June 2, 1944 McDonald Record-Outlook Out Of The Long Ago Forty Years Ago May 13, 1904 R. G. GILLESPIE has completed his No. 8 well on the J. S. BUCHANAN farm, southwest of Burgettstown, and has a show for a 15 or 20-barrel pumper. LOWRY & O'DAY are starting a well on the KAUFMANN farm near Raccoon. Frank BEPLER, 14, broke a bone in his ankle. He was driving a team in a delivery wagon on the Venice road when the vehicle struck a rut coming down the McDonald hill. The jolt broke the wagon seat, threw the boy out, and frightened the spirited team. It ran the length of McDonald street and a little distance out Valley street before stopping. One of the horses got over the wagon tongue and was bruised about the hind legs and body. Miss Mayme ADAMS of Bulger and Clarence SHOEMAKER of Midway were married May 10 in McDonald. Thirty-five Years Ago May 14, 1909 R. G. PARKS has purchased a five-room house in Arabella street from F. L. DESCUTNER. Mr. PARKS is a telegraph operator of the Panhandle railroad near Carnegie and move her from Midway. Midway high defeated McDonald high 5-4 in a closely contested game. One of the features of the game was the base running of Horace MCQUISTON of McDonald in the last inning. With two men out, he got to first base on a scratch, stole second and third, and reached home by the catcher dropping the ball at the base. A.*. JEFFREY has resigned his position in the Pennsylvania railroad offices in Pittsburgh, and has gone to Baltimore, Md. to assume a more lucrative position with a mercantile company. Miss Marie LAVIE and F. A THOMASSY, both of McDonald were married Ma 12 in Pittsburgh. John DHAYER of Midway was injured while at work in the Shaw mine. Deaths-Mrs. Rachel POTTER, 77, of Noblestown; William Gamble WINTERS, 76, of near Midway; Mrs. Joseph WILLISON, 75, of Hickory. Thirty Years Ago May 16, 1914 John H. RISBECK of Pittsburgh, formerly of McDonald, distributed 500 bags of marbles among McDonald children. Mrs. Mitchell EVANS of Primrose was held up and robbed of $20 by two strangers at a lonely point in the highway. McDonald and vicinity was visited by a wind a rainstorm that was the worst in years. Several buildings were badly damaged and oil derricks and trees were blown down. One end of the Crescent Bottle Co. factory was blown out. Samuel F. SHOWALTER, 69, of Painesville, Ohio, formerly of McDonald, died May 11. He was a well-known retired oil operator of the Western Pennsylvania fields. McDonald lost in an exciting baseball game to Carnegie 3-2. Twenty-five Years Ago May 16, 1919 Deaths-Emile CHARLIER, 77, of McDonald; Elmer Lewis MARSHALL, 22, of Clinton. Mrs. Margaret JAMISON has purchased the Eva CLARK property on the west side of Fourth street. Frank MICHAUX has purchased a lot in East Barr street. It has been established that John WESOLOSKI of Imperial was killed by a stray bullet after church one Sunday morning. He died instantly, before he had gone into active service, and was buried in France two days later. A ten-stanza poem was written by John HEALY of McDonald in memory of those who died May 18, 1918, at the Oakdale Aetna Chemical explosion. Mr. HEALY was employed at the plant and was working night turn tha week. He was resting at home when he heard the first explosion and went down to assist in the rescue work. After the second blast, he called the Record office and requested that his folks be told that he was all right. A peculiar strain in his voice prompted the question, "Are your hurt?" to which he replied, "No, only a bit excited." Mr. HEALY was at once taken to the hospital with a fractured skull. After being discharged from the hospital he helped to clean up the dangerous stuff on the site of the explosion. John MEUTE of Bulger has been made foreman at Bulger Block Coal Mine. Twenty Years Ago May 16, 1924 Mrs. Dominick CAPITANI and children Hubert and Eugenie of Valley street have gone to Milan, Italy, to spend three months with relatives Weddings-Miss Mabel BELL of McDonald and John BRABSON of Midway, May 8, in Wellsburg; Miss Blanche L. SCHOLLAERT of Sturgeon and Howard L. BEAUMONT of Oakdale, May 14 in the home of the bride. Fire of unknown origin destroyed an old derrick and a gas dilly owned by C. Lyman WILL near Canonsburg. The derrick and engine house contained two REID engines and a Tillinghast gas pump, which were completely destroyed. Loss is placed at $7000. Mrs. F. A. THOMASSY and children, Fernand, Louis, and Mary Lou have sailed for Havre, France. Their itinerary includes France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Holland. David MARSH of Primrose fell and broke an arm. Charles ATEN of Imperial met with a painful accident when part of the contents of a bottle of formaldehyde spilled into his left eye. Deaths-Hugh PURDY, of McDonald and J. C. MC____, 62, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Hickory. Fifteen Years Ago ______, 1929 Mostly crumbled away. Deaths-Viola Ruth AYERS, Alice Juanita HOWELL, Mrs. Demored PERELLA, and Mrs. Anna Jane SHANE, all of McDonald; Mrs. John LAWRENCE COOK of Bridgeville, and Mrs. Marry WALLACE CAMPBELL of Carnegie. Ten Years Ago May 18, 1934 Miss Marie KOHN of Wilkinsburg and John MATHEWSON of Oakdale were married May 27, 1933. The Ford coupe owned by Albert BURNS, Jr., of Third street was stolen and was found in Noblestown, crashed into an abutment. Charles A. HUNT of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of McDonald, has been promoted to supervising agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.'s central region with offices in Harrisburg. Midway high graduates the largest class in its history on Ma 28-10 boys and 18 girls. Leon CLAYTON, Cecil grade school teacher, was painfully cut and bruised when his roadster collided with a car near Cowden. The roadster was demolished. John MCVICKER of Sturgeon was hit in the eye with a nail while at his work at Montour No. 9. He was taken to Mercy hospital where an operation was preformed. Deaths-Mrs. Annie M. LEITER, 71, of Oakdale; Manning MCPHERSON, 75, and Betty Lou HAINES, two months, both of Imperial; George HESTOR of Hickory. Five Years Ago May 19, 1939 Joseph KENDRA, 14, of Imperial fell while playing baseball and broke his right leg in two places. He is in the Mercy hospital. Miss Margaret DOUGLASS of Valley street, a sophomore at Muskingum college, has been chosen a member of the student government council, being one of three sophomores accorded this honor. Miss DOUGLASS is also a member of the sports staff of the "Green Issue," the college paper. Norman TROY of McDonald and Camile BORIO of Slovan have applied for a marriage license. George HOLMES of Midway was injured while at work on the railroad and is in the Allegheny General hospital. Deaths-John KOSTYAK, Sr., 65, and David Paul KELLY, 2, both of Oakdale; Mrs. Martha BRANT of Venice; Mrs. Emma LANDER of Noblestown; Mrs. George W. TWYFORD, 78, of Clinton; Mrs. Mary MARSHALL WHITE, 33, of Imperial; John S. JOHNSTON, 85, of Greensburg, formerly of McDonald and Midway.