Local Briefs: Bowers McCreight Rugg Juart Obituaries
Michael Bowers 80, longtime county resident, died at his daughter's home near Rossiter after noon Saturday. Survived by son William and daughters Anna Limrick and Elizabeth States, plus two sisters. Funeral at Steffy Methodist Church. James A. McCreight 84 of Reynoldsville died Thursday at Adrian hospital Punxsutawney. burial details follow. Charles Joseph Rugg Blairsville radio shop owner died Thursday in Indiana hospital. funeral at Blairsville residence. Calvin Austin Juart funeral rites scheduled at his home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Bowers
Joseph Limrick
Rossiter
Abram
Elizabeth Bowers
Mias Sara Ross
William Bowers
Big Run
Anna Limrick
Elizabeth States
Near Rossiter
Jennie Fuller
Mammoth
Dre
Della Bratton
Johnstown
Steffy Methodist Church
Carlisle
Dever's Cemetery
James A. McCreight
Reynoldeville
Adrain
Punxsutawney
Sharp McCreight
Marion Center
Sarah B. Walker
Harriet Walker
Church Street
Indiana
Charles Rugg
Blairsville
Charles Joseph Rugg
Indiana Hospital
Harriet Rugg
DuPont Company
Philadelphia
Blairaville
Gordon
Wilmington
Del
Elizabeth
North Bergen
N. J
Phyliss
The Cow Poem Honors Milk and Livestock’s Rise
A lyrical tribute by J. M. Risinger to cows as civilization’s backbone and milk as essential sustenance. It traces domestication from Asia, lauds cows as wealth, and urges daily use of milk for health and prosperity across all peoples and places.
Obituaries Chronicle Local Rites In Plumville And Apollo
Calvin Austin Juart 55 lifelong Plumville resident died at home from complications. Born April 9, 1882, he was a farmer. survived by brother A S Juart of near Plumville and sisters Mrs Mary VanHorn of Dayton and Mrs Etta Cramer of New Kensington. Howard Jess Smith 62 died of a heart attack in Adrian hospital after living with daughter Mrs Levi Holman in Covode. survived by wife Iza Coon (deceased), four children Mrs Levi Holman, Mrs Ethel Schaub, Anna and John Smith. brothers A H A K O C Smith and sister Della Smith. Interment Burnside cemetery. James Overdorff 85 West Wheatfield farmer died at home. born Mechanicsburg Sept 27, 1851. survived by wife Anna E. Overdorff (d. 1922) and children Mrs Hugh McIntyre, Mrs Helie Fry, Isaac Overdorff. Services Friday 2:00 P.M. at home. burial Germany Lutheran cemetery. Graphy Ellen Bortz, age three, daughter of Paul T and Marie Crawford Bortz of South Seventh street, died. services in Bortz home, then Apollo grandfather Frank Crawford’s home. Friday services and Apollo cemetery interment.
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Plumville
Calvin Austin Juart
Charles
Catherine Juart
A. 5. Juart
Mary VanHorn
Dayton
Etta Cramer
New Kensington
Howard Jess Smith
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Levi Holman
Covode
Mr. Smith
J. W
Hila (Smith) Smith
Burnside
Iza Coon
James Overdorff
James Overdroff
West Wheatfield Township
Isaac
Catherine (Fry) Overdorff
Mechanicsburg
Overdorff
Anna E. Overdorff
Hugh McIntyre
Hleie Fry
Isaac Overdorff
Germany Lutheran Cemetery
Weat
Wheatfield Township
Graphy Ellen Bortz
Graphy Ellen
Paul T
Marie (Crawford) Bortz
South Seventh Street
Bortz
Frank Crawford
Apollo
Clymer Man to Run Punxsutawney Club Casa Loma
John Lukash of Clymer has leased the Club Casa Loma in Punxsutawney and will operate it after improvements are completed on the property.
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Clymer
Punxsutawney
John Lukash
Casa Loma
Unseated Driver Revives and Stops Rolling Roller After Accident
Harrisburg reports a highway worker averted serious consequences when a riderless 10 ton gasoline roller rolled toward Greencastle. Reuben A. Shockey of Waynesboro leaped up, overtook the roller, and stopped it after a truck carrying cabbages melons and cucumbers shed its load during the momentary sleep. The truck operator took the blame and resumed selling produce to motorists at the roadside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Warren van Dyke
H. M. Zimmerman
Franklin County
Reuben A. Shockey
Waynesboro
WPA
Mercersburg
Greencastle
Shockey
Zimmerman
One Day Sympathy Holiday at Ernest Mine Ends
Ernest miners at the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co Ernest operation observed a one day sympathy holiday Monday for Namine strike supporters awaiting the United Mine Workers of America national executive committee decision. Work resumed Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Namine
National Executive Committee
United Mine Workers of America
State Establishes Standard Bushel and Peck Bags
Harrisburg reports official standard bushel and peck bags set by J Hansell French Secretary of Agriculture After October 9 1997 all bags for fresh fruit or vegetables marked to indicate content must meet official container specifications The move aims to stabilize weight loss after packing benefiting shippers and buyers
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Harrisburg
J. Hansell French
Two Held For Stealing Calf After Preliminary Hearing
Wade Adams and Edward Mitchell of Green township were held in the county jail in default of bail on charges of stealing a calf from the field of Samuel Perry on a farm near Strongstown. Preliminary hearing took place before Justice of the Peace Walter H. Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Jackson
Wade Adams
Edward Mitchell
Green Township
Samuel Perry
Strongstown
Republican Suggestion Meetings Across Townships
Republican suggestion meetings are planned in Washington Township at Marlin school house on Thursday July 22 at 8 00 o clock Homer City Firemen s Hall on Friday July 28 at 8 00 o clock and Young township Coal Run election house on Friday July 22 at 7 30 o clock.
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Washington Township
Marlin
Homer City
Young Two
Young Township
Coal Run
Tragic Leap from Runaway Truck Kills Woman near Blairsville
Young woman Eleanor Shelby of Reading, 21, died Wednesday evening after leaping from a runaway truck on the Stoney Run hill along the William Penn Highway one mile west of Blairsville. She suffered a fractured skull from the impact with a concrete gutter. Her companion Oliver Murphy, 22, escaped unharmed but was later arrested as a parole violator. The driver said he picked up the couple near Harrisburg Wednesday morning.
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Eleanor Shelby
Reading
Stoney Run
William Penn Highway
Blairsville
Oliver Murphy
Murphy
Harrisburg
Temperance Rally Planned by Pine Flats WCTU in Uniontown
The Pine Flats W C T U will present an evening program at the Evangelical church in Uniontown Green township on Friday July 23 at 8 00. Public invited. Program includes invocations devotions greetings recitations readings songs messages and an offering with doxology and benediction led by club members and local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Flats
Suburban subscriber recalls 15 years with The Progress
John W. Goodlin, formerly of Indiana and now living in Chicago, renews his subscription on July 16. He recounts meeting Indiana attorney Ernest Stewart on State Street who praised The Progress as comprehensive as Webster. The pair part in good spirits.
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The
Progress
John W. Goodlin
Indiana
Chicago
State Street
Ernest Stewart
Stewart
World's Fair Plans 2000-Trailer Camp Near Grounds
New York World's Fair 1939 will operate a nearby trailer camp with capacity for 2000 trailers. The city negotiates for a Curtins airport lease in the Bronx with possible purchase. Parking space for 36 000 cars is set aside within the fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Curtins
Bronx
Bloomington era visitor notes and regional social pages
Miss Mary M Moorhead of Erie visits Indiana relatives en route to Bedford where she spends Monday. Mr Grumbling of Pitcairn born in Brush Valley visits home community. Miss Margaret Gideon Mrs G V Elgin and daughter Mary Florence Elderton visit Mr and Mrs David J Pincus East Water St. Dr and Mrs Stillman A Foster and children on School St host Rev and Mrs R O Sherrard Petrolia visiting Rev and Mrs Samuel W Shane Washington Pa former Indiana residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Moorhead
Erie
Indiana
Bedford
W. Grumbling
Pitcairn
Mr. Grumbling
Brushvalley
Margaret Gideon
G. V. Elgin
Mary
Florence
Elderton
David J. Pincus
East Water St
Stillman A. Foster
School Street
R. 0. Sherrard
Petrolia
Samuel W. Shane
Washington, Pa
Cherry Tree Man Buys a Farm in Indiana County
Joseph Klapok of Cherry Tree Route No 1 has purchased a 119 acre farm in Bowden Indiana county The deal was announced by the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and handled by E B Lowe of Greensburg a real estate fieldman for the land bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Klapok
Cherry Tree
Indiana County
Bowden
Federal Land Bank of
Baltimor
E. B. Lowe
Greensburg
The
Land Bank
Local Touches and Travel Notes from Blacklick and Nearby Areas
Blacklick reports Dr. Kenneth Nippes bitten by a copperhead while fishing in West Virginia and recovering after treatment. Residents from Grove City visit Roy and Mrs Wai Nicholson, while Betty Campbell visits Pittsburgh. Campers include Buddie Campbell and others at the William Penn Boy Scout camp. Gladys Walton visits her relatives in Cleveland and Avonmore visits. Raymond Graff and Summer Graff are noted visitors. Sara Porter visits Homestead. Progress Trespass Notices advertised for crop and property protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacklick
Kenneth Nippes
West Virginia
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G. W. Graff CO. Meats Groceries Delicatessen
North Sixth Street
National Brands
James J. Walters
Indiana, Pa
Geo. Cost’s Barber Shop
Gonth Ninth Street
Barber Oy Bee
Pennsylvania
Willis & Henderson
Wayne Ave
Long & Rim Insurance Agency
General Insurance
Penn Motor Service
Gompers Avenue
J. M. Risinger
Asia
Howard J. Smith
Matt
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Nic’ VY
Nothary Ai
Uniontown
W. B. Coble
Gertha McAnulty
J. Clair Irvin
Philadelphia St
Penna
Earl Nicholson
Grove City
Roy
Wai. Nicholson
Betty Campbell
Pittsburgh
Buddie Campbell
Junior Grater
Bobby Carson
Emerson Bushnell
Dick Smith
John Douglass
Jack Gould
William Penn Boy
Gladys Walton
Cleveland, Q
Frank Carson
Lilly Rumbaugh
Avonmore
H. B. Wiley
Mr. and
Mrs
Raymond Graff
Summer Graff
Sara Porter
Homestead
Mustin
the Progress and Pittsburgh Post
R. D
Indiana Dairy CO
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