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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1931
Page
2
The essay reflects on historic depressions and current fears as winter looms for the unemployed. It argues future downturns will be endured like past ones, warning that public anxiety about institutions, taxation, and policy could extend hardship if not managed with resolve.
State institution for crippled children at Elizabethtown reports limited October school attendance but shows considerable continuity in education. Dr. Theodore B. Appel notes 22 school days, with students across grades 1 through 11 maintaining mental activity despite health handicaps. Florida conditions prompt fruit inspection changes. new state rules affect shipments and timing for carryout commissions.
The Ritz Theatre offers Eddie Cantor in Palmy Days this week with lavish production and wit. Ambassador Bill with Will Rogers screens Monday to Wednesday, followed by Street Scene a cross section of New York life in film. Also Sob Sister starring James Dunn arrives December 15. Nine Musical Magpies add attraction December 3–5.
The 1931 Christmas Seals debut Friday morning in Indiana County launching the 25th annual sale. Proceeds aid tuberculosis prevention and public health efforts, with past funds supporting Brookside Health Camp, six weeks for 25 children, totaling over 200 pounds gained. Seals cost one dollar per sheet, and larger contributions are welcomed.
A batch of local wedding notices lists Entrees from Elderton and nearby towns. Reefer Reefer and Laura Olive Harshbarger of Shelocta were wed November 18 in Elderton parsonage. John Beachman wed Margaret Morgan Whitehead of Barneshoro on November 17. David H Jones and Anna Mae Bush married in Derry. Elia Rhea Duncan and Carl Carney married in Cumberland Md. Carney works for Associated Gas & Electric at Seward.
Marion Center residents report visits from relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs J A Terpe of town visiting their Ohio son and daughter Mrs Bowers visiting her niece Mrs Nettie Ackerson of Manor J, Mrs Taylor of Lilly visiting her foster daughter Mrs L Moore and others. Health notices mention Mrs L H Mountain among the sick, and Miss Twila McManus a student nurse in Adrian hospital at Punxbu ltawney returning home ill briefly. Horace Kinter serves as U S juror in Pittsburgh with Mrs Kinter visiting Blairsville sister, and Mrs Mary Wetzel an Indiana caller. The town notes also include visitors from Glasgport and Brookville and a Thanksgiving sermon planned by Rev C L Moore at the Presbyterian church at 10 oclock.
About 130 fathers and sons attended the Blacklick Presbyterian church banquet on Friday evening. Ladies of the church served the chicken dinner and fellowship was strong. Toastmaster Dr KE Bushell and speakers Rev Nicholson M O Smith Rev Hanks and County Farm Agent John W Warner featured the program. Vocal numbers by the church men's quartet and performers from Armagh and Blacklick complemented the event.
A Grange booster meeting at Reynoldsville Grange is planned for Wednesday evening December 2. State Master EB J Dorsell will lead ceremonies. Jefferson County Granges will participate and Indiana County patrons are invited. The event supports the State Grange gathering in DuBois December 8. Rip Outs and Corn Yields A Hughes and son harvested 1500 bushels of corn from 15 acres and oats averaged over 52 bushels per acre.
Doctor Theodore M. Appel urges restraint in daily meals to prevent illness and deaths from overeating. He contrasts modern sedentary life with past activity, advises a balanced diet, and warns that overindulgence can cause premature death and missing future celebrations.
The annual meeting of the Mining Institute of the 25th Bituminous District drew almost 200 members and wives to a Saturday dinner in the town’s new M E church. Thomas S. father presided as toastmaster as speakers from State College and Ohio Brass addressed the gathering after a daylong session at the Y M C A. A welcome address was given by Rev. Arthur Pfoh.
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy shown at the death of our daughter and sister Plo M Falcon and for floral tributes and also for the curses Parents and sisters.
Ideal gift for a boy ages ten to twenty, The American Boy Youth’s Companion offers adventurous reading that travels to distant lands and historic conflicts. Subscriptions are $2.00 for one year or $3.00 for three years, with gift cards available and direct mail orders to Detroit.
We the undersigned property owners in Sleepy Hollow Rayne and White Townships forbid hunting and trespassing on our lands. Violators will be dealt with by law. Signatories include Joseph Byers Donald Moorhead Wm. E. Pierce Sleepy Hollow Club R. N. Hay Arthur Hay dated Oct 28 1931. The Progress and Post Gazette advertises a newspaper combination offer.
The notice urges each district or township and borough not yet organized for relief to form immediate groups to handle food and clothing locally. It criticizes county wide relief through Central Charities Association and says donations should stay in the donor district, with district headquarters distributing aid rather than centralizing intake. The county drive for aid will begin in December.
John Woods of town was elected president of the Laymen's Association of the Kittanning Presbytery at the annual meeting in Kittanning. Over 200 laymen attended from churches across the presbytery, with 1206 men present in total. Dr. Weir C. Ketler, Grove City College president, delivered the reading address. Lawrence Robinson and J. R. King also spoke. Local resident Frank Ashbaugh was seriously hurt Friday evening when struck by a truck on Ok Street, sustaining a fractured right leg and lacerations and is hospitalized. the truck driver fled and license details are being sought, with the victim in favorable condition. A Hawaii football team is coached by a woman.
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