Memorial Day plans in Indiana county parade and services
Memorial Day events across Indiana county suspend business on Saturday May 30. A parade will form at 9:30 AM in front of the Community Center and proceed to Memorial Park for an 11:00 AM address by Dr. Holt Hughes. Numerous veterans and civic groups will march, with Mothers of Democracy not participating in the parade but attending services at Memorial Elm and Memorial Park.
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Indiana
Memorial Park
Holt Hughes
M. EB. Church
Presbyterian Church
Robert L. Clark
Indiana Municipal Band
Wm. L. Buchanan
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Grand Army of the Republic
Joseph A. Blakeley
United Spanish
Daughters of the American Revolution
Girl Scouts
Mothers of Democracy
Memorial Elm
Sons of the American Legion
Community Center
Philadelphia and
Ninth Streets
Indiana High holds 1936 commencement in auditorium
The Indiana High School stage 1936 graduation Thursday at 8:00 pm for 183 seniors. Program includes invocations, orchestra pieces, vocal selections, and the presentation of graduates and diplomas. Faculty reception preceded by bacalaureate services led by Rev. Holt Hughes.
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Indiana High School
J. D. Bishop
Evangelical Church
Indiana
Harry Canfield
Footprints
Virginia Grate Myers
M. Elizabeth Pierce
Donald ‘Charles Hess
Sonate Pathetique
Beethoven
Ann Louise Corbelli
Ir. Stewart Johnston
Brahms
Jesse A. Lubold
Norman Koontz
Indiana Public Schools
Goldman
Holt Hughes
Methodist Biscopal Church of Indiana
Jersey Field Day Planned for Purchase Line
The Jersey field day at Purchase Line will be June 5 at 10:00 A.M. Six head of Jersey cattle from the Bull Association will be shown along with eight Jersey calves and five Guernsey calves from the 4-H Calf Club judged by R. R. Welch. Prizes and ribbons will be awarded. a post lunch one act play titled Colantha's Bull Calf will entertain on the Community Hall campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purchase Line
Jersey
Bull Association
Guernsey
R. R. Welch
Penn State
J. W. Warner
Colantha
Guy Rice
Warner
Pennsylvania
Marriage Licenses Listed With Names Across Several Towns
A list of marriage licenses shows individuals and couples from Homer City Blairsville Wilkinsburg McIntyre Lucerne Mines Yatesboro Creekside Apollo Blairsville Indiana Apollo Clymer Lucerne Mines Livermore and surrounding areas. The entries include William Ruddock Jr Kathryn Morrison Raymond Setlock Pauline Ardium Guido Lorenzi Anna Patrick Wallace Gacek Stella Manarelli Steve Usko Martha Smith Samuel Wilmer Kinter Elizabeth McBlane John Hopchick Dorothy Graham Wayne Cosner Helen Lear Emma Smith John Forno Erma Durandetto Stephen Chornick John Alkin Leone Carolyn Templeton Florence Good among others with multiple towns represented and dates noted as 2-20-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ruddock, Jr
Homer City
Kathryn Morrison
Raymond Setlock
Pauline Ardium
McIntyre Guido Lorenzi
McIintyre
Anna Patrick
McIntyre Wallace Gacek
Coral Anna Kuhar Wilkinsburg
Victor Bolo
McIntyre
Stella Manarelli
Blairaville
Steve Usko
Coral Martha Smith
Coral Samuel Wilmer Kinter
Elizabeth McBlane
Lucerne Mines
John Hopchick
Yatesboro
Dorothy Graham
Creekside
Wayne H. Cosner
Westmoreland Co
Helen Marie Lear
Blairsville
William Calvin Offut
Indiana
Emma Margaret Smith
John Forno
Apollo Erma ‘Durandetto
Apollo Stephen Chornick
Anna Hraboufeky
John B
Alkin Leone
Carolyn Templeton
Clymer
Clair Warden
Florence Good
Livermore
Blacklick Man Sues Railroad for Damages
Alfred M. Bell of Blacklick sues the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. in Common Pleas Court for 2692.50 claiming injuries from a February 27 1936 incident when he stepped into a hole along a public highway near the Blacklick to Grafton grade crossing. A barn on Oren Washington’s farm east of Home in Rayne township was destroyed by fire early Monday. The barn’s contents included farm implements and produce. insurance covered losses. Washington owns another barn on the farm.
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Blacklick
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Common Pleas
Alfred M. Bell
Rayne Township
Oren Washington
Home
Washington
Sabbath School District 41 Convenes at Cookport June 4
The midsummer convention of District Four of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association will be held at the Cookport Baptist church on Thursday afternoon and evening, June 4. The program includes registration, devotions, talks, reports, elections, and a pageant. Real estate transfers and a note on an excellent commencement address at Indiana State Teachers College conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miller
Lions
Indiana Lions Club
Scranton
Sabbath School District 41
Cookport
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Cookport Baptist Church
Miller
Metz
D. D. Patterson
Martz
Florence ‘Wallace
Bennett
Commodore M. E. Addreas
J. W. Everett
Cockport Baptist
Pittsburgh
Teachers College
Ben G. Graham
Indiana State Teachers College
Graham
Indiana State Teachers College Board Consider Vacancies
The local college board meets Thursday to vote on declaring the president and the accountant positions vacant as of June 1 1936 and to appoint acting officers. Alumni and faculty protests run against removing Dr Foster and William Schuster amid political dispute and public notices to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Foster
Win
Schuster
Board of Trustees
Indiana State Teachers College
C. R. Foster
D. R. Tomb
Indiana
Wm. F. Smith
Punxsutawney
State Teachers College
William Schuster
Mr. Schuster
Tomb
Smith
Foster
Alumni Association
George H. Earle
Charles J. Marglotti
Lester K. Ade
David L. Lawrence
Thomas Sutton
Sutton
Miss Jane Stewart Elected Music Supervisor in Mt. Lebanon
Miss Jane Stewart daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A H Stewart of Church Street has been elected supervisor of music in the Mt. Lebanon schools near Pittsburgh. She has taught music in Apollo schools for the past two years and will oversee music in three Mt. Lebanon schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Stewart
Mount Lebanon
A. H. Stewart
Church Street
Mt. Lebanon
Pittsburgh
Stewart
Apollo
Summer Session Opens at Indiana State Teachers College
The college announces the summer term begins Monday June 16 with registration on Monday June 15. Classes run June 16 to July 25 and a post session reopens July 27 continuing to August 15. Elders Ridge Academy alumni plan a Friday reunion featuring a 2:00 PM social, a 6:00 PM banquet, and an 8:00 PM exhibition at Elders Ridge. The memorial day Penn Grange picnic in Armagh is postponed per secretary Miss Rosalie Stutzman. Two Indiana men receive state highway posts Bertrand J. Maher engineer 2100 and Harvey H. McCune draftsman 1880. Wigging-Calhoun reunion set for June 13 at Oak Hill Grove Apollo.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Elders Ridge Academy
Elders Ridge
iWm
Penn Grange
Penn Grange Hall
Armagh
Misa Rosalie Stutzman
The
Grange
Indiana
Bertrand J. Maher
Harvey H. McCune
Oak Hill Grove
Apollo
Pomona Grange Resolution On Teachers College Politics
Pomona Grange No 68 passes a resolution opposing political interference in Indiana State Teachers College. The measure urges keeping college governance by trained professionals, resisting dismissals without cause, and distributing copies to state and local officials and press. Executive Committee members named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana County
Pomona Grange
Hhereby
Pennsylvania State Grange
Indlung State Teachers College
Btate
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Attorneylener
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Samuel B. Dible
E. M. ‘F Shoulpson
James B. Heltbrun
M. C. Stewart
Personal Brevities From Indiana and Surrounding Towns
A long list of social calls and travels across Indiana County and nearby towns. Names include H M Kimmel Naom Leonard Mrs William McAdoo Mrs Emma Foust William Malcolm J R Wilson Wayne Wilson J Jamison M F Jamison P Lowry Josephine Mack James W Mack Rob Kime Milas Jean Barr John A Miller H B Reese John Gibson Shultz Misner Mabel Jinkehart Grace Hutchison John F Johnston Margaret Gibson Martha Blerer Emily Bierer Raymond Moorhead Ramona Fisher Mary John Moorhead and many others. The notes cover visits, returns from trips to New York City Philadelphia and Florida plus attendance at churches and assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Kimmel
Near South Bend
Indiana
Naom Leonard
Gallitzin
Kenda
William McAdoo
Emma Foust
Parkwood
William = Malcolm
Pittsburgh
J. R. Wilson
Wayne Wilson
Reynoldsville
John Jamison
McClellandtown
Philadelphia
Wim, P. Lowry
West Water St
Florida
Josephine Mack
New York City
James W. Mack
North Sixth Street
Robert Kime
Kittanning
Wiliam Holstein
South Eleventh Street
Milas Jean Barr
Buffalo
N. Y
John A. Miller
Wayne Avenue
H. B. Reese
Town
H. B.rease
John Gibson
Charles Shultz
John
J. Misner
Wintondale
Mabel Jinkehart
A. O. Balentine
Cold Spring
Indiana County
J. C. Stear
R. L. McMillen
West Mahoning Township
W. C. Shearer
Elders Ridge
Elmer Onstott
Saltsburg
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Syracuse
James L. Jack
William F. Pierce
J. Wayne Tomb
William Nicoson
Walter E. Scholes
Samuel A. ‘Rinn
Clinton County
J. Curtis
Grace Hutchison
Washington, D. C
John Stewart
Locust Street
Hutchison
Baldwin Chemiati ‘Company
Ernest Stewart
College Avenue
John M. Daugherty
S. S
Indiang
Hutchinson
Clarksburg
Ebenezer
Conemaugh
Arts
Otly McGormick
Hysong
Samuel W. Shane
Plrat
General Assembly
Hy CG. Neal
Jacksonville
Hay
H. McClung
New Florence
J. M. Torrence
Blairsvilly
Arthur J. Proht
W.oc. Chapman
Installar
Charles MW. Held
Homer City
J.B. Troutman
Sintcksburg
Wow. Sumile
Mlairaville
Fred Steuber
Sagamore
George Dale Wolfe
Grove Chapel
West Sunbury
Butler County
Pittsburgh Synod
Monaayal Beaver Walls
Strongstown Woman Ella Uncapher Dies at State Hospital
Mrs. Ella May Uncapher, 53, of Strongstown ends her life by hanging in a washroom at Torrence State Hospital. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2:30 PM at Strongstown M E Church with interment in Vine Land Cemetery. She was born in Clearfield County, later resided in Strongstown, and was a member of the M F church. She is survived by her husband D H Uncapher.
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Uneapher
State Institution
Strongstown M.E
Vine Land
Strongstown
Ella May Uncapher
Torrence State Hospital
Thomas Fister
Fire destroys Dixonville home. boy burned in blaze
A gasoline stove caused a fire that wrecked the James Waddle dwelling in Dixonville on Sunday evening. Donald Waddle, 15, was burned on the face hands and legs and taken to Indiana hospital for treatment after the flames spread too quickly for the Clymer fire department to save the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Waddle
Dixonville
Clymer Fire Department
Donald Waddle
Indiana Hospital
Big Sales Event in Indiana Hopes to Draw Crowds
Hundreds of thrifty shoppers flock to Indiana’s Community Sale Event sponsored by local firms. The promotion ends Wednesday evening June 4. A new Ford V-8 sedan will be given away that night to coupon holders who spend 60 cents at any participating business. Shop in Indiana and ask for coupons with purchases during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Engagement announced at bridge luncheon in Indiana
Mrs. Sharp A. Caylor of Puixsutawney announced the engagement of her daughter Gertrude Jane Caylor to Attorney D. Reppell Moorhead of Indianapolis at a Saturday bridge luncheon for 24 guests. Gertrude is a Indiana State Teachers College graduate and a former White township teacher. Moorhead, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Moorhead of North Ninth Street, is regarded as an active young Indiana attorney. Both Miles Caylor and Moorhead are well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp A. Caylor
Puixsutawney
Gertrude Jane Caylor
D. Reppell Moorhead
Indivini
Miss Caylor
Clarence Watson
North Ninth Street
Indiana
Indiana State Teachers College
White Township
Moorhead
William ©. Moorhead
Miles Caylor
Mr. Moorhead
Community notes mark J A G Calhoun 87th birthday
J A G Calhoun of Church Street celebrated his 87th birthday with 14 members of the Presbyterian church Men's Adult Bible class presenting a gift and a cake with 87 candles. Born in Armstrong County he lived in Smicksburg before moving to Indiana in 1909. Daughter Miss Effie Calhoun and son Steele Calhoun are listed with his home. Also guests Mr and Mrs Jens Koenig and daughter Thelma of Fort Lupton Colorado visited Mr and Mrs Silas C Streams to help celebrate Mrs Streams 70th birthday noting she has long read The Progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. AG. Calhoun
Church Street
Presbyterian Church
Calhoun
Armatrong County
Smicksburg
Indiana
Effie Calhoun
Steele Calhoun
Jens Koenig
Thelma
Fort Lupton
Col
Silas C. Streams
Church Streat
Koenig
Martha Streams
Wairsville Man Dies After Coal Mine Accident
Vietine of Mine fell coal at Graceton Coal and Coke Company in Graceton on Friday night. Charles L. McMurdo, 27, of Blairsville, suffered serious head and internal injuries and died the same evening at Hindin hospital. He leaves a widow Aidin May McMurdo and two young sons James and Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wairsville
Vietine
Graceton Coal & Coke Company
Graceton
Charles L. McMurdo
Blairsville
Indhind
Mia
Aidin May McMurdo
Sai
James
Honorary Doctor of Divinity to Pastor James Wt. 1M Craighead
Reverend James Wt. 1M Craighead of the Bultsburs Riders Ridge and West Lebanon Presbyterian congregations will receive the honorary Doctor of Divinity from Washington and Jefferson College at the annual commencement next month. Dr and Mrs J J Mellyaine and children Gene and John Jr of New Castle visited Attorney and Mrs Robert M Fisher of North Sixth Street on Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wt
Craighead
J. J. Mellyaine
Gene and
John d., Jr
New Castle
Robert M. Fisher
North Gixth Street
High School Girl Dies on Eve of Graduation
Miss Sylvia Blanche Baun, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baun of the Marchand community, died Sunday morning in Adrian hospital Punxsutawney four days before her graduation from Punxsutawney High school. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at her residence with interment in Marchand cemetery. Stricken by inflammatory rheumatism ten days earlier, she was a member of the Christian church and Missionary Alliance. Surviving are her parents, a sister Grace, and three brothers Owen Elmer Jr and Otto, all at home. Leonard Baun, another brother, was killed in an auto accident in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchand Cemetery
Sylvia Blanche Baun
Elmer Baun
Marchand
Adrian Hospital
Punxsntawney
Punxsitawney High School
Brooks
Slaas
Canoe Township
This County
Punxsutawney High School
Christian Church
Missionary Alliance of Punxsutawney
Grace
Owen
Elmer, Jr
Otto
Leonard
James E. Ray
Harmony Presbyterian Church
Penn Run
Harmony Cemetery
James B. Ray
Sarah Trimble
Jonathan
Matilda
Hamilton) Trimble
White Township
Harmony Church
R. M. Offutt
Indiana
Fred C. ‘Ray
Lawrence Stephens
Homer
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Marion Center
Lizzie
William Albert Nicholson
W. H. Nicholson
Western Theological Seminary
Murraysvilla ‘Presbyterian Church
Bheloca
Ruth Totman
New Jeracey
Ruth J. Totman
New Jarney College For Women
New Brunswick
Donald Longwill
J. GC. Penney
Oakland Avenue
Frank Wilson
Mary Wilson
John Kuthera
Mary Elizabeth
Richard Runyan
Paul Runyan
Gazette
R. D
Crimea
Progress and
Pittsburgh Post
Indiana High
Jersey Field
Florindo Cioletti
Mike J. Barton
Pine Township
Ernest L. Wherry
John V. Wherry
Third Ward
John Michey
Annie Michey
William Sides
First National Bank of Indiana
Mildred W. Elkin
First National
Michael H. Bigan
Royden M. Lintner
Mary J. Lintner
Burrell Township
Odin Stumpf
Mark McMillen
Montgomery Township
Citizens National Bank of Indiana
T. B. Streams
Mattie Barron
Elizabeth Wachob
Armstrong Township
Anna Luella ‘Crawford
Elmer Sprankle
Clair Sprankle
North Mahoning Township
J. E. Kunkle
Center Township
Etta M. Krytzer
Thomas R. Pendberthy
Wm. Frew
William F. Frew
Entorrance Hospital
Clire
Fen
Mencement
Nancy June Good
Jobinson
North Seventh Street
Smickaburg
Nancy Jane Good
Stanley
Lola Jane (Lewis) Good
Indiana Hopital
Richard Campbell
Laurel Huy
Pennsylvaniaa Railroad Company
Minnie Hammill
Minte Hammill
Ralph Rhodes
Samuel Cable
Marry ‘Poorman
Bart Poorman
Bellefonte
Sarah E, Ramale
Sarah
Ramale
Harvey A. Orr
John C
Margaret Peffer
George B. Ranale
Mike Henderson
Harvey A. Ory
Bertha McManus
Guy Fowell
B. G
John Brown
Youngstown
Mra
Rulph Hanmers
Jean and
Ruby Brown
Tillunay
Charlton Brown
Ernest
J.P. Joues
Matthew Prowi
Cleveland
Mra. & T. Strandquist
Johnstown
Bertha Brown
England
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