Strongstown Notables Travel and Local Updates
Strongstown visitors include Jeff iP W G Troxell and C C Hill on a business trip to Cardiff on Wednesday. Rev P W Large returns to the M H W church for another year. Miss Hesie Barr of Johnstown visits Anne Stiles. Milton Rodkey of Verona visits relatives. Harry Graham family of Indiana spend Sunday with Wm Bennett. Anna Stilea and Cleon Smeltzer wed last week and plan a new home near White Mill. Dorothy Bishop of Johnstown visits Mrs Elizabeth Troxell. Ann Ford returns from Johnstown. Jaye Johnson owner of Johnare garage attends the World's Mall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Ip
W. G. Troxell
C. C. Hill
Cardiff
P. W.large
M. HW
Hesie Barr
Johnstown
Anne Stiles
Milton Rodkey
Verona
Harry Graham
Indiana
Wm. F
Wm. F. Bennett Home, Anna Stilea and Cleon Smeltzer
Dorothy Bishop
Elizabeth Troxell
Ann Ford
Jaye Johnson
Johnare Garage
One Day Sale Ad Shows Low Price Footballs
A Washington Post ad touts a single day sale featuring tan pigskin footballs for women shoppers priced at 3.35 dollars. Separately a Warsaw police raid reportedly eliminated the Polish Communist party in a related item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Warazawa
Communist Party
Local social notes from Punxsutawney and nearby towns
Mrs Williams returns home after visiting daughter Mrs Harold Motturn at this place. Several residents and visitors from Punxsutawney Cleveland Johnstown and Pittsburgh travel to attend events and visit relatives. Gleaned: church and school activities including Sabbath school convention in Indiana and a G O P rally in Punxsutawney.
Plum Creek social notes from Five Points and Ford City
Mr and Mrs Carl Downey of Five Points visited with Tillie Frailey and son Charley. Jane Ralston called at Mrs H Porter Miller farm. Millers expect to move soon as repair work continues. Wm A Bierer visited Ralph Ramer. Felix Burddy of Ford City called on Clarence Lasher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Downey
John Keeler
Tillie Frailey
Charley
Jerry Kimmel
Jane Ralston
H. Porter Miller
Wm. A. Bierer
Ralph Ramer
Felix Burddy
Ford City
Clarence ‘Lasher
Weekend visits and local events in Smicksburg area
Smicksburg residents hosted and visited relatives across nearby towns including Wicksburg, Dayton, Gypsy, Midway, Butler, and Indiana. Attendees attended church conventions, state meetings, and mission society gatherings while several families hosted friends and shopped locally. A chicken supper fundraiser and a church water project were noted.
West Lebanon Social Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Nancy Devers visiting daughter in Los Angeles. Mrs Charlie Fleming hosted a Thursday afternoon gathering. Mr and Mrs Robert Cunningham and Evalene of Creekside dined at C M Millens. Belle George of Canton stayed weekend at her West Lebanon home. Rev J Ranson presided at Communion services at West Union and Olivet. Chas H Miller has garage contract for R L George property. G H Coleman family visited Apollo relatives. Val Jean Coleman injured in an accident two weeks ago slowly improving but confined to bed.
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Willams
Punxsutawney
East Mahoning Township
Homer City
John Moot
Howard Park
Indiana
Thomas Peaberry
Trade City
H.M. Mohney
Harry Peffer
Chas. Elliott
Johnstown
Ralph Rhule
Sadie Gall
Pittsburgh
James E. Moore
Mary Brown
W. C. Roberns
G. M. Wingert
Wim. McLain
Big Run
Perry Wingert
EB. H. Glass and Son
Nancy ‘Devers
James Patterson
Charlie Fleming
Robert Cunningham
Evalene
Creekside
C. M
Olivet
Chas
H. Miller
R. L. George
Rochester Mills Weekend Visits Spread Wide
Mr and Mrs Clair Gibson and daughter Jeanne along with Betsy Gibson and John Kirk spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J B Elder in Rochester Mills. Several Pittsburgh residents and New Kensington visitors joined relatives in weekend gatherings and trips to Punxsutawney and Vandergrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Gibson
Jeanne
Betty Gibson
John Kirk
Joseph McClure
Pittsburgh
How to Pray Lessons from Bible Texts and Models
The lesson outlines false prayer versus true prayer, the model prayer Jesus gave, and Pauls prayer for the Ephesians. It emphasizes intimate fellowship with God, private and public prayer, right relationship, proper attitude, and the Holy Spirit’s indwelling for strength, love, and protection from temptation.
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Lusson
Jesus
God
Christ
Saul
Banton Mount Carmel
Jesus Christ
Pauls
Ivor
What We Live For and the Christ Within It
A brief reflection on living for Christ as the defining purpose of a person. The text contrasts self directed pursuits with a life centered on spiritual devotion, echoing St. Paul’s assertion that to live is Christ and that true identity follows from that allegiance.
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Christ
St. Paul
Trouble Within Today
A compact reflection evokes Marcus Aurelius asserting trouble originates inside. The quote emphasizes inner resilience over external disturbance, urging self-mastery and calm in adversity. This meditation-style line frames personal peace as a deliberate internal achievement.
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Marcus Aurelius
Washington Township Social Roundup Details Across Indiana Trips
Washington Township notes cover visits from Mrs Luther Peterman and Mrs James Orr to nearby homes, Indiana shoppers and callers, a Willet Grange Republican meeting with speakers from Indiana, and a sequence of local social visits. The piece notes schoolhouses selling and leaving local memory, with many names and small events across Atwood, Pennsylvania, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Township
Luther Peterman
Horace ‘Adamson
Beyer
James Orr
Sagamore
Bryan Orr
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Strongstown
Marchand
Plum Creek
Geo D.leydic
Indiana County
The
Indiana Progress
Smicksburg
Curt Good
Wickinsburg
Taylor Good
Mssse Weston
Pattie
Glenn Holden
Dayton
Loyd Cessna and Famiy
Gypsy
Bart Cessna
Midway
Theo. Elkin
Robert Elkin
Wm. [Barrett
Stins ‘Daugherty
Savannah
United Lutheran Church In America
J. B. ‘Troutman
M. L. Black
Lucy Condron
Lola Fulton
Butler
Women's Missionary Society of the Pittsburgh Synod
Amos Boyer
Dale Boyer
Tlderton
Wm. Simers
Worthington
Chas, Wingard
Theo, Dodson
Paul Stiteler
Brady’s ‘Bend
Dave ‘Elkin
Geo. Roush
Clark Loughrey
Mae Davis
Annie Bond
David Edmunds
Lora Fulton
Christine
Maxine
Margaret ‘Bittinger
Belknap
Chan. Lukehart
Vandergrift
J. L. Condron
Rev. Nicholson
J. C. Nippes
I. M.raleigh
Barclay
Annie Bell
C. O. Smith
J. A. Shrom
E. M.bushnell
Helen Lickert
Serulah Campbell
Elmer Campbell
W. A. Ward and Sons
John and
Billie
Niagara Falls
Misa Bernsetta Newton
Zelionople
M O. Smith
Dorothy Stoneback
New York City
Elizabeth
Emilie Steneback
Ann Stewart
Aliquippa
C. J. Grater
Edna Lehman
H. M. Bushnell
Nicholson
J. R. Geary
Johnstown Hospital
R. O. Trexler
Armagh
Norman ‘Davis
Dixonville
Walker School
Idaho
Bert Kerr
Dorothy Fulmer
Lowry
Floyd Ray
Sara Jane
L. A. Altman
Blacklick
Sheloctan Borough
Season Ramer
Wilmer Sharp
West
Lebanon
Rochester Mills
Sara Smith
Lizzie Gardner
Annie Parson
Roy Andson
Betty
L. WR. Elder
Fanny
Beenean
Wortarn
the Savings: Trust CO
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Roy Blystone
Paul McIntire
Near Atwood
Ruby Brown
Mary. Fleming
Allen McFarland
Ela Fleming
Ruth Brown
Roy ‘Blystone
James Blystone
Atwood
Ethel Harman
Mae Fisher
Milo G. Miller
Willet Grange Hall
J. i. Stewart
J. Clair Sloan
E, HE. Creps
Beryl Seanor
Clark ‘Pikin
Avery Jewart
Walter Harman
Ethel
Mra
Jess Akens
John Kough
George
Martha
Mt. Union
Mra. Kough
George Tarmin
Robert Prugh
Glenn Orr
Glenn Jewart
Charles
Mra. M. Frick
Earl
Willard Frick
Margaret ‘Harman
Jeks Akené
Near Advance
Ann
Harry Jewart
Locas
Kelly
Red Lion
Harman
Marie Keener
Mt. Union Church
EB. J. Mclntire
Ralph ‘Ray
Alverda Harry Russell
Clymer
Ernest Roberts
Cherry ‘Tree
Mildred Bowerge
Glen Richey
Ben Bertrando
Frank Magnone
Tony Mazzucca
iPaul Stiffler
Charles Rummel
Grant ‘Good Ia
Charles Pickup
Mary Sutila
Joseph Sutila
Doyle Joiner
Commodore
Harry Ansted
Spangler
Alma Vazer
Alma Leone
Arch Repine
W. H. Heiser
Betty Joiner
Cinda Waxler
George Study
Nicktown
R.W. Wehrle
Indiana, Pa
Parnell, Cowher & Co
Citizens Bank Building
Larrow and
Edelmans
Morton
Millers Dog
Wingold
Winona
Goldenrod
Hetrick & Wilson
P. RB. R
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