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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
3
Webster Stiteler of Smicksburg hosted callers Monday while J W Irwin drills a well at Georgeville. Numerous visits span Plumville Punxsutawney and Trade City as families host relatives and motorcycle purchases noted.
Local residents including Joseph Alshouse and daughter Lu la visit in Irwin Mary and Janet Townsend spend the weekend in Apollo. Several community members attend reunions and church services while others face illnesses and personal trips. A poison incident prompts medical aid as residents continue daily activities and Friendship papers urge readers to subscribe.
J Clair Longwill resigns from the Register and Recorder office to pursue the Republican nomination. He cites extensive experience and familiarity with duties, plans full time campaigning for voter support, and notes former residence in Dixonville Green Township and current Indiana residence.
Mrs. Harry McCurdy and two children visited the Devlin family. George Meyers spent time with his father near Widerton. The Robinson reunion will be held at William Robinsons home Thursday. Calvin Rosborough and family visited Israel Walker. Emerson Club met at J. M. Kerrs home on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Russell and son John were Indiana visitors Friday. Lou Lowman of Clarksburg called on friends Friday. William Devlin and family hosted Friday guests T. E. Sharp and kin. Mae Clowes of Creekside visited relatives here last week. George Warner of near Clarksburg spent Sabbath here. Virginia Miller hosted Mrs. Hannah and three children of Blairsville, Porter Calhoun and son, Mrs. Charles Kerr and three children of near here, plus Vernon Edwards, Blanche Walker, Irene Heffelfinger, Mae Clowes and Minnie Gibson on Wednesday. Shelota summer school closes this week. Virginia Miller and H. C. Kline drove to Indiana and Twolick Monday evening. James Sharp, Vernon Edwards, Minnie Gibson elected as Sheloda YP CU delegates to Blairsville convention set for Thursday and Friday.
Smicksburg residents attended the funeral of James Minis in Punxsutawney. John Wells and Lloyd Wells with wives from Indiana visited Mr and Mrs George West. Dr Joseph Lukehart of Rossiter stayed with his mother Martha Lukehart. Florence Robinson visited R C Robinson while Mollie Smiley and Lizzie Crissman visited friends before returning to DuBois. Larue Robinson of Punxsutawney visited her grandparents Adam and Mrs Black. James Peterman of Indiana called on friends in the area. Crossman family members who had visited Mrs Crossman’s parents J W Marshall for two weeks returned to South Dakota.
Churches in Smicksburg have beautified their cemeteries by planting over six hundred geraniums and coleus. The community also notes visits and gatherings including COVODE J A Gaul coming from Glen Campbell, Mangus Sprankle and Blanch Hadden at Walter Sunday services, and various relatives visiting from Reynoldsburg, Juneau, Hamilton, and Altoona.
Agon was born to Mr and Mrs Clair Work on Thursday. Mrs Eugene Elden and daughter Elizabeth spent last Saturday with Mr and Mrs Wm Frederick of Georgeville. David Bevan and family of New Kensington motored here Friday. Joseph Taylor accompanied them home on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Thad Work spent several days at their home here during the past week.
Glenn R Work and Miss Bertha Stadtmiller of Indiana traveled here on Sunday. Attendees at the Punxsutawney show include Frank Pantall and sons Earl and Théodore, Olive Gibson, Horace Downey, John C Work, Edgar Work, Mr and Mrs Aaron Jeffries, Ray McMahon, Mr and Mrs Harry McMahon, Grace Hurd, and others. Local events note marriages and suppers, church services by Rev Bittle in South Bend, and visits by various families. Announcements promote bay Shire stallion Gilson and Percheron stallions Prince and Catalina for 1916 at specific local barns and schedules.
Pittsburg based Dietz Bros resume operation of the Granny Coon water plant. Local residents include Arthur Reap and Meade Dietz of Timblin, with reports of Reitz bruises at area mines and visits by Frank Reitz of Dayton. A Sunday school picnic is planned at Adair grove Zion on July. Boyd Hicks and W. J. Hicks visit Trade City, while Somers Reitz recovers at home and Dale Crawford, Dayton Normal student, spent Sunday.
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