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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
5
Indiana Merchants Association members announce a Saturday Economy Day Sales event with bargains across all lines. One hundred dollars in gold will be distributed among 18 thrifty shoppers at 10 pm Monday at the Ritz Theatre, chosen from coupons with 60 cent purchases.
Mia, Sarah R. Christy and Miss Agnes St. Clair, Indiana, appear on the second annual regional conference program of the southwestern Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Ridgeview Park. Christy will speak on the Geneva Conference Thursday afternoon. St. Clair, Indiana County Union president, will appeal for members the same afternoon.
Nick Kausick a 44 year old well known miner of McIntyre died at noon Tuesday after a rock fall in the local mines. Funeral services will be held at Jurk Turk's McIntyre home Friday at 3:00 pm with burial in St Bernard's Cemetery McIntyre.
W T Warfel reports 1 800 pheasant hens at Jordan game farm near New Castle laid 61 000 eggs this season three times report notes. The flock produced over 30 000 hatched pheasants to be released across state forests. Latrobe woman T E B Shouatte wins Frigidaire at Homer City Firemen's Fair. Penn Bus Co gains authority to run local service Indiana to Blairsville, linking with Pittsburgh route.
Blacklick township is among nine districts granted advance state appropriations on July 10 in Harrisburg, receiving 1,010 dollars. Dr and Mrs R Foster of the State Teachers College enjoy a six week cruise to the far north with stops in Norway Iceland and other northern points. A total of 4,288,000 trees have been planted in Pennsylvania state forests since 1900. The new president of the WCTU promises Carrier Nation type leadership and hatchet makers welcome the news.
The East Union Presbyterian church at Taylorsville will host a Home Coming and Picnic on Thursday July 20 with morning gathering at ten, noon picnic dinner, games for all ages, an evening worship at eight led by a visiting minister, and Summer Communion the following Sunday July 23. The event marks the church’s centennial, with Rev. David R. Thompson as pastor since March 1932 and current Elders listed.
A missionary rally will be held Thursday afternoon July 13 at two o clock at the Ackerson summer camp near Clymer. The event unites women from Clymer Glen Campbell and Hast Union churches with speakers Mrs. E. C. Good Mrs. C. W. Cochran and Miss Irene Owens from the Kittanning Presbyterial Society. Guests will share messages and a picnic follows with dessert and coffee. Cars will be provided. gather at the Clymer Presbyterian church at 1:45.
Mrs. Matilda Woolweaver of Indiana celebrated her 78th birthday with an eight minute airplane ride above the town. Her son Harry Woolweaver joined her, and twenty one relatives attended a turkey dinner at her home. The widow of Civil War veteran John Woolweaver, she has long resided in the community and waved to townsfolk during the flight from the Indiana Airport.
A list of marriage license holders includes John Dubinsky and Inez Armanini in Homer City with others such as James Torrello and Jean Murone, Iva E. Henry and Mary J. Tierney, Alfred L. Balls and Garnett B. McLain, Frank J. Yelowchan and Rose J. Shuster, along with several Indiana and Greensburg area names. The note ends with a separate Pennsylvania fact about bread consumption at reforestation camps and Sagamore Rivera M. Pike.
Patterson Milling Co to First National Bank of Salisbury transfers a lot in Salisbury for 2000 dollars. Francis H. Ellis to D. W. Simpson sells a lot in Indiana for 1100 dollars. F. E. Conrath to Lisle Short 2 lots in Indiana for 1000 dollars. Max P. Bartlebaugh to Frank Spicher 50 acres in Montgomery for 2000 dollars. Gertrude Alcorn to Ralph G. Brett a lot in Wheatfield for 1440 dollars. William H. Pierce Master to B. H. F. Dumm 15 acres in Pine for 450 dollars. G. W. Hess to Mary C. Hess 26 acres in Brushvalley for 1 dollar. G. W. Hess to Mary C. Hess 56 W. Ralph Cummings Clerk to George C. Hill 44 acres in Blacklick for 25.99. George C. Hill two tracts in Blacklick for 500 dollars.
Rural Mail Carriers Association delegates from Indiana County met in the local post office on Tuesday evening to plan the 1994 state convention. Indiana official invites were extended by Blair Shirley and Elder of Rochester Mills to hold next year’s gathering in the county. County president Guy Terpe presided as HH Earl Raymond of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce outlined conventions and invited Indiana to host the event with support from surrounding counties.
The Stewart Campbell school reunion is set for August 8 at Round Top four miles west of Armagh on the William Penn Highway. Shelter will be provided in bad weather and a basket picnic is planned at noon. All former pupils and friends are invited. The note mentions that over 40,000 people attend evening high school classes in Pennsylvania.
Chicago trips and weekend visits weave through Indiana society as residents and families attend the Century of Progress in Chicago and the World’s Fair in nearby cities. Notables like John W. Goodlin and Edward Mack meet kin in McKeesport and Philadelphia Street while others tour exhibitions and visit relatives in Reynolds and Montral.
Ben Stewart of Ben Avon pleaded guilty to forgery for raising an emergency relief order from 1 to 2 dollars. Judge Langham fined 10 dollars, costs, and 60 days in the county jail. William Wangerman pleaded guilty to bigamy, ordered to pay costs, fined 100 dollars, and to 8 to 20 months in the Allegheny County Workhouse. John Hamilton had sentence suspended on payment of cont. Nona Small of Ernest pleaded guilty to assault and battery aggravated and pointing weapons, fined 50 dollars, costs, and three months in jail.
Indiana Post 141 elected Senator Edward B Bennett R M Neville and Roy Penfield as delegates to the state convention in Philadelphia August 24 25 26 Robert McCullough and Albert Lahr named alternates Officers nominated include Roy Penfield commander James Lepley senior vice commander Thomas Lostrick junior vice commander H A Heath and Robert McCullough finance officer Hugh M Bell adjutant Lawrence Redding John Erickson Arthur Robinson R M Neville and Albert Laht on the executive committee The September meeting August 5 set as date for annual Legion Auxiliary picnic at Cliffside Park
Billy McGuire aged two, son of Mr and Mrs Leonard McGuire of Clymer, is improving at Indiana Hospital after a sand box mishap. He was backed into by a neighbor’s car, thrown against his home and suffered a base of skull fracture. The accident was deemed unavoidable. He is nephew of Mrs Dwight Manners of Grandview Avenue.
Register and Recorder W Ralph Cummings of town, seeking a second term, was the first candidate to file a primary election petition with the County Commissioners. Thursday marked the first day candidates could secure petition signatures, and Cummings completed his petition that day. Frank Trinky of Pine township, running for road supervisor on the Republican ticket, was the second to file.
A woman playing tag at a birthday party in Charleroi fractured her left wrist in a double fracture. The event, held Sunday, celebrated the 78th birthday of Mrs Matilda Woolwoaver, mother of Mrs Orn Woolweaver Sonnentiter, wife of John Sonnenttter. The injury occurred during the celebration at the town event.
Enrollment in the public schools of Pennsylvania rose from 1,911,751 to 2,004,877 between 1X and 1942. Average daily attendance climbed over seven percent and reached 94 percent, reflecting improved school participation.
Indiana stores will observe summer half holidays beginning today at 1:00 PM and continuing each Wednesday through August 30. Daylight Saving Time applies.
Mrs Mary Frances Simpson aged 78 died at her home on Fast Chestnut street Indiana following a life spanning Massachusetts Pennsylvania and Indiana. She leaves children Edith Ethel Helen Lieut Charles and Estelle plus two foster children, a brother Charles Knowlton and several grandchildren. Funeral at 3 PM Thursday in the Chestnut street home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
Mrs Clara Duncan Patterson aged 52 wife of Samuel R Patterson of near Livermore died in Indiana Hospital following an operation. Born June 28 1881 in Indiana County she lived in Westmoreland and Blairsville area. Survived by husband parents four sons Mary Olive Patterson a daughter two brothers and four sisters. Funeral at her home near Livermore Friday at 2 00 o clock standard time with burial in Blairsville Cemetery.
Rayne township Presbyterian church plans a home coming with Sunday school at 10 A M. Rev. R M Offutt will preach at 11. A fellowship luncheon follows at noon. Afternoon program begins at 2 featuring readings by Sunday school pupils and Christian Endeavor members, plus an address by the pastor and visiting ministers. All are invited.
A Nashville Banner item notes that applying soapy water to hands and face after exposure helps prevent poison ivy infection. A Missouri farmer claims the depression is over after a rabbit ran through his yard, calling it a hopeful sign.
The audit of County Treasurer C. C. McLain’s accounts from January 2 to June 13, 1988 found the accounts correct and the system adequate to guard against irregularities. A cash shortage of 3620.23 resulted from a noon hour robbery on June 8, with some funds likely from small unlisted checks from tax collectors. The report recommends a revised daily balance sheet showing beginning and ending balances, receipts, disbursements, and bank funds.
The Johnstown Daily Democrat, long a morning paper, switched to an afternoon daily format on Monday and is now issued as the Johnstown Evening Democrat. It carries Associated Press dispatches along with local news.
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