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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1936

Page

5

New Indiana County Officials Set for Monday Oaths

New county officials in Indiana County will take oath Monday morning January 6 in the main Court Room. Judge J N Langham is expected to administer the oath to Judge elect E B Creps who then administers to other officials. Prothonotary W Earl Long retains his staff, Treasurer John M Thompson keeps current clerks, new tax system to simplify accounting. Board of County Commissioners already organized with Campbell Houck Flenniken. Miss Beatty and Stadtmiller named staff. Sheriff Harry B E Koozer appoints Wilson and Irvin as deputies. jail matron named. Auditors organized with Nichol Lightner Hildebrand. District Attorney Edwin M Clark sworn in. former DA W M Ruddock named bankruptcy referee. Coroner John Woods to receive oath.

Indiana County J. N. Langham E. B. Creps W. Earl Long A. Blair Ansley Hanna Helman John M. ‘Thompson Deloss Martin Thompson Board of County Commissioners C. L. Campbell Levi Houck John B. Flenniken R. Earl Houck Rayne Township Houck Gladys Beatty Agnes M. Stadtmiller Sheri Harry BE. Koozer A. Eugene Wilson J. Clair Irvin Green Township Tryin Board of County Auditors H. A. Nichol White Township Floyd A. Lightner Dixonville William Hildebrand Armagh Edwin M. Clark William M. Ruddock Ruddock E. B. Crepe John Woods Indiana

Weddings of a Week in Sterling and Nearby Towns

A string of late December weddings is announced from Sterling Kansas through Coshocton and Punxsutawney. Helen Mary Nesbitt marries Everett M. Nesbitt at her parents home. Kathryn Mary Gilgannon weds Albert Loan Miller at Zion Lutheran church. Jack B. McConnell and Ruth J. Patterson marry in Reynoldsville. Walter Kenneth Grindle weds Olive Edna Pearce in Punxsutawney. Leo J. Kern weds Alma Jane Gressley in Indiana. Joseph Burton weds Dorothy Roser in Bel Alto. Floyd T. McNair weds Vanessa M. Clark at Elderton. All couples include local residents with varied professions and schooling.

Jack B. McConnell Indiana Ruth J. Patterson Reynoldsville J. H. Jelbart Arthur ‘McGonnell Clarence Patterson Grindle-Pearce Walter Kenneth Grindle Heshbon Olive Edna Pearce Punxsutawney LeRoy Halbert William Henry Grindle Brushvallsy Elmer Andrew Pearce Leo J. Kern Wiie Alima Jane Gressley Robert L. Clark First Presbyterian Church of Jacob Kern CCC Alvin Gressley

Indiana County Real Estate Liens Hit Record High

Retiring County Treasurer C. McLain reports he filed 13 284 real estate liens during his four year term the highest total in the county’s history. Delinquent tax collections for 1985 reached 185 967 58 while 8879 dog licenses 9951 resident hunter licenses 60 non resident hunter licenses and 1885 fishing licenses were issued in 1935. Judge Nicholas Langham and his successor Attorney Bibie H Creps attended a testimonial dinner at the Indiana Country Club honoring Langham after 20 years on the bench.

C. McLain Indiana County McLain Indiana Fudge Langham Nicholas Langham Toyney Bibie H. Creps Indiana County Bar Association Ins Diana Country Club Creps Langham

Real estate transfers list includes numerous transfers in Indiana county

A long real estate transfer record shows Mary Rowley with First National Bank of Cherry Tree for two lots in Montgomery township a string of transactions where individuals convey lots and acreage in Green Cherryhill Conemaugh Blairsville Homer City Plumville Pine and other townships to banks and others with price markers from 1.00 to 7100.00 including James W Mack Jr and Simeon Johns among numerous buyers and sellers.

Mary ©. Rowley First National Bank of Cherry Tree Montgomery Township Jas R. B. Craighead Marie B. Craighead Salieburg Bessie Kline Allen &, Graham Indiana Imogene V. Jobe First National Bank of Indiana Second Ward Hart D. Simpson W. C. Bennett Cherryhill Bell W. George Conemaugh Building and ‘Loan Association Blairsville Simon Johns Green Township Alex Ewing Frank Parry Simeon Johns Anna Rabickow First National Bank Conemaugh Township Josephine Dellari First*National Bank Homer ‘City Chas. Stiteler Plumville James S. Ralston A. W. Douds Cherryhill Township

Robinson Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs Charles W Sutton long time Robinson residents marked their 60th wedding anniversary after marrying in Homer City on December 29 1875. He once managed the Robinson Company Store and has since retired. Mrs Sutton celebrated her 85th birthday and their grandson Robert Sutton attends State College.

Charles W Sutton Charles W. Sutton Robinson Maryriage Homer City A. C. Johnston Methodist Episcopal Church

Fatal accident blamed on skids near Armagh

Theodore Moore 28 of New Kensington died after his car skidded into an embankment on the William Penn highway near Armagh while returning from a Christmas visit. A second collision with a car from Washington, DC crushed Moore as helpers freed the bumper and Moore suffered severe injuries. The county coroner cleared the Washington driver of blame. Moore, a native of Altoona, worked as a mechanical engineer at New Kensington.

William Penn Highway Armagh Theodore Moore New Kensington Indiana Hospital Moore Mra. Moore Wil- Hameport Joseph Hopkins Washington, D. C Hopkins Altoona

Former Blairsville Man Perished After Fall in Blizzard Near Ligonier

A Blairsville native, Jesse P. Wineland, 60, died freezing after falling on an ice covered Mill Creek near Ligonier during a Christmas night blizzard while returning from his daughter’s home. Survived by wife Maude and five daughters, burial occurred in Ligonier Cemetery.

Jesse P. Wineland Ligonier Blairsville Mill Creek Mr. Wineland Harry Queer Ligonier Township Maude Wineland Richard Cunningham Frank Minchinnett Martin Dallara Grace Morton Mansfield, O Westmoreland County Martin Wineland Samuel Wineland Ligonler Township Rush Wineland Crawford County

Personal Brevities From Indiana Local News Briefs

A flurry of holiday visits and subscriptions fills Indiana scenes as Missy Edna Cunningham spends New Years with Brie friends and Robert Alker visits Harrisburg with his father. Others enrolled as Progress readers, visited relatives, or renewed subscriptions, including Jane Race who earned a bronze medal in the first All State High School orchestra concert in Harrisburg.

Missy Edna Cunningham South Eleventh Street Robert Alker Harrisburg John Alker School Street John Wasgam Near South Bend Progress J. & Coulter Margaret Patty Lou Shelocta R.D Indiana Pred Kear Mast Pike Margaret Kear Weedville G. Gailey Alliance, CO Aliee Mahan Sixth Street John L. Getty Church Street Lawrence Getty Youngstown Raymond Smith Harry Waterstreet N. R. Smith Clearfield Alvin Evang Bobbie Ebensburg W. D. Bush Washington St H. M. Travis, Jr West Mahoning Township South Sixth Street Howard Brinkerhoff Ben Avon Pittsburgh Fred Shaulls West Philadelphia HE. F. Shaulls Somerset Shaulls Jack Smith White Township Indiana Hospital Robert Fleming Mre Howard Brinkerhof Ray ‘Hosack Wayne Avenue This Woek Mra N. D. Hill Patsy Scranton Marie Hill Gerald State College Albert Hill Malin Lewis Cora Wlma Penn Run Hill Ita County Jane Race Fr. B. Race South Third Street Misa Race

Marriage Licenses in State College and nearby townships

Public record lists marriage licenses issued in State College and adjacent areas including individuals such as Edward Chabran and Marie Callahan, Gerald Pollock and Jeannetta Landstrum, Glenn DeHaven and Rayne, Bertha MacHile and Irwin Stiller, Jerome Catherine and Lawrence, and Lila Rager with Commodore. The piece also notes holiday visits by Maple Street residents the Bracken family and a 77th birthday celebration for Thacken Sr in East Wheatfield township, with Robert Bracken visiting from Armagh High School.

State College State College Dixonville Edward Chabran Marie Callahan Gerald Pollock Jeannetta, Landstrum Glenn &, DeHaven Rayne Bertha Mac Hile Irwin Oacar Stiller Jerome Catherine Lawrence B. Perrier Commodore Lila Rager Brarford Floyd Clayton Ryen Jasta Dorothy Hazel Deitman Commodore A. B. Bracken Maple Street Haat Wheatfield Township Arthur Bracken Thacken East Wheatfield Township Robert Bracken Armagh High School Bracken

Miner Killed by Rock Fall at Lucerne Mines

Funeral services were held in Lucerne for William Mann a 52 year old Negro coal miner killed Friday afternoon in a rock fall at the Rocheaster Pittsburgh Coal Company mine in Lucerne. Born in Chattanooga he had lived in Lucerne 11 years and left a widow a brother and five sisters.

Lucerne William Mann Rocheater & Pittsburgh Coal Company Chatanooga Tenn

Golden Wedding Bells Ring on New Year's Day

A Indiana couple Mr and Mrs Samuel L Barr of South Sixth Street celebrate their golden wedding today surrounded by four children grandchildren and near friends. A noon dinner for about 40 is planned at the College on Oakland Avenue with guests from town and beyond, and the couple’s long life in Green and Marion townships is noted along with their four children and several relatives.

Rebecca Davison West Washington Street Seward Davigan Johnstown Mra Frank Lydick Longmont Colo Davison Misa Rebecca Rowland Brushvalley William 8. Davison Taylorsville Indiana Louisa Stewart South Fifth Street Emma C. Miller West Washington Samuel L. Barr South Sixth St Company Oakland Avenue Barr Green Township Mary van Horn Marion Center James Cauldwell We Oe Weyanty Ofy Otearson H. C.butterbaugh Lastrobe Paul Miller Vandergrift Richard Boucher Harry Allison Clymer Eva Barr N the D

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