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Newspaper

Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1931

Page

4

Golf Game Opened Jane's Eyes

Jane Clyborne attends a country club outing as she discovers her boyfriend Jimmy Clyborne in a canoe with a blond companion named Bernice. Feigning calm, she navigates the golf round while jealousy simmers and a musical comedy evening unfolds. Bill, an old suitor, frames the social tension as Jane plots to confront Jimmy amid a dramatic, nonverbal revelation.

Ane Byrd Jane Jimmy Bernice Jimmy Clyborne Kenwood Bil Bill Billy Charlie

Dairy Meetings in Indiana County July 2 and 3

Dairymen are urged to attend two meetings this week on selecting herd sires and heredity’s role in milk production. R R Welch of Penn State will speak and demonstrate with a herefi scope, at Marion Center Griffith Hall July 2 and Elders Ridge School House July 3 at 8 p.m. Also poultry culling demonstrations with H H Kauffman July 10, 4-H club camp notes, potato beetle control tips, and upcoming multiple hitch demonstrations near end of July.

Indiana County R. R. Welch Pennsylvania State College Marion Center Griffith Hall Elders Ridge Welch H. H. Kauffman Indiiana County Indiana County Adult Poultry Record Club Foster Park Pennsylvania Camp Wesco Ligonier J. F. Keim Clair Dunlap Sutton Smith Willam and James Washington G. A. Burge Cockport Penn Run Cambria County Charles M. Schwab Loretto H. C. McWilliams R. E. Carter Indiana Schwab Mr. Fields Mr. Schwab

County Wool Pool Sets Record In Indiana County

The Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association handled 44 303 pounds of wool from over 1100 sheep in the annual pool held Monday and Tuesday last week. Harold McCulloch graded the wool with 38853 pounds medium at 16 26 cents, 1721 pounds fine Delaine at 20 15 cents, and 1832 pounds rejected at 12 15 cents. The pool marked the largest in association history amid a dry season and good quality wool overall.

Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association Harold McCulloch New Castle Lawrence County Delaine Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association

Pennsylvania farms gain electricity from lines and plants

The Pennsylvania bureau reports the number of farms with electricity has doubled since 1924 from 23 355 to 31 950 by 1927, and estimates rise to 32 460 in 1929 41 220 in 1930 and 46 250 by January 1 1931. A county tabulation accompanies the report detailing farms receiving power from either private plants or central stations.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania Bureau of Statistics Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Death Notices and Rites Near Marion Center

Several obituaries mark deaths across the region. Dessie Hines aged 59, longtime Christian Missionary Alliance member, died after a lingering illness, with funeral and interment in Marion Center. Alice McHenry, 17, widow of Milton McHenry, formerly of Rayne and Trade City, buried at Grove Chapel Lutheran church after services in Clos. Robert R. Rolley, 57, of Altoona, died after complications from surgery. services at Clymer kin and interment Oakland cemetery. William McKee Avey, 46, died suddenly near Marion Center. funeral at Marion Center M E church with burial in Marion Center cemetery. Samuel P. McDonald, Brushvalley native, died in Peabody Kansas. remembered among Kansas and local relatives. Robert Henry Bates, 81, Advance area farmer, died. burial in Hider?ton cemetery. Mrs. Ellen E. Hill, 77, Strongstown resident, funeral at home and burial in Strongstown cemetery. Mrs. Floyd Pearce, of near Rochester Mills, died at Indiana hospital. funeral and Pine Grove cemetery interment.

Yessie Hines Marion Center Dessie Hines Hara Vanderhoff North Fifth Street Sebastian Sickensberger Cherryhill Township Indiana Diamondville Christian Missionary Alliance Church William McTavish Mis Esta Vanderhoff Town Mary Fleming Lawrence Hines Detroit, Mich Harry Hines Springdale Agnes Gillespie Verona J. A. Hines Zenas Hines Pine Flats Alice McHenry Grove Chapel Lutheran Church Rayne Township C. M. McHenry Clos Alice Peterman Milton McHenry Trade City A. L. McHenry Cloe Hildebrand Stevenson Close Robert RK. Rolley Robert ‘R. Rolley Altoona Clymer Altoona Hospital Elizabeth Rolley Yellow Lantern Tea Room Rolley Anderson Robert L. Clark Presbyterian Church Oakland Cemetery Charles R. Bell Philadelphia Mary Jane Wellsville William McKee Avey M. E Livermore Misa Sarah Wetzel John Ralph BH. R. Pierce M. E. Church Samuel McDonald Samuel P. McDonald Brushvalley Township Peabody Kans Samuel Mary McDonald Kansas Willam Wilson Church Street M. M. Davis South Seventh Street John G. St. Clair School Street Robert Henry Bates Hiderton Advance Joseph and Mary (Beatty) Bates Ella Johnston Annie McCreight Ellen E. Hill Strongstown Dilen Hill Flora B. Davis Johnstown Pater Hill Floyd Pearce Pine Grove Lloyd Pearce Rochester Mills Indiana Hospital

Funeral Splendor in China Aims at Dignified Death

The article notes that Chinese funerals emphasize prestige regardless of wealth, with families spending heavily to honor the deceased. It describes state burial aid of up to $10,000 for meritorious cases, necromancers, white mourning, and processions led by paid mourners and musicians as funeral scale varies with wealth.

Tor Nanking China

Let Young Authors Struggle for True Literary Value

Writer urges that young writers must endure struggle to prove worth and warns against prizes such as a $13 000 first novel. He argues publishers dangle awards, yet the pure literature should rise without payoffs, noting Milton’s modest $10 Paradise Lost and modern authors living comfortably from their work.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Plymouth Rock Reunited After Historic Split

The Pilgrim Society reports the famous Plymouth Rock was partially moved in 1774 to Town Square as a shrine of liberty, with one fragment kept at Pilgrim Hall yard until 1884, later relocated to the rock’s original shore position, now enclosed by a granite canopy and set in a peristyle by the Society of Colonial Dames.

Plymouth Rock The Pilgrim Society Plymouth Town Square Pilgrim Hall Society of Colonial Dames

Smoking During Sermon Triggers Clergy Reflection

A Manchester Guardian columnist notes that audiences once smoked in church services, pipe racks and spittoons common, with Welsh practice in 1850 allowing men to light up during sermons, recalling a notable character in The Heart of Midlothian who smoked through entire sermons.

Bishop of Ely Manchester England Wales the Heart of

Dead Reckoning Origin in Sea Terms

Pathfinder Magazine cites Grand Pierre in A Systematic Dictionary of Sea Terms describing dead reckoning as estimating a vessel's position without direct observations. It notes the term’s evolution from logbooks with abbreviated latitude entries, where "ded" became corrupted to "dead."

Grand Pierre Pathfinder Magazine

Origin of Christmas Tree Ties Norse Roots to Gift Tradition

The Scandinavians worshiped a Tree of Life called Ydrasil in pre Christian days. Christian England adopted the Tree of Life as a symbol of the Blessed Savior and a central gift givers during Christmas. It was displayed in rood screens minstrel galleries and church chancels.

North Europe England

Plum Creek Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel

Plum Creek residents recount visits and moves with family and friends across Vandergrift Indiana Kittanning Green Oak Elderton and nearby areas. Highlights include Mrs Fleming Bleakney Wood and McFarland gatherings Mrs Bleakney in law Burr Black care Miss Bleakney and Frailey relatives various church services and a haymaking period as farmers finish up.

Dodge Vandergrift Paul McFarland McParland Indiana C. H. Fleming W. C. Bleakney Garfield Wood Ralph Ramer Glenamae Thomas Arthur Frailey Blaine Miller Robert Bates Ethel Bleakney Burr Black Presbyterian Elderton Clawson Maria Kimmel Jess Altman

Sabbath School and Sermon Times at Ourrys Run

Sabbath school is set for Sunday at 10 o clock with preaching at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 30. Several local families and visitors from Avonmore Vandergrift Tarentum and Indiana attended or visited relatives this past week including Mr and Mrs Akey Delbert Alers and the Leech Bible class from Indiana.

Akey Delbert Alers Avonmore Walter Rising Carson Dale Shaner McCurdy Leech Bible Days Presbyterian Church of Indiana Robert Wiggins Vandergrift W. R. Thomas Wm. Fleming Frank Fleming Frank Walker Tarentum J. C. Walker J. D. McCann Carolyn McPerey

Baseball team sinks in slump after a dozen straight losses

A struggling baseball club endures a harsh streak of twelve consecutive defeats. Management signals no connection to tariff policy as the skid continues, focusing on lineup adjustments and pitching depth to halt the slide.

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