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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1936
Page
8
Registered notices state that the accounts of administrators executors guardians and trustees for December Term 1938 have been examined and passed in Indiana County. They will be presented to the Orphans Court for confirmation and allowance on a specified date. The notice invites interested parties to attend or file exceptions as required.
A December 7 1936 docket announces dozens of first and final accounts and one second and partial account for estates in Armstrong Blairsville White Township Indiana Borough Rayne Center and more. Attorneys include Pierce Ruddock Mack and Miller. Executors and guardians are named for each estate with dates and localities. Officers warn accounts will be confirmed in 10 days unless exceptions are filed.
A long list of accounts filed in Blairsville area cases shows partial and final settlements for estates and guardianships. From Blairsville Savings & Trust Co. to Farmers Bank & Trust Co. of Indiana many executors, guardians, and administrators seek court approval for estate settlements, guardianship support, and minor allocations across Blairsville Burrell Center and Indiana Township, naming numerous executors and attorneys.
The Savings & Trust Company of Indiana as guardian requests authority for private sale of undivided 1 4 interest in a 50 acre land tract in East Mahoning Township Indiana County Pennsylvania to Arthur Franklin Ackerson and Isabella Ackerson for 500 dollars. Sale is set for November 30 1936 at 10 00 A M in the Orphans Court of Indiana County.
In Diana County in 1936 the court decreed the death of John Wyorn and ordered proof of life by Feb 10 1937. If not provided, letters of administration may be issued. Petitioners request the necessary evidence and hearings for estate settlement. The notice appears in The Progress and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
F A Pitkin explains Pennsylvania's population stood at 9 681 360 in 1936, largest after New York among states, with growth slowing since 1890. Birth rates have fallen from 26.5 to 19.6 per thousand by 1930, life expectancy rising, and large net out-migration between 1920 and 1930, signaling long term demographic changes and policy implications.
Mrs. C J Grater and children Iyeho and iHelen joined many Indiana residents at the County Congress of Women's Clubs fall meeting in the local Methodist church. Doctor E M Bushnell traveled to Pittsburgh to visit his hospitalized wife while Dixonville guests attended the Good Will club Thursday. Betty Campbell and Betty Smith attended Blairsville high school senior party, and Mrs Alice Rugh was Indiana shopper Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Walter Ewing and family spent Thursday evening in Aalto. Helen Shearer visited Foster Smock. Mrs S R Hine called on Mr and Mrs A B Gray of West Lebanon. James Ewing was a Saltsburg caller Friday night. Mrs Walter Ewing and Mrs T C Hood visited Mrs O B Harvey. Mrs Foster Smock attended a class meeting at Mrs Roxy Wilsons. Esther Hine and Annabel Wing were Indiana callers Saturday. A number from here attended the praiga service at Riders Ridge Thursday night. Martha Hine of Indiana is spending the weekend here. Annabel Ewing called on IL C Rosensteen Friday afternoon.
Winkleman died in an Indiana hospital and was buried here Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Wm McCrady and children visited relatives on Armistice Day in Glen Campbell. John Cresswell of Johnstown stayed with his aunt Ella Cresswell. Bally Sowers visited her aunt Sadie Graham in Buffington township. Epworth League met at Lemon Empfield’s home Friday. Aubrey Stephens family of near Edensburg visited relatives here Sunday. A classroom joke asks if strawberries cost 25 cents a basket, three baskets would be sixty cents, prompting a quip about arithmetical knowledge and a remark about a mother.
Isabelle Jewell returns home after a week with her sister in Indiana. Mrs Harold Borland of Indiana and Mr and Mrs Paul Lowman visit Brookville friends. Carrie Elrick stays with daughter Olive Cunningham in Saltsburg. Hunters report scarce game in the vicinity. Mrs Frank Cribbs visits the Harry Coleman home. Families from Blairsville Indiana Salteburg and Braddock figure in social and visiting notes.
Local residents reported visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns last weekend. Notables include Mrs Henry Turstin visiting Aspinwall husband. Lawrence Spence returning home to Pittsburgh. Mrs L W Kinter with parents in Kinteraburg. Miss Mary Hawk with her parents near Home. John Lewis of Smickaburg on town business. Mrs Martha Fulton of Trackick visiting sisters in town. Howard Yorayths back in Reading after weekend with J B H Longs. Carl Streama visiting north of town. Sallie Moore of Rochester Mills visiting son R G Moore. Rev H G Trimmer and wife in Indiana last week. a baby boy born to Ben Baker. Mary Work Hoge's death in Manchester England. Carrie Riedel and son Richard L Riedel of Washington visiting Indiana friends.
Mrs Guppy T questions whether Mr Guppy Nongenge would abandon her for a pretty young girl. He defends fidelity, denying care for youth and beauty as a motive, prompting a charged exchange.
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