Two Large Barns Destroyed by Fire Near Smicksburg and Jacksonville
A lightning storm across Blacklick township and Smicksburg area destroyed two barns. William Howard’s modern barn near Jacksonville burned with hay, feed, and machinery totaling substantial loss, insured for 1000. A.C. Dodson’s barn near Smicksburg lost tractors, binders, a wagon, hay, wheat, and livestock, insured for 2000, with a grandson reportedly igniting the hay by a match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Smicksburg
Dropa
William Howard
Blacklick Township
Mr. Howard
Dudley Lyons
Jacksonville
Patrons’ Mutual Co
J. M. Lydie
Howard
A. C. Dodson
Lightning Strikes Tree Then Sparks Fire at McLain Home
A lightning bolt hit a tree near No 10 schoolhouse on East Pike on Monday evening, leaping to radio wires at the Harry McLain residence. Mr and Mrs McLain and Mrs GC McLain were knocked from chairs, the radio ruined, and the house set afire but extinguished with buckets of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLain
No. 10
East Pike
Harry McLain
Five Women Graduate From Nurses Training School
A Pittsburgh physician addressed the Indiana County Memorial Hospital nurses training school's commencement in the Presbyterian church on Monday evening. Five graduates were Margaret Elinor MacMurray of Franklin Gladys Lila Rankin Plumville Zaida Emogene Eaton of Dunkirk New York Mariam Lucille Harrison and Bernadine Helen Doubles of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Indiana County Memorial Hospital
Presbyterian Church
Town
Margaret Elinor MacMurray
Franklin
Gladys Lila Rankin
Plumville
Zaida Emogene Eaton
Dunkirk
N.Y
Mariam Lucille Harrison
Bernadine Helen Doubles
Alexander H. Colwell
John J. McTivaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Florence Nightingale
Henry Hall
Board of Directors
Ben Pollock
John J. McIlvaine
John G. St. Clair
Logan Houck
Gold Star Mother Applies for Passport for Overseas Trip
Mrs. Annie E. Bryan of Robinson, 78, a Gold Star mother, applied in Indiana on Tuesday for a passport to travel to France. She will sail on the U S S Roosevelt on June 21 to visit her son Guy Bryan’s grave, one of nine county Gold Star women. Her husband was the late George W. Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Bryan
Jane
Annie BH. Bryan
Robinson
Indiana
Guy Bryan
France
Camp Rest-a-While to Be Sold by the Sheriff
The Progress lists Camp Rest-a-While two miles south of Indiana among properties in the second week of Sheriff’s Sales. The popular summer resort’s pool and grove drew thousands in recent years. The sale is set for June 6. A birth notice reports twin sons born to Mrs. Virginia Schrecengost Duvall of Pitcairn, sister of Lena Hiester, with mother and sons doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's
Indiana
Camp Rest
Pitcairn
Lena Hiester
Clymer Avenue
Virginia Schrecengost Duvall
Joseph Rush Duvall
Tuberculosis deaths decline as state fights disease
Harrisburg reports progress in tuberculosis fight. In 1929 Pennsylvania recorded 6188 TB deaths, equating to under 64 per 100 000 people, down from 68.7 in 1928. The rate first dropped below 100 per 100 000 in 1921, marking long term improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Two Miners Die in Separate Rock Falls at Local Mines
Joseph Kowalak of Commodore was killed instantly in a rock fall at the Commodore mines operated by Clearfield Bituminous. Harvey Sperber, 44, of Latrobe, died from a skull fracture in a rock fall at the Brentzer mines of Westmoreland Coal near Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodore
Brewszer
Joseph Kowalak
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Brentzer
Westmoreland Coal Company
Blairsville
Harvey Sperber
Latrobe
Country Surrounding Indiana Is Beautiful in Its Spring Attire
Rural living offers views of hills and fields as spring colors transform the countryside. Dogwood and spring flowers abound, with roads like the Benjamin Franklin Highway drawing more tourists to Indiana county this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana County
Election Officers Appointed to Fill Vacancies in Six Precincts
Judge J N Langham appointed election officers to fill vacancies in six districts. Names include Lawrence Bothell in Green township No 3, Paul A Nolf Green township No 2, Gladys Waddis Conemaugh township No 4, D W Raleigh Mahoning township No 2, D M Miller Blairsville First Ward, Harvey J McEshoes Indiana Second Ward. Also Minnie Buterbaugh No 2 Buffington township, and Agnes Wakefield East Wheatfield township to replace deceased spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Langham
Lawrence Bothell
Innectory Burrell Township
Paul A. Nolf
Green Township
Gladys Waddis
Conemaney Township
D. W. Raleigh
Cane Mahoning Township
D. M. Miller
Blairsville
Harvey J. McEshoes
Indiana
Minnie Buterbaugh
Buffington Township
Agnes Wakefield
East Wheatfield
Real estate transfers listed for several properties
D B Detwiler transfers 44 acres in Pine to John A Lambing for 225 dollars. James W Fetterhoff sells 3 lots in Smicksboro to Lucy M Glenn for 750 dollars. First National Bank of Dayton transfers 76 acres in West Mahoning to Albert H Drake for 2500 dollars. First National Bank of Salinburg transfers a lot in Young to Delponti for an unspecified amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Detwiler
John A. Lambing
Pine
James W. Fetterhoff
Lucy M. Glenn
Smicksboro
First National Bank of Dayton
Albert H. Drake
West Mahoning
First National Bank of Salinburg
Eee Delponti
Young
State Reports 39 815 Children in Wards Across Institutions
Harrisburg May 14 A statewide survey shows 39 815 juveniles under eighteen were in care in State institutions as of May 1 per Mrs B H McCauley State Welfare Secretary Also county fair dates announced for Indiana Green Township Cockport Ebensburg Dayton Clarion Clearfield Brookville Ligonier and more along with a local cooking class report and a quip about egotism and borrowing money without security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
H. McCauley
Green Township
Cockport
Ebensburg
Dayton
Clarion
Clearfield
Brookville
Ligonier
Methodists Reach $300000 Welfare Fund Target
Blairsville district and 12 county Pittsburgh Conference units combine to raise 300000 for church social welfare work. Over 1500 fund workers aided churches across 12 counties with 287 churches participating. Blairsville district contributed 16850 toward aid for underprivileged children the elderly and industrial workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlairsville
Pittsburgh
Methodist Episcopal Church Union
Blairsville
Armstrong
Indiana
Cambria
Westmoreland
Farmers Night at Blairsville Draws 600 Attendees
Blairsville Indiana and Westmoreland farmers and families gathered at Blairsville Armory for the annual Farmers Night hosted by the Blairsville Chamber of Commerce and local clubs. Speakers included Charles Gerhard of the Dairy Improvement Bureau and county agents Trager and Warner. After a banquet the group viewed the film Spring Time at the Richeliu theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Indiana
Westmoreland
William Showers
Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Critchfield
Ro Ae Club
J. Norman Hunter
Kiwanis Club
Charles Gerhard
Dairy Improvement Bureau of State College
Miles Horst
Lebanon County
Trager
Westmoreland County
John W. Warner
Richelieu Theater
Green Township Elects 1930 31 Teachers List by Schools
Green Township has elected its full teaching staff for the 1930 31 term. The report lists schools and teachers across Dixonville Barr Slope Barber Waylorsville Mumau Mack Commodore Purchase Line Treese Learn Cockport Pine Flats Gingemore Greenwich Uniontown South Burrell New Florence South Bend township and Olivet areas with principal and grade assignments. A bandstand removal in Blairsville and highway construction figures accompany the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Township
Dixonville
Beanla’ Buterbaugh
Alice Frew
Bonnie Gaston
Mary Crissman
Mary Fero
Olive Munshowar
Olive Siverd
F. F. Walker
Barr Slope
Goldie Wheeler
Barber
Elizabeth Kelly
Waylorsville
Beryl Lydick
Mumau
Hdna Siverd
Mack
Harriet Bagley
Stafford
Helen Kelly
Margaret Johns
Margaret Edwards
Ida McCreary
Vera _Tyger
Percy Roberts
Commodore
Laurine Wilt
Louise Nichol
Marie Graham
Mildred Hamilton
Mary Knupp
Mark Fyock
Purchase Line
Blaine Knupp
Treese
Violet Overman
Learn
Linnie V. Gromley
Cockport
Floyd Pitman
Grate Baker
Pine Flats
Jay F. Hines
Gingemore
Mazie Lamer
Greenwich
Sarah C. Bagley
Lillian Bisa
Lute
Edna Stephens
McAnulty
Chrissie L. Gibson
Baker
Gertha McAnulty
Uniontown
W. H. Sleppy
Loleta Douglass Stahl
McCoy
Mary Bagley
South Burrell
Burrell Township
Katherine Wineman
Blairsville
Viola Therase
Dora Brown
Florence Mack
Bolivar
Sue Wilhelm
Bairdstown
Indiana Visitors and Local Calls Highlight Week in Indiana County
Hillsdale caller Samuel K Rank and many others threaded through the county seat Friday. Vandergrift and Elk work travel, Erie and Pittsburgh visits mix with schooling notes. Dr John A H Keith, Harrisburg, addressed educators at Clarion and Dubois before returning to Harrisburg.
Indiana County Won Population Rise In 1930 Census
Census figures show Indiana County population at 9 274 with Third ward containing Indiana State Teachers College students. Growth since 1920 totals 2 281, while Grant township and South Mahoning township show declines, and Shelocta gains from 124 to 135.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Grant Township
South Mahoning
Shelocta
Mother kills five foot black snake menacing boy at porch
Gettysburg May 13 Mrs Meade Williams shot and killed a five foot black snake that had wrapped around the legs of her three year old son on the farm porch. The boy screamed, she taunted the reptile until it loosened its grip and she fired with a rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Eight-year-old boy killed dodging cars near Clymer
Joseph Tkachick aged eight son of Mr and Mrs John Tkachick of Clymer was fatally struck Sunday around 2 30 p m near a concrete bridge while trying to cross. R A McDowell of Altoona driver of the car involved was arrested but released after it was deemed the collision unavoidable given oncoming traffic. He leaves eight siblings along with his parents. Funeral services were held at the Greek Catholic church in Clymer with interment at Sample Run Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Tkachick
John Tkachick
Clymer
R. A. McDowell
Altoona
McDowell
Sample Run
Deaths in Hillsdale and area noted in obituary notices
Dr Elmer Hellman of Hillsdale dies at 63 after long illness. He practiced there since 1893 and leaves a daughter Virginia and several siblings. funeral at Hillsdale home Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Hillsdale. Also funeral announced for Elmer Work of Punxsutawney who died in his garden. services Thursday at 11 am at his home and burial in Rochester Mills Richmond cemetery. he worked for B R and P Railway and had one daughter and siblings. Strong W G Strong of Clymer dies at home after illness. services this afternoon at Clymer Presbyterian Church with burial in Sample Run cemetery. surviving wife and three sons, plus siblings listed. Mrs Horace Somerville of Cherry Tree dies at 28. survived by husband and four children Dean Bliss Robert Irene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer B.iellman
Elmer B. Hellman
Hillsdale
Greensburg
Morna Lee Pittman
Virginia Hellman
Ste Hellman
J. A. Moore
C. M. Hellman
Kittanning
J. F. Heilman
Pittsburgh
Frank Brown
Vandergrift
Elmer B. Work
F&lmer
Punxsutawney
Fulton
Rochester Mills
Buria
Richmond Cemetery
Aaron Work
Indiana County
Punxsumawney
B., R. and P. Railway Company
United Brethren Church
1.C.C.F
Sheperaf
New
Fred Varlean
New York City
Sadie McCall
Strong W. G. Strong
Clymer
Wayne P. Strong
Antonville
Clearfiald County
Harvey Strong
Bakerton
Mary Swan
Kerwindale
Horace Somerville
Morace Somerville
Cherry Tree
Spangler Hospital
Curtis Miller
Near Row
Detown
Dean
Bliss
Robert
Irene
Banquet marks Rural Letter Carriers meeting at Marion Center
Ten counties represented at the Indiana County Rural Letter Carriers Association banquet in Marion Center. About 300 attendees included county and state officials Cyrus McMichel of Conneaut and Ned H. Gooddell of the National Association, with Rev. Lyons as toastmaster. A ladies auxiliary was organized. Camp Fire Girls hosted a mothers and daughters banquet in Shelocta with Mrs. R. V. E. Wright as guest of honor and a local dinner, program, and games. Birthdays shared by Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brewer of Graceton featured a large family gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Center
Indiana County Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
M. BE. Church
Cyrus McMichel
Conneaut
State Association
Ned H. Gooddell
National Association
Lyons
McClallen
Erie County
County Association
Camp Fire
Shelocta
Camp Fire Girls of
Mothers and Daughters
Borough School House
R. V. E. Wright
L. T. Wood
John Carnahan
Lottie Sheaffer
S. A. Douglass
James Boyer
Archie Tsing
Viola Johns
Mra
Jack Sharp
T. B. Sharp
Ella Warner
Clair Miller
C. W. Kerr
John Wiggins
Lewis Weiss
Burrel Seanor
R. H. Cunningham
Sara Cunningham
Milya Douglngs
Frances Weiss
Frances Sharp
Evelyn Kerr
Frances Wood
Ruth Warner
Florence Sharp
Biale Sharp
Twila Berkey
Sara
Woman Employed at County Home Dies at 58
Bertha Cresswell O Conner aged 68, an Indiana County Home employee for three years, died Tuesday afternoon after a compilation of diseases. She leaves her father James Cresswell, 63, a New York resident, four daughters, and two sisters. Burial is planned in Punxsutawney on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha, Cresswell O'Conner
Indiana County
James Cresswell
New York State
Dorothy Brown
Indiana
Flossie Snyder
Txslin
Sara Schrecengos
Indiana Represented at Mothers Day Service in Ebensburg
A Kiwanis team from town attended the Mother's Day service at Ebensburg fair grounds. The event, co sponsored by Kiwanis clubs of Ebensburg and northern Cambria, featured vocal numbers by the First United Presbyterian Church choir quartet. Also noted are local liquor raid results in Young Township leading to Mary Carlini's court appearance and $500 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ebensburg
Kiwanly Club
Town
Fair Grounds
Kiwaniy
Cambria County
First United Presbyterian Church
John G. St. Clair
Logan Houck
Ben Pollock
J. J. Metlyaine
Bald
Wolnut
Young Two
Mary Carlini
Young Township
Yountabley Moorhead
Irwin
Dunlap
Carlini
Justice of the Peace, Co. G
Opened Morning on Mile of Benjamin Franklin Highway
This morning the mile section of the Benjamin Franklin Highway east of Indiana opened for light traffic. The new stretch from Elderton to Beltsville, except the Ewings Mills railroad crossing, provides hard road. Concrete work continues on the section from Bewecten to Kittaming as seven miles aim to finish this summer. Alvin Kidd of Marion Center visited town on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Elderton
Belsanv
Ewings Mills
200 Women Attend Grundy Luncheon in Indiana
Nearly 200 county women attended a noon luncheon at the Moore Hotel hosted by the James R. Grundy campaign committee. Mrs. James L. Jack spoke of Grundy’s service to Bristol and Pennsylvania industries, while Harry Lydick and Attorney Ralph C. Davis urged support, praising Grundy as the best choice for U.S. senator. The event featured floral arrangements by Mrs. Dwight Ray and assistants, with many ward chairmen noted for organizing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Hotel
James R. Grundy
Edward Bennett
James L. Jack
Indiana Fourth Ward
Jack
Mabel Wattling
Louis Wattling
Bristol
Grundy
United States
Wattling
Pennsylvania
Crundy
Keystone
United States Senate
Harry Lydick
Ralph Co. Davis
Pittsburgh
Laura
Davin Waas
Indiana
Dwight Ray
F. B. Stevenson
First Ward
Morris Rothstein
Second Ward
Erma Cunningham
Third Ward
Harry White
Garden Club hears horticultural expert on flowers and tours
State College horticultural instructor Prof B J Wilde spoke to 130 Flower Garden Club members at the Court House on Monday evening about flowers, landscaping, wildflower preservation, and fertilization, warning against taking dogwood branches. The club plans an Evans City tour to view Elliott Nursery’s tulip display and will host a State College bouquet expert in June for the state flower show prep in Indiana in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
B. J. Wilde
Pennsylvania State College
Flower Garden Club
Court House
Wilde
Garden Club
Evans City
Elliott Nursery Co
Indiana
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Kent
Nurses’ Training School
Commercial Echo
John A. Brickell
Olive L. Lockard
Oter City
George A. Stephen
Cokeville
Ethel J, DeVinney
Allen R. Kinder
Mary V. Frailey
Plumcreak
Clarence S. Ikenberg
Bairdford
Catherine L. Devine - Bairdford
Logan D. Geesey
Martha A. Anderson
Penn Run
Jesse L. Ober
Strongstown
Goldie K. Detwiler Obrersae Rossiter
Carl Limrick Ier
Annabel McFarland
Cer
Bessie Owens
New Florence
Viva Haire
Gertrude Richards
Margaret Horrell
Violet Page
South Bend
Armstrong County
Harry Reari
Zions Valley
George Mosbaugher
Girty
Thomas
Shoop
Munshowar
Olivet
Stony Point
Idaho
Blairaville
West Market Street
State Highway Department
Horace Mana
Samuel K. Rank
J. E B. Shank
Walter Black
Leonard Biddleman
Armagh
E. J. Welch
J. F. Piets
H. C. W. Patterson
Saltsburg
George Robertson
Charles Huey
Erie
Joseph O. Clark
Glen Campbell
Squire Robert A. Fulton
West Lebanon
Arthur Watson
Marine City
Mich
Harry HB. Bence
J. F. Mulberger
E.G. Rice
Hugh A. Jackson
Squire R. Dudley Carnahan
John M. Malcolm
Jas. M. Wakefield
West Wheatfield Township
Chester A. Taylor
Homer City
H.D.2
R. L. Graham
Lois
Edna Lewis
A. G. Mulberger
Homa
R.D
R. B. Hughes
Philadelphia
Philadelphia College of Osteopathy
Frank EB. Groft
J. A. Adamson
Creekside
William and Isaac Smith
Harry Spicher
Montgomery Township
Belle O’neal
Waterstreet
D.C
John O'Neal
Jemima White
North Sixth Street
Detroit
John E. Miles
Christ Coy
Gon. Gould
Cherryhill Township
Albert Hill
Marlin
Addie
Cherryhillownship
Cherryhill
Frank H. Daugherty
Locust Street
Daugherty
East
Emma Henry
Wm. Empfield
Dale, Lisle
Henry
Progress
Harvey J. Ross
Eskridge
Kans
Silvis Rows
Charlotte Huston
Kansas
John A. H. Keith
Keith
John M. Daugherty
Church Street
Clarion and
Dubois
State Teachers College
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
John
Fisher
Clymer Lad
Graceton
A. L. Brewer
Michael Tlorworth
Richard
Washington
W. &. Brewer
Gracelou
Horworth
Brewer
Grateton Coal and Coke Co
Alvin Kidd
Wotel Moore
Jas. L. Jack
James RR. Grundy
Elmer W. Allison
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