Memorial Day Observances Across Indiana County
Indiana County suspends business to honor fallen soldiers with Memorial Day services led by Indiana Post No. 28 G A R and other patriotic groups. Parades form at 9 30 am, services begin at Memorial Park at 10 with tributes, addresses, music, and taps. Observances planned in multiple towns with speakers from Blairsville Dunkard to Elderton and Cookport, plus ball games and a dance in Coal Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Post
American Legion
Memorial Park
America
F. B. Bieber
John Hil
America the Beautiful
E. M. Lydie
George Fell
Kirby. Giles
J. S. Scott
Baptist Mission
Homer City
Daniel W. Gore
John A. Mikesell
J. Wilson Thompson
J. T. Stewart
Pine
Ganoe Township
M. EB
Saltsburg
Maj. C
McLain
Cookport
Squire J. B. Reed
Post Living
Export Giants
Coal Run
Ball Park
J. W. Dawson
Uniontown
Blairsville
G. A. R. Post
Marion Center
Presbyterian Church
Elderton
Cherry Tree
Plumville
Smicksburg
Poultry Tour Planned With Three Demonstrations Next Week
A county wide poultry tour led by H H Kauffman State College poultry specialist is set for Thursday June 7. The group will meet Hasinger's poultry hatchery Wayne Avenue at 8 30 am and depart for RB 1 Bouchers near Taylorsville then Clyde Houcks near Purchase Line for a noon lunch break. At 1 30 pm the tour continues to W M Lewis farm Hillsdale with culling a caporizing and breed selection demonstrations at three farms. Adult Poultry Clubs members should bring record sheets for Kauffman to summarize at noon.
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Pointe
Hasinger's
Wayne Avenue
Boucher’s
Taylorsville
Clyde Houck
Purchase Line
County Farmers Grow Certified Seed Potatoes
At the Indiana County Potato Growers Association annual meeting on May 22 officers and directors were elected led by Jacob Fyock as president and W. S. Brown as vice president with C. Pollock as secretary treasurer. Growers signed up for certification including J B Blakeley Paul Hopkins Doyle Stutzman and others. This marks the first attempt to produce certified seed in Indiana county using disease free Northern Michigan Bussetts and fields must meet strict isolation and inspection standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Potato Growers’ Association
Jacob Fyock
W. 5. Brown
C. Pollock
Paul Hopkins
Q. B. Stutzman
J. B. Blakely
Ward Overdorf
Geo. H. Eibel
Frank W. Williams
W. K. Lauer
State Department of Agriculture
Parkwood
Marion Center
Doyle Stutzman
Cramer
Clymer
Michigan
Indiana County
Real Estate Transfers List Includes Various Indiana Properties
A series of real estate transfers is recorded, including J Purl Bennett to Harry P Griffin for a lot in Indiana at 14000 dollars, Annis E Manners to William J Houston for a lot in Indiana at 4000 dollars, and others across Conemaugh Homer City Blairsville Salisburg Buffington with prices ranging from 250 to 5700 dollars. Names such as J E Kunkle, Mike Baran, Clymer Citizens Water Company, and Stewart M Hill appear among the grantees and grantors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Purl Bennett
Harry P. Griffitth
Indiana
Baward L. Beech
Gee
Rahicken
Conemaugh
Annis E. Manners
William J. Houston
J. E. Kunkle
Mike Baran
Homer City
W. ©. Oakes
Clymer Citizens Water Company
Clymer
District 14 Workers Converge for Two Day North Point Session
The Indiana County Sabbath School Association District No 1 will hold a two day convention June 6 and 7 at United Brethren Church North Point. Delegates bring lunch for Wednesday noon lodging and noon luncheon Thursday provided by North Point. Program features devotional addresses sermons topics on supervision teacher support temperance and Christian education with numerous recitations and sermons led by Rev J M Somers Rev W Q H Garman Rev J O Baer Rev J E Giffen Rev John M Gill and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
North Point
J. M. Somers
Blaine Dick
Boyd Barrett
RB L. Emertek
William Smith
Tivening
J. E. Giffen
Grace Crawford
Clara Earhart
Christian Education
O. H. Rodkey
Edgar B. Hanks
John A. Akerson
Chester McClelland
New Sabbath School Standard
Indiana and Shelocta Lead In May Cow Testing Results
Report from the Indiana County Cow Testing Association for May shows 25 herds tested with 372 cows milked. High fat herd was R. E. Young of Indiana with 7 Holsteins and 2 grade Jerseys averaging 1285 pounds milk and 47.7 fat. high milk herd was H. C. Kimmel of Shelocta with 1848 pounds milk. The annual banquet was May 15, 1928 with 50 attendees. speakers were C. R. Gearhart and J. Brownell from Strata College Dairy Extension. The top 10 cows by butterfat and 55 cows over 45 fat or 1200 milk are listed among numerous details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
R. E. Young’s
Indiana
H. C.kimmel's
Shelocta
C. R. Gearhart
J. Brownell
Dairy Extension
Strata
College
Wetzel
B. M. Clark
K. BE
Young
R. Belle
M. Speedy
Gr. G
P. H
Gearhard
Gyan-neesssseee
R. BE. Young
Pid Y. jLeevespiegeeee
500 Delegates May Attend Young People's Conference Here
Five hundred delegates are enrolled for the Young People's division conference of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association to be held at the Presbyterian Church Saturday June 2. The event aims to attract pastors and superintendents countywide to hear state workers discuss the young people’s division work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's Conference
Young People’s Division
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Presbyterian Church
Alvision
Personal Brevities from Indiana and Nearby Cities
A stream of social notes lists visits, calls, and relatives in Indiana and surrounding towns. Names include Frank Dorr, E Squire Miller, William Bath, Mrs. McCullough, Maurice Trainer, Lena Marshall, G W Jewart, Robert M Fisher, Patricia Gileh, and many local residents.
Former resident believed victim of moonshine feud
Joseph Cheapa a 46 year old former Indiana county resident murdered in Scott township Allegheny county Thursday is thought to be the victim of a moonshine feud authorities say. He had been charged with violating prohibition laws two months earlier and was said to have offended rival liquor dealers by selling moonshine beyond his territory. Cheapa left his boarding house late Thursday night and was found dead with a bullet wound near his home. He lived in Indiana until 1905 and later on Maple Street. A World War veteran he served in Company nf Twenty seventh engineers. Surviving are a brother Tony who runs the Astor Inn and a sister Mrs Ferrara of Blacklick. Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church in Blajraville and interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dorr
Kansas City
Indiana
E . ‘Squire A. FB. Y Miller
West Lebanon
I ' William Bath
Pittsburgh University
J. H. McCullough
Shelley
Texas
Albert A.bimpson
Town
Maurice Trainer
Blairaville
Mary Peterson
Ashevile
N. C
William H. McGinn
Rayne
Township
Lena Marshall
Pittsburgh
Paul Marshall
G. W. Jewart
Glenn
Fred
Dale Bultin
Chambersvlle
Robert M. Fisher
Harrisburg
John S. Fisher
Percy Gileh
Patricia
Chicago
Martha McCartney
Church Street
Merritt Gorman
New Kensington
Alice Corbin
Targntum
Silas Hollis
Joyeph Shertzinger
Aes
O. B. Emerson
M. H. Church
International Conference of the Methodist
D. A. Cunningham
Wayne Avenue
Orange City
Fla
Thomas
John P. Kilgore
James F. Torrance
Greensburg
Elk County
Robert McCardie
Omaha
Neb
McCardie
Samuel B. Dible
Parkwood
Prohibition Party
B. E. Prugh
David Corry
United Presbyterian Church
Conemargh Township
General Assembly
St. Louis
Lebanon
Burt G. Brown
Wezel
Near Purchase
Itine
Brown
G. We. Youn
Middle West
David Marek Winlama
Lie Mack Willan
Olean
N. Y
Tiquor
Joseph Cheapa
Scott Township
Allegheny County
Hquor
Maple| Street
Twenty-seventh Engineers
Tony
Astor Inn
William Pant Highway
Ferrara
Blacklick
Fatal kerosene stove fire at Tearling Run home
Mrs Leo Dibbish, 29, mother of three, died at Indiana Hospital on Monday from burns suffered when she tried to start a kitchen fire with kerosene at her Tearling Run home near Homer City. Flames ignited the oil can she held. the fire damaged the kitchen and parts of the house before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tearing Run
Leo Dibbish
Homer City
Bie
Testimony in Roskiter Infunction Cash Case heard
In Indiana county the injunction case brought by Gleaffeld Bituminous Coal against United Mine Workers had a hearing Saturday. Two defense witnesses were called and rebuttal by the plaintiff, with a finding of facts and law requested by June 6. Judge Langham will render a decision after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Gleaffeld Bituminous Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers
Langham
Rossiter
Senate
Pennsylvania
Memorial Notices From a Rural County Town
Obituary notices for Mrs H Be Clark aged 67 wife of H K Clark a noted party operator in Glen Campbell. Miss Katharine Hinitt 64 of South Sixth Street. August Wilhelm 86 of Creekside Civil War veteran. Miss Annie Manead McHenry 21 of Chevy Chase. Nelson Barr 82 of Dixonville. William D Meyers 58 of Rossiter. Mleming Stockton 78 of Congshannock. Wissinger family members and others. Includes funeral details and community ties in the Glen Campbell area and surrounding townships.
Closing Exercises at Many County Schools in Indiana
May graduation week featured baccalaureate sermons and commencements across county schools. Dr. Hinitt delivered the baccalaureate at the Ritz Theatre for State Teachers College graduates. Dr. Foster presented diplomas as the college choir sang. Local graduates from Indiana, Blairsville, Punxsutawney and nearby towns are listed with disciplines from music to home economics alongside other school events and a alumni dinner.
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Pittsburgh
Talttort
William M. Davidson
Teachers’ College
Rotary Club
Davidson
GC. R. Foster
Indiana
Bia
Thie
F. W. Ismitt
Presbyterian Church
Ritz Theatre
State Teachers’ College
CG. R
Spain
Daisy Wilizabeth Hadden
Creekside
Mary Heather Tess
Dorothy Reed Mulholland
Lillian Louise Nelson
Punxsutawney
Martha Patterson Piper
Christine Fisher Silvis
Blairsville
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Saltsburg
Mae Elizabeth Stephens
Anna Gertrude Underwood
Seward
Lucille
Margaret Wyatt
Mien
Miriam Florence Baker
Elders Ridge
Edith Florence Conner
Home
N. Ruth Mess
Armagh
Myrle Geone Luchinger
Martha Minger
Mary Ndna Ray
Martha Ardaila Schrecengost
Rural Valley
Bertha Lo
Shields
New Alexandria
Madora H. Faro
Dixonville
Lois Elizabeth Walker
Emma Elizabeth Trathen
Paul Emerson Carson
Arthu L. Pantz
Eleanor May McClelland
Salisburg
Dorothea Gladys Uber
Homer City
Sara Loulee Banson
Cinta Henry O'Conner
Ponssutawney
Mabel Craig Stewart
Rui Valley
Evalyn Grace
Jones
Anna Diven McClure
Commerce
Gortrude Adelson
Jean Elisabeth Hinl
Paul Loughry
Saltagiver
Helen Butler
Walter Glenn Patterson
West Lebanon
Tadianna High School
O. DB. Emerson
M, EK
Annia
Camphoalts Mile
Chaarles J. Roster
Salutautory
Janet Kunkle
Margaret Philling
Will
Joseph Duncan
Stumbler
Mary Regenjateel
William Heard
Ar‘tist
Leo Lester
Margaret Manners
Key
Franke. Thompson
Lloyd Page Yett
Clorindia
Portis
Gettbing
Madge
Pine Township
Presbyterian
Hagwood
Rabi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Rongr
Pirate of War
Laxenberg
Indiana High School
Burgess Lichtenperger
Bulova
Luxenberg
Hamilton Property
E. L. Miening
BE. L. Fleming
Kittanning
Dayton
Mamilton
North Sixth Street
Indiana Real Estate Agency
Fleming
Indizoe
Clark H. Lewis
Martha J. Lukehart
Ahoning
William R. Kelley
BM Latrobe Latrobe
Rosalie T. Smith Warren
John Petiyo
Coral Mary Allin
David W. Ruddo
Freda K. Botts
James J. Prior
Homestead
Francis M. Dowden
McKeegport
Melvin L. Stadtmiller
Starford Oa Eneens
Starford Annies
James
S. 5
Nexree
Fisher
Juniata College
John
Huntingdon
Martin Brumbaugh
Doctor Brumbaugh
Martha Marie Gallagher
J. A. Gallagher
Clarksburg
William John Stewart
Stewart Homenstead Farm
Stewart
Miss Gallagher
Armstrong Grange
Mary Anderson
Indiana Progress
Evening Gazette
Ella
Ray
Ethel Mull
Harry Couch
Thomas A. Edison
Frances Weiss
Ll. D. Iowry
W.L. Brown
Sam Dible
Our Grange
J. D. Ray
William McAdoo
Grange
J. R. Campbell
Wigsins
Fouts
Frances Hamilton
Bob
Elinor Dible
Martha Campbell
Edne Craig
Carl Craig
Erma Campbell
Arthur Lowry
Anna Griffith
Amicksburg
Pine Grove Grange Hall
J. A. Marshall
Warner
Marshall
Makisys
Minnie Clark
KF. Clark
West Wheatfield Township
Indiana Hospital
Virgil Cosby
J. M. Stewart
Oneonta, N
South Seventh Street
Cosby
J. Burt
Atlantic City
Miller
Iselin
Verrisburg
Workmen's Compensation Board
Anna Bytrey Wolfe
Pittshireh Coal Company
Union Station
Roskiter
Bisher
Gettysburg
Henry Brown
George Gordon Meade
Pennsylvania Na Idium
Carol San
Regular Army
Fiaher
Goth TM McGurnitele
Lycoming Peounty
Wulker
Rey
Copeland
Cuyahoga Falls
Oho
Saltkbure
Widhowen
Cuyahopa Hih
Lomentbork
Montgomery Church
Montgomery Brethren Church
Woodrow Buchanan
Edward Buchanan
Brushvalley
H. Be, Clark
Verna Darr Clark
H. KK. Clark
Glen
Campbell
A. W
Jane Read Darr
Montgomery Township
Claris
Clark
Methodist Eniscopal Church
J. B. Clark
Philadelphia
Woodwird
Pitleburgh
Andree
Martha Bb
Wilmoth
Glen Campbell
Mary
Putehin
Patchinville
Stuth Wright
Squirrel Hill
Pitshur
Katherine Hinttt
Katharine Hinitt
F. W. Hinitt
South Sixth Street
Selina Hinitt
Kiddendininter
Worchester
England
United States
Miss Hinitt
Dr. Hini
August Wilhel
August Wilhelm
Andersonville
Libby
Canter Presbyterian Church
Hinwile
Annie Blanche McHenry ‘ Ay Weeks
Annie Manead Mc Henry
Yenurs
Clayton McHenry
Chevy Chase
Indiana Schools
Indiana Business College
Nurses’ Training School
Maysville Hospital
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Stewe Hanks
Nelson Barr
Tonga
Sarah Donahue
William D. Meyers
William J. Meyers
Roagsiter
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Inflhansa
Ghannon County
Mia
Harry Hodge
Davis
Bom, Mleming Stockton M
Mleming
Congshannock
Armatrougs County
Maw
Jamon Staffey
Ellis Brice
Salu
Wissinger
Juliok Critith Wissinger
Har
Wtuiand
DW. Beater
J. Wo Peder
Lopes
Sullivan Country
Thomas Pealer
Wee Choruimt Street
Parker Windlal
Sayre
Thomas Vealer
Minday
Loper
Ann
Alma Perna
Cecilan
Ruth Gromley
Albert Weamer
Weames Parc
Eur
Co. HD
Weamer
Indiana High
Fircom ‘Township
Varleys
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