Farm Extension News Rossiter Noldy Dinner and Show at Flora
The Rossiter 4H Potato club hosts a dinner and potato show at Flora Dale Grange Hall on Friday, November 2 with County Agent Warner judging exhibits and awarding ribbons. The Savan 4-H Potato club visits Punxsutawney Y.M.C.A. Monday evening for a potato exhibit judged by C.P. Lang. Oak Tree Potato and Corn Club joint exhibits open Tuesday at Marion Center High School with Lang judging and scoring. The Oak Tree club is Lions Club of Indiana sponsored. seed exchanges and one acre Marty Butter corn trials noted. club leaders named for Oak Tree, Savan, and Rossiter groups.
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Rossiter Noldy
Flora
Oak Tree
Rossiter 4H
Rossiter State iBank
Flora Dale Grange Hall
Warner
Savan 4-H
Punxsutawney Rotary Club
Punxsutawney Y
Lions Club of Indiana
Potato Club
Savan
Indiana County
Oak Tree Clubs
Charles Morrison
Walter Braughter
Rosaiter
W. C. McFarland
Weekend visitors and callers in Clarion area
Local residents and friends from Penn Run Unionville State College and other towns visited Clarion and nearby communities over the weekend. Names include Steele Clark Blaine Ross Wm Anderson Blair McPherson J W McFarland and many more with several attending church events and a World’s Fair trip in Chicago.
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Clara, McPherson
Blair
Johnstown
Dessa Madden
Indiana
J. W. McFarland
Unionville
James Anderson
State College
Allen Butterworth
Nanty Glo
Blaine Ross
Evar Johns
Horace
Orgis Myers
Clearfield
Wm. Anderson
Betty
Lumber City
Steele Clark
Alpheus
Wayne Harkins
Yorris Sebring
Wilson Aughenbaugh
Chicago
Alex Dunsmore
Kay
Marion Center
Phillip Royer
Vinco
Jtoy Houck
Portage
J. C. Roberts
Altoona
Lee Confer
Derry
Roy
Collins
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Gertrude Barney
Clyde Bee
Punxsutawney
Glenn Thompson
Edith Wagner
Town
Cyrus Auden
Glen Campbell
Miller
Williamsport
M. E.conference
M. HB
Hallowe'en Parties and Odd Jottings at Parkwood
Parkwood notes a village Halloween at Harold Blakeley’s home with ghosts witches and a large lunch followed by other parties including at Herbert Shirey’s. Reported social visits include Clair Millen's granddaughter birth in Apollo and various local gatherings, with school Rally Day at Union Sabbath School and a masquerade for Laney and Lytle schools.
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Harold Blakeley
Herbert Shirey
Arnold Fonner
Anthony Run
Shelocta
Indiana
Blair Calhoun
John Winger
Hallowe’en
M.S. Craig
Ed McKee
M. B. Craig
Mary Peddicord
Vander_srift
Roy Travis
Butler
Taylor Craig
Gaynelle Weiss
Dorothy
Marybelle Shirey
Maurice ‘Hile
Maurice Hill, Jr
Bernon
Albert McCardle
Leechburg
Pearl Craig
Annie ‘Shirey
Norman ‘Schrecengost
Doris
Glenn
Ruth
W. T. Carnahan
Frank Smathers
Best Union Sabbath School
Martha Campbell
West Union
Laney
Lytle
Blair Parks and Children
John Forsythe
H. H. Shirey
Bolivar High School gains able agricultural department
The Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture approved Bolivar High School to organize a vocational agriculture department for boys. Principal supervision by C B Jackson and R S Rice, with 66 students enrolled including four high school classes. Courses include Poultry Vegetable Gardening and Farm Mechanics. A recent meeting showcased winter vegetable storage in a pit with demonstrations by graduates BIN Harrell and Bucky Miller, and an Agricultural Fair tied to the program.
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Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture
Bolivar High School
Department of Agriculture
C. 8. Jackson
R. S. Rice
Citizens National Bank
Bolivar
bin’’ Harrell
Bucky” Miller
Jackson
Halloween Party Held in the Frank Walker Home
A masquerade gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Walker in Commodore Saturday evening featured masked guests and lively music and games. A dainty lunch closed the event with many neighbors in attendance including the Clangon, Shank, Loss, Lydie, Wilt, Tampt, Goodlin, Patrick and Meekins families among others.
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Commodore
Frank Walker
Everett Clangon
Betty
Virginia
Paul Shank
Theda
Bobby
Willavene
Imogene
Miriam Loss
Frank Lydie
Burnell
G. D. Patrick
William Stumph
Young
Walter Meekins
William
Pwight
Henna
McCoy
Pick-Outs in Poultry by MUNROE at Tennsylvania State College
Former poultry extension professor MUNROE discusses feather picking and pick-outs in flocks. He notes causes idleness crowding and carelessness and offers remedies including busy feeding schedules dark nests three feet feed/drink gaps, oats in pens, removing birds showing blood, and culling persistent pickers.
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Munroe
Tennsylvania State College
Uncertainty Over Plural of Bus in English History
The Listener argues over plural forms of bus and omnibus. It disputes doubling final letters in contractions and supports spelling buses to rhyme with abuses. The note compares pronunciations and meaning shifts between buss and bus.
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Boston Transcript
Siddons the Welsh Actress Fame and Retirement Story
Famed British tragic actress Sarah Siddons was born in Wales to Roger Kemble and began on stage with her husband William Siddons. After early roles at Drury Lane and provincial work, she achieved lasting success in London, retired in 1812 after a long career, and has a Chantry statue in Westminster Abbey.
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Drury Lane
Isabella
London
Chantry
Westminster Abbey
Bermuda Puritan Laws Ban Plays Songs and Games
A historical account describes Bermuda under Cromwell when Sabbaths forbid gaming and social amusements. Church wardens enforced virtue by inspecting behavior after services and expelling loiterers to ensure compliance with strict Sunday conduct.
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Bermuda
Cromwell
Skylarks Sing Shorter Than Believed In South Shields
A South Shields resident timed 549 skylark songs and found an average of 2.22 minutes per song with the longest at 19 minutes. The note appears in Nature via the New York Sun.
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Lberty
South Shields
England
Nature
Waslena
New York Sun
Ant Lion Trapper of Insect Kingdom
The ant lion is a ferocious larval form of a flying American insect. It traps prey in funnel shaped holes 1 to 2 inches wide, lining galleries that lead to tunnels. Its strong jaws and pincers seize ants and other insects falling into the pit, making dinner of them.
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United States
Hereditary Hemophilia and Inheritance in Men
The article explains hereditary weaknesses in men, focusing on hemophilia as a genetic condition causing excessive bleeding from minor injuries. It notes hemophilia results from a blood chemical change that prevents clotting, is rare in women, and can be transmitted by a seemingly normal mother to about half of her sons, with parallels drawn to inheritance patterns in lab animals.
Elderton and Vandergrift Families Gather for Visits
A long list of regional families from Elderton Vandergrift Apollo and surrounding towns are noted visiting relatives, attending church, and sharing time with kin. Several children are mentioned, along with a few village get togethers and a funeral. A local inventor Wendell Fathers debuts the Oval Speedometer with playful phonographic remarks. Charcoal gas as motor fuel is being tested for long range use in China.
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Fathers” Fathers
Wendell Fathers
At & Miles
China
Weddings Of A Week Alystone Frick Roy Blystone
Alystone Blystone of Washington township married Misa Rosella Frick of Atwood on October 28 at Five Points with Rev. Frederick Steuter officiating. The groom is a coal miner. the bride is the daughter of Salem Frick and Mrs Frick of Atwood. Spicher-Creasley Catherine Creasley wed Darrel Spicher of Gipsy in Pittsburgh with Rev. Paul Miller officiating. Vitro-Fumea Vito Vitro of Creighton and Francia Paulina Fumea of Cokeville married in Creighton on October 28. Janus-Lypka Paul Albert Lipka and Pauline Volarie Janus of Revloc married in the Courthouse with Register W. Ralph Cummings officiating.
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Alystone-Frick Roy
Blystone
Washington Township
Misa Rosella Frick
Atwood
Frederick Steuter
John BE. Blystone
Vitro-Fumea
Vito Vitro
Creighton,Pa
Misa Francia Paulina Fumea
Cokeville
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Court House
Janus-Lypka
Paul Albert Lipka
Pauline Volarie Janus
Revloc
Register
County Club Women Meet in Indiana on Friday
County club women gather Friday for the semi annual Federation of Women's Clubs meeting at First Presbyterian church with Miss Florence Wallace presiding. Blairsville Civic Club hosts. events begin at 10 with Edu cation talk by Prof J A Lubold, luncheon 12 16, 50 cents. Afternoon session 1 15 features Social Trends discussion and music, a Gardens talk, and a closing address by Rev Arthur J Pfohl.
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Federation of ‘Women’s Clubs
First Presbyterian Church
Florence Wallace
Blairsville
Maude I. Evans
County Emergency Relief Board
Evelyn Armstrong
Indiana County
American Red Cross
James W. Mack
Mary Black Rhodes
Guy Myers
Blairaville Music Club
S. D. Pearson
Conservation Committee of the
Southwest Federation of Women's ‘Clubs
Arthur J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church of Indiana
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