11/30/1968 – Several accidents happened overnight. Six persons were injured, one seriously, when two cards collided on Route 422, a mile east of the Armstrong-Butler county line. Dorothy Eddy, 22, of Kittanning RD6 was listed in serious condition in the Kittanning hospital. Dorothy Chestnut, 44, of Kittanning RD6 and Shelia Eddy, 3, were listed in satisfactory condition. Deborah Ann Johnston, 6, of Freeport, was transferred to Children’s Hospital. Treated and released were Mary Magy, 36, of Butler and Kim Eddy, 5, of Kittanning. Also last night, two cars collided on Main Street in Rural Valley. Burnice Hunter, 35, of Dayton, was stopped in the westbound lane to make a right turn. Another car driven by 16-year-old Debra Claypoole of Rural Valley was traveling east, crossed the highway and struck the Hunter vehicle. Malinda Jones, 14, of Rural Valley, a passenger in the Claypoole car, was take to the hospital in Kittanning and released.
11/30/1968 – The basketball season is young, but Kittanning High’s Wildcats own an impressive two-game winning streak, defeating Butler in thrilling 76 to 70 win. Shannock Valley opened their 1968-69 season on a victorious note, downing Redbank Valley 80-60.
11/30/1963 - Ford City- John Russo was elected to his 9th annual term as president of Ford City Eljer Local, Pottery Workers Union after balloting this week by members of the union at the Eljer plant.
11/30/1963 - Clarence Hans of Main St., Hawthorne, bagged a 300 pound bear Monday whilst hunting near Munderf.
11/30/1953 - Victor Berettao of 18 Dwight St. was amongst passengers who arrived in NYC Thanksgiving Day on board the Italian Line flagship, “Andrea Doria”, after completing a westbound transatlantic voyage from the Mediterranean.
11/30/1953 - Bids will be opened in Harrisburg by the state Public School Building Authority for construction of an estimated $114,000 elementary school in East Brady. The one story, 6-room structure will be erected at the rear of the present East Brady HS building.
11/30/1948 - Bodies of 3 Armstrong County ones have arrived in America aboard the American Army Transport Dalton Victory, the Dept. of the Army announced. They were Cpl. John A. Bentley Jr., Marines, son of John A. Bentley, 303 Mulberry St.; Cpl. Robert F. Day, Marines, son of Mrs. Florence E. Day, Star Route, Apollo; and Sgt. John Waytow, Marines, son of Alexander Waytow, RD 5.
11/30/1948 - Ford City Company C to recruit more men. Local national guard unit needs 2 officers, 63 enlisted men for quota.
11/30/1943 - A total of $49,368.75 will be paid out in the next few days by Armstrong Co. Trust Co., the Safe Deposit and Title Guarantee Co., the National Kittanning Bank, and the Merchants National Bank to holders of Christmas Saving club memberships.
11/30/1943 - Members of Kittanning Girl Scout Troop 4 collected 268 glasses of jelly and jars of fruits and vegetables for the Armstrong Co. Memorial Hospital in a recent house to house canvass.
11/30/1938 - Keep out of jail - please. That in effect was the plea from the sheriff’s office. It develops that the jail docket, which over the year has recorded commitments of hundreds- yes, even thousands- of drunk ones, disorderly ones, forgers, and even a handful of murderers, is nearly filled. Bids for a new docket have been asked so that a purchase can be made for January 1, 1939. In the meantime, the sheriff’s office hopes to utilize the old one until the end of 1938.
11/30/1938 - When the Atkinson brothers James and Lee of Leechburg Rd. near New Kensington go hunting, they know the right spot- they go home. They drove to their father’s farm in Sugarcreek Twp., between East Brady and Kittanning where they joined their brothers George and Glenn to form a hunting party. Within an hour, each one had shot a deer without leaving their father’s farm.
11/30/1928 - John I. Hayes, 82, died Thursday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Charles Smart of 133 Oak Avenue.
11/30/1928 - Hiram Hill Sipes, one of the best known residents of South Buffalo Township, died at his home after a lingering illness. He had been confined to his bed for 18 months.
11/30/1928 - Wholesale prices in the Kittanning market today- butter: 40 cents a pound and eggs: 60 cents a dozen.