Death Notices From Indiana County One Week
Deaths include Mrs Mary Edith Felt longtime borough teacher and wife of Attorney George J Felt who died at 2 00 am from an acute heart condition aged about 68 Born September 1 1874 in Indiana she taught in borough schools 1893 1910 and was active in civic life Burial in Oakland cemetery Funeral services at her home led by Dr Robert L Click of First Presbyterian Church Mrs Lillie Yount Johnston widow of S M Johnston matron of the Indiana State Teachers College farm in White township died after a paralytic stroke aged 66 She served as matron during Mr Johnston's tenure as superintendent Burial in Greenwood cemetery Funeral services in Johnston home conducted by Rev Samuel W Shane Burial in Greenwood cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Edith (Smith) Feit
George J. Felt
Booth Sixth Street
Felt
Samuel A
Sara (Kinter) Smith
Indiana
Indiana State Normal
Harry K. Smith
the Indiana Messenger
Joseph M. Smith
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Robert L. Clik
First Presbyteriand Church
Oakland Cemetery
Lillie (Yount) Johnston
S. M. Johnston
Indiana State
Colldge
White Township
Johnston
Henry
Susan Raleigh) Yount
Armstrong Township
Indiana County
First United Presbyterian Church of
Grace McLaugh Hu
Sara Thomas
William’ McAfoose
Big Dairy Cattle Exhibit Heads Pennsylvania Farm Show
More than 400 head of dairy cattle will be shown at the Pennsylvania Farm Show opening January 18 in Harrisburg. The open classes include 65 exhibitors from 17 counties, with 74 exhibitors from 11 counties in the 4H hub group. A total of 49 young exhibitors participate in the tour breed display. The show highlights large numbers of cattle and widespread county participation while state and local officials note the exhibit’s significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farm
Lae
Pennania
Kaburg
Pennsylvania
Warner
Protests Over Highway Office Move In Indiana County
Indiana Chamber of Commerce and local groups urge protection of the State Highway Department district offices in Indiana. Special Deputy Attorney General Gil bert Parnell warns removal would cost about 80 families and threatens local employment. the district serves Indiana, Jefferson, Armstrong and Butler counties since 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Ciitizens
State Highway Department
Highway District
Indiana
Gilbert
Parnell
Indiana, Jefferson, Armstrong
Butler Counties
Mrs Mclaughlin Recovers After Street Accident
Mrs. Charles Mclaughlin of Wayne avenue is recovering at home from injuries after being struck by the left fender of a car driven by Wendell Foust of Homer City. She sustained contusions to the right side of the head neck shoulders and chest and a probable shoulder fracture. She was treated first by Dr H B Buterbaugh and then at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mclaughlin
Wayne Avenue
Wendell Foust
Homer City
Church and
Seventh Streets
H. B. Buterbaugh
Susquehanna University Motet Choir to Sing Here
The Susquehanna University Motet Choir of 40 voices will give a concert here on January 25 featuring classical choral works. Faculty conductors and guest soloists will accompany the program, highlighting liturgical and modern sacred music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna University
Susquehanna University Motet Choir
Borough Within Budget During Past Year in Indiana
Indiana Borough council reports all borough activities stayed within budget for 1936 after regular meeting on Tuesday. State Highway Department snow clearing requires parking ban from 1 to 6 a.m on state routes in winter. Council retains Community Center administration. study authorized on parking meters and enforcement by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Wolfenden Named Member On Ten Senate Committees
State Senator Gilbert Wolfenden of Indiana and Jefferson counties was named as a member of ten Senate committees in Harrisburg this week. The assignment elevates the Western Pennsylvania Republican in his first term, with chairmanships given to Democrats in each committee. Wolfenden will serve on Aeronautics, Appropriations, Banking, Education, Insurance, Law and Order, Legislative Apportionment, Military Affairs, Municipal Government, and Welfare, alongside listed chairmen from Philadelphia, Adams, Lycoming, and other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Wolfenden
Senate
Harrisburg
Indiana
Jefferson
Wolfenden
Pennsylvania
Anthony Disilvestro
Philadelphia
John
Rice
Adams
Charles W. Sones
Lycoming
Frank W
Ruth
Herks
Walter Pytko
Law,and Order
J. Broe
Lawrence
Robert Jacobs
Cumberland
P. J. Henney
Allegheny
Thomas BH. Kilgallen
L. C. Mundy
Luzerne
Indiana County to Star at State Farm Show
Pennsylvania will stage the big Farm Show in Harrisburg January 18 to 22 with over 11 000 exhibits and 7600 cash awards. Indiana county groups will participate in dairy and rural events including Dick Fulmer of Marion Center in the State Horseshoe Pitching contest and a District 12 Sabbath School rural dramatics entry presenting Eleventh Mayor in the State Rural Dramatics contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Indiana County
Dick Fulmer
Marion Center
Indiana ‘County Sabbath School Association
Former County Pastor Rev Hphriam F Dickey Dies at 88
Rev Hphriam F Dickey aged 88 dies at his Derry home Saturday. Former Harmony Grove Lutheran pastor, Civil War veteran, G A R Post commander, state G A R chaplain. Funeral in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Derry Tuesday, interment Berlin Berlin Somerset county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hphriam F. Dickey
Derry
Harmony Grove Lutheran
G. A. R. Post
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Berlin
Somerset County
Marriage Licenses Listed for Various Residents
A list of marriage licenses shows names including Adward Sprankle and Marion Neille, Blystone Rossiter, Pete Golba, Margaret Sheets, Lucernemines, Anthony Royal Hastings, Mary Karpel, Starford Henry Bykowski, Rosilter Mary Grusky, and Mahaffey. The notice provides a snapshot of recent unions and associated individuals in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adward
Sprankle
Marion Lee Neille
M. Blystone
Rossiter
Pete Golba
Tadlang
Margaret Sheets
Lucernemines
Anthony Royal
Hastings Mary Karpel
Starford
Henry L. Bykowski
Rosilter
Mary Grusky
Mahaffey
A Good Newspaper Offer From The Progress and Gazette
A brief newspaper notice announces a subscription offer tied to The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette. The item references R D realdents a Tadh and mentions an eighty price point, signaling a local marketing prompt for readers to subscribe or renew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
R. D. Realdents
Personal Brevities From Derry to Philadelphia
Misa Laura Cole of Derry spent the weekend with a friend. Several residents and visitors were noted across Blairsville, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Alliance, Washington and other towns. Names include Mrs. Blair Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. McAbee, Miss Sarah Lowry, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Power, Rev. H. H. Hubbard, Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Hotham, Elmer A. Shields, Walter Whitmyre, James Graham, Robert E. Russell, and many others sharing holidays, subscriptions, and visits with relatives and neighbors. The item lists travelers, guests, and social calls linked to local Progress newspaper readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Laura Cole
Derry
Mias
Margaret ‘Lowman
South
Bcleventh Street
Harrisburg
Blair Shumaker
South Sixth Street
Pittsburgh
C. W. Seanor
Chicago
Agnes Crossman
D. C. McAbee
Blairaville
Indiana
Sarah Lowry
James A. Fleming
Locust Street
G. Gailey
Harold
Alliance, O
Gailey
Aliee Mahan
Town
T. S. Smyth
Kathryn
Washington Street
A. B. McCormick
O1l City
Harry Power
Wayne Avenue
Clyde Fleming
William Hagenlocher, Jr
Youngstown
Samuel Highlands
North Ninth Street
H. H. Hubbard
Lincoln
Neb
H. A. Heath
Grandview Avenue
Richard H. Hotham
Priteburgh
Elmer A. Shields
Hast Pike
Progress
Shields
Walter Whitmyre
Charles Ruffner
Stony Creek
L. I. James Graham
Grove City
Frances St. Clair
New Orleans
White
Leader
Philadelphia St
Lillie A. Kerr
Clare
Ethel
William McCausland
Frances
Fred Whitesell
South Mahoning Township
Kerr
Donald Moorhead
East Locust Street
Funeral rites held for Indiana's oldest woman Mrs Margaret Bonner
Funeral services were conducted Saturday forenoon at St Bernard Catholic Church for Mrs Margaret Bonner Indiana's oldest woman who died Thursday evening two weeks after her 103rd birthday. She fractured her hip in a January 12 1926 fall and had been bedridden at the home of Miss Matilda Oligher and Miss Anna Oligher. Born December 14 1833 in New York City she lived in White Township Brushvalley and Johnstown where she learned millinery. She later ran a millinery store and dressmaking before moving to Indiana in 1925 to live with sister Catherine Hook who died aged 89. She was a devoted St Bernard Catholic Church member and endured her afflictions with faithful fortitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Margaret Bonner
Indiana
Matilda
Anna Oligher
North Fourth Street
Joseph
Madeline (Oligher) Metz
New York City
Twolick
White Township
Johnstown
Brushvalley
Catherine Hook
Busy Year for Register's Office Records 1936
W R Calhoun closed his books showing $22,438.69 paid into the county treasury in 1936, up $1,088.42 from 1935. A total of 584 marriage licenses were issued, down 107 from 1935 due to a new three day waiting period. The law cut licenses nationwide but boosted Maryland West Virginia totals. Pennsylvania reports revenue losses. Mortgage recording rulings have increased clerical work without raising revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register and
Wm. R. Calhoun
Register Calhoun
Maryland
West Virginia
Registers Association of Pennsylvania
Registers Office
Jersey breeders buy two bulls and two heifers in county sale
Somers et county breeders Meno Yoder and Noah Kinsinger of Somerset County purchased two Jersey bulls from Howard Webzel of Marion Center and Clyde McConnaughey of Smicksburg, and two registered Jersey heifers from Clark McConnaughey. County Agent C. McDowell and John W. Warner escorted the visitors to northern breeders amid a busy dairy gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weet County
Indiana County
Menno Yoder
Noah Kinsinger
Somerset County
Howard B. Wetzel
Marion Center
Clyde McConnaughey
Smickaburg
Clark McConnaughey
Smicksburg
R. D. Somercast
C. ©. McDowell
John W. Warner
Jersey
Yoder
Weddings of a Week Wiss Leikert and Corbett Tie
Wiss Mary Helen Leikert daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry W Leikert Blacklick and Thomas Rilwood Corbett son of Mr and Mrs J B Corbett Philadelphia wed Christmas Day in Connellsville Baptist parsonage. Both graduates of Indiana State Teachers College she a former Blacklick teacher he principal of Sidney-Smedley school Philadelphia. They will reside at 427 South Avenue Media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiss Mary Helen Etkert
Henry W. Leikert
Blacklick
Thomas Rilwood Corbett
J. B. Corbett
Philadelphia
Baptist
Connellsville
J. S. Brownlee
Corbett
Sidney-Smediey School
South Avenue
Media
Marriage notices and local obituaries from Indiana County
A stream of wedding notices lists Moore Baun at Ellicott City and Nebel in Washington DC, Romeo and Scopelliti in Johnstown, DeHaven and Gearhart near Dayton, Carnahan and Ginter in Clymer, with Peterson and Stineman in Homer City, plus a report on unconfirmed assaults near Indiana. Also referenced are a Cuba hospital patient and a local attack on North Fourth street, detailing community marriages and incidents across the region.
Man Cannell Found Dead in Marsh Run Burial Today
Anthony Cannell 62 a retired coal miner of Crow's Nest Westmoreland county was found dead last Wednesday in Marsh Run south of Indiana. Mrs Cannell identified the body at Robinson Funeral Home and more than 1000 people viewed it. Authorities suspect murder and are tracing Cannell’s movements after he left home on Christmas Day for clues to the death. He leaves a widow three sons and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Anthony Cannell
Crow’s Nest
Westmoreland County
Marsh Run
Indiana
Rocear’ Sions
Cannell
Robinson Funeral
Lawrence
Carmen
William
U.S. Navy
Annapolis
Mary Naples
Mildred Gelfo
Jeannette
Youths Confess to Bold Theft at Lewisville Hearing
At a hearing before Justice Walter H. Jackson two youths from McIntyre district confessed to robbing farmer Joe Feher in Lewisville Conemaugh township on December 24. They obtained over 200 in cash from beneath Feher’s bed pillow after visiting his home under the pretense of buying pigs. George Dudash, 17, of Livermore SD, was arrested in connection and exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dait
Lewisville
Walter H. Jackson
Joe Maudie
John Zanuck
McIntyre
Joe Feher
Conemaugh Township
George Dudash
Livermore
Sd.1
Also Mentioned on This Page
Borough
8. M. Johnston
Iy Osag
Ning
Craig
Brook
Opnzens
Citizens Bank of
Barneaboro
Frances Faggione
Pine Township
T. Kanarr
J. Baine Wolf
Homer City National Bank
Giuseppe Bruno
Center Township
First National Bank of Indiana
Lisle H. Kunkle
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Helvetia Coal Mining Co
Center
Charles ‘Payson
Rayne Township
Charles Williams
Hdna May Thompson
Burrell Township
Charles C. McLain
Howard Burkett
Cherry Tree
Ralph W. Stiffler
Kenneth BE
Hartman
Green Township
Chas. C. McLain
Harry Wiley
Mamie D. Dugan
P. Sundry
Home Building and Loan Association
Blaireville
Albert Bothwell
Mary B. Martin
Griffith Hall
Mies ‘Robertson
Penn State
Robert M. Fisher
North Sixth Street
Tatnall Brown
Harverford
Brown
Mary Fisher
Fisher
First United Presbyterian Church
John §. Swab
Donald B.bateman
Los Angeles
Calif
James C. Swab
Drexal Hil
Howard Reddinger
Brockway
Martha Daugherty
Mra
Frank
Daugherty
Edward Hanscom
Misa Jlouella Daugherty
Mary Deagherty Wilren
Gettyar
Mira
Margaret Kenner
County
Register's
J. N. Langham
J. R. Maloney
Margaret Papson
Langham
St. Petersburg
Pla
Amamiber
Moore-Bann
Bertha M. Baun
Frank E. Moore
Washington, D.C
Andrew Allan
First Presbyterian Church
Ellicott City
Moore
Lucile (Baun) Shuster
Wellman Portzer Shuster
School Street
Air Corps
Bolling Field
Nebel Bowman
Michael Nebel
Washington
D. C
Eather C. Bowman
National Capital
Nebel
F. McCune
Hillsdale
Metropolitan
Rugh Reiley Glan Co
Adams St
N.W
Romeo-Scopelliti
Joseph Paul Romeo
Frank Romeo
South Eleventh Street
Mary Frances Scopelliti
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Indiana Macaroni Company
West Philadelphia Street
DeHaven-Gearhart
R. G. DeHaven
L. M. Gearhart
Dayton
Glade Run Parsonage
G. W. McIntyre
A. J. DeHaven
William Gearbert
Carnahan-Ginter
Clifford Richard Carnahan
Laura Ginter
Commodore
Clymer
Chas. H. Fulton
Lloyd Carnahan
Ibride
Bert Ginter
Peterson-Stineman
Gordon Peterson
Misa Gertrude Stineman
Samuel ‘Hill
John Peterson
C. W. Stineman
Ken Pollock
Ben Pollock
Pollock
Jonathan Learn
Cuba
This County
Cuba Hospital
Miernip
Léons
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