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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
5
Indiana High School outlines commencement week activities starting Monday at 8 30 PM with a faculty and PTA reception. May 21 farewell assembly, May 23 24 play Huckleberry Finn, May 26 baccalaureate by Dr Robert L Clark, May 28 graduation exercises, and an all day Idlewild Park picnic on May 26.
Schedule of Commencement Week events at Indiana State Teachers College all times Eastern Standard. Alumni meetings and luncheons set May 25 with a faculty reception and a play in College Auditorium. May 26 features a baccalaureate service led by Hawin Holt Hughes. May 27 includes a commencement address by Dr Bromley Oxnam and a campus dinner.
Indiana Macaroni Company lost a federal suit brought by Mescahlades Brothers of New York. The jury awarded $3,864.99 plus about $600 interest dating to 1931. Attorney Bruce A. Sciotto testified on corporate leadership, while the case questioned the company’s status as a one man corporation and the personal obligations of broker F. Rizzo DiCavalcante. Separately, the Dr Anderson property on Philadelphia and Fifth streets will be moved to clear space for a Sinclair gas station. J R McGee & Son handles the moving of the 125 year old brick dwelling facing Fifth Street.
Marriage licenses listed for Joseph Nicholsow Martha Lumpkin Roy Dias Derry Mae O Sir Derry George Michelie Ernest Constance Glebovic Harry Spohn Josephine Mary McCurdy Edward Griffith Grace Kuntz Harry Robert Smith Agnes Barclay Indiana. Men will attend VFW district council meet in Dubois this evening led by Major C C McLain and others. Thomas M Strong family reunion held near Blacklick with about fifty attendees enjoying a lively evening. Indiana Jews to raise 3 350 000 fund for needy brethren with Rabbi Stollman and Robert Marcus named Indiana representatives in Pittsburgh luncheon. Dr G E Simpson reported improved in Pittsburgh hospital.
Indiana and Salineburg boys hosted a Princeton weekend house party with Miriam Kooger Ruth Pealer Betty Musser Frankie St Clair Sara Marks and Louise Tomb among the guests from Indiana Kiski and Pittsburgh. A remark about a passing blonde sparked speculation, while a separate line notes a danger associated with gas without air to fuel it.
A county meeting will be held in the Court House Thursday evening May 16 at 8 o clock to discuss reviving the Indiana County Fair and Fairgrounds. Pomona Grange members chair the effort with plans including county purchase as a park, stock reorganization, or retaining fair grounds, seeking citizen sentiment.
Twelve young women will graduate from the School of Nursing at Indiana Hospital with commencement exercises at the Country Club at 8 15 o clock Thursday evening. The list of graduates includes Helen Barclay DuBois Isabelle Beatty Apollo June Grube Punxsutawney Margaret Harper Rossiter Mary Hockenberry Yatesboro Dorothy James Commodore Margaret Johnstone Clymer Helen Maxim Josephine Courtly Louise Reinard Homer City Flora Secrist Sagamore Jane Springer Homer Alice Work Wilden Ernest.
Harry J. Shank 56, a Blairsville freight conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad, hanged himself Saturday night after illness kept him from work for about two months. He leaves a widow Clara and three sons Wells Cecil and Earl, plus two brothers Norris and Clarence and sister Myrtle Rosco. Funeral in Blairsville with Rev. J Norman Hunter officiating.
The annual Methodist Social Union banquet will be held at Hotel Schenley Pittsburgh on Tuesday May 28 at 7:00 PM DST. Guest speakers include Dr Norman Vincent Peale and Bishop Adna Wright Leonard with pastors and members from Blairsville district among the attendees. Paul S Carson graduates from Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary and Washington Township announces new teachers for 1985-38 term.
United States District Court in Pittsburgh confirms the sale of the Audley L. Mabon property at 945 Church Street to Mrs Marion A. Mabon for 3600 dollars. Straw hat season opens today with fashion notes. A California widow is jailed for teaching her 13 year old son at home rather than sending him to school.
Local notes record Asa Scott and his daughter visiting Reynoldsville. many residents visit relatives in Mercer Smicksburg Indiana and nearby towns. Attendees include Bowlin Chapman Kerr Moorhead and others. several attended college events, church dedications, and graduations. a hospital update notes Donald Miller recovering from appendicitis.
John Smith aged 29 son of J R Smith of near Penn Run suffered a fracture of the right leg when two horses trampled him in his father's barn Monday. He is a patient in Indiana hospital and employed in the Ernest office of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co.
Rev. Arthur J. Pfohl of Zion Lutheran Church is named principal speaker for Jolinstown Memorial Day exercises at Point Stadium on May 30 after a parade of civic groups. Borough voters approve a 16 mill levy with 5 per capita, same as last year. new janitors elected: Fred Koozer Frank Martland Charles Downey Andrew Hoffman. Indiana County High Schools hold 13th annual track meet at Fair Grounds Saturday at 1:00 under Indiana State Teachers College. Quote: “My idea of a well matched couple is a husband with a keen mind and a wife with a sharp tongue.”
Indiana county Lutherans will be well represented at the 3rd Pittsburgh Synod convention of the United Lutheran Church in America to be held in Erie from May 20 to 25. The convention hosts include Lutheran Memorial Congregation with Dr. B H Gearhart as pastor and several local pastors listed as members of Pittsburgh Synod. Attorney W C Chapman will help delegate from local Lutheran congregations.
Edgar McAnulty of Homer City pleaded guilty to four larceny charges and was fined ten dollars plus costs, with a six months to one year term in Allegheny County Workhouse. J H Morris of Medford Oregon was remanded to Huntington reformatory after being found with a pistol while a Blairsville officer detained him. Samuel Carney of Bel sano received a suspended sentence on costs after failing to stop following an accident on the Benjamin Franklin Highway in Pine township.
Smith and Miss Agnes Barclay wed May 10 at First Presbyterian Turtle Creek with Dr. Robert L. Clark Jr. officiating. Edward Griffith and Grace Kuntz joined in Marion Center on May 10. Wendell Good and Blancha Hughes wed May 8 at Blairsville.
Joseph M. Nicholson aged 67 of Home and Martha KE Lumpkin of Covington Ga were married by Register and Recorder W R Calhoun at the courthouse on May 9 Emily M Cassell of Altoona and Carl F Welse of Indiana wed at Zion Lutheran church on Saturday afternoon by Rev A J Pfohl The couples will reside in Altoona
A ditch blasting demonstration will be held at M. C. Stewart's farm three miles east of Homer City on Route 56 on Saturday May 17 at 2 PM. A 200 foot long trench three feet deep and six feet wide will be blasted with dynamite sticks set every 15 inches. Participants may observe how caps detonate linked sticks by concussion in water saturated soil.
A dairy meeting will be held Friday evening May 17 at 8 PM in the Henry School house Canoe township. County Agent Warner will discuss the Federal and State plan for renting cattle for Hung's disuse and indemnities for grade and purebred reactors. Committee members are Raymond Winehark Walter Puil Ipot and Reed Sherry. All are invited.
Matilda Yeselovich of Puiton Run White Township received 1600 from a Federal Court jury in Pittsburgh on Monday for damages against Mike Souchin. Souchin, 65, a state hospital patient, was convicted of murdering Walter Yeselovich on May 87 10384. The suit claimed the killing deprived the widow of support and sought 325000 in damages.
Hospital reports several Indiana residents recuperating this morning including attorney J Reppell Moorhead and Harold M McKean both of North Ninth street who were badly hurt in a collision near Grove Chapel church on the Indiana Punxsuttown road. Lucile Hileman 19 daughter of J S Hileman South Seventh street also improving from head injuries sustained on Homer City Armagh road. State Patrolman F J Etuemeyer convalescing after major surgery. Illsworth Gibson 49 of Station Javenne improving after being shot by a neighbor who mistook him for a burglar.
Thomas Pealer of town, a prominent Democrat, was appointed highway engineer of district No. 10 covering Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, Butler and Clarion counties at a $6,000 salary. He succeeds J. R. Ritchie of Williamsport. Two other new district engineers were named: N. B. Sprague of East Liberty to Westmoreland, Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties at $5,000, and B. A. Griffith of Franklin to Crawford, Erie, Forest, Venango, Mercer and Warren counties at $5,000.
Rev Holt Hughes pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Indiana will deliver the baccalaureate address to Green Township High School at the Community Building in Cookport Sunday afternoon at 3 40 oclock. Graduation exercises are set for Monday evening at 8 oclock and Class day ceremonies Tuesday May 21 at 8 00 PM a play The Rosy Pathway will be presented.
Miss Mary Stewart of Indiana has entries in the final concourse of the Art Students League in New York City this week. The exhibition lists 700 exhibits across pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, arches, lithographs, woodcuts, illustrations, oils, watercolors, plaster and bronze.
Funeral services for Arthur Ainsley McClarren aged two years six months were held Friday at the home of Mrs Emma Bothell on College avenue followed by interment at Coral Lutheran cemetery. He died Wednesday at an Indiana hospital from complications after an operation. He was the son of Mrs Metta McClarran and the late James McClarren.
Penn State alumni will hold their annual banquet at Rustic Lodge Thursday at 6 30 p m. George A Robeson is president of the Ti liw na County Chapter and president of the event.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Beck and family visited Barngsboro relatives while Mrs Hrillwart hosted at Mahaffey. Neighborhoods note Brian Hurter, Clover Farm workers, and Cannone Ridge housing activity. Bruce Irwin underwent surgery in Clearfield and paralysis deepened for Mrs Jesse Maker. Janae Macrum shopped in Johnstown. Kate Jenney visits Huntingdon. McCormicks travel to Johnstown. Clarion dam visitors include Ewart Goss and Bob Stabley. local shoppers at Johnstown.
Allan Laird 26, of Marstel Lar Cambrian county, died in the Indian Hospital after a crash on the Clymer road four miles from Tidina. Reginald Croyle 31, intoxicated, jailed for involuntary manslaughter. Nazerine Wentune 24 sustained head lacerations. Patrick Henry Murtha 60 killed near Armagh. Mrs Ehrhardt and two children injured. Eleanor Hoover, 4, struck by a coal truck on a Spangier street.
A list of real estate transfers in multiple townships and boroughs shows numerous parcels, acres, and sums between individuals and county entities, including Norton to Rayne and Banks townships. Luxenberg's Jewelers started the ninth annual school clock at Indiana High School with 203 senior portraits on the face. two seniors will win Bulova watches when it stops.
Indiana Rotary Club members including Earl & Hewitt and Son Earl Jr Paul B Flasinger Robert P Martin Dr C J Dickie Ralph W McCreary Dr H B Butterbaugh Dr Pred Shaukis and Robert H Lewis will attend the annual conference of the 38th District Rotary International in Johnstown today and Friday.
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