Porterfield Bridge Opens on Benjamin Franklin Highway
A new Porterfield bridge over Twollek Creek on the Benjamin Franklin Highway east of Indiana is 276 feet long and 26 feet wide, built at 652000 dollars. The bridge, praised as a fine concrete steel example, offers a valley view and will be officially dedicated Saturday afternoon October 4.
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New
Porterfield Bridge
Porterfield
Twollek Creek
Indiana
Twolick
Patriot Publishing Co
The
Yellow Creek
County Institute Program Completion Summary
The document outlines schedules for the County Institute program with sessions on Applied Art In Rural and Elementary Schools, Reading, Visual Aids, and Creative Expression led by Gail F Powell, C. Valentine Kirby, and others. It also covers the County Directors Convention with devotional exercises, reports, an address by Dr. Voelker, and a banquet program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Bush
Gail F. Powell
C. F Hoban
Laura Vuckenberg
C. Valentine Kirby
Maria J. Thompson
Valentine Kirby
Margaret Cunningham
Reading
The
Directors’ Association
Anderson
Gail F Powell
Parent Teachers Association
George Lindsay
Paul F. Voelker
John M. Thompson
Hilton Jones
Clark
C. R. Foster
West Lebanon
C. M. Smith
Plumville
Weddings of a Week Chronicle Local Nuptials
A roundup of five weddings includes Johnston and Crowley in Youngstown with Edna Mae Crowley, Ruth Rittenhouse and Robert Buchanan in town, Joseph Kinter and Mary Walsh in Pittsburgh, Harvey Smith and Edna Frain in Bolivar, and Nelson Peterman and Florence Carnahan in Armstrong county with brief details on families and postnuptial plans.
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Peterman
Weekend visitors and local social notes in Indiana area
A long list of local residents and visitors is recorded including Mrs W W Huston and family from Pine Flats visiting Newport News and Culver residents visiting William Newlin, car trips to Highland Park and Pittsburgh, relatives and friends calling on hosts in Indiana and nearby towns, a barn fire at Anthony Montgomery Elderton, new car for Raw Dodge, and the Indiana High School appointing Clair Fritz as commercial instructor succeeding Hugh Wiley Jr, with Fritz a Grove City College graduate and former Monongahela high school faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston-Crowley
Frank R. Johnston
Youngstown
Center Township
Edna Mae Crowley
Summitville
M. E. Church
Merrill
Indiana
Johnston
Indiana State Teachers’ College
W.W. Huston
Perrin
Geo. Huston
Pine Flats
Newport News
Alfred Newlin
Culver
Bert Cramer
Belsano
William Newlin
Mary Stephens
Leona Rhine
Floyd Rhine
Henry Foster
Highland Park
Pittsburgh
Homer Bleakney
Newton Falls
George Keeler
Ira Smith
Mt. Union
Jacob Miller
Josephine Miller
James Miller
Rochester Mills
Marlin Crownover
John Keeler
Anthony Montgomery
Elderton
Ralph “Ramer
Rural Valley
Dodge
Harry Baker
Harry Montgomery
Bleakney
Alfred Smvs
Ramer
Mr. Shenk
Mr. Cribbs
New
Clair Fritz
Grove City
Indiana High School
Fritz
Hugh Wiley, Jr
Grove City College
Monongahela
James Longnecker
Braddock
A. Longnecker
Jas. Markey
Clarence Conner
Wm. Tonkin
Hazlette
Co. A. Conner
Burnside
Hero Stephens
Irma Treese
Philipsburg
Yellow Creek Bridge Dedication On Benjamin Franklin Highway
The brief notes the Yellow Creek bridge on the Benjamin Franklin Highway, a boisterous stream in rain, and mentions the official dedication scheduled for Saturday afternoon, October 4, with a courtesy photo from Patriot Publishing Co. Indiana.
Cherry Tree Notes and Local Social Roundup
Indiana visitors and local families appear in a Sunday caller roundup and weekend trips. The Marnesboro district rally at the M B church drew a large crowd with about 1806 attendance. A marriage occurred September 26 in the Court House officiated by Register W Ralph Cummings.
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Moore
Albert Frank Zell
Lois Avenel
Albert
Bigler
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Court House
Cookport Fair Showed Notable Livestock Improvement
The Cookport Fair excelled this year with the premium revision drawing the largest and best livestock exhibit yet. Jerseys led the cattle show with about thirty four head, while the horse show also impressed attendees. Green Township leadership earned praise for the fair’s revitalization and new vigor. Local evangelist H C Hess opens a Penn Run series Sunday at 7 15 pm. Topics include Aids to a Successful Revival and The Price of Power. Wilgus Pig Club dates set for Saturday October 18 with weigh in morning and judging by L G Madison. Frank Long of Latrobe and wife visited Indiana on Tuesday.
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Cookport
Cookport Fair
Green Township
Penn Ren
H. C. Hess
Nanty-Glo
Church of the Brethren
Penn Run
Wilgus Pig
Wilgus Pig Club
Wilgus
Pennsylvania
L. G. Madison
Penn State
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Pomona Grange
Indiana County
Trade City
Center Hall
Jevy
Creekside
Buchanan-Rittenhouse
Ruth Evalyn Rittenhouse
JL. B. Rittenhouse
Robert Clark Buchanan
Streams
William E. Buchanan
Electrical Natural Products Company
Ambridge
Kinter-Walsh
Joseph Watson Kinter
Town
Mary Cecelia Walsh
St. Andrews Church
Mary Walsh
Passavant Hospital
Watt Kinter
Chambersville
South
Kenwood
Emma Dick
Ford B. Smith
Blaine Short
Rennie
Imogene
Trimbles
Matilda Gibson
Florence Stephens
Ida Brown
Irene Gibson
New Kensington
Mary
Jane Cook
Zenes Hines
Ford, Jr
Billy Jack
J. H. Smith
Cherry Trees
Plum Creek
Ayeo
Cherry Tree
Earl Learn
Frank Kring
C. C. George
Clyde Hee
Blair Wissinger
Altoona
Ethal Yingling
Vera ‘Tontin
League
Marnes‘boro
M. B
Clara McPherson
Clair Shepherd
R. Tenney
Clyde Bee
Bob
Jack
Co. W. Sebring
Cook's Forest
Hillsdale
Tuatce of
Lynn
Clyde
Frank Long
Latrobe
Penna
John
Fisher
J. N. Langham
John C. Dight
C. R. Griffith
Harvest Tide Sale
Ongoodrich
Silvertowns
Indiana Motor CO
North Highth Street
Buick
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