Two County Residents Die in Dual Lightning Deaths
Two county residents Daniel Le Roy Dunlap aged 48 a Blacklick township farmer and Wilson Henry aged 19 a Canoe township farmhand were killed by lightning in separate farm fields during two storms Friday afternoon. Dunlap died beneath a tree while repairing fence near Blacklick after being struck by an electric bolt as neighbor Irwin Horrell 60 was shocked but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel LeRoy Dunlap
Blackick
Wilson Henry
Canoe Township
Hig Farm
Blacklick Township
Blacklick
Irwin Horrell
Dunlap
Daniel Dunlap
Blairsville
Derry Township
Five Sentenced to Workhouse in Allegheny County Case
Judge J N Langham sentenced Kenneth Bolen Stanley Nemchek and Brimno Schemansky to six months to a year in the Allegheny County Workhouse for breaking entering and larceny at Hart Hilty garage in Saltsburg on February 3 1982. They must restitute $350 and cover prosecution costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny County
J. N. Langham
Kenneth Bolen
Stanley Nemchek
Brimno Schemansky
Hart & Hilty
Saltsburg
Raymond Reed
Gene Cypher
J. C. ‘Boden
Conemaugh Township
Barl McGeary
John Jones
J. H. Blakely
Center Township
Jones
McGeary
Costa
Russell McCurdy
Pete Voyten
Lucerne Mines
Beyer Smith
County Young Peoples Conference Here Saturday
The county Young Peoples Conference under the Indiana County Sabbath School Association will be held at Zion Lutheran Church Indiana on Saturday June 1 with registration at 830 A M Standard Time. The theme The Christian Mission In the World Today features an institute for adult leaders from 3 to 5 P M and a 20 cent registration fee. Luncheon 30 cents and banquet 60 cents. Rev H H Bonsall Jr opens at 915 and Dr J J McIlvaine and Dr Arthur J Pfohl speak on topics including The Way of Love in a World of Problems and Some Slats in American Life. A drama The Unlighted Cross closes the day with an 530 banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Young Peoples
Indiana County Sabbath School Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Bh, H. Bonsall, Jr
Arthur J. Pfohl
J. J. McIlvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Isabel Rink
Percival
Florence Wallace
Young Peoples Division
Bonsall
McIlvaine
Pfohl
Appointment and real estate transfers noted in county records
Mrs Elvira Strong appointed minority inspector for Pine Township district No 1 succeeding Alton Strong who resigned Elmer Campbell named auditor in Burrell township to succeed the late J R Householder Appointments handed down by Judge J N Langham Real estate transfers include Samuel W Colgan to Elizabeth Colgan 26 acres Grant county 1 Ruth Buterbaugh to R J Marrow 109 acres South Mahoning 1 Thomas Templeton to John Fisher 69 acres Grant county 600 County Congress of Clubs annual meeting set for Tuesday June 13 at the Indiana County Presbyterian church Also quoted jokes about baths and fly traps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Strong
Pine Township
Alton Strong
Elmer Campbell
Burrell Township
J. R. Householder
J. N. Langham
Samuel W. Colgan
Elizabeth Colgan
Ruth Buterbaugh
R. J. Marrow
South Mahoning
Thomas Templeton
John Fisher
County Congress of Clubs
Indiana County Congress of Women's Clubes
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Kittanning Presbytery Meet At Marion Center June 13
A Kittanning Presbytery meeting is set for Tuesday at Marion Center United Presbyterian Church. Rev. A J Driggers will preside with opening devotional by Rev. Chas Waltman. Reports cover field activities foreign missions and Christian education. Memorial services led by Rev. Walter Kennedy. Afternoon session includes National Missions report. Remainder focuses on routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. BE
Deigners
Kittanning
Marion Center
United Presbyterian Church
A. J. Driggers
Chas. A. Waltman
Presbyterian
D. T. Scott
G. O. Anderson
H. C. Good
Walter Kennedy
Marriage Licenses and Obscure Notices From Pennsylvania
A long list of marriage licenses includes Joseph Strean with Rossiter Amelia Sitosky and many others across Punxsutawney Wilkinsburg New Kensington Blairsville and Johnstown. A narrative notes Kenneth Kidder 27 died in Akron Ohio after a tumor and marriage to Stella Rickard plus the Brubaker Hoff marriage in Maryland, with home addresses and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Strean
Rossiter Amelia Sitosky
Punxsutawney
Walter H. Cameron
Wilkinsburg
Virginia Kivake
New Kensington
Elmer Lawson
Blairsville
Orpha Warner
Blacklick
Pete John Berish
Mary Zilka
Homer City
William Byrne Brown
Widen
W.va
Kathryn Elizabeth Boundy
Cameron
Joseph John Ferringer
Johnstown
Evren Felippa
DeLuca
Harold. C. Williams
Indiana
Marion Louise Hasinger
Earl Hamilton Devine
Dorothy Irene Colemar
George Barna
Coal Run
Mary Chelosky
Livermore
William Arthur White
Juneau
Zola D. Gaston
Rochester Mills
Jack Woodrow Wilson
Ramsden Wee
Nora Matilda Repine
Richard Daniel Shadle
Helen Julia Starry
Alfred Charles Barnhart
Lebanon
Anna Mae Campbell
Young Two
Clyde Albert
Thodey
Pittsburgh
Helen Irene Kitchen
Braddock
Bryan Kenneth Roselle
Rural Valley
Anna Ruth
Cherry Tree
Ohio
Kenneth Kidder
St. Thomas Hospital
Akron
General Tire and Rubber Co
Mr. Kidder
Stella Rickard
Jean Evelyn
Bonnie Mae Kidder
Motorist asleep at wheel injures after crash west of Indiana
James R. Spahr 24 of Chambersville fractured nose and facial injuries when his car left the Benjamin Franklin Highway five miles west of Indiana and plunged into a stream bed after he said he fell asleep driving from Cleveland to Chambersburg. Mrs Fern Nefler of Indiana wins a Ford weight from The Bon Ton during May Days as the Hugenbeck-Wallace circus performs. The county index notes a proverb about evaluating a man by his wife’s face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Spahr
Chambersville
Benjamin Franklin
Indiana
Spahr
Cleveland
Chambersburg
Form Nefler
Bon Ton
Fern Nefler
Oak Atrest
Personal Bits From Indiana Weekend Visitors
Notes from Indiana county life list residents traveling to and from Indiana over Memorial Day and weekend visits. Names include John Rice Cherryhill John Lambing Nolo T.V. Polinoy Nancy Jane Betty Strayer Rutledge Fred Clark town W. H. Myers Shel Octa Mabon New Florence Ella McKelvey Mabon Kissimmee Nettye Newton Kissimmee Fl Delbert Akers Curry Run and others visiting families in Greensburg Wheeling Pittsburgh and Erie with hospital stays and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Cherryhill Township
Indiana
John Lambing
Nolo
T.V. Polinoy
Nancy Jane
Blacklick
Betty Strayer
Rutledge
Thomas Thomas
Town
Fred Clark
B. M. Clark
Buffalo
N.Y
Ray Lichtenfels
Robinson
Frank Heiple
New Florence
W. H. Myers
Near Shelocta
M. L. Rose
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
J. Frank Doney
Alberta Raybould
W. V. Fischer
Wheeling
W. Va
William Constant
N. Y
V. C. Thomas
Annie Wolford
William Forrester
Wilkinsburg
Erdman
Aspinwall
Ralph Forrester
East Church, Street
Delbert Akers
Curry Run
Indiana Hospital
Miller Akey
Ella McKelvey Mabon
Nettye Newton
Kissimmee
Fla
J. R. McKelvey
Clark Street
Thomas Richards
Toledo
Marine Hospital
J. R. Richards
West Philadelphia
Raymond Moorhead
Seventh Street
Ramona
John Watt
Granville
D. Harold Scott
Gon. Rogers
Pittsburgh
Scott
Indiana State Teachers College
W. A. Coleman
Esther
Roy Coleman
Thomas
Ellen Jane
South Bend
J. Monroe Torrence
Lepere
Mich
Ida Torrence
H. B. George
Dr. Torrence
Audrey Mabon
Alex Mabon
Blairsville
A. W. Mabon & Sons Hardware
Pennsylvania and Atlantic Hardware Association
Punxsutawney
T. B. Miller
Butler
N. J
Harry Carson
White Township
Strong Vincent
George Shaffer
Rayne Township
Shaffer
Board of
Indiana County Commissioners
Myrtle
Betty Gray
Philadelphia
Carrie Banks
Wayne Riggs
Durham
N. G
Gary Wilson
Duke University
Ben F. Coe
New York
Liverpool
England
Robert Jones Clinic
H. B. Buterhaugh
Ll. M. Peeler
State Highway Signs Adopt Symbol Warnings In Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Highways adopts a new sign standard with black lettering on white backgrounds and symbols to convey cautions at a glance. Symbols include curves and turns, cross roads, and intersections, designed for universal readability, with signs to be placed promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Large share of beer permit applicants approved by treasurer
A large percent of license seekers for beer sales in Indiana County will receive permits, per county treasurer CG C MacLain. Of 103 applications, 39 seek star retail privileges in Indiana County ex Indiana and Blairsville, 12 from Blairsville, 15 from Indiana, 11 from clubs, with 26 for distributors licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. MacLain
Indiana County
Indiana
Blairsville
Blairaville
State officer appraises livestock loss for dog damage
A new law requires Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture agents to appraise livestock and poultry losses from dogs starting June 1 1933. In Indiana county the agent is Blaine Short 663 Oak Street. Losses after May 31 1988 assessed by local auditors or justices are not valid for state payment. Also notes a one dollar fee to police for disposing of unlicensed dogs carcasses and adds a medical era remark from Dr Wendell G Phillips about hearing impairment from colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Indiana County
Blaine Short
Indiana
Oak Street
Half of Eighth Grade Passed in County Exams
About fifty percent of the roughly one thousand students who took the county eighth grade examinations passed. County Superintendent Jas. F. Chapman announced the results, noting the pass rate was slightly below last year’s record. The list of successful examinees is detailed by district across Armagh East Wheatfield Banks Blacklick Brushvalley Center Canoe Ind. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. F. Chapman
Armagh
Anid East Wheatfield
Gwen McCachren
Anna Belle Hutchison
Wilma McCachren
Raymond
Charles Joins
Hazel M. Calhoun
Martha Ray
Lyste McCullough
Rosalene McCullough
Geneva Muckle
Grace
Miller
Irene Myers
Wilda Jane Montgomery
Jewell Johns
Gladys Wiggins
Edna Brandon
F Banks
Edna States
Sara Bair
Betty Tyger
Norman Gorman
Velma Bartlebaugh
Helen Bender
Walter Kiwala
Bart Shields
Edna Fetterman
Dorothy Krayna
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Farmer
Der
Creekside
Charles Sloan
County Young Peoples' Conference
D. R. Tomb
Indiana Theatre
George H. Stevenson
Baltimore
Kittanning Presbytery
Samuel B. Brubaker
Maryland
Auto Parts Co
Philadelphia Street
Margaret Hoff
Westmont
Webster B. Hoff
Townsen
Liere
Lincoln
Ralph O. ‘Trexler
W. &. Foreman
Armstrong
Heshbon Supply Co
Brushvalley
W. L. Ramsden
Burrell Two
A. F. Shank
Penn View Inn
Burrell
Carmen Bevak
W. WV. Neeley
Clymer
Abe Abraham
W. Sebring
Bridge St
Wendell CG. Phillips
The
American Medical Association
LeRoy Alexander
Thomas Baran
Robert Billingslee
Clark Brothers
Lulu Clawson
Carl Cochran
Steward Houston
Hazel Howard
Catherine Lukelk
Earl Lyons
Harvey McConnell
Margery McIntire
Sophie Naastuck
Louise Nippes
Clair Sharp
Louis Shimko
Loella Smith
Hiele Stormer
Evelyn Stormer
Sarah Taylor
Charles Uruciittz
Meredith Berkehbile
Helen Csarno~gusky
Tillie Davis
Margaret Dies
Wilbur Dies
Canoe Ind
Donald White
Stella Starkovich
Florence Shields
Charles Langer
William States
Olive Gaston
Alice Jones
Carl Stevens
Mary States
Laura Bowers
Rose Tyger
William Argosky
San Arona
Paul Ashman
Katherine Bollak
Lucilla Barkley
Anglolina Bertig
Theo Ball
Margaret Balazs
Margaret Berlish
John Barna
Victoria Benyak
Charlie G. Clements
Lorraine V. Coy
Steve Syga
Mike Cybulsky
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