Local notes from Bolivar area mark visits and plans
Mrs Jane Lewis visited Somerset on Tuesday while Mrs Jerry Saxton stayed with relatives in Conemaugh last week. Several residents traveled, and a sewing class for girls over 12 will begin May 27 in the Red Cross building. Bolivar high school graduation events and a bond issue parade for a new gymnasium were noted, along with health updates and a funeral in Detroit for Herbert Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Lewis
Somerset
Jerry Saxton
Conemaugh
Nan Tarr
Grace
Hast End
Pittsburgh
Charles Sutton
Weldon Brendlinger
Robert Brendlinger
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Joseph Penrose
Sylvester McClain
Heshbon
C. L. Campbell
Penrage
Howard Martin
Apollo
Charles Luther
Blairsville
J. B. Mack
Rebecca McGraw
Bernard Bush
Bessie Owen
Red Cross
Jay Bowser
Mary J. Jones
Morrellville
Irene Kough
United Evangelical Church
Roy Brady
Huntingdon
Brethren Church
Floyd Luker
Johnstown
Vernon
Irene Lewis
E.g. Lewis
McVicker
William L. Bowser
Alfred Lear
William Frayer
Steubenville
Bolivar High School
Work
Bolivar United Presbyterian Church
Joseph H. Penrose
Bolivar Schools
Herbert Snyder
Bolivar
J. E. Snyder
Pa. R. R
Detroit
Mich
Memorial Day Reafirms Shared Sacrifice Across Generations
The piece honors Memorial Day as a unifying national day rooted in gravesite grief. It argues abolitionists miss progress from history’s wars and notes how Spanish American and World War veterans fought under one flag. It stresses honoring sacrifices to prevent memories from fading and to repay a debt to the fallen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam
Gettysburg
Veterans of Civil War Reach Twilight as Survivor Ranks Shrink
The San Francisco Chronicle notes about 60,000 Civil War veterans remain, a figure comparable to historic armies. The number has fallen by 6,000 in six months, signaling the thinning blue line toward dissolution within about a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Alexander
Sulla
Mithridates
Napoleon
Italy
Wellington
Waterloo
Lee
Gettysburg
Union
Pension Yell
First Shot Fired by American Navy Exhibit Display
The Smithsonian in Washington presents the gun from the steamship Mongolia that fired the first World War battle shot at a German submarine. At 5:23 a.m. on April 19, 1917, American sailors fired it. now sightseers photograph the historic gun on the Mongolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Museum
Washington
Mongolia
National
Elderton box social and community notices at Elderton High
A compiled page notes events in Elderton and nearby towns including a senior class box social at the high school, a 65th birthday celebration for Mr Silas Cribbs, a mother and daughter banquet at the Presbyterian church with Mrs W A Simpson as speaker, and various local visits and health updates. It records school vacation, baptisms, births, hospital stays, and community movements among families including the Johnstons and Rosboroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elderton High School
Silas Cribbs
Cribbs
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Simpson
Indiana
Howard X Kimmel
C. KE. Keeler
Edith Ralston
Reformed Churches
South Bend
Gastown
St. Paul
Widerton High School
J. W. Campbell
Clarksburg Sabbath Visitors and Birth News
In Clarksburg the Sabbath school is set for ten o clock next Sunday with no preaching service. Minnie Nau of Brackenridge visited the Lowman family. Bobby Lowman has recovered from pneumonia. The Hart and Shearer families from nearby towns visited. I M Coleman and daughters from Braddock spent Sabbath here. J Y Clarson of Youngstown visits locals. Chester Clawson of Irwin called on Sabbath. Wm Carney and family from Ohio stayed with Mrs Carney’s parents. Dean Clawson and wife welcomed a son born May 16 1930 Eugene chosen as the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Nau
Brackenridge
Paul Lowman
Bobby
Charles Hart
Derry
John Shearer
Elders Ridge
Raymond Blrick
I. M. Coleman
Local Notables and Visits Highlight Week in Indiana Area
Mrs Clair Phillips returns from Dixonville hospital improved. Mrs Hoover of Indiana visits her mother Mrs Louis Clemonson. Dr and Mrs G E Mitchell and children on vacation. Albertus Widdowson of Delmont visited relatives here. Hope Ogden spent days in Pittsburgh. Congregants from here attend Indiana Christian church convention. Gladys Willie of State Teachers College Indiana weekend at home. Funeral attendance for Floyd Bush of Emeigh Run. Dorothy and Billy Harper of Commodore visit relatives. Helen Schwab of Indiana resumes teaching after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wisor
Ernest
Martha Fisher
Jesse Fairman
Bride
Fred
Leonard Kunkle
Indiana Hospital
Chester“Bair
Boston
Pittsburgh
James Smith
Indiana
Creekside
Roy Short
Ed. Lohr
Fultoni
Robert Johnston
W. L. Johnston
Clair Phillips
Dixonville Hospital
Hoover
Louis Clemonson
G. E. Mitchell
Albertus Widdowson
Delmont
Hope Ogden
Indiana Christian Church
Gladys Willie
State Teachers College
Floyd Bush
Emeigh Run
Dorothy
Billy Harper
Commodore
Helen Schwab
Hiness
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Ross & DeGaetano Master Cleaners
Philadelphia Street
Indiana, Pa
Barnes
Aft
Associated Gas and Electric System
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Theodore Roosevelt
Clark
Silas C. Streams
Philadelphia, St
France
Edward Mandell Stone
Paris
Association of American Volunteer Combatants
Stone
Foreign Legion
Elderton
Vincent Wood
D. L. Soldinger
Vandergrift
N. S. Rupert
Samuel Bable
Clarksburg
Olymer
Panama
Yarrow
Patent Milan
J.C. Penney CO
Patronize Progress
Citizen’s National Bank
GEO
J. Feit
PRES
B. Bennett
V. Pres
Thos
N. Robinson
Cashier
Chas
W. Carnahan
Asst
Cas
Gilbert
Parnell
John Rezzolla I
R. Smith
Vernon P
Taylor ER
Dale Timberlake
Peoples Shoe Store
Penna
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