Kissinger Indiana No 3 Edward Biggio Lucerne Mines won Compass. First Aid James Lyons Rossiter No 1 Earl McMasters Lucerne Mines No 2 Leonard Roudebush Worner City No 1 won. Knot Tying George Heilburn Indiana No 3 Walter Rowley Indiana No 4 Irvin Wilson Blairsville No 3 earned spots. Fire by Friction Ray Bowser Blairsville No 3 took first with McFlarland Rossiter No 1 third. Eagle Scout Harold Denny Punxsutawney received his lodge from Vice President R. Bell Blairsville. Citizens debated dog license compliance amid 1931 license costs.
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Winedons
United States
Stennlling
Leroy Rowley
Indiana No. 4
Clifford Tomb
Indiana No. 1
McFlarland
Rossiter No
Harold Denny
Punxsu~lawney
Eagle Scout
R. Bell
Blairsville
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G. Boyer c
Mary K
Frank Totes
Creekside
Olive R
Hoover - Indiana
William Covatch
Iselin and Mundok
Iselin
Hdna Frye
Abe
Indiana High
Bner W. Allison Lag
Alice Graffius
Spangler
H. W. Graffius
William Penn
Presbyterian Church
Toc, Boud
Riek
Vy. C. Huet
Uyuning
Jodiana County
Founa
U. Kmttit
Slike Toughers College
Patvisburg
Ibath
PATHE
Heri
Distelet Institute
Satan Dlan
Isaac FF. Roby
Latrobe
Westmoreland Mining Co
Loz
Brentzer
O. C. Carlisle
M. 4
Shureh
Mary
Glareice Kintz
Robert Rewy
Hillside
Lewis Kintz
Toledo
Westmoreland County
Greensburg
Millside
Steve Chommen
Hisgpital Aux-ilury
Ritz
J. AH. Keith
Hou
Harris Burg
Pub. Ue Tosteatlion
Mate Teachers College
Macy
FELD
Ernest
Justice of the Peace
McLain
Blaine Short
Department of Animal Industry
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