10/18/1968 – A group of educators from other schools in PA is completing its evaluation of Kittanning Senior High School today. The process of evaluation is to continue accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
10/18/1968 – A youth group from Kittanning Church of the Nazarene will help build an outdoor chapel at Mount Chestnut District Center near Butler tomorrow. It is a project of the District Missionary Society.
10/18/1968 – The “Key to the City” was presented to John Mathews, state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, by Ford City Mayor John Hand at a dinner last night honoring the state president at the lodge hall, according to Ford City Aerie President Jim Stivason.
10/18/1968 – All sewage systems now installed must meet the minimum standards established by the Department of Health regardless of the lot size, according to Lyman A. Connor, supervising sanitarian for the State Department of Health in Armstrong and Indiana Counties.
10/18/1963 - (UPI)- State bans on public use of state woodlands and closing of the forests for hunting and fishing during the prolonged drought go into effect in PA today. The twin actions, ordered Thursday in a proclamation by Gov. William W. Scranton and administratively by the state Forests and Waters Dept., resulted from the rising numbers of fires throughout the state in the parched woodlands.
10/18/1958 - Burglars ransacked the Kittanning Elks home between 2 and 8 am, making off with between $400 and $500 according to Kittanning police.
10/18/1958 - Local draft board official ones have notified 14 Armstrong Co. young men to report for induction into the armed forces at Selective Service headquarters in the Frank Building.
10/18/1948 - The first snow of the season fell in Kittanning early today as the temperature dipped to 34 degrees.
10/18/1948 - The welcome mat is out at the West Leechburg plant of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation where a 3 day open house and 50th Anniversary Celebration got underway today. Plant gates will open at 9am Tuesday and Wednesday and will remain open until approximately 6pm. Visitors will be admitted at any time during the period.
10/18/1948 - D.W. Wolfe, well known resident and justice of the peace in Washington Twp., died at Armstrong Co. Memorial Hospital.
10/18/1943 - Miss Alberta Quinif, executive secretary of the Armstrong Co. Tuberculosis and Health Society, has been appointed chairman of the Armstrong Co. Nursing Council for War Services.
10/18/1943 - A preview of winter was given in Armstrong Co. as snow flurries fell intermittently.
10/18/1938 - Leechburg- A newly sodded and fenced Welfare Grounds, possibly the largest athletic layout in western PA, has been further converted into a beauty spot by the planting of 23 maple trees, a gift of the Farmer’s Delight Dairy.
10/18/1938 - Several 4th Ward boys, rather than face arrest on malicious mischief charges, went to work this morning scrubbing fences near the schoolhouse to erase names, funny faces, and immoral remarks which they are alleged to have scribbled on them.
10/18/1933 - Grading was started on a 2nd section of the secondary road between Elderton and Rural Valley. The road already has a section of “Pinchot” construction and the new one is expected to carry the road past the intersection with legislative 03063 near McLachlan Crossroads.
10/18/1933 - Arrangements are being made by the Kittanning Garden Club for the planting of 5 ash trees in the lawn of Central School Building.
10/18/1928 - Rev. J.A. McInturff, pastor of Ford Memorial Methodist Church, Ford City, has offered to permit a part of the church building to be put aside as a public library room.
10/18/1928 - Mrs. Eliza Jane Stuchell McQuilkin, daughter of the late Robert Stuchell, died at her home near Dayton.