11/13/1969 – A pie social with square dancing is scheduled at Dayton Firehall at 8 p.m. Friday. Women are to take pies which Delbert Rupp will auction.
11/13/1969 – The Rotary Club of Kittanning is seeking young people in this area to apply for an award to study abroad for a year under a grant from the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, according to Corbin A. Wyant, president of the club.
11/13/1969 – George Chatlos of Hunker RD 1 (Westmoreland County) has filed suit against Apollo-Ridge School District for injuries he suffered after a basketball game in Apollo two years ago.
11/13/1969 – The 1970 officers of the Ford City branch of Loyal Christian Benefit Association were installed last night at a meeting in St. Mary’s School cafeteria. Mrs. George Sanko, past president, passed the gavel to Mrs. Robert Bond, new president. Also installed were Mrs. Robert Tedeski (financial secretary), Mrs. Frank Swast (recorder), and Mrs. Jennie Frisina (treasurer).
11/13/1969 – Several months have passed since Armstrong County Commissioners rejected an air industrial park in favor of building an addition to the county home. Considering that county taxes went up last year, the only solution to attract industry and jobs to the area is by securing attractive industrial sites served by good roads with quality infrastructure. An improved county home won’t do a thing to bring in new jobs and will be an additional burden on taxpayers, according to an editorial published today.
11/13/1964 – Kittanning Chapter of American Field Service today announced the nomination of three Kittanning High School pupils for living and study outside the country. The nominees, all juniors in the school, are James H. Owen, Martha Raffetto and Connie Carr, all of Kittanning.
11/13/1959 – Workmen who are putting a new asbestos-tile roof on the Ford City First Presbyterian Church, expect to complete the job sometime next week. T. D. Churchhill and Son, local contractor, is in charge of the project.
11/13/1959 – Kittanning school officials said today that efforts are being made to reschedule the Kittanning-Ford City football game to ward off student vandalism which this year resulted in hundreds of dollars in property damage.
11/13/1959 – A two-room dwelling, owned by Continental Clay Products and occupied by Lon Bellas, burned to the ground.
11/13/1954 – A mechanized hoist, designed primarily for lifting bed-ridden fracture cases into a sitting position for movement to a chair or wheelchair, was presented to Armstrong County Memorial Hospital by the Woman’s Club of Kittanning.
11/13/1954 – Plans were revealed today for an amusement park-swimming pool-motel combination, which will be constructed three miles east of here on Route 66, just North of the intersection of Route 85. The amusement park – Kiddieland – is scheduled to open in mid-May. The ambitious project is being undertaken by Norman E. Staley, Pittsburgh area marine diver who is now living in Templeton.
11/13/1944 – Father of Four Dead. Pvt. Chester Nelson, 28, of Templeton is killed in Action in France.
11/13/1944 – Gridiron competition in this district was brought to a climactic close on Armistice Day. The classic battle between Ford City and Kittanning High School footballers ended in a scoreless tie for the first time in the history of the schools.
11/13/1939 – Construction of a new intercepting sanitary sewer in Kittanning Borough Park south of Market St. progressed more rapidly within the past few weeks. The Works Progress Administration had increased to as many as 90 men the crew engaged in the operation.
11/13/1939 – Clarence Murphy, 58, of East Brady, a brakeman on Pennsylvania Railroad’s Low Grade Division, was seriously injured when his body struck a switch post as he was riding the side of a freight car at Parkers Landing.
11/13/1934 – George H. Burns Jr., civil leader, died at his home in the Burns Apartments, N. Jefferson St.
11/13/1934 – Wildcats sharpened claws on Ford City 7-0 in Kittanning. It was Kittanning High’s first victory over the Glassers since 1929.
11/13/1929 – Total receipt from the Kittanning-Ford City game on Armistice Day were $1,463. After expenses were paid, each school received $681.50.
11/13/1929 – J. C. Jackson of McGrann reported to police that he had been sandbagged on North Water St. and robbed of $183.
BIBLE MEDITATION – How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? For ever? How long wilt though hide thy face from me? – Psalm 13:1 Like the psalmist, many modern men are perplexed by the seemingly prolonged indifference of God.