Addison Gibson leaves $2.42 million to charity in will
Addison H. Gibson of Elderton, an oil and gas magnate who died in Oklahoma at 75 on April 18, 1936, left $2,420,257.98 to be used for medical aid, hospital facilities for the poor, and loans to worthy youths for college education. His largest holding was 19,976 shares of Graver Oil Co valued at $1,831,639.39, with other stakes in Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore & Ohio, Continental Gas, Ohio Oil, United Corporation, National Steel, U S Steel, Edgewater Steel, Pennsylvania Rail, Barnsdall Oil and Barnsdall Refining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison H. Gibson
Gibson
Orphans’ Court
Allegheny County
Oklahoma
Elderton
Pennsylvania
Texas
Mexico
Orphans Court
Bethlehem Steel Common
Baltimore & Ohio Common
Continental Gan Common
Ohio Oil
United Corporation
National Steel
U. S. Steel
Edgewater Steel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barnsdall Oil Corp
Barnadall Refining Co
Weddings of a Week Peppler Kough Dean and Wilda Kough
A detailed wedding note from Armstrong County describes the marriage of Peppler of Kelly Station and Wilda Mildred Kough of Shelocta on Wednesday at St Luke's Reformed church. The reception included a 4 H Club cake, a 250 to 300 person serenade, a truck ride to Elderton, and a large dinner with many relatives listed. The piece then shifts to a separate notice about Rex Bash and Bonnie Gason Gaston uniting at Dixonville. It also contains a long letter from an Indiana, Florida resident reflecting on older Indiana memories, work history, and local store developments, concluding with tourist statistics in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peppler-Kough
Dean Clark Peppler
Kelly Station
R. D
Wilda Mildred Kough
Sheloca
St. Luke's Reformed Church
Armstrong County
Sarkis Papajean
Myrna Jean Ankeny
Dride
Peppler
Elderton
Return
Laird Riggle
Emerson and
Evelyn
Clyde Kough
Clyde
Oscar
Plumcreek
Jay
Rough
Ruby
Blancos
Jesse Elgin
Bobby
Indiana
William Claypoole
Vera
Ford City
Charles Cessna
Ruth Smeltzer
Mateer
Frank Cessna
Betty
J. H. Kough
Jesse
Dean Peppler
St. Petersburg
Fla
Sunshine City
G. C. Murphy Co
Philadelphia Street
W. B. Hildebrand
G. Hartman
Hildebrand
Philadelpha Street
Bill Sweeny
Delos Hetrick
Bill Sweeney
Edgar Mack
Philadelphia
Sixth Streets
G. C. Murphy
McKeesport
Florida
Blairsville and Plumville Marriages Reported in Presbyterians
The article notes weddings in Blairsville and Plumville. Ruth Shirley, daughter of Mrs. Shirley of Blairsville, wed William Truby of Buffalo, N Y, in the bride’s home with Rev. J C Stuart presiding. Bessie Heberling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heberling of South Mahoning, married Wilber Dale Good near Plumville, also in a Presbyterian church, on the 28th anniversary of the bride’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truby-Shirley
Ruth Shirley
Thomas Shirley
Blairsville
William Truby
Buffalo
N. Y
J. C. Stuart
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Good Heberling
Bessie Heberling
John Heberling
South Mahoning
Wilber Dale Good
Plumville
Plumville Presbyterian Church
J. E. Giffen
As Congress Meets By Raymond Pitcairn
The nation awaits Congress in its special session hoping lawmakers honor constituents over officeholders and taxes, focusing on job creation and balanced government. Commentators say healthful home contacts shape a posture toward national progress, re election, and public will.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Washington
America
Navy Hosts Wednesday and Thursday Citizens Meeting
Gloria Dickson and Claude Rains return to film success as they thank voters in Indiana County for their support. The note expresses deep gratitude to the electorate after the election of a jury commissioner on November 2. A cautionary line warns that some people doubt the existence of any completely safe investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Gloria Dickson
Claude Rains
Indiana County
Indiana County notices list numerous estate accounts for December 1937
Notice lists 46 plus accounts of administrators executors guardians and trustees for December term 1937 in Indiana County. Names include Nettie Duncan William Steward Bert Pierce The Savings & Trust Co The Farming Bank & Trust Co and others. Guardianships and executorships cover estates from Homer City Blairsville Punxsutawney and West Wheatfield with dates of court on December 6 1937 at 10:00 A. M. and ten day appeal period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of the Register of Wills
Indiana County
Orphans’ Court
Nettie Duncan
Susie Clawson
Homer City
William Steward
Bert Pierce
Lizzie _N
Klngbeth N
Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher
Young Township
Peeler & Felt
Attys
Bavinga & Trust Company of
Indiana
William J. Toy
William Toy
Jack
BE. Pierce
Atty
the Savings & Trust Company of
James W. Laughlin
Blairsville
Fisher & Ruddock
Delmont Notley
Emma McKeage Notley
Cherry Tree Borough
Parnell
Clara Elkin
Francis Elkin
West Mahoning Township
W. C. Chapman
Cora Overdorff
Paul Overdorff
Annie
Or Anna) K. Grogs
Indiana Borough
Mark Thompson
Lettie Rummel
Green Township
Edwin M. Clark
Mary Bebbe
Anna Orehouski
Center Township
Jack & Jack
Gladys M. Oberg
Frank F. Morgan
Louise C. Slaughterbeck
Slauterbeck
East Wheatford Township
Bert Orr
J. C. Lucas
Washington Township
Peeler & Fell
Carrie Lydick
Lizzie Pittman
Elizabeth Pittman
Montgomery Township
James W. Mack
C. W. Rink
Drusilla Rink
Rennie M. Stahl
David Stahl
Wm. E. Fierce
W. C. Smith
Harry W. George
Firat
H. W.thomas
Kenneth Fuller
W. H. Fuller
John L. Getty
H. W. Thomas
Anna Margaret Fuller
John JL. Getty
Sen Blakley Collins
Willis FE. Collins
Youne Township
L. E. Miller
Howard Lydie
Emma Lydie
L. EB. Miller
Winifred P. Clark
Aaron P. Clark
Joseph O. Clark
J. O. Clark
Glen Campbell
Blairsville Savings & Trust Co
Betty Bennett
Miller & Gessler
Herbert R. Renz
Walter R. Renz
White Township
L. B. Miller
GC. A. Oberlin
T. A. Moor
East Mahoning Township
Margaret A. Davis
Thomas A. Davis
James FP. Watson
Arcoline Verona
Charles 5. Ray
Thomas Watson
James P Watson
Salisburg
Ernest Stewart
Emery C. Dodson
Charles W. Dodson
John W. Dodson
Smicksburg
Wallace C. Chapman
G. W. Campbell
John H. Campbell
Burrell Township
Gertha McAnulty
Mary Cresswell
Margaret Katharine Orr
Rachel I. Peterman
Bella Peterman
Annie L. Matchneer
Olive Blanche Brintlinger
Blatraville
Wm. E. Pierce
R. J. Hood
Clair James Hood
Weat Wheatfield Township
Wilbert R. Shearer
J. N. Stitt
J. Charles Bhart
R. P. Lehmer
P. Brickell
R. J. Hogan
Susan EF. Parry
Samuel Logan Parry
Judson Parry
Wm. B. Pierce
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Rosella Savace
Barnsy Savage
Chambersville
Farm~ Era Bank & Trust Co
Velma Arlene Ferringer
Peter Ferringer
Plumville Borough
Farmlers Bank & Trust Co
John Zazily
John Gazily
Rayna Township
Dee d
Farmiers Bank & Trust Co
Glenn Uber
William Uber
Helen Daleczyk
Anna Dzieczyk
Harry W. Fee
Charles Pearlstein
H. Pearlstein
George Jerko Atty
D. Nelson McClelland
W. S. Coleman
San Bernardino County
California
First and Final Accounts Filed by Savings and Trust Co and Executors
A compilation lists multiple first and final accounts and guardianships. The Savings and Trust Co of Indiana and Blairsville Savings & Trust Co appear as executors or guardians for various estates and minors, with attorneys Pierce Tack and others handling filings across several townships and boroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Fleming
Washington Township
John
Fleming
Wm. &. Pierce
Atty
Flrat
the Savings & Trust Co
Indiana
William Sherrill McMillen
F. McMillen
Montgomery Township
Elijah Baker
Annie Pleming
Green Township
Tack & Jack
Blairsville Savings & Trust Co
M. 5. Brown
Blairsville Borough
Community Notes From Armstrong Township and Nearby
Armstrong township updates include visits between families in Creekside and nearby towns, a quilting gathering at Mrs. Vernie Fleming, and Indiana callers by the Huston and Johnston households. Mrs. Minnie Clark is ill, and the Grange plays will be at Indiana high school while a Mothers and Daughters Banquet is planned. Julia Cunningham, aged 87, celebrated with relatives and guests, including Ohio and Indiana connections, at a decorated Cunningham home with a noon chicken dinner and a long guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creekside
Perry Vensel
Harry Vensel
W. J. Johnston
L.D. Fairman
Vernie Fleming
Ray Huston
Indiana
Robert Johnston
Minnie Clark
Ott
Sewing School
Mothers and Daughters
Burleson Johnston
John Nesbit
Bobbie Shields
Trusal Farma
Julia Cunningham
Armstrong Township
Cunningham
Elizabeth Henderson Wiggins
John Wiggins
Earl Miller
Mise Thetta Fleming
Mise Ethel
Estelle Henderson
Elsie Graham
Clark Fleming
Walter Wiggins
Henry Dorr
Edward Dorr
B. B. Fleming
Glen Fleming
Mary Penman
Manor
Robert Cunningham
Wilbur Cunningham
Sara
Margaret Cunningham
R. D
Public Sale at Frank W. Tomb residence Armagh
A public sale will be held Saturday November 27 at 12 30 PM at the residence of Frank W Tomb Armagh Pa for a large lot of household goods. Items include heating stoves a Kenmore washer refrigerator sewing machine furniture and dining room contents. Terms cash. Auctioneer J R Tomb New Florence PA Executor’s notice also appears for D A Cunningham estate Indiana Borough Pa with requests to present claims and settle debts. Frank B Cunningham Executor Tadiona Pa Nov 17 1837-6te
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Frank W. I
Armagh
Singer
Frank W. Tomb
J. R. Tomb
New Florence
L. EB. Miller
D. A. Cunningham
Indiana
Frank B. Cunningham
Tadiona
Guardian seeks court lease of Nora Armstrong farm
The Savings and Trust Company of Indiana as guardian to minor heirs Nora Armstrong deceased and Gretta Armstrong Fleming Dolly Armstrong Jackson Armstrong and Henry Armstrong petitions the Orphans Court of Indiana County for permission to lease the Nora Armstrong farm of thirty two acres in South Mahoning Township to Equitable Gas Company for gas and oil purposes on December 1 1937 at 10 00 A M in open court unless exceptions or objections are filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings & Trust Company of Indiana
Pearl Armstrong
Gretta Armstrong Fleming
Dolly Armstrong
Jackson Armstrong
Henrice Armstrong
Nora ‘Armstrong
Orphans’ Court of
Indiana County
Nora Armstrong
South
Mahoning Township
Pennsylvania
Equitable Gas
Wm. E Pierce
Orphans’ Court
Calvin R. Pearce
Abraham Pearce
Canoe’ Township
Savings and Trust
Company
Indiana
Elder Pehlor
Administrator's Notice for Dessa A. Harding Estate
Edwin M. Clark administrator seeks claims against Dessa A. Harding late of Cherry Tree Borough Pennsylvania. Those with claims must present them duly authenticated for settlement. those owing money should make prompt payment. Administr Oct. 20, 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Clark
Dessa A. Harding
Charry Tree Borough
Herne
Arthur Maguire
Cherry Tree
Peeler & Fair
Steve Rak
Conemaugh Township
Indiana County
Pong. H. Fitzgerald
Livermore
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THE
Indiana Progress
County
Maio
Leonard Wheeler
Harriet Bagley
Dixonville
Raymond Pitcairn
Sentinels of the Republic
MANOS
Gangster
B. J G. Robinson
James Stewart
Rose Stradner
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Big City
Spencer Traty
Lauree Rainer
Joan Parker
D. Montgomery
Law
Tombstone
Buck Jones
Muriel Evans
Lew Ayres
Mary Carlisia
L. F. Robinson
Register's
Charles H. Russell
J. Herbert Rugcell
Ernest
Kelly
John F. Johnston
Anna B. Robinson
Salinburg
Beneralty
Buria
Howe
West Philadelphia Street
George M. Fry
Liberal Reward
South Mahoning Township
L. BE. Miller
Alice Marie Shrum
Mrs
Mary Martin
Glenn Wolford
Shrum
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
BH. B. Craps
A.D
W. Barl Long
Bebe
H. H. Koozhr
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Peat- Gazette
Long & Rim Insurance
Agenogy
General Insurance
G. W. Graf? CO. Meats Groceries
Delicathasen
North Sixth Street
National Brands
Luxenberg
Hess Brothers
South Seventh Street
Reasonable Pricea
Sods Grill
Or. V. Kerr Phone
North 6Th St
Indiana Motor. CO
Buick Sales & Service
North Eighth Street
Indiana, Pa
Sisco
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