Leisure Church Roof Damaged During Storm
A storm caused extensive damage in Leisure near Elwood and on Ind 13. The Pilgrim Holiness Church roof was torn off by high winds, with debris along the highway. A car collision near Leisure injured Mrs. Hubert Tobias but no fire damage occurred. Local merchants report storm debris and utilities crews cleared the area. The Elwood Chamber notes no merchant chest book sponsorship that day.
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Mattoon
13Th Street
Ind
Wayne Menianim
Hood Bidey
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Pilgrim Holiness
Church At Leisure
Elwood
Laburt
Hubert Tobias
and Brossing
Leis
Lure
Miiling
Mil Elwood
Elwood Police Report Shows July Arrests and Incidents
Elwood police made sixty four arrests in July per the monthly report by Police Chief Dixon. Road blocks with state police yielded several arrests. Auto theft and various offenses dominated, with 165 complaints investigated and 23 dog complaints. Christian Church speaker Tra Paternoster to address East Main Street Christian Church at 10 30 am Sunday.
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Elwood
Dixon
Christian Church Tra Paternoster
National Dis
Department of Resources
United Christian Missionary Society
International Board of Missions
Christian Education
Disciples of Christ
East Main Street
Pipe Creek Schools Set To Open September 3
Elwood Pipe Creek Township schools announce the 1954 55 term will begin Friday September 3. Frankton South Elwood and Red Corner schools will open with buses at regular time and one hour stay for students. Classes start Tuesday September 7. Back sale opens August 9 in Frankton basement with Miss Emma Elspaugh in charge.
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Elwood
Pipe Creek Township
Millicent Canaday
Frankton
South Elwood
Red Corner
Pips Creek Township
Emma Elspaugh
Elwood Social Activities Include Picnics and Meetings
Elwood groups report a Past Time Club picnic at Callaway Park with a pitch-in supper and social time. Shiloh Aid Society held an all-day picnic in Callaway Park with a basket dinner and church addition volunteers. New Lancaster Aid also hosted an all-day picnic at Callaway Park with a dinner and meeting.
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Ellwood
Callaway Park
Judy
Carolyn Brobst
Anderson
Nardine Osting
Elwood
Claude Nuding
Roscoe Parish
C. ¥. Sowash
Mesdames Vera Hollowell
Leah Marshall
Susie Spahr
Pearl Robinson
Zelpha Adams
Lora Parish
Maude Castor
Lora Osting
Mabel Sowash
Ladies Aid Society
Shiloh Friends Church
Shiloh
Thelma McDonald
New Lancaster
Ladies Aid Society of
Mercy Hospital
Ray Bathdull
Tobile Yarling
J. S. Veterans Hospital
Robert L. Jackley
Jimmy and Jerry
Wilter
Roll Call
Mack
Sliom
Erham
Rosante Stokes
Edna Porter
Merning
Grace Methodist
WSCS
Woman's Society of Christian
Grace Methodist Church
Harry M. Jones
North Indiana
The
Methodist Church
Mary
Nancy
Indianapolis
Edward Laad
Marthe Tipton
Chicago
W. E. Tipton
Aircraft Jobs To Fall In 1954 Industry Faces Cut
Los Angeles report notes aircraft manufacturers expect employment to drop about seven percent in 1954. Better production is expected to sustain a nine billion dollar annual output. The item lists attendees at a community gathering and several local organizational notices and reunions from the period.
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Los Angeles
Try and Stop Me
A Minnesota pioneer’s son visiting a friend in the West boasts of echoes from a valley and compares to a Minneapolis summit trick. A West Arizona art exhibit photo prompts a child to ask about a futuristic device meant to control a cowboy’s horse, sparking parental explanation.
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Minnesota
Ot West
Big Valley
Mohn Smith
Minneapolis
Ol Oleson
Arizona
Jimmy
Jimny Tooket
Mennett Cert
King Features Mordicas
Ward-Stilson Group Returns From Michigan Conference
Executives of the Ward-Stilson Company returned from Hackor Springs Michigan where they attended the annual 1000 Club gathering of Maisonette Division top salespeople. Local officials Ward K Stilson Kenneth Bolen W R Class W C Fails DeVar Litten Morgan Jones attended the Michigan meeting. The factory remains active with favorable fall prospects.
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Ward-Stitzon
Hackor Springs
Mich
Maisonette
Ward-Stilson
Michigan
Ward K. Stilson
Kenneth Bolen
W. R. Class
W. C. Fails
DeVar Litten
Morgan Jones
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Sweden Sets Ship Mark Record in Oldest Shipyard News
Gothenburg reports Sweden's shipbuilding milestone as Yale Daily News notes Yale University ships delivered 705000 tons deadweight last year and 740000 tons total to date with deliveries in 1878 to 1938.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
New Haven
Yale
Yale University
Oklahoma bootleg operation unearthed by inspectors
Oklahoma law officers seized a bootleg operation after monitoring traffic to a house parlor. A search warrant revealed a door with a bell sign and a sliding money tray. Police identified a one way glass and found 64 pints of tax paid liquor inside.
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Oklahoma
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Elwood Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
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DeMolay
Masonic Temple
William Johnson
New York
A.C
Valua
Family
Miami Beach
Pipe Creek
New City
Roland
Susan Peters
Savetay
Shirley Daniels
Kent
Karen Swain
Mesdames
Myrtle
Builer
Josie Hoover
Luella
Hoover
Luella Hoover
Daugh
Everett Phillins
Odd
Latlie Hobbs
Jamily
Sertha Mack
Julia Davis
Thel Na Daniels
Alice Jarrett
Ars
Martie Butler
Tant
Jeph Wo
Fred Dickerson
Main St
Muncie
Copherland Fesler
Juss Kreme
Wilbur McGill
Carrie Beeson
Dessie Etchison
Frances Beckett
Hazel Carpenter
Juanita Courtney
LaVon Carlile
Nitie Darraw
Mary Ray
Muth Nil Jer
Dalice Haskell
Zeng Jackson
Minnie Kauffman
Iona Myerly
Mabel Brimfield
Jane Cooper
Lucile Yarling
Iyal McCorkle
Tameaster School
Bennett Cerf
Arvin
Ee Westinghouse
CASCO
Lint Children's
Ories
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