TWO COUNTY RESIDENTS FATALLY HURT IN FALLS
Two county residents die after falls in Indiana and West Lebanon. Harry G. White of College Avenue, 62, Indiana Hospital patient from injuries after a fall while painting a barn near Crete church. Harry Wilson George, 45, West Lebanon, dies of a vertebral fracture from a cherry picking accident. Funeral rites set, survivors listed, with local church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
Harry G. White
Harry Wilson George
West Lebanon
Robinson
North Seventh Street
Greenwood Cemetery
College Avenue
Indiana Hospital
Howard
William Myers
Crete Church
Center Township
W. W
Jennie (Campbell) White
Edgewood
Homer City
Indiana
United Presbyterian Church
Crete
First Church
Stillman A. Foster
West Babe Anon Presbyterian
South Bend
Sweeres Mae
Sy AR Oy
Jane Hammond
Anna
Heberprett
George
Belle George
Johnstown
Mra
A. L. Donahey
Qak
Leechburg
Mra. O. J. Longhurat
Misa Will
Hammond
Tona
Miss Brett
Indiana County Primary Voters Restricted Under New Registration Act
About one third of Indiana County voters are registered under the New Permanent Registration act. Only those registered may vote in September primaries and November general election, meaning a reduced electorate will decide political questions at the polls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Earle
Pennsylvania
Court House
Marriages Told From Local Licenses at Blairsville Area
Local records show marriage license entries including Jacob Miller Blairsville Cedar and Ruth Wetzel Elyce M Perry St Petersburg Florida with other couples such as Vincent Semrowich Luciusboro and Francis James Lucerne Mines. Names appear with varied spellings and towns including Brushvalley Blacklick and Strangford reflecting the region’s union filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob
Charles Miller
Blairsville
Burnheimer
Blairaville
Ben Lighteap
Ruth Wetzel
Elyce M. Perry
St. Petersburg
Fla
Marie Berkehbile
Brushvalley
Vincent Semrowich
Luciusboro
Mary Babick
McIntyre Francis James
Lucerne Mines
Virginia Hamilton
Joseph Surrow
McIntyre Julian Boquish
McIntyre Uriah T. Dunmire
Blacklick
Dorothy M. Humphrey
Strangford
Women of the Moose meet in July at Moose Temple
The Women of the Moose Chapter No 777 held its regular meeting at the Moose Temple on Tuesday evening July 20 Blairsville attorney J Charles Short was named Assistant Counsellor on the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board based in Harrisburg Nipa Buchanen Senior Regent chaired the session and new committee chairmen were appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Moose Temple
Nipa Buchanen
Blairsville
J. Charles Short
Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Harrieburg
Fishing Nearby North Bay Canada Guests and Camp Visit
Mr and Mrs Stephen F Pekala and Carlisle Holatein of town spend the week fishing in the North Bay district of Canada. Miss Elizabeth F Minser of Blairton Avenue remains at the Epworth League Camp at Newton Hamilton Pennsylvania. Mrs Orvis F Rowe and son Harold are guests at the home of Mr and Mrs A Moorhead of South Seventh Street. Mrs Rowe is a member of Mrs Moorhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Canada
Stephen F. Pekalal
Carlisle Holatein
North Bay District
Elizabeth F. Minser
Blairton Avenue
Newton Hamilton
Orvis F. Rowe
Harold
A. &. Moorhead
South Seventh Street
Mra. Rowe
Idle Starford P Miner Ends Life With Dynamite Cap
John Milovic aged about 66 of hear Starford Green township committed death by own action Saturday night by exploding a dynamite cap placed in his ear. Hearing the blast several men in the same house rushed to his room and found part of his head blown away. Milovich, a former miner, had not worked for years and was on relief at the time. He had been mentally deranged for years and was formerly a patient at Torrance State hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milovic
Hear Starford
Green Township
Stafford
Mihoyie
Torrance State Hospital
Rotary Meeting at Home of Mr and Mrs Alex Stewart
Indiana Rotarians met for a regular dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex M. Stewart. Leslie W. Householder of Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co spoke on organized labor, detailing John L. Lewis and the CIO’s growth, linking labor history to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Stewart
Indiana Rotary Club
Leslie W. Householder
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Rotary Club
Householder
Organized Labor
John L. Lewis
Three County Districts Vote on Local Option in September
Blairsville Homer City and Grant township residents will decide at the September 14 Primary Election whether beer wine or liquor may be sold in their districts in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Homer City
Grant Township
Personal Brevities Show Wide Circle of Indiana Visitors
Mrs. Bertha Baun Moore and son Harry of Washington DC visit Indiana relatives. Numerous local residents and guests listed with travels to Pittsburgh Harrisburg Johnstown and Detroit. Noted arrivals include Mrs. Dobson author of Straw in the Wind and families from New Kensington and Homer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Baun Moore
Harry
Washington, D.C
Indiana
Mary Reeger
Lewisville
T. ‘Winger
Los Angeles
Cal
J. B. Weaver
Wayne Avenue
W. J. Altman
Johnstown
T. ©. Burhenn
Jeannette
John M. Daugherty
Church Street
Luda Owens
Independence
Kana
H. 8. Owens
Water Street
Harry Laney
Detroit
Mich
Anna Laney
Oakland Avenue
George Raymont
New Kensington
Elizabeth Gailey
Alice Gailey
Hast Oak Street
John Melain
Pittsburgh
Misa Della McLain
South Fifth Street
Mardell Beck
Braddock
O. S. Fleming
School Street
T. C. Theiss
New Haven
Conn
David Lewis
Oakland Ave
Scott Mack
J. J. Henderson
West Washington Street
Paul Cunningham
Youngstown
Thomas
Delois Martin
Patricia Louise
Martin
Twelfth and
Water Streets
Indiana Hospital
Patricia
W. C. Chapman
New England
Herbert Layton
Morristown
N. J
John Bennett
Mra
Gil Dobson
A. S. Moorhead
Moorhead
Town
Dodson
Hua (Moorhead) Lininger
Lininger
Indiana High School
University of Michigan
Dobson
John K. Bralller
Latrobe
J. H. McQuown
Charlotte
N. C
Migsea Tippery and Leech
Sfoxburg
Myrtle Longwill
West Water Street
County treasurer distributes six thousand one hundred seventy five in beverage funds
County Treasurer John M Thompeon paid six thousand one hundred seventy five dollars in retail beverage license funds to 69 hotels, restaurants, and seven clubs from June 1 1937 to June 1 1938. A total of six thousand nine hundred fifteen was collected, with seven hundred forty kept for handling, marking final county treasurer distributions as beverages licenses move to the State Liquor Control Board in Harrisburg. District payments listed include Armagh Blakeville Burrell Canoe Center Cherrybill Cherry Tree Clymer Creekside Glen Campbell for Grant Green Homer City Indiana Jacksonville Montgomery Spine Plumville Rayne Saltsburg East Wheatfield West Wheatfield White Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Thompeaon
Lcense
State Liquor Control Board
Harrisburg
Armagh
Blakeville
Burrell
Canoe
Center
Clymer
Creekside
Glen Campbell
Grant
Green
Homer City
Indiana
Jacksonville
Montgomery
Spine
Plumville
Rayne
Saltsburg
East Wheatfield
West Wheatfield
White
Young
Temperance Women Convene at Ambrose Church July 27
The 54th annual Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana County meets July 27 at Ambrose Baptist Church with Ambrose Union hosting. Morning and afternoon sessions include devotions, reports, elections, and demonstrations, plus a medal contest and final benediction. Several property transfers are noted in the same notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
Indiana County
Ambrose Baptist Church
Ambrose Union
Weddings in Western Pennsylvania Fill Week's Social Notes
A flurry of marriages announced across Indiana county and nearby towns. Marshalle Cline of Mt Lebannon wed Thor Marshall of Indiana at the bride’s home with family present. both are Indiana State Teachers College graduates. Irene Hazel Williams of Cherryhill township married Ray W. Korman of Osceola Mills. she is a 1935 Phillipsburg State Hospital graduate nurse. Allan Snyder of Pittsburgh wed Mary Widdowson of Blacklick in Newton Hamilton camp tabernacle. Elizabeth Louise Malcolm of this place married Louis Michael Cook of Indiana R D 5 in Ebensburg. Robert Pennington of Glen Campbell married Mary Ellsmore of Glen Campbell at Mahaffey. Sarah Katherine Gerhard of near Blairsville married Paul S. Elrick of Blairsville in Blairsville M E church manse. Ceda Burnheimer of Blairsville married J C Miller of Blairsville in Dorseyville. John W. Blaney of Blacklick married Dorothy Palmer of Indiana in Blacklick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
M. I*. Marshall
Wayne Avenue
Rural Valley
Misa Irene Hazel Williams
A. H. Williams
Cherryhill Township
Ray W. Korman
Osceola Mills
Three Indiana Residents In Pittsburgh Hospital
Three Indiana residents are patients in McGee hospital Pittsburgh. John A. Miller, local insurance agent, underwent a serious abdominal operation Monday with condition reported satisfactory. Mrs. Robert Watson of Wayne avenue extension is recovering from a serious operation and J Burton Miller of South Fifth street will undergo an operation this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Pittsburgh
McGee Hospital
John A. Miller
Robert Watson
Wayne Avenue
J. Burton Miller
South Fifth Street
County fair revival opens August 31 after six years
Indiana County launches the first fair since 1931 with horse shows and pulling contests. J A Mack and Edward Mack of G C Murphy Co funded grounds and facilities. The event runs Aug 31 to Sep 4 featuring horse pulling from Penn State, cattle show, dog show, feature racers, high tumblers, and music, with varied entertainments across days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
J. A. Mack
Edward Mack
G. C. Murphy Co
Indiana County Horse and Mule Association
Sair
Penn State
Iba
Real Estate Transfers in Pennsylvania Townships
A summary of numerous real estate transfers recorded in various Pennsylvania townships including Cherryhill Burrell and West Wheatfield. Names include Shank Bennett Lowman McNutt Burkett Henry Blanham Sitarski Smathers Neal Moore Ross McIntire Brubaker Millen McKee Kissinger Gardner and others with parcels ranging from fractions of an acre to 75 acres and prices from $1.00 to $2,500. Transfers involve multiple townships and entities such as the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and East Wheatfield School Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy Chane
Sarah M. Henry
Norman Bligh
Cherryhill Township
Willam Blanham
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
West Wheatfield
Saturnin Sitarski
Canoe Township
Grace I. Ross
Frank M. Smathers
Armstrong Township
James C. Moore
Vera N. Neal
Marion Center
Vera M. Neal
James C. Moora
James MccIntire
George McIntire
Young Township
James McIntire
Nellie
Lightning Kills Cattle and Horses in Washington Township
During last week’s electrical storms three cattle owned by John Parks of Washington township were killed by lightning. Other farmers in the area, Alvin Allshouge and Jesse Crooks, also lost a horse each to the same storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Township
John Parks
Alvin Allshouge
Jesse Crooks
Blacklick Doctor Bitten by Copperhead While Fishing
Dr. Kenneth Nippes of Blacklick was bitten by a copperhead while fishing in West Virginia. He received hospital treatment and is recovering. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R. D. readers, $5.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick
Kenneth Nippes
West Virginia
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Robert L. George
L, Be, Miller
Nelson Whitacre
C, Cribbs
L. B. Cartwright
Lake Wanapitia
Calvin
Kunkle
Idle Starford
T. U
R, Be, Tate
Ambrose W. C. T. U
Clara ‘Wells
Ambrose W.C.T.U
Saltsburg Union
Elizabeth Elder
W.C.T.U
W. D. Bagh
George W. Wiesen
Mras Luiu
Ambroge B.Y.P.A
M. Agnessi
Clair
Clayton Straw
A. Borland
W. Ford Coleman
Lot
Fourth Ward
Netta L. Neal
Joe Byelick
Lota
Ed. H. Long
Menotti Perretti
Third Ward
Suppes Motor Sales Co
Bleie Kiltigensmith
Ploe ‘Township
Korman-Williams
Cook
Malcolm
Elizabeth Louise Malcolm
Alex C. Malcolm
Louis Michael Cook
John W. Cook
Ebensburg
George Thornton
Kent
Pennington-Ellsmore
Robert Pennington
Mary Ellsmore
Mahaffey
F. W. Henry
James E. Pennington
James Elgymore
Elrick Gerhard
Sarah Katherine Gerhard
C. 8. Gerhard
Paul
Elrick
M. E
C. P. Salladay
Bilaney-Palmer
John W. Blaney
Dorothy Palmer
Archie Palmer
W. H. Nicholson
Amelia Honolulu
United States Navy
Amelia Earhart
Gunger
South Seas
Aviatrix
Frederick J. Noonan
Lexington
San Diego
Migs Harhart
Salisburg
Demmonstration
First County
Samual Kissinger
Glenn KE. Carson
Rose Gardner
Cora A. Beck
Banks Township
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Peat- Gazette
R. D
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