Townships to receive 1934 beverage license funds
County Treasurer C. C. McLain will distribute 4,748.75 across 18 Indiana county townships from 1934 beverage license fees. Center Township leads with 726.00, Burrell 700.00, East Mahoning 18.75. totals per township include Blacklick 37.50 Brushvalley 50.00 Buffington 76.00 Canoe 150.00 Center 725.00 Cherryhill 100.00 Conemaugh 100.00 East Mahoning 18.76 Grant 76.00 Green 500.00 Montgomery 250.00 Pine 300.00 Rayne 600.00 West Mahoning 37.50 West Wheatfield 100.00 White 675.00 Young 240.00. Checks available on request at the County Treasurer’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McLain
Indiana County
Court House
Mclain
Center Township
Burrell
East Mahoning
Buffington Township
Burrell Township
Canoe Township
Enter Township
Cherryhill Township
Conemaugh Township
Mahoning Township
Grant Township
Green Township
Montgomery Township
Pins Township
Rayne Township
W. Mahoning Township
Wheatfield Township
White Township
Young Township
Young Woman Killed In Car And Locomotive Crash
A Coral woman 18 died from chest and skull injuries after a car driven by Martin Buckshaw struck a freight engine at a railroad crossing. Passengers Ruth Alsop and Buckshaw survived with minor injuries while the car overturned and caught fire. Funeral services were held in Coral’s Lutheran chapel for Rather Theone Alsop, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Alsop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coral
Rather Theone Alsop
David Alsop
Indiana Hospital
Martin Buckshaw
Josephine
State Grange Past Master to Speak at Parkwood Meeting
An Armstrong Grange open meeting at Parkwood schoolhouse on March 27 at 8:00 P M will feature E B Dorsett of Mansfield past master of the State Grange as principal speaker. The event promises to be among Armstrong Grange's most engaging programs and the public is invited. Also reported is the Cumberland marriage of William P. Cramer of Wintondale and Miss Mary B E Hileman of Dilltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Grange
Parkwood
E. B. Dorsett
Armstrong’ Grange
BE. B. Dorsett
Mansfield
The
Armstrong Grange
Cumberland
William P. Cramer
Wintondale
Mary BE. Hileman
Dilltown
District Highway Office to Remain in Indiana
Harrisburg message confirms the District Office of the State Highway Department will stay in Indiana during the present administration. Democratic leaders Attorney Harry W. Fee L. F. Butter and Borough Engineer Thos Pealer met with State Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke to discuss rumors of moving the office to Kittanning and were assured it would remain in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Highway Department
Harry W. Fee
Democratic County Committee
L. F. Butter
Thos, Pealer
State
Warren van Dyke
Kittanning
van Dyke
Indiana
Real Estate Transfers in Indiana County Listings
Real estate transfers include multiple transactions across townships in Indiana County. Names such as Wagner, George, Lewis, Shields, Cummings, Gaul, Adomaick, Svebuck, Stiver, Snyder, Lydick, Wilhem, Getty, Alexander, Slovensky, Robertson, Lassu, Findley and institutions like Farmers Bank & Trust Co. of Indiana and Indiana County Street Railways Co. appear in transfers for acres and lots with prices ranging from $1.00 to $162,562.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtchel May Wagner
N. Lloyd Alcorn
West Wheatfield
Mary S. George
Robert George
Blairsville
Stephen P. Lewis
Bert C. Shields
Indiana
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Homer City
W. Ralph Cummings
John A. Gaul
North Mahoning Township
Helen Adomaick
Indiana County Commissioners
Glen Campbell
Ignatius Svebuck
Aaron Stiver
John D. Snyder
John P. Snyder
Brushvalley
Mary B. Lydick
Stephen A. Wilhelm
Rayne Township
J. M. Wagner
John C. Wagner
Buffington Township
Indiana County Street Railways Co
G.W. Busch
Andy Lassu
Frank Lassu
Center Township
Andras Lassu
Partners Bank & Trust ‘Co
Guardian
H. Steele Findley
Wheatfield
Hida 'M
Steele Findley
East Wheatfield Township
William H. Findley
Commodore Man Dies After Freight Train Collision
Valley Stump, 39, of Commodore, died in an Indiana hospital from a skull fracture after being struck by a freight train near the Commodore railroad station on Monday afternoon. He was found unconscious along the track, never regained consciousness, and passed away Tuesday morning. He left a wife and four children, residing with his sister Mrs. Albert Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Stump
Commodore
Indiana
Albert Wise
Marriage Licenses and a Coal Miner Suicide Tragedy
The list shows multiple marriage licenses including Gust Dourmont Jr and Alberta Grace Hunter among others in Ford City and surrounding areas. A coal miner, Andrew Maretta, 54, unmarried of Furnace Run Armstrong County, ended his life by hanging two miles into a coal mine using a three foot wire cable, a tragic incident reported Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Maretta
Furnace Run
Armestrong
Presbytery releases Dr McIlvaine from UP denomination
Conemaugh Presbytery at Indiana held a called meeting releasing Dr John J Mellvaine from the United Presbyterian denomination effective March 31. He will become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Castle on April 1. Rev 5 W Shane was named moderator of the First Church session. Rev Dwight Nichol was received as a member of Conemaugh Presbytery to accept a call at Johnstown United Presbyterian Church. A congregational meeting granted Dr McIlvaine’s request for dissolution of pastoral relation and a reception for Dr and Mrs McIlvaine was planned for March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Nichol
Conomaugh Presbytery
Wil
Johneetown
W. Shane
U. P
Conemaugh
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
John J. Mellvaine
United Presbyterian Denomination
McIlvaine
First Presbyterian Church of
New Castle
Second United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Mellyaine
White Township
Presbyterian Denomination
Johnstown
First United Presbyterian Church
Canoe Township Resident 18 Victim of Deadly Gas Fumes
Claude W. Gaston, 51, found dead in his Rossiter area Canoe Township home garage from carbon monoxide fumes from his car engine. A longtime local, Gaston worked as a pumper at Rossiter mines and was found after rising about 3 30 to go to work. He left a wife and several children and had suffered despondency in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Iw
Gaston
Claude W. Gaston
Rossiter
Canos Township
Canoe Township
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Petition to Abolish Clarksburg Independent School District
Taxpayers petition the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County to abolish the Clarksburg Independent School District. Hearing set for Tuesday April 22 at 10:00 A M. The district, formed from parts of Young and Conemaugh townships, exists by court decree under the May 18 1911 School Code. Petitioners say abolition best serves resident taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Court of Common Plaga
Indiana County
Clarksburg Independent
Young
Conemaugh
Miner Killed by Rockfall at White Station Mine
John Petruway aged 42 of White Station Conemaugh township died Monday forenoon in Graft Coal Company mines at White Station when buried under a rockfall estimated at 11 tons. His chest was crushed his left leg nearly severed. He leaves a wife and seven children. Thursday 9 the first day of spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Petruway
White Station
Conemaugh Township
Graft, Coal Company
Local residents share weekends across Indiana and beyond
Mr and Mrs Wm Dennett of School street returned from the Carolinas and Florida. Nellie Swartz of East Pike visited Johnstown relatives. Many locals and visitors from Parkwood Brushvalley and other towns spent weekends with relatives in Indiana. Notables include Harl Hewitt and Hall Blair at State College for boxing, and The Progress subscriptions renewed by several readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. Dennett
School Street
Carolinas
Florida
Nellie Swartz
Fast Pika
Johnstown
A. H. Wiggins
T. W. Wiggins
Parkwood
Indiana
Anna Herlinger
Brushvalley
James T. Edmiston
Raymond
Center Township
James Hutchison
JF. Pounde
Near Town
Pearl Lightcap
Youngstown, O
J. N. Elder
Arthur Streams
James
Water Street
Pittsburgh
Harold §Scott
Philadelphia
Asa Scott
Grant Street
Christian Strayer
Rutledge
W. Q. Moorhead
North Ninth Street
Media Crawford
Bradford
Anna McGaughey
William Bence
South Fifth Street
Allegheny General Hospital
Charles A. Mahan
Commondore
John Myers
Cherry Tree
Anna Bond
Smicksburg
Burt Good
South Seventh Street
M. J. Golden
Golden
John
Cherryhill Township
B. J. Hill
Ben, Jr
David Hill
Reynoldaville
Virgil Cosly
Joyce Ann
Oneonta
N. Y
J. B. Miller
John G. McGeary
Betty Jane
George
Leechburg
Jennie, Lowman
South Hbleventh Street
Harl Hewitt
Hhis
Earl, Jr
Hall Blair
Town
State College
Leona Humphries
Jane
San Francisco
Calif
J. C. Replogle
Wayne Avenue
Sarah Kunkle
Creekside
J. M. Kunkle
Litchfield
Stacy Be, Kunkle
Culdesnc
Idaho
Helen McConnell
J. §. Stear
Bricksburg
R. D
Stear
Fittsburgh Post Gazette
Baryl U. Seanor
Reynoldavilla
Guy Schuckers
Seanor
James Edmiston
Wos
Progress
Halmiston
Deloss Martin
Slater
Martha Jane Martin
Oakstreet
Mary McCoy
Syria Mosque
Ayening
Eastern Music Supervisors Conference
Vernon Martin
John Miller
John W. Neff
Indiana State Teachers College
Tuberculosis Skin Test Conducted in Four County Schools
Dr. Samuel O. Pruitt led 520 youths and 20 adults through the tuberculin skin test across Blairsville Homer City Indiana and Clymer centers with 10 to 15 percent expected to need further chest x rays based on past results. Retests and interpretations will occur today and Friday with x rays at Indiana County Hospital. Dr. Pruitt spoke at a Kiwanis meeting and will stay in the county through Friday night to assist the Indiana County Tuberculosis Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Pruitt
Samuel O. Pruitt
Pennsylvania Tuberculosis Society
Philadelphia
Blairaville
Homer City
Indiana
St. Bernard's
Clymer
Indiana County Hospital
Civil Conservation Camp Planned Near Gaibleton
The Kinter farm, one mile east of Gaibleton in Rayne township, is selected for the Civil Conservation Camp to work on the Crooked creek watershed erosion control. The eight acre site near a Crooked creek branch is near an improved road and healthful conditions. Within two weeks about 235 men will be located on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinter
Gaibleton
Rayne Township
Crooked Creek
Hinter Farm
Tts
Conversion of Liberty Bonds Offered for Exchange
Treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr announces a conversion feature for Fourth Liberty Loan bonds. Holders may swap eligible bonds ending in 5 0 4 and 7 for a new Treasury bond, with March 2 percent deadline. Local banks will cooperate with exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Sermons on the Holy Spirit Begin at Two Presbyterian Churches
Rev J K Boston will open a series of sermons on the Holy Spirit at Washington and Creekside Presbyterian churches this Sunday March 24, 1995. The program aims to explore spiritual guidance and church life through a sequence of talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heries
Washington and
Creekside Presbyterian
J. K. Boston
Washington and Creekside Presbyterian
West for Postoffice Position Applications Open
Applications for West for Postoffice position will be received until April 6 for examinations for the substitute clerk carrier job at the Indiana postoffice. Forms may be secured from Clarence Borland at the local postoffice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Carrier
Indiana Postoffice
Clarence Borland
Former Pine Flats Resident John A Roberts Dies at 71
John Alexander Roberts 71, a Pine Flats native, died of a heart attack while visiting his brother in law J M Getty’s home on Tuesday noon. Born April 3, 1804, in Pine Flats, he lived in Lawrence Kansas and Keokuk Iowa, taught at Todd Seminary, and worked as a traveling salesman and real estate agent. Survived by wife Lillian M Jovejoy and children Miss Quven Roberta, Harold P, Willard H, and Lloyd W, plus seven grandchildren and brother Scott L. Roberts. Funeral Friday at 2:00 PM at his son’s Butter home, with burial in Butler cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Roberts
J. M. Getty
South Third Street
John Alexander Roberts
Middle East
Lawrence
Kans
Keokul
Iowa
Indiana State National School
Valpate Tso University
Indiana
Wig Eadmaster
Todd Seminary
Woodstock
Keokuk
Keokuk Baptist Church
Butter
Baptist Church
Butler
Lillian M. Jovejoy
Quven
Roberta
Pittsburgh
Harold P. Roberts
Akron
Williard H. Roberts
Lloyd W. Roberts
Lawrenceville
Scott L. Roberts
Pine Flate
Butler Cemetery
Police Dogs Lead All Stock Killers In Pa. Study
Harrisburg report lists 680 dogs tied to livestock damage in 1934's last ten months. Police dogs account for 45 percent of the total, with 304, followed by 119 hounds, 119 mongrels, 100 callies and farm shepherds, 14 bulldogs, eight Airedales, and 16 others. Officials note 20,000+ uncontrolled dogs are killed yearly. Losses accrue from attacks both observed and unseen on pastureland and at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Animal Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Poe
John Chew Discharged From Indiana Hospital After Collision Injuries
John Chew aged 11 son of Prof and Mrs Tobias O Chew of South Thirteenth Street was discharged from the Indiana Hospital Tuesday after treatment for injuries from a collision on Saturday when his bicycle hit an automobile driven by Frank Overman of Moween. He suffered a slight brain concussion and abdominal injuries. Edwin Chew a brother was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident near Bellefonte on October 8 1983. Prof Chew is a faculty member at Indiana State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chew
Indiana Hospital
John ‘Chew
Tobias O. Chew
S. Thirteenth Street
Frank Overman
Moween
Edwin Chew
Bellefonte
Chew
Indiana State Teachers College
Pennsylvania Railroad Declares 202nd Dividend to Stockholders
The Pennsylvania Railroad paid its 202nd dividend last week to about 232,000 stockholders, marking 88 straight years of distributions since 1848. The total payout is 6,683,848 dollars at one percent on outstanding shares, with over two million allocated to women pensioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POR, BR
Pennsylvania
Eight Million Trees to Be Planted in State Reforestation
Harrisburg reports state foresters predict spring reforestation will surpass eight million trees. Within a month over 4,000 planters will access trees from state nurseries. The Clyllan Conservation Corps will plant two million trees on forests and idle lands. The piece notes related county dental society elections and a moonshine case in Palmertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ralph M. Bashore
Department of Forests and Waters
Clyllan Conservation Corps
Galdeushore
Local boy dies after roller skating accident
Twelve year old James Orr of West Philadelphia Street died in Indiana hospital after being struck by a car Monday evening at School and Tenth streets. Driver J H McNaughton stated he did not see the boy until too late. Orr, born June 16 1922, leaves parents and several siblings. Funeral services Friday at 2 30 p m at the Orr home conducted by Rev Clifford Belcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Orr
Harvey Orr
West Philadelphia
Indiana Hospital
School
Tenth Streets
J. H. McNaughton
School St
McNaughton
J. L. Rowe
Fay Marshall
Punxautawney
Roxie
Donald
Robert
Harvey
Orr
Clifford Belcher
Christ Episcopal Church
Town
Sentence of year and a day for former bank cashier
Thomas N. Robinson former cashier and director of the Citizens National Bank of Indiana was sentenced to a prison term of a year and a day by Federal Judge Nelson McVicar in Pittsburgh. He had pleaded guilty to seven counts of misapplication and embezzlement with defense of good intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen's National Bank
Thomas N. Robinson
Citizens National Bank
Indiana
Nelson McVicar
United States District Court
Pittsburgh
Mmade
Robinson
H. Schoonmaler
McVicar
George Kase Underwent Appendicitis Operation in Indiana
George Kase an Indiana auto mechanic underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at Indiana Hospital on Tuesday. His condition was reported as satisfactory at noon today. Two Local State Employees Dismissed, Another Resigned Friday. Stanley Long of Indiana and Miss Kathryn Smith of Humylile were dismissed on Friday. Miss Martha Pranty of Indiana, a clerk in the State Welfare Department, has resigned. Mr and Mrs 2D J Barnard and family moved from Indiana to Washington Pa where they will reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kase
Indiana
Stanley &. Long
Kathryn Smith
Hlumyilie
Martha #. Pranty
Stuce Welfare Department
2D. J. Barnard
Washington Street
Washington, Pa
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District Highway Office
Commodore Man
Gust Dourmont
Alberta Grace Hunter
John Gorgisa
Bertha Peretin
Michael Huntion
Ford City
Margaret Barna
Bruno Playnoy
Beminole Pearle Rearick
John Clyde Saye
Mary Jane Bartlebaugh
H. D. Kensinger
Rochester Mills
Ethel Naomi Steele
Rochester Milla
Lloyd B. Smith
Robinson Sara Bugh Tobingon
Russell R. Hankinson
Vandergrift
Edna Viola Buterbaugh
Commodore iThomas
Walker Tyler
Dorothy Dhompson
Penfield
Emerson Wallace Mock
Joannetta Hazel Irene Cruikshank
Jeannette
Tohn H. Houk
Butler Clara Maxwell
MP Ilvaine
T. B
Pinh Flats
H. Wilbur Black
County Dental Association
Lwas
Indiana County Dental Society
Cohan
C. el. Paulson
Greensburg
J. Wibur Gibson
Shoop
Palmertown
Howe Massie May Hurt
Blacklick
C. C. McLain Shed
Priday
Thos. N. Robinson
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