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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1922
Page
2
The Indiana Progress proclaims itself the largest and oldest paper in the county with editors and proprietors A. Moorhead and A. Ralps Mourstead listed.
Announcement lists Republican primary candidates for the Spring Primary Election on May 16 1922. Includes Earl J Newitt Bullington township Beryl T Seutrar Indiana Borough Elder Bacler Indian Borough Larry McAllison Indiana Borough Joshua Stewart Indiana Borough GHL Griffith Marion Center and I C W Patterson Saltzburg Borough with party rules and acta of assembly governing the election.
Indiana County Sabbath School Association promotes daily vacation Bible schools for children aged 3 to 12 this summer. Sessions run 9 to 12 for four to five weeks, with plans for rooms, teachers, training, publicity, and coordination with pastors and parents to ensure full participation.
Indiana Rotarians attend the sixth district convention in Johnstown with many members and wives. Dr. John A. Ad Ha and Mrs Worth lead Indiana delegates. sessions run Tuesday through July with social events for the women and verse readings by Rev. Gearhart read for the Indiana Club farewell.
At a State Armory Board meeting in Harrisburg a Butler company won the contract to erect the Armory building behind the Indiana County Chanter House on the S. M. Clark residence site. The structure will feature a 600 by 80 foot drill hall and an extra wing for administrative offices to be built as funds allow. Construction will begin soon. Also noted, the Norton school chorus produced Captain Crossbones in a weekend operetta, earning praise for its dialogue and melodies. Aubrey Kunkle, son of Mr and Mrs Woh Kunkle of Jacksonville, is highlighted in a brief social note. A social festival is planned for Green Township and tires are offered for sale with a trade-in allowance by East End Garage.
The article notes Fisher withdrawing from the governor race while pledging to honor the wishes of his home county supporters. The 28th Ward Republican Club of Philadelphia endorsed Fisher, praising his business and legislative credentials and urging his candidacy as the best qualified Republican nominee.
March 28 preparations at West Inn hospital to sever the joining tissue of Siamese twins Josefa and Rosa Blazek in a possible operation to save Rosa if Josefa dies. Rosa, mother of a four year old boy Franz, remains hopeful but weak. Josefa lies in a stupor as jaundice and complications worsen.
An obituary notice from Washington Township near Advance reports the death of James H Short at home on March 15, 192%, aged 58 years 6 months and six days. The verse-poem tribute from his wife and daughter expresses sorrow, longing, and prayers for rest, with lines about parting, memory, and the hard loss felt by the family.
A memorial note from December 1904 recalls Aubrey Calvin Kunkle a 14 year old of Joelsonville who died at home. He was active in the Presbyterian church Sunday school and Christian Endeavor and known for kindness. A later tribute from Rochester Mills Scouts honors Earl W Locke and sympathy to his widow. Additional notices advertise used car batteries for sale at Indiana Pa.
Indiana county beekeepers are urged to prevent spring starvation by checking hives for stores. Place supers with honey or syrup on weak colonies, avoid open feeding to prevent robbing, and discard old diseased honey. Seal weak entrances, store dying hives securely, and contact S W Uber of Homer City for guidance with a two cent stamp.
Indiana man Martin B Stadtmiller, longtime Ypsilanti Municipal Court judge, was unanimously chosen for re election at the Ypsilanti Democratic convention. The Republican convention endorsed Stadtmiller and named no opponent.
Clayton Gerringer sold his atora to Marlin and Floyd Pittman in Uniontown. Karl Swank and Rex Langham of Breigh visited friends here Sunday. Mia Blaine Gerringer and Mrs. Loose are listed as sick. Mrs. Coble visited Mrs. William Ruggles on Sunday. Ruggles has recovered enough to be about again after illness.
Viereio and Terese Attorneys publish an administrator notice for the estate of Lisle Sickenberger of Green Township deceased. Creditors must present claims within a stated period or be barred from settlement. notice references Tracy Barton Sickenberger as administrator and dates in 1922.
Public notices include a meeting of creditors for William Isidor Buchman, a bankruptcy in the United States District Court of Pennsylvania, and hearings in Smicksburg for a proposed bank charter under the Smicksburg Stave Bank. Also listed are charter applications for Pink Indiana County Cooperative and various executors and administrators notices in Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to George Mensleish and others executors guardians and legal representatives of deceased Solomon Melendrick and related parties are directed to appear before the Orphans Court in Indiana Pennsylvania on May 1 1922 at 10 o clock A M to accept or refuse certain real estate of Solomon Melendrick of Indiana Borough deceased at an assessed value of 3500 or to bid thereon If not accepted bids or further action will be ordered Witness Judge J N Langham Clerk Curt Longwell Sheriff Richards Indiana Pa March 20 1922
Notice to contractors invites sealed proposals by the Indiana county commissioners for Glen Camphell age over Cush creek Glen Campbell Indiana county. Repairs include grouting masonry abutments steel superstructure 63 foot span 18 foot roadway 4 inch wood block floor and reconstruction of approaches. Bid bond $400. County engineer plans and specs. Commissioners reserve right to reject any or all bids. March 2 1922. County Engineer Willis Wilson D P Bothull m r Duty Commissioners Willis Wiley Clerk Telco. as Trager.
A notice from DB R Tomb attorney in Indiana PA states an application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on Monday April 21 1922 for a charter to form Clymer Dairy Products Company. The proposed corporation will buy sell own manufacture and deal in all dairy and farm products and conduct related business under the 1874 act and supplements.
Auditor D W Miltgr appointed by the Common Pleas Court of Indie county to settle and distribute funds held for creditors. He will attend at the Savings and Trust Company Building in The Borough of One Pa on March 29, 1822. Interested parties may attend if they so desire.
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