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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1936
Page
7
Millions of Americans and their families depend on farm processing and related work. The crop reduction program has intensified unemployment and relief problems as workers face job losses and economic strain from the program.
Funeral services were held for A B Woodward 78 a longtime Indiana resident who died in a hospital after an operation Born November 2 1868 in Brick Church Armstrong County he lived in Davis South Mahoning township and later Indiana He was a Presbyterian deacon and husband of Sean Thomas with children Clyde Charles Mrs Gracia Shaulia Rev Frank J Woodward and Mrs Marie Coonrad plus 17 grandchildren and two sisters Other obituaries note Viola M Johnston Franklin McHenry Lowry Strong Barbara Ellen Shank Strong and William C Fyock with service details and Greenwood Oakland and Greenwood cemeteries named for interment in town and nearby areas
Obituaries note the death of Mrs. Bennie Learn Hazlett at 44 in South Bend with funeral at Chevy Chase Heights Indiana and interment in Greenwood cemetery as family mourns. Also reported are the deaths of John Wesley McCormick 66 Vandergrift Blairsville native and Bert Claypole 65 Belsano with services in Logansport and Homewood Baptist church respectively, detailing survivors and burial sites.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Maude Kunkle Bracken 62 of Easton are planned at Coral Lutheran Chapel with interment in the church cemetery. Survived by sons Paul and Grant and daughters Gladys Martha and Ethel Crusan, plus brothers Harry and Grant Bracken and sister Mrs Wilma Bracken Windber. Also notice of Mrs. Margaret King 46 of Vintondale who died Sunday in Indiana hospital with interment at Otterbein cemetery Green township. Survived by son Donald King and sister Stephen Lantz of Vintondale.
The 39th Indiana County Sabbath School Association convention at First Presbyterian Church of Indiana re-elected W. C. Chapman as president and reappointed officers including D. F. Rinn J. Siegfried B. B. Crawford Rev R. H. Austin and John A. Cribbs. The event drew good attendance, strong addresses, and notable departmental conferences.
In Indiana county the fall voter registration shows Republicans 23,612 and Democrats 13,623 across 77 districts, for the General Election on November 3, up from early year totals of 23,034 Republicans and 13,067 Democrats. The following table lists each district’s counts for the Primary and General elections.
Indiana County Pomona Grange met at Cookport Thursday for the quarterly session presided by Samuel E. Dible. The afternoon program featured Mrs Flora Fritz Henderson, the lecturer, with 28 candidates pledged in the fifth degree in the evening. Reports from 25 subordinate Granges showed a loss of 62 members and a gain of 235. Winners in a vocal music contest were Brughvalley, Home, and Penn Run. County Agent Warner showed U S D A films Road to Wonderland and The Forest and Health. Rev E H McClintock Jr, son of Rev and Mrs E B McClintock of West Washington St, returns from Switzerland and heads to Cleveland to serve as assistant pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church.
Mr and Mrs A B Bracken of East Wheatfield Township held their 50th wedding anniversary at Ropers Grove on the Wm Penn Highway. More than 200 relatives attended a dinner then music and fellowship. The couple, longtime residents, raised four sons Norman Elmer killed in 1919 Elmer Bracken Arthur Bracken and Thomas Bracken.
Congress allotted 50 million dollars for TVA over two years but the first 18 months saw expenditures totaling 110 million. The government now faces a minimum obligation of 379 million dollars in costs, signaling a dramatic cost overrun and funding strain. Entities include TVA and Congress, with focus on government spending and fiscal impact.
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