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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
5
The county towns page records a lively week with social visits from Mrs. J. F. Blakeley returning from DuBois and Miss Katherine Sutter from Punxatawney. Many residents travel, visit relatives, and attend picnics while local services and hospital happenings are noted.
Clymer residents spent Labor Day in Dixonville and at local events. Families visited grandparents, attended dances to raise funds for a new church, and Prof. Ernest McLaughlin returned as principal. Many locals, including Dunsmore, Strong, and Smith families, appeared at picnics, reunions, and school starting activities.
Thieves robbed three local stores last Thursday night but left with no valuables. Saturday night, chicken thieves roamed, but Frank Wilson and Frank Getty stopped them with a shotgun. Nearby residents enjoyed visits as H. V. Wiser and family toured Niagara Falls and Canada while others visited relatives in town.
Mrs. Luther Lukehart and daughter Katherine of DuBois visit Mrs. Alice Lydie over Sunday. Frank Stewart of North Braddock spends Sabbath with his parents, with his family and Tillie Shadle returning home Monday. Martha Lukehart is critically ill. Mary Stuchell leaves for Slippery Rock Normal School. Nelson Work of Du Bois visits friends and Capt. P. C. Spencer’s home. Orpha Streams and Twila Steel will attend Indiana Normal School. Mrs. Blain Holibaugh visits Vandergrift. Frank Loring of Vandergrift visits home over Sabbath. Mr. and Mrs. Har Wells host a corn roast for neighbors near Chambersville. Mrs. B. S. Pierce returns from Indiana. Arlington Hoover and bride visit Harriet Davis. Caroline Buchanan hosts son Joseph Buchanan and sister Katherine Jordan of DuBois. Norah Lingenfelter of Home visits Erma Ashbaugh. Borough schools open seven months with Reynolds Burns and Prof. H. C. Crawford as teachers. W. R. Lukehart and son close their store to move to Leechburg. Mr. Smith of Rural Valley moves Good’s Hardware stock there.
Ray Fyock returns home to teach in Grant township after leaving Juniata College. Annie Kaufman of Pittsburg returns home from visiting relatives. Catherine Hicock of Gipsy returns from her father C A Palmer’s home. L A Mumau of Pittsburg visits sister G Hazlett. Olive Butterbaugh visits Pittsburg friends. George Houk of Purchase Line visits J C Smyers’ home. Robert Hazlett and wife of Kellysburg visit George Hazlett. Park Thomas family visit Samuel McAfoos. Marlin McAfoos and wife attend Twolick Baptist church picnic. Anna Kauffman and children travel to Pittsburg. Hillis Smith and children visit Atwood parents. Mr and Mrs Palmer leave for Altoona for winter due to Mrs Palmer’s health. Mary McAfoose conducts county business. Mr and Mrs Warren Nupp and two children depart for Pittsburg. Nupp worked on Panama Canal for five years. Professor Walker moves into C A Palmer house and becomes Deckers Point school principal. Roy R Kinter attends Savan Coa Company directors meeting in Altoona.
The Wray farm in Conemaugh township will feed a line to People’s Gas Company of Pittsburgh, delivering gas through Clarksburg to their main near Girty. The 70th birthday of T. S. Marshall of Clarksburg was celebrated with a gathering at his home last Tuesday evening, gifts of a rocking chair and umbrella presented by Rev. Frazier, and remarks by R. A. Harbison. Various notes from Calltown and Rockville follow including visits, hosting, and local social events. Mr. Marshall’s event is the clearest single item with named individuals.
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