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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1934
Page
5
The 72nd annual Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association meeting begins at the Presbyterian church in Indiana with 1,500 delegates. Leaders urge duties, faith, and service, with sessions planned in several churches through Friday.
The Tax Justice League of South Bend township will meet Friday evening Oct 19 at the South Bend school house. Shoup school will present the program. All Indiana banks will be closed Friday Oct 12 for Columbus Day. Plan banking for Thursday or Saturday.
Mayor H. Lichteberger opened the session at the Presbyterian church greeting delegates to the State Sabbath School Convention. He said the town was theirs and wished them a pleasant three day stay, receiving applause as he resumed his seat on the platform.
Among hundreds at the annual Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association convention, S. W. Guthrie of Indiana is noted for attending his twentieth consecutive state gathering. Guthrie, a founder and first president of the Indiana County Sabbath School Association, has led the group for 26 years and remains honorary president after more than four decades in Sabbath school work.
A Tuesday crash injured one person in a collision involving Clair Cunningham 23 of Indiana and Joe Levin 35 of Jeannette on the Apollo Shelocta road at 11 30 A M. Levin stopped to talk to another trucker and was struck by Cunningham. A separate Sunday wreck on the William Penn Highway six miles east of Blairsville started by a Gotowski truck fire damaging cargo worth 8000 to 10000 dollars. A cow killed a Shaysburg driver’s car on Route 422 three miles west of Indiana at 5 P M.
Indiana county heats up with near summer warmth this week while recalling a frigid October in 1933. Historical notes from Frank H. Daugherty list several subfreezing mornings in October with ice nearly an inch thick and a coldest day on October 28. The report also highlights Frank Moorhead and three of his beagle kennel dogs winning prizes at Erie trials, plus county updates on H A Bairigh in Clearfield Hospital and a surge of hunting licenses issued totaling 4,000 by County Treasurer C McLain.
Edwin M. Clark was elected chairman of the Young Republicans of Indiana County at the courthouse meeting on Tuesday night. Officers named include Mrs. Helen Watson as vice chairman, Herbert Buchman as secretary, and Millard Frye as treasurer, all serving two years. About 120 committee members from 77 precincts attended as Homer Stephens outlined future activities.
Real estate transfers include Elsie Keener to Bessie Keener for a Plumville borough tract and to Ruth Keener for a one acre South Mahoning township lot, plus Charles R. Stewart to Clymer Water Service Co. for three acres in White township. Numerous deeds list one dollar transactions, 83 and 177 acre parcels, and city lots in Homer City and Indiana boroughs with the Indiana County Commissioners acting as grantor or grantee.
A list of marriage licenses including Keslar Beatty Brown Johnson Radcliffe Dixon Gander Hitchings Ickes Ferguson Greene Barbour Machak Slupek Hayden Mensch Conway Uncapher Telford Funk Nicholson Colbick George Garson plus a Greensburg bank robbery escape of Rambler Gerich from the state police barracks. Also notes attendance at county welfare and directors of the poor meeting, upcoming Republican gathering in Marion Center, a Kittanning Presbytery Men’s Association convention in Leechburg, a Johnstown man charged with criminal assault on a seven year old, and the Progress and Pittsburgh Post Gazette subscription offer to R. D. readers.
Harrisburg businessman Robert Alker visits his father John Alker on School Street. Numerous residents from Meridan Albion Vandergrift and Washington travel to see relatives or attend events, with Chicago World’s Fair trips and local visits noted. Several Indiana County residents, conventioneers, and a Canadian exploration statistic conclude the item.
The Progress extends congratulations to W. Wehrle head of RR Wehrle & Co. prominent Philadelphia street merchants for his 82nd birthday quietly observed last Saturday. Uncle Dick enjoys excellent health and remains active daily with wishes for many more happy returns.
W T H C Treckerman of Nedford, publicity director of the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association, praised the coordination of Union County Sabbath school workers. He noted unprecedented cooperation and effort in securing advance registrations and perfecting meeting details for the state association event, thanking county leaders for their strong organization and tireless work.
Harry Sagal aged 24 of Dixonville was killed Thursday afternoon in Clymer No 1 mine after a fall of rock at the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation plant at Sample Run. Two men with him freed his body after jacking the rock. He was unmarried and survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gazal and brothers and sisters. Funeral services were held Sunday at Gathol Hecturch in Clymer, with interment at St. Hernard cemetery.
Indiana community chest campaign to raise 45000 for seven charitable and church building groups opens Monday October 26 and runs until October 15. Wm M Ruad dock chairs the drive as organizations dependent on the fund receive support for operating costs.
Mr and Mrs Donald Moorhead hosted a large Moorhead clan gathering at their Sleepy Hollow cottage on an October day. Relatives from Indiana and nearby towns enjoyed a cafeteria style dinner and reminiscences of past Moorhead days. The group included eight surviving children and many spouses and grandchildren.
A Diamondville man, A. J. Sickenberger, aged 68, was surprised by four sons, five daughters, 27 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and numerous neighbors and friends on his birthday. He was working in his barn when the family gathered and carried him indoors after singing. A noon dinner followed with a cake lit by candies, while memories and anecdotes from the children filled the celebration. Grandchildren David, James Earn, Shirley, and Glen Sickenberger helped with the occasion.
The Progress reports Mrs Ida Berkeypile of Cherryhill township favored with a basket of Fallowater apples grown in her orchard. The fruit is noted for size and quality with the largest weighing one and one fourth pounds as she harvests a substantial crop of Fallowaters and other varieties along with choice pears.
Don’t run the risk of trespassers reaping the benefit of your work by damaging or pilfering your vegetables and fruit. Post your premises with Progress Trespass notices and you will have the law back of you in making prosecutions against trespassers. Paper Trespass Notices, six for 25 cents. Muslin Notices, three for 25 cents. Add three cents for postage if you wish them mailed. Address The Indiana Progress, Indiana, Penna.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 PM at Melock Hell Funeral Home for Homer C Cameron of Cherryhill township who died Tuesday afternoon from typhoid fever. Tests showed water from his home spring and well polluted, with three children also ill but recovering. Cameron was born April 11, 1874, and survived by his widow Daisy and eight children, with extensive local connections and church membership. Funeral pastor Rev GHB Weaver to conduct services. Brother and sister and several grandchildren noted among survivors.
Funeral services were held today for Marlin P. Calhoun, 64, a native of Armstrong township, who was accidentally killed Friday at a Gary Indiana steel mill. He leaves a widow Elizabeth Calhoun and several siblings. Interment followed at Oakland cemetery.
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