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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1934
Page
2
The notice appears to be a historical newspaper masthead fragment listing the paper’s editors and publication details. It references Indiana postal handling on October 25, 1900 and a July 11, 1084 date line with names Albert Moorhead Ralph Moormead as editors and proprietors, indicating a long running local publication with outside Indiana residency rates.
The Children's Health Camp, run by the Indiana County Tuberculosis Society, begins Monday at the Penn-Mary Hospital in Heilwood for a month of activities for children. Camp director is Harold Williams with Mrs. R. E. Forrester and Mrs. George Lindsay handling local coordination. Donations of canned fruits vegetables jellies and potatoes are urged, with district chairmen listed across many towns to collect provisions.
Harrisburg July 10. Government statistics show Pennsylvania's licensed drivers include about 246 500 women, or 18 percent of all operators, yet they figure in only 6 percent of accidents and 8 percent of non fatal injuries in the first five months. Only 66 of 3 528 license withdrawals this year were women, with intoxication and reckless driving each behind about half the withdrawals.
Pine Flats residents Mra Goas Lutman and children stay at B H Williams home. Lowman of Derry visited his sister Mra George Huston and family. Ralph Cribba with kin called on Eugene Tate. Ladies Missionary Society of Pine Flats Baptist met at Mrs A H Williamson home to do whitewash work Thursday. Navy man Lyle Tate on furlough returned to Norfolk awaiting orders. Miss Margaret Gideon with Mrs W Clark and Mrs Glenn Elzia of Aderton visited Indiana guests Monday. Mrs Raymond Moorhead and governor Ramona of Bouts Seventh Street are home from Newark extended stay.
A benefit health camp fundraiser is set for Friday morning at 10:00 in the Ritz Theatre with short seroent comedies and feature attractions. Program includes The Three Little Pigs Mickay Mouse Silly Symphony and Our Gang as well as Operator 17 with a southern plot featuring Marlo Davies Gary Cooper and The Four Mills Brothers. Additional titles Call It Luck The Key Little Miss Marker and a dramatic Irish rebellion tale headline the Ritz lineup with star appearances and supporting casts. Proceeds go to the Children’s Health Camp.
Thursday July 12 features Thirty Day Princess with Sylvia Sidney and Gary Grant. Friday 10:00 health camp benefit runs nearly two hours of comedies and cartoons. July 13 and 14 show Operator Thirteen with Marion Davies and Gary Cooper.
Local notices describe Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Diven of Mt. Lebanon visiting their son J. L. Diven. Dozens of area families from Livermore, Indiana, New Kensington, Blairsville, Clarksburg and nearby towns attend reunions, visits, and Sabbath activities. The column lists multiple households, travelers, and social gatherings with dates and places, noting a dancing and singing gathering and a note on meringue preparation.
Local families exchange visits from Sharpaville to Jeannette and Allentown. Notables include Andrew Robinson visiting son Charles A. Robinson, Ruth Orpha and Thelma Brendlinger at Niagara Falls weekend trips, and Mr. and Mrs. John Miller settling into new home near the United Evangelical church. Revival services begin at United Evangelical church for the week.
Parkwood held a Fourth of July celebration with a community gathering and a double herder ball game against Sheloct. Attendees enjoyed refreshments on the ground despite heat, while the girls and boys teams showed strong play. The day included family reunions, visitors from nearby towns, and a large local gathering for meals, games, and a post noon return home.
The Meade Douglass family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and after the death of their mother Mrs Drucilla Douglass. Gratitude for floral tributes and for use of automobiles is also extended from brothers and sisters.
Annie Wells expresses gratitude to dear friends and neighbors for word and deed shown at the time of her brother John C. Keener's death. She also thanks Mr and Mrs Plum Clark of Elderton for their kindness.
Auditors appointed by the Orphans Court of Indiana county announce hearings on August 8 1934 at Blairsville offices for Blairsville Savings and Trust Co estate of Andrew Duncan Blairswille and Blairsville paper. August 28 1954 at 10 00 AM at No 4 Philadelphia Street for Irwin C Bayes estate. notices invite all interested persons to appear and present claims.
Public notice of Articles of Incorporation to be filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Shelocta Oil and Gas Camping a business corporation to search prospect drill bore and mine for natural gas petroleum and by products to handle store transport and dispose of them and to buy sell and lease lands and equipment for these purposes with solicitor Willie Indiana Pa acting for the party.
James W. Mack Jr auditor announces he will attend to duties of appointment as executor of Catherine Long estate at his office Room 7 Indiana Theatre Building Indiana Pa on July 25 1884 at 10 00 AM. Interested persons may attend as proper.
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