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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1936
Page
2
Auditor General Bh Arthur Sweeney and Representative Walter E. Morris along with State Senator C Gilbert Wolfenden are listed among active government figures. The fragment signals a roster of public office holders and associated roles.
A survey of local social activity lists numerous visitors and travelers: Mrs Harold Simpson visiting Philadelphia. Miss Mae Melee in town. J Milton Gibson on business in Indiana. Dr and Mrs John Elkin visiting Smicksburg. Mrs Ira Altman visiting her mother in Virginia. H J Hinterleitner returning from a trip east. Prudence Steving visiting relatives in the county. the Gettys off to Atlantic City for two weeks. Charles Bennett and family visiting in town. Mrs John A H Keith a weekend guest from Harrisburg. Mrs F B Stevenson entertaining for Miss Helen Schriver of Philadelphia. Marie McAtee returning from Ocean City. Mise McAfee heads local Bell Telephone office. others at the National Guard encampment. Miller-Johnston reunion at Indiana fair grounds. Say family welcomes a son at Gates Hospital. Pennhallow and Hitchcock relatives visiting in Washington. George Kase at a wallpaper convention in New York while his store operates in Indiana. Longs hosting WWI veterans reunion. many locals attending a Midwest Council gathering near Gewlatown. Senator Bennett and family sailing to Europe for August. Ernest Stewart Jr en route to Exeter Academy. Dotty Stewart joins Pratt Institute faculty. Virginia Stewart to Scribners. Cliffside Park offers free swimming lessons Fridays with Red Cross lifeguard and first aid instructor.
Shirley Temple stars in The Poor Little Rich Girl with Alice Faye Gloria Stuart and Jack Haley. The film features five new songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel and opens a three day run at RH Theatre. The Bride Walks Out at Ritz on Aug 3 4 offers a fast paced New York guided tour with Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond. The Princess Comes Across screens Aug 6 7 with Lombard and MacMurray aboard the Mammoth. Joe E Brown headlines Harthworm Tractors at Ritz Aug 7.
Printed on paper and Imuslin, comply with trespass hunting and theft acts. Price Muslin, 8 for 25c. Paper, 6 for 25c. Cash with order. Send three cents extra for mail. Address The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Pa.
A lawn fete will be held at Bethel Lutheran Church near Dixonville on Friday evening July 31. The article notes that most alcohol produced in the country comes from black molasses imported at two and a half cents per gallon.
Midsummer graduates of Indiana State Teachers College are listed with awarded degrees and certificates. Notable names include Anna Marie Falger, Alma Regina Garrett, Ruth Allen Brice, Kenneth Charles Love, Martha Mary Ingalls, Genevieve Irene Maurey, H Clair Reitzenrater, Hannah Kline, Mary Amanda Park, and Percival Roberts among others from various curricula and certificates.
Fifty-two persons attended the fifth Lowman reunion at Woodlawn Park near Marion Center on June 18. Officers elected: President Mrs Helen Fleming, vice president Mrs Porter Donahue, secretary Mrs Grace Houck, treasurer Mrs Emma Brown. Several other reunions are planned including Kinter clan at Kintersburg, Baker connection at Indiana fair grounds, Gromley Rickard at Lewistown, Henry clan at Camp Rest, Helman family at Charleys Grove, McHenry clan at Dayton fair grounds, Sleppy Adams at Maple Grove church.
The notice lists multiple family reunions with updated venues and dates: Fulmer at Camp Rest on August 8. Fritz at Rushwood Park near New Alexandria on August 5. Richard-Gromley at Hazlett church grove near Hillsdale on August 1. Mabon at Camp Rest near Indiana on August 22. Layton clan at Roxbury Park Johnstown on August 1. Ray reunion at Indiana fair grounds on August 8. Maple Grove Church of God near Penn Run hosts a table dinner August 15.
Harrisburg July 28 report notes the smallmouth bass, a gamest, most voracious game fish, requires heavy yearly forage. A three acre brood pond at Pleasant Mount hatchery in Wayne county holds over 600 bass two to five pounds each. Pond stocked with tadpoles crayfish and minnows supplies natural forage while 38% pounds of ground salt water fish are fed daily to the brood stock.
Borough of Indiana adopts an ordinance to contract with Pennsylvania Electric Company for electric traffic control service. Officials Burgess Simpson and Borough Secretary Barbor authorize execution. ordinance repeals conflicting parts. Enacted and passed July 7, 1986. approved July 7, 1936.
Richard W. Watson attorney issues executor notice for the estate of Tiniana Dorough Venusylydula deceased. Creditors must present authenticated claims for settlement and debtors to remit promptly. Harry Mews executor Blairsville Pa July 2 1sé-ste
Harold L. Lundquist, dean of the Moody Institute and noted biblical authority, will write the Popular Sunday School Lesson featured in The Progress weekly. The appointment follows Rev. P. B. Fitzwater, long-time writer and Moody Institute staff member, and enhances a widely read feature once described as the largest Sunday School class in the world.
The column explains rates for Wanted Lost For Sale and For Rent notices. It states a charge of one cent per word for 25 word insertions or more and twenty five cents for shorter notices. Each initial or number counts as a word and payment must accompany the copy.
For sale a large tract offering 40 acres of first class virgin oak timber with the rest workable. Two seal mines are open on the property with good springs. Located 2144 miles from Apollo on the Pittsburgh Indiana improved road. Call or address S T Martin 305 First St Apollo Pa.
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