Fate Deals Severe Blow To Local Family
Three members of the Marshall family die in quick succession in Indiana hospital. Ralph Marshall loses his wife Gladys Shaffer Marshall and their infant Shirley Irene, followed by his mother Mrs. Heasle White Marshall. Funeral services set for Thomas White’s home and Reynoldsville for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marahall
Ralph Marshall
College Avenue
Indiang Hospital
Heasle (White) Marshall
Guy R. Marshall
Clune
Indiana Hospital
Gladys Shaffer Marshall
Shirley Irene Marshall
Bessie (White) Marshall
Mary White
James Thomas White
Reynoldsville
Quy R. Marshall
Marshall
Helen
Harold Dugan
Indiana
Herman Marshall
Fort Washington
Ralph
Kenneth
Wayne
Harold
Louis Marshall
New Bethlehem
William White
Blawnox
Thomas White
Mary
Wayne Clark
Brookville
George White
Aspinwall
Lena
Ben. T. Plyler
John White
South Fourteenth Street
J. A. McCamey
Gladys Marshall
Shirley Irene
Gladys Shaffer
Near Town
Albert Shaffer
Indiana High School
Longtime subscriber Hazlett renews Progress for 54th year
Georgeville resident Robert Hazlett, a lifelong farmer and one of the paper’s oldest subscribers, renews his weekly Progress subscription for the 54th year while visiting the town. The Hazletts hosted by son-in-law Guy Kime, with activity spanning 53 years of newspaper delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hazlett
Georgeville
Guy Kime
Town
Hazlett
Progress
Compton Family Escapes Injury After Earthquake
Mrs. Adda Work of Compton California, a native of the county, reports her family suffered no injuries in the recent quake but their home was badly damaged forcing them to live in a tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adda Work
Compton
Calif
Conference on Sabbath School work set for Saturday
A conference for all Indiana county residents involved in Adult and Home Department and Parent Training work of the Sabbath School will meet at Zion Lutheran Church Indiana on Saturday March 26 with morning and afternoon sessions. Walter Myers head of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association will lead, assisted by Charles McMillen and Zoe H Lyons county superintendents. Dinner at 36 cents. All welcome with equal voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana County
Lutheran Church
Indiana
Walter Myers
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association
Charles McMillen
Zoe H. Lyons
Ill health blamed for tragic death in South Street home
Despondency from ill health led Fulton H. Salsgiver 65 to end his life by hanging in his South Street basement. Funeral services were held Tuesday at his residence with Rev. Dr. Robert L. Clark officiating. He was born May 30, 1868 in Young township, a shoe-maker and painter, married Sarah Sell in 1891, and leaves a widow and several children and siblings across towns in Indiana and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
South Street
Robert L. Clark
Presbyterian Church
Fulton H. Salsgiver
Young Township
Isaac Salsgiver
Dayton
West
Lebanon
Sarah Sell
Paul Lewis
Jay
Joseph
Paul Salsgiver
Town
J. N. Griffith
Ebensburg
George Shirley
Saltsburg
W. W. Salsgiver
Brackenridge
D. W. Salsgiver
Wreechburo
Charles Salsgiver
Columbus
George Fryer
New Philadelphia
Real Estate Transfers List Blairsville and Nearby Areas
A compilation of property transfers including Frank H Vorlage to Sara E Vor lage and back, Blairsville lots with nominal $1.00 deeds, Blacklick 25 acres to H C Claw son, Center three tracts for $10.00, Pine Basin 200 acres to Antonetta Nazarian for $127.48, and Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co. coal tract in White for $639.38, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Vorlage
Sara E. Vorlage
Blairsville
Chester D. Morton
H. C. Clawson
Blacklick
Catherine V. Worthington
A. H. Vorlage
Laura Rankin
E. J. Miller
Center
Fanny E. H. Riddell
J. 0. Henderson
W. Wheatfield
Jos
Rochester &Pittsburgh Coal Co
White
Mary Stroji
Albert Stroji
Burrell
Emma Snyder
Fannie BE. Snyder
Industrious 81-Year-Old Quilter From Cherryhill
Mrs Jane Roser an 81 year old resident of Cherryhill township kept busy through winter making six braided rugs and a quilt She presented the quilt to her son Bert Roser of Punxsutawney as a birthday gift regently
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Roser
Cherryhill Township
Fireproof Mill to Rise After Worthington Fire
A new fireproof factory building of 70 by 190 feet will replace the Worthington woolen mill destroyed by a recent fire. Contracts were signed Tuesday between Graff Woolen Mills Co and Shaffer Lumber Co of Kittanning to rebuild the factory. A truckload of jigsaw puzzles caught fire and burned east of town near Nolo on the Benjamin Franklin highway, en route from Roundbook New Jersey to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Graff Woolen Mills Co
Shaffer Lumber Co
Kittanning
Roundbook
N. J
Chicago
Nolo
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Indiana
Eleventh Child Born to Creekside Family
Mrs. Ralph McCracken of Creekside announces the birth of a son, the eleventh child in the family. A barn on Samuel G. Spence’s West Philadelphia street lot burned early Sunday morning, origin undetermined. A boil on the neck once seen as a common annoyance now seems a minor bother compared to an Eaan budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creekside
Ralph McCracken
Samuel G. Spence
West Philadelphia
Strong Named to Naval Affairs Committee in Congress
Congressman Nathan L. Strong, a senior member of the Rivers and Harbors committee, has been named to the Naval Affairs committee by Speaker Rainey. The district residents hail the appointment as a significant honor and expect his vast experience to benefit naval policy and international naval knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainey
Nathan L. Strong
Ratney
House of Representatives
Congteaasman Strong
Naval Affairs Committee
House
Strong
Congress
Naval Affairs
United States Navy
Deer and bear kills drop as hunting season ends
Harrisburg reports final deer and bear kill data for the season show 19 724 legal bucks and 2146 legal bears, with 19 fatal and 34 non fatal accidents. The season was 15 days shorter than last year, and fatalities decreased from 37 to 19 while non fatal incidents fell from 75 to 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Game Commission
Red Cross First Aid Course Starts Here on March 27
A ten day Red Cross first aid course opens Monday evening March 27 in the State Teachers College Home Economics Department with Dr. Grant F Hartzell as instructor. Enrollment limited to 35, no tuition, books under one dollar. Observers may attend. Certificates issued on completion. Contact Evelyn Armstrong or H M Sanders for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant F. Hartzell
State Teachers College
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Hartzell
Indiana
Clase
Evelyn Armstrong
Indiana County
Court House
H. M. Sanders
College Gymnasium
First United Presbyterians Close 125th Anniversary
The two week celebration of the 126th anniversary of the First United Presbyterian Church ended Sunday with a service of sacred music and a sermon by Dr William Oxley Thompson. Forty three new members joined during communion. Roy Conrath named caretaker of Borough Fire Assn trucks at council meeting, salary set at $100 monthly. Two lunch wagon permit applications on Philadelphia Street were refused at the game meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United ‘Presbyterians
First United Presbyterian Church
Willam Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
Roy Conrath
Fire Association
Theborough
Philadelphia
County Treasurer Reports Dog Licenses and Fishing Permits
County Treasurer C G C McLain filed 6500 dog licenses and 175 fishing permits by noon today. Visitors included W Devinney of Derry and his sister Julia Devinney near Blacklick, with Indiana visitors James Frederick and daughter of Tarentum staying with John W Gailey on East Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. GC. McLain
W. \. Devinney
Derry
Julia A. Devinney
Near Blacklick
Indiana
James Frederick
Tarentum
John W. Gailey
East Oak Street
Personal Brevities Reflect Indiana Visits and Local Movements
Blacklick and nearby residents frequent Indiana on various days for business and social visits. Names include A D Williams, V Kepple, A O Swansy, R B McKelvey, and many locals moving homes, hosting relatives, or taking part in church and community events across Greensburg and Apollo areas.
Indiana County Deposit Bank Opens Under State Order
Indiana County Deposit Bank opened for business at 1:00 this morning under the Banking Department directive. It accepts new business from new and old depositors on unrestricted terms, with new funds to be held and payable on demand. Withdrawals from old accounts are forbidden. old accounts will be liquidated under department supervision. Old depositors must recall outstanding checks and issue new checks, as any check activity before March 21, 1938 will not be honored against new accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendon
Secretary of Banking of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Indiana County Deport Bank
Trachars Do Not Frown On Girls Trouser Fad
In Harrisburg on March 21 reports from rural and industrial Pennsylvania schools show a transfer fad for girls due to depression. Denims and overalls replace frocks in distressed districts. parents seek practical wear while teachers accept the shift with understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trachars
Harrisburg
Mar
Pennsylvania
Yesteryear
State Department of Public Instruction
County woman fractures leg on her 70th birthday
Mrs Ela Wallace of West Wheatfield township suffered a fractured left leg while celebrating her 70th birthday Saturday evening near New Florence. She had previously broken the same leg about four years ago. She was taken to Memorial Hospital Townstown and rest was reported. In Brushvalley a new Grange will form on March 28 at 7 20 pm in the Community Building with initiation fees ranging from 50 cents to 3 dollars and dues for a year totaling 1 85. Pomona Grange meets at the Indiana Lutheran Church on March 30 with a degree for a large brushvalley class possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Williams
Blacklick
Indiana
Paul Ansley
Plumsie
V. Kepple
Advance
Swansy
Blacklick Township
McKelvey
Saltsbury
C. M. Johnston
South Seventh Street
West Washington Street
Mildred Mountain
Jefferson County
Chestnut Street
Stanley Elkin
East Pike
Birkin
West Philadelphia Street
Harry Buchanan
Ford City
John Ferguson
Pittsburgh
J. M. Stewart
J. I. Gailey
Youngstown, CO
A.W. Gailey
South Street
Samuel Killen
George McMillen
Armagh
Greensburg
M. J. Golden
F. S. Golden
Cherryhill Township
Donald Adamson
Betty Ganley
East Chestnut Street
Theatre Company
H. E. Bitterbaugh
Mary
Town
S. Kunkle
Homer City
Brownsville
Texas
George Porter
Jean
First United Presbyterian Church
S. Brody
Waterstreet
Morris‘ Bresnick
Cleveland
Silverman
New Castle
Beaver Falls
Brody
Frank H. Daugherty
Locust Street
Edward BE. Hanscom
Philadelphia
Martha Daugherty
Bess Klingensmith
Oakland Avenue
East Church Street
Frank Leach, Jr
Landsidowne
Pharoah
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
New York City
Stewart
John M. Daugherty
Progress
Robert J. Porter
Diana
William D. Trankin
Shelocta
Rankin
Boody
Mr.Rankin
Robert Rankin
Ireland
Jane Rankin
Hiderton
Rachel McGaughey
Joseph McGaughey
Ela Wallace
Billa Wallace
West Wheatfield Township
New Florence
Brushvalley
Brushvalley Grange
Pomona Grange
Indion Lutheran Church
Bbrushvalley Grange
Vv C Thomas Named Dealer of Purina Feed Line in Indiana
Vv C Thomas is named the new Purina feed line dealer for the county and will operate from the big warehouse at 1113 Water Street. O B Stoffs will serve as the product's service salesman under Mr Thomas, as local distributors are planned across the territory. Thomas previously worked at the Farmers Exchange and is well known in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vv. C. Thomas
Purina
Indiana
V. C. Thomas
Bis County
Water Street
O. BR. Stoffs
Mr. Thomas
Grange Rooster Meeting Wil lo Holt At Cookport
A tri county Grange Rooster meeting is set for Cookport Community Hall on Friday March 24 at 2 40 PM. National Secretary Harry A Caton of Columbus Ohio and State Master J A Roak of New Castle will attend. Public invited. Delegations from Cambria and Clearfield counties are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Willo Holt
Cookport
Harry A. Caton
Columbus
Ohio
J. A. Roak
New Castle
Cockport
Cambria
Clearfield
Spruce Couple to Celebrate Golden 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs S Cressley of Spruce will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home on Saturday. Their children and grandchildren will be guests at a family dinner honoring the golden event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cressley Wii
Cressley
Spruce
Deaths and obituaries from Greensburg and nearby towns
Funeral services for Mrs. Huldah Ruffner of Greensburg follow a death at her home from a illness. Her long life includes 12 Ruffner sons and daughters and ties to Indiana and Philadelphia. Erlanger of Livermore dies after a Jeannette street attack. funeral in Johnstown with Rutledge family ties. Other notices include Frank Pedick’s widowhood and children, Martha Whyood Elwood’s passing and local memorials in Canton and Cookport, with infant deaths in Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erlanger
Jaques Erlanger
Livermore
Jeannette
Paris
Philadelphia
Anna L. Rutledge
Johnstown
Rutledge
Grandview
France
Wilhelm Sentenced to Spend Life Prison for Murder
Hyarett G. Wilhalm, 57, of Creekside, found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of James A. Warden, a church official, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Reuben Johns, 64, of Huff, also sentenced to life for a 1932 killing and has become insane and is sent to Farview Asylum. Civil Court actions include three ghost-gasumpit verdicts and a trespass verdict from an auto accident case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyarett
G. Wilhalm
Creekside
James A. Warden
Washington Township
Langsham
Wilhelm
Warden
Creekside Methodist Episcopal Church
Creakside
Nia
Warden House
Wilhelm Home
Wilson
B. G. Snow
Blairsville
Co. J. Edwards
Nolle
John Busovich
Agnes Berevansky
Reuben Johns
Huff
John B. Risinger
State Asylum For Criminal Insane
Farview
Johns
Western Penitentiary
Eugene Wilson
Elmer Borland
Marlon D. Patterson
Blair County
Sesalona
Andy Gamball
Joe Scribe
Engagement of Miss Myra McCrea Revealed in Brushvalley Party
Former Brushvalley girl Miss Myra McCrea, of Altoona, and James Williamson, of Norfolk, Va, announced by a Saturday eve gathering hosted by Mrs. Alex Mikesell of Homer City. Attending guests included Flora George, Martha McCrea, Mrs. Harry Sutton, Vera Altimus, Olive Rager, Dorothy Priester, Ethel Rensstrom, Wames Shall, Marian Miller of Homer City, and Dorothy and Mildred Rugh of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley
Wilfred Norfolk
Myra McCrea
Altoona
James Williamson
Norfolk
Alex Mikesell
Homer City
McCrea
Smicksburg School Names Teachers for 1933 34 Term
At a Smicksburg borough school board meeting Miss Imogene Sunderlin of Clymer was elected upper Toon teacher and Miss Maxine Cornman of Smicksburg was chosen for the inner room for the 1933 34 term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aindeksburg
Smicksburg
Imogene Sunderlin
Clymer
Upper
Toon
Maxine Cornman
Compulsory Motor Inspection Period Ends March 31
Harrisburg reports the compulsory motor vehicle inspection period ends on Saturday March 31 with a three month enforcement start April 1. All vehicles must display the new inspection label thereafter. The article also questions a New Jersey man accused of hoarding three wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Mar
New Jersey
Iba
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Shakespeare Club
Thomas Sutton
Shakespeare ‘Club
Sutton
Roosevelt
House of the Conference
Senate
William 5
Christner
Myrtle M. Lias
Harry Nelson
Annie Run
Ruth E. Williams
Clairton
Thomas BR
Gromley
Marion Genter
Ruth
Miller Cherry Tree
John T. McCrea
Geraldine I
Graceton Williams
Waddle Tynnelton
Avarella T
Turner
N. 2
Naval Appairs Committee
Indiana County Deposit Bank
Via
Huldah
Hast Mahoning Baptist Church
Purchase Line
Ruffner
James A. C. Ruffner
Zion Lutheran Church of
Huldah Stephens
Perry County
Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander Stephens
William E. Ruffner
Jas M
GC. Ruffner
Martha May Ruffner
Greenaburg
Robert G. S. Ruffner
Edward H. Ruffner
Clara Maude Ruffner
Pittsburgh; Mrs. Mitton , Marshall and Mrs. Paul Pilcher
New York
Aliquippa
Wilfred R. Ruffner
Amarillo
Clarence M. Ruffner
Wremerton, Wash
Walter 8. Ruffner
Lubock
Frank Pedick
Jacksonville
Brownstown
Alverda
Theodore Ropers
John
Joseph Lesneski
Michael Koleski
Chine
Julia
George
Eddie
Margaret
Stephen Kobala
Iselin
Stephen Vayle
Joseph Brozesky
Dayton, C
John Brozesky
Syracuse
N. Y
Aultrian Catholi
Intermont
St. Bernard
Martha Ann Whyood
Martha Ann Elwood
John H. Elwood
Charley Elwood
Landsdowne
Decessed
Joseph D. Gibson
Robert Warden
Johnatown
Charles Elwood
Uandadowne
W.C. Deemer
Canton
Inter
Wiliam Deemer
Mildred Pocock
Bewlah Button
N.Y
Harry Deemer
Leechburg
Frank Dougherty
Youngstown
Keanwood Cemetery
Amanda Uneapher
Laura Dean Jones
Laura Jean Jones
Henry Jones
Robinson
Pnneumonia
Nlne
Jab. A. Warden
Creekside Church
Hecomes
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