Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Meetings
Mrs Wilzabeth Rummel and daughter Anna May and son Dan visited relatives in Vandergrift while Thomas Cunningham of Mundya spent the past week at the Coble home. Schools opened with Miss Margaret Overman and Miss Faye Haag as teachers. The community mourned the funeral of R S Berringer. Various locals, including N G McAnulty, Lawrence Berringer, and Emma Berringer, called on family. Rev C H Miller preached his last sermon of the year and will attend an Evangelical conference in Somerset. The Sunshine Mission Band and Young People’s Missionary Circle planned gatherings at local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Overman
Faye Haag
Zoe Biles
Wilgun
Ivan Berringer
R.S. Berringer
N. G. McAnulty
Barnesboro
C. HB. Miller
Evangelical Church
Somerset
Lawrence Berringer
Alverda
Emma Berringer
Robert Winters
Irwin
B. N. Berringer
Ned Baker
Nu Mine
Anna Stiffler
Paul Lemmon
Samuel Langham
Ohio
J.N. Hudson
Sunshine Mission Band
Leta Ber‘Tinger
Creekside Socials and Family News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Owen Wagner and children visited Indiana Saturday as did Mr and Mrs Stewart Pfeil and son Raymond with Miss Eva Hendricks. Eva Hendricks and Elizabeth Johnston spent the weekend at the Manor with Mr and Mrs John Elkin. Mrs Jessie Johnston and song spent Labor Day at the Manor with the Elkins. Dorothy Louise welcomed by Mr and Mrs Byron Brown. Ralph McCracken welcomed a baby girl. Mary Nanni visited Homer City while John Lackey and daughter Pauline were in town. Ronald Johnston left for Ada Ohio to begin college. Local showers for Mr and Mrs John Burns held at Harry Davis home. A two weeks meeting began Sunday night at the M E B church led by Rev Hunt. Ted Kimmel attended Rural Valley Saturday. Dayton Fair draws many town folks. Mr and Mrs Robert Johnston and sons were in Pittsburgh Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McCracken
Mary Nanni
Homer City
John Lackey
Pauline
Ronald Johnston
Ada
Colliege
John Burns
Harry Davis
M. EB
Hunt
Ted Kimmel
Rural Valley
Dayton Fair
Robert Johnston and Sons
Pittsburgh
Pearl Heist and a New Leg Mystery at Sylvia's Porch
Pappy Short, a one-legged fixer, slips into Sylvia's sun porch to steal her pearls. He pockets eleven more while fantasizing about twelve hidden pearls in his cork leg. A stormy morning reveals a new leg and a note from Sylvia implying she paid him badly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appy Short
Sylvia
Pappy
Pappy Short
Grant’s lesson from a deserter at Fort Donelson
A ragged deserter’s knapsack prompts Gen. Ulysses Grant to test rations and intentions. By questioning the deserter from Fort Donelson, Grant deduces a planned retreat and orders an immediate attack, leading to the fort’s fall and a Union victory in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Fort Donelson
Union
Local Social Notes From Clearfield and Clarksburg
Saturday visitors and weekend travels populate the rural schedule with names like Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wooster Verna Wagner Kate Jenney Vivian Se Cessna Bee and Repine Crago Manion Johnson Brilhart and Roberts plus travelers from Pittsburgh Detroit Akron and Youngstown. Community members visit kin attend shops move homes and send greetings across towns including Harrisburg Derry and Johnstown with school and church life noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Wagner
Pittsburgh
A. E. Wagner
Kate Jenney
Vivian Sebring
Carlisle
George Cessna
Bertha
Gastown
Leroy Bee
Jane Repine
Clyde Bee
Ernest Johnson
Youngstown, O
Leslie Johnson
Harrisburg
Richard Crago
Cleveland
Ernest Roberts
Edward Manion
Detroit
Mich
Dean Brilhart
Nancy Brilhart
Leo
Gertrude Wilson
Derry
Bill Caldwell
Akron
H. R. Bee
Bob Bee
Johnstown
Luther Lewis
Elaine Harkness
Elkton
Charles Stull
Tyrone
East Wheatfield Social News Highlights Local Visits
Several local families hosted and visited over the holiday weekend with weddings, birthdays, and dinners noted. Emma Campbell hosted an all day Ladies Aid meeting while guests included Blairsville’s Frank Hrantlinger and Cleveland visitors BE Smith and Dillie Cunningham. A busy travel and guest schedule featured the Shrom and Albert families from Blacklick and Phoenixville, and Johnstown birth announcements for the Hutchison family. Traffic along the Wm. Penn highway was heavy and the weather ideal for a holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wheatfield
Emma Campbell
Cramer M. B. Ladies Aid Society
Frank Hrantlinger
Blairsville
C. H. Findley
BE. H. Smith
Cleveland
Dillie M, Cunningham
Joseph A. Shrom
Blacklick
Charles Albert
Phoenixville
Cunningham
Armagh
W. A. Merriman
Columbus
H. Tl. Tinkcom
George Curry
Rochester
Labor Iday
Victor Lichtenfels
Pitcairn
J. J. Hutchison
Wm. Penn Highway
D. Raymond Mack
L. 8. Stutzman
Mabel Louther
Alicea Goughinor
Rosalie Stutsman
Clarence Pindley
Mildred Findley
Kenneth Mack
Ward Mack
Leon Teodgers
Mack
T. C. Mack
Irvin Ling
Johnstown
Joseph Lichtenfels
St. Petersburg
Fla
Earl Page
George Searle
Conemaugh
Wm. Campbell
Billy
James ‘Stutzman
Atlante City
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Penn Motor Service
Gompers Avenue
Indiana
General Insurance
Murphy Co
Phila. St. Indiana
Geo. Oost’s Barber Shop
South Ninth Street
Pennsylvania
Sent and Gove
All Pointe
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St.Clair, Rinn & Co
Ba Aid
Indiana Hardware Co
Penna
Elmo Scott Watson
J. B. Wooster
Clearfield
Clarksburg
Mack Coleman
Elders Ridge
James Keeley
Harvey Coleman
Ann Miller
Lenore Parks
Dean ‘Clawson
Willis Miller
Wallace Shearer
Lebanon
Anna Black
T. S. Ashbaugh
Wiggins
Parkwood
McPhilimy
Harry Coleman
Paul Lowman
Lou Hamilton
Misa Jessie Mae Cribbs
Mickey Ritz
Indiana Hospital
Traffic Algan
Aux Town
Fern Lowman
Freeport
Braddock
Kenneth Stoad
Duncannon
Universal Service
Indiana, Pa
Federal Deposit. Insurance Corporation
Church Street
Parnell,cowhersco
Citizens Bank
Point
Wayne Avenue
R. W. Wehrle Registered Optometrist
Philadelphia St
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