Hospital records show accelerated activity and growth
The Indiana Hospital reported a strong year ending August 31 1936 with 3364 admissions up from 1644 in 1930, 2262 operations, 102 babies born, 107196.34 spent across admin household plant maintenance and professional care and 101080.18 in receipts. Expenditures include 34891.26 for professional care and 32022.43 household. Net balance and campaign pledges noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Hospital
Lillian A. Hollahan
M. C. Gordon
J. Anthony Graff
W. C. Bennett
Gee
J. Feit
Dr. Chas
Be, Rink
L. W. Householder
Indiana
John McAvoy
Clymer
L. A. Pitner
Luciusboro
State of Pennsylvania
Community Chest
Indiana County Post elects officers and committees
Indiana County Post No. 1989 Veterans of Foreign Wars met in their post rooms Tuesday night and elected officers for the ensuing year including Commander S. G. Spicher and Ernest Moorhead as senior vice commander. Armistice day and Buddy Poppy sale committees were named, with poppies to be sold Saturday, November 9. The annual post smoker set for November 8 in the post room will honor Congressman Jos Gray and General Cronkhite, with arrangements by May McLain, George Clark, Murray Bopp, and Lawrence Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Post
F. W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ralph Cummings
Norman Duncan
Cecil Beatty
Clair Fieldline
Buddy Poppy Sale
R. M. Neville
S. G. Spicher
E. B. Campbell
C. C. Goodheart
Jos, Gray
General Cronkhite
May, C. ©. McLain
George Clark
Murray Bopp
Lawrence Sawyer
County Sportsmen All Day Shoot at Old Stone House
Indiana County Fish and Game Association to hold a full day Pre-Hunting Season shoot at the Old Stone House grounds three miles west of Indiana on Route 422 starting at 10 00 a m on Thursday October 24. Open to all sportsmen to try skeet or trap. Bring your gun and aim to equal past marks. Pulpit Bible and Lamps Stolen From Cherryhill Township Church S: The Church of God at Maple Grove in Cherryhill township reports the pulpit Bible and some lamps stolen during the week. The Bible was left to the church by Joseph Phillips. Nearly 1 000 College Alumni Here For Hulme Coming on Saturday S: Nearly 1 000 alumni of Indiana State Teachers College return for Homecoming celebrations last Saturday, aided by ideal weather. Norman Koontz visited Harrisburg for a testimonial dinner honoring Lester A. Ade, the new state Superintendent of Public Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Fish and Game Association
Old Stone House
Indiana
Route 422
Cherryhill Township
Church of God
Maple Grove
Joseph Phillips
Hulme
Indiana State Teachers College
Norman Koontz
Harrisburg
Lester A. Ade
I. W. Fleming
West Water Street
Richard
Stanley Fleming
Millvale
Ann Bowman
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Clearfield
Melinda Detwiler
Philadelphia Street
Hadi Ag
Charles Bryan
Masontown
Carolyn Flat
McClellandtown
Melinda Flat
LaRue Crouse
Blairsville
Sarah Kunkle
Creekside
Stacy &. Kunkle
Guldesac
Idaho
J. M. Kunkle
Litchfield
Betty
Kitty Jones
Walter Gibson
Ila Gibson
Washington
Wm. M. Lyons
Penn Run
Miss Gibson
Pred
J. 2. Mellvaing
New Castle
Town
James W. Mack
Holt Flughes
Robert M. Fisher
W. A. Simpson
Thomas Sutton
Earl Steele
Walter Whitmyre
Charles R. Fouter
Gilbert Wolfenden
Allan Kirkpatrick
Edna Sproulg
Jennis Ackerman
Republican Rallies Planned Across County Districts
Large attendance at county meetings signals voter interest in the Republican ticket ahead of the November election. North Mahoning township turnout included women voters at Trade City. Campaign kicks started Creekside and Alverda with rallies planned in Pine Flats Marion Center Canoe township and more towns through October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republian
North Mahoning Township
Trade City
Creekside
Alvyerda
Pine Flats
Marion Center
Canoe Township
Arcadia
Cockport
Homer City
iShelocta
Armagh
Narrow Escapes as Truck Overturns on Pinchot Road
Two men survived a 2:30 PM crash when a Ross Dry Cleaning Co truck left a Pinchot road between Clymet and Indiana, overturned, and toppled toward a 30 foot embankment. Driver Joseph Shaheen 24 and passenger Francis Conner, both of Clymer, were treated. Shaheen hospitalized with bruises and shock. Police say steering gear failure caused loss of control. Shaheen to be charged with driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Shaheen
Clymet
Indiana
Francis Conner
Clymer
Shaheen
Indiana Hospital
Conner
Ross Dry- Cleaning Company
Corp. L
R. Felon
State Highway Patrol
County Club Women Meet in Indiana on November 2
The Indiana County Congress of Women’s Clubs holds its fall session at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Indiana on November 2. A luncheon follows, with the Saltsburg Club presenting a play. Dr. Pauline B. Mack of Pennsylvania State College will speak on The Consumer. Reservations are via club presidents or county secretary Mrs. Clair Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Mack
State College
County Congress
Indiana County Congress of Women’s Clubs
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Indiana
Saltsburg Club
Richard B. Perry
Pauline B. Mack
Pennsylvania State College
Clair Weaver
Real estate transfers listed for various townships and buyers
A sequence of transfers shows L C McMillen to Clarke Pollock etc in East Mahoning Dixonville deposit Bank to Della Shields in Green township and many more. Multiple deeds record purchases for Indiana Mahoning Armstrong Cherry Hill White South Mahoning and other townships with prices from $1 to $2,700 and notes on parcels and acreage. A trespass notice is listed for The Progress office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. McMillen
Clarke, Pollock
East Mahoning Township
Dixonville Deposit Bank
Della M. Shields
Green Township
S. M. Johnston
Savings & Trust Co
Indiana
Third Ward
Savings & Trust Co. of
Armstrong Township
Francia Chapman
Ashbaugh
Lillie B. Almes
Cherryhill
Margaret C. Way
Melvin P. White
White Township
First National Bank of Salisbury
J. Raymond Devinney
Fourth Ward
Trene Corte
Mary Y. Jamison
Joseph A. Myers
Farmers Bank & Trust Co
Rayne Township
Clara B. Ginter
First National Bank
Cherry Tree
Montgomery Township
Jennie KB. Christy
Robert C. Martin
Conemaugh Township
Mayme EH. Fleming
J. J. O'Neal
Jon Bendis
R. J. Hogan
Young Township
Joseph Bendis
Fleet National Bank of Cherry Tree
Willgm J. Bilsmore
Glen Campbell
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
American Legion Memorial Association of
Blairsville
Carrie 3. Dowdle
Leslie A. Jchick
Burrell Township
Turtle Creek Bank & Trust Co
BE. S. Bayard
Blacklick Township
Mont Getty
William King
Joseph F. Dells
Joseph L. Delil
Saiteburg
Mother and Daughter Hurt in Car Crash Near Indiana
Mrs Mary Nesbitt of Johnstown and her daughter Miss Marsgrace Nesbitt, a student at Indiana State Teachers College, are in serious condition after a car overturned on the Benjamin Franklin highway one mile west of Indiana. Miss Nesbitt suffered skull fracture and severe head injuries. her mother has three rib fractures and body bruises. Mrs Freda Long and her daughter Miss Catherine Long, also students at the local college, escaped with minor injuries. Driver Thomas H Nesbitt, also of Johnstown, was uninjured. The crash followed loss of control after passing a truck. the car swerved left and overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Nesbitt
Johnstown
Marsgrace Nesbitt
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana Hospital
Benjamin Franklin Highway
Indiana
Neabitt
Freda Long
Catherine Long
Thomas H. Nesbitt
County P T A Opens Year in Marion Center Park
The Indiana County Council of the Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers opens its new year with a 6:30 pm meeting and banquet at the Marion Center community park auditorium on October 24. Speakers include Mrs H H Hall of Williamsport and Dr Mary Riges Noble, with Dr Charles H Bee representing the Pennsylvania Medical Association. Local educators and PB. T.A. members from Marion Center Hast Mahoning Township will provide intermission entertainment. reservations due by October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Council
Pennsylvania Congress of ‘Parents and Teachers
Marion Center Community Park
Marion Center High School
Marion Center-Hast Mahoning Township
B. F
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hall
Commonwealth
Mary Riges Noble
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Charles H. Bee
Indiana
Pennsylvania State Medical Association
PB. T.A
Blairsville Sportsmen Plan Annual Game Dinner
Blairsville Sportsmen's Association outlines a three day rabbit and squirrel hunt from November 9 to 11. Rival captains Joe Winnell and Lloyd Stitt lead two teams, with winners to be treated at the November 12 game dinner. Scoring decides the winner as members hunt solo or in small groups and submit all game for supper. A membership drive was launched at the October meeting, urging every member to recruit new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Winnell
Lloyd Stitt
Blairsville Sportsmen's Association
Indiana Post Office Workers to Attend Johnstown Meeting
Indiana postal employees will join about 200 to 250 district workers in Masonica Temple Johnstown Saturday evening for a 27th District meeting. Congressman Joseph Gray will address the attendees after a 6:30 dinner, followed by an entertainment session. Omar Menoher of Ligonier, a college football player, is in Indiana Hospital with a back injury from the game against Slippery Rock Teachers College, not considered serious. A severe electrical storm damaged Mrs. J C Weitzell’s West Water Street home, impacting the chimney roof and basement furnace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Johnstown
Indiana Post Office
Masonica Temple
Joseph Gray
Omar Menoher
Ligonier
Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana Hospital
Slippery Rock Teachers College
Menoher
J. C. Weitzell
West Water Street
Harvest Days Event Closes Monday Night
Indiana merchants run Harvest Days offering coupons with every 50c purchase or account payment. Coupons enter buyers in a prize distribution next Monday evening October 21, with nearly 100 prizes totaling 1200 dollars. Prizes on display opposite the Indiana Hotel at Fifth and Sixth streets. coupons urged to be kept until close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indiana Hotel
Fifth
Sixth
Indiana County 4 H Lamb Show at Pittsburgh Wednesday
The Indiana County 4 H Lamb Club with 16 boys will exhibit pens of three lambs at the Pittsburgh Stock Yards on Wednesday October 23 in competition with peers from Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. They will banquet at Fort Pitt hotel that evening and stay in Pittsburgh overnight. On October 24 the fat lambs go to auction to buyers from packers hotels and restaurants. The group is sponsored by the Indiana County Sheep and Wool Cooperative Association with the Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pitt
Indiana County
4-H Lamb Club
Pittsburgh Stock Yards
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pullman Company
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Co-operative Association
Extension Association
Pittsburgh
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Cooperative Association
Richard Rosensteel
Bori
Indiana County 4-H Club
Donald Ankeny
Shelocta
Dean Miller
Robert Kimmel
H. O. Kimmel, Jr
Clarence Rosensteel
Edin
Paul Overdorf
Indiana
Alan Overdorf
Clarence ‘Stake
Clare Evans
Clyde Altimus
Joe George
Homer City
Abe Hummel
Francis Harper
R.D
Wm. Harper
John P. Deemer
South Bend
Gerald Segner
Personal Brevities Highlight Indiana Weekend Visitors
Braddock resident Misa Cesaie Reece visited friends in town while Mrs Blanch Clark toured her sister in Buffalo New York. Numerous Indiana residents hosted or visited family and friends including D A Cunningham turning 86 at 734 Whyne Avenue, and J R McCullough transacting county business while ordering The Progress. Several locals attended events, dinners, and hospital recoveries with half a dozen names and places across Indiana, New Castle, Grove City, and Pittsburgh referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa ‘Cesaie Reece
Braddock
Blanch Clark
Howard Segher
Buffalo
N. Y
Naomi Leonard
Gallitzin
J. A. Fleming
South Eleventh Street
Betty Mitchell
Greensburg
Blair Calhoun
South Fifth Street
J. N. Scholes
St. Joe
Ind
Gertrude Lewis
Church Street
R. BE. Krape
Maxine
Jonestown
Fred Herlinger
South Sixth Street
D. A. Cunningham
Indiana
Whyne Avenue
John
J. T. Wilson
Shelocta
L. McLaughin
Blacklick
R.D
Kenneth Kerr
Newport
Mra
John Kerr
South Twelfth Street
T. MM, Lewly
I Eleanor
Grove City
Merle Nevill
Charles H. Bee
Water Street
John J. Lee
Jacob Kinneen
Lansing
Michigan
Roy Hughes
Pennsylvania Osteopath Association
Landcaster
Annabelle Russell
South Slath Street
Indiana Hospital
J. T. Stewart
Richard
School Street
Morris Straub
Johnstown
Frank Porter
Vinton
Town
Howard Porter
Valley Forge Military Academy
Phillip J. Gens
Nicktown
Martha Maley
James Downey
Hellwood
B. J. Smithbauer
Patton
William Kissinger Sr dies at 72 in Indiana home
William Kissinger Sr aged 72 a longtime Indiana resident died Wednesday morning at his East Locust street home. Born January 19 1863 in Hast Wheatfield township he grew vegetables and ran large gardens in Blacklick community. He lived in Indiana since 1908 wintering in Florida since 1909. Surviving children include Walter Frank Kissinger Vincent Kissinger Merle Kissinger William Kissinger Jr Joseph Kissinger and two from his first marriage. Funeral Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Kissinger home with Greenwood cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kissinger
Indiana
East Locust Street
Joseph
Wrenbeth Kissinger
Hast Wheatfield
Blacklick
Florida
Flo
Mmlma Clark
Johnstown
Walter
Frank Kissinger
Town
Vincent Kissinger
Latrobe
Homer City
Jane Nippes
Catherine Lear
Denver
Colo
Presbyterian Church
Robert L. Clark
Kissinger
Greenwood Cemetery
Kidward C. Lepley
Mildred. (Davis) Lepley
Edward C. Lepley
Ernest
Indiana Hospital
van Ls
Annabelle (Graffius) Davis
Punxeytawney
Lepley
Iselin
Reynoldsville
Ernest Union Church
Lester Case
Linus L. Deyarmin
White Township
H. M. Deyarmin
Blanche (Moorhead) Deyarmin
Emazy Deyarmin
Blair Deyarmin
Rayne Township
W. A. Degarin
Windber
Fleet United Presbyterian Church
Stillman Foster
Dr Ernest Work Reports On Ethiopia In Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph
Dr Ernest Work former superintendent of Indian schools and East Mahontg township resident, wrote Ethiopia articles for Joseph Sielg in the Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph. He served 64 private instruction to Ethiopian princes, sons of Emperor Halie Selassie, while director of education in that country and authored Ethiopia a Pawn in European Diplomacy. St Francis Catholic Church Rossiter damaged by fire altar destroyed and building damaged to about 2000 dollars. Cause undetermined. Temperance rally at Brughvalley H Sunday October 20 at 7 30 at Brughvalley Methodist church speaker Dr Tope state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Work
Mads
Ethiopia
Nutlya
East Mahontg
Indlanga
Joseph Sielg
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Work
Halle Selassie
SG Brancis Catholic
Ian Rossitey
St.Brancis Catholic
Rossiter J
Hrushvalley H
Methodist Episcopal
County Teachers Meet Here Next Week In Indiana
County teachers gather for a two day institute at Indiana high school October 25 and 26 with sessions on education and society. Notables include Dr. E. Lewis Dr. MacGowan and Dr. Foster addressing topics from devotionals to teaching profession. An enrollment fee of 1.50 covers institute expenses and membership in professional groups. local principals will collect the fee in districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Auditorum
Indiana High School
B. Lewis
Ohio State University
Columbus
Robert MacGowan
Irvington Presbyterian Church
New York City
Charles R. Foster
Indiana State Teachers College
James Remeley
Arthur Pfohl
E. Lewis
Worlds Federation of Education Associations
Oxford
England
B. H. Lewis
MacGowan
Nevin Montgomery
Indiana County
E.E. Lewis
Pr. Lewis
Institute
School Journal
Armagh
East Wheatfield
Mrs. C. B. Winger
Riders Ridge
R. W. Beamer
Georgeville
Hast Mahoning
May Koithepp Campbell
J. A. Mannert
J. K. Hamilton
Green
D. D. Patterson
Homer City
J. $. Byera
North
Mahoning
Kenneth Pfeiffer
South
Dale Bowser
West Mahoning and
Smicksburg
Louveigh
B. Good Marion
Fr. W. Beamer
LD. Patterson
CG. Hoyt
Tawi Yuckenberg
Myers Agency Sells Several Local Properties in Era
Ira A. Myers, local broker, reports sales including Hy El Bennett property on South Beveath Street to Norman Koontz, Indiana schools superintendent, and Margaret Myers property on Bast Lovust Street to Guy Ta Uber. Also moved De J Hileman property in Hille Dale to H.A. Rutrigh & Son and Hileman estate lot in Efillsdale to O. K. Spicher, plus a Sallyburg lot to J. Raymond Deruing. Average life notes end with a quirky statistic about buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Ira A. Myers
Hy EL Bennett
Beveath Street
Norman Koontz
Superfine
Tendent
Indiana Schools
Margaret Myers
Bast Lovust Street
Guy Ta Uber
de. J. HH. Hileman
Hilledale
H.A. Rutrigh & Son
Efillsdale
Hileman Estate
O. K. Spicher
la Lot
Sallyburg
J. Raymond Deruing
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Cai
Marion Center Park
Blairsville Sportsmen
Harry Mitchell
Betty Daugherty
Jay Franklin Kuhn
Molie
Irene Adamson
Norman Franklin Pelter Salina Goldie
Laura Conner
Barnesboro
Silas W. Spence
Hannah Buga Pairman
Frank Ossman
Fay Rowley
Thomas J. Brandon
Lasther B. Little
Creakside
Jagon Carlyle Melcury
Lena Gale Lambing
Joseph P. Geletka
Coral
Anna
Paul Kerestes
Clymer Elizabeth Kadman Commodore
C. . Pease
White Two
Mary Jane Baker
C. C. McLain
Omer F. O'Hara
Highways Department
Harry Henderson
Warren
State Liquor Control Board
J. N. Langham
Liquor Control Board
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