04/05/1969 – Kittanning High’s baseball team continues its pre-league exhibition card Monday, hosting Butler at Lemmon Field.
04/05/1989 – Court Patricia of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Kittanning, will celebrate its 43rd anniversary April 15 with a dinner at Morda’s Dining Room on Indiana Pike.
04/05/1969 – As far as she knows, Mrs. Melva Schaeffer of Ford City RD 1 (Shay) has the only one of its kind in the area – Gloxinia flower.
04/05/1969 – Ford City: The imminent shutdown of primary plate glass facilities at Ford City will mean the layoff of several hundred of employes, the plant manager of operations here has notified workers.
04/05/1954 - Army Pfc. George K. Stennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stennett. 411 North Ave., Kittanning, is serving in Korea with the 59th Military Police Company which was recently awarded its second Meritorious Unit Citation.
04/05/1954 - Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Good Jr. moved today to their newly constructed home at Lenape Manor.
04/05/1949 - The immediate fate of Kittanning’s proposed memorial athletic field apparently rested with Burgess Jacob J. Maxeiner today after Town Council deadlocked 4-4 last night on a motion to table the project.
04/05/1949 - State Police today are looking for the robbers who cleaned out more than $1,000 worth of personal property at the summer home in the Sherrett area
04/05/1944 - Two of the soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Steim of 1127 Orr Ave., had an enjoyable experience March 26 when S-Sgt. Robert Steim, who is with an anti-tank division, visited his brother. Pvt. Randall Steim, in a camp in England 45 miles distant.
04/05/1944 - Borough police said today they were continuing their search for the purse-snatcher who stole a pocketbook containing $20 from Ruth Davis of Queen St. along North Grant Ave. Saturday evening.
04/05/1939 - FORD CITY — Thirty boys who had been accepted by the Armstrong County Department of Public Assistance here Monday morning were transported by truck to the Shelocta camp. Civilian Conservation Corps, later the same day, to begin six months enlistments.
04/05/1939 - The break in weather this week was all that was needed to send Kittanning High School athletes out on the baseball diamond to open spring training for the approaching WPIAL season.
04/05/1934 - LEECHBURG — Almost ready for presentation, the senior class play, “The Family Upstairs” is receiving final polishing touches under the guidance of Mrs. Gladys Parks.
04/05/1934 - The 40th wedding anniversary of the Rev. and Mrs. M. V. S Gold of Kaylor will be celebrated in the Berean Baptist Church. Kaylor, on Tuesday evening, April 14. Rev. Gold, a retired Baptist minister is a former pastor of the Berean Church.
04/05/1929 - Worthington residents are making plans for an “Old Home Week” celebration to be held sometime this summer.
04/05/1929 - In a preliminary music literary contest with Leechburg High last night Kittanning High School came off with flying colors. Those participating were Mary Noss, Harold Howard, Grace Perry, Lucille Jones, Kenneth Shaner, and Mary C. Feicht.
04/05/1929 - During the violent electrical storm which swept Armstrong County this morning a large frame barn on the old McIntosh farm in Cowanshannock Twp. was struck by lightning and burned to the ground
