Fatal Auto Crash Near Hone Claims Hutchison Life
Taylor Hutchison prominent Kittanning resident dies at Indians hospital after Sunday head on collision between his car and a speeding Ford sedan driven by Frank Smith of Detroit. Hutchison suffered a compound collarbone fracture multiple ribs head wound and internal injuries. Mrs Hutchison escaped with bruises as Hutchison sought to avoid the crash during the Indiana Greensburg drive. He led Kittanning Kiwanis and local church activities and died Tuesday in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Hutchison
Kittanning
Hutchison
Lids
Fireman Parade Lights Homer City Week Event
A fiery Pageant of drums and fire equipment from more than a dozen towns paraded through Homer City as part of Firemen's Week last night. Indiana Bolivar Blairsville New Florence Seward and Clymer were among the participants in a parade reportedly a mile and a half long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Indiana
Bolivar
Blairsville
New
Florence
Seward
Lucerne Mines
Clymer
New Weighmaster and Janitor Appointed at Municipal Building
James Crissman was named weighmaster and janitor at the Municipal building to replace the late Edward Dichteberger. Salary stays at $90 monthly. Twelve applicants vied for the post. Borough plans approval for a gas station on the south side of Philadelphia street near Firth street, by B. Williams who bought the old Henry Moore property. Fence for the Municipal lot on West Church street discussed and sent to property committee. Paving on Gompers Avenue and roads near the new high school discussed using used brick stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Street
James Crissman
Edward Dichteberger
Henry Moore
Firth Street
B. BR. Williams
Williams
West Church Street
Gompers Avenue
Ninth Street
Pennsylvania
Hood Buys Indiana Democrat in County News Change
Gus B. Hood, town resident, buys The Indiana Democrat from the Sansom family heirs. He will move the plant to the Odd Fellows building on Gompers Ave and relocate Inter type operations from the Pealer building to the Gompera Ave site. The Democrat will be published weekly each Wednesday under Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sansom
Indiana Democrat
Gus BE. Hood
Town
Franklin Samson
Democrat
Odd Fellows
Gompers Ave
Mr. Hood
Intertype
Pealer
Philadelphia Street
Gompera Ave
Pis New
Torrance Lad Killed by Live Electric Wire
Nine year old Bar] Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Thomas of Torrance, was killed Tuesday afternoon when he touched two 110 volt wires while playing near his home. He fell on a fence and was in contact with live wires for about 80 minutes before life was extinct. His companion Jack Kirkland watched from the garage roof as the tragedy occurred. Neighbors and friends tried to revive him for two hours after discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Lyle Thomas
Torrance
Stewart Long
Jack Kirkland
Closing Case of Civil Court 9 To The Jury Today
The closing of Civil Court 9 is set as the last June case heard by Judge D. Cope in Greensburg. The June docket includes a Sun Insurance fire claim by an asaumpant of John Dixon of Clymer, with juries for Latshaw versus Thomas and Shedlock family auto injuries, plus a large verdict in Laney v Columbia Natural Gas. Other cases include settlements in Nelson v Hollis and Nakles v National Union Fire Insurance, with several assumpsit and trespass actions proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Cope
Jane
Greensburg
Latshaw
H.W. Thomas
Winifred Hugus
Mary Joan Shedlock
Peter Perse
Emery
Katherine Shedlock
Shedlock
J. F. Laney
Hmma A. Laney
Columbia Natural Gas Co
Bilin C. Nelson
Silas N. Hollis
George A. ‘Nakles
National ‘Union Fire Insurance Co
Keystone State Products Corporation
D. W. Simpson
Assumpsit
S. H. McFarland
C. K. Horner
LaMantia
Parnell, Cowher & Co
August Tirabassi
Rosina Tirabassi
Jacob Gorldon
Peoples Bank of
Commodore
Peter Borys
Walter Kanis
Indiana Man Hurt in Auto Trolley Crash
C. H. Whiteneck of Indiana, about 60, injured Tuesday night when a street car struck his vehicle at the Two Lick crossing in dense fog. Whiteneck and Cochran from Homer City were in the car. Cochran uninjured. Whiteneck hospitalized in Indiana for treatment with hope of discharge tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Whiteneck
Indiana
Lick
O. B
Whiteneck
West Philadelphia
Indiana Hospital
Cochran
Homer City
Indiana Streets Railways Co
Twolick
Indiana County Population Drops From 1920 Total
Supervisor I R Brown reports Indiana County has 75 381 people and 3 047 farms in the Fifteenth Census preliminary count as of April 1 1930, down from 80 910 in 1920 with a loss of 5 529 over the decade. The numbers are preliminary and subject to correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. R. Brown
Indiana County
Car Crash Injures Ontario Family Near Marchand
Mr and Mrs Roy Irvin and daughter Gladys of Ontario Canada are recovering after a Sunday morning crash when their car left the highway near Marchand and struck a tree. They were on their way to visit friends at Echo Pa and were taken to Punxautawney hospital.
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Teage
Roy-Irvin
Gladys
Ontario
Canada
Marchand
Punxeytawney
Tevin
Irvin
Echo, Pa
Punxautawney Hospital
Indiana Boys Enter Citizens Camp at Ft Washington
Indiana youth and families travel from Friday to Monday to Atlantic City then to Washington D C for Citizens Training Camp opening at Port Washington Wed. Other Indiana boys listed to enroll include Wilson St Clair Donald Pollock James Buchh t Joseph Sheehe and others. Camp Rest-a-While invites public for July Fourth while a Robert Henry descendants reunion is set near Weat Lebanon. County licenses total 1796 fishing and 7201 dog licenses issued at noon today.
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Indiana
Citizens
Ft. Washington
William A. Stimpson
John
Thomas
Atlantic City
Washington, D.C
Port Washington
Wilson St. Clair
Donald Pollock
James Buchh@t
Joseph Sheehe
Fred Gershman
Ames O'Hara
Omar O’hara
Smith Spicher
Valjean Boucher
Alex Zacur
Elmer W. Allison
Fourth of July at Ritz and Indiana Theatres
The Ritz offers The Cuckoos with Wheeler and Woolsey plus The Duck-ooos on July Fourth with matinee 2 pm and 7 pm and 9 pm shows. Indiana Theatre features Mambo first all talking jungle picture in technicolor with two evening pieces and a Saturday matinee at regular prices.
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Jobyna Howland
Lx Foot Comedienne
June Clyde
Hugh Trevor
Paul Sloane
Radio Pictures
Dorothy Lee
Marguerita Padult
Wheeler
Woolsey
Ritz
The
Indiana Theatre
Fate has been cruel to prominent Cramer couple
Mr and Mrs W Harvey Findley long time Cramer residents suffered tragedy after their 70 year old wife fractured her left hip while visiting her son in Blairsville. She is in Memorial hospital Johnstown. Weeks earlier their son Joseph Findley died near Cleveland. Three days after the funeral their farmhouse burned to destruction on their return home.
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W. Harvey Findley
Cramer
Frank Brantlinger
Blairsville
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Joseph Find
Real Estate Transfers and Erie Scout Homecoming
Transfers record multiple real estate deeds for properties in Smicksburg Grushvalley E Mahoning Creekside Marion Center Cherryhill and other locales with prices from 50 to 700. A county scout party accompanies 13 Boy Scouts to welcome Paul Siple at Erie Homecoming celebrating the Pole expedition partner of Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. BE. Ritchie
James C. Robinson
Smicksburg
Herbert Brink
C. E. Hileman
Grushvalley
Edmund Widdowsor
Walter C. Fish
White
George E.simpson
Myrtle Beezer
E. Mahoning
Sophia C. Simpson
Myrtle Berner
Eb, Mahoning
Della Gibson"Yeagey
John Lacley
Creekside
Clymer
Paul Siple
Erie
R. W. Wehrle
Ralph Harrison
Dewitt Ray
Indiana
Stanley Allen
Brushvalley
Siple
Byrd
South Pole
Andy Kline
Roass
Deaths in Indiana Community Highlight Local Notables
Recent obituaries honor Miss Mary B N Loughry a longtime Indiana resident active in business and civic groups including the Daughters of the American Revolution. Funeral was held at the Blessing home with Rev Dr Robert L Clark officiating and interment at Oakland cemetery. Other notices report Mrs Eilen Bothell and Miss Jennie Johnston funeral services in Plumcreek United Presbyterian Church and Bell Funeral Home respectively, noting family ties and local residence.
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Mary BN. Loughry
Mary
Loughry
Indiana
A. F. Blessing
North Eighth Street
Blessing
North Sixth Street
William
Margaret Lucas Loughry
Salinburg
Indiana Normal School
Plumcreek United Presbyterian Church
Willet
Church
Sien Bothill
Washington
Thomas Bothell
Matthew
Rebecca Long
Clarence M. Bothell
Wilbur L. Bothell
Sarah B. Fairman
Creekside
Jennie Johnston
H.C. Prugh
Homer City
Bell Funeral
Wayne Avenue
Town
Centar Township
Johnston
William Johnston
Brushvalley Woman Wins Royal Chrysler In Coffee Contest
Miss Misa Stella Snyder of Brushvalley township won a Royal Chrysler sedan for the best coffee making recipe in a Dilworth Company contest. The event in Indiana County awarded prizes to several winners and highlighted local merchants and displays. A high school graduate from Montgomery Township also earned a Pennsylvania state scholarship credit, while a birth in the Wilson home marked a separate note in the edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dilworth Co
Misa Stella Snyder
Brushvalley
Dilworth Company
Pittsburgh
Golden Urn
Blue Circle
Miss Snyder
M. O. Smith
Dilworth’ Company
Indiana
Cambria
John S. Brilhart
Homer City
A. J. Stahura
Montgomery
Joy King
Montgomery Township
Arcadia
John A. H. Keith
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pennsylvania
Allisons to Honor Oldest Resident in Indiana Reunion
The Allison family plans a reunion at the Indiana fair grounds on Wednesday July 9 to honor Robert Alexander Allison Indiana's oldest resident who will be 100 that day. Born near Cherry Run dam Center township he later moved to Plumville and then Indiana, attends Presbyterian services and remains mentally sharp though hearing and eyesight decline. The event aims to be the largest family gathering with many relatives planning to attend and brings a basket to share as coffee is provided.
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Allison
Indiana Fair Grounds
Robert Alexander Allison
Indiana
Milton Allison
East Church Street
Tidke
Presbyterian Church
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Center Township
Cherry Run
Plumville
Mt Pleasant Firm Wins Local Drainage Contract
J W Shields Construction Co of Mt Pleasant was awarded a seven mile drainage and grading contract in Armstrong and Young townships. The bid of 62 455 76 was the lowest among 16 bids, about 30 639 54 below the highest bid. Work on the road from the Anderson farm west of Indiana to Route 67 near West Lebanon will be surfaced with slag after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
Wilson Construction Co
Johnstown
Young and
Armstrong
J. W. Shields Construction Co
Mt. Pleasant
Armstrong and Young Townships
County Commissioners Office
Anderson Farm
Indiana
Tenjamin Franklin
Parkwood
West
Lebanon
Robert Kinter
S. L. Calhoun
G.R. Hamilton
Armstrong Township
A. W. Reed
D. W. Amond
Iw. B. Crawford
Young Township
Lincoln Construction Company
Youngstown
W. B. H. Willamon
Patton
Liberty Construction Co
Ohi
McCrady Bros. Construction Co
Braddock
Smith and Russell
Paris
Commissioner Henderson Attends Buena Vista Bridge Hearing
County Commissioner J I Henderson was in Harrisburg Tuesday for a Public Service Commission hearing on reconstructing the Buena Vista bridge. The iron span built in 1889 cost 4397650 and measured 144 feet by 14 feet by 22 feet. A 1928 crash by Paul Stewart caused extensive repairs costing 2804.91, over half the original price, and fatally injured Stewart. Proposed new reinforced concrete work is estimated at 85000.
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Henderson
Buena Vista Bridge
J. I. Henderson
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
Buena Vista
Paul Stewart
Oakdale
Stewart
Paris Wedding of Alfred Barr Jr and Marg Fitzmaurice
Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr son of Dr and Mrs A A Barr of Chicago married Marg aret Fitzmaurice daughter of Mrs Mary Fitzmaurice of Rome in Paris May 27. Barr a Rome student will reside there and is known in Indiana where his mother Annie Wilson, daughter of the late Wi Wilson, was born. Patsy Fafone was fined 100 dollars for liquor law violation in a case prosecuted by Judge Ni Lapeham on Monday.
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Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr
Alfred. A. Barr
Chicago
Marggaret Fitzmaurice
Mary Fitzmaurice
Rome
Paris
Barr
Indiana
Annie Wilson
Wilson
Patsy Fafone
Todge Ni Lapeham
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Hone
E. ‘Taylor Hutchison
White Township
Victor Receski
Patron’s Mutual Co
N. Langham
J. N. Langham
Pacific Coast
M. E
Wilton Construction Co
Thig Place
Eugene Heyman
5. M. Heyman
South Seventh, Street
Joe
County Bar Association
Indiana County Ban Association
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Cumberland
George Vincent Byron
Everett
Mabel Evelyn Stiffler
Jas
Chissman
B. Hood
Torrance Lad
Europe
Jennie Ruffner
W. A. Apgar
Jon
Lewistown
Eaat
Ruffner
A. H. Williams
Apgar
Helen Ruffner
New York
New Amsterdam
Mary’ McCormick
Pinchot
Brown
Gifford Pinchot
Francia Shunk Brown
Philadelphia
Jbure
Bureau of Elections
Harrisurg
Bert Collins
Hime Street
Frank McGregor
Locust Street
Elizabeth Barclay
Harry W. Stonebraker
Department of Commerce
Paul G. Templeton
Elderton
Violet A. Weaver
Atwood
John F. Hinchman
Saliaburg
Margaret
W. Morton Brenister
William N. Ray
Clymer, R.D
AdriaHne Keith
Uniontown
William H. Myera
Ferne
A. Wingard
Biderton Charnes R. Seabalt Mahaffey
Roseman Hurd
Lajose Paul L. Bellas
Waterman
Mary P. Redo
William A. Mikesell
Ethel V. Rugb
Gabriel J, Hubner
Vintendal Rose V
Larish
Vintondale
James D. Park
Marstellar
Julia
B. Carson —A
Robert Henry
R. N. Patterson
Weat
Ida Mardis
Harry
R.D
D. H. Bush
William Lambing
Ernest Post
Curwenaville
Martha St. Clair
Thomas St. Clair
Latrobe
W. L
Julia Pounds
John B. Wilson
Avonmore
R. D
H. S. Jamison
Fair Grounds
L. T. Ashbough
Louise
Robert
Sharon
Wiigon Ebey
Cleveland
Thursay
George Ream
Helen
Martha
Martha Menth
Penn Run
Gary
Ind
Harold Simpson
State Department of Banking
George B. Simpson
W. H. Frank
West Water Street
Clara M. Hazlett
Eyestone
Mr. Stephens
Bloomington
Ill
George Gamer
Clairton
Camer
Walker Smith
Eugene Wilson
Harry Koozer
Clair Borland
Port Perry
Arthur Sylvester
Mitchell
Indiana State University
Bertha Gaul
Pennsylvania Training School
Morganza
Martha Salegiver
Chestnut Street
Albert Smith
Lockard Smith
Baliaburg
New England States
W. F. Weitzel
N. Sixth Street
T. P. Brickell
W. Water Street
Richard Lehmer
John Y. Scott
John A. Scott
North Seventh Street
Albert Simpson
William and
Raymond
el Dorado
Kans
Simpson
William Hall and Son
Charleston
W. Va
Pauline Graig
Pauline Carney
North Ninth Street
E. M. Love
Song
Altoona
Frank Stavey
Meadville
Chambersville
John G. Whitmore
Ridgway
Superior Court
John S. Fisher
William G. Weir
George
Edward
Clarisba
Verona
Weir
Elizabeth Gordon
Saltsbury
George Zacur
Indiana Candy Kitchen
Alex
Bernadine Livingston
Mretsbel Tvengston
Sou ‘Enth Stree
New York City
Columbia University
New Jersey
Armstrong County
Holiness
Armstrong Grove
C. H. Babcock
Los Angeles
Cal
Floyd Nease
Eastern Nazerene College
Mags
Mackey
Miss Cordell
China
Chrysler Automobile
Wilson Home
Wendell Wilson
Grace Carroll
Robert A. Allison
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