10/25/1967 – A giant cabbage weighing almost 15 pounds and measuring a foot across was found last week by James and Edith Heilman in their backyard garden at 118 East Main Street in Worthington. The Heilmans have decided to donate their “colossal cabbage” to the Harvest Home Service this Sunday at their church, Franklin Union Baptist, along with other food stuffs brought by parishioners to benefit the Baptist Home for the Aged in Pittsburgh.
10/25/1967 – New officers were elected to head the East Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Co. They are: John Harmon, President’ Floyd Croyle, vice-president; Paul Luchanec, secretary; Ed Walters, assistant secretary; Jack Steffey, treasurer; Keith Morris, assistant treasurer; Raymond Long, trustee; William Gray, auditor; Jack Steffey, chaplain; John Harmon, assistant chaplain; Raymond Bowser, fire chief; Raymond Long, first assistant chief; Floyd Croyle, second assistant chief; and Arnold Morris, third assistant chief.
10/25/1967 – The federal government says the average city family of four needs an income of at least $9,191 to maintain a modest standard of living. This is more than double the amount the government estimated was needed in 1951 and is $3,091 a year more than was needed in 1959.
10/25/1962 – Dr. Eugene Gould, Kittanning optometrist, attended a contact lens seminar at Penn Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh.
10/25/1957 – A Pittsburgh Plate Glass company official hinted strongly here that the company will pull out of Ford City unless employee and community attitudes help it meet competition.
10/25/1957 – Senator Joseph S. Clark said there is a need to mobilize the brains of young America into a defense machine strong enough to protect the United States.
10/25/1957 – Fluoridation of water supplies by the Armstrong Water Company has been approved by the company and will begin as soon as the engineering phase can be completed, Dr. Howard Shaffer, Ford City dentist, said.
10/25/1952 – A new frame bungalow is being built on the site of a disastrous fire which struck Garretts Run September 8. The home is being built by Mrs. Florence Lerner, owner of the grocery store building destroyed by the blaze.
10/25/1947 – The robbery of Nichols Motor Company in West Kittanning was solved. Two New Kensington men were arrested in connection with the case.
10/25/1947 – All hunting throughout the state will end at midnight tonight, County Game Protector W. Jack Brion reminded. The ban will be in effect until fire danger in Pennsylvania woodlands is reduced by rainfall.
10/25/1937 – With the last of five choirs organized within only three weeks in Ford City, Rev. Udalric Necid, pastor of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church began practices for a planned concert by 300 voices in future months.
10/25/1937 – Swinging along like the gentleman on the flying trapeze, with the greatest of ease, Ford City High’s football forces tallied in every quarter and repulsed Leechburg High’s Blue Wave at the Ford City field with a score of 26 to 9.
10/25/1932 – Kittanning Hose Company #1 firemen announced a yo-yo top spinning contest as one of the main features of its Halloween celebration and parade here.
10/25/1932 – The eastern and western approaches to the new Kittanning bridge will be beautified with trees, shrubbery, and flowers planted by the Kittanning Garden Club.
10/25/1927 – It is believed to be the banner crop of potatoes in this county. The Keener Brothers Farm at Cowansville yielded 130 bushels grown on five acres.
10/25/1927 – John Pitner of Cowansville suffered severe injuries in a fall of slate in a mine of the Allegheny River Mining Company.