New Ross Lass Wins Dress Event at State Fair
Lynn Harris a 17 year old New Ross High School senior won the 4-H dress review at the Indiana State Fair from 93 competitors. The navy blue two piece suit took about three weeks to complete and featured a kimono sleeve and slim skirt. Harris earned a trip to Washington and the United Nations as grand champion after also winning the suit division.
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Indianapolis
Pretty Lynn Harris
Rt. 1
New Ross
New Ross High School
Lynn
Chicago
Kay Bowman
Ann Arden
Carol Disher
Carol Miller
Route 2
Terre Haute
Dana Brown
New Albany
Washington
Alexandria
Misses Marys
D.C
United Nations
Norris
Freda Norris
Zelma Brunythe
Miss Harris
Rhol
Bela Sigma Phila
Jetty
Purdue
Stanley Point
Harris
London
Neight
British Actors Union
Telstar
Robert Beatty
Broadcasting Corp
Hazard
Marion Ments
Beatty
Reginald Swinson
Jim
Ernest Richardson
Joebar
Boone County
Ada R Marshall Writes Saturday Observes with roses and pins
Ada R Marshall 84 of 209 Harrison St Alexandria died Thursday at Bradford Nursing Home. Born July 26 1878 in Kansas she moved from Summitville to Alexandria 35 years ago. Her husband Frank died in 1907.
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Alexandria
Ada R. Marshall
Harrison
St. Alexandria
Bradford
Kansas
Charles Bays
Summitville
Frank
Two Drivers Held by Elwood Police
Elwood police arrested two persons Wednesday. Nicholas F. Wolff, 16, 22 S. A St., held for reckless driving. Robert L. Pearson, 18, 2332 N.Y. Ct., booked with reckless driving.
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Elwood
Nicholas F. Wolff
S. A St
Robert L. Pearson
N.y C &T
Elwood Plans School Opening Schedule Released
Elwood Willkie High School announces 1962 63 home room assignments and enrollment day details. Principal ML A Cope land oversees freshmen through seniors with room numbers and teacher mappings for each homeroom.
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Elwood
Willkie High School
ML A. Copeland
Elwood VFW Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and Activities
The Elwood VFW Auxiliary met at the hall with Officer Loretta Tompkins presiding. Eleven officers and members attended as Mrs Berner, Miss Candace Carter and Bessie Pollard were installed in new roles. Plans were made for a Sept 4 Callaway Park party and a teen hop weekly Thursdays. A white elephant sale and a public auction were noted, with prizes awarded at a cake walk and traveling prize events.
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Elwood
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Barbaral Hugh Cooper
Tompkins
Frankie Fleeper
Berner
Sita Clark
Candace Carter
Bessie Pollard
Patricia Lee
Bers
Loretta Tompkins
Callaway Park
Mildred Niccum
Grace Ricker
Barbara Tompkins
Martha Ger Jenscher
Hendricks Calls Reassessment a Tax Tangle in Indiana
Indiana figures attack reassessment as a “worst tax tangle” amid a heated political setting. Senator Robert L. Nance, Ruth Smiley, and others pin blame on Governor Welsh for pushing through the reform measure in the 1959 Senate. Secretary of State Charles C. Hen among others report to Republican rally scenes as debates unfold in SPEED, Indiana.
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Hiatt
Han
Indiana
Charles C. Hen
Matthew E. Welsh
Chamber of Com
16Th St
Indiana Senate
Fire Dept
Tol
Welsh
Tax and political shifts described in Indiana report
A Bi suaus Republican scene details a finance committee push to enact a broad tax proposal led by Speaker Carl Tatum and other lawmakers including Helen Oldag and Dave House. The piece notes reassessment schemes, tax fees, and opposition as Indiana taxes face changes with state officials commenting on progress. It also reports a July 26 obituary for Nancy L. 26 of South Bend and a JFK victory tied to a $900 million public works bill in Washington.
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Carl Tatum
Helen Oldag
Dave
House of Representatives
Cooley
Melvin Jones
George
Burdsall
Mildred Bowman
Birch Bayh
Nancy L
Memorial Hospital
South Bend
Rev. Raymond Board
Gov. Harris
Mishawaka
Innor Welsh
Indiana
JFK Victory
Washington
UPI
House
Kennedy
Kion
B. B. Lewis
Indianapolis
W. W.timmerman
BE. R. Turner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Karl M. Kyle
Alexandria
Edwin Grant
First Methodist Church
Park View Cemetery
U S Troop Ship With UN Force Heads For Hollandia
The 10,034 ton U S troop transport General R M Blatchford will reach West New Guinea on September 23 with 1,000 United Nations troops aboard. The UN force will help maintain order during a seven month handover of administration to Indonesia. The UN spokesman said the deployment supports the transfer plan.
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Hollandia
West New Guinea
U.S
R. M. Blatchford
United Nations
U.N
Indonesia
Eight Hepatitis Cases Reported in Indiana
Indiana state health officials reported eight infectious hepatitis cases last week, raising the state's total to 859 for the year. Alexandria reported 10 to 12 cases but health officer Dr. Everett Gaunt said there is no epidemic. No new polio cases were recorded. the statewide total remained five. Other items note a planned $21 million Central Nitrogen fertilizer plant in Terre Haute with 245 workers, a meeting of the Drop It Club in Anderson, and a social with Herbert Waymire visiting Riviera Beach guests.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana State Board of Health
Alexandria
Everett Gaunt
Health Board
Terre Haute, Ind
UPL
Central Nitrogen Co
James Keith
Maurice Kessler
Ralph Woodsides
Ethel Carter
Anderson
Elizabeth Creagmile
Mary Yates
Maude Dennis
Dorothy Wright
Thelma Graham
Helen Hittle
Stottlemyer
Eva Conard
Herbert Waymire
Homer Harmon
Riviera Beach
Fla
Garnet
Martin
Karen Bathauer
Mercy Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcement
Mercy Hospital admits Hershel Welborn of Rt. 1 Frankton Steve Singer Rt 1 Frankton Mrs Rosemary Jones 1625 S R St Mrs Luella Riegal Rt 2 Elwood Births Mr and Mrs Lanzo Hoff 29 N 6th St a boy Taken for treatment Walter Allen 420 No 19th St was taken to Indianapolis for a doctor visit treated and returned home in the York and Dunnichay car Thursday morning
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Mercy Hospital
Hershel Welborn
Frankton
Steve Singer
Rosemary Jones
S. R St
Luella Riegal
Elwood
Lanzo Hoff
N. 6Th St
Walter Allen
No. 19Th St
Indianapolis
York and Dunnichay
Shirley Pastor Hosts Parsonage Guests From Richmond Ind
The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin J. Cox of Richmond Ind. were guests of the Rev and Mrs. Gerald Beck in Shirley. They joined morning services at Shirley and Wilkinson Churches and the evening service at Shirley. Also noted were social visits and a wedding at New Castle and various local visits including Frank Jessup’s return from Camp Guard and lumber price reports indicating a softening market for North Northwest mills.
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Shirley
Edwin J. Cox
Richmond
Ind
Gerald Beck
Cox
Shirley and
Wilkinson Methodist
Russell Camplin
Forrest. Camplin
Robert Ohlemiller
Knightstown
Anderson
Ray Buchanan
Claude Cass
Floyd Hendricks
Gerald Wright
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International Silver Company
Rogers Wals
Plamonds
Meridian
Bulletin-Herald
Aia Shor
New Ross Lass
Mitchell Motors
P. C. Mitchell
Mitchell Motors, Inc
B. L. Saxon
Cadillac
Oldsmobile
Mitchell
Wallace VanErman
Michigan
Linda Starr
Karen Kildow
Debbie Miller
Birmingham
Mich
Howard Slone
Sally
Bill
Fern Winfrey
Hazel Ritter
Lois Waymire
Elwood Police
Vari- Mercy Hospital
Margaret Sizelove
A St
Steve Southern
S. Ejment
Door St
Merril Holmes
Jerry Faucett
S. N
Joe Holtsclaw
Main St
Pansy Antrum
Mr. Brown
Mr. Smith
Miss Digel
Mr. Peebles
Tolle
Ste
Kane
Mr. Davis
Mr. Gardner
Mrs. Chapman
Mr. Harmon
G. Sullivan
Mr. Lods
Mrs. Fugitt
Mr. Manis
Mrs. Gardner
Mr. Reeser
Mrs. Hiatt
Mr. Snyder
Mr. Singleton
Mr. Flanders
Us Onary
Philathea Co
Philathea
Grace Methodist Church
Hugh Cooper
Paul Crull
Herman Webb
Melvin Kohn
Hendricks
Owen
Djutal Wirey
Robert Hughes
City Cemetery
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Hoyt Wright
Einiger
Ninth Street
New York
Northiwest Mills
East
F.o.b. Northwest Mills
Hush
Earl Powers
Shoe Dept
Ngregor
Men's
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