County Mourns Death of Supt J F Chapman
Hundreds of residents in Indiana and adjoining counties honor memory of James Fleming Chapman, long time county superintendent, died after injuries from an auto crash on the Benjamin Franklin Highway. Funeral services held at Zion Lutheran Church, with burial at Oakland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Lutheran Church
Benjamin Franklin
Indiana
James Fleming Chapman
Indiana 'Hospital
Streams Funeral
Indiana State Normal
Big Run
Third Ward
W. &. Trainer
Borough
Chapman
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Education Congress
Joseph B. Weaver
Weaver
New Castle
Jaffa
Mystic Shrine
Indiana Lodge
Bess (Cunningham) Chapman
Harriet Chapman
James
John Chapman
Tanner
W. Va
Bila
Joseph Wingert
Caneaden
N.Y
Joseph iChapman
Rushford
Anna Chapman
David Chapman
North Mahoning Township
Wallace JC. Chapman
Arthur. J. Pfohl
Oakland Cemetery
County PTA Dinner Meeting At Hellwood Oct 27
The Indiana County PTA will hold its annual dinner and meeting on Tuesday evening October 27 at Hellwood. Full details and the program will be announced. Mrs. Ben Hill of Waterstreet spent Friday in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hill
Waterstreet
Pittaburge
Tribute by Indiana official on James F Chapman impact
The Hon. J. T. Stewart a former County Superintendent of Schools praised Supt. Jas F Chapman calling it humanly impossible to measure the good influence exerted on thousands of pupils by his years in county service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Stewart
Indiana
Jas. F. Chapman
James F. Chapman
Real estate transfers span Blairsville to Pine township
A string of property transfers records numerous sales and deeds for small sums including one thousand dollars. Notable entries include Graceton Coal & Coke Co to A L Light for a coal lot in Center township and the Graceton firm to A I Light for coal in Center township. Additional deals cover Blairsville borough Saltsburg Grayseton Center and surrounding areas with prices ranging from 1.00 to 1000.00 reflecting routine conveyances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Pease ‘Hosack
Nellie M. Hosack
Blairaville
Grace Truby
W. A. Morton
Saltsburg
Graceton Coal & Coke Co
A. IL. Light
Graceton
Graceton Coal and
iCoke
A. L. Light
Center Township
Schwarzenbach Huber Co
Pittsburgh Stove Fixture and Equipment Co
Blairsville
James JH. Totten
Dilts Williams
Smithport
Mrs. Maude Miller
Arthur N. Miller
Indiana Borough
P. Smith
T. N. Marshall
Banks Township
John 8. Ross
Ross
Grant Township
Joshua Vogel
Thos
Barbour
R. H. Young
Blairsville Savings & Trust Co
Sylvester Albino
Saiteburg
Harry N
Man Found Dead in Johnstown Identified as Weaver Kin
The body found Thursday in Conemaugh railroad yards Johnstown is identified as George Norman Weaver 63 native of Georgeville this county itinerant peddler son of the late Mr and Mrs Geo Weaver. Surviving are Elmer H Weaver Indiana Mrs Miranda Mack Jeannette Mrs Bertha Barrett Newark Del and Mrs Sadie Green Clymer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Jane
Landon Mortgage Litter Display Sparks Hawke Township Irony
A two and a half pound potato grown by J Z Neal of Hawke township was shown at the Republican Headquarters in Indiana Hotel, labeled the Landon Mortgage Litter. The display drew local attention and mixed responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
J. Z. Neal
Hawke Township
Republican
Indiana Hotel
Marriage Licenses List From Indiana and Nearby Areas
A catalog of marriage licenses listing names and locales including Earl Little, Mae Potts, Kenneth Fuller, Belva Smith, Andy Mlecik, Marty Sabato, Burrell, Mary Smith, Edna Loretta Mikesell, Edna Burrell, Charles Edward Burd, Edna Loretta Mikesell, Louise Hobby, Frank Marshall, Anna B. McAfoose, Charles W. H. Smith, Virginia Pierson, John A. McCormick, Jane Byers, Orlando D. Twigg, Goldie Virginia Bell, John Lagniki, Theresa Pinale, William Waien, Mary Jerka, Glenn Rush, Elizabeth Reno, William Ruble, Pauline Rosensteeles, Joseph Reschine, Rosy Marie Pugliese, Paul Spelock, and Allee Sabo, among others, from towns such as Blairsville, Mahaffey, Freeport, Oil City, Indiana, and Mahoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Little
Washington
Mae Potts
Kenneth Fuller
Montgomery
Belva Smith
Andy Mlecik
Marty Sabato
Clair W
Humphrey
Burrell
Mary Smith
Bessese Burrell
Charles Edward Burd
Blairsville
Edna Loretta Mikesell
Blairaville
J. Empfield
Louise ‘Hobby
Frank Marshall
Indiana
Anna B. McAfoose
Charles W. H. Smith
Homer City
Virginia Pierson
Canton, QC
John A. McCormick Mahaffey
L. Jane Byers
Mahaffey Orlando D, Twigg
Goldie Virginia Bell
John Lagniki
Freeport
Theresa Pinale
William J
Waien
Oi City
Mary Jerka
Oil City
Glenn Rush
Mahoning
Elizabeth Reno
William Ruble
New Alexandria
Pauline Rosensteeles
Apollo Joseph R
Reschine
Rosy Marie Pugliese
White Station
Paul Spelock
Allee Sabo
Coroners Inquest Set For Chapman Death
Coroner John Woods announced the inquest into the death of County Superintendent James F. Chapman will be held Monday afternoon October 19 at 3 30 in the Court Room. John McClelland 24 of Broadacre Ohio driver of the truck that skidded on route 422 east of Indiana fatally injuring Supt Chapman on Wednesday morning October 7 was released on bail of 1000 pending the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woods
James F. Chapman
Court Room
John McClelland
Broadacre
Elbow Hill
Indiana
Chapman
Hutchison to retire from farming in Armagh area
James J. Hutchison a leading Armagh agriculturist will retire and sell his personal property at public gate on Friday October 30. He plans to live with his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs M McCormick of Minneapolis Minnesota during the coming winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Hutchison
Armagh
Indiana
M. McCormick
Minneapolis
Minn
Blairsville teen breaks leg in football game
Robert Clark aged 17 son of Mrs Lora Clark of Blairsville, a senior at a trade school in Elizabethtown, sustained a leg fracture during Saturdays football contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clark
Lora. Clark
Blairsville
Elizabethtown
Republicans lining up for full ticket rally notes
Republican rallies across Blair County districts attract large audiences as candidates and speakers, including Wolfenden Sloan James Mack and others, campaign issues discussed by Judge Creps and Prothonotary Long. Women and young Republican clubs organize meetings, with events in Willet Johnstonburg Rochester Mills Plumville Saitsburg Green township Cockport and multiple townships through October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willet
Johnstonburg
Banks Township
William Ruddock
L. M. Peeler
J. Reppell Moorhead
C. Gilbert Wolfenden
J. T. Stewart
J. Clair Sloan
General Assembly
Willett
Commmitteeman
C. L. Hudson
H. W. Colbitt
Plumville
Indiana Hotel
Dollar Certificate Campaign Committee
Council of Republican Women of
Indiana
White Township
James W. Mack, Sr
Mitchell McCartney
Repubblican
Blair County
Saitsburg
E. &.Creps
Elder Peeler
James W. Mack, Jr
Gilbert Wolfenden
Town
James Marks
Kiski School
Thomas Barber
Clarence Watson
Young Republican Club
Pine Township
John Jacobs
David Hughes
Mildred Cramer
Green Township
Cockport
Homer City
Flora
Brushvalley
Armagh
Eldars Ridge
Linlthport
Strongstown
McFeeley
Clyde
Pine Flats
Rayne Township
Rossiter
Marion Center
Clymer
Clarksburg
The Manos Theatre Replaces The Ritz in Town
The Ritz Theatre becomes The Manos Theatre on Tuesday. A $4,500 neon and animated sign announces the new name honoring Michael Manos, president of the Manessen Amusement Co. Inc., which runs two local theatres and others in Western Pennsylvania. The first Manos Theatre was built in Greensburg by Mr. Manos and later sold to Warner Bros. who operate it under the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manessen Amusement Co
Ritz Theatre
Manos” Theatre
Michael Manos
Manessen Amusement Co, Inc
Pennsylvania
New Florence Native Stricken on Train Fatal Heart Attack
Benjamin St. Winkleman, a New Florence native and railroad freight brakeman aged 47, was found dead on a box car tag as his train reached Altoona Saturday night. The death was attributed to a heart attack. He resided in Conemaugh at the time. He leaves a widow and children Harry of Somerset, Mrs Marie Hill of Latrobe, and Mrs Iya Hilden of Grand Rapids, Mich. He is survived by brothers and sisters in New Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Florence
Watat
Benjamin St. Winkleman
Altoona
Derry
Conemaugh
Harry
Personal Breevities Updates From Indiana’s Towns
William Wilam of near Avon More was not a caller in Indiana on Saturday. Many locals travel to Pittshurch and Columbus Ohio for visits. Readers note a series of weekend visits, with relatives in Pittsburgh Wilkinsburg Braddock and beyond, plus a public sale of Hugh Brown’s Kent farm Saturday October 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilam
Neay Avon More
Cotler
Indiana
Paul Steetie
Weat Church -Street
Pittshurch
Myre
George Waddell and Son
Town
Shenandoah Valley
Elizabeth Graham
Valencia
Leticia Dodson
East Philadelphia
J. C. Robinson
Albert Stear
Smicksburg
Logan Miller
Church &I
Columbus
Ohio
Mack McDowell
Olen Flaming
Braddock
Clay Mahan, Jr
Pittsburgh
W. H. Mahan
Wast Water Street
J. M. Lashley
St. Louis
Women's General Missionary Society
Pauline Walker
Wilkinsburg
William Watterson
Charleroi
A. S. Moorhead
South Seventh Street
Clair Long
Greensburg
John Jacoby
Bert . Kuhna
Meadville
Lizzle Buck
Homer City
R. D
Robert Pattison
Harrisburg
Augusta, Pattison
Oakland Avenue
I Ruth MecAtoose
Tnnnelton
H. M. MacAfogse
West School Street
Ethel Shearer
Livernore
Ic. J. Bhey
Akron
iRobert Maxwell
Cleveland
Anna Rowley
Altoona
H. J. Boyle
North Tenth Street
John A. Miller
Wayne Avenue
Overland
St. Petersburg
Florida
Edgar and
Paul Mack
McKeesport
James W. Mack
North Sixth Street
J. H. Devlin
William
Near Shelocta
Abe Mzp
Dale G. Shaner
Vandergrit
Joe Harkness
A. G. Heath
College Avenue
Seward Davison
Johnstown
Rebecca Davison
West Washington Street
George Lindsay
Hellwood
James Mehan
Brushvalley
Parent- Teacher Association
Hart Park
Norman
Mary
North Ninth Street
Ohio State- Pitt
John Hamill
Helen
White Township
Rudolf Fiist
Sheboygan
Wis
Charles North
Seattle
Wash
B. Allison
Allison
North
J. Arthur Robinson
North Seventh Street
Boston
Maass
Robinson
National Selective Morticians Association
Misa Evelyn Wolfe
Philadelphia Street
Jane Wolfe
New Florence
Wolfe
Livermore
Harry JH. Peterman
Carl Smith
Haltimore
Peterman
Cherry Tree
Smith
Chambersville
Rayne Township
A. Brown
Mona Jean
Conemaugh Township
Stillman
Foster
First United Presbyterian Church
Towns
Bath
J. H. Miller
Shelocta
I. D
Pam Brown
Betty Loy
Elderton
Rochester Mills
James Miller
Turkey Farm Tour Set for Friday Orioles? Wait
Purkey Raisers from four counties join with State College poultry experts for a turkey automobile tour Friday October 28. Stops include Radaker near Dayton Bell near Punville Davis near Indiana Nichols near Carrolltown Yahner near Carrolltown Leiden near St. Lawrence with lunch at Nichols. Tours feature different turkey management practices and exchange of experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ff. Kauffman
State College
Idiana
Armstrong
Jefferson
Cambria
Clark Davis
Mr. Bell
Nichol Turkey Farm
Indiana
Nichols
Kauffman
Yahner Turkey
St. Lawrence
Rayne Township Farmer Loses Barn in Sunday Fire
Authorities probe a mysterious fire that destroyed a new barn and contents on Andrew Kinter’s Rayne Township farm near the CCC camp. The blaze at 1:00 a.m. spared livestock and a team of horses, saved adjacent structures, but caused several thousand dollars in loss with no insurance on the barn or its belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kinter
Rayne Township
Kinter J
CCC
Kinter
Harvest Days Coupon Event Hungering Prize Distribution
Indiana's Community Harvest Day winds down Monday evening October 19 as more than 40 local firms sponsor a sale where Harvest Days Coupons earned with each 10r purchase or on account entitle holders to a share of the top prizes. Stores promise complete, fresh stocks while shoppers collect coupons for big rewards. A separate note announces Attorney G William Musser to be admitted to practice before Indiana county courts, detailing his education and new office in the Savings & Trust Company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Firma
Indigna
Peeler
William Musser
Indiana County
Musser
Tg Wo
A. J. Mussen
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Hils
Washington& Jee University
Dickinson College
Savings & Trust Company
John A. Scott
Indiana men hunting moose and fishing in Canada
A. J. Stahura Ira Edwards George D. Leydic Walter Kissinger and Matthias of Indiana are spending the week hunting moose and fishing in the North Bay section of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Canada
A. J. Stahura
Ira ©. Edwards
George D. Leydic
Walter Kissinger
Matthias
North Bay
Teachers Directors Meet Here Next Week
Indiana county and Indiana borough teachers and directors prepare for an institute at Indiana High School October 22 and 23 with Dr Frederick Snyder and Dr Elijah Jaeses as speakers. Registration opens Thursday at 8:00 am and enrollment fees are 1.50. The annual meeting of the Um Wana County Directors Association follows on October 28 with Col. Glasser presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dors Moetin School
Frederick Snyder
Elijah Jaeses
Indiana County
Indiana Borough
Indiana High School
D. L. Winger
Norman Koontz
Indiana Schools
Um Wana County Directors Association
Fr. Glasser
Institute and Directors
New York
Elijah Dantes
Wich
Holt Hughes
Mass
Reniley
Tadlana High School
Europe
Elijah James
Charley F. Maxwell
Westmoreland Co
Brush Valley Man Killed in AR Crash Near Armagh
John A. Lydie of Brushgalley, 41, died when the car he rode in left the highway and hit a telephone pole near Armagh. Funeral services in Seward for the World War veteran. interment at Beth El cemetery Revloc. Driver Ralph M. Baird held on involuntary manslaughter and intoxicated driving after coroner's inquest. Survived by wife Mildred and children Ruth, Hazel, Jack. also father George Lydic and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Funeral Home
Seward
John A, Lydie
Brushgalley
Armagh
Bethel Cemetery
Revloc
Cambria County
George Lydle
Chapman Lydle
Cramer
Jessie Rummel
Braddock
Johns
Ralph M. Baird
Bradford
L. R. Foulkrod
Lydie
Mildred
Spider) Lydie
Ruth
Hazel
Jack
George Lydic
Murray and
Chapman Lydic
Cam
Harry Lydic
Rhensburg
Election Appointments in Several Districts
George M. Clawson is appointed election constable in Blackwick District No 1 and Lawrence Bothell is appointed election constable in Burrell District No 3. The announcements specify new constables and their districts in the local election administration changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Clawson
Blackwick
Lawrence Bothell
Burrell
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County
J. F.chapman
Women
Young Republican
Lin
Manos
Malta
Arfata
Armory
Plana
Te Diana
Hey
Tory
Knights of Malta
State Armory
Kittanning
Cabois
Punxsutawney
Apollo
Vandergrift
Latrobe
Wniform
Sir John Haire
Reynolds
Fred Kunkle
Wilkinsburg ‘Commandery
Malti
Turkey
Spain
Dr. James
Dr. Snyder
A. J. Pohl
Sofet
Houra
Snyder
Robert H. Austin
Chaorge
Henry Graff
E. M. Bushnell
Supt
Maxwell, Westmoreland Co. Public Schools
Brus Valley
John A
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