True Bills Against Wilhelm and Hayes Murder Charge
True bills against Hyerett G. Wilhelm of Creekside and Jessa Hayes formerly of Heshbon allege murder in the Warden case where 65 year old James Alexander Warden was found dead after a December 4 fire. Wilhelm faces a second true bill for unlawfully disturbing a religious meeting. Hayes fled to Kentucky before extradition efforts. Additional true bills include Sam Painter for false impersonation and several others on charges of robbery disgraceful conduct and firearms. Sentences were imposed for alcohol and larceny offenses with various fines and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyerett G. Wilhelm
Creekside
Jessa Hayes
Heshbon
March
Wilhelm
H. A. Orr
White Township
James Alexander Warden
Washington Township
Warden
Hugene Wilson
L. R. Felont
State Highway Patrol
Warden House
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jesse Hayes
John Bellas
Bellas
Hayes
Kentucky
Sam Painter
Green Township
Walter Harris
Chevy Chase
Steve Sebastian
Hol
Sarnosky
Joseph Yanasewiczs
Bert Gindlesper
Jon Furman
East Wheatfield
Don Buterbaugh
Montgomery
Pete Zapah
Rayne Township
Bentenca
Joseph Shook
Wast Wheatfield
Farmers of the Mahonings Meet in Smicksburg
Farmers of the Mahonings met in the Smicksburg Lutheran social room with Charla Wingard chairing. County Commissioner John B. Flenniken and J A Dixon explained plans for a new milk marketing organization. Clerk John Thompson reviewed county finances and budget tenures. County Agent Warner presented extension activities with lantern slides and a motion reel titled The Cougar Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mik
Mahonings
Smicksburg
Marie Douglass 17 Pleads Guilty in Berry Patch Shooting
Marie Douglass aged 17 daughter of John Douglass of Green township pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter over the July 20 1932 Berry Patch shooting that killed 15 year old John Anderson of Greenwich. Anderson died July 22 after being wounded in a field near Douglass farm. Indicted for murder and voluntary manslaughter by the September grand jury, Douglass remains free on $20000 bond. Judge J N Langham deferred sentence to March 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Marie Douglass
John Douglass
Green Township
J. N. Langham
Greenwich
Anderson
Spangler Hospital
John
Jay
Douglass
Langham
Miss Douglass
Businessmen Propose Lower Electric Rates in Indiana County
A Wednesday Indiana Theatre meeting led to the formation of a permanent organization to secure electric light and power rates aligned with neighboring counties. I. H. Fisher urged reform, noting Greensburg’s West Penn Co. rates run 40 to 80 percent lower than Indiana’s. Officers named: President I. H. Fisher, Vice President Dr. H. B. Buterbaugh, Secretary Morris H. Stern, Treasurer C. Buchheit. Directors Wallace Nordby, Robert S. Jamison, David Williams, Hart B. Daugherty, N. Dewitt Ray, Noble C. Miller, Edward R. Lightcap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Theatre
Wallace Nordby
I. H. Fisher
Greensburg
West Penn Co
H. B. Buterbaugh
Morris H. Stern
C. Buchheit
Robert S. Jamison
David Willliams
Hart B. Daugherty
N. Dewitt Ray
Noble C. Miller
Edward R. Lightcap
Indiana News Briefs Include Local Injuries and Events
Arthur Ray recovers from hip injury after an auto crash on the Benjamin Franklin Highway east of town and is treated at an Indiana hospital. A two and a half year old boy, John McQuaide, is treated for burns after hot water overturned in a kitchen. Banks in Indiana comply with the Roosevelt Bank Holiday. Goldie Mae Kunkle completes a pediatrics post graduate course at Pittsburgh's Children’s Hospital. David Weamer returns home from the Cleveland Clinic as health improves. Penn State Luncheon set for Hotel Moore to discuss legislature with Harl E. Hewitt and Alumni Council. Leech Bible Class dinner and officer election planned for March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ray
Benjamin- Franklin Highway
Indiana Hospital
Penn State
Hotel Moore
Harl EH. Hewitt
John McQuaide
Lawrence T. McQuaide
Haat Pike
McQuaide
Goldie Mae Kunkle
Archie Kunkle
Grant Street
Indiana Hospital School For Margies
Children's Hos [Pital
Pittsburgh
First United Presbyterians Celebrate 125th Anniversary
The First United Presbyterian Church marks 125 years with a two week celebration featuring Community Prayer Services, lectures by Dr. McIlvaine and guests from Westminster College and Xenia Seminary, and a dedication Sunday. Speakers include Dr. John J. Melivaine and Dr. C. J. Williamson, with tributes to longtime Sabbath school leader Mr. J. T. Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrnest
Hfron
Bohn
Wish Oyry
Most United Presbyterian Church of
Stewart
First Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Zion Lutheran
Second United Presbyterian
McIlvaine
Gladys W. Fisher
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Real estate transfers in Indiana and nearby areas
Record of real estate transfers including R R Williams to Mary Corbelli for a lot in Indiana and to Jennie Ferre not in Indiana, with prices from 1 to 217.50. Transactions involve McClure to Indiana Lumber and Supply Company in Indiana, Patchin to Sechler in Cherry Tree, Lemrick to Bonner for 30 acres in Banks and Bowers transfers for 30 acres in Banks and to Indiana Co Commissioners, plus transfers to Michael Bowers Jr and to William F. Mabon, J Rankin slots in Green, and First National Bank Glen Campbell to D R Keith for a lot in Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Williams
Mary Corbelli
Indiana
Jennie Ferre
Eliz
A. McClure
Indiana Lumber & Supply Co
Esther Patchin
Arthur J. Sechler
Cherry Tree
Anne M. Lemrick
H. Clay Bonner
Banks
Michael Bowers
Annie M. Lemrick
Indiana Co
Michael Bowers, Jr
William F. Mabon
William B. Clawson
Blacklick
Edna Mahan
J. W. Rankin
First National Bank of
Glen Campbell
Marriage Licenses and Scrip Display Recalled in Store Window
A list of marriage licenses includes several names across multiple towns. A display in the Anderson shoe store shows a 25 cent scrip from Sutton & Stewart dated December 18, 1862, good for purchases of one dollar or more, recalling past currency use amid a Bank Holiday discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutton & Stewart
Anderson Shoe
Progress Readers Renew Edmiston Favorite County Daily
Center township residents Mr and Mrs James M Edmiston renewed their subscription to The Progress for another year marking 41 years of uninterrupted service. Edgar Artemus 42 of Strongstown fractured his left arm when his car skid and overturned on the Benjamin Franklin highway near Strongstown. He was treated at Memorial Hospital Johnstown. County treasurer C McLain had written 6 400 dog licenses by noon today. An unrelated line references a bootlegger with assets mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
Edmiston
James M. Edmiston
Center Township
Indiana Callera
The
Edgar Artemus
Strongstown
Benjamin Prankling
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
C. McLain
Nak
Andy Goughnoun
Luftthis
Dwight Stiles
Buff
sJatl
Marty Koozer
Goughnour
Local Residents Share Weekend and Weekday Visits
Monmouth area residents and guests visit Indiana relatives and friends over the weekend. Calls and visits include Lloyd Say near Shelocta and Kinter Fry of Plumville. Several families travel to Washington for inaugurations and attend church installations in Pittsburgh.
Fish Stocking In Indiana County Reaches 5 Million
The State Fish Commission distributed 5 209 195 fish across Indiana county streams in 1932. Stocked species include 11 270 brook trout above six inches, 8 000 minnows, 5 152 300 yellow perch fry, 26 400 gunfish, 1 700 black bass, 6 025 catfish and 9 000 frogs, with waters such as Yellow Creek Little Mahoning Creek and Two Lick Creek listed among stocked sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fish Commission
Harrisburg
Indiana County
Two Lick Creek
Two Lick Run
McKeonaghs Dam
Rural recreation committee named for county event
A Rural Recreation Committee was appointed by John F. Pounds president of the Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association to supervise a dramatics school March 14 in the Tattheran chapel social room Indiana. The meeting aims to solve common village program issues, with sessions at 10:00 AM and 2:50 PM, and a 40 cent noon lunch at the church. delegates will discuss expanding home made entertainment using local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alon Lutheran Chavet
Tattheran Chiaret
Indiana
John FF. Pounds
Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association
C. W. Cumming
Henderson
A. R. Kinter
Marie Shields
Blairsville
James Musser
Marion Center
James A. Simpson
E. Dible
Shelocta
R.A
J. W. Warner
W. St. Gordon
Pennsylvania State College
Reactors Found in the T. B. Area Testing Under Way
Cattle in Indiana County townships Burrell Cone maugh Center and others tested for bovine reactors. Eighteen more reactors found, with thirty three in Burrell and twenty in Conemaugh. Ten investigators including four federal veterinarians conduct retesting in sixty to ninety days. Dr Ira Mitterling oversees the operation for the Bureau of Animal Industry from Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffington
Blacklick
T. B
Indiana County
Burrell
Conemaugh Township
Center Township
Ebutington
Court House
Bureau of Animal Industry
Harrisburg
Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association
Ira Mitterling
Hollidaysburg
Gracehton Man Electrocuted at Home in Graceton
Samuel W. Clawson of Graceton died after touching a live 220 watt line while adjusting lights at his chicken brooder house. Funeral services were held at his residence with interment in Oakland cemetery. He had lived in Graceton 40 years and worked as general outside foreman for Graceton Coke Company. He was born November 2, 1882 near Penn Run. He leaves a widow and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Clawson
Oakland Cemetery
Samuel Wilmer Clawson
Graceton
Homer City
Graceton Coke Company
Penn Jun
Magele (Walker) Clawson
Pater Clawson
Loyal Order of Moose
Town
Order of United American Mechanics
Bell (Kinter) Clawson
Mia
Samuel Sundin
Harry Lackard
Mwomer City
Blaly Clawson
Lucerne
Dayden Clawson
Wilson, Pa
COW TAIL HAIR USED TO FILL NEW MATTRESSES
Pennsylvania farmers may find cow tail hair useful beyond feeding stock. A washable mattress made from long domestic white cattle hair interlaced for strength has a washable cover and zipper. The Hospital Association of Pennsylvania plans an exhibit at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia March 21 22 23 featuring materials in so called new mattresses and upholstered furniture including old clothing with buttons, carpet shoddy and other filler materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlarrisburg
Maren
Pennsylvania
Walter Shaw
Chemical Laboratory
Hospital Association of Pennsylvania
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
Philadelphia
Demonstrations of Farm Products Planned Across Townships
Farm demonstrations this year will compare cabbage strains at Doyle Stutzman in East Wheatfield and C W Baker in Green townships. Potato demonstrations at Stutzman and Pollock farms, oats at Clyde Houck’s Green township farm, and a special vegetable garden demo at Robert Emerick’s four miles north of Marton Center. 4-H potato clubs at Savan and Brushvalley with 27 and 40 boys, a field corn club with 10, led by Yr orrance Stanley. Also 4-H flower garden clubs, landscapes near Clymer Commodore Allman schools in April, plus sheep and wool, bull and breed associations demos. Forest seedling orders being pooled under S B Dible. Extension cooperation with coal yard contest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Stutzman
East Wheatfield Township
C. W. Baker
Qreen Township
C. W. Pollock
East Mahoning Township
Clyde Houck
Green Township
Robert L. Emerick
Marton Center
Savan
Yyorrance Stanley
Rochester Mills
R.D
Brushvalley
S. B. Dible
Forestry Committee
North Point man authors new high school geometry books
A. M. Welchans of North Point, a teacher at Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis and former instructor at Indiana State Teachers College, has published two new high school geometry texts with Ginn & Co. This follows his earlier algebra series from Bobbs-Merrill. Welchans earned a master's degree from Bucknell in 1914 and has taught since. His wartime service included an instructor post at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The four books reflect his classroom experience and modern teaching methods designed to engage students and teachers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Welchans
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Welchens
Bucknell University
Fort Sill
Okla
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Penalties for Selling Native Birds to Pet Shops
Harrisburg March 7. Pet shops in Pennsylvania selling native birds as pets face heavy fines under game laws. Protected birds of the same family as those in the wild state are prohibited from sale or possession. Fine set at $20 per each bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pennsyl Yna
Bose
Bennett Seeks State Highways For Second Class Roads
Senator Edward Bennett proposed a bill in town to place all second class township roads under state highway control. The measure allocates money from the motor license fund for construction and maintenance.
Borough Council Halts Half Mill Tax Cut For 1933
At the borough council meeting the 1933 tax levy was reduced by half a mill, totaling eight and a half mills. Public Library appropriation is cut to 1800, police, firemen, and other borough workers kept at current salaries. Beginning May 1 meals for welfare labor on welfare orders will stop. A swimming pool request near Fifteenth and Philadelphia was referred to street. Fire Association seeks 740 for equipment, with two workers to manage gear. decision postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PubHc
John Huey
Fifteenth
Philadelphia
Fire Association
Brushvalley Farmers Institute Delivers Practical Farming Advice
A capacity audience attended the Brushvalley Farmers Institute in Community Hall on Friday. Sessions covered modern potato culture cabbage as cash crop and commercial truck crops. Extension expert W B Nissley highlighted home garden planning and year round vegetable production with asparagus and rust resistant Mary Washington variety, plus pest control methods. An Indiana County extension exhibit and USDA motion pictures accompanied the program. Grange formation for Brush valley was announced with sign-ups to A W Overdorf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley Farmers Institute
Raymond Walker
A. W. Overdorf
R. B. Stutzman
W. B. Nissley
Penn State
Court House
Mary Washington
Nissley
Indiana County
Warner
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Grange
Brush Valley
A. W Overdorft
Miss Addie Belle Longley Named Dietitian at Teachers College
Miss Addie Belle Longley, former dietitian at Washington and Jefferson College, has been appointed to the similar post at State Teachers College in this place to succeed Harry Oswalt who resigned recently. She assumes charge of the college dining hall with extensive experience in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Belle Longley
Teachers College
Washington and Jefferson College
Washington
State Teachers College
Harry Oswalt
Miss Longley
County Sabbath School Convention Set for September Dates
Indiana County Sabbath School Association executive committee announces the county convention to be held September 19 and 20 with the main session at Zion Lutheran church. Eminent Sabbath School workers are being contacted to secure able speakers for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Babe ‘Bath School Association
Zion Lutheran Church
County Emergency Relief Board Awarded Funds
The State Emergency Relief Board approved a total allocation of 6,203,000 with the Indiana Emergency Relief Board receiving 26,760 and the County Emergency Relief Board awarded 36,760 at a weekly State Board meeting on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Emergency Relief Board
Indiana Emergency Relief Board
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orenk
Sih
Heshron
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ifarmars
Berry Patch
Roosevelt
David Weamer
Cleveland Clinic
Leech Bible Class
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Florida
Indianapolis News
First United Presbyterians
Sara BE
Glen Campbell Francis W. Lutman Commodore
McIntire
Clymer
New Florence
Wintondale
Lloyd Say
Kinter Fry
Plumvile
Surlay
Hull
Dufois
Olivier Shaffer
Vlumville
George C. Griffith
South Mahoning Township
Ada Wllson
Altoona
South Sixth Street
Harry Carson
White Mrn
Aliee Riddell
Harry Ifelman
Washington, D.C
John A. Gaul
George ‘Gaul
Blair Gaul
Covode
B. M. Clark
North Sixth Street
New York City
J. T. Jamison
Mary Allen
Clair
Walter Porter
Near South Bend
John McBride
Jack
Coraopolis
Donald Moorhead
East Locust Street
John McGeary
Leechburg
Elizabeth Mentch
Cherry~ Hill Township
Robert E. Lewis
Bermuda
John J. Mellvaine
Harry Fields
EB. C. Bueckheit
Ben Avon
H. J. Brinkerhoff
Ben Avon Presbyterian Church
iGraceton
Weamer Zack
W. Thom
Westmoreland County
Zack
Westmoreland
Commonwealth
State +Health Department
Crippled Children's Clinic
Celle
Te Court House
B. F. Coe
F. i W. Kellam
Oll City
Derrick
Gracehton
Department of Labor and Indust
Farm Extension Bureau
North Point
Indiana State Teachers College
Giants
Yanks
Counom
General Fund
Sinking Fund
Mhor
Brushvalley Farmers
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