Sisters Injured When Auto Hits Train at Crossing
Two sisters injured when an automobile struck a Baltimore and Ohio freight box car at Oak street crossing. Mies Ether Mock, 17, seriously hurt with severe facial lacerations and possible eye damage. Goldie Mock, 20, minor injuries. Driver Wilmer Muckle, 22, and passenger William Stiles, 22, unhurt. police say Muckle attempted to beat the train but swerved and struck the box car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Eether Mock
Samuel Mock
Church
Baltimore & Ohio
Oak Street
Miss Mock
Indiana Hospital
Goldit Mock
Wilmer Muckle
Indiana
R.D
William Stiles
Muckle
Joe Stiver
North Point Native and Family Die in In Car Crash
Funeral services were held in Kittanning for Paul M. Zurney his wife Naomi Condron Zurney and their one year old son Jack all killed Thursday night when their Model T Ford coupe crashed into a freight train. The family of North Point natives resided near Kittanning and were returning home. The bodies were not mangled but skull fractures are suspected. Survived by father William Zurney and siblings Clair William J M Betty Ralph Glenn and Naomi Condron Zurney’s mother Mrs Inez Condron of Echo Armstrong county along with four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittanning
Paul M. Zurney
Naomi Condron Zurney
North Point
Zurney
William Zurney
New Bethlehem Road
Clair
Pattonville
William
Ford City
J. M
Betty Zurney
Ralph Glenn
Inez Condron
Echo
Armstrong County
Brush Valley Professor Receives Purple Heart
Prof Raymond L Walker principal of Brush Valley schools becomes Indiana county s first overseas wounded soldier to be honored as he receives the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster from the War Department. He served in Co L Ninth Infantry Second Division and was wounded by gas at Chateau Thierry June 13 1918 and by a machine gun wound in the Argonne Forest November 1 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond L. Walker
Brush Valley
Indiana County
War Department of the
United States
Walker
Co. L
Ninth Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Argonne Forest
Retaining Wall Planned for Gray Property on West Pike
A 276 foot long six foot high stone retaining wall will be built on the north side of the Alexander Gray heirs property on West Pike. The wall is required by a deep cut made during recent Benjamin Franklin highway improvements and the project is an RWD construction effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Gray
West Pike
Gray
Indiana Teachers and Directors to Meet Saturday
Indiana county teachers and school directors will hold their annual meeting Saturday starting at 9 30 oclock. Instructors convene at Indiana High School auditorium while directors meet in the Court House. Programs are planned for both sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana County
Indiana High School
Court House
Farmer found dead in barn by his wife
Milton C. Lydick a 66 year old Green Township resident died Saturday evening at his Commodore area home from a heart attack while tending livestock in a barn His wife discovered him and a lantern fire was averted Funeral services were held Tuesday at Diamondville Brothern church with interment in Diamondville cemetery He is survived by wife Nettie three children Ernest John and Alva two grandchildren and two sisters Emma Mock and Margaret Widdowson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton C. Lydick
Green Township
Diamondville
Presbyterian Church
Nettie (Waltermire) Lyflick
Ernest
John Lydick
Stafford
Alva Lydick
Emma Mock
Town
Margaret Widdowson
Akron
Marriage Licenses Listed for Charles Irwin and Partners
A list of marriage license applicants from various towns including Ligonier Homer City Cokeville Marion Center Rochester Mills Detroit Arcadia Versailles Lucerne Mines Blacklick Penn Run Greensburg Graceton and surrounding areas. Names include Charles Irwin Mae Crawford Julius Sipos Gordos Kunkle Harris Recek Potts Cooper Proch Rodebaugh Jones Burkey Sweeney Bieda Popson Krupar Brewer Donahue and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Cyrus Irwin
Ligonier Glonn Mae
Walter Cooper
Detroit
Mich
Cecelia Proch
Arcadia
David C. Sechrist
Versailles
Lolo
Irene Rodebaugh
Ligonier
William A. Jones
Lucerne Mines
Arleva
Ellen ‘Burkey
James Daniel Sweeney
Blacklick
Lena Lucille Bieda
Steve Popson
Penn Run
Mary Krupar
Greensburg
W. E. Brewer
Graceton
Edith Donahue
Josephine
Real estate transfers list in Saltsburg and area
Real estate transfers record numerous parcels and amounts from H C W Patterson to Mike Vergona and others. Transactions include houses, lots, acres in Armstrong and Indiana counties, Canoe township, South Mahoning township, Glen Campbell, Center and West Wheatfield townships with prices ranging from $1.00 to $2,400. Names include Patterson Vergona Sutton Gessler Sharp Brilhart Spencer Bonner Braughter Miller George Martz Martz Hanna Coury Burkett and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C.W. Patterson
Mike Vergona
Saltsburg
Sutton
Clarence V. Gessler
Indiana
William W. Sharp
A. Wilmer Sharp
Armstrong Township
Miller Colgan
John C. Brilhart
Homer City
Wayne Spencer
C. C. Bonner
Banks Township
A. H. '‘Braughter
Floyd J. Braughter
Canoe Township
William R. George
M. Isabel Miller
South Mahoning Township
Isabel Miller
Alfred C. Martz
Calvin P. Martz
Glen Campbell
First National Bank of
Cherry Tree
George ‘Hanna
Mike Matthews
George Coury
Center Township
Maxwell Bernard Bush
Robert R. Burkett
West Wheatfield Township
Exhibit of Junior Red Cross Work At Indiana High
Miss Virginia Martin in charge of Indiana County Junior Red Cross shows a varied exhibit at Indiana High School during the county teachers meeting. The display includes dolls booklets poems and decorative work from Red Cross National Headquarters and from junior members across the United States and other countries. The exhibit is highly interesting and highlights the developers behind the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Misa Virginia Martin
West Chestnut Street
Harrison Family Leaves Indiana For Ithaca New York
Ralph A. Harrison and family depart Indiana for Ithaca New York to establish a permanent home. Harrison previously served as Indiana Boy Scout Executive and will pursue similar work in Ithaca. Also reported are details of a marriage license issued to James Daniel Sweeney and Gena Lucille Aleda, both of Blacklick, and the county’s hunting license figures reflecting increased issuance and space considerations for food storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Harrison
Hhica
New York
Indiana
Ithica
N. Y
Mr. Harrison
James Daniel Sweeney
Gena Lucille Aleda
Blacklick
Sweeney
Arcehitect
Miss Bieda
la Weaver
County Tuberculosis Society expands board of directors
Indiana County tuberculos is society adds representatives from multiple towns to the board for 1934 85 period with officers listed and chairmen named for seal sales Health and Hygiene Committee will supervise Blairsville sale Thanksgiving opens district drives teachers plan Thanks for Health material and high school programs mark the 28th year of Christmas Seals with a sketch of Dr E L Trudeau life and the first sanatorium shown on the seal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Mark Barkwell
Commodore
R. W. Beamer
Elders Ridge
Ralph E. Forrester
J. BH. Giffen
Plumville
Alice Leopold
Marion Center
Ido M. Lewis
Marchand
Carl W. Lewis
Smiecksburg
George Lindsay
Heilwood
John Ackerson
Archie Stewart
Penn Run
Samuel BE
Dible
E. L. Trudeau
Hale and Hearty Civil War Vet Celebrates 89th Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Scott hosted relatives and friends for dinner on his 89th birthday. Born November 19, 1845 in Friendship New York, Scott is a Civil War veteran who spent years in the lumber business in Somerset and Jefferson counties before settling in Indiana 25 years ago. Attendees included William B. Stahl and several couples from town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Asa Scott
Grant Street
Scott
William B. Stahl
South Street
Indiana
Friendship
N. Y
Somerset
Jefferson Counties
William ‘Garee
Eight Injured In Blairsville Highway Crash
Eight Blairsville residents were injured Saturday morning when their car collided with a truck on the William Penn highway seven miles west of Blairsville. Wilbur Long 34 fractured his right leg and suffered head lacerations. others named include Mrs Florence Small Joseph Grinder Jane and Irene Campbell all with head lacerations. Passengers John Palmer William Small and another escaped with minor injuries as the car overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Wilbur Long
Florence Small
Joseph Grinder
Jane
Irene Campbell
John Palmer
William Small
Personal Brevities Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Washington, Pittsburgh, and Ohio residents are noted visiting friends and family across Indiana over weekends and holidays. Numerous trips include Hoosier County residents visiting kin in Greensburg, Apollo, Rochester Mills, and Johnstown, with several couples traveling to Detroit and Lakeland for short stays. A conference attendance by Dr. Smyth at West Chester and a 67th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Steving are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Iva Herndon
Washington ‘Streat
Ross Sleeds
iSchool Street
Pittsburgh
Hulda Houck
Oak Street
Alan
Ohio
David Lewis
Oak~ Land Avenue
New York City
J. D. Thomas
Naomi Leonard
Lawn
Gallitzin
G. H. Hamilton
Near Apollo
Indiana
Mary Rankin
Plumylite
Taylor Rankin
South Tenth Street
Evelyn Armatrong
R. E. Forrester
Mary Allen
Washington, D. C
Samuel Bryan
Greens
Alex Cunningham
South Eleventh
Cyrus Work
Rochester Mills
Annie Given
South Eleventh Street
H. T. Rupert
Blair
Sykesville
J. A. Fleming
W. E. Fleming
Conemauth
William Geary
Grant
Morey Coon
Louise
Aga Scott
Grant Street
Seward Davison
Johnstown
Rebecca Davison
Washington Street
Reed Clark
Wellsburg
W. Va
L. G. Clark
South Sixth Street
Murray C. Stewart
Homer City
Success Grange
Hartford
Lakeland
Flx
George D. Leydie
Wayne Avenue
Fred Kear
East Pike
Detroit
Mich
Charles H. Butler
Oakland Avenue
Samuel BE. Neely
West Park
D. J. Waller
Elizabeth Wailer
Bloomtsburg
James W. Mack
North Sixth Street
W. H. Myers
Howard Myers
Parkwood
Myers
Progress Office
William A. Dible
Samuel H. Dible
Middleport
N.Y
Patricia Pierce
Dible
Thomas Smyth
Washington
John Willison
the Gospel
Dundee
Silay C. Streams
Church Street
John F. Steving
Streams
Mansions and Right Plays in Brushvalley Event
A program listing multiple stage works including Mansions by Hildegarde Flanner and Right by Alfred I Tooke presented by community groups. Casts include Harriet Wildy Lydia Mrs Overdorf and Joe the nephew, with scenes in a mansion living room and a winter evening. also The Valiant by Gordon Dramatics Club with Warden Holt and jail staff, set in a state prison at Wethersfield. The program features intermission numbers by local students and a Christmas Eve scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushvalley Community Chorus
Hildegarde Flanner
Harriet Wildy
Lydia
A.W. Overdorf
M. Davis Joe
Allen Mary ‘Truby
Brushwalley
Holt
Cote Cee
Father Daly
James Dyke
J. D. Mikesell Josephin Paris
Frances McCrea Dan
John T. McCrea
Robert Henderson
Ws S
Wethersfield
Cann
Longman’s, Green and Company
New York
J. Harold Gibson
T. F. Williams
Tragic pedestrian death in Clymer area collision
Joseph Thomas aged 44 of Sample Town was killed when struck by a car driven by John Bestok 25 of Clymer two miles north of Clymer on the Clymer Dixonville road on his way to work. Bestok and passenger Yesko 20 suffered injures. Bestok claims he did not see the victim until his vehicle was feet away. The crash sent the body into a roadside ditch and left Bestok with a brain concussion and Yesko with severe head lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Thomas
Sample Fun
John Bestok
Clymer
Clymer- Dixonville
Thomas
Nauves
Io Bestok
Vic Ln
Bestok
John Yesko
Indiana Hospital
Yesko
John Harvand
Andrew Volk
Raymond Molesky
Fire destroys Hiterton general store at midday
The general store of B. E. WilMais at Hiterton burned at noon on Monday, causing an estimated $40,000 loss. Insurance covered $22,000. The blaze started in the basement where a spark from a blow torch used by repairmen ignited an oil tank. Pumps from Indiana and Kittanning saved the warehouse behind the building. The stock suffered water and fire damage. turkeys and chickens in a neighboring building suffocated. Mr Williams, delayed returning home, operated a large grocery, feed and produce business drawing stock in carload lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Wil- Mais
Hiterton
Indiana
Kittanning
Williams
Vandergrift
Lees
Federal suits seek 100 percent assessments from Indiana stockholders
J Milford Tomb as receiver of insolvent First National Bank of Indiana sues six Indiana stockholders in Pittsburgh federal court for 100 percent capital stock assessments levied after the bank holiday. Plaintiffs seek principal amounts plus interest from August 13, 1934, on each stockholder’s call. The bank had 2,000 shares of capital stock and capitalization of $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Milford Tomb
First National Bank of Indiana
Pittsburgh
Indiana
James S.blair
Plomuy Sutton
Hla H. Sutton
J. Clair Longwill
J. Arthur Robinson
Chas. H. Bou
Car crash and stabbing incidents reported in town
A Buick sedan hit J Clair Sloan’s parked car on Hast Water Street. license 562 BL is registered to Helen Knecht of Greenville Pa as police broadcast a possible stolen vehicle. In Armagh, 22 year old Joseph Mrosky is recovering after his father John Mrosky stabbed him with a butcher knife during an argument. A baby boy was born to Attorney and Mrs William Fierce of South Sixth Street in Indiana hospital on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Sloan
Delver
Jleensa
Buick
Clearfeld
Po Ice
Joseph Mrosky
John Mrosky
Mrosky
Armagh
Johnstown Hospital
Fierce Home
William Fierce
South Sixth Street
Indiana Hospital
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Esther Mook
Goldie
Collinton
North Point Nativin
Frank Kring
John M. Miller
Fred J. Musser
Irvin Shick
J. M. Horrell
Fisher
Chemical Engineers
John S. Fisher
Towa
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Joseph Hugh
Dayton
Texas
A. Kerns
Alvin Kerns
Weinert
Tex
Grant Randolph
Mr. Kenna
Alvin
Randolph
C. P. Cramer
EK. A. Straut Farm Agency
C. C. McLain
the Progress and
Pittsburgh Peat- Gazette
R. D
Tuberculosis Society Board OF Directors
Kiwanis
Harry W. Pharoah
Clymer Water Service Company
Kiwanis Club
Wharwood Presbyterian Church
Wilbur Emmert
Wilbur Black
Guy Kanable
Frank M. Smith
Edward C. Buchhelt
Walter Fish
George Steinhelser
Joseph Uhler
Charles H. Russell
Indiana County Rural Dramatics
Indiana High School Auditorium
Indiana, Penna
Peclor Dramatic Club
Mary Katherine Reely
Walter Hh, Baker Co
Boston
Judge Bardell
Perry McCreight
Truman
W. Earle Foreman
Selesky
Charles McCardle
Leah Selesky
Ralph Cribbs
Spencer Truman
John Cunningham
King
Rethamae Madden
Bardell
Margaret
Cunningham
Home Grange
Vyendul
Martin L
Teeter
Susan Teeter
Isabelle
Kay) Teeter
Amaziah Bassler
Dudley Harris
Chris Appleby
Cone Seene
Mart Tecler
Mary Walker
Leland Pfeiffer
Pearl
Jean Wetzel
Craig Harold Beatty
Willis Reiter
B. F. Sterling
Earl Kuntz
H. H. Wetzel
W. Carl Walker
Roy McKilhoes
Bun Thomas
June Stewart
Apollo High School
tFlame Grange
Alfred I. Tooke
Row
Peterson
Willis Barker
Judy
David Broks
Johnston
Lloyd Altman
O’connor
Furman
A. M. Buchanan
Lynn S. Kinter
Grace Rankin
Floyd Bair
Marion
Center Orchestra
THE
Gordon Dramatics Club
Molworthy Hall
Robert Middlemass
Longman’s Green & Co
Solo
Jane Stewart
NHS
Mahoning Grange
Isla Paschal Richardson
Walter Hf. Baker
Martha Blair
Ned Blair
Clayton Briggs
Dr. Williams
Betty Lou Pitts
Sara-Lee Brinkley
Annie Wilson
Nancy Beck
Vance McCormick
Mable Kinter
Leo Sprankle
Wee
Neal Anna McCormick
W. C. Neal
D. B. Stear
Ned ‘Blair
Vera New
Burkett Sisters
Myers Literary Society
Florence Kerigan
the Penn Publishing Co
Caed
Michael
Mary and
Anna
Louise Fetterman
Bob Esther Sylvia Tran
Gues
Rose
Lakue Warner
Steele
Roy Winsheimer
Anna Mae Davis
Max McCall
Mrs
Clair Kauffman
Cece Libkue Warner
Mildred Nehvig
Edith Isham Coulter
Samuel French
Mes
Randall
Faye ‘Trimble
Granny
C. W. Cummins
Velda
Velda McHenry
Mimi
Sloan Beers
Jenny McBride
Mabel Brown
Tim Mcbride
Jenny
Richard Warner
Mary
Wilfred Flemming
Laura
H. W. Leech
Seene
H. M. Brown
Hoshph Thomas
Elderton
First National
Father Stiby
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