Hospital Hosts 10 Guests as Memorial Hospital Expands
Indiana County Memorial Hospital celebrated National Hospital Day by opening a expanded $250,000 upgrade including a three story rear wing doubling bed capacity and new operating rooms, isolation ward, modern nurse facilities, and a dedicated baby nursery with patient tracking. The project, funded by 1929 campaign, enhances efficiency and care with new mattress sterilizer and flower rooms to reduce disruption for patients and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hospital
Indiana County Memorial Hospital
Hund Teds
Indiana
County Memorial Hospital
ISHELOCTA CAMP FIRE GIRLS HOST MOTHER BANQUET
The Shelocta Camp Fire Girls held their annual Mother and Daughter Banquet May 8 in the United Presbyterian social hall. Mrs. Samuel W. Shane of Indiana gave the talk. The event featured a pink and white room, a delicious chicken dinner, and an engaging program with many attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelocta
United Presbyterian Church
Samuel W. Shane
Indiana
A. L. Dodge
Mra
Personal BREVITIES Absent Travel and Visits Across Indiana county
Francis M. Smith spends two weeks in Atlantic City. A flood of short notes lists visits by Erie resident Charles Huey and many Indiana county locals to friends and relatives in Indiana, Blairsville, Pittsburgh, Willamsport, Rochester Mills, Latrobe, Warren, Philadelphia, and Winchester during the weekend and week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Smith
Atlantic City
Charles Huey
Erie
Indiana
Robert L. Hmerick
Rochester Mills
Ralph Gesaler
Blairsville
Wilson Howser
West Mahoning Township
T. C Burbenn
Jeannette
Clyde Gessler
Turtle Creek
A. P. Marehall
Marlin Lakehart
South Mahoning Township
Merrill Sweitzer
Water Street
Indiana Hospital
Frank H. Daugherty
Lof East Locust Street
W. J. Jack
Charles H. Butler
Oakland Avenue
Winchester
George ‘Roof
Donald
Harrisburg
Bert C. Roof
John Bennett
Town
J. Ty Butler
Coraopolis
Donald Moorhead
East Locust Street
W. H. Frank
C. RB. McJunkin
George T. Walker
R. A. Meyer
Pittsburgh
F. W. Myers
Elderton
Armstrong
Clarion County
Natrona
Clarence L. Leydie
Tarentum
Margaret Leydie
South Eleventh Street
Raymond Hil
Stanley Elkin
John Goheen
Philadelphia
Germantown Hospital
Faye Hill
Robert N. Beatty
West Washington Street
Beatty
Gladys M. Beatty
Ira A. Myers
Genevieve
East Philadelphia
Shenandoah Valley
Endless Caverns
Natural Bridge
John Houk
Harry
Ling
W. D. Bush
Laura Ansley
Bell Telephone
Martha Elder
South Seventh Street
Virginia
Roanoake
Lynchburg
Commencement Plans For County High Schools
Indiana public schools prepare for the largest graduation class with 219 seniors. Schedules include Baccalaureate, Class Day, and Commencement from May 31 to June 6, with honors list featuring 38 students led by Raymond Hess Jr and Carolyn Simpson among others. Green Township and New Florence high schools also present plays, sermons, and exercises, while Plumville holds services in the Presbyterian church. A note covers bounties paid on predatory animals and Gilbert Frazier named principal of Ikella Schools for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Green
New Florence
Indiana Public Schools
Raymond Leonard Hess, Jr
Carolyn Louise Simpson
Frank Roy Winsheimer
Robert Joseph Litzinger
Charles Henry Russell, Jr
Ruby Clarabel Brown
John Melville Everhart
George Robert Whitmyra
Clarence Copeland Brown
Sara Ellen Blose
Warl Byrne Kinter
Rinaldo Corraini
Helen Rowena Russell
Roberta Jobe
Marian M. Cox
Hattie Wilhelmina Johnson
Marna Irene Rowley
Dina Viola McCoy
Helen Pezzuti
Green ‘Township High
Robert L. Clark, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Bentz
Ebensburg
Cumbria
Bunt
James F. Chapman
Williamson
Commodore
Wil Turnish
Andrew Ruske
Mary Louise Houck
James J. Howorth
Aleathe B. Knupp
Andrew EH
Ann Grace Wagner
Marjorie Smith
Harold Hoover
Alphonso Yaconi
Eeith Spory
L. A. Kalas- Bay
Ray
Paul R. Stewart
Waynesburg College
William Robb
Edith Spory
Anna Grace Wagner
Plumville High
Plumville High School
Presbyterian Church
J. 8. McCall
Plumville United Presbyterian Church
Death notices for local residents and relatives
Obituaries from Blacklick and nearby townships list Matthew B Billingslee 83, longtime Blacklick resident, funeral and interment in Greenwood. Mrs Glenn M Lee dies in Montour Falls, NY, survived by husband Kathryn and siblings. Mrs Jane Lias dies in Florida after Smicksburg birth, age 59. Also listed are Mrs Hiva Jane Mack 84, Mrs Leon J Mosher 22, Miss Jennie Hamill 70, Mrs Elizabeth G Kennedy, and Mrs Grace Irma Black with funeral details for each, noting family ties, birthplaces, and remarriages.
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Glenn M. Len
Glenn M. Lee
Montour Falls
N.Y
Thursaday
Indiana
George C
Margaret (Johnson) Dickie
Center Township
Ridgefield Park
Nnt
Mont
Jane Tias
Smicksburg
Jane Lias
St. Petersburg
Florida
Bright
Sinieksburg
Joseph and
Maria Robinson
Mes
Mar
Garet Edelhlute
Kanneth
Niles, O
James Robinson
Smickspure
Leon J. Mosher
Cleveland, O
Tafiana Hospital
Vernie Agey
Philadelphia
Esther C. Agey
Frank Agey
Esther Fay
Mildred
Frances Agey
J. J. Mellvaine
First United Presbyterian Church of
Senate
Hamill
Bethel United Presbyterian Church
Clyde
Jennie Hamill
Huff
West Wheatfield Township
Bernard and
Jane Hamill
W. J. McNailly
Hull
Hugh
Mary Hamill
Pittsburgh
Thomas Hamll
Clairton
Anna Hamill
Washington, D.C
Willabeth G. Kennedy
Oakdale Presbyterian Church
Oakdale
Elizabeth G. Kennedy
Conemaugh Township
This County
Yeadon
Iiyward J. Kennedy
Robert B
Sarah Lytle Miller
R. Clark Kennedy
Narheth
Jane Kennedy
Ulyo & Brother
Calvin M. Miller
Salisburg
Jesse 41. Manning
Town
David Corry
Thomas Black
Saltsburg
Grace Irma Black
Young Township
Indiana Hospital
Tragic Car Crashes Claim Three Local Lives
Miss Hulda Wetzel aged 26 native of Banks township died at Greensburg from a fractured skull after a car crash near Blairsville. Charles Thompson Jr. of Wilkinsburg suffered arm lacerations. The boy nine, John Tornk Jr., died after being struck crossing a highway near Coral. Parkard coupe driver R M Gibb unable to stop as boy darted into path. The Shirley toddler died from burns in Indiana hospital after falling into hot water. Interments held in Burnside, Graceton Catholic church, and Edgemont Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Wetzel
Banks Township
Westmoreland Hospital
Greensburg
Blairsville
Hillside
Clark Hamilton
Murraysville
Liberty Grocery Company
Wilkinsburg
Charles Thompson, Jr
Miss Wetzel
Thompson
Ernest Wetzel
John Brickle
Pittsburgh
Raleigh Undertaking Establishment
Gipsy
Burnside Cemetery
John Tornk
Ron
Graceton
Coral
R. M. Gibb
Sewickley
Indiana
Graceton Catholic
Robert Les
David W. Shirley
Iselin
Indiana Hospital
Shirley
Edgemont
Beyer Man Seeks 25000 Damages From PRR Co
Ralph Brash of Beyer in Armstrong County files suit Monday in county courts seeking 25000 against Pennsylvania Railroad Co for injuries from a January 17, 1940 collision at the Market street crossing in Kittanning. He says his eastbound car was struck by a freight train, causing facial head injuries and totaling the auto. Attorney William A. Ashe represents Brash ahead of June civil session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Brash
Kittanning
Beyer
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Armstrong County
William A. Ashe
Brash
Market Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ishelocta
Johnstown
Brockway
John Gregg
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Gregg
Himer W. Allison
Twolick Hospital
Dixonville
J. G. McCrary
Five and Ten Cent Store
Lillian A. Hatlahan
Ann G. Claugher
Adeline Hauxhurst
Viola Gibson
Mollie Kerr
Thomas B. Huber
Bill Stear
Mary H. Crawford
W. Mahonnie
Uriah Smeltzer
J. N. Elder
George ©. Mahon
Calvin H. Bilsworth
White
Nannie BH. Hunt
Walter Carney
W. Wheatfield
James L. Manges
Eilzabeth B. Manges
Washington
L. J. McGhee
Marie McGhee
Homer City
John H. Cash
Frank Nitache
Young
W. L. Johns
John W. Snyder
W. Smeaton
Myrtle B. Smeaton
Jefferson Bunton
South Fork
Bianche
Stantz
South Park
Alexander Mahay
Lucerne
Garnet A. Hoaka
R.D
Carl L. Wagner
Gwendolene L
Otis F. Hoffman
Kathryn R. Unrue
Florence
James N. Ridy
Truall Punxsutawney
Sam Palarchio
Detroit
Mich
Lena Curcio
NuMine
Raymond B. Davis
Cherry Tree
Mabel ‘Baugh
Donald 8. Nitsthaseh Commodore, R.D
Alice Y. Wilt - Arcadia Clark J. Bush
Livermore
Lottié A. Coleman
William HW
Ferguson Kent
Ida G, Campbell
Theodore Appel
Arthur C. Brown
Indiana County
Department of Health
Arthur ©. Brown
Indiana Hotel
Raymond Blanford| Davis
Mabel Lucy Buuterbaugh
Donald Stewart | Buterbaugh
Alice Vera Wilt
Arcadia
Donald Stewart Buterbaugh
Mabel Lucy Buterbaugh
George Buterbaugh
Raymond Blanford Davis
Alice Vera
Green Township
Cookport
Indiana County Hospital
Lewis Litalnger
Willard H. Frazier
Ikella
Willlard H. Frazier
Indiana State Teacher's College
Ineln
Sanday School
New M. B
Mother's Day
Indiana Methodists
New Church
James Cribbs
Blanche Donahue
Washington Township
Crntinnali Enquirer
Matthew 3. Dilingsbee
Streama
Greenwood Cemetery
Matthew B. Billingslee
Blacklick Township
United Presbyterian Schurch
Robert
Nioma
Thomas F. Billingslee
Miiz
Jane Mack
Hiva Jane Mack
R. M. Campbell
Buffington Township
Robert W. Mack
Andrew
Trobert
John Mack
Saul
Jesse Mack
Campbell
Church
Lad
Beyer Man
P.rk, Br, CO
State College
Penn State
Martin H. Stockdale
Russell J. Nix
Marion Center
S. B. Good
W. P. Thompson
Harvey Buterbaugh
Spangler Hospital
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