Smyrna Community Notices and Local Visits
Smyrna church plans Sabbath service at eleven. Winner Steele family are guests of Murl Sliver as he recovers from typhoid fever. A serenade and kitchen shower honored Meade and bride at Frank Hazelt’s home. gifts given. Mrs. Walter Steele made a business trip to Indiana. The Weaver and Irwin families visited Harry Hall in Plumville. Lawrence and Lester Johnston visited Indiana. Letha and Water Skinner visited uncle Earl Skinner. Muri Stear and family called on Elmer Steele. Clarence Lowman family and Ralph Oaks visited J. Howard Spicer’s home. Nannie Buterbaugh often called on Laura Kinnan. Don Trimble visited Mars Leasure’s. Miss Rosy Buterbaugh returned home to Clymer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Glenn
Murl Sliver
Sliver
Frank Hazelet
Meade
Bride
Walter Steele
Indiana
Solomon Weaver
Irwin
Plumville
Harry Hall
Lawrence
Lester Johnston
Letha
Water Skinner
Earl Skinner
Muri Stear
Billie
Elmer Steele
Clarence , Lowman
Trudell and
Larue
Ralph Oaks
J. Howard Spicer
Nannie Buterbaugh
Laura Kinnan
Don Trimble
Mars Leasure’s
Local notes from Plumville and beyond in late October
Plumville residents and visitors are listed in a local column. Ruby Fetterhof of Trade City visits her aunt Mrs Grant Pearce near town. Mrs Josephine Schrecengost spends time with friends at Titchmond. Rev J B McColl of Dayton ministers to ill in Als congregation. L S Zimmerman, former funeral director, is ill at home. Jack Clark renovates former hotel into a store room. Homer Tilberry moves from Summerville. Dale Stoops visits from Dayton BC. Mrs Dutt Elkin and children of Loop visit sister Mrs Charles Shaffer. Mrs Warry Piper of Saltsburg visits sisters Lukehart and Stuchell. Paul Douds returns and will work at First National Bank. Halloween masquerade and lunch planned at Presbyterian church Oct 29. Tom Douds and children visit Elwood City mother Margaret Douds. Dale Shaner and sons visit McCurdy home. Lee Henderson visits from Advance. Church services listed at United Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches with dates in November. Jay Atter and family visit W A Ross. Charles Birch, Indiana, visits Aiery. John Shearer spends weekend with Carson. Eugene Morehead of Indiana visits Perry McCreight. Pageant by Ladies Missionary Society at Curry Run church next Sabbath evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumville
Ruby Fetterhof
Trade City
Grant Pearce
Near Town
Josephine Schrecengost
Titchmond
J. B. McColl
Dayton
L .S. Zimmerman
Jack Clark
Homer Tilberry
Lukehart
Stuchell
Piper
Paul Douds
First National Bank
Presbyterian Church
Hallowe'en
Tom Douds
Chilldren
Elwood City
Margaret Douds
Dale Stoops
B.C
Clif‘fora Shaffer
Wade
Twila Alshouse
Jay Dilts
Ella Jane
Georgeville
United Presbyterian Church
J. EB. McColl
J. B. Giffen
Jay Atter
W. A. Ross
Charles Birch
Indiana
Aiey
John Shearer
Carson
Eugene Morehead
Perry McCreight
Dale Shaner
Community Social Notes From Plum Creek Area
Sunday visits and local events fill Plum Creek gossip. Mr and Mrs Paul McFarland visited Indiana with Paul’s mother. Florence Searfoss dined with Indiana friends in Irvin Keeler’s home. Ralph Ramer and family attended a South Bend Reform church play, with Grace Lutheran Leechburg chorus. Emabel Steele hosted a Kimmel school Halloween party. Hazel Bell visited with Mrs Paul McFarland. Carrie Rearick of Cowarshannonock stayed with niece Mrs Robert Hous er. Sara Rankin and Norval Calhoun joined J F Kimmel’s Friday party. Locals also attended a James Hall sale Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul ,McFarland
Indiana
Kimmel School
Lee Kimmel
Hazel Bell
Paul McFarland
Carrie Rearick
Cowarshannock
Robert Houser
Local Teachers Institute at Risinger School Program
Local teachers hold an institute at Risinger School in Center Township on Saturday November 8 1930 starting 9 30 am with devotional led by F E Winsheimer and a full schedule of topics across primary intermediate and rural education. Activities include readings demonstrations speeches by J B Weaver and R O Dickey with a banquet at noon and a 1 30 pm writing lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute Center Township
Risinger
F. E. Winsheimer
Mer
Roll Gall
E. H. McAnulity
Ben Gahagan
County Institute For—I
Dorothy Mulholland
Esther Frye
Cora Doty
Mary HE
Schaffer
Mary Mack
Edna Malcolm
Ruth Lewis
Lucille Morris
J. B. Weaver
Anna Neal
Merry Mac’s
Tople
Priscilla Allison
Harriet Alexander
R. O. Dickey
Minnie Hiner
F. H
Kauffman
J. §. Byers
Cow Killed By Car On Highway Collision
A cow leaped from the bank onto the concrete road near Sample Run on Sunday evening and was struck by a car, dying instantly. The car suffered front-end damage and was also bumped by the animal into a second vehicle parked nearby, which sustained minor damage.
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Sample Run
Maloney’s Dark Night Brings a Shattered Duty
Officer Maloney, a veteran and idol of the force for thirty one years, bears the weight of a fatal night as a young suspect’s escape, a hospital visit, and a hidden truth drive a rift with his lieutenant and a hurt family. Maggie Maloney and their son loom in memory as the case tests loyalty and city duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomn
John Maloney
Sinden
John
Maggie
Maloney
John Maroney
Faith
Sladen
Maggie Maloney
Salem's Revolutionary Era Ships Define Its Fame
Salem, led by Derby, built 168 privateers with 2000 guns and 6000 men, equal to the city’s population. After the war, the fleet and skilled sailors left a ready for greatness. Derby and associates sent ships toward Good Hope and the East Indies, with the Grand Turk becoming the first American merchantman at the Cape of Good Hope in 1784.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Little Salem
Lias Thasket Derby
Walter Prichard Eaton
Washington Star
Derby
Derbys
Crowinshields
Good Hope
East Indies
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Cape of Good Hope
Faith of Brothah Joe at Low Point
L. EB. Newton of Garden City Missouri writes about Old Joe Black a former employee who repeatedly turned to religion. He describes seven struggles with Satan and calls for renewed faith while a preacher urges belief and movement of mountains with faith though Old Joe Black quips he lacks even mustard seed faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
L. EB
Newton
Garden City
Old Joe Black
Mr. Newton
Collier’s Weekly
Land's End Promises Charming English Escape
Quaint old Land's End in England beckons travelers with mystical charm and famed nearby towns like St Just St Ives and Penzance. A weekend visit offers fisher homes cliff paths and pure Atlantic air before trains carry visitors onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land’s End
England
Land's End
St. Just
St. Ives
Penzance
Vacation Importance Highlighted By Public Health Service
The Public Health Service proclaims vacation as essential to social life and personal health. It notes most people work much of the year and urges a break to rest and recharge. Vacations should refresh the body and build resilience for future work periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Service
Magnesium Industry Milestones Highlighted By Expert
Dr John A Gann notes magnesium metal known for over a century with pure form achieved a hundred years ago and commercially available for more than 65 years In a report to the American Chemical Society he states magnesium is about seventy times as plentiful as nickel and 200 times as abundant as copper Magnesium salts occur in mineral waters and the ocean Michigan salt brines are the key raw material for US production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hough
John A. Gann
American Chemical Society
United States
Michigan
Bell Telephone workers enjoy Camp Rest event
Sixty five Bell Telephone Company employees at Camp Rest-a-While spent a pleasant evening with cards dancing and feasting. Officials from Greensburg Johnstown and Pittsburgh attended as guests. Halloween colors enhanced the decorations and a fine lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besl
Camp Rest
Bell Telephone Company
Greensburg
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Hallowe'en
Indiana School of Aviation grants pilot licenses
Mrs Mary Stokes Stahlman of town joined in receiving air pilot licenses after final flying tests at the Indiana School of Aviation at the local airport on Friday. Also qualifying were Carl Widdowson of Clymer and Kenneth L Bliss of Ligonier. Seven graduates of the Indiana school have received Federal pilot licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stokes Stahlman
Town
Indiana School of Aviation
Carl Widdowson
Clymer
Kenneth L. Bliss
Ligonier
Indiana School
Oldest inhabited Lumley Castle claims in English counties
Interesting notes from the Montreal Family Herald describe Lumley Castle near Chesterle Street England as possibly the oldest inhabited castle in Northumberland and Durham. Built as a manor house circa 933 it remained a manor house for four centuries. In the fourteenth century Sir Ralph Lumley remodeled it by adding four corner towers and linking the structures except on the west. The Lumley family has occupied the castle continuously since it was erected in Saxon times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumley Castle
Chesterle-Street
England
Northumberland
Durham
Montreal Family
Herald
Ralph Lumley
Lumley
Doctor Orders Rest After Exam Disagreeing Couple
Mrs Gabbit asks a doctor for advice. Mr Gabbit reveals the doctor prescribed a month away from work, sparking a dispute as he questions the need for such a rest. The exchange ends with comical disbelief.
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Smyrna
Nicholtown
Rosy Buterbaugh
Lape & Adler
Indiana Theatre
Currys Run
Plum Creek
Misa Sara Rankin
Norval Calhoun
J. F. Kimmel’s
James Hall’s
Associated Gas and Electric Securities Co
Pennsylvania
Helen ST. Bernard
Ryan
Smith
Mucota
Klein
Maroney
Greenview
Sixteenth
Sooke
John d Up
Wueyea
Murphy
Ellows
Troutman’s
Douglass
Douglass Studio
Indiana, PA
George D. Leydic
Philadelphia Street
Wayne Avenue
Penn
the Savings & Trust Co
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