Marion Center Native Killed in Auto Crash
Mrs. Dora Walker Hopkins of Marion Center was killed when her husband Dr. Wallace Hopkins’s car was struck by a drunken driver near their Summitt, Ohio home. Their daughter Louise suffered head lacerations. Dr. Hopkins escaped injury. Funeral services set for Marion Center. Separately, William Donald Stover of Bellefonte died from injuries after an auto wreck near Latrobe on vacation. His wife Pearl Stover was treated for scalp lacerations. Stover had worked as a lineman for Associated Gas and Electric. Burial was held in Bellefonte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora (Walker) Hopkins
Wallace Hopkins
Summitt
Marion Center
Hopkins
Louise
William
Dora Walker
Sara Walker
Jacob Walker
John Walker
Cleveland
Raymond
Paul and
Carl Walker
Edward Vontaine
William W. Hopkins
Dr. Hopkins
Indiana Teachers College
Indiana
William Donald Stover
South Fourteenth Street
Mission Inn
Latrobe
Pearl Stover
Lloyd A. Stover
Bellefonte
Ralph
Slaters
Hilda
Eunice
Pauline
Jean
Ethel House
EB. A. Spearly
R. N. Brooks
Stover
William Casper
Frances Casper
Casper
Frank
Mra
Frank Casper
Baltimore
Latrobe Hospital
Closing Date Set For Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Program
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Chairman Charles McMillen says the state committee set July 15 as the closing date for farmers to signify intent to participate in the 1937 program. Farmers who have not yet sent in a notice should mail to the county office on the second floor of the Farmers Bank and Trust building in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Charles McMillen
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Pennsylvania
McMillen
Indiana County Agricultural Conservation Office
Farmers Bank and Trust Building
Indiana
St Clair School No 5 Reunion Slated for July 10
The first reunion of former pupils and teachers of St. Clair School No 5 in White township will be at Indian Springs Park, formerly Camp Rest, on Saturday afternoon July 10. All pupils, teachers and families urged to attend with a picnic supper at 6 00 p m. Bring filled baskets and eating equipment. Coffee provided. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers 560.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Clair
St. Clair School No. 5
White Township
Indian Springs Park
Camp Rest
Commodore Longfellow Lifesaving Pioneer and Educator
Commodore Longfellow, a pioneer life saving instructor, issued the first senior life saving certificate for the American Red Cross in 1914. Since then over half a million life savers have been trained nationwide. He led programs in Rhode Island, New York waterfronts, and 22 Army and Navy can tonments during World War I, teaching rescue and resuscitation to 120,000 service members. He later organized Boy Scouts swimming programs and life saving in Hawaii, directing 78 meetings in three weeks for soldiers and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore Longfellow
American Red Cross
Insular
Commodore
Red Cross
Rhode Island
Greatier
New York
Army
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Berrenhead
Hasland
The
Hawaiian Group of Islands
Property Transfers Highlight Indiana County Lists
The document lists numerous property transfers and sales across Indiana County townships including Mahoning Cherryhill Blairsville Plumville White West Wheatfield and East Mahoning. Buyers include individuals such as John K Heitzenrater Harvey Moose Cora Nesbit Martha Jack Alva Forsha and J M Hollobaugh with sums ranging from $1.00 to $17 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Heitzenrater
Gilbert McGregor
North Mahoning Township
Harvey Moose
Paul Gill
Cherryhill
Cora Nesbit
John H. Truby
Brushyalley
Martha T. Jack
R. Hatsie Ray
Indiana
First Ward
Alva Forsha
Pennsylvania
Railroad Co
Burrell Township
Blairsville
Frederick B. Pender
Ralph C. Forsha
J. M. Hollobaugh
Donald A. Donahue
Lota
Plumville
John C. Nibert
Indiana County Deposit Bank
White Township
Elizabeth McPherson
Donald P. McPherson
East Mahoning Township
R. W. Wohrle
Raymond F. Smith
Second Ward
Edson P. Pierce
Alma Grace Henry
Mary H. Mahon
Lucy Marie Butler
West Wheatfield
Solomon W. Weaver
Wm. &. Pierce
South Mahoning Township
E. Pierce
South Mahonging Township
Homer City Firemen Parade Yields Band Awards
Olymer Concert Band placed second, as eighteen volunteer fire companies and auxiliaries from four counties competed for cash prizes in Homer City. Thousands watched the parade, with Mount Pleasant Fire Company first for best appearing band and Clymer Concert Band second. other honors went to Hose Company No.6, Spangler, Derry, Bolivar, and more. Judges included local officials and Indiana reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Homer City Volunteer Fire Company
Cambria County
Mount Pleasant Fire Company
Clymer
Hose Company No. 6
Kittanning Fire Department
Spangler
Derry Fire Company
Bolivar Fire Company
Burgess W. L. Hutchinson
Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
Indiana
Jamesl. Jack
Indiana Fire Association
N. DeWitt Ray
Attorneys Vacation Schedule Adopted by Indiana County Bar
A meeting of the Indiana County Bar Association on Tuesday morning July 6 adopted a vacation plan. July and August 1937 offices close at 12:00 noon on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and at 3:00 p.m. on other days. Vacation runs July 7 to August 21 inclusive, not affecting hearings audits or Monday motion days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Bar Association
Marriage Licenses Listed By Greensburg And Other Towns
A compiled list of individuals receiving marriage licenses across Greensburg and nearby locales including Indiana Lucerne Mines Freeport and Rochester Mills. Names such as Frank Cantella Emily Camvay Nick Broick Anna Schulte Brewer Earl J. Piper Bessie Hengough Madeline Huet Paul Silvis Sarah Gerhard and others appear with town references like Cokeville Arcadia Blairsville and Purchase Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cantella
Greensburg
Emily Camvay
Nick Broick
Indiana
Mary Ruth Cacciatore
Noah Boyer Balentine
Anna Schulte Brewer
Cleveland
Earl J. Piper
Cokeville
Bessie M. Hengough
Frank
Victor Shukis
Freeport
Madeline Huet
Andrew B. Kish
Westmoreland
Dallas
B. Holmes
Cherryhill
Geraldine W. Ashbaugh
Mar. Cen
Firecracker Explosion Wounds Boy in Heshbon
On July 5 Lyle Miller near Heshbon was injured when he tossed a firecracker into a tin can. The blast sent the can flying back and slashed his arm, requiring five surgical clamps to close the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Miller
Heshbon
Lyle
Cartwright Couple Welcome Third Son Robert David
Mr and Mrs L B Cartwright of West Philadelphia street welcome their third son Robert David born at Indiana hospital on Wednesday. Mr Cartwright assistant manager at G G Murphy store in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Cartwright
Philadelphia
Robert David
Indiana Hospital
Cartwright
G. G. Murphy
Route 680 Back Way to Blairsville Closed by Bridge Destruction
Route 680 known as the back road to Blairsville is closed after McCormick's bridge was destroyed in preparation for a new structure. Samuel Ashbaugh, 69, of East Church Street, who suffered internal injuries in a Thursday cherry-picking fall, was reported slightly improved by Indiana hospital authorities at noon. Georgeville School reunion set for July 10 at Floyd Stear's park near Trade City. An Altoona Tribune quip notes women can take a joke via their husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Samuel Ashbaugh
East Church Street
Indiana
Altoona Tribune
Elizabeth Carolyn Hoover
Pittsburgh
Charles L. DePriest
Mt. Pleasant
Latrobe United Presbyterian Church
A. W. Wishart
Washington, Pa
Paul Montgomery
Misa Ruth Simpson
Zenas Hoover
Indiana State Teachers College
Latrobe
Greensburg
Langley
Leabla Riggs
St. Louis
Clyde Seanor
Chicago
Agnes Crossman
East Philadelphia
J. H. Brinckerhoff
Ben Avon
H. B. Fields
South Sixth Street
Frederick Tomb
Frederick, Jr
Ford City
Clarence Tomb
West Philadelphia
Thomas Smythe
Thomas
Carolyn
Mary Catherina
Washington Street
A. B. McCormick
City
Beryl K. Seanor
School Street
Town
The
Patriot
New York
Italy
France
Switzerland
Weddings of a Week Personal Breevities
A series of society notices from Indiana detail several weddings and social events. Mary Agnes Walker married Jonathan McQuilken in the Waller home with limited attendees. Elizabeth Hoover wed Dr. Charles DePriest in Latrobe. The list also notes other marriages, attendees, and ongoing local social updates including travels and visits.
Seek Revocation of V. F. W. Liquor Permit
Judge E B Creps ordered a rule on the Indiana County Post 1989 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to show cause why the Veterans Club liquor license should not be revoked. The petition, by District Attorney EB Clark, was returnable the first Monday of September with consent of Clark and counsel R J Hogan. Twenty four residents signed supporting the petition, citing disorderly conduct, especially Saturday night into Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. BE. Creps
Indiana County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Couse
Veterans’ Club
EB. M. Clark
Clark
R. J. Hogan
Counsil
Crepa
Third Ward
Veterans Club
Young Volunteers Serve in Emergency Peace Campaign
Miss Alice N Stewart of Homer City heads a Youth Section unit in Pottstown Pa as part of a nationwide effort to voice the will to stay out of war. Team mate Miss Virginia C Allen of Brooksville Fla and Miss Marion Shawn of Selowertows Mass join nearly 300 college students in a summer program sending about 50 units into rural areas to educate on peace. Volunteers serve eight weeks with all expenses paid and no pay, living a frugal, soldier like life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice N. Stewart
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
Pottstown
Stewart
Virginia C. Allen
Brookaville
Fla
Marion Shawn
Selowertows
Mass
Collision on Route 80 Injures Indiana Cow
A cow owned by P. Day Wilson of Indiana R D 5 was slightly injured Thursday when struck by Frank F. Morgan's car near Indiana Route 80. Morgan’s vehicle sustained about 100 dollars in damage. In Robinson area, William Muir of Wheatfield Township killed a 46 inch rattlesnake this week, the county’s largest so far this season. A son named John Raymond Baldridge was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Jonni Raymond Baldridge of Pittsburgh. mother Mira Betty Langham, daughter of Hon. D. N. Laigham before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repine-Bratton
John Robert Repine
Mary Gecella Bratton
Blairsville
Plalraville
Ale’bert Farina
Joseph P. Bratton
Blairuville
Edward M. Walker
Wayne Avenue
Atlantic City
John J. Gaisel
Oakland Avenue
Edford
C. G. Stern
South Seventh Street
Cleveland
Darrile. McGreight
Town
New England
Hamilton Neal
Ruth Pearce
Kent
Indiana
Ruth Sheldon
Jane
Pittsburgh
Nellie Swartz
East. Pike
Mary Thomas
R. J. Gearhart
Beavertown
George Spicher
Indiana Land
North Fifth Street
Noble Fritz
Elwood City
Barbara Prothero
Walter Wigging
Scranton
James Wiggina
Hast Church St
F. R. McNees
Ray
Carol
Ambridge
J. Wilse Earle
North Sixth Street
Anna Taylor
New York City
C. M. Johnson
Washington Street
Frank Glassford
D. B. Brickley
Warren, O
Johnston and Gearhart
Hillcrest
EB. E. Cleppes
Ruth Wells
Marian
Sharon
Mae Fleming
South, Eleventh Street
Elmer Beatty
William
Dayton
Annie Beatty
Asa Scott
Grant Street
Murray Coon
Homewood
Harry Kunkle
City
Frank Williams
West Philadelphia
Paul Gill
Cheatnut Street
Washington, D. C
Gill
Tantal Brown
Haverford
Robert M. Fisher
Chapman
Charlotte
Ethel
Wallace, Jr
Caledonia
N. Y
Martha Harris
Louise ‘McMillen
Camp Corbly
Clearfield County
Kittanning
P. Day Wilson
Prank F. Morgan
Route
Morgan
William Muir
Weet
Jonni Raymond Baldridge
Haldridge
Mira Betty Langham
D. N. Laigham
Don
John Raymond Baldridge
Crippled Children Clinic Set For Monday Morning
A crippled children's clinic will be held in the Court House starting at 9 30 a m Monday July 12. Dr RB I Coe will be in charge and consultations will be free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
RB. I. Coe
Sunnie Half Holidays Start Wednesday July 14
Summer half holidays for Indiana business places begin Wednesday July 14 with closures at noon on Wednesdays in July and August. Mr and Mrs O S Fleming of West School Street spent Monday in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
O. S. Fleming
West School Street
Pittsburgh
Death Ends Career of Indiana Jeweler Richard Wehrle
Funeral services were held for Richard White Wehrle 84 longtime Indiana jeweler and community figure. Born October 1 1862 in Indiana he trained in jewelry from youth and built a firm with brothers later leading R W Wehrle Co. He died after weeks of heart illness at the Webbe homestead on South Fifth Street. Interment followed at St Bernard Catholic church cemetery. Mrs Mary Bell and Mrs Bertha Ewing among those noted in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Richard White Wehrle
Indiana
Webbe Homestead
South Fifth Street
Blaseus Wehrle
Germany
Cornelia Tintoff
William Tinto
Brookville
Sylvester Tintoff
Blairaville
Wehrle
Pennsylvania
Bounty
Pittsburgh
July Fourth Toll Rises to Record 563 Fatalities
The two-day Independence Day holiday period saw 563 people killed nationwide, AP reports. Traffic crashes caused 310 deaths, drownings totaled 142, and 107 deaths occurred in other violent accidents, marking a historically high toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
America
Smothered by Bed Clothes Claims Young Child's Death
George Edward Shaffer aged two of Coyode died Wednesday night after entanglement in bed clothes while sleeping with his parents. Clyde Graham near Homero City swerved to avoid a stopped machine on Route 80 suffering a chin laceration and hospital treatment. car damage about 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward Shaffer
Harry Shaffer
Coyode
Clyde Graham
Homer City
Graham
Indiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Summitt, C
Marion
Wm. D. Stover
Tion
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
R. D
W. BE. Longfellow
First Aid
Olymer
Georgeville
Georgeville School
Ployd Stear’s Park
Trade City
MecQuillken-Walker
Mary Agnes Waller
W. Pearl Walker
Jonathan
McQuilken
Waller
R. M. Offutt
D.D
Theo Jordan
Rimersburg
Mr. Jordan
Tha Jordan
State Highway Department
DePriest
Hoover
Garson-Clark
Jennie Louise Clark
Williamsport
W. Huntley Garson
Charles Garson
Upland Road
John B. Irvin
Dickinson Junior College
John W. Long
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
Flrst National Bank
V. BF. W
Creps
Killer Big Rattler
Uncle Dick
Fatat
Mary (Watson) Bell
Bertha
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