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Indiana Progress

Location

Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1930

Page

7

Contractors Default on Two County Roads in Indiana

Eastern States Construction Co of Bridgeton New Jersey defaulted on two county road contracts in Indiana County that began last year. One project covered 5 miles of concrete highway 18 feet wide from Dixonville to Marion Center. The other spanned 134 miles of concrete highway 18 feet wide from Fienniken’s Boulevard north of Blairaville to the macadam road near Livermore. The Department of Highways Harrisburg reported McCrady Brothers Construction Co of Braddock awarded to finish Dixonville Marion Center and McHugh Construction Co of Springfield Ohio to complete the other. Both projects are 100 percent state financed and expected to be completed this year.

Eastern States Construction Co Bridgeton N.J Indiana County Dixonville Marton Center Fienniken

Men Outnumber Women In County Homes Survey

Harrisburg May 28. A state welfare survey of eighty one county homes shows two thirds of inmates are men and one third women. The report notes the ratio is consistent statewide, affecting rebuilding plans to maintain the male female balance and explains more facilities and placements exist for women. An employment officer quips about a floor walker and experience as a joke in the report.

Harrisburg State Department, of Welfare H.S. H. McCauley

Recent Deaths in Pennsylvania Obituaries Highlight Local Figures

George A. Robinson aged 60 dies at his Warren home after months of heart trouble. Born in Smickburg, he worked in Punxsutawney, led a Warren mercantile business, and married Vernie Black. Funeral at Smicksburg Lutheran church cemetery. James Clark Sink, 70, native of Smickburg, dies in Punxsutawney after a heart attack. survived by two sons and siblings. Wesley S. Ferrier, 86, lifelong Twolick resident, wheel and cabinet maker, founder of patents. unmarried. James W. McLaughlin, 80, Cowanshan nook resident, dies at daughter’s home. funeral in Plumville.

George A. Robinson Warren Smickeburg Robert C. Robinson Smickabure Punxsutawney Robinson Furniture Co Eberhart Smicksburgh Snilekaburg Vernie Black Adam Black Smicksaburg Dorothy Josephine Larue Sewickley Florence James Clark Sink James Clark Sink J. Arthur Sink Smicksburg John Jane Sink Margaret Marshall Mahoning Wesley Ferrier Greenwood Cemetery Wesley Samuel Ferrier Twolick Samuel Martha Ferrier Indiana Foundry Company William Frank Ferrier James W. McLaughlin Ghfen Plumville Presbyterian Church Atwood Cemetery James Walker McLaughlin M. J. Shaffer Sagamore Cowanshannock Township Armstrong County Robert Milroy Duncan Frank Cummina South Fifth Street J. J. Duncan Indiana First United Presbyterian Church Town Robinson Funeral Home J. J. Medvaine Cummins L. H. Shaffer Haat Church Street Sophia Stitt Shepherd James Stitt Deckers Point Shiloh Baptist Church Henderson Stitt Pine Flats Starry Homer City G. M. Kerr Apollo Shilon Church Bowser Oakland Cemetery Dockery Point George S. Lowman Marion Center Punxsutawney Hospital Herbert Lowman William Davison Mary J. Orr Charles J. Dickson Revicc Revloe Cara Alfred Dahlin

Long list of local obituaries and notices from Sagamore area

Deaths and funeral notices for Robert M Duncan 68 of Sagamore and Sophia Stitt Shepherd 74 plus survivors. George S Lowman 72 of Marion Center, Rosanna Jackson 73 of Rossiter, Henry T Palmer 63 of Bairdstown, Rev Dr D M Kemmerer 93 former Saltsburg pastor, Peter Catonese 69 of Rogsster, Charles J Dickson 64 of Sagamore, and infant Robert Shelgren 2 of Mole. Elders Ridge Commencement and Hamlet play at Thiel College feature Thomas Barber.

D. M. Kemmerer Saltsburg Lutheran Church Zelienople Kemmerer Pittsburgh Synod The Lutheran Church Thomas Barber B. A. Barber South Fifth Street Hamlet Thiel College Greenville

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