10/8/1968 – A community park for Kittanning reached the first plateau when Kittanning Borough Council approved tentative plans for construction at an estimated cost of $463,000. It also approved an additional allocation of $20,000 in the recreation budget for each of the next five years to pay for a portion of the borough’s share in the project, which is expected to take no more than 10 years to complete. The 52.43-acre site along Johnston Avenue is across from Allegheny Manor. Half of the cost is paid by the state, with the borough picking up the other $231,500.
10/8/1968 – A Templeton soldier, Army Pfc. Charles N. Schall Jr., son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Schall Sr. of Stone Avenue, has been reported killed in Vietnam. Schall, 20, was drafted Jan. 11, 1968 and was serving with the 9th Infantry Division when he was killed.
10/8/1968 – A property at 204 North Jefferson St, adjacent to the Kittanning Free Library and purchased by the borough four years ago for use of the library, will be sold. Council decided to sell the property since the library trustees have not indicated what they intend to do with it. The property was purchased from the Stitt family for $15,000.
10/8/1968 – The Tidal United Presbyterian Church will observe the 125th anniversary of its founding this week with special programs each evening through Sunday. It was first organized on October 9, 1843 by two ministers: E. D. Barrett and David McCay. It was then known as the Middle Creek Church because of its location between the creeks of Redbank and Mahoning. It began with 11 members: Elizabeth and Sarah Shields, Thomas and Elizabeth Gray, Joseph and Jane Sowash, Henry and Mary Heasley, John and Ann Beham, and Charity Bain. The church now totals 105 members.
10/8/1968 – A Ford City soldier was awarded two Purple Heart medals. Mark Faykosh, son of Mrs. Lawrence Faykosh of 5th Ave Ford City received the medals for having been wounded twice in action in Vietnam. He has been there for four months. Private Faykosh is attached to the 101st Airborne Infantry.
10/8/1968 – Five more young men left Armstrong County this morning to serve their country in the Armed Forces. They were: Carl Richard Conrad of Rossiter RD1; Jerry Russell Doughterty of Bear Creek Road Sarver; Samuel Allen Cornman of Worthington RD1; James Samuel Emery of Sarver Road, Sarver; and Ronald Eugene Hagofsky of Kittanning RD1.
10/8/1968 – The State DPW said today that $42,423 was paid out in July for 427 medically needy Armstrong Countians not on public assistance. This compares with a year earlier when 104 residents benefited to the tune of $19,144.
10/8/1963 - Miami (UPI)- Hurricane Flora crossed Cuba today for the 3rd time, heading for the Bahamas and leaving a trail of destruction across 3 Caribbean islands which counted more than 4000 people dead.
10/8/1963 - Kittanning Town Council gave all hands last night authority for doing whatever is necessary to qualify for an American fund grant to help build the N Jefferson St. Recreation Area.
10/8/1958 - A 4 year old Cowansville RD 1 girl, Susan Elaine Ion, was admitted to Armstrong Co. Memorial Hospital after she was struck by a car on the East Brady Rd.
10/8/1958 - Miss Sandra Toy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Toy of Kittanning RD 3, has been chosen to represent this area as a contestant in the PA Livestock Rodeo Queen Contest in Harrisburg.
10/8/1953 - Weather warmed slightly here today after a midmorning low of 33 degrees- one point above freezing and the coldest mark so far this autumn.
10/8/1953 - Kittanning Town Council has authorized start of construction of 645 feet of curbing on Wilson Ave.
10/8/1953 - Ford City- Plans to reactivate Co C, 112th Infantry of the PA National Guard are underway here with an organizational meeting scheduled for 7:30 pm Tuesday at the Armory.
10/8/1948 - A Kittanning Assembly, Order of the Rainbow for Girls, will be instituted Saturday. The meeting will open in the Kittanning HS gymnasium for the institution. This group will be followed in the initiation of a large group of candidates.
10/8/1948 - The 2nd annual Policemen’s Ball, held last night at the 20th Century, was a social and financial success, N.B. Larimer, chairman for the affair, announced today.
10/8/1943 - A first class in Home Nursing, sponsored by the American Red Cross for Armstrong Co. women, will be held at 7:30 pm Monday.
10/8/1943 - Washington- Congressional apprehension about the economic effect of drafting 446000 fathers this year was reflected today in continued pressure to increase substantial allowance to service men’s dependents.
10/8/1938 - With a registration of 487 county school teachers not including those ones from Kittanning schools, the 70th annual Armstrong Co. Teachers Institute closed its 2 day program at Kittanning HS.
10/8/1938 - Clarence Clayton Carnes, 7 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Carnes of Mahoning, was drowned in Mahoning Creek Friday afternoon when he fell from a bridge pier into 20 feet of water. Carnes was fishing from the top of the pier when he fell into the stream.
10/8/1928 - Coroner A.W. Dosch was notified Monday morning that Harry Heilman, 59, has been found dead at his home in Cochran Mills.
10/8/1928 - Ford City- Farmers in this section are complaining that spring wheat which they sowed not long ago is having a hard fight for existence. The continued dry weather is said to be wreaking havoc with the prospective crop. Some instances have happened where the seed is found to be almost extinct because it is climaxed to have dried up.