Man Dies From Self-Inflicted Rifle Wound In Conemaugh Township
Leo Miller, 59, a well known Conemaugh Township resident, died at Indiana Hospital from a self-inflicted 22 caliber gunshot wound. He was found near the barn with the rifle beside him after his wife and son noted he had not come to breakfast. The death follows weeks of worry over business conditions. Funeral plans await coroner’s investigation.
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Leo Miller
Conemaugh Township
Saltsburg
Clarksburg
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Robinson
David
Miller
F. W. St. Clair
Overheated Furnace Destroys Home in Clymer
In Clymer a fire caused by an overheated furnace destroyed the dwelling of Mrs Gertrude White and its contents early Sunday. Loss estimated at 3000 with some insurance. Mrs White was visiting her daughter Mrs Perry Wilson in Wintondale. Wayne White was home alone and escaped by climbing out a window and down the porch roof. The house, once a farm dwelling predating Clymer, was badly gutted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Gertrude White
Indiana County People Represented at State Farm Show
Indiana county figures at the State Farm Show in Harrisburg this week include John W. Warner of Indiana Clayton Miller of Creekside who spoke to the State Sheep and Wool Growers Association on Tuesday evening R B Stutzman of Hast Wheatfield township who is slated to address the State Vegetable Growers meeting today and N A Steify of Marion Center who will represent Indiana county in the state horseshoe pitching contest on Thursday and Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Harrispore
John W. Warner
Indiana
Clayton Miller
Creekside
R. B. Stutzman
Hast Wheatfield Township
N. A. Steify
Marion Center
Larceny convict 60 days in county jail
Peter Lessnick of Coral pleaded guilty to automobile larceny before Judge J N Langham and was sentenced to pay costs and serve 60 days in the county jail. He admitted taking Charles A Earhart’s car from in front of the Earhart home on January 8, with the machine recovered near Graceton schoolhouse the next day. Mrs Bosale Carnahan named borough auditor succeeding her late husband Charles W Carnahan. A State Fish Commission stocking report notes Brook trout above six inches placed in Two Mic Creek and Little Yellow Creek in Indiana County. A state bathing place permit was issued to J Clair Sloan and Thomas N Robinson for Camp Rest pool. White township Tax Justice League meets January 20 at Reider Schoolhouse. R V Kerr appointed mercantile appraiser of Indiana County for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Lessnick
Coral
J. N. Langham
Lessnick
Charles A. Earhart
Tearing Run
Earhart
Graceton
Charles W. Carnahan
Bosale Carnahan
North Sixth Street
Indiana
Burough
State Fish Commission
South Branch
Twolick Creek
Little Yellow Creek
Indiana County
Harrisburg
Camp Rest
Harrigburg
J. Clair Sloan
Thomas N. Robinson
White Township
White Township Tax Justice League
Reider Schoolhouse
Reider
Indiana-Marion Canter Road
Golden Wedding Celebrated Quietly by Rankins After 50 Years
Mr and Mrs Matthew T Rankin longtime Rayne township residents mark their golden wedding with a private family reunion due to Mrs Rankins pneumonia recovery. Married January 18 1888 at the Steetle home in Kellysburg they raised four children and seven grandchildren in Marion Center and Rayne township.
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Matthew T. Rankin
Rayne Township
Rankin
Garbleton
Steetle
Ts T. Bell
Washington Presbyterian Church
Marion Center
John 8. Rankin
Near Grove Chapel
Harry T. Rankin
Linnie McLaughlin
Eva Grace Rankin
Grant
Margaret
Eva
Helen
Mabel
Harold
Wayne
Vada McLaughlin
McCrory Store Corp Files Bankruptcy Petition
The McCrory Store Corporation a 250 to 260 store chain based in Pennsylvania Ohio and Florida filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in New York City Federal Court. Irving Trust Company was named receiver with assets about 6.5 million and liabilities about 2.5 million. John G McCrory longtime Indiana investor and chairman of the board led the firm. Creditors plan to meet to discuss reorganization.
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Brushvalley
McCrory Store Corporation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
John G. McCrory
New York City
Irving Trust Company
New York
McCrory
Indiana
Landis
Philadelphia Street
J. W. Banks
Philadelphia
Seventh Streets
Brushvalley Township
Store Corporation
Ereditora
McCrory Stores Corporation
Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance names officers and directors
At the annual stockholders meeting in Indiana county and Jefferson county, directors C. M. Bell E M Thompson and A I Miller were re elected. Jefferson county directors J Curt North and L Means. Officers elected: President Ladd M Reitz Vice President B B Crawford and Secretary Treasurer Attorney W C Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Patron’s Mutual Fire Insurance Co
C. M. Bell
South Mahoning Township
E. M. Thompson
Rayne
A. I. Miller
Center Township
Indiana County
Jefferson’ County
J. Curt North
Reynoldsville
L. Means
Punxsutawney
Indiana Boy Breaks Arm Playing Baseball at Heeter Academy
John D. Stewart son of Attorney and Mrs Ernest Stewart of College avenue is a patient in a Boston hospital receiving treatment for a fractured arm suffered Friday afternoon while playing baseball in the indoor field at Philipp Exeter Academy Exeter NH He developed flu while at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Heeter Academy
John D. Stewart
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
Boston
John i Ia
Philipp's
Exeter Academy
Exeter
N.H
Mid-Year Commencement at the State Teachers College
Indiana will graduate 82 from two year and 12 from four year curricula at a mid year commencement in the college auditorium Friday at 2 16 oclock. 280 students will graduate from 12 State Teacher Colleges this week with 166 from two year and 126 from four year curricula. Addresses and ceremonies feature Dr Albert Lindsay Rowland and Dr C R Foster with diplomas conferred by Dr. Foster. The list names graduates by program and town, including Harriet Barrett and John Dougherty among others.
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Indiana
State Teachers College
Clarion
Cheyney
Recreation ‘Hall
Albert Lindsay Rowland
Shippensburg State Teachers College
Roger ‘Charnock
Christ ‘Episcopal Church
C. IR. Foster
Bach
Gibbons
Harriet Jane Barrett
Freeport
Minnie Irene Colestock
New Oxford
Lilan Ettabelle Doughty
Sewickley
Carolyn Harriet Henderson
Unionstown
Martha Audrey Logan
Portage
Gladys Margaret Millen
Plumville
Annabelle Claire Ortner
Helen Marie Ralston
Clearfield
Gladys Mollinshead Riley
Unitontown
Elizabeth Mary
Sweeting
North Hraddock
Anna Adelaide Zoldak
Greensburg
John ‘Winslow Dougherty
Punxsutawney
Wanda Helena
Dubis
Aliquippa
Rachel Inez Hamilton
Home
Emma Clara Houck
Swissvale
Leah ‘Margaret Knorr
Troutville
Percy Matthew Kneebone
North Braddock
RuthiAlma Lawton
Shelocta
Esther Margaret Lazar
Lucy Agnes McMahon
New Kensington
Marjorie Gertrude McMahon
Margaret Irene Miller
Hamilton
Viola Arabella Painter
Irwin
Mary Elizabeth Reed
Reynoldsville
Martha Jane Rufer
Bellevue
Emma Margaret Smith
Odell
William Sutton
Ernest
James ‘Alvin ‘Taylor
Alum Bank
Eleanor Rosalie ‘Winebark
Rochester Mills
William Luther Yount
Mary Elizabeth Zimmers
Jeannette
Daniel Kenneth Winebrenner
Sara Catherine Hlenberger
Punxsitawney
Arthur i Lydick Fentz
Ruth Beil ‘Wagner
Allentown
Anna Elizabeth Doyle
Pittsburgh
Mary Alice McClain
Dormont
Elaiae Mehney
Jackson ‘Center
Joseph Nicholas Durso
Uniontown
Roy Harry Friel
Gipsy
Gladys Moorhead
Penn Runy
Lewis Arm strong Wedding Planned For Feb Fourth
Miss Patty Armstrong of Washington Delaware and David Norman Lewis of Indiana will wed February 4 at 7 30 pm in Christ Episcopal Church Invitations issued by Mrs John P Elkin of this place note the couple is rooted in local and Indiana County circles The Arm strongs reside on East Chestnut Street and the Lewis family are well known here Also Indiana County Building and Loan Association names officers and directors at its annual meeting with John W Button as president and D W Simpson as treasurer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Norman Lewis
Patty Armstrong
John P. Elkin
Indiana
Christ | Episcopal Church
Lewis
East Chestnut Street
Building and Loan Association
Indiana County Building and Loan Association
John W. Button
J. KR. Richards
F. C. McClurg
D. W. Simpson
J. Anthony Graff
John W. Sutton
J. L. Orr
J. H. Luxenberg
Robert 8. Sutton
M. G. Gordon
F. C., McClure
F. A. Berner
J. R. Richards
A. H. Torrence
New Bridge Opens Over Conemaugh at Seward on Route 66
The new two way two span concrete and steel girder bridge across the Conemaugh River at Seward on Route 66 opened to vehicular traffic at noon Saturday. It replaces an old one way steel and wooden structure from the Johnstown flood era. The new bridge cost 65 512 dollars.
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Conemaugh River
Seward
Johnstown
Wreck at Alum Bank Blairsville claims engineer
A freight train from Altoona derailed after striking two large rocks at Alum Bank one mile from Blairsville at 2 29 this morning. Engineer A G Gascoyne 62 of Glenshaw was killed, Fireman Charles McGraw 61 of New Florence badly burned, Brakeman EH Snyder of Sharpsburg bruised. McGraw taken to Indiana Hospital in satisfactory condition at noon. Headlight failure and thawed rocks blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Gascoyne
Glenshaw
Charles McGraw
New Florence
EH. M. Snyder
Sharpsburg
Pennsylvania
Blairaville
McGraw
Indiana Hospital
Altoona
Red Cross Service Highlighted at Indiana County Meeting
Indiana County Red Cross has rendered great service to needy residents. The annual meeting will hear figures showing 16 000 barrels of flour sent from the National Red Cross, 21 648 finished garments, 50 000 yards of material, and 24 pound sacks valued over 64 000 dollars. Laura J. Wiggins notes the County Association now relies entirely on Red Cross for made up garments as other supplies are exhausted. The National Red Cross supports this work through dollar memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Laura J. Wiggins
Welfare Association of
Small Town Chambers of Commerce Subject of Radio Talk
Dr. Julius Klein United States Assistant Secretary of Commerce will discuss small town chambers of commerce on CBS Coast to Coast Sunday January 22 from 7:00 to 7:15 PM EST. He will argue business interests should focus on small communities and highlight local newspapers and chambers as drivers of economic recovery.
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U. S
Chambers of Commerce
Julius Klein
Klein
First United Presbyterians Mark 125th And 75th Anniversaries
Members of the First United Presbyterian church of Indiana plan ceremonies in March to mark the 125th anniversary of the local congregation and the 75th anniversary of the United Presbyterian denomination. A congregational meeting is set for Sunday February 5 after the morning service to discuss the proposed celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterians
Willn
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
United Presbyterian Denomination
Woman Sentenced to Life for Murder and Birth in Jail
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes of South Carolina, a convicted murderer whose death sentence was commuted to life, gave birth to a daughter in the State Hospital at Columbia, D C, on Tuesday. She was found guilty of shooting Hillutt Harris, a rural policeman, to death last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
South Carolina
Columbia
D.C
Hillutt Harris
Scouting Activities Review at Fourteenth County Council
At the 14th annual Indiana County Council Boy Scouts meeting in Zion Lutheran church officers and board members were chosen for the new year. H. Fleming presided as president and Hon. J. Elder Peeler received a silver beaver medal for promoting Scouting. The Ten Year Plan was outlined emphasizing enrollment at age 12 and ten years of service. The 1933 budget was forecast as brighter and activities increased, with over 130 attendees at the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Council of the
Boy Scouts
Zion Lutheran ‘Church
H. ©. Fleming
Punxautawney
J. Norman Winter
Avalon
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Harry J. Buchheit
Court of Honor
William Simpson
A.A. Simpson
H.C. Fleming
Punxsutawney
Vernon ‘. Taylor
Ohn Simpson
Clymer
S. ‘Spackman
Rossiter
H. L. Weamer
Salieburg
William ‘Gibson
John E. Davis
Dana
Dunmire
A. A.simpson
Indiana
J. Norman
Hunter
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
R.D
K. Murray
Harry Levinson
John S. Fisher
A. J. Musser
L. W.robinson, Jr
Real Estate Transfers and Local Notes From Indiana Pa
Real estate records show multiple transfers including John A. Scott to Stewart in Salisburg for 1750 dollars and Carrie E. Roley to Sara R. Kerner in Glen Campbell for 700 dollars. Cribbs parcels in Blacklick total 163 acres for sums around 52.99 and 1.00, with other small lot and acreage actions noted. Local social notes mention Pastor Mellvaine recovering from a minor operation in Pittsburgh and Mrs. Mellvaine visiting, plus a blooming 35 year old cactus with 90 flowers and Prof. Jesse Lubold hosting Indiana High School faculty for a birthday dinner.
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John A. Scott
M. Weson Stewart
Salisburg
Carrie E. Roley
Sara R. Kerner
Glen Campbell
J. F. Cribbs
B. EB. Cribba
Blacklick
E. EB. Cribbs
Lloyd Flack
Anne F. Laveen
Robert Garsiak
Young
Lewis Weiss
Armstrong
John M. Gressley
Federal and Bank of Baltimore
Green
M. J. Barton
Chas, Reichmiller
E. Mahoning
A. W. Smith
Indiana Co. B. & L. Assn
Indiana
Geo. W. Clawson
J. Ruasasall Marsh
W. Wheatfield
Wiliam Ramsden
Mary
John
Gibson
South Sixth Street
Jesse Lubold
Water Arrest
Indiana High School
Personal Brevities From Indiana Visitors and Local Calls
A list of social visits and callers in Indiana and surrounding areas. Residents such as W. G. Greighton, Grant Pearce, Miss Pearl Hall, James Householder, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clements, Miss Caha Relahell, Rev. Edwin McClintock, Miss Louise Hoek, Mrs. Sue Baker, and others are noted for weekend, weekday, and weekday activities. Also mentions hunting lodge trips, theater trips in Blairsville, hospital moves, and the drowning death of Robert McDowell in California.
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W. G. Greighton
Lock Haven
Indiana
Grant Pearce
Primyiite
Caha Relahell
Conemaugh
Joseph Heckman
Ron. Kenneth
Girty
Edwin McClintock
Shelocta
R.D
Louise Hoek
Purchase Line
Charlotte Smith
Sue Baker
Blairaville
Ellaabeth Livington
South Tenth Street
W. H. Rankin
Blaifraville
Alex Simpson
Murray McCombs
Stone Creek
Huntingdon County
William McGinley
Lewisville
G.T. Learn
Green Township
la Mesa
Calif
William Wilson
Mary Alice
Billy
Elders Ridge
Oath Hastings
Punxsutawney
Arthur Wells
Philadelphia
Punxsutawnay
Ralph Harrison
Fane
Wilkes-Barre
Harrison
A. A. Mountain
Latvna
J. W. Mountain
Pittsburgh
F. J. Wellam
Wayne Tomb
William Nicholson
Hastie Ray
Town
Clyde M. Rising
H. N. Rising
Near Town
Courtney
Getty
Detroit
Mich
E. F
Agnes St.Clair
Blairavilla
Presbyterian Church
Willam Ruddock
Samuel Rinn
Dee
R. Wilkinson
West Washington Street
Progress
Christina Abel
Lemuel Buterbaugh
Laura Jane Buterbaugh
Marion Genter
Webster Daugherty
Daugherty Drug Store
Homer City
Earl Howitt
South Seventh Atreat
Daugherty
Pennsylvania highway program nears 6100 miles of township roads
Harrisburg reports that in the 186 months ending December 1932 the state completed improvements on former township roads, totaling 6100 miles of all year surface. The project covers more than one fourth of the total mileage acquired by the state on August 15, 1991.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Blairsville Man Named Assistant Commander in 27th Legion District
John A. Fatora of Blairsville has been appointed assistant district commander of the 27th Legion District, covering Blairsville area posts including Blakeville Homer City Glen Campbell and Marion Center. The note mentions over 600 Grange meetings held weekly across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fatora
Blairsville
Twenty-Seventh Legion
John A. Fatora
Amercan Legion
27Th Legion
Blakeville
Homer City
Indiana
Glen Campbell
Clyried Cherry Free
Marion Cener
United States
Auto crash fatal to A McKelvey borough truck driver
Charles A McKelvey a 46 year old borough truck driver died after his truck collided with a Chevrolet coach driven by Mrs Edward Segner at the Fifth and Water streets intersection. McKelvey died at Indiana Hospital of a skull fracture after the 7:46 am Tuesday crash. Segner suffered minor injuries. Funeral plans set with services at the Garretson home and Saltsburg church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. McKelvey
Edward Segner
Clark Strees
McKelvey
Indiana Hospital
Fifth
Water Streets
An .T
Fifth Street
The
Christian Church
Sogner
Watersatreat
Water Street
Locust St
James Holme
Saltsburg
Stanley Harker
Edgewood
Coroner to Open Inquest into Fatal Motor Accident
The coroner's inquest into the motor accident that fatally injured Charles A. McKelvey of town at the Kirth and Water streets intersection on Tuesday morning will be held this evening. The case centers on the events leading to the crash and McKelvey's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patal
Charles A. McKelvey
Kirth
Water Streets
Indiana Chamber of Commerce Chooses Directors
At the annual dinner meeting the Indiana Chamber of Commerce selected eleven directors for the current year. The slate includes Hart B. Daugherty Irving H. Fisher Audley L. Mahon Arthur Robinson J. Clair Sloan H. C. Buchheit A. S. White Raymond Smith A. J. Stahura Ralph McCreary and Harice H. Shaffer. Frank L. Neff will join as president along with new board members Frank L. Neff A. A. Simpson J. Anthony Graff and N. DeWitt Ray. W. M. Jacoby spoke on the State Retail Sales Tax and J. R. Truesdale discussed the early situation and its impact on retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Maore
Hart B. Daugherty
Irving H. Fisher
Audley L. Mahon
Arthur Robinson
J. Clair Sloan
H. C. Buchheit
A. SS. White
Raymond Smith
A. J.stahura
Ralph McCreary
Herrice H. Shaffer
Frank L. Neff
A. A. Simpson
J. Anthony Graff
N. Dewitt Ray
W. M. Jacoby
Pittsburgh Merchants Association
J. R. Truesdale
Pittsburgh Credit Bureau, Inc
Daughter of Grove Chapel Pastor Hit by Auto
Elinor Hildebrand, six, daughter of Rey and Mrs. C. E. Hildebrand of Grove Chapel, was struck by a car Friday afternoon as she crossed the highway after alighting from a school bus. She suffered cuts and bruises with no serious injury found on examination by an Indiana physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Chapel
Elinor Hildebrand
Rey
C. E. ‘Hildebrand
Indiana
Deer killed by truck near Clarksburg
A deer about 100 pounds was instantly killed when struck by a truck near Clarksburg on Sunday. The driver, Frank Fitzpatrick of Pittsburgh, delivered the carcass to Game Warden Lewis Litainger, who handed it to the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decor
Clarksburg
Frank Fitzpatrick
Pittsburgh
Lewis Litainger
Salvation Army
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Clarkrsburg
Conemisugh Township
RA. V. Kerr
Mercantile
R. V. Kerr
North Ninth Street
Gaibleton
Jobe
State Highway Department
Paul F. Tompkins
George M. Butters
Robert L. McKee
Indiand
C. C. McLain
Wilbert
Margaret F. Prettyman Madera
James J. Coder Clymer
Bessie M. Gakes
William’ K. Askey
Nelma E McCracke
Robert D. Timmerberg
Arnold Adam
Barney
Arnold John B. Yeager
Bolivar Margaret M. Frain - Bolivar
Andrew Oleksta Starford Starford
Francis Ann Yoros
Wendell Phillips
Blairaville Warly
Brakemuan
Small Town Chambers OF Commerce
County Council
Wicers
Real Estate Pranseers
Loew
John J. Mellvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Hospital
Robert McDowell
Frank McDowell
Jane Weat
Bolivar
Salton Sea
Ligonier Valley
Wilkinsburg
Pasadana
A. McKelvey
Mana