10/04/1969 - Rainwater only helped to make the apple butter better according to members of Wilson Ave. Church of God, who prepared about 60 gallons of the spread. Women peeled 15 bushels of apples for the three 20-odd gallon kettles which were stirred for an entire day.
10/04/1969 – W. Stuart Helm of 940 North McKean Street, Kittanning, was transferred yesterday afternoon from the Armstrong County Memorial Hospital to Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh for observation. Helm, the former Pennsylvania Speaker of the House of Representatives, is the present executive director of the Pennsylvania School Building Authority.
10/04/1969 - Three chairs and a table were destroyed by fire early this morning at the Latin-American Club, 1214-3rd Ave., Ford City, in a blaze supposedly caused by a discarded cigarette. Ford City firemen were summoned to the club at 5:50 a.m. today by Mrs. Fred Pella, a resident of an apartment above the club rooms after she smelled smoke.
10/04/1969 – Legislation in Harrisburg established a new salary schedule for Armstrong County row offices. Sixth class counties would pay the following: county commissioners $13,000 with chairman receiving $13,500; sheriff $11,000; county treasurer, recorder of deeds, recorder of wills, district attorney, controller and auditors, prothonotary and clerk of courts would all receive $11,000 annually. The coroner would receive $2,500.
10/04/1969 – Jackie Patcyk, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Patcyk of West Kittanning, and Stan Simcik, son of Mr. & Mrs. Leo Simcik of Kittanning RD4, have enrolled in a course in Junior Accounting training at Duff’s Business Institute in Pittsburgh.
10/04/1969 – Mr. & Mrs. John Protz of 424 4th Ave, Ford City, celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary Friday by attending morning Mass and spending the day quietly at their home. They are parents of six children, 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Their son, John Protz Jr., of Chicago, retired seven years ago from the Air Force after service for 23½ years.
10/04/1969 - H. C. Miller of Elderton bagged his first moose while hunting last week at Moffit, Canada, near Quebec. The animal weighed 1200 pounds and had an eight-point rack.
10/04/1954 - Sgt. Charles W. Kirkwood, son of Mrs. Roy Kirkwood of Kittanning RD 5, recently was presented the award of the Bayonet in Korea, where he is a member of the 7th Infantry Division’s 17th Regiment.
10/04/1949 - Dr. Harry Joseph Thompson yesterday opened an office for the practice of medicine in the Moesta building along Market Street.
10/04/1949 - Two brick companies in the district have been forced to close plants due to the strike in the coal and steel industry.
10/04/1944 - Air Power Joins Seigfried Battle, Americans Storming Nazi Fort. Blazing Oil Turned on Germans Holding Out in Fort Driant Citadel.
10/04/1944 - Bologna 15 Miles Away. U.S. Fifth Advancing at Slow But Steady Pace Against German Opposition.
10/04/1944 - Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Patcyk of 231 Harrison St., West Kittanning, received a second War Department telegram on Wednesday stating that their son, Pvt. Chester L. Patcyk, was killed in action in France Aug. 6 instead of July as formerly reported.
10/04/1939 - Two automobiles parked near the Bryan shaft of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company, near Nu Mine, were destroyed by fire Monday evening. The vehicles were owned by Lawrence Atherton of Nu Mine and John Fide of Yatesboro. Origin of the fire has not been determined, although is believed a lighted cigarette may have been dropped in dry grass near the parked machines.
10/04/1944 - Four district youths enlisted this week for services in the United States Army. Accepted for service were Robert A. Bauwin, Ford City, coast artillery, Hawaii; Charles H.Widemire, Elderton, infantry, Panama; Oliver H. Rippey, Parkers Landing RD 2, air corps, Langley Field, Va.; John J. Dipento, East Brady RD 2, air corps, Langley Field.
10/04/1944 - Former Superintendent of Armstrong County Schools C. M. Heilman died Tuesday evening at his home, 500 Woodward Ave., after a short illness.
10/04/1934 - Two hundred forty-five boys and girls are enrolled in the Worthington grade school this year.
10/04/1934 - The Graff-Kittanning Clay Products Company witnessed the best month in the history of the plant during September. During the month there was a greater output than ever before. Approximately, 25 new workers have been employed.
10/04/1929 - Jury commissioner Charles Myers was found dead in bed yesterday morning at his home in Gilpin Township.
10/04/1929 - Armstrong County young people met in the Presbyterian Church here last night and formed a County Christian Endeavor Union.
10/04/1929 - George W. Shaffer, Republican nominee for sheriff, spent $871.80 in his campaign, according to an expense account filed at the courthouse.
BIBLE MEDITATION – And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord. – 1 Thessalonians 5:12 The authority of any preach depends on your own heart saying, “Yes, God” to His message.