Reunion Season Under Way At Cliffside Park
Strong reunions draw nearly 200 people from four groups across Indiana Armstrong Cambria Clearfield Jefferson and Westmoreland counties and Eastern Ohio. A 100 year old bell called attendees to lunch and a day of games and program items followed by devotional readings and tributes. Next year’s events set for Wolffside Park in June and August 1936.
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Cliffside Park
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Ohio
Moses Strong
Strongstown
Alton Strong
Renners
P. W. Large
MBE
Church of
Leechburg
Irma
Dan Strong
Penn Run
Hughes Brothers
Frances
Strong Herman
Earl Strong
Blairsville
R. D
Irma Strong
Penn
Trimpey
Hart Strong
Leo Moore
Thomsas . Strong
Edmon
International Christian Endeavorers Plan Philadelphia Convention
The 30th International Christian Endeavor Convention will be held in Philadelphia July 2 to 7 with morning quiet hours, multiple conference sessions, and a 1000-voice convention chorus. Notable speakers include Dr. Daniel A. Poling and Dr. Norman V. Peale, plus a mammoth parade on July 6. Registrations cost $2 and are due by June 30 with train rates from Pittsburgh offered.
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Christian
Norman V. Peale
the Marble Collegiate
Church
New York City
Dr. Poling
Poling
Edwin T. Dahlberg
Margaret Slattery
Raymond L. Lyona
Herbert Stockton
Lynn Harold Hough
Drew Theological Seminary
Lester H. Clee
New Jersey House of Representatives
S. W. Hughes
London
National Free Church Council
Jan, Kelly
Scotland
European C. E. Union
Robert E. Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Daniel A. Poling
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Philadelphia
Indiana County
Warren G. Hoopes
West Grove
Pittsburgh
Road Oiling Suspended Friday Night for Fourth of July
The road oiling program on Pennsylvania macadam roads will be suspended Friday night to allow full enjoyment of highways during the Fourth of July holiday period. The notice appears in The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R. D. readers, with a payment of $5.50.
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Pennsylvania
Presbytery Urges Ministers to Inform on Constitution Revision
Conemaugh Presbytery at Crete church meeting urged pastors and session to inform congregations about proposed Pennsylvania constitutional changes. A committee recommended seeking full information on moral, financial, and civic impacts and opposing increased borrowing power beyond fifty million dollars. The group urged temperance representation to push liquor prohibitions in a new constitution. An afternoon session on A Good Sabbath School followed. The next meeting is in Indiana on October 29.
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Conemaugh
Pennsylvania
W. C. Davis
W. C
A. J. Randley
Nathan B. McClung
New Florence
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Green Townships Youth Admits Shooting Father
Joe Knapik a Green township 17 year old, confessed before Squire Norman Keith to shooting his father Alex Knapik during a family abuse pattern. He said threats and beatings forced him to arm with a .22 rifle and fire to protect himself and his brothers on a Stafford farm. The wounded father was treated at an Indiana hospital.
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Joe Knapik
Green Township
Alex Knapik
Indiana Hospital
Squire Norman Keith
Stafford
Kittanning Women Injured in Auto Accident
An auto crash on the detour of the Benjamin Franklin Highway in Buffington township Monday evening injured Mrs. Mary Smith and Miss Leona Paris, both of Kittanning, sending them to Indiana Hospital for treatment. Mrs. Smith suffered a chest injury and possible left knee fracture while Miss Paris had possible fractures of the right cheek bone and left foot.
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Kittanning
Buffington Township
Mary Smith
Leona Paris
Indiana Hospital
Clymer Graduates From Mooseheart School
James Hanan and Miss Marian Reckords of Clymer will graduate from Mooseheart School Mooseheart Illinois on Thursday. Both lost their fathers in the Sample Run mine explosion years ago. They will be guests of honor at an entertainment by Moose Lodge No. 670 of Clymer on their arrival from the school.
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Clymer
Mooseheart School
James Hanan
Marian Reckords
Mooseheart
Ill
Sample Run
Moose Lodge
Marion Center Presbyterians Mark 75th Anniversary
The Marion Center Presbyterian Church celebrated its 75th anniversary with sermons from Rev W Gray Alter and Rev Walter Kennedy, musical offerings, and greetings from neighboring churches. The history notes recalled the 1860 formation, the current elders and trustees, and a 25 year record of service by the present board as well as portraits of past pastors.
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Clymer Church
Thompson
Rossiter
Davis
Plumville
J. B. Giffen
Cherry Tree
C. 0. Anderson
Punxsutawney
Alfred Baratt
Indiana
R. L. Clark
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Marion Genter
George Botsford
R. M. Offutt
Kittanning Presbytery
BR. J. Roberts
J. P. Martin
Pittsburgh
William Martin
R. H. Sutor
J. P. Kennedy
Church Grove
William Stewart
Gilgal Church
W. H. Hormel
D.D
Owosso
Mich
Marion Center
John P. Martin
Rufus A. Suter
Harry Hoppengardner
Robert H. Thompson
Benjamin F. Sterling
Steele Thompson
Clarence Edwards
Norman Loughry
John Caruthers
Close Resemblance of Twins Ends Dilemma at College
Evelyn and Madelyn Sonafelt of Harwick, twins, finished Tae Diang State Teachers College with identical records in all subjects and sports except diving. During the swimming exhibition Evelyn swapped roles with Madelyn, diving as her sister to preserve the illusion as spectators saw no difference. A separate line notes a murder occurs every 44 minutes in the United States.
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Tarentum
Evelyn
Madelyn Sonafelt
Madelyn
Weddings of a Week Brown-Martin in Indiana
Miss Virginia Greear Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Howard Martin Indiana wed Clarence Lincoln Brown Jr son of Mr and Mrs L Brown Audubon N J in a Methodist Episcopal church ceremony. Relatives and friends from Indiana Jersey and Maryland attended.
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Martin Home
Chestnut
North Ninth Streets
Stebbins
Liszt
Jane Cameron Stewart
Mary Elizabeth Bills
Wagner
Lohengrin
Mendelssohn
Joseph Dodge
Kiski
Mary Jane Pealer
Indiana
Ennis Little
Washington
D. C
Nancy Cooper
Crafton
Dorothy ‘Brown
Audubon
N. J
Horace G. Brown
Baltimore
Daniel Martin
George Atkins
York
Clarence Welliver
Pottsville
Dickinson College
Beta Theta ‘Pi
Brown
Marchantville
New England
C. L. Brown
Dorothy Brown
H. B. Brown
George C. Martin
Edward Martin
L.L. Cooper
Mary Alice Shackleton
Kalamazoo
Mich
Edith Basset
Newton
Center, Mass
G. C. Basset
Getty Basset
Gettysburg
J. R. Baldridge
Pittsburgh
Fairman Pepin Marriage Unites Two Couples in June
In Munhall Pennsylvania on June 17 Rev W F Merrick joined Clarence Eugene Fairman of Indiana with Margaret Helen Pepin of Pittsburgh. The bride's mother is Mrs Edwin Pepin of Staples Minnesota. Separately Homer Boring and Bessie Garland were wed at Belle Vernon on June 19 by Rev Crosaglang Nelson.
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Boring-Garland
Homer Boring
Misa Bessie Garland
Penn Run
Belle Vernon
Crosaglang Nelson
Murray-Meade Nuptials in Brushvalley Parsonage
Reverend John L. Murray of Diamond and Miss Nellie Meade of Brushvalley wed on June 19 in Brushvalley Evangelical parsonage officiated by Rev R R Rumbaugh. The groom is son of William H Murray of Sabula, and the bride, daughter of Alonza G Meade and his wife, has taught school.
Funeral for Mrs Michael Bigan in Barnesboro Church
Funeral services are held today at St John’s Catholic church Barnesboro for Mrs Michael Bigan aged 24 who died Sunday at her McIntyre home. Interment follows in the church cemetery. She leaves her husband a young son her mother and step father two brothers and seven sisters.
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Michael Bigan
St. John’s Catholic Church
Barnesboro
McIntyre
Fleming Fleming and Fleming unite in Armstrong township wedding
Charles Dean Fleming of Armstrong township and Ming Nelle Fleming of Shelocta wed June 20 with Justice V E Foreman presiding. Groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Fleming, works as a miner. bride, daughter of Mrs. Charles H. Fleming. Also Merle Wilson of Dayton and Eleanor Jamison of Plumville married June 21 at Glade Run parsonage. groom a coal miner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson. bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jamigan. Goss Hallon union held June 19 at Agsumpait church with Rev Amelia Farm officiating. groom Joseph Goss of Dixonville, bride Rose Lee Hallon of Chambersville.
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Fleming-Fleming
Charles Dean Fleming
Armstrong Township
Ming Nelle Eilene Fleming
Shelocta
Justice of the Peace
Merle Wilson
Dayton
Eleanor Jamison
Plumville
Glade Run Parsonage
G. W. McIntyre
Robert Wilson
George Jamigan
Two men plead guilty to wire theft at Lucerne Mines
Sam Laspina of Jeannette and Sam Lavella of Clairton admitted stealing copper wire from the supply house at Lucerne Mines, operated by Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co. Judge J N Langham ordered six months to a year in the Allegheny County Workhouse.
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Lucerne
Sam Laspina
Jeannette
Sam Lavella
Clairton
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
J. N. Langham
Allegheny County
Hazlett School Reunion In Montgomery Township July Fourth
Teachers pupils and friends of the Hazlett school gather at the school on Thursday July 4 for the second annual reunion with an entertaining program prepared. All interested are invited.
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Hazlett School
Montgomery Township
Cabbage Odor Eased by Baking Powder Claim
A quirky note cites a kitchen tip that baking powder can curb strong cabbage odors. The message also mentions Turkey’s area as 294 492 square miles and references The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to RD readers along with a $5 50 figure.
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Turkey
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