Washington Township Social Roundup and Visits
In Washington Township the article records numerous Sunday and weekend visits among Vandergrift residents and nearby towns. Ralph Elkin, Clark Elkin, Mrs. Clark Elkin, Josiah Fisher, Myron Rearick, Edward Me, Olive Marshall, Du n wain Flickinger, Walter Harman, and James Blystone are named among people calling on relatives or hosting gatherings at homes in Vandergrift, Atwood, Blairsville, Saltsburg, Glassport, Beaver, and nearby areas. A newborn daughter to John Jamison is noted along with several motor trips to church and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Elkin
Vanderarift
Clark Elkin
Ralph
Vera
Indiana
J. A. Parks
Florence
Olive
Earl
LeRoy
Raymond
Near Atwood
Josiah Fisher
J. E. D Blystone
Harry Sink
Olive Marshall
Dunwain Flickinger
Walter Harman
M. J. Boyer
John Jamison
James Blystone
Myron Bear‘ick
Vandergrift
Jacob Harkie
St. Pauls
Calvin Cribbs
A. P.ray
Blairsville
Marion Center Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Marion Center notes from the week include Miss Sara Caldwell of Philadelphia visiting her sister Miss Mary Calwell and brother E P Caldwell. W M Avey and family and Mrs 5 S Wetzel as Indiana visitors. Mrs Horace Kinter and Lisle Kinter of North Manor attended the Wallaville centennial. Dr F W Hinitt gave a sermon at the Presbyterian church. Mrs H S Wynkoop of New York hosted the sewing circle at a country home. Mr Dickson of Creakside and Miss Adda Pounds hosted guests. Bertha Dibler returned from a Gettysburg motor trip. Dr W Bovard and wife were mentioned in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Caldwell
Philadelphia
Mary, Calwell
E. P. Caldwell
Wetzel
Indiana
Horace Kinter
Lisle Kinter
North Manor Street
Wlairaville
F. W. Hinitt
Presbyterian Church of Indiana
H. S. Wynkoop
New York City
Presbyterian Church
Town
Dickson
Creakside
J. D. Adamson
Home
Miss Buchanan
Adda Pounds
Bertha Dibler
Local social notes for nearby towns and families
A string of visits and gatherings across East Mahoning, Leechburg, Vandergrift, and surrounding areas includes postmaster J. C. Bovard's guests, F. R. Boyer and family, Mrs. Maria Stewart staying with W. W. Hopkins, calls to A. M. Lockard's home, and multiple calls in the Anderson and Kepple households. A birthday party for Mrs. Belle Wilson closes the week, with various relatives visiting in Commodore and Clymer, and others stopping by McKinstry Hill and Idamar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamjont
J. C. Bovard
F.R. Boyer
Johnstown
Frank Wolfe
A. M. Lockard
David Anderson
Leechburg
Clements
Leachburg
John Keppie
Vandergrift
H. A. Kepple
Anderson
Neal Anderson
McKinstry Hill
Carl Anderson
Edna
Esther
Melvin
Raymond
Claire Lockard
Arch Hadden
Commodore
Caroline Learn
Blair
Clymer
Elva
Erla Langham
Uniontown
Goldie Wheeler
Clarence Fulmer
Idamar
Belle Wilson
Complete Disarmament as A Cautionary Tale From Buckley
F R Buckley recounts an Adventure Magazine piece arguing disarmament fails when factions exploit exemptions. He cites 14th century Paris under Charles VI, where a disarmed city led to power shifts via controlled captains and a weaponed butchers class. The article notes a recurring pattern of political manipulation through selective disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles VI
Paria
Parla
Mallery
Paris
Hurgundy
Count de St. Pol
Duke of Burgundy
F. R. Buckley
Adventure Magazine
Old Pirate Ship Found In Florida Feels Like Youth Fever
In Sarasota Florida a historically old pirate ship was found twelve feet underground stirring public imagination. The Columbus Dispatch writer Grove Patterson notes the discovery as a boost to public appeal for Florida’s attractions, appealing to both old and young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Hirst
California
Grove Patterson
Columbus Dispatch
Sarasota
Fla
Lampa Without Filaments Promises Filamentless Lamps
Newark inventor Conrad Schickerling reports a filamentless electric light bulb that could cut municipal lighting costs in half. A 500-watt lamp of the new type would burn twice as long and use less than half the current. He also demonstrates two-watt signs, two-candlepower auto lamps, and a vacuum tube filament for AC radio rectification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Schickerling
Newark
N. J
Popular Science
Wool Grown in a Hurry At International Sheep Conference
Professor Barker of Leads University spoke at the Chester conference of sheep breeders describing a Japanese fluid injected into four sheep every two days. It allegedly accelerates wool growth so two months’ injection yields a year’s growth, enabling two or three shearings annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Leads University
Chester
Woman inventor showcases home treatment device at London exhibition
Miss Verena Holmes, a qualified engineer, featured at the Exhibition of Inventions in London for a device enabling an important operation in the treatment of consumption to be done at home. She has other notable inventions, including a promising new type of diving apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Verena Holmes
Afiss Holmes
New Salvador Railway Branch Line Approved for 16 Kilometers
A contract for a 16 kilometer branch railway from Ahuachapan to the Guatemala frontier north of El Naranjo has been signed and approved by the President and the Salvadoran national assembly. Construction must be finished before April 24, 1980. The plan aims to connect the Santa Ana to Ahuachapan line with Guatemala City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly of
Salvador
Ahuachapan
Department
Guatemala
el Naranjo
Santa Ana
Abuachapan
Guatemala City
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Washington Township
rCora Fleming
Wil‘mer
Glassport
Donald
Beaver
Ira Marlin
Margaret Jamison
Robert Prugh
Atwood
Marion Center
Radiola Regenoflex
J. M. Stewart & Co., Inc
Zion’s Valley
Dick” Thompson
Indiana, Pa
Smith
Harvey H. Johnston
Penna
New York
Axminster
Simith’s
Brussels
Sean Brussels
Iless
New Salvador
First National Bank
Amy
Victor Roller
Penn Roller Flour Mills
Griffith Ellis
Pennsylvania
Woodburn Granite Works
Barre
Pennsylvania Railroad
Main
Church
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