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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
3
May 10 lesson text Luke 28 1 14 and golden text God be merciful to me a sinner focus on persistent prayer. contrasts include the widow and the humble publican with Christ teaching that the penitent prayer is favored. Encourages believers to pray always despite delays and avoid self righteousness. Community notes from Creekside mention local visits and church events.
A fragment from Fenelon states silence under harsh words can please God and endure suffering. It notes prayer as a substitute when action isn’t possible, hinting at disappointment and a larger presence guiding restraint. The quote emphasizes endurance and faith over immediate response.
A reflection on sanctifying ordinary tasks through a religious mindset. The author cites G. MacDonald to claim no action is too small to serve a grand purpose and ennoble life.
Mr and Mrs Harry Steffy and family spent Sunday with friends in Homer City. J C Spencer and Betty Spencer visited Mrs J B Ewing and Miss Rose in Saltsburg. Wilkinsburg visitors Carl Love joined Raymond Marshall household. Wm Smith from Blairsville visited J A Compton family. J L Ewing called on friends in Apollo. A large No 3 school picnic celebrated Eliz abeth Cunkleman completing her second term with Miss Anna May Marshall and pupils. Claire Ferguson of Clarksburg visits uncle Bert Coleman. Eleanor Dick of Greensburg spent weekend with R W Dick family.
Strongstown residents are noted in local social items with visits from Mrs Wilzaneth Lroxell and Ann Ford in Heilwood. Harry Dearmy in Nanty Glo. Thelma Boring returns from New Florence. Mert Goldberg visits Johnstown. Alma Garrett and Jaye Johnson weekend in Winchester Virginia. families visit Cherry Tree and Cher ry Tree homes. W G Troxell and son Billy in Indiana. Clair McCune White Mill announce birth of baby girl April 23.
John Waterson Jr smiles after a birth. Mr and Mrs A H Williams and daughter Hazel visit Phillipsburg. Mrs Frank Parry in Phillipsburg hospital for goitre operation. R E Tate and son Allan visit Dixonville. William Parry of Purchase Line visits Pine Flats. Josephine Gibson returns home after appendicitis surgery in Indiana hospital. Mrs Mary Knapp closes school term. Mothers host picnic at I O O F hall. Fortune teller predicts happiness and marriage to a young wealthy husband. Customer asks how to get rid of her current husband.
Mount Union area residents recorded Sunday and weekend visits within the community. Families including the Koughs, Hendersons, Boyers, Blystones, Shaeffers, Kimels, Rowleys, and several others shared time with relatives in Advance, Vandergrift, Elderton, Apollo, Whitesburg, and nearby towns. Multiple calls and small social events marked the period with church attendance and local travels noted.
East Wheatfield reports a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clarke named Helen Jane Clarke. Washington County social notes list guests and visits including families from Philadelphia Indiana Johnstown Clyde Armagh and Seward. Members attend funerals and hospital patients are noted.
Sunday school workers met at Mrs T C Hood home on Thursday evening. Margaret Phillipa attended a Presbyterial of Nazarene church at Alvron Ohio last week. J W Warner led a local meeting Friday eve to organize a Daly club. Martha and Esther Hine of Indiana spent weekend with parents Mr and Mrs R Hine. Donald Ewing and Walter Ewing visited Sunday. Track meet notes: Elders Ridge to Saltsburg Saturday afternoon. Dolly Henderson returned home to Indiana from winter with aunt Mabel Hopking. The Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette to R D readers.
Col I Johnson of San Antonio will bring his world championship rodeo to the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas for engagements in June and September. The first show opens June 6, the opening day of the $25,000,000 World's Fair. Johnsons rodeo has performed at Madison Square Garden in New York for the past five years.
James L. Tack as auditor appointed by the Orphans Court of Indiana County will attend to settling the estate of Maximilian White late of Indiana Borough. The hearing is May 6, 1936 at 10:00 A.M. at 311-314 Savings & Trust Company Building Indiana Pa. Interested parties may attend.
Mrs Annie Boyers reported the death of Mrs Veonie Clowes Fisher in Tennessee, a daughter of the late Jacob and Mrs Clowes who was born here. The item lists numerous local residents visiting, calls, and errands across Indiana, Atwood, Sagamore, Punxsutawney, and Johnstown.
Notice announces private sale applications in Indiana County for estates of Gerson Heer and Mary Osborne Wilson. It cites administrators Martha Ishman and Esther Wrankenburg, details parcels in Indiana and the sale price 825 dollars and 4000 dollars, and court dates in May 1926 and 1936 with conditions for creditors heirs and Interested parties.
Sunday school at 10 00 church service at 11 00 and C B at 7 00. Miss Hazel Repine and her mother of Avonmore visited Mrs Rose Wean. Mr and Mrs Donald Ewing and Mr and Mrs Carl Rogensteel were Indiana callers Saturday. Mrs Arthur Coulter of Pittsburgh spent Saturday with F H Bakers. Mrs Wingnn Fassett and daughter Helen and Lloyd France were Indiana shoppers Thursday. Annabel Hwing called on Mrs Frank Thompsons Saturday.
An auditor appointed by the Orphans Court of Indiana County will attend to the settlement of funds for the estate of R. D. McCall. The hearing is at The Savings & Trust Co. Building Indiana PA on Tuesday May 10 at 10:00 AM. All interested parties may attend.
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