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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1937
Page
2
The Indiana Progress, a historic county paper from 1937, features local news and notices from Wednesday June 16. This edition highlights community events, announcements, and regional updates reflective of that era.
A series of late June weddings in Clair and surrounding communities feature Eva Grace Rankin marrying Clair W. Long at the Presbyterian church with a peach lace gown and a southeastern motor trip ahead. Ernst details include June Hess wedding to Harry Wilbert Butte at Armagh, the Salerno-Vendor nuptials in Dayton, and unions of Culp Piper in Blairsville and Pender Barton in New Alexandria with plans to reside in Salem Ohio and Len Pittsburgh area.
The Daily Vacation Bible School began its fifth annual term in Uniontown with 260 pupils and six officers and teachers. The closing demonstration is set for Sunday evening June 27 at 8:00. Martha Myers of Spangler visits relatives Mr and Mrs Clay Leamer. Leta Beringer and her children Betty Donald and Dolores vacationed with Mr and Mrs Harvey Wise of Commodore. Mr and Mrs B N Berringer and daughter Evelyn and son Carl visited Barneyboro Monday.
The Manos Theatre hosts the final showings of Pick a Star with Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Rosina Lawrence Mischa Auer Lyda Roberti Laurel and Hardy. New numbers include Pick a Star I ve Got It Bad Without Your Love Night Club and Crazy But Baby It s Love with music by Stryker Lange.
The listing shows a two day run on Wednesday and Thursday June 16 and 17 featuring Pick a Star with Jack Haley and Patsy Kelly. A second attraction runs Friday and Saturday June 18 and 19 starring Spencer Tracy Gladys George and Franchot Tone. On Monday and Tuesday June 21 and 22 Angel's Holiday plays starring Jane Withers and Robert Kent.
The fifteenth White Oak Flat school reunion is set for June 19 in the park near Rosa Mayne. Kerr and Studell reunions share June dates in North Point and Marion Center Community Park with amusements and a noon basket dinner. Wiggins Calhoun, Clawson McMillen, Anderson, and Lewis reunions also occur June 19 at various local venues including Donahey’s Park Indiana Fair Grounds and Woodlawn Park near Marion Center.
Indiana listings for Wednesday to Tuesday present film pairings with Madge Evans and Henry Daniell in Thirteenth Chair on June 16 17, Boris Karloff and Jean Rogers in Night Key on June 18 19, Paul Kelly and Judith Alley in Ey Happen d Out West on June 20 21 22, and Pat O’Brien with Henry Fonda in Slim on June 21 22.
AAR study shows railroads use about 600 billion gallons of water annually for operations. The figure would supply New York City for two years or a Washington area city for seventeen years, and the volume exceeds all other materials combined. Annual water costs run about 50 million dollars with replacement cost for 18 000 stations above 400 million dollars.
Mrs. Irvine Gearhart of Smicksburg R D 1 displays a remarkable rhubarb stalk at the Kittanning Leader-Vimes office. The stalk measures 30 inches long and the leaf spans 28 inches, drawing attention for its size.
The five day United Presbyterian convention in Indiana closes Tuesday with 495 attendees including 23 foreign and 10 home missionaries and 12 board members. Highlights include morning reports, a round table on evangelistic work led by Eva Hewitt of India, and tributes to missionaries who died last year.
A festival will be held Tuesday evening June 22 at St. Jacob's Lutheran Church in South Bend. The Ladies' Working Circle will serve wethers pop fruit and ice cream with free take. The Circle asks for your attendance. The doughnut article of pastry made the Salvation Army famous in the A. E. F. in France.
Mehitabel Perkins, a rose-filled cottage spinster, confronts a book peddler who enchants her with verse and a stage life offer. A theater ticket sparks a passion and a twist of fate as his act becomes a financial success, changing their romance and plans.
Kenneth Eugene Kimmel aged 18 died after a rebuilt gasoline pump exploded while he operated it at Blacklick. He was visiting his uncle Thomas Davidson when the fire sprayed burning liquid on him. His parents Ernest E and Bessie Kimmel and a brother Glenn survived.
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