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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1930
Page
2
Albert 8 Moornead A Ralph Mooritead Edstorn and Proprietors appear as names in a historical newspaper snippet. This brief entry lists individuals likely involved in a proprietorship or business matter, with no clear event details or dates provided.
A series of marriage announcements from Cumberland Maryland lists Miss Melen L Miller of Robinson and Wallace Lone of Bolivar wed by Rev Spencer on December 19 1929. Also named are Raymond J Thomas and Sarah Pauline Galentine. William Blair Smith and Dorothy Larue Stuchell. Leonard F P McGuire and Helen Fearon. Charles Joseph Kim and Mabel Florence Dennison. David Blaine Long and Thelma Larne Kunkle. Murray J Ansley and Loretta L Amorose. and David Ditch and Mary E Schroder.
Indiana Airways owners meet with Commerce officials to plan remodeling at Indianap olis airport as an intermediate stop on a new trans continental route. Requirements call for 20 acres extra land for large planes, boundary lights, obstruction lights, drainage, grading, and a two million candle power beacon on Shaffer's Knob with a 76 foot tower. A second beacon will mark the hangar area with green light. Also reported is the accidental drowning of Guy Widdowson, 38, former county resident from Princess Anne Md.
Pomona and Success Granges join in a joint meeting at Zion Lutheran Church on Thursday March 27. The program includes opening exercises, officer roll calls, reports, committees named, noon lecturer conference, songs, readings, several addresses, and a question session on dairy and poultry feeds. Marion Center Success Grange will present a short program and J W Warner of Success Grange handles motion pictures. Pomona Grange supplies ice cream. Martha Cummins, Lecturer.
February reports from the Poultry Record Association show many flocks producing twelve or more eggs per hen. John Vandervort of State College spoke at the Court House on parasite control and the Grow Healthy Chick Campaign. Honor flocks listed include Willis Clawson Blairsville and H. G. Cunningham Brushvalley among others. additional flocks praised. Potato Growers Day set for March 21 at Indiana Lutheran church with lectures on potato machinery disease and insects. Four farm management meetings planned for March 18 24 with Earl Moffitt leading sessions at Smicksburg Gambleton Brushvalley and Huff.
Samuel B. Rion a longtime Longmont area resident dies at 67 after apoplexy near Longmont Calo. He founded Rinn town and served as postmaster and church leader. Melvin O. Mack 67 a Blairsville railroad man dies suddenly after 32 years with Pennsylvania Railroad, survived by wife Mary and children Clair and Elloda. Calvin A. Mowry 79 a Torrance resident dies, long Pennsylvnia Railroad service, multiple children and grandchildren. Evaline Smith 90 dies from hip fracture complications. longtime Brushvalley area resident taught school and belonged to local church. Gilbert B. Douglass Green Township farmer and miner dies after short illness. survived by wife, daughter Betty Louise, and siblings. Alfretta Shields 57 dies at home Grafton. survived by husband Joseph, children and siblings. Funeral services held at local churches with interment in Blairsville cemetery.
Obituaries note Mary BE Bracken of McKees Rocks and Brackenridge native Tease KB Bracken died at Brackenridge residence. Grover C Snyder, 44, died in Indiana hospital. funeral at Brushvalley M E church. Anna M Fisher of Blairsville, Leslie Cover of Blairsville, Rutherford Herford a McKeesport widow, and infant Harriet Elizabeth Wirick of Waterman all mourned with services in Blairsville and local cemeteries. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings across Blairsville, McKeesport, and Buffington township. Interments followed funerals in local cemeteries.
The Indiana County Automobile Club hosted a Friday dinner at Zion Lutheran social hall with 256 attendees including members wives and friends. Speakers Edward Gable E D McNeely and Charles R Griffith discussed motor industry growth highway development motorists protections and pending road contracts for 14 miles, plus a moving pictures feature on uniform traffic laws.
The Department of Commerce leases land on the John Kennedy farm near Lewingville in Young township to erect an aerial beacon light guiding air mail planes on the Pillsburgh to Philadelphia route.
Mrs. Russell M. Trout aged 31 died March 3 at Warren City hospital from complications after a mastoid operation five weeks earlier. Born in Saltsburg, daughter of the late Clark X W Speedy, she lived in Warren ten years with her husband. Funeral held at Tod Avenue M E church conducted by Rev. A L Nixon and Rev. W E Minteer. burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs. Speedy, Warren. brothers Hugh M Speedy, George Speedy. sisters Mrs Ira Fillmore, Mrs A L Coleman, Mrs R B Dick, Mrs T J Rose of Conemaugh township. F E Speedy of Edgewood. Clark J Speedy.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed five houses and their contents early Friday at Beyer west of Phinville. Assistance from Indiana and 15 local firemen arrived after 2230 o'clock, but flames had consumed the structures. Two homes were damaged, including the residence of George Edwards, and a two day old infant was safely removed. The loss is estimated at 20 dollars. The blaze required over 650 feet of hose and two hours of water to prevent spread to adjacent buildings.
Auction notices describe sales at W. I. Shaffer farm near Hoffman on March 19 with 7 cattle and a bay mare team, farm machinery, and crops. Additional sale at Mrs Johnston Fry residence in Seward on March 15 with household goods. A Taylorsville sale on March 21 lists 28 registered Jersey cattle and breeding stock. Auctioneers Roscoe Tomb and EF F McCune.
The Savings & Trust Company of Indiana guardian for George Edward Simpson seeks Court permission to privately sell undivided interests in adjoining Dart Mahoning Township tracts in Indiana County Pennsylvania. The sale aims to raise 166.66 dollars for Myrte Beezer, with hearing set for April 7 1980 at 10 10 AM. The notice includes tire advertisement noise irrelevant to the estate matter.
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