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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
2
Dr Edith MacBride-Dexter warns that self diagnosis and self medication raise appendicitis deaths. A study shows laxatives worsen outcomes, with earlier surgery improving survival. Delay caused by nonprofessional advice leads to higher mortality. seek professional care promptly.
A large turnout at the Indiana County Sabbath School Association district meeting in Diamondville M E Church elected officers for the year and outlined an August training camp at Camp William Penn. Officers include Roy B. Decker president and Zoe Lyons administrator with several divisional superintendents.
The Ritz Theatre will show The Bride of Frankenstein as its last screening, described as a half-raining drama, with Gold Diggers of 1935 featuring Gloria Stuart and Dick Powell as the weekend attraction. Mae West promotes Goin to Town and beauty tips while No More Ladies with Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery opens June 20, featuring dramatic card table confrontations.
A corning late Saturday a car driven by Stanley Harkeln struck pedestrians on a Fulton Run sidewalk in Grafton, killing a mother and daughter. Harkeln, 23, said he skidded and braked near the street intersection. three occupants were uninjured. Other crashes: a head-on collision near Alverda injured six, including George Gance and Donald Elliott with skull fractures. Margaret Shoemaker, 16, and others. A Blacklick creek bridge crash near Jose phine injured Mary Jane Graff, 8, and a Blairsville driver. A Marion Center crash on Indiana-Punxsutawney road harmed Samuel Kerr, with the other driver fleeing.
The Indiana Theatre presents a June film lineup with back to back showings from 1:00 to 11:00 P M. Thursday features Murder in the Fly with Robert Taylor and Jean Parker. June 13 also includes Bride of Frankenstein and Hold Em Yale. Other titles include Gold Diggers of 1935 Going to Town and The Flame Within with listed stars. Continuous daytime screenings run across the week.
Harrisburg reports about 12,000 graduates from Pennsylvania colleges and universities this June, including 10,800 from 56 accredited schools and 1,200 from state teachers colleges four-year courses. It is estimated 12 to 15 thousand of 75,000 high school graduates in 1935 will enter college in September, with 10 to 12 thousand expected to enroll in Pennsylvania institutions, replacing this year’s graduates.
A crowded list of local social visits spans Cleveland trips Ambridge Topeka and Philadelphia mentions. Residents like Mrs Elizabeth Hoover and daughter Elizabeth Ambridge Mrs Dora Stephens St Petersburg Fla and many others are noted with weekend visits seasonal trips and subscription renewals.
Plans for the annual conventions of the Sun day School and Young Peoples Union of the Indiana Regular Baptist Association were announced to be held at the Pine Flats Baptist church on June 19 and 20. The programs outline devotions, addresses, music, business sessions, and basket meals with themes focusing on revival, evangelism, youth building a new world, and church progress.
JOAN LOWELL recalls Christmas aboard ship with tragic eye for detail. She recounts surfacing after the 1920s disaster of the Oceania Vance, candles on a tree, a tabloid headline about her father and crew, and a miraculous return eighteen days later after they were found and later reached southern Mexico.
Teachers and pupils of No 10 school Center township plan a reunion at the schoolhouse on Saturday June 15. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Descendants of John Work son of pioneer William Work announce their 33rd annual reunion to be held in the grove of the U P church at Rochester Mills on Saturday June 22 1935 Basket picnic All friends and relatives invited. At a Marion Center meeting June 4 1936 delegates adopted resolutions of respect for John F Pounds Indiana director and H W Burkett Home Pa treasurer of Warmers Telephone Co. They mourn their loss and extend sympathy to families.
The column announces pricing for Wanted Lost For Sale and For Rent notices. It explains charges: one cent per word for 25 words or more, 25 cents for shorter notices, with each initial or number counting as a word. Readers are asked to count words and send cash with copy to cover insertions.
One mile west of Armagh on the William Penn highway, 133 acres with 20 acres of timber. Includes both saw and timber products. Contact Tenla C. Hutchison, Armagh, Pa.
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