New County Unit Formed for Dairymen Co operative Sales
A county unit of eight locals of the Dairymen's Co operative Sales Association was formed at a court house meeting. Officers elected: President L S Wells Home R D. vice president J J Hutchison Armagh. secretary treasurer M C Stewart Homer City R D. The group, with over 700 members, will meet periodically to plan measures and promotions. The curb market on McCrory lot, Philadelphia street, opens Saturday and runs each Wednesday and Saturday morning through summer and fall. It is a farmer’s market with no stall fees and will sell eggs butter cottage cheese meat potatoes apples onions horseradish chickens canned goods and soon fresh garden produce. Money stays in the community as producers sell to consumers and support local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairymen’s Co-operative Sales Association
Court House
L. 5. Wells
R.D
J. J. Hutchison
Armagh
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
Sdurchamarket
McCrory
Philadelphia
First Dairy Herd Improvement Report for April
In April 28 herds were tested by Carl Johnston. Total cows milking 351, 41 dry, 392 on test. Six top herds by milk: County Home, Torrance State Hospital, Quay McMillen, H N Haskell, M A Smeltzer, I M Speedy with milk and fat figures. Butterfat leaders listed similarly. Potatoes noted as poor feed for dairy cows if overused. limit 15 to 25 pounds per cow per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy
Torrance State Hospital
R.A
Quay McMillen
R. & Grj
H. N. Haskell
Gr.g
M. A. ‘Smeltzer
Speedy
Clyde Houck
I. M. Speedy
H. N. ‘Haskell
H. W. Mumau
Grj
Carl Walker
Gr.j
Dairymen to Meet at Shelocta Friday Night
A dairymen's meeting is set for Friday evening May 3 at 8:00 at the Shelocta school house. County Agent Warner will discuss Bangs disease testing. A township Bangs disease committee includes Harry Couch W H Wood and Charley Kerr with blanks available for Armstrong township residents. Testing gains momentum from a federal indemnity program paying reactors twenty dollars on grades and fifty dollars on purebreds plus carcass recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta
Warner
Harry Couch
W. “.H. Wood
Charley Kerr
Armstrong
Farm Calendar: Timely Reminders From PSU Agriculture
Horse care tips emphasize properly fitting collars and harness to prevent neck and shoulder strain. Poultry nesting to prevent egg breakage, gradual mulch removal in strawberry beds, rich soils and complete fertilizer for vegetables, and careful seed handling to avoid poor potato stands. Feed grain to cows when turning to pasture, and early spring lawn disturbance favors weeds like crabgrass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture
The Comstock Lode and a Stray Horse Tale in Nevada
Prospectors Elmo Scott Watson, Eter O Riley, and Patrick McLaughlin search near Six Mile Canyon Nevada for pay dirt to fund grub. Henry Thomas Comstock rides in claiming the land with the stray horse. The dispute over location notice leads Comstock to stake two 160 acre claims while the Ophir mine and Virginia City loom in the background. The tale centers on the famed Comstock Lode and its glittering fortunes as reported by the Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eter O'Riley
Patrick McLaughlin
Six-Mile Canyon
Nevada
Jon
Henry Thomas Nige Comstock
Httle
Gaid Mf
Comstock
Caldwall
O'Hiley
McLaughlin
Camstack
Iyo Dashinen
Ophir
Virginia City
Union
The Four We Became One for All and All for One
A senior year circle nicknamed The Four includes Tom Laura Anna and the narrator. They bond during flying months sharing pranks romance and study while rumors of engagement swirl. A sleigh ride accident tests courage Laura saves the group while the narrator confesses love before seeing them reconciled As they walk home the four realize their bond remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Laura
Anna
Jean
Anne
Liam
Sawyer’s Hill
Mill Pond
Bob
Dlowa
Batte
aAune
County Grange Organizes A School Of Instruction
County Grange forms a school of instruction for Grange officers to train in conducting meetings and building programs. The first session was in Rayne township with Pomona Grange backing and a May 29 install at Armagh for officers Lynn Kinter, Howard Park, Leslie Stutzman, and Harold Beatty, with instructors Kenzie Bagshaw and J B W Stufft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona
Rayne Township
Pomona Grange
Armagh
Lynn Kinter
Howard Park
Leslie Stutzman
Harold Beatty
Kenzie Bagshaw
Blair County
J. B. W. Stufft
Somerset County
Hit It Up minstrel at Ritz draws big local crowd
Indiana Post American Legion staged Hit It Up at the Ritz Theatre on Monday. The annual minstrel show delighted the audience as every cast member delivered strong performances. Mrs J Parr Walker of Indiana won a hooked rug donated by disabled veterans at the hospital in Aspinwall. In Leechburg, Dr Joseph Orr, longtime physician and former Leechburg school director, died at his home. he led the local Volunteer Fire Department and served 40 years as school director. his daughter Mrs Stanley Wray resides in Leechburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Post American Legion
Ritz Theatre
Joseph Orr
Leechburg
H. Clyde Timberlake
Indiana
Pennsylvania State School Directors Association
Stanley Wray
Former Indiana Resident Nettie Fair in California Ill
Miss Nettie Fair a former long time Indiana resident now living in Glendale California is critically ill after a stroke last week. Born in White Township over 80 years ago she once called South Seventh Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
California
Nettie Fair
Glendale
Calif
Miss Fair
White Township
South Seventh Artest
Weddings of a Week in Indiana Area Civilian Celebrants
Multiple local marriages appear in a series of notices. McAfoose and Brown wed in White township with pastor Dr. Robert Llark officiating, followed by Longwell and Thompson in Rusti New York, and Wagner and Hauck joining in Indiana. Additional ceremonies involve Cravener Moorhead, Patrick Gregg, Mehenke Woodle, Nibert Sell, Casedy Barnett, Woodle Jones, and Lowry Cameron with brides and grooms from Blairsville, Homer City, Smickburg, Tide, and Rochester Mills.
Kerr Gahagan Lowry Cameron Unite In Smicksbury Wedding
Kerr Gahagan Kerr of North Point and Mrs Helen M Gahagan of Loop wed in Smicksburg on April 24 by Rev J B Troutman. He is a West Mahoning township farmer. she a Loop resident, both from well known local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royden J. McMillen
Homer City
Helen E. McConnell
Smicksburg
Marion Center
W. EB. Flesher
Casedy-Barnett
Harold Glenn’ Casedy
Miss Lettle Wallis Barnett
Smickaburg
H. G. Trimmer
Laurie Qasedy
Mra. Wm. Tleree
Kerr Gahagan A. ©. Kerr
North Point
Helen M. Gahagan
Loop
J.B. Troutman
Kerr
West Mahoning Township
Local residents and visitors gather in Bolivar area
Swisevale resident Dewitt Cunningham spent Sunday with his sister Mrs. Frank Shomo. Paul Shetler and daughter Violet visited Archie Gamble's home. Mrs Hannah Spangler of Wilkinsburg visited her sisters here last week. John C. McDowell spent Sunday with sister Mrs. M. Lewis of Monongahela City. The Moordy and Moody families from Steubenville Ohio spent Sunday with Wilsons. Altimus and Clark Miller families visited Manafield and Smock residents visited Foust and Steffey households. John Cowsperthwaite moved into J. B. McClure property on Chestnut street. Ralph Montgomery moved into John Miller house on Front street. Rev Niccolson of Johnstown, former Bolivar pastor, will lecture in Brethren church Friday night on an unusually interesting topic. Mrs Joseph Higgins was a Johns town visitor Friday. Ray Anderson, 12, student in Mrs. Deane's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt Cunningham
Swisevale
Frank Shomo
Paul Shetler
Violet Shetler
Clymer
Archie Gamble
Hannah Spangler
Wilkinsburg
M. F. Nelson
John Foster
John C. McDowell
M. ¥. Lewis
Monongahela City
Jack Moody
Joseph Moody
Steubenville
Ohio
Wilson
Altimus
Clark Miller
Arthur Miller
Manafield
George Gaul
Smock
Daniel R. Foust
Ellsworth Steffey
John Cowsperthwaite
McClure
Chestnut Street
Ralph Montgomery
John Miller
Front Street
Niccolson
Johnstown
United Presbyterian Church of
Bolivar
Brethren Church
Joseph Higgins
Ray Anderson
Deane
Local Legion Essay Medal Awarded for Washington Theme
Sixty six township pupils entered the contest for the best George Washington essay. The medal was awarded by the American Legion and County Superintendent Chapman on Tuesday afternoon. All essays were judged with the authors’ names covered. Also noted are local social visits and a Christmas marriage announced, Harriet Bonner and Carl Widdowson wed December 25 1994 at St Bernard Catholic church Johnstown. The couple now reside in Johnstown with Mr Widdowson employed at Dean Phippa Auto Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max J, Nibert
Indiana
R.D
Ming Sara Jane Sell
W. T. Mullen
St. Bernard's
George Nibert
Jack Sell
Lynn
American Legion
George Washington
Chapman
Harriet J. Bonner
Robert M. Bonner
Town
Carl 0. Widdowson
O. M. Widdowson
Clymer
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Johnstown
Widdowson
Dean Phippa
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Farm Extension News
Wells
Home
Tfvada
Pennsylvania
Threshermen and Farmers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co
Harrisburg
M.C. Stewart
R. D. NO
Elmo Scott Watson
County Grange
Phoenix Flame
Webster
Ed Wynn
Oliver Wendell Holmes
iAn
H. JL. Mencken
Saturday Evening ‘Post
Alberta
Levina McAfoose
State Highway Department
No. 40
North Ninth Street
Pine Township
Indiana High School
Rochester & Pittsburgh ‘Coal Company
MecMillen
McConnell
Cravener-Moorhead
Merle Cravener
Blairsville
Phyllis Moorhead
Avalon
J. Norman Hanter
Patrick Gregg
George A. Patrick
Norma Gregg
Commodore
Walter H. Jackson
J. F. Gregg
Niehenke Woodle
Ralph Mehenke
Viola Woodle
Greensburg
J. JH. Wagner
William Niehenke
Tide
Harry, Woodle
Nibert-Sell
Woodle-Jones
Cecil Woodle
Jeanor Jones
J. B. Wagner
Harrry Woodle
John Jones
Ladusboro
Nature
First National Bank IN
PENNA
William H. Lowry
David E. Cameron
Mabel Wadsworth
Cramer
Joseph Hall
Abraham Boring
Memorial Hospital
John Shetler
Wiliam Shetler
Wilbert Mack and
Warren
Charles A. Robinson
Emma Bowser
Quinsey
A. L. Robinson
Charles
Progrea
Pittsburgh Post- Gazette
R. D
Firestone Service Stores
J. S. Hileman
North Seventh St
Indiana, Pa
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