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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1925
Page
4
The column lists numerous residents and visitors across Indiana, Blairsville, Wiarton Center, Georgeville, Brookville, Perrysville, and Greenville. It notes house warmings for the Parker farm buyers, family visits, Sunday callers, and events including a state Sunday school convention and a Sharp reunion, with births and local gatherings interspersed.
Mr and Mrs Wade Leasure welcomed a son John Leasure on Sunday. C P Ruffner of Tarentum visited friends in the area. H Riethmiller, a Dixonville caller, was here Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Clare Burkett and family visited relatives in Big Run. Mr and Mrs Dean Mumau called on Beaverdale friends. Sam Burkett is sick. Mr and Mrs James Kinter spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Sam Bray.
Heshbon residents report births visits and illnesses. Mr and Mrs J W McNutt celebrate a baby boy while Calvin Reilly is named by Mrs A R Wagner. Local people greet visitors, including Miss Willayen Wagner and Miss Emma Brilhart, and note a stroke illness of Livya Penrose in Bolivar.
Mrs. Clark Averill returns to Bradford after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W A Mannerberg. Mrs 8 C Long plans a two week stay with daughter Mrs C Williams Webrum then to Bedford to live with daughter Mrs Guy Askey. Mrs B D Wilmoth and Miss Mary Clark visited Philadelphia last week. Prof and Mrs J J Williams weekend with parents Dr and Mrs John White Portage. Rev John Crosby attends Baptist convention Norristown. Mrs J 8 Cleveland returns from visit with daughter Mrs Margaret Cleveland Danville N. R W Wright and W D Clark of Pittsburgh weekend guests at H B Clark home. They are joined by Mrs Wright and children. Rev J S Cleveland and Mr and Mrs W S Martz attend Presbyterian synod Carlisle this week.
A dense list of Sunday visits and weekend gatherings across Dilltown and surrounding towns. Several families including Adams, McQuerrie, Bowers, Campbell, and Smith are noted visiting relatives in Latrobe, Crafton, and DuBois. A school play is announced for November 2 at McFarland school. William McMillen buys a new Ford car.
Mrs. G. T. McCrea spent Wednesday with her daughter Mrs. Stanley Kerr. James McElwee and wife visited friends in Pitcairn Monday. Alma and Ethel Rugh called on their grandparents Mr and Mrs G T McCrea last Sunday. Russell Herlinger was a county seat visitor last Saturday. G J McCrea and son Frank were callers in Indiana Saturday.
Community tidbits report visits among residents of Plumcreek and nearby towns including Annie Jordan, Ossie Keeler, and various families at Peschel camp. The T W Phillips Oil & Gas drilling on the Dunmire farm, a Plumcreek school product show, and a bank burglary attempt at Elderton State Bank are noted with brief outcomes.
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