9/4/1968 – Lloyd Schrecengost, 33, of Sedwick Heights, has been named manager of Valley Master cable TV, a subsidiary company of Kittanning Telephone. Schrecengost replaces Charles Shuster. He will also manager Direct Channel Associates of New Bethlehem.
9/4/1968 – The remaining members of the Co. K celebrated their 51st anniversary of their leaving Kittanning for World War I at the VFW in Pattonville. Re-elected as officers were: Judge J. Frank Graff, president; Raymond March of York, vice-president; Ira Henry, assistant to the president; Carl Magan, secretary; Walter Stivason, treasurer; and Thomas Elgin, chaplain. Co. K was the first outfit to leave Armstrong County to fight in World War I and participated in the Chateau Thierry, Vesle River and Argonne engagements.
9/4/1968 – Postmaster Thomas Benner told Ford City Kiwanians last night that Ford City has been chosen as one of the “pilot” post offices where the postman will deliver all mail via a truck rather than on foot, including parcel post packages. He will load up with everything for his territory when he leaves the post office. This will eliminate the parcel post truck. It will require five trucks for the area served by the local post office. There are 1,893 places downtown Ford City, 1,878 places on the hilltop for a total of 3,771 stops.
9/4/1963 - L.R. Button, vice president (traffic) of Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railway Co., retires Sept one after 60 years of service in the railway traffic field.
9/4/1963 - A group of 27 conservationist ones from PA, OH, and WV toured strip mine spoil areas today in an effort to learn more about what can be done to reforest and otherwise improve stripped off land.
9/4/1958 - The Slagle Memorial Building, a new addition to St. Luke’s Evangelical and Reformed Church here, will be dedicated at the 11 am service Sunday.
9/4/1958 - Armstrong Co. Farmers were trying this week to clean up one of the sorriest grain harvests in years. Rain was mainly to blame.
9/4/1958 - Templeton- Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. relighted a kiln at its local plant today preparatory to a work resumption that will give employment to “around 60 men”.
9/4/1958 - Freshly painted and newly decorated classrooms greeted 4th Ward students when they returned to school this morning.
9/4/1953 - Calais, France- Florence Chadwick, the swimming secretary from San Diego, CA, smashed the official speed record for swimming the English Channel from Britain to France, then turned around and attempted to make it a complete round trip.
9/4/1953 - Members of Kittanning Lions Club authorized the financing of the filming of several games of the coming Kittanning HS football team’s season.
9/4/1948 - Miss Lucille Jones has gone to Richland, Washington, to teach music in the public schools.
9/4/1948 - An attempt to organize an independent sandlot football team here will be renewed Sunday afternoon. Men interested in playing on the team were asked to report to the 4th Ward Field at 1pm.
9/4/1943 - Allied Headquarters, North Africa- British and Canadian invasion troops seized the 3 key ports of Eggio Calabria. San Glovanni and Galilco in the first day of the battle for Italy, securing a bridgehead 10-15 miles long, and today were reported pushing inland against light opposition.
9/4/1943 - Ford City- John B. Kerr has been awarded a contract to build a permanent memorial monument in honor of Ford City men and women in military service.
9/4/1933 - No paper. Labor Day.
9/4/1928 - A disastrous fire raged in the village of Nu Mine. The blaze was discovered about 2 am in a 2 story frame building used as a store and dwelling by Angelo Sgro. The loss is estimated at about $4000.
9/4/1928 - A new record enrollment in the High School marked the opening of the term at Kittanning public schools. The number was growing almost hourly.