Pennsylvania Farm Values Show Upswing in 1930s Market
Pennsylvania farm values are four percent higher this year, with the state average at 86, within 14 percent of pre war levels, and prices for farm products three points above pre war levels, according to a Federal State Crop Reporting Service survey reported by Secretary of Agriculture J Mangell French. The May price level held at 103, same as April. Also notes include a 4 H Club meeting in Ox Hill district with 45 members and leaders, plus plans for Guernsey Field Day at Elders Ridge sponsored by the Bull Association featuring talks by state and university dairy officials, and Armstrong Grange program at Parkwood schoolhouse with a June 24 meeting schedule and music news about Indiana girls’ school director appointments.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
J. Mangell French
Federal
State
Mr. French
Ox Hill
Plum Creek
Bessie Owen
J. ¥. Kelm
Teader
Ruth Lightcap
Wledge
Pig Club
Potato Club
Keith Marshall
I Mr. Keim
Guernsey
John G. Henderson
Elders Ridge
The
Bull Association
R. H. Olmstead
State College
R. C. Wiggine
State Guernsey
Harry Henderson
Dairy
University of West Virginia
John Henderson
Armstrong Grange
Parkwood
Sam Dible
Clarence Brown
Ralph Fouts
S. L. Calhoun
Curt Brown
T. W. Craig
Lawrence Bell
Lawrence Prailey
Blanche Craig
Frult
Walker Wiggins
Harry Crate
Mra
E. Fouts
New Tropical Pilsoner Beer from Penn-Indiana Brewery
The Penn-Indiana Brewing Co. begins county wide distribution of Tropical Pilsoner Beer after a major remodel costing thousands. A national lab gave its report praising the beer as pleasant, clean tasting, well fermented with a fine hop flavor and full body. The modern local plant employs 28 men with Adolph Faehale as brewmaster, John Yu as chief engineer, and Edward Egan as bottling house foreman.
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Penn-Indiana Brewing Co
Adolph B. Faehale
Anhauser-Buach
St. Louis
Chicago
John Yu
Edward Egan
Mildew and Plidle Trade Notes for Auto Deal
In a curious exchange, Mildew questions if you bought your auto for a gong while Plidle clarifies he traded notes and a small sum, $5.60, as part of the arrangement. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette readers weigh in on the odd deal.
County dairy herd association sets state butterfat record
The Indiana County Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1 reports the state's highest butterfat average in 88 associations. Of 31 herds and 467 cows, average milking was 8,867 pounds per cow with 373.6 pounds fat and feed cost $85.34 per cow. High performer is Oxford's Charming Princess owned by Quay McMillen. 21 cows produced 500–600 pounds fat, 122 cows 400–500, 178 cows 300–400. Members include Clyde Houck, H W Muman, I M Speedy, Gg Swan, Carl Walker, and Quay McMillen among others.
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Indiana County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Pennsylvania
Carl Johnston
Jersey
Oxford
Charming Princess
Quay McMillen
Clymer
R.1
Clyde Houck
H. W. Muman
I. M. Speedy
Livermore
Swan
Home
Carl Walker
Marion Center
W. F. Barkley
Indiana County Home
Indiana
Walter Simpson
John
Rankin
Torrance State Hospital
Torrance
C.C. Pollock
H. M. Travis
Smicksburg
William 8. Wetzel
Co. J. Kim
Blacklick
C. F. Glasser
BE. G. Rice
Dixonville
Box
H. N
Dorr Harris wed in Milan Pa in June wedding
Paul F. Dorr son of Henry R. Dorr married Mise Clara Harris daughter of Lewis A. Harris Friday noon June 12 at the bride’s home in Milan Pa. Dorr is a Penn State dairy graduate and Milan resident employed as herd tester. Bride a East Smithfield High School graduate. The couple plan housekeeping on a Hast Smithfield farm after the ceremony. Witnesses included Donald and Anna Miller and several relatives from Indiana and surrounding townships. Henry Dorr could not attend due to illness.
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Paul F. Dorr
Henry R. Dorr
White Township
Mise Clara Harris
Lewis ‘A. Harris
Milan
Mr. Dorr
Indiana High School
Penn State College
East Smithfield
Dorr
Hast Smithfield
Donald M. Miller
Anna Miller
Indiana
Henry R
Marriage Announcements From Indiana and Par n assus
Day Kanarr Nichol of near Indiana and Agnes Margaret Huhn of Parnassus wed on May 165 at Johnstown. Rev Dwight Nichol officiated. Bride is Muskingum College graduate and former Latin teacher at Turtle Creek Union High. Groom worked with his brother on the Nichol farm and turkey ranch near Indiana. Also, Besse Sachs and Frederick G Rhinehart married in Akron. Rhinehart linked to Beachley Reichard Furniture near Hagerstown. They plan a motor trip east after the ceremony.
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Kanarr Nichol
Indiana
Agnes Margaret Huhn
Parnassus
Johnstown
Dwight Nichol
Harry Nichol
Nichol
Turkey Ranch
Besse B. Sachs
Luella Sachs
West Philadelphia
Frederick G. Rhinehart
Troy
Akron
C. B. Queen
North Hill M. EB
Harry Stein
Kent
Stein
Rhinehart
Beachley Reichard Purniture Company
Hagerstown
Marriages Reported In Uniontown Area Churches
In Hastings Blairsville and nearby towns several marriages were announced or performed. Alex Stewart Jr and Anne Buck wed at St Bernards Hastings and will reside in Pittsburgh. John Jelley Jr and Theresa Short married in Blairsville with guests present. Murray Collier and Gladys Mock united at a home ceremony in Black Lick and will live in Painesville. Alfred Pierce and Dorothy Gill wed in Wellsburg West Virginia with Gill employed in Blairsville. Paul Bark and Hester Black married at Holy Trinity Church Jeannette and will reside in Blairsville.
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Murray Collier
Carlos Collier
Middlefield
Gladys Mock
W. 8
Mock
Blacklick
G. B. Letchworth
Alice Mack
Virgil Collier
Painesville, O
Collier
Paul Eugene Bark
George C. Burk
Blatraville
Hester Mabel Black
Latrobe
Holy Trinity Church
Jeannette
E. B. Slanks
Burk
Engagement announced for Hazel Hart and Ralph Dol Merkle
Miss Hazel Hart of Blairsville RD and Ralph Dol Merkle of Emporium are announced engaged. Hart, a musical supervisor in Emporium schools, will wed in the near future in Blairsville.
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Hazel Hart
Governor and Attorney General Honor Flood Radio Hero
Governor George H. Earle and Attorney General Charles J. Mar glotti praised Punxsutawney short wave operator Pr. J. P. Van Cherim for 96 hours on air during the St Patrick's Day flood. Twelve thousand at Braebreeze airport heard a tribute to aviation pioneer efforts as Earle spoke of future Birdmen progress. Earle, traveling from Indiana, left for Pittsburgh after addresses.
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Punxeytawney
Earle
Charles J. Marglotti
St. Patrick’s Day
Braebreeze
Birdmen of America
Pr. J. P. van Cherim
Punxsutawney
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
George H. ‘Harle
United States Army Air Depot
Middletown
Camel Vinet
State Bureau of Aeronautics
Allegheny General Hospital Opens for July Service
Pittsburgh June 22 Allegheny General Hospital nears July 1 opening with finishing touches and most equipment to be installed this week. The skyscraper style building will cost about 8 million dollars when complete and house 600 beds. It features 22 floors total with 18 used for patient care and emphasizes natural light and fresh air.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny General Hospital
Allegheny General
Local Families Listed in R D Readers Offer
A roster of Dayton Vandergrift Smicksburg and Rural Valley residents, including Dora Burns J M Crooks E B Crooke Carl Miller D M Bar aigh BE Blystone Reed Glenn Roy Bly stone Ethel Hemprick New Kensington Leroy Wells Beryl Sink Sam Manalis Elizabeth Hall and others, are noted in the Progress and Pittsburgh Peat Gazette reader subscription offer priced at 5.50 dollars.
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Dora Burns
Dayton
J. M. Crooks
E. B. Crooke
Smicksburg
Carl Miller
D. M. Baraigh
Vandergrift
BE. B. Blystone
Punxsutawney
Reed
Glenn
Roy Blystone
Ethel
Creek
Sside
BE. J. Hemprick
New Kensington
Leroy and
Howard Wells
Clarence and
Beryl Sink
Sam Me~ Manis
Hizabeth Hall
Rural Valley
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Farm Extension News
Ox Hill Clubs
Elders Ringe
Caroline Pollock
Ben Pollock
Town
Indiana State Teachers College
Apollo Public Schools
Jane Stewart
A. H. Stewart
Mt. Lebanon
Stewart Warner
J.S. Hileman
North Seventh Street
Indiana, PA
Luxenberg
Tadiana ‘County
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Poat
R. D
County Dairy Herd Association
Dorr-Harris
Nichol-Huhn
Rhinehart-sachs
Uniontown
Colier
Pierce-Gill
Alfred Pierce
William Pierce
Clarksburg
Dorothy Gill
Harry Gill
Blairsville
Wellsburg
W. Va
Alfred Krapp
Brown
Margaret Crookes
Washington Township
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
H. Ackermann
Pittsburgh Peat- Gazette
R. W. Wehrle Registered Optometrist
Philadelphia St
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