County Club Women Hold Annual Session Here
Indiana County Congress of Women Clubs met at the Presbyterian church with all 13 clubs represented. Junior Women’s Civic Club affiliated, tributes to founder Mrs Sara Christy, reports on county and state activities, talks by Mrs Joseph Dury and Miss Anna Jane Phillips, and new officers named: Nippes, Rhoades, Wallace, Glasser, Lintner, Race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Congress of Womens Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Junior Women’s Civic Club of
Indiana
Hall Blair
W. A. Moss
Town
Sarah
Ron) Christy
State Federation
Williameport
Winifred Blount
Joseph Dury
State Federation of Pennsylvania
J. Blair Sutton
Anna Jane Phillips
Pittsburgh
Post Gazette
India
Margaret Sanger
John Phillips
Charles Nippes
Blacklick
Mary B. Rhoades
Florence Wallace
James Glasser
Blairsville
Jesse Lintner
BE. B. Race
Wool Pool Yields Net Benefit For 1936 Wool Growers
In Indiana last Thursday and Friday, 245 sheep growers pooled 31,434 pounds of wool. Sold to Wm IH Grundy Co of Philadelphia for 36.27c per lb on medium wool, 0c rejections, 29c fine wool. Pool cost 0.6c per lb. composition 90% medium, 4% rejections, 6% fine. Pool likely earned members at least $2,000 more than selling individually. Checks to be mailed late this week after Philadelphia arrival and draft payment. Co op marketing improves quality and reduces rejections compared with earlier years. Local girls Martha Simpson and Gaynelle Nichol depart for Europe aboard the 5. 8. New York from New York City, seven weeks tour including England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, France and Germany. Sister Isabel Simpson to join in London for nine days. Martha and Gaynelle are daughters of J. A. Simpson and Joseph Nichol of White township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ih, Grundy Co
Philadelphia
Martha Simpson
Gaynelle Nichol
White Township
New York City
New York
Europe
Hampton
England
Scotland
Ireland
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
France
Germany
London
Isabel Simpson
Martha's
Egypt
United Presbyterian Board
Faggala
Isabel
Misses Simpson
J. A. Simpson
Miss Nichol
Joseph Nichol
Foster elected associate superintendent of Pittsburgh schools
Dr R Foster former president of Indiana State Teachers College was elected associate superintendent of Pittsburgh City Schools at a Pittsburgh Board of Education meeting. The $7500 salary follows Dr Frank Leavitt’s retirement on July 1. Foster led local college for nine years and was praised by Dr Ben Graham for his record as an outstanding educator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Board of Education
Foster
Frank Leavitt
Ben €. Graham
Trampled by Bull, West Wheatfield Woman Injured
Mrs Ephriam Wallace and her husband tried to round up an angry bull at the Wallace farm to sell it to a butcher when the animal charged. Mrs Wallace was knocked down and trampled, suffering a fractured left leg and body bruises. She is hospitalized in Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, with her husband and a Boswell butcher nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephriam Wallace
Johnstown Hospital
Lila Wallace
Ephriam ‘Wallace
West Wheatfield Township
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Real estate transfers in Indiana County
A list of transfers shows Blanche Thomas selling 103 acres in Washington township for 1600 dollars to James G. Wis singer. Numerous parcels change hands including lots in Blairsville East Wheatfield Blairsville Indiana and Cherry Tree with prices from 1 to 5 thousand dollars. Names include Katherine Adams Power George T Robinson H L Heyman Stacey Peck Julia E B Dick Alta Dinsmore and many others with specifics by township and lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Thomas
James G. Wissinger
Washington Township
Meade Cauffel
George T. Robinson
East Wheatfield Township
Katherine Adams Power
Guervini
Blairsville
H. L. Heyman
Stacey L. Peck
Indiana
Second Ward
Woodland Deringer
L. C. Johnston
Cherryhill Township
Green Township
Samuel Logan Parry
Mary B. Atkins
Emery C. Davis
Vera M. Neal
Mabel A. Davis
D. O. Buckley
E. Edith Buckley
White Township
John A. Ludington
Donahue
Cora L. Beatty
First National Bank
Paul Lamantia
Blairsville Savings & Trust Co
Blairaville
Alfred Anderson
H.C. Anderson
R. Shearer
Young Township
Kitty Shilling
Andy Miller
Pine Township
W. A. Ross
J. J. Alter
Brushvalley Township
W. C. Bannett
Harry Bennett
Lota
First Ward
Oliver Overdorff
Clarence W. Prisk
East Wheafield Township
Charles He,dickson
Scott Dickson
Wilbert J. Wilson
James C. Pierce
Frank Rishell
Zimran Rishell
Canoe Township
Indiana Democrat Party picks new county chairman
Howard Spicher of Indiana was elected chairman of the Democratic County Committee for the current year at a meeting held Saturday night. He succeeded Harry W. Fee who led the committee for several years. Spicher won 81 votes to Norman Pfeiffer 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Spicher
Indiana
Democratic Committee
Democratic County Committee
Harry W. Fee
Spicher
Norman Pfeiffer
Clymer Man in Critical Condition After Bullet Wound
Harry Gula of Clymer R D is in critical condition at Indiana Hospital after an alleged self inflicted bullet wound in the abdomen Tuesday afternoon. He was despondent over domestic troubles and financial worries when the act occurred. Also noted, the CCC has planted more than 405,600,000 trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Harry Gula
R.D
Indiana Hospital
Gula
Hendersons Celebrate 69th Wedding Anniversary at Farm Home
Mr and Mrs T A Henderson of West Wheatfield township marked their 69th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their Robinson area farm. The couple, active in church work, were joined by numerous relatives from Indiana Johnstown Bolivar Claridge and other nearby towns including Henderson family members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Wheatfield
T. A. Henderson
Weat
Wheatfield Township
Robinson
Henderson
Eewin Croll
James I
Lloyd
Harry T, Johns
Paul
Arthur
Ralph
Thomas
Laurabel
Freda
Mrs
Thomas Fisher
Johnstown
Marriage Licenses Filed in Several Towns
Beaverdale Homer City Pete Parisi Violet Cusmano G Derwood Lambing Indiana Dorothy Quenell Shields Indiana Harold Johnson Sagamore Inez Windows Dayton Roy E MacDonald Johnstown Nancy Ruth Fulton Indiana Everett Henry Grant Two Sara Louise Gromley Grant Two Clifford George Fox Pitcairn Hazel M Woods Pitcairn R D 1 Wm David Hubbard Jr Cleveland Frank R Bullock Wernersville Pa Betty Jean Neal Trade City Twila Alice Barclay Indiana Raymond A Greenwalt Lucerne Edna May Stokes Brenhzer Henry Dancenzo Blairsville RD3 Goldie Holler Blairsville RD3 Harry Straitwell Reynoldsville Nellie Stahlman Cool Spring William Stanford Davis Cramer Thalia Carrine Lewis Blairsville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaverdale
Homer City
Pete Parisi
Violet Cusmano
G. Derwood Lambing
Indiana
Dorothy Quenell Shields
Harold Johnson
Sagamore Inez Windows
Dayton
Roy E. MacDonald
Johnstown
Nancy Ruth Fulton
Everett Henry
Grant
Sara Louise Gromley Grant
Clifford George Fox
Pitcairn
Hazel M, Woods Pitcairn
R.D
David Hubbard, Jr
Cleveland
Frank R. Bullock
Wernersville
Betty Jean Neal
Twila
Alice Barclay
Raymond A
Greenwalt
Lucerne
Edna May Stokes
Brenhzer
Henry Dancenzo
Blairsville
Goldie Holler
Harry Straitwell
Reynoldsville
Nellie Stahlman
Cool Spring
William Stanford Davis
Cramer Thalia ‘Carrine Lewis
Patrick O'Hara Injured Fatally By Monessen Trolley Car
Patrick O'Hara aged 52 of Monessen died in Monessen hospital Monday morning at ten o'clock from injuries received when struck by a street car on Sunday evening. The body was taken to the home of his sister-in-law Mrs. James O'Hara of Ernest. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of Ascension by Rev. Father Farm with interment in St. Bernard cemetery Indiana. Mr. O'Hara was unmarried and leaves one sister in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick O'Hara
Monessen
James O'Hara
Ernest
Church of Ascension
Father Farm
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
O’hara
New York City
Audley Mabon
Monroe
Church Street
Haston
Newton Cartwright
Commodore
Twila Hottenhorn
West Qat St
Blair Rupert
Sykesville
J. A. Fleming
South Eleventh Street
Kenneth Rankin
Vandergrift
Chris, Barris
West Church Street
John Frick
Wayne Avenue
Walter Frick
Pittsburgh
Glenn Clark
Coraopolis
L. G.clark
South Sixth Street
James Gibbons
Philadelphia
Ward Houck
South Third Street
Betty Jane McCeary
Leechbore
Jennie Lowman
Bess Cunningham
Cleveland
Harold Scott
Stodger
Asa Scott
Grant Street
Alvin Evang
William
Robert
W. D. Bush
West Washington St
Marguerite Moorhead
John M. Daugherty
John Snyder
Elderton
Snyder
The
Progress
Charles B. Sloan
Creekside
Wilmer W. Shields
West Newton
Mass
McCurdy Bush
Maxine
Near Trade City
Bush
J. 8. Gilhousen
Martha
Minerva Bence
Home
Coudersport
Niagara Falls
Lakes
Mary Moorhead Brown
Toronto
Ohio
W. C. Moorhead
North Ninth Street
Ebby Smith
Mentcle
Elmer Hoffman
W. H. Hormel
Margaret Stewart
Owosso
Mich
Stewart
South Mahoning Township
William Johns
Margery
Virginia
Scott Moore
Dayton
R. D
Delaney
Dale Marlin
Harry W. Wilson, Jr
Pasadena
Calif
Marlin
Robert Mullen
Windhber
H. S. Wilson
Hillsdale
W. Dugéene Wilson
Clark Avenue
John M. Malcolm
White Township
Edwin Clark
Oakland Avenue
A. G. Clark
Sixth Street
J. G. Martin
Dixonville Bank To Pay 18 Percent Dividend July 15
Depositors in the closed Dixonville Deposit Bank will receive 15 percent of their deposits on July 15, totaling 14950 dollars. This payment is the second to 713 depositors since the bank closed September 27, 1982, bringing total distributions to 41854 dollars, or 45 percent of 93023 dollars. Barnesboro man George Letavish, 30, dies from a rock fall at Sample Run mine of Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation. He lived in Barnesboro, boarded in Clymer, and was born July 21, 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixonville Deposit Bank
Barnesboro
Sample Run
George Letavish
Indiana
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Letavish
Clymer
Mrs Wilmer Buterbaugh Discharged After Fall Injury
Mrs Wilmer Buterbaugh of Clymer was discharged from Indiana Hospital after treatment for scalp injuries from a Saturday evening fall from an automobile driven by her husband on the Clymer Indiana road about two miles northeast of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Buterbaugh
Indiana Hospital
Clymer
Clymer-Indiana Road
Johnstown Teacher Neary Dies in Chestnut Street School
Miss Margaret Mary Neary a fourth grade teacher at Chestnut Street School Johnstown died Tuesday night. She graduated from Indiana State Teachers College in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Teachers College
Margaret Mary Neary
Chestnut Street
Neary
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana Director Leads Hastings Juvenile Band to Jubilee Win
Philip Runzo of Indiana directed the Hastings Juvenile Band which won first honors at the Sun-Telegraph Music Jubilee at Forbes Field Pittsburgh. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette advertised to R. D. readers for $5.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Runs
Indiana
Philip Runzo
Hastings
Sun-Telegraph
Forbes Field
Pittsburgh
The
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
R. D
Personal Brevities Reflect Indiana Area Visitors
Local note series lists numerous visitors and relatives visiting Indiana residents from Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cleveland Toronto and Chicago. Mentions include Audley Mabon Monroe of Church street and many other travelers staying with family and subscribing to the Progress.
County coin collectors in Indiana county keep vigil for rare pieces
By Jane Rook. Numismatists in Indiana county showcase prized holdings. Donald M. Miller owns an early Roman bronze from 300 A.D. and about 2,500 coins. Paul J. Straitiff guards a $4 gold piece from 1879 and two pattern dollars. W. R. Calhoun shows 36 of 40 commemorative half dollars, including a 1935 Daniel Boone issue worth about $100 today. Other locals like James G. McKelvey, Merle Butterbaugh, and Edward Koonts also display significant cent and coin collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Donald M. Miller
L. E. Miller
Philadelphia
Paul J. Strautiff
First National Bank
Indiana
Straitiff
Register and Recorder
W. R. Calhoun
Calhoun
Denver
San Francisco
James G. McKelvey
Indiana High School
Merle
Butterbaugh
Edward Koonts
Child Died En Route To Indiana Hospital
Kathleen Mae Flanagan aged 16 months died with convulsions while being taken to Indiana Hospital by her parents from Iselin. Pronounced dead on arrival at 6 15 p m. Survived by parents a sister Mildred and three brothers Norman of Aultman and Charles and Ronald Flanagan at home. Body to Robinson Funeral Home North Seventh street. Services at the Flanagan home Iselin Friday at 2 pm by Rev R M Offutt of Indiana. Burial in Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
Kathleen Mae Flanagan
Paul
Mabel
Bloomquist) Flanagan
Iselin
Mildred
Norman
Aultman
Charles
Ronald Planagan
Robinson Funeral
North Seventh Street
Flanagan
R. M. Offutt
Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Lightning Strikes Barn Killing Two Mares Near Washington
A late Wednesday night storm in Washington township struck Floyd McMillen's barn killing two mares that stood with newborn colts. The colts escaped unharmed. The home of Mrs. Caroline Marshall in Clarksburn sustained minor damage, and the Watson Church chimney on South Seventh street saw slight damage. Missionaries Stev and Mrs. Walter Allison, visiting from Gwalior, India, return to the U S and will reside in Indiana on Oak Street during summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meir
Newby
Floyd McMillen
Washington Township
Caroline Marshall
Clarksburg
Watson Church
South Seventh Street
Stev
Walter Allison
Gwalior
India
Allison
HL. Pitheads
Wlalavile
Allisons
Indiana
Oak Street
Farmland Labor Census Totals 1935 U.S. Farm Workers
The January 1935 Federal Farm Census summary reports 12,407,614 persons working on U.S. farms. Of these, 10,764,012 were family labor and 1,645,602 were hired help. Dwellings on farms numbered 7,844,409.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
William TL. Austin
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
United States
Educational Exhibit and Music Festival at Indiana High School
A county exhibit and music festival, sponsored by the Works Progress Administration and National Youth Administration, will be at Indiana High School on Saturday June 27 from 2 to 6 and 7 to 10 PM. Exhibits in the Library showcase sewing, handicraft, art, English and citizenship classes and Saltsburg Nursery School. At 3:30 there is a music ball and baseball games on the athletic field. the festival of music is in the auditorium at 7:30 with a short one act play on First Aid Safety and Health. A Red Cross representative discusses flood relief and an offering for the Red Cross National Flood Relief Fund will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana High School
Educational and Recreation Division
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Saltsburg
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross National
Resolution to Probe Interference at Indiana State College
Senator Peter Graft of Armstrong county pushed a resolution for an investigation of reported political interference with state aided institutions. The Education Committee sent it to the Senate floor by a 12 to 5 vote after Indiana State Teachers College trustees removed Dr. C. R. Foster amid charges of political meddling affecting the college’s operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Peter Graft
Armstrong County
Senate Education Committee
Indiana State Teachers College
C. R. Foster
Hallstones and Walnuts Ring Blairsville After Rain
Large walnuts fell during a severe rain and electric storm in Blairsville and nearby areas on Thursday afternoon. The hail punctured rooms in several buildings and damaged cars and skylights. Gardens and fields near Campbell Mill were harmed by the heavy precipitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Campballa Milla
Tragic Death Of OneYearOld Nellie Robingon At Saltsburg
Nellie Grace Robingon aged one year daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas D Robingon of Saltsburg died Wednesday night in Indiana hospital from burns suffered when a kettle of boiling water was spilled on her left side at the Robinson lane home the child is survived by six brothers and sisters and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Grace
Thomas D. Rob Ingon
Saltsburg
Indiana Hospital
Burna
Robinson Lane
Hullo
Hesilés
Lad Struck by Car After Runaway Dog Incident
Six year old Donald Ollini of Rossiter was hit on Kilo Street by a car driven by Chester Kordok of Rossiter after a dog ran into the street. Kordok took him to a physician then to Adrian hospital. He suffered shock and bruises. The article notes days growing shorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lad
Kilo Street
Donald Ollini
Rossiter
Chester Kordok
Three Lives Lost In Water Weekend Tragedies
Double funeral rites in Saltsburg marked the deaths of Paul Danlewicz eleven and Joseph Welovich seventeen who drowned in the Conemaugh river while attempting a rescue after a leaking rowboat sank. Joseph's body and Paul’s were recovered after a long in-water vigil. A separate death occurred at Camp Rest where J Howard Paine senior of West Philadelphia Street Indiana plunged into a pool and could not be revived. he left a Philadelphia-born executive with ties to Haton Jraune Pike and Mahoning Supply, survived by a wife Ruth Hass and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthews
Saltsburg
Paul Danlewicz
Joseph Welovich
Conemaugh
Mooween
Saliaburg
Paul
Joseph
Felix iDanowicz
George ‘Welovich
England
Oakland Cemetery
J. Howard Paine
West Philadelphia St
Camp Rest
Ofndiana
Indiana
Haton Jraune & Pike
New York City
Mahoning Supply Company
West Philadelphia Street
Indiana Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elke
Ruth Hass
Philadelphia
Als
J. Howard, Jr
David
Ernest Tilbon
Milburn Nannah
Charles Paine
Leslie Householder
Former Blairsville Minister Dies at 90
Dr J W Miles a former Blairsville M B church minister died Monday at his Meiuilville home aged 90 He served as superintendent of the Pittsburgh district after pastorates in Blairsville Apollo McKeesport Sewickley Wilkinsburg Greensburg and Pittsburgh and was Allegheny College’s oldest graduate and trusted alumnus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Miles
Blairsville
M. B
Meiuilville
Pittsburgh
servid pas=torates
Blairegilly
Apollo
Me‘Keesport
Sewickley
Wilkinsburg
Brother of Indiana Man Killed by Mine Rock Fall
Thomas J. Williams of Kittanning, aged 1d, brother of Indiana’s James Williams, was killed instantly Thursday by a rock fall in the Horatio mines where he served as superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Thomas J. Williams
Kittanning
James Williams
Horatio Mines
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Club
Congress
IDR
Pittsburgh City
CCC
Jane Rook
Conemaugh River
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