Out of the Long Ago Forty Years Ago July 10, 1897 George J. BUCHHEIT is drilling some oil wells back of SMITH's Ferry. W. D. HALL hauls him the needed supplies from McDonald. Peter SPRUMONT, 19, was instantly killed at the Nickelplate mine by a fall of slate. Joseph DESCUTNER went to Belgium on a pleasure trip. David DOUGHERTY has charge of the North-Star-Imperial mail route. The Hill Farm mine has been shut down since so many lives have been lost. Godfrey VOGEL, 88, of Hickory died July 4. H. G. MANNING, 38, died July 1 in his home near Primrose. A million dollar steel plant for McDonald is in prospect. John D. ROCKEFELLER, the Standard Oil man, is a Baptist. He promised to give $250,000 to that church if the members gave the same sum. The sum was raised and he is busy writing his check. J. B. MSAQUELIER has worked himself from a coal miner to a fine carpenter. He has built a house for John REED, and is adding a new room to the Robb School. Thirty Years Ago July 12, 1907 Major NESBIT of Oakdale broke his collarbone in a runaway. Emil SERVOIN, 52, of Sturgeon shot himself with a 38-caliber revolver. He died that same evening. Andrew YOUNG, Sr., 76, died June 19 in Scotland. A blacksnake about 2 ½ feet long was killed at the Highland farm, Imperial. Upon opening the snake, it was discovered it had swallowed a small chicken. Perry VANDERVORT, 60, died July 5 in his home in Clinton. Robert RITCHIE of Midway broke his leg while at work in the mine. Wallace CHAMBON, 5, of Midway fell from a wagon and broke his nose. He was returning home from McDonald with his father when the accident occurred. R. A. PEACOCK of Hickory is searching for his horse and buggy, which a man, who said his name was MCDONALD, borrowed but forgot to return. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 12, 1912 Frank M. RANKIN, 37, died July 5 in his home in Midway. A marriage license has been issued to Mary BURNS and John RURICKI, both of McDonald. Mrs. Alexandre MAGE left July 9 for a month's sojourn in Canada. Mrs. Jacob BELL, and old and respected resident of Noblestown, died July 3. A. A. HADDEN of Oakdale fell down the stairs and broke his collarbone. Miss Elizabeth MCGILL of Oakdale underwent an operation on her throat. James REGAN has accepted a position as foreman of a machine shop in Parkersburg, W. Va. Frank BARR of Oakdale is chief engineer at the pump station in Gregg. Twenty Years Ago July 13, 1917 Mrs. MCEWEN has purchased the 16-acre farm of the Robert Clark BROWN estate in Cecil from Samuel SMITH. Benjamin FEREDAY has been named burgess of McDonald to succeed the late Samuel H. PYLE. Charlotte RICHARDS of the Westend, McDonald, and Richard BUFFINGTON were married June 11. Leon RANDOUR of Washington avenue received word of the death of his brother Henry in San Francisco, Calif., formerly of McDonald. Jacob FITZPATRICK, 25, a coal miner of Gladden, was crushed to death in the McLean Coal Co. mine near Treveskyn when a car jumped the track. William BARCLAY, 16, of Sturgeon enlisted in the Third Pennsylvania Infantry. Joe NEAL, the Midway constable, was kept busy July 4. At MCFARLANE's corner, he arrested eleven automobile drivers, some for not having their lights on and some for not using their horns. Fifteen Years Ago July 14, 1922 Robert HOOD broke an arm and fractured a shoulder blade while at work on the J. A. MCNALL farm north of town. He was unloading hay in the barn when a fork of hay, in being conveyed to the mow, was dropped, catching Mr. HOOD under it. Nellie S. WILEY and Marlowe G. OSMOND, both of Oakdale, were married July 6. Frank SCHELL bought John W. WILES' house in Station street for $6,000. George C. WILSON of Valley street underwent an appendix operation in the Mercy hospital. Mr. Alex PLUMMERET of Noblestown broke an artery in her hand and is suffering from blood poisoning. Robert (Hop) SAWHILL of Midway had his watch stolen while he was in swimming on the DONALDSON farm at Bavington. Ten Years Ago July 14, 1927 Mrs. Flora M. LESTER, 63, died July 10 in her home in Oakdale. Clyde DODDS has purchased the Oakdale newsstand. John F. DODDS, the mechanic at the VOYE Bros. garage, mashed a finger when a hammer head came off the handle. Alfred HOOKEY of North street had his tonsils removed in the Canonsburg hospital. Henri MARC, Jr., of Valley street left July 8 to serve tow weeks at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, as a lieutenant in the Chemical warfare section. Ruth Bell BELLAIRE of Barr street and Lloyd SLAGLE of Mosgrove, Armstrong county, were married June 11 in Pittsburgh. The West Penn Co., has appealed to the Public Service Commission to abandon the use of street car service between McDonald and Oakdale and to operate bus service between Burgettstown and Carnegie. Five Years Ago July 15, 1932 Floyd JENNETTE and Raymond KENNEDY of Fannie street entertained July 8 over radio station WNBO in Washington. James Ernest LINDSEY of the Venice road was instantly killed when a tree under which he was walking was struck by lightning. The James RENARI house in Primrose was destroyed by fire July 7. Damage, estimated at $2,000, was partly covered by insurance. Frank W. FELLNER, 26, of Railroad street was drowned July 10 in Raccoon creek. George C. WILSON of Tyre broke his collarbone and was badly bruised when his ice delivery truck went over a hill. Miss Dorothy SOULERET of East Lincoln avenue is an appendicitis patient in a Pittsburgh hospital. Mary COMBS of Murdocksville had 125 chickens stolen. Thomas MCNAMEE, 55, of Imperial sustained a broken vertebra when he fell from a cherry tree. Bertha and Wilma Jean EMERICK of Grant street had their tonsils and adenoids removed in the Washington hospital.