Officials Plan Triennial Assessment for Taxable Real Estate
County assessors and the Board of Commissioners met to plan a triennial assessment of taxable property this year. Attorney Getty outlined duties of assessors and what is taxable or exempt, warning that lower valuations can raise millage. The 2024 assessment will stand three years, with appeals next year and removal of buildings possible. assessors were empowered to begin work immediately.
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Indiana County
Board of Commissioners
John L. Getty
Nine to Graduate From Indiana Hospital Training School
A class of nine women will graduate from the Indiana Hospital Training School for Nurses at Indiana Country Club Thursday at 8 15 p.m. Rev Holt Hughes will deliver the commencement address. A reception follows. Names include Bernice Alcorn Ruth Brumbaugh Virginia Keating Florence Fitzhonts Thelma Harmon Anne Grube Winifred Neal Esther Martin Emmeline Hawkins. Kiwanis hosts and nursing staff assist with the program.
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Holt Hughes
Country Club
Indiana Hospital
Indiana Country Club
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bernice H. Alcorn
Kittanning
Ruth
D. Brumbaugh
Dayton
Virginia
W. Keating
Commodore
Florence
Fitzhonts
Indiana
Thelma G. Harmon
Homer City
Anne JL
Elsie Harmon
Bertha Butterbaugh
Alice Peters
Norman A. Shick
Austin Drew
W. Shane
iMrs
Ben Pollock
Smart
Relief funds go to ineligible in county report says
Auditor General Frank H Baldwin reveals that about 570 persons weekly in Indiana County receive public relief funds they are not eligible for and that roughly $926 weekly is wasted. The statewide investigation covered 4,121 cases finding 217 ineligible and 62 receiving excess aid. The August first week totals show 546,048 Pennsylvanians on relief with $1,178,740.67 distributed and about ten percent to ineligible recipients. Indiana County had 2708 on relief with expenditures of $9,205.28.
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Auditor General's
Phia
Indiana
Frankh. Baldwin
State Emergency Relief Board
Irelief
Pennsylvania
Karl de Schwelnitz
State ‘Emergency Relief
Auditory General
Relief Administration
M. Harvey ‘Taylor
Harrisburg
Earle
Taylor
Armstrong County
Jefferson County
Westmoreland County
Auditor ‘General
Plumville Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Plumville residents Mr and Mrs James N Cochran marked their golden wedding with a Sunday reunion of children relatives and many friends A program of songs readings and recitations followed a bountiful home dinner The couple who wed at Limestone New York fifty years ago raised a family of five with one son Mitchel and four daughters Grace Gladys Gertrude and Genevieve They have long operated in Plumville and prior to retirement Mr Cochran was a blacksmith carriage maker and then a merchant The couple were praised by relatives from Fabiana Jeannette Plumville Apollo Dayton Hanoxville Pittsburgh Harrisburg Homer City Nu wine Yatesboro Rural Valley Home Greenwood N O Akron Ohio and other places
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James N. Cochran
Plumville
Mitchell
Lawrence Lockard
Gladys
Gertrude ‘Cochran
Genevieve Cochran
Grandma
Jack
Bobby Cochran
Mgr.Cochran
Mitchel
Grace
Gertrude
Genevieve
Nuwine
Yatesboro
Rural Valley
Home
Garfield Nominates Himself With Speech at 1860 Convention
The piece recalls James A. Garfield’s dramatic nomination speech at the Chicago Republican Convention in 1860. Garfield championed John Sherman, drawing votes from Grant Blaine and others, and after multiple ballots he rose from 17 to 50 votes then secured the nomination on the thirty sixth ballot amid a tense, pivotal moment.
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Chicago
James A. Garfield
John Sherman
Sherman
Garfield
Hayes
General Grant
James G. Blaine
Grant
Roscoe Conkling
Blaine
Conkling
George F. Edmunds
Elihu B. Washburne
William Windom
Western Newspaper Union
Local Silk Mill May Be Sold or Leased Soon
Indiana Textile Mills Co Inc stockholders meet at Oakland Avenue offices on Wednesday September 16 at 10:00 AM to vote on a proposed sale lease or exchange of all or substantially all the firm’s assets. The mill has been idle since February after management said it was unprofitable, a closing tied to workers attempts to form a union local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Textile ‘Mills Co., Inc
Oakland Avenue
Indiana
Work Started This Week on New Nurses Home at Hospital
Preliminary construction begins for a two story brick Nurses Home south of the main hospital. It will house 24 private rooms four recreation rooms and a finished basement to ease overcrowding. Local contractor Charles Mack of East Church Street will erect the building. Twelve flags have flown over California since 1542.
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Charles Mack
East Church Street
Personal Brevities Highlights Weekend Visits Across Indiana
Local social notes list weekend guests and travels among residents and relatives. Highlights include Miss Virginia Allen of Philadelphia with Miss Ruth Walke. Mrs. John E. Gibson and Mrs. George Raymond hosting guests. trips to Cleveland for the Great Lakes Exposition. Indiana hospital welcomes two Temple graduates. J C Penney executives visiting Middleboro. and a Las Vegas couple visiting Indiana relatives, with Ancestral ties to Strongstown.
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Virginia Allen
Philadelphia
Ruth Walke
Twelfth Street
John E. Gibson
South Sixth Street
George Raymond
New Kensington
Trilie Rose
Dean
Connellsville
M. J. Gherrick
Oakland Avenue
E.G. Kerr
Betty
Blairton Avenue
Reynoldaville
Brockway
Ais Gerald Henry
Wilda McGaughey
Cleveland
Ira Johnston
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert Johson
Church Street
Alfred Chambers
Fort Wayne
Ind
D. ‘R. Chambers
Washington Street
Prudence Steving
Garman
Washington, D.C
Indiana County
Herbert, Owens
Edna Wilhelm
William: Given
Orlando, Fla
Annie Given
South Eleventh St
Bell O'Neil
Sumter
8.C
Edward O'Neil
Schoolstreet
Robert Glassford
Reynoldsville
W. A. Getty
Maple St
Wallace 'C. Chapman, Jr
Washington St
Detroit
Mich
Lewis Institute
Roan Hansell
James McClinnock
Pittsburgh
Margaret and
Bell ‘Forsythe
North Twelfth Street
Lloyd Marlin
Gloria
R. T. Marlin
South Eleventh Street
A. Frederick
HH. Frederick
New York City
Frederick and Son
East Liverpool
Mary’ BE. Thomas
West Water Street
Ariel, Wash
George Beard
Dwight
Lisle Galbreath
J. W. Fleming
Howard Trainer
Olen
Menning
Town
Packard
Linus Heath
Harrisburg
A. ‘H. iHeath
College Avenue
Wade Harris
Philadelphia Street
Robert M. Fisher
Mary
John
North Sixth Street
Indiana
Wiggins
Maud ‘Brown
William Brown
Irvin A. Boucher, Jr
Beaverdale
James A. Biggins
Sharpaville
Temple University School of Medicine
Indiana Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Pitterburgh
M. G. Cretcher
J. C. Penney
James Miller
South Fifth Street
Millera
Virgil Cosby
Oneonta
N. Y
Bryan Becker
Las Vegas
Nev
Blaine Helman
Becker
Laphel Strong
Strongstown
Lgke
September Grand Jury Returns List of Indictments
The September Grand Jury, with John B. Lowry as foreman, reports true bills on numerous cases. Indictments include motor vehicle offenses under liquor influence, falsifying learner permits, narcotics administration, and various thefts. Multiple individuals across Indiana and adjacent areas face charges of forgery, larceny, receiving stolen goods, and assault. A true bill was found on all counts for several defendants, with one case ending without a bill.
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John B. Lowry
Indiana
Edwin M. Clark
Giles Aldrich
Broadvalley
M. H. Wagner
Mike Sunday
Creekside
Anthony Lamar
Alvie Stuchell
William ‘Grant Isenberg
Cherry Tree
R.D
James Swan
Aultman
Jerry Swan
William Hafer
Vincent Kinley
Brentzer
Charles Jacoby
State College
Steve Swantek
Ernest
Robert Pennington
Glen Campbell
Real estate transfers list from Homer City and surroundings
Multiple property deeds recorded including transfers in Homer City and nearby townships. Names include Amedio Gallusi, George Schierer, Ollie Hess, Howard Coalmer, Carl Edwards, Ruth Keener, and others. Amounts range from $1.00 to several thousand dollars for parcels in Rayne, Blacklick, Montgomery, White, Center, Blairsville, and Green townships plus Indiana area.
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Amedio Gallusi
George Schierer
Homer City
Amedio Frank Gallusi
Ollie Hess
Howard B. ‘Coalmer
Montgomery Township
Carl Edwards
Ruth Keener
Rayne Township
Frederick Ferrill
Robert IE
Borland
Blacklick
First National Bank of Indiana
Norman Wittle
Broadyalley Township
Merritt B. Carney
Joseph F. Ondrizek
Buffington Township
Irving Trust Co
McCrary Storea ‘Corporation
Indiana
Second Ward
D. A. Rosensteel
James R. E. Craighead
Young Township
Ida Hickok Ishbaugh
Essie Rairigh
W. E. Buchanan
Augusta Kehne
Adai Smith
John W. Claweon
Samuel Stile
Blairsville
Harry Moore
Emma J. Moore
Benjamin R. Hollis
M. R. Rager
Blatraville
Harrison Harkleroad
Arthur M. Altman
White Township
Wm. A.metz
Adah Metz
Tony Mazza
A. P. Evans
Center Township
W. PB. Hovis
Homer Bashforth
Rose Mutz
Clayton Palmer
William Sides
D. Maidenberg
Ping Township
Ning
Jess R. Beer
Green Township
Pomona and Cookport Grange Joint Meet on Sept 24
Pomona and Hope Grange plan a joint meeting at Cookport on Thursday September 24 with a full program morning sessions in fifth degree business. noon luncheon 35 cents. afternoon lectures and concerts by local granges. evening sessions include music and film shows. hot roast beef or chicken dinners available at 36 cents per plate. Civil War veteran aged 101 to attend 70th encampment in Washington with 2600 delegates expected. parade features the youngest veteran at 87 and many veterans in their nineties. encampment starts September 20 with National Cathedral service. Rev Stillman A Foster and family recently returned from Bennington Vermont after visiting.
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Pomona
Hope Grange
Cookport
Mia
Matilda Patrick
Mra
Fred Huber
Success Grange
Mid-Atlantic
Grange Leaders
Clymer Grange
Home ‘Economics Committee
Ira 'C.rGoss
Pennsylvania
Grisemore Grange
Prosperity Grange
Schryock Grange
Penn Run
Brushyalley
Home Granges
Hope Grange Sound Motion Pictures
Forest —and Health
Warner
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, D.C
Union Army
National Cathedral
W. F. Singleton
Stillman A. Foster
First United Presbyterian Church
Town
Bennington
Rev. Foster
George Foster
Indiana
Indiana Post
American Legion
Robert Shotts
William Penn Council
Boy ‘Scouts of America
William Penn
Department of Pennsylvania
Francis Tim~herlake
Mt. Gretna
Roy Penfield
National Convention of the American Legion
Cleveland
James Lapley
J. W. Everett
Ortie Kirkland
Fred Vaughn
Connecticut
Singleton
Lincoln
Indiana County Keeps Republican Lead In Registration Figures
Late registration data compiled by Carl Houck shows Indiana County voters favor Republicans. In 77 districts, 24,612 are Republican and 13,623 Democrat eligible for the upcoming November election, with Republicans up 473 since the primary and Democrats up 564 for a net gain of 91. Also reports a Punville woman injury in Pittsburgh and local visitors from Parkwood.
Labor Day Celebration in Indiana Draws 15000 at Fair Grounds
A large Labor Day event at Indiana fair grounds drew about 15 000 people for an all day program with two parades led by United Mine Workers unions. Herbert W. Payne presided. Burgess B H Lichteberger welcomed. H E Shaw responded for Central Labor Union. Officers for Indiana Post American Legion were elected Friday.
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Indiana
I Ia
Indiana Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
United Mine Workers of America
Herbert W. Payne
Burgess B.H. Lichteberger
H. E. Shaw
Gentral Labor Union
Ferry Operation Opens After Flood In Livermore
Livermore, hit by the Match flood, runs a ferry service for passengers and cars across the Conemaugh river until the bridge is replaced by a new structure, Green Two. Joseph Adams is appointed Democratic inspector of Green Township election district No. 2, succeeding the resigned Steve Horvath. Mrs. A. C. Snyder of Pittsburgh spent Sunday with local friends and relatives.
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Livermore Livermore
Conemaugh River
Green Two
Joseph Adams
Green Township
Steve Horvath
A. C. Snyder
Pittsburgh
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