War Mothers To Sell Tags In Elwood Friday And Saturday
Elwood’s World War II Mothers Unit 82 will sell poinsettia tags on Friday and Saturday to raise funds for the rehabilitation program of the Mothers of World War II Inc. Mayor Gustin proclaimed Friday and Saturday as Boingetia Days urging citizens to support sacrificed youth. Richard Sharp, Wendell L. Willkie High School senior, won the Voice of Democracy contest. state winners advance to national competition with prizes and scholarships. Hospital notes show Mercy Hospital dismissals admissions births. local families announce newborns and medical updates.
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Elwood
Elwood World
Richard Sharp
Wendell L. Willkie High School
Elwood Jaycees
Riley Sharp
Main St
Washington D. C
Judy Bailey
Carla Whistler
Richard Brown
Marie Usfo
J. E. McMoy
East Main Street
Elwood Rites For Tunnell And Copeland Remains
Obituaries from Elwood list Harry W. Tunnell 64 of 217 No 11th St died at Mercy Hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at Copher and Pesler Funeral Rome with Rev. Homer Eshelman. Buried Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving widow Agnes five children four brothers a sister and five grandchildren. Copeland Leo M. Copeland 64 of 321 No A St died at home after illness. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. Luther Mayhugh. Burial Elwood City Cemetery. Body at Robert L. Jackley funeral home. York Mrs Gert rude York 98 Elwood’s oldest resident died at son Milton M. York’s home 1113 So Anderson St. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday at York Memorial Home with Rev. Maurice Beery. Burial Elwood City Cemetery. Pallbearers named by Madison County Funeral Directors Association.
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Elwood
Harry W. Tunnell
No. 11Th St
Mercy Hospital
Copher
Betty Lou
Robert
J. P. Tunnell
Greenville
Tenn
Gus
Jamestown
Dane
Oak Ridge
Lucintha Richards
Talbert
Tennessee
Wesley
Malinda Tunnell
Agnes Meyer
Maurice Beery
First Methodist Church
Elwood City Cemetery
Madison County Funeral Directors Associati
Middletown Man in Massive Army Maneuver at Fort Polk
Charles D. Wright 20, son of Mrs Esther L Marks of Middletown Indiana, participates in Exercise Sage Brush the largest joint Army Air Force maneuver since World War I at Fort Polk Louisiana. Wrights unit Company D 1st Armored Division 1st Tank Battalion will be stationed at Fort Polk after the maneuver ends December 15. He trained at Fort Knox Kentucky and attended Middletown High School.
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Fort Polk
Charles D. Wright
Esther L. Marks
S. Tenth St
Middletown
Ind
Louisiana
Wright
1St Armored Division
Fort Knox
Middletown High School
Elwood picks two new city officials in Fortson era
Elwood elect Robert Fortson announces two appointees Harold Thomas, fire chief, and Luther Stockdale, street commissioner. Thomas, longtime firefighter and Wendell L. Willes graduate, and Stockdale, Monticello Manufacturing foreman, are both Democrats. Elks Memorial Service Sunday at 2 30 p m features school superintendent Eskew as speaker with Wendell L Willkie High School Odette performing and community singing.
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Elwood
Robert Fortson
Fortson
Harold
Jake) Thomas
Luther Stockdale
12Th St
Thomas
Wendell L. Willes
Joyce
Richard
Fire Department
Guide Lamp Corporation
Anderson
Monticello Manufacturing Company
Stockdale
Louis Monroe
American Legion
Masonic
Eagles
Democrat Party
Eiverett Phillips
White Stockdale
Dale Brown
Elks
Elks Lodge
Phil N. Eskew
Sullivan
Purdue hosts two week institute for 14 engineers from eight states
Fourteen industrial engineers from eight states attend a two weeks packing institute at Purdue University. The first segment ends December 9 with a winter break before two more weeks of training. James M. Wilson of Guide Lamp is among the enrollees. Topics include shock and vibration, moisture control, containers, and damage prevention. In Arnolia area reports a theft at a grave site with flowers repeatedly stolen from a husband’s grave.
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Lanayette
Purdue University
James M. Wilson
Guide Lamp Division
Anderson
Ind
Purdue
Elwood teen dances draw crowd and club notices
Elwood reports a Moose home teen dance attended by about 150 with chaperones listed and performers including Wayne Hughes George Laub and Dick Thomas. Several groups including RCC Club and Delta Hand held meetings with dinners, initiations, and Christmas party plans. A Mothers Club formed at Central School and a Teachers Wives Club Christmas supper is noted. A humorous item features a political question from a Potawattamie County treasurer and a playful definition of palace usage.
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Elwood
Moose
Mesdames
John Hahn
Lloyd McPhearson
William Rittenhouse
Lloyd Hahn
Wayne Hughes
George Laub
Dick Thomas
Sugar Foot Six
Wen- Gell L. Willkie
Lodge
RCC Club
Charles Hawkins
Anderson
Central School Club
Central School
Charles Mack
Gene Hinshaw
John Rogers
Robert) Hendricks
I Delta Hand Club
Martha Noone
Georgia Davis
Frankton
iDec
Margaret Groover
Audire
Jprizes
Mesdames Malmoth Beeman
Dorothy Rut
Gladys Harting
Gussie J Knick
Loretta Sturtsman
Remains of Historic Steamer Winois Found in Michigan
A 90-foot cross beam from the steamer Winois, famed as the first ship to pass the Soo Locks, was found near the Keeweenaw Peninsula's tip in Upper Michigan. The vessel, part of the Dliners, reportedly went down in 164 after hitting a reef outside Eagle Harbor in 1855.
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Mercy
Clinton C. Paddock
Carl Atwood
Carolyn Hopper
Anderson St. Mercy Hospital
H. Lynn Rapp
Anderson St
York
Earl Davis
Linda Lou VanHorn
So. L St
Travis York
16Th
Walter Schwalm
Frank Dockter
Thomas Morgan
Houston
Tex
Maother
Weingarten’s
Harry Tunnell
Said da
Florsheim
Wyle Leaderskin
Bing's
Roblee
Artelia
G. R. Gray
Job’s
Job
Masonic Temple
Judy Cherry
Mary Rae Houser
Judith Baker
Deanna Runyon
Emily Johnson
Cavlo Joy Wisler
Mary Gunn
Sherry Hunter
Linda Byler
Jayne Jester
Eastern Star Chapter
Framen French
Teles
Ruth Knick
Teachers Wives Party
Teachers’ Wives Club
Membe
Husbands
Servce
Keith Scott
Palmer Davis
Cliford Brugger
George Kintzel
Bill Ameredes
Josie Stokes
Elwood Hobby Club
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pottawattamie
Walter Lehman
Lehman
American Guard
Marjorie Shearon
Linder
Shears
Shearon
Bardsley
Chevy Chase
U.S
Richard Howe
Ity
Howe
Dale Oldham
Madison County
American
Gene
Page
P. EH. Bardsley
Herald
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Buick
Heckamon
Buick, Inc
Jackson
Federal Square
Citizens Banking CO
Meadowbrook Branch
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
Bob Brown
Iran
13Th and Meridian
South Branch
Meridian and
10Th Streets
Meridian and 29Th Streets
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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