Hazel Dell Homecoming to feature flags and music
ELWOOD The Hazel Dell Friends Church will hold its 47th annual homecoming on Sunday near Windfall with Rev Xen Harvey of Fairmount as afternoon speaker. Morning service to be led by Rev Al Wilson. Mulberry's Howard Colman and wife oversee music as basket dinner fills noon. The program includes The Salute to the American flag and The Salute to the Christian flag, plus speeches by Mike Tolles Irisha Kinder and a Hazel Dell Trio performance The Legend. Reading Club Party at Elwood Public Library drew 112 children who completed ten or more books and received certificates and decorated Indian teepees. 110 Elwood and 30 Frankton diplomas were awarded later.
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Hazel Dell Friends Church
Windfall
Xen Harvey
Friends Church
Fairmount
Howard Colman
Mulberry
al Wilson
Imogene Trimble
Mike Tolle
Irisha Kinder
Hazel Dell
Elwood Public Library
Frances Robertson
Overloads Bring High Elwood Fines
Two persons were fined and nine forfeit bonds after failing to appear in city court Tuesday morning led by Mayor Robert Fortson. Clifford Tucker paid $1 and costs for operating a motor vehicle without a license. James C. Harris was fined similarly for speeding. Forfeitures included several individuals for overweight axle loads and speeding, with amounts ranging from $1 to $219.75. Twenty two youths earned certificates and emblems for completing a 20 hour junior life saving and water safety course at Callaway Park. John Downham completed a senior life saving course. Mercy Hospital dismissals and transfers noted for several residents and area hospitals.
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Clifford Tucker
Sc. A St
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Noblesville
Russell Leer
Marion
R. Ooten
Indianapolis
Carl J. Henninger
Adrian
Mich
James A. Nickerson
James W. Balen
Gaston
Elmer L. Bever
Detroit
Leonard D. McGinley
Mt. Morris
Thomas J. Puppel
Vincennes
Roger Badger
van Dyke
Mic
Callaway Park
Jo Ann Hodson
Patty Davis
Marjorie Hamilton
Mary Lee Hudson
Ann Leathers
Keith Beaty
David Passmore
Gregg Caldwell
Eric Johnson
Richard Wimmer
Douglas Anderson
Fileen Plummer
Winnie Shaw
David Stout
Marlene Morris
Philip Sharp
Joe Bilby
Mickey Beasley
Joyce Ann Morris
Sandra Smith
Carol Robertson
John
Alexandria Votes 1957 Budget and Forms Traffic Commission
The Alexandria City Council approved the 1957 budget with a $2.44 per $100 rate and formed a Traffic Commission to study city traffic. Members include Richard Hall Ed Alvord Karl Kyle James Davis and Wilbur Aubrecht of the Alexandria Businessmen's Association with other industry labor and residential representatives to be named. Also reported falls: Douglas Porter son of Mr and Mrs Don Porter injured after bicycle accident near home and treated at the Alexandria Clinic.
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County Tax Adjustment Board
State Tax Adjustment Board
New Traffic Commission
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Ed Alvord
Karl Kyle
James Davis
Wilbur Aubrecht
Alexandria Businessmen's Association
Traffic Commission
Douglas Porter
Don Porter
Harrison Sr
Moore Rites Thursday In Grace Church
Elwood memorial notices report Moore Jesse Guy Moore 61 of 2706 South I Street died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis at 6 a.m. Tuesday after two years of illness. Survived by daughter Eunice Noel Indianapolis. sons Charles Fairmount Ralph Elwood. brothers Dewey Elwood Earl Mishawaka. sisters Nellie Moore Stella Frazee Cora Jones all Elwood. eight grandchildren. Born Madison County June 14 1895 son of Newton and Ettle Moore. married Sylvia Pugh in 1915. Body to Clark Chapel then home for visitation. services at Grace Methodist Church Thursday 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Harry M. Jones. Burial Elwood City Cemetery.
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Fairmount
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Dewey Moore
Earl Moore
Mishawaka
Nellie Moore
Stella Frazee
Cora Jones
Mr. Moore
Madison County
Newton
Ettle Moore
Sylvia Pugh
Clark Chapel
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Harry M. Jones
Elwood City
Change
Chris Mihos
South J Street
Anderson Nursing Home
Elwood City Cemetery
Anderson
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Shirley Central Chapel
North Illinois Street
Crown Hill Cemetery
York Memorial
1957 Budget Gets Approval in Anderson Township
The Anderson Township Advisory Board and Township Trustee John A Boone approved the proposed 1957 township budget of 1 231 557 dollars an increase of 242 315 over 1956. The expected tax rate could reach 5.31 per 100 dollars of property versus 5.06 last year with further review pending by county and state tax boards. Board members were Leland Boren Clifford Herron and Ralph Jones. No remonstrators appeared at the hearing.
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Madison County Tax Adjustment Board
Indiana State Tax Board
Leland Boren
Clifford Herron
Ralph Jones
Boone
County labor rally draws thousands in east central Indiana
The event, continuing from page one, will open with a 11 a.m. parade through the business district. Afternoon events include a public gathering at Shadyside Park with labor and political figures as speakers. Final arrangements are set by committees at the Labor Temple this evening. A note mentions there are roughly 25 airplanes in flight across the Atlantic at any moment.
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Indiana
Shadyside Park
Labor Temple
Alexandria Honors Club Planned in Alexandria High School
Plans unfold in Alexandria to form a National Honor Society Alumni Chapter with a meeting at 7 30 p m tonight at Alexandria High School. Senior Parents groups are funding the effort and urge all NHS graduates to attend, noting 1929 saw the first awards and about 420 students have earned the honor since. Also reported, Miss Letty Cotterman underwent emergency appendectomy at St John s Hospital and is recovering after a European trip. Mr and Mrs David Reed relocate east of Alexandria on Ind 9 to a new home.
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Anderson
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Europe
David Reed
Ind
Alexandria group attends International Youth Convention in Springfield
A Alexandria Church of God delegation, led by Rev Harold E Morton and Rev Dwight McCurdy, attended the 20th International Youth Convention in Springfield Illinois and returned Sunday. Also noted is a Gilman Past Noble Grand Club gathering hosted by Mrs Harley Foust on W Tyler St with multiple attendees. Jerry Wygrala of Hobart visited Miss Marie Schmauss in Alexandria over the weekend.
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Joyce Blake
Jeanette Golden
Rosemary Sinclair
Myrna Williams
David Telfer
William Sinclair
Myron Williams
Dwight McCurdy
Illinois
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Mesdames Nimrod Good
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Marshall McKinley
John Featherston
Carroll Curts
Cora Collier
Donna West
Leafy Noble
Catherine Stevens
Durbin Modlin
Virgil Waymire
Ford Chaplin
Tom Evans
Kenneth Cranfield
Clarence Tuttle
Maurice Matthew
Hazel Gustin
Jerry Wygrala
Hobart
Marie Schmauss
Canal St
Elwood Social Activities and Local Gatherings Roundup
Elwood hosts the American Legion Auxiliary meeting with plans for officer installation on September 10 led by Fifth District president Mrs. Charles C. Mullins. The Cain and Piatt reunion marks Labor Day at Callaway Park with a noon basket dinner. Republicans host open house at 1107 Jackson St. in Anderson with local leaders and music. Cosmos Chapter plans first meeting September 6 to study The Great Rivers of the World. Baptist Home Builders enjoy a Beaver Dam Lake outing and set a September 29 dinner and meeting. Mr and Mrs Edward H. De Hority of Washington DC visit Mrs De Hority and other relatives in Elwood.
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Legion Home
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Charles C. Mullins
Tipton
Fifth District
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Piatt
Callaway Park
Thomas Cain
Bradenton
Fla
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Martha Ellis
Shirley Barnett
Pipe Creek Township
Tower Apartments
Jackson St
Anderson
Madison County
Republican Club
Durbin Hollingsworth
Cosmos
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International Travel Study Club, Inc
Paul Crimans
St.Lawrence
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Columbia
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Joseph Leisure
First Baptist Church
Beaver Dam Lake
Jesse van Briggle
William Cornelius
St. Rd
Edward H. DeHority
Washington, D. C
Toensing To Aid Elwood Chest Campaign
Elwood appoints Clifford E Toen sing as co chair of the 1957 Community Chest drive joining Earl Reasoner Jr. who was named chairman last week. Toen sing brings past Chest board service and solicitation training, with prior work in Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. He is sales manager for Steel Slitting Company after stints at U.S. Steel divisions. Five new 12 minute parking meters will be installed near Elwood’s three downtown banks allowing one cent for twelve minutes, Mayor Robert Fortson announced. Meters placed on So A Street by First National and Citizens Banks and on Main Street by the Elwood Federal Savings and Loan. Stokely Van Camp plant to begin processing tomatoes Thursday. expected to employ about 215 people for six to eight weeks with canned tomatoes, juice, and catsup as products.
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New Lancaster Rd
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Economics Laboratory
Detroit
St. Paul
Robert Fortson
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Citizens Banks
Main St
Elwood Federal Savings and Loan Association
New Alex Pupils Enroll Aug 29 at Elementary School
Alexandria Marie Thurs ton, principal of the Alexandria elementary school, will be at the school Wednesday from 9 to 12 and 1 to 3 for enrollment of beginning students or first graders. School opens for a full day after Labor Day on Sept 4. Arch A Stafford, 88, died Sunday at his daughter's home in Orestes. services set for Hartsville Tenn. at 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial there.
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Marie Thurston
Aelxandria
Arch A. Stafford
Deliah Bronner
Orestes
Hartsville
Tenn
Davis and Strider
Slow School Integration Plan Upheld
In Fort Smith Arkansas a federal district court upheld Little Rock School Board’s gradual plan to integrate Negro and white students. The plan would start when a new high school opens, possibly September 1957, and finish in 5 to 10 years. It allows three phased steps across high, junior, and elementary schools with 1 to 3 year gaps and aims to match education quality under integration. The suit was filed by the NAACP on behalf of 33 Negro children refused admission to white schools.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Blossom
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Fayetteville
Hoxie
Weather outlook and temperatures forecast for state
The weather forecast notes tonight's low near 70 degrees and daytime highs in the 80s. The Anderson Weather Station recorded 86 and 64 degrees for the 24 hour period ending yesterday at 6 p.m. A Thursday outlook shows scattered showers and thunderstorms, turning cooler with highs mostly in the 80s.
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The Brazos River Love Song and Civic Note
A fragment list of Texas river songs mentions the Pecos Nueces Guadalupe Brazos Red Wichita and more amid a courtship tale on the Brazos. It shifts to a political maxim about voting against tax or appropriation bills and notes Dr R E Shuman address and office closure dates.
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State Fair Highlights and Harness Racing Preview
State Fair scenes unfold with Tennessee peapicker Ernie Mills Brothers and Jan Garber's orchestra as Godfrey plans to exhibit his horse Goldie. The midway buzzes with booths, rides, and sideshows while harness racing returns on Saturday with the Grand Circuit program starting Monday.
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Peapicker
Ernie
Mills Brothers
Jan Garber
Godfrey
Goldie
Stevenson Accuses Eisenhower On Foreign Policy
Adlai Stevenson assails President Eisenhower over declining U S influence abroad and missed opportunities at home. He labels government natural resource giveaways harmful and calls for facing campaign realities. The speech at Clark County Courthouse follows a Bonneville Dam stop and a regional leaders’ meeting.
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Wash
Adilal Stevenson
Eisenhower
Clark County
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
America
Rhodesian Ridgeback Joins AKC Registry
The Rhodesian ridgeback becomes the newest breed admitted to the American Kennel Club, sharing a likeness to a Weimaraner in appearance and stature.
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American Kennel Club
Decorating ideas from Better Homes and Gardens idea home
The September issue features an idea home of the year with bedroom, family room, and landscaping ideas. It lists cities where readers can tour the display and directs readers to purchase the magazine.
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Better Homes & Gardens
Idea
Homes & Gardens
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