Death notices for Fleming and others in Indiana County
Obituary notices record the death of Silas M. Fleming of Washington township at 3 PM Tuesday with details of his farming life and family. Funeral arrangements are for the Fleming homestead with multiple clergy assistants and Plumcreek church ties. Additional deaths include Mrs Chester Arthur Harvey of West Lebanon and Homer Shields Buchanan of Saltsburg, with survivors listed and services planned in local churches and funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumcreek United Presbyterian Church
A. Harvey
West Lebanon
Three Fulton Run Youths Arrested After Car Crash
Mario Buion and Stanley Gula kowski, both Fulton Run youths, were fined $6.00 at a Monday hearing before Justice Jay D. Hill for disorderly conduct. They rode in a car driven by Fred Ernick aged 21 of Fulton Run who was released on $500 bail for failure to disclose identity after the accident. The crash occurred when the car struck a tree on the Pinghot road north of Chestnut street late Sunday night and the youths fled into the woods before officers found them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Run
Mario Buion
Stanley Gulakowski
Jay D. Hill
Town
Fred Ernick
Pinghot Road
Chestnut Street
Armstrong Township Lad Injured In Bicycle Car Crash
Jesse Thomas a 12 year old boy from Indiana R D 6 suffered a fractured left shoulder lacerations and bruises after his bicycle crashed into a car driven by F A Palmer of Indiana on Pinchot road near Shelocta. He was treated by an Indiana physician and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Township
Jesse Thomas
Indiana
R.D
Pinchot Road
Shelocta
F. A. Palmer
Promotions at Co. F Include Two Lieutenants
Captain Dave Marlin announced Charles Wilbur Campbell's promotion to first lieutenant from second lieutenant. First sergeant William Tate is promoted to second lieutenant, effective July 4, along with Sergeant William Ruddock of Home City advancing to first sergeant under Col. John Aiken of Washington, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. F
Dave Marlin
Charles Wilbur Campbell
William Tate
Leutenant
William Ruddock
Homer City
John Aiken
Washington
Voters urged to register under permanent act this fall
A public notice stresses that all voters in Pennsylvania must be registered under the new Permanent Registration Act to vote this fall. It emphasizes compliance and outlines registration requirements for the upcoming election season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Vacancies in High School Faculty fill Monday
Three teachers were chosen for Indiana schools at the Board of Education meeting on Monday evening. James Stoner will join the commercial department, D. Paul Smay the art department, and Jane Houser the intermediate grades at Thaddeus Stephens school. Repairs to Horace Mann School chimney and roof were authorized after recent lightning damage. The board set Wednesday, June 15, 1938, as the date for the Idlewild school picnic next year. Ralph C. Strauts was named to collect delinquent school taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Indiana
Board of Education
James Stoner
D. Paul Smay
Jane Houser
Thaddeus Stephens
Idlewild
Ralph C. Strauuts
Armstrong Grange Program for July 21 at Parkwood
Armstrong Grange plans a Wednesday evening meeting July 21 at Parkwood schoolhouse. The program features Old Glory flag salute essay The Ideal Citizen by John Campbell a patriotic community singing Are We Becoming a More or Less Law abiding Nation Mrs C A McCardle W L Brown J R Patterson Helen Craig Nellie Roll Call Current Events Talk What Good Citizenship Means and Mary Gray select reading America the Beautiful No 6 orchestra music Walker Family attendance contest mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
John Campbell
C. A. McCardle
W. L. Brown
J. R
Patterson Stunt
Helen Craig
Nellie Campbell
R. A. Fouts
Mary Gray
Walker
Jimmy Stewart to Guest on Kraft Music Hall in Hollywood
Indiana entertainer Jimmy Stewart will appear on Kraft Music Hall Thursday evening from 9 to 10 Eastern. Other featured performers include Bob Burns and Bing Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dmmy Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
Indiana
Kraft Music Hall
Hollywood
Bob Burns
Bing Crosby
Tax Return of Indiana Borough Sets County Record
Indiana Borough tax returns set a county record as Borough Tax Collector Tt. Co. Strattff turns over to County Treasurer John M. Thompson $69,600 in 1937 taxes, covering 79 percent of the total, the highest percentage turned over by any borough in the county to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Tt. Co. Strattff
John M. Thompson
New Highway Section Opens Between Blacklick and Blaireville
A new 224 mile concrete highway section between Blacklick and Blaireville is nearing traffic. The project eliminates Mile Hill and other sharp curves, easing eastwest entry from Blairsville via a new Y junction and reducing past accident spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick
Blaireeville
Blaireville
Blairsville
William Penn
Mile Hill
Coral
Graceton
Low voter registration in county ahead of August 3
Incomplete district returns show under 30 percent county registration. Next official registration day is Tuesday August 3. Only voters registered under the new act may vote in Pennsylvania this fall. prior registrations are void.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Refused Ride Hitch-Hiker Stoned Car Injuries
Robert Britton 18 sustained severe lacerations to his right arm on a Sunday incident on Pinchot road between Iridiana and Clymer. A hitch-hiker, angered by a refused ride, threw a stone through the car window as he and another man signaled for a ride. The two fled into nearby woods after the attack while driver Reyburn Britton continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Britton
Britton
Reyburn
Pinchot Road
Iridiana
Clymer
Manos Theatre Completes $32000 Cooling System
Manos Theatre management announces the new cooling system costing $12000 will be completed and put into operation later this week. A similar system was installed at the Indiana Theatre previously and has been very satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manos Theatre
Indiana Theatre
185 Foot White Oak Falls At Idlewild Park
Picnickers at Idlewild Park witnessed a rare event as a giant white oak, thought to be 621 years old and over 185 feet tall, crashed to the ground in calm weather. The tree, once a centerpiece of Nature's Trail, had recently undergone $700 in surgical care by tree specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idlewild Park
United States
Fishing Over Week End in Potter County
Attorney William E. Pierce and his sons Bill and Eddie along with Attorney James J. Jack and his son James and Louis, Attorney Wayne Tomb and his son Jimmy, Samuel Rinn and his son Sammy, and Robert L. Sutton and his son Jack spent the weekend fishing in Potter County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Pierce
Bill
Eddie
James J. Jack
James
Louis
Wayne Tomb
Jimmy
Samuel Rinn
Sammy
Robert 8. Sutton
Jack
Potter County
Personal notices from town and distant travels
Mayor B H Lichteberger attended the Ringling circus in Pittsburgh on Monday. Mrs Margaret Gregg hosted her son Herbert. Steele Gregg of Aliquippa High School and John Yates of Homer City are noted with a Chevrolet Master Sedan prize from Homer City firemen. Various townsfolk relocate, vacation, or visit sites from Atlantic City to Daytona Beach. Jim Danks and Misses Eva and Betty Nicely return from Florida. Reed and Dodge visit New York. tours and family visits across Lancaster, Marion Center, and beyond are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H Lichteberger
Pittsburgh
Margaret Gregg
Herbert
Steele Gregg
Aliquippa High School
John Yates
Homer City
Maurice Good
Greensburg
Bon Ton
Donald Longwill
J. C. Penny
Penney
Sharon
Wilbur Widdowson
Laura Lonewill
Town
F. G. Haer
Marion Center
Rosemarie
Louise
Lakeland
Fla
Atlantic City
Jack Danks
Jane Ann
Missey
Eva
Betty Nicely
Danks
Daytona Beach
C.paul Reed
North Seventh Street
Joseph Dodge
Arthur Browning
New York City
Arthur C. Misselman
Valley Streams
Fred Haer
Musselman
Margaret Haer
Mabel Minner
Iva Cunningham
Goldie Kunkie
Theressa Jones
West
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Grand Canyon
New Mexico
Edward
Buchheit
School Street
Lancaster
Louis Jane Pentz
Wilda Fry
James McKee
M,eb
Epworth League
Newton Hamilton
John ‘Bennett
B. F. Hyde
George Roof
Harnaburg
Donald Roof
Bennett
Friends Gather at A B Mikesell Home in Conemaugh
A July 5 gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs A B Mikesell in Conemaugh township drew many relatives including Mrs Alice Mahan and son Stewart Mrs C F Mack and son Paul Mrs Blanche Dugan and daughters Emma Jean and Eileen Indiana Mr and Mrs G Galley and son Harold Alliance O Mr and Mrs Elmer Jewart and family Port Allegheny Mr and Mrs L M Kelly and son Richard Blairville Mr and Mrs Lloyd Say and son Darhl Shelocta Mr and Mrs W G Short Warren Co Mrs Marian Hileman New Kensington Glenn Lewis and Misses Yola and Anabel Mikesell Horse shoe pitching marked the day Mrs W G Short stayed for a week with her parents Poultry Demonstration Friday J H M Kauffman Penn State extension specialist will speak at John R Smith and sons farm one mile north of Penn Run Friday July 16 at 9 00 am A culling demonstration will cover pullets laying hens and weekly culling during peak hen periods High priced feed makes timely culling crucial All interested in poultry improvement invited In the afternoon a poultry judging contest for 4 H poultry and capon club members will be held with top three feeders forming Indiana County team for 4 H club week at State College August 11 14 Prompt service on Public Sale Bills at The Progresa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Mikesell
Conemaugh
Conemaugh Township
Alice Mahan
Gon
Stewart
GC. F. Mack
Paul
Blanche Dugan
Emma Jean
Eileen
Indiana
G. Galley
Ai. Kauffman
Penn State
John R. Smith and Sons
Penn Run
Kauffman
Warner
Capon Dlub
Indiana County
State College
Real estate transfers across Indiana area parcels and banks
A sequence of transfer entries lists buyers and sellers such as Zoe Lichteberger, George Griffith, Ada McAdoo, Elizabeth Gray, and many others exchanging lots and acres in Indiana boroughs and townships. Amounts range from 1 dollar to 2 310.00 with properties in White and Banks townships and Canoe, Armagh, Homer City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe A. Lichteberger
Benjamin F. Coe
Indiana
First Ward
George 9. Griffith
Ray Griffith
Plainville
Ada M. McAdoo
Slag N. Falla
Elizabeth Gray
Jeasse Kerr
Washington Township
Peoples Hank of
Clymer
John Hricke
Green Township
Herbert McCall
Rochester & Pittsburgh Con Co
White Township
J. Q Smith
Carl L. Smith
J. Q. Smith
O. L. Smith
J. Q. Sith
Alyn Johnston
First National Bank of Indiana
Harry J. Myers
Annie L. Baun
Cart Baun
Canoe Township
First National Bank of
Plumville
Samuel Spence
Christen McFarland
Evelyn McFarland
Indiana Borough
Cora A. McFarland
H. Clay Bonner
Banks Township
C. Bee
Lightning Strikes Chimney Twice Over Weekend
Lightning hit Mrs. Clara McHenry’s Waterstreet home on Saturday causing light damage and again on Sunday during a storm when the bolt leaped to a plum tree, splitting it. George D. Leydie’s home on Wapnesavene saw a Sunday strike tearing a roof hole and bricks from the wall. Storms damaged grain fields gardens and uprooted some fruit trees. Philip Chiodo of Indiana won a Leonard electric refrigerator at Manos Theatre, awarded by Edward J. Hartnett Electric Store, and he and his wife, parents of several children, had never owned a fridge before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara McHenry
Waterstreet
George D. Leydie
Wapnesavene
Sundday
Philip Chiodo
Indiana
Manos Theatre
South Second Street
Edward J. Hartnett Electric
Guernsey Breeders Tour to Penn State Field Day
Guernsey breeders from Indiana county will travel to State College for a July 21 field day at the dairy building, with an 11:00 am program and a noon dinner. Speakers include Dean Li Watts A A Borland Carl Musser, and the event features 22 calves donated to the college by prominent breeders. County Agent Warner notes the program is organized by R C Wiggins of the Pennsylvania Guernsey Cattle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State
Indiana
State College
Cary
Court House
Dean R. Li
Watts
A. A. Borland
Carl B. Musser
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Guernsey
Warner
R. C. Wiggins
Pennsylvania Guernsey Cattle Club
Man Sustains Broken Back In Kent No 2 Mine
Frank Ringer of Armagh, 37, suffered a broken back after a rock fall in Kent No 2 mine of Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co at MvelIntyre. He was brought to Indiana hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock
Frank Ringer
Armagh
Kent No
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
MvelIntyre
Indiana Hospital
Local store manager lands prize fish after long try
Tom Lynch a Seventh street A and P store manager headlines Ocean City Md for the season’s largest Martin angelfish. Weighing 99 pounds, 7 feet 10 inches long with 26 inch girth, 24 inch sword and two foot spread, he claims a chamber of commerce certificate and eyes a gold cup if the record stands through 1987. He vacationed with Mrs Lynch and Mr Mrs Meek, traveling from Johnstown in a Meek trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lynch
Seashore Resort
Thomas T. Lynch
Seventh Street A. & P
Ocean City
Martin
Chamber of Commerce of
Lynch
Dodson World Fair Opens in Indiana With Nightly Attractions
Dodson's World Fair shows under Indiana Legion auspices on Carter Street midway, featuring Vittorio Zacchini's 25 foot cannon act and the Octopus ride from the 1937 fair. The Dodgen circus band, led by Charles Clark, performs nightly as Children’s Day on Saturday offers rides and acts for five cents. Weather impacted attendance early, with a Saturday midnight closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
Dodson
Indiana
Indiana Post No. 141
American Legion
Erie
Carter Street Cirqua
Vittorio Zacchini
Dodgen
Charles Clark
John Phillip Sousa
Remains of Unidentified Hitch-Hiker Buried Near Elderton
An unidentified hitch-hiker, about 60, died after a car driven by Clayton Facht of Youngstown Ohio overturned near Elderton. The body was moved to Streams Funeral Home and buried at Greenwood Cemetery after identity could not be established. A suitcase with corn cure labels and two slips to August Lambley were found, aiding but not confirming ID. Facht escaped injury and said the hitch-hiker had solicited a ride near Kittanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elderton
Clayton Facht
Youngstown
Facht
Indiana Hospital
Streams Funeral Home
Greenwood
August Lambley
Albany
N.Y
Syracuse
Johnsville
N. Y
Foeht
Kittanning
Progress Subscriber Sixty Years In Smicksburg
Oldest Smicksburg resident BE W Griffith, 86, visited the Indiana office to renew his weekly Progress after six decades of uninterrupted delivery. He enjoys reading current events, tends a fine garden, and was joined by his grandson Ray Griffith and daughters Helen and Dorothy of Plumville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
W. Griffith
Smicksburg
Indiana
Progress Office
Griffith
Hls
Ray Griffith
Helen
Dorothy
Plumville
Blairsville Man Slays Large 48-Inch Rattlesnake
Blairsville resident TLheffler killed a 48 inch rattlesnake on Saturday. The reptile was as thick as a man’s wrist with nine rattles and a button tail. He plans to make a belt from the skin, noting it as the season’s largest rat tle in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlheffler
Blairsville
Long terms given to Shupe and Campbell in Blair county cases
Lloyd Shupe and Clark Campbell were sentenced to long terms in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty to multiple charges arising from a Blair county chase. Shupe drew 14 to 46 years for breaking entering larceny and auto theft. Campbell received 11 to 36 years for similar crimes. Co-defendant Donald Shupe was fatally shot during the escape attempt. Other sentences were handed to Wellen Fatrolman McDonough Gaylor Trunzo and Alligon with various fines, workhouse terms, and paroles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Shupe
Clark Campbell
Indiana County
Blair County
Western Penitentiary
Befe
Pittsburgh
Harry J. Kooser
Eugene Willson
Shelocta-West Loebannon
Shupe
Saltsbury
Campbell
Donald Shupe
Williamsburg
Detroit
Mich
Indiana
Creps
James Wellen
Johnstown
Commonwealth
Allegheny County
Fatrolman
Thomas R. McDonough
State Highways Patrol
Wellen
Route 56
Waterman
L. A. Stuchell
Marion Center
Doyle Myera
Route 4
Stuchell
Anne Stuchell
T. J. Leopold
Wellan
Harry Gaylor
Mahaffey
Gaylor
Cherry Trea
J. C. Irwin
Arthur Trunzo
Homer City
Wayne Alligon
Craps
Allison
Savyen
George Rowe
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon
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M. Fleming
Hifelong
Silas M. Fleming
William B
Margaret
Brandon) Fleming
Fleming
Mr. Fleming
Maude Yeomans
Jane Marlin
Plumcreek United ‘Presbyterian Church
Mary Fleming
Missa Fleming
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
County Association
David E. Fleming
Avalon
Thomass. Lewis
Fleming Homestead
Samuel W. Shane
Second United Presbyterian Church of
First United Presbyterian Church of
Plumecreek Church
W. E. M. Copeland
Turtle Creek
C. J. Fleming
Irwin
Plumcreek United Presbyterian Cemetery
Chester A. Harvey
West Lebanon ‘Presbyterian Church
Elders Ridge
Chester Arthur Harvey
John Baker
Young Township
Ethel Irene
F. H. Baker
Homer S. Buchanan
Robinson
Saltsburg
Homer Shields Buchanan
Alex Sesock
Clune
Rochester &, Pittsburgh Coal Company
County Commissioners Office
Lions Club
Borough Council
Lion Woodring
Thomas Barber
Tom
The
Progresa
Stanley Smiley
Helen Kapcoe
Craigh Conley
Jennie Martin Tnillana
Elzie Leary
Hutt Odea
Miller Robinson Jacob Charles Miller
Blatraville
Ceda C
Burnhelmer
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
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