Flushing bar aids wildlife on farms and field day highlights
Farm Extension News notes a flushing bar attached to harvest equipment to scare nesting birds and allow them to escape. It cites Pennsylvania Game Commission support and urges careful use near field edges to protect wildlife while crops are harvested. Also reports on Purchase Line field day for Jersey and Guernsey cattle clubs, showing exhibits, awards, and forthcoming meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Ienivea
Trade City Pig Club Founded With Six Members
The Trade City 4-H Pig Club began on Wednesday with six members after weighing in seven pigs. Floyd Smith leads the club as president, guiding early activities and upcoming projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trade City Pig Club
Trade City
Floyd Smith
Public Sale Of Household Goods At Riders Ridge
Auction notice for J KE Manners owner with R W George auctioneer. Sale at residence in Riders Ridge on Tuesday June 16 1936 at 4 30 PM. Household items listed include range cabinet Vic rola 85 records kitchen cabinet stove dresser rugs tables chairs leather sofa porch glider yard tools dishes jars and more. Cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riders Ridge
Ton
J. KE. Manners
R. W. George
Fire Blight Threat Hits Homer City Apple Trees
County Agent Warner reports fire blight in Homer City apple trees. The bacterial disease, also known as blossom blight or collar rot, spreads via insects like bees carrying the ooze from cankers. Spraying fails. only dormant season pruning removes affected parts, with outbreaks peaking around bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer City
Warner
Ox Hill 4-H Pig Feeding Club Enlists Local Boys
Ox Hill 4-H Pig Feeding Club weighed in by County Agent J W Warner on Saturday. Leaders Shields McMillen and da McMillen announce each enrolled boy will feed a pig from now until fall weighout and contest end. Enrolled: John George Ronald McMillen Carl Roof Howard McMillen Richard McMillen Wayne Stear. A joint meeting for Ox Hill 4 H clubs and Girls clubs is set for Friday June 12 at Plum Creek Valley Grange Hall at 7 PM with a music hall game followed by the meeting near dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesub
Mahoning Grange
Trade City
Warner
Floyd Stear’s
Ox Hill
J. W. Warner
da Shields McMillen
R.D
John George
Ronald McMillen
Carl Roof
Howard McMillen
Richard McMillen
Wayne Stear
Plum Creek Valley Grange Hall
Guernsey Field Day and Picnic at Elders Ridge
The Guernsey Field Day and Picnic of the Elders Ridge Guernsey Bull Association will be held at the home of John G. Henderson in Elders Ridge on Saturday June 20 starting at 10 00 A M Breeders and dairymen are invited and should bring well filled baskets R H Olmstead Penn State dairy extension specialist and County Agent J W Warner will assist in judging and demonstration programs in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purchase Line Jersey Bull Association
Purchase ‘Line
Oollantha
Guy Mice
Guernsey
R. R B. Welch
Penn State
Meredith Boucher
Samuel Boucher
Lloyd Wilt
Eugene T. Wilt
John Reithmiller
Arthur Stull
Jersey Calf Club
Murray McMillen
Donald Aldison
Wm. McMillen
Helen Qlouiseé Houck
Edward Houck
Carl Myers
Robert C. Lydick
J. W. Warner
Robert Lydick
Ard
Bobby Brandt
Association
The
Bull Association
Guernsey Calf Club
Indiana County Guernsey Cattle Club
Elders Ridge
Guernsey Bull Association
John G. Henderson
R. H. Olmstead
Pomona and Marchand Grange Plan June Meeting
A joint meeting of Indiana County Pomona Grange and Marchand Grange will be held at Marchand on Thursday June 25. Attendees are urged to bring baskets and join coffee and lemonade prepared by Marchand and Grange. Flora Fritz Henderson Pomona lecturer presents a full day program with morning sessions 10 30 welcome and business session noon recess afternoon programs and an evening session ending with closing of Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Pomona Grange
Marchand Grange
Marchand
Flora Fritz Henderson
Iddo Lewis
Cunningham
Roy McKaig
Boise
Idaho
Rosalie Stutzman
Wm. Penn Grange
Savan Grange
Mahoning Grange
J. A. Boak
Pennsylvania
Grange
Agricultural Conservation Receives 245 Applications
The County Agricultural Conservation Committee reports 24 applications received by Monday evening. Eligible farmers may obtain Class 1 and Class 2 payments by following soil conserving and building practices. The largest payment exceeds 1200 dollars. second largest about 482 dollars. average farms receive 60 to 150 dollars. Green township has the most applications. Farmers should bring crop acreage records from last year and current acres to the office. Committee members are C. H. McCall, Charles M. McMillen, and B. B. Crawford. Mr. Crawford handles applications at his Smicksburg residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Indiana Theatre Building
Green Township
C. H. McCall
Charles M. McMillen
B. B. Crawford
Crawford
Smicksburg
Four Injured When Truck Driver Slept At Wheel
Four people were injured on Route 115 near Marion Center when truck driver Stanley L. Trucek of Pittsburgh allegedly dozed at the wheel and struck the passenger car of Col. Monroe A. Means of Kane. Means and family suffered multiple injuries. truck and car damaged. rackless driving charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Center
Stanley L. Trucek
Pittsburgh
Col
Monroe Ia. Means
Kane
Mr. Means
Mre. Mens
Howard N. Means
Trucek
George Martin
Marion ‘Center
Means
Tlucek
Daughter of Former Indiana Couple Named Valedictorian
Misa Helen Piter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Piter, formerly Indiana residents now in Anaheim, California, graduated from Anaheim Union High School and was chosen valedictorian. She held the highest four year scholarship average, was president of the Honor Society, and noted for musical ability. Her birth in Indiana endears her many hometown friends. A separate report notes a mother imprisoned her daughter in a dark room for 22 years before neighbors found the 33 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Helen Piter
James M. Piter
Indiana
Anaheim
Calif
Anaheim Union High School
Misg Plter
Anaheim High School
Weddings of a Week Offutt Smith Grooms from Indiana
A string of local weddings features Margaret Smith marrying William Calvin Offutt at the Presbyterian church with 260 relatives present. A progress of ceremonies follows with Grace Wegley wedded to Joseph L. Yates Jr. in Washington and other nuptials in Indiana and Clairton.
Marriages Award High Townspeople in Early June Ceremony
The Methodist Episcopal church in Clymer hosted the wedding of Rev. Paul E B Trimpey and Miss Mildred St Clair with Dr J E Wagner performing. Mildred St Clair, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert St Clair of Clymer, taught in local schools and graduated from Indiana State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘Blaine Aiken
Blaine Aiken
Washington
Leona Carolyn Templeton
Clymer
William N. Templeton
Cc. C. Fulton
Clymer Presbyterian Church
John Cox
Jas. B. Alken
Bridgeport
Bride
Indiana High School
State Teachers College
Waterman School
Nehrig
Homer City
Center Township
Trimpey-St. Clair
Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert St. Clair
Indiana State Teachers College
Trimpey
Ellen Trimpey
Somerset
Penn Run
Work
Steele Lysle R. Work
New Kensington
Margaret Steele
East Mahoning Township
Indiana
Samuel W. Shane
First United Presbyterian Church
Wark
Rochester Milla
Clark Steele
Kutzinger-Thayer Leonard Thayer
James Thayer
Margaret Kutzinger
Max Kurzinger
John Kovalsky
Iona ‘Thayer
Ambrose Kurzinger
Thayer
Forrest White
Rochester Mills
Bernice Gaston
I. W. Gaston
Rossiter
Punxsutawney
C. A. Wilson
Church of God
Punxeytawney
Mildred Devins
James Devins
Rosalter
Robert W. Carlson
Kane
Reunions Across Indiana June Calendar
William Anderson clan reunion set for Indiana fair grounds on Wednesday June 17 inviting relatives and friends to bring a basket. Shoupe School reunion for former teachers and students June 13 at the school grounds near South Bend. Montgomery clan reunion June 20 at Indiana fair grounds. Stuchell reunion June 13 at Creekside Park with a noon basket dinner and welcome notices. WPA spent 500000 to teach serving dust and a hot boiled potato mashed in four bags makes a good poultice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anderson
Indiana Fair Grounds
South Bend
Stuchell
Creekside Park
Health care progress from Charles II to modern medicine
A dated reflection notes that 250 years ago Charles II’s doctors tried 800 herbs with no cure. It reports a hospital’s past year for 6898 patients, detailing 98,860 chemical tests and various diagnostics averaging 14 per patient. It praises advances in medical science and costly instruments aiding the poor today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 11
England
Charles II
Rotary talk on new medical appliances in therapy
Dr. Fred Shaults addressed Rotary Club members about innovative medical gadgets used in physical therapy. He highlighted new electrical appliances and introduced Dr. B. V. Algin as a new member. President William Ruddock announced the International Rotary Convention in Atlantic City from June 22 to 27 with representatives from sixty eight nations. article note mentions Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette distribution to R. D. readers for $5.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shaults
Rotary Club
8. V. Algin
William Ruddock
Rotary
Atlantic City
Rotary Clubs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Extension News
Purchase Line
Calf Club
Pomona
Green
Offutt-Smith
Margaret Smith
Mary Smith
Shelocta Road
William Calvin Offutt
R. M. Offutt
Weat Church Street
Presbyterian
Mary Simco
McKeesport
Minges Jean Ofutt
Rene Sahbo
Dorothy Walker
Margaret Offutt
New Castle
Edward Nealer
Offutt
Graceton
Grove City College
Thompson Paint Manufacturing Company
Oakmont
Canada
Yates Wegley
Grace Wegley
Blaine J. Wegley
Joseph L. Yates, Jr
Clairton
Immaculate Conception Church of
M. J. , Hughes
Bessie Griest
Frances Yates
Miss Yates
Miss Griest
John Elder
Mt. Vernon
George Washington Hotel
Yates
Aiken-Templeton
Miller-Studie
James Craig Miller
Brookville
Ruth Louise Stuchel
Plumville
Beracha United Presbyterian Church
J. H. McCall
New Bethlehem
Miller
White
Gaston
Carlson Devins
WPA
First National Bank Ourtesy and Service
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
B. Hargrave
M. H. Eschenlaub
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
R. D
Shelocta
Wilmer Miller
Lloyd Stiffler
Lucinda Kathryn ‘Stiffler
Walter Bush
Arthur Lowry
John Warner
Robert Warner
Vandergrift
Ian Ray
Parkwood
Floyd Ray
M. L. Fulmer
L. F. Robinson
Virginia Miller
Luxenberg
Pennsylvania Threshermen and Farmera Mutual Casualty Insurence Co
Harrisburg
M.C. Stewart
R. D. NO
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