Street Railway Ends Operations June 30 1933
Indiana County Street Railways Co will discontinue trolley service between Indiana Blairsville Clymer and Creekside. Incorporated August 6 1907 the firm operated about 26 years and employed over 20 people. service ends with the regular schedule on Friday June 30 1933 due to changing transportation conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Street Railways Co
Indiana
Blairsville
Clymer
Creekside
Mission Workers to Speak at Elderton Meeting
The 55th annual convention of the Conemaugh Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society will be held at Elderton on Thursday June 22 with sessions at 10:00 AM 1:30 PM and 7:00 PM The society officers include Mrs J J Mellvaine president Mrs William Anderson vice president Mrs B E Myers corresponding secretary Mrs R E B Wright recording secretary and Miss Agnes Magill treasurer An evening feature will include an address by Miss Dora continued on Page Eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conemaugh Presbyterial Women’s Missionary Society of the
United Presbyterian Church
Elderton
The
Presbyterial Society
J.J. Mellvaine
Town
William Anderson
Créte
B. BE. Myers
Homer City
R. EB. VY. Wright
Agnes Magill
Dora
Annual reunions of Solomon Weaver descendants planned
Reunions for Henry Solomon and William Weaver descendants at Marion Center park on Saturday June 24 invite relatives to bring a basket and enjoy the day. Harmon school reunion will be at Harmon schoolhouse Washington township on Saturday. Northwestern Pennsylvania Raftamen and Lumbermen hold second annual reunion at Cooks Forest Thursday June 22 with members and families invited. David Moorhead family marks second annual reunion at W W Moorhead residence Dixonville Thursday June 22 inviting baskets and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Solomon
William Weaver
David Moorhead
W. W. Moorhead
Dixonville
New Modern School Building Rising at Elders Ridge
Work has begun on a modern fire proof brick building at Elders Ridge Vocational School to replace the fire damaged structure. The new facility will include classrooms an auditorium and a gymnasium and is slated for completion this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elders Ridge
Elders Ridge Vocational School
Odd Fellows And Rebekahs Attend Sunday Service
Members of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges of town attended a morning service at Second United Presbyterian Church where Rev Samuel W Shane delivered a splendid sermon. The sermon is continued on page seven of this issue. A Garden Club Show will be held Saturday in the Indiana Hotel dining room from 1 to 9 PM, hosted by the Indiana Garden Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges
Second United Presbyterian Church
Town
Samuel W. Shane
The
Progress
Indiana Garden Club
Indiana Hotel
McLaughlin Barn and Contents Burned by Lightning
Lightning struck the G L McLaughlin barn in Brushvalley Township at 10 80 pm Friday causing a large fire that destroyed the building and its contents including a Jersey heifer a lamb and farm machinery. Loss partly covered by insurance. The Charles Allen barn near Tunnelton was struck but not seriously damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley Township
G. L. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Charles Allen
I Tunnelton
Blacklick Resident Ends Life With Shotgun in Home
John Thomas Jennings a 63 year old Blacklick resident killed himself with a shotgun on Friday evening on the second floor of his Marshall Heights home. He had been unemployed for years and reportedly threatened his son Harry 16 after he returned from a forest camp before taking the fatal shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Jennings
Marshall Heights
Blacklick
Harry
Coroner's Jury Holds Emerick for Manslaughter in Fatal Crash
The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Frank Emerick, 19, should be held on a manslaughter charge for the May 14 collision north of Marion Center that killed John Heilbrun, 27. The inquest found Heilbrun and Emerick’s cars collided on the Indiana Punxsutawney highway four miles north of Marion Center. The same jury also ruled that James H. Allison, 77, and his sister Heater Jane Allison, 74, died in the May 14 fire that destroyed their Center Township home, without detailing the cause of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Emerick
John Heilbrun
Ernest
Marion Center
Heiltbrun
Emerick
Indiana-Punxsutawney
Jas. H. Allison
James .H. Allison
Heater Jane Allison
Center Township
Indiana VFW invited to Hola State Encampment in Allentown
Representatives of Indiana Post Veterans of Foreign Wars depart for Allentown to attend the state encampment with plans to host the 1924 gathering. Delegates include W. Ralph Cummings Hiva Hershberger Dominick Viola from Indiana James Braughler Frank Rice from Marion Center and H Neville of Ernest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hola
Indiana
Indiana Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Allentown
Post
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Indiana County
Hiva Hershberger
Dominick Viola
James Braughler
Frank Rice
Marion Center
H., Neville
Ernest
American Legion County Committee Meets at Camp Rest
Indiana County Committee of the American Legion will hold its next regular meeting at Camp Rest on Friday evening June 28 at 8 00 o clock Eastern Standard Time. Tegionaries from all posts in the county are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served and an entertainment program is being arranged. Camp Rest lies two miles southwest of Indiana off the Indiana Blairsville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Camp Rest
Indiana County Committee of the American Legion
Indiana
Blairsville Road
Five felons plead guilty in wagon freight car theft case
Five offenders entered guilty pleas before Judge J. N. Langham on Monday morning. Francis Joseph Yuran of Cambria City received one year in Allegheny County Workhouse, a $100 fine, restitution of $100 to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., and costs. Yuran and two others stole 26 cases of cheese valued at $100 from a Blairsville yard on May 16. Yuran was captured, while Piskovich and Koch remain fugitives. Clyde Hilty, B. D. Hilty and William Stiles admitted stealing about 5,000 feet of copper wire worth $250 from Standard Bituminous Coal Co. and selling it for $15 to an Indiana junk dealer. At prosecutor M. D. Gibson’s request, Judge Langham suspended sentences and ordered costs. the men may return to work. Quin Hess pleaded to assault charges, ordered to pay costs and $25 to the prosecutrix for pain, plus $10 for a coat, a $10 hospital bill, and a physician’s bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Langham
Francis Joseph Yuran
Cambria City
Cambria Co
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Yuran
John O'Piskovich
Carle
Indiana
M.D. Gibson
Langham
Quin Hess
Rochester Mills
Allen Yen
Grant Township
102 Beer Permits Issued in Indiana County Noon Today
County Treasurer C C McLain issued 102 beer selling permits in Indiana county at noon. The tally includes 67 retail licenses, 24 distributor permits and 11 club licenses. Two retail apps were refused and one withdrawn. Eight retail applicants failed to file bonds and are held in abeyance. In Strongstown, 14 year old Howard Hill nearly severed his left big toe while cutting mine props and was taken to Indiana hospital where doctors hope to save the toe. the Hill family has 18 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McLain
Indiana County
Aruust
Howard Hill
James A. Hill
Strongstown
Indiana Hospital
Captain Charles L. McLain A Hospital Patient In Washington
Captain Charles L. McLain wartime commander of Company F is a patient at Mt. Alto hospital Washington awaiting an operation. He was wounded and gassed overseas and has resided in Charleston DC for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. McLain
Washington Hospital
Co. F
Mt. Alto Hospital
Washington, D.C
McLain
Charleston
D.C
Lenora Sutter elected to Indiana high faculty vacancy
At a Board of Education meeting in Indiana Miss Lenora Sutter was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Kathryn Boundy who recently married. If she accepts she will teach English and Science at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Sutter
Indiana High
Indiana Board of Education
Kathryn Boundy
Miss Sutter
Two Directors Appointed to County Independents
Judge J. N. Langham filled two vacancies on county boards of independent school districts by appointing Mrs. Leora Mauk as director in Canoe township to replace the resigning Grant Mauk, and naming A. B. Gray in West Lebanon to succeed W. C. Smith who also resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Langham
Leora Mauk
Canoe Township
Grant Mauk
Only Two Trains a Day For Indiana Starting Sunday
The new Pennsylvania Railroad schedule in Indiana limits service to two trains daily. Weekday departures are at 7:55 a.m. and 3:36 p.m. standard time, while Sunday trains leave at 6:20 p.m. and 8:05 p.m. standard time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Local Boy Honored by International Magicians
William Neff of East School Street received the prize for the presentation of a mental effect at the International Brotherhood of Magicians annual convention. The event's concluding session took place in Beaver Falls on Saturday. A cow owned by Archie Brown of Washington township was struck and killed by lightning on Wednesday as a tree it stood under was hit. a nearby shop suffered minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Neff
East School St
International Brotherhood of Magicians
Beaver Falls
Archie Brown
Washington Township
County Club Women Hold Annual Session in Indiana
The 23rd annual Indiana County Congress of Women's Clubs met at the Presbyterian church with about 100 attendees from 12 clubs. Highlights included speakers on club activities, reports from clubs, a keynote by Mrs. John Phillips, and re‑election of officers except the second vice president, with Mrs Roy Laughlin elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Congress of Women’s Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Town
America
J. J. McIlvaine
W. H. MacColl
Saltsbury
Congress
Blacklick and Burrell
J. G. Chalfant
Pittsburgh
Siiney Kaufman
Department of International Relations
Southwestern
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Robert Turansky
John Phillips
Saltsburg
Marton Center
H. C. Christy
Florence Wallace
W. TL. MacColl
Salisbury
H. I. Johnson
E. M. Bushnell
Blacklick
Plumville Boys Excel at Senior Allegheny Mountain Track Meet
Plumville residents Harold Tost took second in the mile and Eugene Pifer finished third in the junior six mile event at the Senior Allegheny Mountain field and track meet held Saturday. The meet was sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumville
Allegheny Mountain
Harold Tost
Eugene Pifer
Allegheny ‘Mountain Association
University of Pittsburgh
Commodore Teacher Elected for 1944-45 Term
Miss Betty Shidle daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Shidle of Commodore graduated from Juniata College with an A B degree and has been elected teacher in Commodore Schools for the 1944-45 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Shidle
Joseph Shidle
Commodore
Juniata College
Huntingdon
Fatal Mine Accident Claims Brenier Worker George Edelman
George Edelman of Brenier near Blairsville died in an Indiana hospital on Saturday from a broken back and internal injuries suffered when he was caught by a rock fall during mining at Brenier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edelman
Brenier
Blairsville
Indiana Hospital
Breni[zor
Doctor Ernest Work receives education doctorate at Monmouth
The degree of Doctor of Education was conferred upon Prof. IT Ernest Work of Marion Center and former Indiana resident at Monmouth College. He is now with Muskingum College history department, with a career spanning teaching, administration, and service in Ethiopia and the Italian Army during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erneat Work
Marion Center
Indiana
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Mts
Muskingum College
Work
Indiana State Normal School
University of Michigan
Harvard
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania
Ethiopia
Doctor of Literature For Prof Walsh Honored at 83rd Commencement
Professor Matthew John Walsh, Dean for Instruction at Indiana State Teachers College, was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Saint Francis College, Loretto, during its 83rd commencement exercises held Thursday, June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew John Walsh
Indiana State Teachers College
Saint Francis College
Loretto
Flag Day Observance By Indiana Lodge No 931 Elks
Flag Day ceremonies hosted by Indiana Lodge No 931 Elks in the lodge room on Philadelphia street begin at 8:00 PM. John Everett, secretary for the YMCA, will give the address. The program is designed for all ages and the public, especially families with children, is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Philadelphia Street
John Everett
Myers Literary Society Meets June 16 At Myers School
The Myers Literary Society will hold a Friday evening meeting at the Myers school house in Genter township on June 16. The program lists songs, mouth organ and duet numbers, joke and dialogue classes, surprise features, readings, dance, extemporaneous class, and music performances by members of the society and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers Literary Society
Myers
Genter Township
Treettation
Waldo Pierce
Avelyn Latimer
Geraldine Sexton
Clair Kauffman
Gaynelle Henry
Mildred Nehrig
Ray Carroll
Clair Bowman
Raymond Edmiston
Ellsworth Bowman
Robert Nehrig
Charles Nehrig
Davis Lewis
Darwin Stewart
Lea Campbell
Margaret Bowman
Met
LaRue Warner Muse
Wilber Sexton
Mer
Ruth Winshelmer
Clarlasa Britton
Iona Lewis
Helen Raskewski
Viola Bowman
Joe Doty
Carl Anderson
Roy Winshelmer
Mae
Rank Ginter
George Black
Pred Nehrig
Mgr
Lillian Miller
da Davis
Harold Henry
Reed Henry
Howard Nehrig
Nova Bowman
Golden wedding bells ring for two Indiana couples
Mr. and Mrs. Howard S. Smeltzer of Philadelphia street extension celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with 44 guests at home. Their five children 26 grandchildren and two great grandchildren attended. The Kritzers also marked a golden anniversary with 26 guests and a wealth of roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. Smeltzer
Philadelphia Street
United
George and Locust Grove
Smeltzer
Ellsworth Kritzer
Mr. Kritzer
Maryland
Clearfield County
Annie Lyons
Luthersburg
Ridgway and
Mahaffey
Indiana
Roy ‘Kritzer
Clearfield
H. K. Kritzer
Burnside
George Beatty
Ernest
C. R. Beck
Brewster, C
Jesse Kritzer
Blairaville
John
William
Joseph Kritzer
Town
Mary
Leah
Vici Kritzer
Mia
Kritger
Edward Ellinger
Sykesville
Clues sought in Indiana County treasury robbery
Nearly $3,000 in cash checks and money orders were stolen from the Indiana County Treasurer's vault during the noon hour on Thursday. District Attorney Wm M Ruddock said clues are being pursued as authorities, with fingerprint experts and photographs, examine how the thief accessed the vault using a missing key and a broken key found in a desk drawer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Wm. M. Ruddock
DeLosa Martin
C. C. McLain
McLain
Marriage Licenses Granted in Various Towns and Names
A list of marriage licenses includes Cramer Leslie Allen with Hazel Gaynelle Reichmiller in Johnstown, plus couples pairing Brownh JBast Lansing and Jean Lenore Miller, Iselin Donald Cameron with Davis, Martha Jettrude McCres in Brushvalley, Louis Pustl in Brushvalley, Mary Slade and Patrick Maurice Kelly in Clarksburg, Edith Mona Morrow with S Vandergrift, William Carlton Lightner in Apollo, Helen Neice Rohn in Huntingdon, and Paul Anthony Costa with Mary Anna Porada in Gipry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Stever Brownh
Lansing
Mich
Jean Lenore Miller
Homer Itty
Joseph ‘Marlin
Allshouse West Lebanon
Mildred
Lucille Spondike
Iselin Donald Cameron ‘Davis, Jr
Brushvallay
Brushvalley
Louis Pustl
Clarksburg
Mary Slade
Patrick Maurice Kelly
S Vandergrift
Edith Mona Morrow
Apollo William Carlton Lightnerdda Huntingdon
Helen Neice Rohn
Huntingdon Burnside
Paul Anthony Costa
Mary Anna Porada
Gipry
Real estate transfers in Indiana and Maine records
Vincent DiMino transfers a lot in Indiana to Carmelo Valenti for $1.00. Luther Lewis transfers a Cherryhill tract in Maine to Delhi Inna for $3,000. Annie M. Umburn transfers Indiana lots to Hope Stewart for $4,700. John T. Long transfers 2 acres in West Wheatfield to Daniel Davidson for $70. Joseph M. Fuller transfers 2 Pine lots to Matilda J. Boring for $1. Homer W. Mauk transfers a lot in Indiana to Beatrice M. Mauk for $40.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Dimino
Carmelo Valenti
Indiana
Luther Lewis
Delhi Inna
Cherryhill
Annie M. Umburn
Hope Stewart
John T. Long
Daniel Davidson
W. Wheatfield
Joseph M. ‘Fuller
Matilda J. Boring
Pine
Homer W. Mauk
Beatrice M. Mauk
Mathers Assistance Fund Allocation Stated by Welfare
Indiana county will receive 33768 dollars for the coming two years as part of the Mathers Assistance Fund allocation announced by the Department of Welfare in Harrisburg on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathers Assistance Fund
Indiana County
Department of Welfare
Harrisburg
Two Children Drown In Bolivar Area Pool Injuries
William Long seven son of Mr and Mrs Stewart Long of Bolivar drowned in the Bolivar community swimming pool on Saturday afternoon. Fred Hammond 24 of Bolivar found the body. Edward Gerald Riggins three son of Mr and Mrs Percy D Riggins of Tunnelton drowned in a spring near his home three feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Long
Stewart Long
Bolivar
Fred Hammond
Edward Gerald Riggins
Percy D. Rigiid
Tunnelton
Warn Weather Harrisburg Watch Tires In Warm Weather
For safety in motoring, watch your tires, especially in warm weather, advises the governors committee on street and highway safety. Of 206,402 vehicles inspected during the recent compulsory inspection period, tires on 1,213 were reported in poor condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Tfor
Governors Committee
Blairsville Pastor Stricken With Stroke Near Barber Shop
Father P. J. Howe longtime Blairsville Roman Catholic pastor suffered a paralysis stroke Tuesday near a barber shop. He was rushed by ambulance to a Pittsburgh hospital where his condition was reported as serious and critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Howe
Blairsville
Pittsburgh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Street, Railways Co
Conemaugh
Presbyterial Women's Missionary Society
I. McLaughlin
HNDS
Umi
John Woods
North Seventh Street
Mary B. Woods
Latrobe
Woods
Greensburg
Akron
Grandma" Woods
Strongstown Youth
County Club
Cers
Pegrer
Ernest Work
Hi S. Smeltzer
Treasury
Cramer
Leslie Allen
Stutzman
Hazel Gaynelle Reichmiller
Johnstown
Martha Jettrude McCres
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