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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1954
Page
17
Elwood public schools plan a Sept 8 1954 start with teachers reporting Sept 7 for organization. Students meet at 9 am Sept 8 for assignments and book lists. classes begin Sept 9. Vacations include Oct 21-22 convention, Nov 25-26, Dec 24-Jan 3, and a May 27 close.
Chief Everett Phillips reports the Americal LaFrance truck from Elmira New York has been shipped and should arrive by Thursday evening. An engineer will supervise unloading from the Pennsylvania Railroad and conduct tests before use possibly Friday or later.
Elwood Kiwanis Club will hold its weekly dinner meeting at the Kikihawen and Boy Scout Camp at 6 p m Thursday the time moved from 6 20 p m Emilio Miramontes migrant worker trainer coordinator in Elwood will speak at Lions Club dinner at Mangas Cafeteria at 6 30 p m Wednesday Alvarado Rosendo cannery employee fined 1 and costs for public intoxication in city court Tuesday Retailers Plan The Flood Chamber of Commerce retail division schedules Dollar Day Sale August 13 14 back to school Aug 19 and a style show September 22 at the high school auditorium
Mrs Alma Huntzinger 32 of Elwood died Tuesday morning at St John s Hospital Springfield Missouri after a heart attack at her Bois D Arc Missouri home She had been ill six years The body goes to Elwood for funeral home arrangements are pending Survived by husband Alva son Billie 9 parents Everett and wife Elwood three brothers and two grandmothers
Rawalpindi Pakistan report says the Italian expedition conquered K2 the world’s second highest peak. Summit reached July 31 in a move following Everest’s 1953 triumph. The message did not name climbers though it notes 11 climbers and seven scientists were part of the party.
Summitville MYF members Clyde Jr and Patty Denny Doris Manning Joyce Baldwin William Coty Larry Bair Beverly Pollard Jayne Gossett Patty Clock Ann Melling join Rev Edward Antle and spouses at Epworth Forest Institute. Doris Manning and Pollard report on classes and work. Midweek Methodist Church prayer set at 7 15 pm Thursday. HM Club met at Judith Bunyan home with Fern Silvey co host.
Elwood Business and Professional Woman's Club held a wiener roast at Mrs Helen Unger's home on Monday evening with co hostesses Mesdames Robbins and MacDonald. A business meeting led by president Goldie Miller followed, then a social hour. Next meeting is Sept 13 with location to be announced.
The Alexandria Conservation and Gun Club released 384 quail and 387 pheasants in Monroe Township, aided by 4-H youth raising 125 pheasants. The club plans day old quail arrivals and another pheasant flock later. Dues fund the project and two year costs totaled 650 dollars for feed and facilities. The Alexandria Church of God exceeded a World Mission fund goal with an average of 13.68 dollars per member.
Frederick O. Hamner, 46, was convicted of carrying concealed deadly weapons after he shot his estranged wife Andrea Luckenbach Hamner at Delaware Park race track. He received five years in the New Castle County work house and a $1000 fine. Mrs Hamner testified she last saw him Oct 15, 1953, and four shots hit her before she was hospitalized until July 17.
Strickler's Hardware invites customers to save 10 to 50 percent on sale items at 1116 Madison Ave. Over-stocks discontinued shop worn items are offered with orange tags for quick bargains.
A social event by the American Legion at Beulah Park honors post officers and families with a 6 p.m. hamburger fry open to members who are asked to bring food and beverages. Also reported is the 63rd wedding anniversary of Thomas and Mrs. Riall in Innisdale with family details, health notes, and descendants. Other items note visitors to the Wilson and Cleaver families, a summer story hour at the Public Library led by Mrs. Edith Laws, and a children’s program for first through sixth graders with preschoolers invited.
Anderson Township School Building Corporation board met at Russell Welch's office to discuss a south edge junior-senior high school project. No cost or size decision was made yet. Board members listed include James Wright president and Robert Miller secretary. Architect is Arthur Henning.
City officials halted a small fraud scheme in which bus operators dropped flattened dimes into the cash box, turning 9 cents into profit as they gave change to riders. The company soon stopped the practice.
The third plot is 13 by 26 feet. The problem shows the width as the square root of (7^2 plus 17^2) divided by 2, yielding width 13, and length twice the width, yielding 26.
New York City faced a $50 000 lawsuit over the death of Miss Helen F. Regan who choked on a pickle while a patient at Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Oct 28 1952. The suit by Mrs. Lillian R. Rogers alleges hospital negligence and lack of coordination to feed herself. City denied the charges. Women to be ordained Princeton World Presbyterian Alliance backed ordaining women by a 66-65 vote at the 17th General Council Tuesday.
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