Indiana High School junior dies after car crash
Franklin Ram er Miller aged 16 of Shelocta dies hours after being struck by a car near Curry Run church following a church meeting. He suffered a skull fracture and dies at the Indiana hospital. Driver A W Taggart of Wilkinsburg not charged. witnesses say he had no time to stop. Miller leaves parents and siblings Harle H E Miller Leonard Rising Carla Zelda Gaynelle. Funeral services to be held at Curry Run Presbyterian Church this afternoon. Additional local fatality: Theodore Foreal 38, unemployed miner of Mentele killed when struck by a car driven by John Mariskanich near Heilwood. preliminary hearing set for Nov 25. Drivers involved and other injured miners treated at Indiana hospital. County hunting licenses and dog licenses updated. Blacklick football team to play Punxsutawney Sunday at 2:20 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Curry Run Presbyterian Church
Sheloca
Franklin Ramer Miller
Indiana High School
Christian Endeavor Society
Indiana
Albert G. Miller
Wilkinsburg
Leonard Rising
Bhelocta
Curry Run
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavors Society
Harle HE. Miller
Wilmerding
Town
William Hagerty
Carla Miller
Zelda Miller
Gaynelle Miller
Theodore Foreal
Mentele
John Mariskanich
Heilwood
Hellwood- Alverda
John Rossi
Patsy Celenge
Rossi
Celenza
Indiana Hospital
Alverda
Squire Robert D. Carnahan
Saltsburg
Robert D. Carnahan
West Penn Hospital
Washington Township
Salzseburg
Saltsburg Presbyterian Church
J. Stanley Harker
Dewey Carnahan
John E. Carnahan
Creekside
Inez Shannon
Lottie Carnahan
Five Day Bandit Bride Sentenced After Police Shootout
Burmah White, 19, wife of bandit Thomas White, witnessed the five day crime spree that ended with her husband’s death in a gun battle. She was convicted on 11 counts of assault and robbery and sentenced to 80 years to life. She faced Judge Fletcher Bowron who noted her youth but condemned her crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burmah White
Thomas White
Los Angeles
Cal
Cora Withington
Indiana
Crombie Alles
Greensburg
White
Miss Withington
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
Withington
Allen
Oakland Avenue
Alice
Valley City
N ' Dak
State Normal School
California
Willard Schoolhouse Destroyed by Fire Tuesday Evening
The former Monkey College north of Indiana near the Williard Home on the County Home farm burned around 6:00 pm Tuesday. Firemen could not save the building, used for White Township pupils taught by Miss Mildred Smith and Miss Stella Brown. Classes will move to the Williard Home basement pending new arrangements.
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Williard
County Home Farm
Indiana
Wiliiard Howe
Mildred Smith
Stella Brown
Williard Home
Monkey College
Marion Center
College
White Township School Board
Youth Admits Shooting Companion While Hunting
Dixonville teen Marlo Klughovsky was fatally shot in the back during a hunting trip. Elko, age 16, confessed the accidental shooting occurred around 3 PM after he grabbed a cocked shotgun. He fled home in panic and later led searchers away, with a grand jury considering manslaughter charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixonville
Pal
Mike Hiko
Marlo Klughovsky
Elko
Coron
Health Day in the County Schools Opens Christmas Seal Sale
County plans a Health Day program for Wednesday November 29 in county schools to mark the Christmas Seal sale. Superintendent James F Chapman approved the plan and teachers received a packet detailing a patriotic song, readings, plays, and a pledge events centered on the 1938 Christmas Seal drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Tuberculosis
Jas. F.chapman
Christman Seal Herald
Mrs R M Smith Seriously Injured After Stroke
Mrs R M Smith of 724 Church Street is critically ill after a stroke suffered this morning. Her maiden name was Minnie Bryan, daughter of the late John R Bryan, and she has long lived in the community. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Lissa Moorhead of Wayne Avenue at the Indiana Hospital on Monday. Mother and son are growing slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Smith
Churchstreet
Smith
Minnie Bryan
John R. Bryan
Lissa Moorhead
Wayne Avenue
Indiana Hospital
Mary A. Schrader
Mary A. (Palth) Schrader
William Schrader
George D. Leydick
Schrader
Elizabeth (Barnhart
Zion Lutheran Church of Indiana
H. F. Schrader
Nemacolin
John R. Lewis
Charles Schrader
Pittsburgh
George Mabon
W. E. Schrader
George D. Leydic
Indiana
Leydick
Arthur
Personal Brevities From Marion Center Indiana Area
Mr and Mrs B L Work host Miss Elizabeth Real of Harrisburg Roberts Sutton and G C Reedy visit Cleveland and Toledo on business. Several locals travel to Harrisburg Cleveland and Chicago for conventions and family weekends. Bug iron sheets from Vandergrift mills are shipped to South America for insect control fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ‘L. Work
Marion Center
Elizabeth Real
Harrisburg
Roberts
Sutton
G. C. Reedy
Town
Cleveland
Toledo
David Blair, Jr
Boston
David ‘Blair
Church St
Marty Hasinger
James ‘Black
Word City
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Harry 8. Wyncoop
Tampa
Fla
Claude Robbins
Fred’ P. Myers
Chestnut Street
Jane Stewart
A. H. Stewart
South ‘Sixth Street
Walter Beer
Pittsburgh
George ‘Beer
Near
Georgeville
Beer
Publicity Distributing Co
J. Blair Peterman
Mr. Peterman
James L. Peterman
Wayne Avenue
Blair
L. M. Peeler
J. ‘Wayne Tomb
J. Ellsworth Campbell
Robert Vey
Venango Inn
Cambridge Springs
H. EB. McCullough
Wandercrift
Mary HB. Bler
McCullough
Vandergrift
South America
Bug Iron
Lo Ding
Vandergrift Mills
County Votes Strong Against Sunday Dashball in Election
County election returns show 11 591 voting against Sunday baseball referendum while 6 683 favored. two boroughs and four townships approved the measure. Repeal of the 18th Amendment was defeated in the county by 110 votes with 8 028 against and 7 914 in favor. Only two of 12 amendments carried locally. pensions for the blind and unemployment relief funds passed. County officials W R Calhoun led with 8 971 votes. Levi Houck and William Blose won county offices. Seven of nine districts on Local Option voted against intoxicant sales. Homer City and Plumville supported. Fifty-two percent of registered voters cast ballots. cost per vote about 47 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
W. R. Calhoun
J Register and Recorder
W. Ralph Cummings
Labor Party
van Wagner
Blaney
Miner
Levi Houck
William Blose
Morton
Homer City
Plumville
Real estate transfers list several property trades
Mary Capone transfers a lot in Clymar to Tony Grazzatto for 1.00. Walter Mikin sells a lot in Mahoning to Clara Elkin for 450. Irving A Wilson sells to Conemaugh B L Assn a lot in Blairsville for 900. Hermen L Shannon sells to Conemaugh B L Assn a lot in Blairsville for 1.00. Winn transfers a lot in Indiana to Sadie Rinn for 10. Jane Brown sells a lot in Indiana to Ruby J Brown for 1. Clyde McCrea sells a lot in Brushy Alley to J S Mack for 360. Julia A Ank sells a lot in Shelocta to George Kilpatrick for 1000. Victor Bonando sells a tract in Conter to Marry Mack for 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary ‘Capone
Tony Grazzatto
Clymar
Walter Mikin
Clara Elkin
Commissioners' Sale of 600 Properties in Indiana County
The Commissioners' Sale of more than 600 properties in Indiana county for unpaid taxes and costs will be held at the Court House on Monday afternoon November 20 at 1 30 o clock. The properties were purchased by the county at treasurer s sale. The terms of the sale are cash.
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Indiana County
Court House
Condition of Willian Hayford Viventzer Man
William Hayford aged about 45 slashed his throat with a razor Monday to escape arrest on an alleged disorderly conduct charge. He remained in serious condition at the Indiana Hospital this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Hayford
William Hayford
Indiana Hospital
Deaths and notices from Indiana area including Schrader funeral
Obituary notices report the death of 89 year old Mrs. Mary A. Schrader at her son in law’s home with funeral at Leydick residence and burial in Greenwood cemetery. Others mourned include Squire Robert D. Carnahan of Saltsburg buried in Saltsburg cemetery, and Mrs Lottie McAdoo who died in Homer City. Additional notes cover Fred Small killed after a fall, Henry Kim a top potato grower with record yields, and the birth of Helen Jane Sehrecengost, daughter of Roy and Elva Sehrecengost, at Nolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie (Rhoades) McAdoo
William McAdoo
Homer City
Joan and
Mary Kail Rhoades
Strongstown
Streams Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Henry Kim
Burrell Township
Penn View
Indiana County
Kim
Death of State Teachers College faculty member’s father prompts death notice
Mrs Helen C Merriman, faculty member at State Teachers College, died suddenly last week after being called home to Lebanon Indiana by the death of her father Hey Merriman a retired minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wather
Teacher College
Mies
Helen C. Merriman
State Teachers College
Lebanon
Indiang
Hey. Merriman
Rural Dramatics Event Set for Nov 24 25 at Indiana High
Six rural organizations will present one act plays at the Indiana High School Auditorium on Friday November 24 and Saturday November 25 with intermission readings solos and musical selections. Admission is ten cents. Winners advance to face Westmoreland county entrants and then state Harrisburg Farm Show competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Cousty
Indiago High School
Elmer
Young People’s Unto of
West Union and Olivet
Lois Stewart
Moyers Literary Society
Clair Kauffman
Sunset
Blairsville High School
Westmoreland
Indiana County
Harrisburg
Indiana High School
Rural Dramation Committee
Court House
Olive Musser
Tragic Fire Claim Two Year Old In Gast Wheatford Area
Eileen Ruth Trager age two of Gast Wheatford township died after flames engulfed her clothing in a cradle beside the kitchen stove in the Roger home near Cramer Friday morning. The mother extinguished the flames, neighbors aided, and the child died at a Johnstown hospital within minutes. The infant brother Russell was unhurt. funeral services were held at the Rager home and interment in the Arenagh cemetery followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Ruth Trager
Joseph Roger
Gast Wheatford
Roger
Cramer
Johnstown
Dean ‘Russell Rager
Joseph
Eleanor
Rager
Arenagh
Simpson couple bag wild turkeys from hunting camp
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Simpson of West Oak Street return from Stone Creek Hunting Camp in Huntingdon County with each bagging a wild turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Simpson
West Oak Street
Stone Creek
Hunteingdon County
Nurses at Indiana Hospital Undergo Serious Operation
Directress Miss Anna G. Claugher presided as nurses at the Indiana Hospital underwent a serious operation on Monday. Milas Claughy er arrived in Indiana from Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna G. Claugher
Indiana Hospital
Milas Claughyer
Indiana
Johnstowme
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Miner J
Heil
Oo, C. McLain
Ralph F. Miller
Blacklick
Fiat
Placklick
Troop Ls
Punxsutawney
State Armory
Coha Withington
Richard
Kimmel
Bheloda
Arolyn A. Dunlap
William H. Ridenour
Pearl B. Galentine
Harold WB
Carney
Adoho
Hazel D. ‘Ritchey
Mineral Point
Virgil B
Betty F. Connacher
Frederick Stockberger
Stickville
Nancy
Armstrong
Smicksburg
East Mahoning
West Mahoning
North Mahoning
South Mahoning
Fred Small
Leechburg
Mr. Small
Shelocta-Elderton
Stork Vialia Roy Sehrecengost
Roy Sehrecengost
Nolo
Helen Jane Sehrecengost
Helen Jane
Sehrecongost
Rownne
Wayne
Pete
Westmoreland County
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