12/19/1968 – Armstrong County residents are upset since commissioners announced a 3-mill increase in county taxes. The increase of 36% is the first increase in ten years.
12/19/1968 – County Coroner Jack Kennedy said the 35th traffic death for this calendar year occurred yesterday. Wilbert Bowser, 77, died yesterday when his car rammed the rear of a truck on Route 422 about a mile west of Worthington.
12/19/1968 – West Kittanning police are investigating the theft of a large display Santa Claus from the front porch of the Robert Wood home at 300 Bluff Street.
12/19/1968 – The Cadogan Lions have arranged for Santa and his helpers to give Christmas treats to children in their area from 1-3 PM on Saturday at the Cadogan Union Hall.
12/19/1968 – Kittanning High School Principal Charges Woodward presented awards for “Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1968” to Suzanne Westwood, Craig Thurau, Mary Lynn Swast, and Robert Shettel.
12/19/1963 - In keeping with the spirit of the Christmas season at St. Luke’s United Church of Christ, the organist, Miss Ethelyn Young, will play a 15 minute prelude of Christmas music, from 10:45-11 Sunday morning on the Slagle Memorial Organ.
12/19/1963 - Over 200 dept. and staff members attended the annual employees Christmas party at Armstrong Co. Memorial Hospital.
12/19/1958 - The weather forecast calls for a cold wave tonight and tomorrow with snow squalls, snow flurries, cloudy skies, and strong winds.
12/19/1958 - Deer kills of the last days of hunting season continue to be reported including a freak 3 legged deer bagged by Alfred Sinclair of Kittanning RD 5. The doe was missing a right front leg, apparently from birth since there was no evidence of a shoulder.
12/19/1953 - Ford City - Company C of the 11th Infantry Regiment has been recognized by the Federal gov. as a unit of the 28th National Guard Division after a 2 year active duty period.
12/19/1953 - More than 300 students will participate in the 9th annual candlelight service at Kittanning HS auditorium.
12/19/1953 - Two hundred Girl Scouts from Kittanning area presented a program of Christmas carols last night from the steps of Armstrong Co. courthouse.
12/19/1953 - A public address system and chimes have been installed in West Kittanning First Brethren Church as a memorial to the late P. Sheldon MacDonald.
12/19/1938 - After going without a murder case for more than 4 years, Armstrong Co. has had 4 such cases in the single year since District Attorney William A. Ashe assumed office January 1.
12/19/1938 - Bids for construction of the wall of Mahoning Creek flood dam, opened in the office of Lt. Col. W.E.R. Covell, Pittsburgh chief of Army Engineers are to be forwarded to the division office of the American Engineers in Cincinnati. There they will be investigated and checked before being sent to the engineers’ Washington headquarters for final approval.
12/19/1938 - Damage estimated at nearly $300 resulted when fire burnt off the ends of 2 frame barns owned by E.E. Ritchey at the rear of 1048-1050 Orr Ave.
12/19/1933 - Ford City- The Young Ukrainian Club met in the Ukrainian Hall, 6th Ave., with 35 members present. Pete Oresick was elected president for the ensuing year.
12/19/1933 - An illuminated creche that the rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church had in the rectory window last year has been placed in a painted wooden stand on the church lawn.
12/19/1928 - The new Central Apartments, South Jefferson Street, were occupied for the first time today.
12/19/1928 - Mrs. J. Campbell McNutt, 40, died at her home near Center Hill.
12/19/1928 - Kittanning High School basketball team were defeated 37-9 last night by Butler High School.