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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1936
Page
5
Sheriff H F Koozer authorized to hire investigators and deputies after a 3500 dollar resolution by the county board. The drive aims to purge county registry lists of unqualified voters, starting immediately in districts with complaints and expanding as needed.
Four tons of groceries were lost when the Blairsville Grocery Company truck overturned into the Conemaugh River as the ferry boat sank during transport from Robinson to Bolivar. The truck was recovered after difficulties as floodwaters swept away the joint county bridge linking Robinson and Bolivar, just after ferry service resumed.
Labor and politics event set for October 24 at Indiana Fair Grounds with International president William Lewis and Senator Joseph Guffey as speakers. Parade at noon precedes talks at 2:30 PM and cash prizes reward large unions for membership, distance traveled, and parade appearance.
Ralph M Baird 44 of Braddock pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and driving under the influence after a fatal crash near Armagh that killed John A Lydie 41. He received 12 to 24 months for manslaughter and six to 12 months for drunken driving with fines and costs totaling 700.00. The sentences run consecutively for a total 18 to 36 months in the Allegheny County Workhouse.
State Highway Patrol corporal Charles E. Loughner and his wife Violet Quigley of Greensburg announce the birth of their daughter Catherine Violet Loughner on Monday at their home in Indianapolis. The newborn joins the couple at 718 Grant Street as the officer continues duty at the Indiana station on South Seventh Street after a recent transfer from Greensburg.
The Armstrong Grange meets at Parkwood schoolhouse Wednesday evening October 28 at 7 30 P M. The gathering features a Halloween program with each member contributing a part for the event.
Prize winners listed with names and addresses across Indiana locations for a community event. Winners include a 2% Electric Waffle Iron to G Miller of Washington Street and a $10 cash prize to George M Medlock of Water Street, among many others.
A large Young Republicans rally for Indiana county and nearby areas is set for Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Court House. County president Thomas S. Barber will preside as state officers of the Young Republicans of Pennsylvania, local candidates, and guests greet the assembly. Principal speakers include Kenneth Kressler of Easton and Burdett Birley of New York, an acclaimed orator nicknamed the young William Jennings Bryan. The public is invited.
The State Department of Highways awarded contracts to Farris Engineering Co. of Pittsburgh for 0.30 mile of bridge construction in Burrell and Blacklick townships. The project includes two pony truss bridges native stone bases reinforced concrete pavement and traffic route 680 and rural route 32004.
W. J. McCann, 36, of Indiana, pleaded guilty before Judge Crepe to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was sentenced to pay costs, a $200 fine, and seven to twelve months in the county workhouse.
Harrisburg Oct 20 The care loss throwing of a ball of white lead into a pasture cost a farmer at Mt Holly Springs Cumberland county six cows from a herd of seven Suspecting a poisonous plant the farmer called Dr H M Gress botanist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture to locate the source of the poison The doctor traced the poison to the paint pail The note ends with a local jab at a well known resident from the Exchange feedbag
William Lewis Neal a longtime Young township resident and former county commissioner died at Indiana hospital from a skull fracture after being struck while crossing Church Street in Indiana. The 1856 born Democrat served 1907 to 1909 and helped establish the County Home. funeral held at Jacksonville United Presbyterian Church with interment at Oakland cemetery. Survived by siblings John Morgan Neal and Miss Caroline Neal, with Mary Lytle of Homer City as a separate, second obituary noting Reginald Dewey Lytle, 38, killed in a hit run near Indiana while en route to visit family. The Homer City M E church conducted services for Lytle with widow Mary Davison and two daughters.
The county hosts a string of lively Republican gatherings as October campaign events roll on. In Armagh more than 300 voters packed the meeting with speeches by Mack Jr and Vaughn and county officials, while Strongstown Smithport and McFeeley venues drew sizable crowds. Rallies continued in Arcadia Elders Ridge Brushvalley and Rayne Pine Flats with speakers including Sloan, Wolfenden, and Langham. The drive culminates in a final county rally at Indiana High School on October 31 ahead of a slate of October 23 to October 29 events.
A series of conveyances show multiple transfers of parcels and lots in Indiana County and surrounding townships. Transactions include sales of 2 acre and 7 acre tracts, several 10 acre parcels, and various lots in White and Burrell townships, with prices ranging from $1 to $6,525.48 and notes of connections among buyers and banks. Notable parties include John A. Miller, G W Manser, James Edwards, Ivan A Boucher, Jennie Mahon, Sadie W Campbell, Clarence T F Howard, F J Kellam, Thomas Barbor, Willard B Thorpe, Eliza Bennett, Mabel Richardson, Margaret Jane Wright, Wm Pierce, Charles Morganti, First National Bank of Indiana, W A Hauxhurst, Carrie Duncan, Flora Campbell, Nettie C Bennett, Emily Peffer White, Samuel B Irwin, Garfield Mire Clay Co., Emma K McCann, Daisy C Myers, Essie M Weston, Wilda M Weamer, Victoria Bogdanski, Frank F George, Anna M Goodlin.
A two day institute for Indiana county and Indiana Borough teachers opens in the High School Auditorium on Thursday morning. The Indiana County School Directors Association meets Friday in the school library with Asst. Supts D L Winger and Joseph Weaver and Supt Norman Koontz directing activities. Glasser of Marion Center, president, will preside. Visiting speakers include Dr Frederick Snyder and Dr Elijah James. A memorial to late James F Chapman will be held at the opening.
A list of marriage licenses granted in several Pennsylvania locales including Mahoning, Apollo, Indiana, Johnstown, Clymer, Blairsville and Williamport. Names shown include Glenn Rush and Elizabeth Benn, Joseph Reschini and Rose Marie Pugliese, Estella Simpson and Horace Lowman, Kathryn Fisher and Paul Spelock, plus many others with associated towns and initials. The entry reads like a society notice of couples recognized in local records.
Armagh High School plans a one act comedy drama The Automatic Butler in the school auditorium on November 3 4 6 and 6 The play unfolds in a modern living room with a large cast including Mrs Violet Mackie Betty Campbell Lilly Preston Rita Kinsey Abdon Wennyworth Harry Carney Eliott Bajley Charles McCullough Jenny Bandiitchen Mary Ronchak Mrs Kitty Preston Edna Pry John Preston Henry Snoby Sek Babbitt Difford Shiley Big Jam Mitchell Robert McFauhers Mare Dowell Helen Johns Conny Bryant Geraldine Brown Adrian Bryant Wayne Craig.
Ex fire chief John M. Daugherty recently retired as chief marshal of the Indiana Fire Association was honored at a testimonial dinner at Ruatie Lodge on Thursday. A fully equipped traveling bag was presented to Mr Daugherty during the evening by the firemen.
Charles W. H. Smith of Homer City and Virginia Pierson of Canton were married at Barnesboro on October 13 by Rev. N. G. McCloskey. The groom operates as an engineer.
The annual meeting disclosed 3 545 patient admissions, 2 352 operations, 2 413 X rays, and 14 137 lab tests for the just closed year, up from 1929 figures. Maternity births reached 157, with 143 deaths that year. Directors elected for three years were A J Musser, Hubert M Fisher, John M Miller, J Elsworth Campbell, Joseph Bonato, and M C G Gordon.
J Carl Reibel 44 of Indiana was sentenced to five to ten years in Western Penitentiary by Judge Crepg after pleading guilty to burning Andy Kinter’s new barn in Rayne township on Oct 11. He also gets one to two more years on a charge of auto theft without consent, to run after the first term, totaling six to twelve years. He must pay court costs and restitution for damages. Reibel confessed the act was revenge after being barred from visiting a family daughter.
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