April 21, 1944 McDonald Record-Outlook Out Of The Long Ago April 8, 1904-Miss Clara BOYLES and Fred SCHELL were married March 10 in Steubenville. Lightening struck Alex SCOTT's stable at Imperial and a valuable horse was killed. A. A. HASKINS has purchased an interest in Fred BAIER's meat shop and the business will hereafter be conducted under the title of BAIER & HASKINS. O. H. BRESTLE has returned from the Kansas oil fields and states that a hundred more would return if they had the fare. Mr. and Mrs. Edward POOLER celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on April 2. A marriage license has been issued to John FLEMING of McDonald and Hattie ROSS of Pittsburgh. April 15, 1904-Manson CUMMINS of Hickory, while working in the Burgettstown oil field, was seriously injured when he fell from the waling beam to the derrick floor. Mrs. Louella BALDIN of Midway has purchased the Dan MARTIN house opposite the new station site. She intends to enlarge it. A marriage license has been issued to Lizzie TOURRANT and Peter CHARLIER, both of Midway. Farmers are doing their spring plowing in overcoats and earmuffs. A fire started in a foreigner's house in Enlow and burned to the ground. Mr. BATEMAN's house also caught fire from it and was also destroyed as well as the railroad station across the road. James SEABRIGHT, 6, of Primrose was painfully burned when his overalls caught fire from a bonfire. The McDonald Tea Co. is erecting two dwellings in Fannie street on the property they recently purchased from the BRADLEY heirs. Alexander C. LECOMTE, an oil operator from Marietta, Ohio, has purchased the old St. Alphonsus' church lot at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Station street from M. R. CONLEY for $1000 and will begin erection of a spacious brick veneer dwelling. April 9, 1909-S. B. PERRIN has sold his interest in the grocery of PERRIN & BROWN to his partner D. C. BROWN. The high winds blew tiles from the roofs and bricks and tin from the exposed cornices of the First U. P. church and St. Alphonsus' church. COLEMAN Bros. drilled a well on the MCCRORY Bros. farm between Oakdale and Imperial, for R. G. GILLESPIE and got a light pumper. Mrs. William MILLER of Enlow fell and broke her thigh. John CLELAND of Midway has gone to Colorado, where he will follow the carpenter trade. N. G. PERKINS, electrician, broke his arm at the elbow. April 11, 1914-MCKEE & VOYE have taken over the Lincoln hall across the creek from the Commercial hotel and have named the new theater The Rex. There are 30, 254 registered voters in Washington county. A. V. CAMPBELL, who has been acting secretary of the McDonald borough council, was elected to succeed the late F. J. BOOKHAMMER. H. E. BERRY has sold his Coal street property to Mrs. Catherine PHILLIPS. Samuel CHETTLE, 17, of Coal Center, formerly of Midway, was fatally injured in the mine. April 11, 1919-Miss Mary Wilma PYLE of McDonald and Joseph KELLY SEAMAN of Detroit were married April 8 in the First Presbyterian parsonage, McDonald. W. A. CHEESEBROUGH has sold his McDonald Bakery to Herman BERNHEIMER of Pittsburgh. S. H. HAMILTON ran a sliver of wood into his hand while at work in the oil field and infection set in. August WEITZEL has sold his house in North avenue to Mrs. L. V. DELOCHE and bought the William LOCKHART property in Third street. P. E. DESCUTNER has purchased the DELOCHE property in East Lincoln avenue. The Charles D. BRUBAKERS have moved from Fourth street to Saginaw, Mich., where Mr. BRUBAKER is running a bottle factory. Charles DEWELL of Camp Dix is home on furlough. He was wounded in action when he started over the top. He still has two machine gun bullets in his back. April 11, 1924-Miss Ann INGLEFIELD of Murdocksville and Albert BOLSER were married April 2 in the home of the bride's parents. Max N. LEVISON has purchased the Robert L. STEVENSON property in Fannie street. William E. LOFFERT and August GEHRKE of Midway have gone to Detroit to take a course in auto, tractor, and electrical engineering. August CHAMBON has sold his house and store in Midway to Samuel SROLOVITZ. April 12, 1929-Seventeen cars of the produce train from the West were wrecked at a point about 300 yards east of the Oakdale station. Three cars went into the creek and two others into the bank, taking some of the rail with them. No one was injured. Graham S. CAMPBELL has sailed from New York for a visit to the Holy Land. The dwelling of George HAMMERLY, Jr., on the PEACOCK farm southwest of McDonald was destroyed by fire. Ernest BROWETT of Fannie street had the middle finger of his left hand almost severed at the first joint while at work at Montour No. 9 mine. He was pulling a coal car when a piece of coal fell and struck his hand. April 13, 1934-William MASQUELIER has sold his milk business in Lincoln avenue to the FARRARS. A marriage license has been issued to Clifford AHRNS of R. D. 4, McDonald and Martha MILLER of West Middletown. A building on the Thomas WELSH farm near Venice was destroyed by fire. The structure was once used as the Kelso No. 3 schoolhouse. Ernest C. KRAMER has leased the Butler service station at the coal washing plant on Route 22. Howard GOULD of Clinton had his foot smashed when a large piece of concrete fell on it. Louis ELY of Gilmore and Miss Gaynell BOLLINGER of near Venice were married April 7. April 14, 1939-Aldo T. (Buff) DONELLI of Noblestown was recently promoted to head football coach and athletic director at Duquesne university. A rough estimate of 1000 sports contests would cover DONELLI's career as an active participant. His list of soccer struggles easily exceeded 500. Edward ANTEL, 13, of McDonald, fell from a bicycle and broke his left leg just above the ankle. The Burgettstown-Midway alumni association of Washington and Jefferson college has awarded the district four-year scholarships for 1939-1940..