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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1935
Page
3
The church basement social last Thursday evening drew about 75 attendees. A lunch of bananas, bread, cake and coffee followed games and devotional services led by Rev. John Walker.
John Kough called business in Indiana on Monday. Dozens of locals, including the Heckmans, Boyers, Elgins, and Shaeffers, visited relatives in Indiana and nearby towns. The district reports a busy husking season as farmers stay focused on corn harvest.
Raymond Cramer visited Indiana friends while neighbors note Mrs Fitzgerald’s return from Mercy hospital. Local residents and relatives, including the Ewing and Dixon families, share weekend visits. A heartfelt poem breathes religious hope for a mother grieving a baby.
A doctor noted a head condition in Boojum while Shadbelly quips about paying a doctor. State officials allowed a convicted murderer to publish his autobiography for public reading. Potatoes store better at about 60 degrees than at 40 degrees, improving cooking quality.
In a tale from a stable, Harry nicknamed the Pinhead remains hopeful about Orphan Annie a bay filly bred from King Kong and Lonesome Lady. Despite twelve races with no win she finally finishes first stirring doubt about why she never races again as the narrator and friends rue the losses and mystery.
A 1920s style guide promotes ready to serve holiday foods to ease Thanksgiving meal planning. It lists items like Tomato Juice Cocktail Consommé olives celery and ready-to-serve plum pudding and mince meat pie. Recipes for Roast Turkey with Stuffing and Mince Meat Pie are included with step by step directions.
The Willet community list includes Mrs. Margaret Crooks and her sons visiting Mr. J. E. Blystone, multiple social calls among local families, a kitchen shower for Silas Spence, and a serenade for Ethel Thomas and Karl Park after their marriage. Thanksgiving services are planned at the United Presbyterian church near Willet.
Strongstown and surrounding towns feature family updates and social visits. Erma Bennett works in Indiana while Ernie Jackson returns home to Cresson from the Wm Jackson residence. A baby girl named Alica June Rankin is welcomed by Mr and Mrs Walter Rankin. Newlyweds Mr and Mrs Harry Bennett stay at the Walter Bennett home. Robert Cresswell of Johnstown visits his aunt Miss Bila Cresswell. Ruth Dearmy of Belzano visits the Hughie Boring home. Ed Myers hosts dinner at the Wm Bennett home. Merle Sowers and baby visit Geo Sowers in Brushvalley. Olive Hagens and Bill Rager of Winton Dale visit Indiana during Ruth Stephens of Hbengburg’s relatives. Seen in progress pages: rates for Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette subscriptions.
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