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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1931
Page
2
Health officials warn that the Fourth of July, while patriotic, brings a high toll from automobile crashes, drownings, burns, and fireworks injuries. Dr Theodore B Appel cites 33,000 auto deaths in 1930 and urges care, restraint, and safe celebration to prevent needless loss of life and injury.
Local column lists numerous Indiana callers from Plumville Mahaffey and North Manchester visiting nearby towns. Notes of families and individuals staying with relatives attending funerals traveling to State College and enjoying camps at Lake Chautauqua with friends in Warren and Tarentum.
The Ritz Theatre features Daddy Long Legs with Warner Baxter Janet Gaynor Una Merke and John Arledge this week. Five and Ten stars Marion Davies and many extras in a bustling production with lavish sets and costumes. Also showing Always Goodbye with Elissa Landi and Paul Cavanagh plus Winnie Lightner in Gald Dust Gertie with Olsen and Johnson and a large supporting cast.
A bulletin from the Davey Institute of Tree Surgery warns that oak trees attract lightning due to large root systems and water uptake. Beech trees are suggested as safer shelter since oaks are far more likely to be struck, and remaining outdoors in open spaces is advised during storms.
Zions Valley residents note family visits with Ed and Lizzie Kunkle hosting kin from Kensington. Emma Matson and Ina Matson visited Mrs. Anderson, while Olive and Freda George stay with their grandmother Kepples Hill. Laurence Kepple returns from Youngstown to spend summer with his mother. Local talent Betty Ellis and Mary St Clair King to broadcast on Station KQV Pittsburgh at 7 PM EST this Wednesday.
The Dr. William Hosack property on Wayne Avenue was purchased by Harry W. McConn of Chestnut Street, proprietor of the McConn restaurant. The consideration was $5,500.
Miss Bertha Gaul and Miss Martha Gaul of Chestnut street depart Monday for State College to enroll in the summer session. Bertha Gaul has taught two years at the Pennsylvania Training School high school in Morgangza. Attorneys L Murray Peeler and J Wayne Tomb of town were at Bedford Springs for the Pennsylvania State Bar Association convention with their wives and Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Campbell.
Joseph Gergonia, 25, of Seward, confessed before Squire Harry Sharp that he beat Mrs. Elizabeth Potts, 42, Wednesday night and held her head under water in the Cone Marsh river until she died. He aided officers by showing the crime scene and then retrieved the body from the river. Potts, a former Johnstown resident, resided in Seward.
Auction at Archie Nichol Farm on Clymer Road July 10 1931 at 1 20 P M. 25 head yearlings two and three year olds. Quiet halter broke and work ready drafts with large bone. No branded Colts. Cash sale with no side bidding. Kuhns owner Snyder clerk Naiph and Moore auctioneers. July 1 1931.
Notice lists numerous local banks agreeing to pay 3 percent interest on deposits starting Sept 2, 1931, compounded semi annually. Included are Manufacturers & Mechanics Bank Black Lick Blairsville National Bank Blairsville Savings & Trust Co. Blairsville Farmers & Merchants Bank Cherry Tree First National Bank Cherry Tree Peoples Bank of Commodore Commodore Dixonville Deposit Bank Dixonville West National Bank Glen Campbell Homer City National Bank Homer City Savings Bank Indiana Farmers Bank & Trust Company Indiana Indiana County Deposit Bank Indiana First National Bank Plumville Rossiter State Bank Rossiter Winters National Bank Saltsburg Swickley State Bank Smickburg Peoples Bank of West Lebanon. Executors and Administratrix notices follow for Blairsville and Indiana estates with claims and debts filing.
Ms Editil L Turney of Vandergrift is named Administratrix in a probate notice dated July 1. The document outlines appointment and the executor’s duties for settling the estate.
The Auditor appointed to settle and report distribution of money in the hands of Margaret Nagle as Administratrix of the estate of Doha Nagile, deceased, will attend to duties at his office in Cunningham Building Indiana borough on Monday July 27, 1031 at 10:00 AM. Interested persons may attend.
Attorneys for the estate of W R Loughry announce auditor will attend in Indiana Pa on Wednesday July 29 1961 at 10:00 A M to settle account and report distribution of funds from Savings and Trust Co estate. Also notice of Armerford Margaret Coal Company receivership hearing July 6 1961 at 10:00 A M in Indiana Pa to distribute remaining $700.80 to interested parties per final account. J E Spewart surviving receiver.
Multiple public notices outline auditors' duties to settle estates of Mary H. Loughry and August Mrabassi with hearings set in Indiana Pennsylvania. Also listed are Cherryhill Township bids for fuel supply janitorial and transport services for Penn Run school, with meeting July 6th and bids due by 1:30 PM.
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