Community notes from Latrobe area events and visits
Rob ert Dunsmore spent a week at home. Visitors include Mrs Jessie Wall of Latrobe and Mrs Bert Clevenger of Pitcairn. Weekenders were William Sup ningham of Mt Pleasant and Wilson Uncapher of Marion Center. Joseph A Walbeck, wintering in Indiana, was in town Wednesday. Receptions at Licholi and MeIntire homes. Sutton celebrates 81st birthday. Brethren church to present Awakening of Brother Tightwad March 16 at 7 30 pm. Germany Methodist Women meet at Mrs Vincent Mack home with lunch. Fire damages Oliver Henderson store cellar boxes near furnace. Bolivar Fire Dept. aids. Robinson company store opens under new system with basket prizes. Galligan of Sagamore visits Dunmire home. Victor Miller injured in mine accident. Clark Cline out with grippe. Mrs Braid Ressler ill at Wilbert Mack household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dunsmore
Dunlo
Jessie Wall
Latrobe
Merl Mack
Bert Clevenger
Pitcairn
Joseph Penrose
William ‘Supningham
Mt. Pleasant
Wilson Uncapher
Marion Center
Frank Shamo
Curtis Cunningham
Joseph A. Walbeck
Indiana
George Lirbold
Mildred Felton
James Licholi
Charles W. Sutton
Lawn
Sutton
Harry MeIntire
Bolivar Fire Department
Robinson Company
James Brett, Sr
Merl Miller
Ashley Buffington
John B. Galligan
Sagamore
Sheridan Dunmire
Victor Miller
Clark Cline
Braid Ressler
Wilbert Mack
Local Socials and Pension Figures From Rail Town
Brush Valley residents visited Homer City and nearby towns over the weekend with names like Harry Mikesell and George Hess appearing in regional social notes. The annual pension tally ends with 48,991 Union veterans drawing federal pensions, while 10,954 Civil War veterans died during the year.
Soon to Be Married
Patty Wayne and Dick Comstock, returning from Hawaii, confront a tangled romance on the Matsonia. Dick reveals his long held engagement to another woman but confesses he fell in love with Patty during the voyage and plans to marry her instead, ending a storm of doubt and tears with a hopeful twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matsonia
Calfornia
Patty Wayne
Dick Comstock
Hawaii
Sunny Paradise
Honolulu
Patty
Diel
Rawail
Nassie
Ile
Sehard Comstock
Revival and social notes from M. B. church area
ORUERSIDE revival meetings have been held at the M B church for two weeks amid outbreaks of measles and influenza. Residents Mrs Armstrong and children were in Indiana last week while Mrs W B Klein and children visited her daughter near Twolick. Presbyterian church members prepare for a master cantata. A pie agell at the hall was enjoyed by all. Local residents ill, attendances at Grange and basketball games noted. Roads are in bad condition. Everett Wilhelm sinks a new gasoline tank at his garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
Armstrong
Indiana
W. B. Klein
Mtchel
Twolick
Presbyterian Church
Burleson Johnston
Kellysburg
Marion Center Social Notes Include Visits and Illnesses
Miss Caroline Park guests with her aunt in Blairsville while Miss Lizzie Love visited from Indiana. Families travel to Youngstown and Harrisburg for work and visits. Local residents report illnesses including blood poisoning, la grippe cases abating, and several social calls around Mt Tabor and Homer City.
Local Notices and Anecdotes From Uniontown Area
Milton Cunningham and his son Wayne visited Mrs. Elizabeth Rummell on Friday. Funeral attendance for Mrs. Margaret Riner Conner drew Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harkins of Nanty-Glo. Joanna Stiffler spent the weekend with Miss Reba Lamer near Piogrove. J. N. Hudson and family visited their daughter Mrs. Will Kelly at Marstella. Bert and H. G. Rummell drove to Nanty-Glo. Alvie Stahl moved to his brother Stanley Stahl’s home, who runs a local garage. The Liberty Bell cracked on July 8, 1835, during Chief Justice John Marshall’s funeral procession in Philadelphia. A Jacksonville politician laments sleepless nights from fear of robbers at the House, not the Senate, per Times-Union joke. Last year pretzels baked in U.S. bakeries would stretch endlessly if laid end to end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Cunningham and Son
Wayne
Freeport
Elizabeth Rummell
Glenn Harkins
Nanty-Glo
Margaret Riner Conner
Harkins
Joanna Stiffler
Misa Reba Lamer
Piie Grove
J. N. Hudson
Will Kelly
Marstella
Bert, Rummell
H. G. Rummell
Nanty- Glo
Alvie Stahl
Cherry Tree
Stanley Stahl
Local Social News Recaps Visits and Illnesses
Mrs. Anna Sutter returns home after a week with brother Grant Mauk in Rochester Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Simpson visit Homestead residents. Families from Indiana Pittsburgh and Butler spend time with S. M. Shields Colusky and others. Rose Shields and relatives note Chloe illness. Annie Gaul recovers from influenza. Mable Wyant’s group visits Butler. Levi Moneenig moves to Marchand. Driftwood St. Marys Ridgway trips noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sutter
Grant Mauk
Rochester Mills
Wm. Simpson
Homestead
Arthur Colusky
Burt Shields
Indiana
Wm. Anthony and
Pittsburgh
S. M. Shields
Geo. Gaul
Punxsutawney
Rose Shields
Jacob Bartholomew
Milton McKenry
Chloe
Annie Gaul
Mable Wyant
Butler
Geo. Gary
Levi Momeénig
Marchand
Lee Kuntz
Marion Center
J. H. Miller
Don. Hilmer
Rhoda Hicks
Nannie Smith
M. Shields
Quay
Don Shields
Driftwood
St. Marys
Ridgway
Town Notes From Indiana Area Friends
Joe King and KR A Slrgis were at Indiana on Wednesday Dorothy Townsend employed at Vannergrift spent part of the week at her home here Sara Smith called on the Alshouse home Mrs Bowser and two children of Bruin visited with daughter Mrs Gene Silvis Mr and Mrs Harry Devers were shoppers in Indiana Janet Townsend spent the week at Homer City Rev Papajean was a visitor in the Anderson home Mrs Shoup not well Mr and Mrs Henry Townsend attended the funeral of their little niece Nellie Louise Campbell near Shelocta on Saturday Mrs Wendell Devers was a Wednesday caller in the Anderson home Frank Matson of Zions Valley was in our village on Saturday Hobart Shellhammer and Mel Silvis are employed on a gas well at Rural Valley Mr McCall merchant from Clarks was a business caller here during the week Ward Devers and family of Apollo in this section on Sunday The Smith sisters returned home after weeks in Crum home near West Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe King
KR. A. Slrgis
Indiana
Dorothy Townsend
Vannergrift
Sara Smith
Alshouse
Bowser
Bruin
Gene Silvis
Harry Devers
Janet Townsend
Homer City
Rev. Papajean
Anderson
Shoup
Henry Townsend
Néllie Louise Campbell
Shelocta
Wendell Devers
Frank Matson
Zions Valley
Our Village
Hobart Shellhammer
Mel Silvis
Rural Valley
McCall
Clarks
Ward Devers
Apolo
Smith Sisters
Crum
Lebanon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Associated Gas and Electric Securities Company
King
Brush Valley
Harry Mikesell
Russell Harlinger
M. K. Bennett
George Hess
Mary
Mike Zelko
Johnstown
G. T. McCrea
Robert McCrea
BABY
Indiana County
Paul B. Hasinger
Wayne Avenue
Penna
Indiana, Progress
The
Indiana Progress
H. Louis Raybold
Tick
McChuren
Paper Syndicate
WN Service
Oruerside
Caroline Park
Dickson
Blairsville
Lizzie Love
J. A. Terpe
van Ness
Youngstown
Lynn McCoy
Stanley Hopkins
Galen Moore
John Long
M.C. Hls
Lola Long
Helen Gibson
J. Neal Griffith
Marion Center National Bank
Harrisburg
John H. Holt
Carl
Coral
J. R. Neilson
John
Akron
Mr. Neilson
J. H. Jones
West Wheatfield
Guy Smith
Harry
Ruth
Rose Palmer
Roy Palmer
Mt. Tabor
Collings Mack
Gladys
William Litchenfels
George Shoup
Dick Shoup
Milton Wood
Omer Shoup
G. R. Shoup
Guy McConnell
Heshbon
Harry Nealy
Edith
George Clawson
George Palmer
Susan Carnathan
Uniontown
John Marshall
Philadelphia
Jackson-ville
Times-Union
Senate
First National Bank of Indiana, Penne
Covvode
South Bend
Roger Babson
Patronize Progress
R.W. Wehrle &Co
Indiana, Pa
Cadillac
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