Hunting Licenses Set New State Record This Year
Local Sports reports a record hunting license year with 6,200 licenses issued by noon and a state total surpassing 500,000. Indiana county sportsmen have spent over 12,400 on permits, with non residents paying 60.50 for four permits. Twelve women also secured licenses. dog licenses total 7,668 at the county treasurer’s office. Equipment purchases are projected to push expenditures into the millions.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
North Carolina
Vintondale man killed by gas stove line blast
John Jacobs aged 29 crippled man died in a Johnstown hospital hours after a gasoline blast at his Vintondale home. He sprayed burning gas to start a fire, was alone when the accident happened early Sunday. His wife found his clothes burned and the house afire. He leaves a widow and two children, mother Mrs Eva Jacobs, and brother Andrew. Funeral services set at Vintondale Catholic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobs
Johnstown
Vintondale
Eva Jacobs
Andrew
Vintondale Catholic Church
Purchase Line Church to Dedicate Sabbath School Rooms
The Purchase Line Church of the Brethren will dedicate five new Sabbath school rooms and a vestibule addition on Sunday November 5. Dr C C Bilis president of Juniata College will speak at the 10 30 morning service and 7 00 evening meeting. Afternoon service at 2 30 led by Rev George EB Yoder with special music. Greetings From Iowa confirms a local reader near Creston Iowa enjoys the paper, 46 years of subscription. A special session of the Legislature to convene Monday November 13 will consider pension legislation and about 50 other matters. The American Army employs nearly 50 000 civilians.
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Purchase Line
Church of the Brethren
C. C. Bilis
Juniata College
Bilis
Teachers Institute
George EB. Yoder
Scalp Level Church of the Brethren
Pinchot
Warden Spires Seen in County's First Hunting Accident
Warden Spires, 45, of Brushyalley, becomes the county's first hunting accident figure. He was brought to an Indiana hospital with several shotgun pellets in his chest. His condition is not serious.
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Warden Spires
Brushyalley
Jing
Indiana Hospital
December jurors picked for winter court term in Indiana county
Scott McGaughey and Frank Kerr with Deputy Sheriff H Dimer Borland selected the December jurors. Two weeks of court will be held as Civil court is dropped for economy. Grand jurors and petit jurors listed with names and townships. Also noted two White Township women, Mrs Harry Carson and Mrs P A Hamill, newly recovered from illness, attending church.
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Scott McGaughey
Frank Kerr
H. Dimer Borland
Lst
White Township
Harry Carson
P. AL. Hamill
First United Presbyterian Church
Enjoyable Hallowe'en Observance In Indiana Town
Weather influenced a lively Halloween celebration across town and county rural communities with many parties dances and masquerades. Attorney John A. Scott, confined at home for three weeks, is recovering and improving.
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Hallowe'en
Indiana
Vote Tuesday General Election urged in Indiana County
A local urges every voter to participate in the General Election next Tuesday. The piece praises Republican nominees W. R. Calhoun for Register and Recorder and Levi Houck for Jury Commissioner and urges loyalty to the straight Republican ticket, noting the 12 constitutional amendments and local offices at stake.
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Indiana County
W. R.calhoun
Register and Recorder
Levi ‘Houck
Barn and Contents Burned in Green Township
A large barn on Edward Burnheimer's Green Township farm burned on Saturday afternoon. The fire destroyed the barn, its contents including a horse, this year’s crops, and several pieces of farm machinery. A neighbor rescued one horse. no insurance coverage existed. Burnheimer was helping thresh nearby when the blaze began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Burnheimer
Green Town
Burnheimer
Harry Shaffer Bungalow Damaged by Fire Near Fenn Run
Fire of undetermined origin heavily damaged the new bungalow of Harry Shaffer located west of Penn y Run on Sunday night around 10 o'clock. Occupants Mr and Mrs Edgar McQuown were away visiting relatives. Built four years ago by Shaffer, contents also damaged but partially insured.
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Harry Shaffer
Penny Run
Edgar McQuown
Shaffer
Real Estate Transfers and Parole Case Summary
Multiple real estate transfers reported in Washington, Saltsburg, Montgomery, White, Glen Campbell, Banks, and Armstrong areas with prices from 1.00 to 3100.00. Notable entry: Leon E. Fairman granted parole after pleading guilty to felonious entry and related charges. ordered to pay costs and restitution. Thanksgiving date noted as November 39.
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Frank Szymanski
Mary Rudenko
Washington
Ella M. Beatty
Joseph W. Serene
Saltsburg
W. S. Hileman
Oliver M. Spicher
Montgomery
Cramer Coal, Coke & Stone Co
Linnie M. Grumiing
B. Wheatfield
M. Edith Steving
David M. Stonebraker
Leon E. Fairman
Leon
Fairman
White Township
J. N. Langham
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Indiana visitors and locals host weekend calls
A dense list shows numerous Indiana residents visiting towns, meeting friends, and attending events. Names include Mrs WW Montgomery, A DeGaetano, Thomas Sibert, Eddie Proud, Orrie Fleming, Miss Anna Lucas, and many others. Activities cover hospital stays, travels to Cleveland and Chicago, marriage license in Kittanning, and attendance at the Century of Progress Exposition with assorted family and civic ties.
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Ds. Montgomery
Home
Indiana
A. DeGaetano
Harrieburg
Pittsburgh
Thomas Sibert
Eddie Proud
Orrie Fleming
Commodore
Anna Lucas
Newark
Andrew Lucas
Brush Valley
John W. Warner
Elk County
Fof
Wheeling
W. Va
Thompson
John Engle
Catherine
Near Heilwood
Caijlers
Edwin Peterson
McIntyre
Dorothy Bowers
Rossiter
Kittanning
Bess Cunningham
Cleveland
Robert S. Sutton
East Water Street
Archdeacon
Franklin T. Eastmen
Phillipsburg
Sutton
James L. Jacks
F. J. Kellam
Mercersburg
Fred
M. Fleming
Mary
Washington Township
Miss Fleming
Progress
John States
Wayne States
Arvill Bair
M. J. Regan
Town
W. C. Lovell
Atlanta
Prudential Insurance Company
Ellen Bowser
Rural Valley
Lancaster
National Guard Association of Pennsylvania
Pierce
Bath Infantry Brigade
Harry J. Lowry
White Township
Lizzie Ray
Armstrong Township
Fourth Annual Retreat for Prayer and Study
Pastors and workers from Kittanning Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh Presbyteries join in an evangelistic program at the First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana on November 9. The schedule includes devotional periods, talks on penitence, personal evangelism, church life, and soul winning, with leadership by Rev. Robert J. Clark Dr. J. A. Alexander Dr. Cleaveland and others from Pittsburgh and local churches.
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Sivangel
Istie Progra
Kittanning
Kiskimonatus
Conemaugh
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Robert J. Clark
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
J. A. Alexander
Pittsburgh
U. P
Clark
Alexander
Cleaveland
W. P. Fraser
Christian Laymen’s Association
J. J. Melivaina
W. M
Synod of Pennsylvania
McIlvaine
Rev. W. Shelton
Second Presbyterian Church
Dr. Shelton
Man Fatally Injured in Car Crash Near Marion Center
James Shaw a 29 year old Pittsburgh resident died in Indiana Hospital after a morning crash three miles north of Marion Center. He was en route to the bedside of his wife in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital. In the car with him were his wife’s parents and their son. The vehicle hit a telephone pole then a field, Shaw was thrown from the car and died of internal injuries. He leaves two children, his father William Shaw of Pittsburgh, and three brothers and a sister. The other occupants had only minor injuries.
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James Shaw
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Marion Center
Shaw
DuBois
John Cowan
Sykesville
Jack Cowan
William Shaw
Thieves raid dead man's chicken coop near Blairsville
Samuel Samanco, who died last week from a mine accident, had his chicken coop robbed the same night. Donald Eyverett, son of Mr and Mrs John W Eyverett of North Eighth street, underwent an appendicitis operation in Indiana Capital and is recovering.
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Samuel Samanco
Blairsville
Atole 50
Drahgina Bena
Samanco
Donald Eyverett
John W. Everett
North Eighth Street
Indiana
Rural Dramatics Contest Set for November 24 and 25
County Rural Dramatics Committee selects Indiana High School auditorium for two day event with rural organizations from 250 Pennsylvanian groups to compete in district inter and state tournaments. Nine local groups listed. admission set at ten cents. intercounty match with Westmoreland likely December 8 or 9.
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Indiana High School
Ove Musser
Marie Shields
Blacklick Township
W.R. Gordon
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Gordon
Indiana County
Westmoreland ‘County
Harrisburg
Marion Center Grange
Young ‘People's Christian L of West Union and Olivet
Brushvalley Grange
Munity Chorus
Myers Literary Spcit
Home Grange
Gordon Dramatics Cl
Amstrong Grange
Success Grange
Mahoning Grange
Westmoreland County
County Dramatics
Court House
Sam H. Dible
Parkwood
Young hitch-hiker dies after fall from truck
Frank Curcio, 18, of Paterson New Jersey, was killed Saturday night near Blairsville after boarding a truck trailer three miles west of Blairsville en route from Pittsburgh. He slumped from carbon monoxide fumes as the truck pulled away in low gear, and the trailer ran over his head crushing his skull. A letter found in his pocket identified his mother Angelina Curlo of Paterson, who urged him to return home amid their destitute circumstances.
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Frank Curcio
Patersson
N. J
Blairaville
Blairsville
Pittsburgh
Clyde Walker
Angelina Curelo
Paterson
N. d
Brakeman in Locomotive Accident at Derry
Clyde Mack, 58, of West Wheatfield township, was badly injured at Derry when he fell from a locomotive tank while attempting to cut off the engine. He lost both legs and remains in critical condition at Columbia hospital in Wilkinsburg. He worked as a brakeman for the Pennsylvania railroad.
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Clyde Mack
Derry
West Wheatfield Township
Big County
Columbia Hospital
Wilkinsburg
Piceatra
Pennsylvania Railroad
Annual Farm Dinner Shines in Indiana County
The Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association held its annual dinner in the M E church social hall with about 575 attendees from across the county. Speakers included John F. Pounds and Dr F D Pringle, praising county agriculture and urging support for the No. amendment. Rev A B Diggers delivered a humorous and uplifting address, while musical numbers featured Ben Zamberti and family, Miss Annabelle Smith, and groups praising Jerseys Guernseys and Holsteins.
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Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association
M. E. Church
Harrisburg
Thomas North
Blairsville
John Thompson
John F. Pounds
White Township
Jefferson County Association
F. D. Pringle
Punxsutawney
John B. Flenniken
C. R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
A. B. Diggers
Kittanning Presbyterian Church
Southland
Ben Zamberti
Aultman
Annabelle
Genevieve
Grace Smith
Pittsburgh
Jersey
Guernsey
Holstein
William 5. Wetzell
Charles F. Glasser
John &. Walker
Frank Lowry
J. R. Patterson
W. J. Craig
R. A. Wileson
John C.smith
Harry O.immel
Myers Kimmel
John ¥. Pounds
C. H. McColl
Lost Sight of Both Eyes in Dynamite Accident
Arthur Lddengood of Strangford, married and father of a large family, lost sight in both eyes Wednesday when a dynamite cap he was handling exploded, tearing his face and hands. He works for Blairsville Blue Stone Co. State Police from Butler were stationed for mine holiday duty from September 25 and returned to Butler on Tuesday.
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Arthur Lddengood
Butler
Butler Barracks
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