Shelter building urged for civil defense nationwide
Washington AP Civil Defense chief Gardner L Bridge reports Stuart Pittman assistant secretary of defense says private fallout shelters should be built where possible. He notes urban areas have shelter space but residential areas must plan for night attacks. Congress funded $169 million for shelter marking and supplies. Red Cross notes 7,300 disaster missions in 80 years with first in 1881 Upper Michigan fire.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
Pentagon
Civil Defense
Stuart L. Pittman
Pittman
Congress
Civil Defense Office
RED Cross
Joe
New York
American Red Cross
Upper
Michigan
Perkinsville Methodist Women to Meet December 5
Perkinsville Methodist Women's Society Of Christian Service will meet Tuesday evening December 5 at the local church. Mrs Barbara Lindley to lead worship. Members asked to bring cookies for refreshments. President Mrs Margaret Hutson. Several local residents hosted dinners and visits at nearby towns. Jackson Township Farm Bureau set Christmas turkey supper for Monday December 4 at 6 30 p.m. bring salad pie or cake and table service.
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Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
Barbara Lindley
Margaret Hutson
Pan Downey
Near Here
Hubert Downey
Anderson
Cecil Brooks
Near Gaston
Fred Detrick
Ruth Parker
Here
Paul Lowther
Marion House
Phil Henderson
Jyternity
Kenneth Harvey
Aroma
Brown County
Renee Willoughby
Near Lapel
William Hosier
Kate Cay
Lawrence Wilson
Frankton
Merrill Quarrels
Elwood
Miss
Doris Kay Wade
Yorktown
Francie Lennis
Jackson Township
Bealls Chapel Group To Meet
PERKLYSVILLE Bealls Chapel Methodist Church Womens Society of Christian Service will meet Dec 6 for a Christmas turkey dinner at 12 30 pm at Bealls Chapel Methodist Church The society will hold a secret pal Christmas gift exchange Mrs Grace Voss will lead the program The group includes Mrs Velma Smith as president and many local families attendance noted across residents of nearby communities. With fewer Argentine areas sown to rye wheat oats and barley and with adverse weather conditions suggesting lower yields per hectare smaller exportable surpluses are expected in 1961.
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Perklysville
Bealls Chapel Methodist Church
Womens Society of Christian Service
Grace Voss
Velma Smith
Henry Rinker
Frankton
Iven Ripkver
Here
Rosemary Wil‘ams
Fern Johnson
John Fatzinger
Pendleton
Charles Neese
St. John’s Hospital
Anderson
Neese
Morton Gibson
Lester Jackley
Greenfield
Nole R. Gibson
Eden
Gibson
Ralph Meyers
Charles Watson
Phyllis Watson
Shirly Music
Daleville
Mary Watson
Earl Presser
Keith Zellars
St John’s Hospital
Charles R. Hart
Florida Station
Herman Carpenter
Near Here
Carl “Bracken
Victor Foland
Marvin Coland
Near
Howard Castor
Durbin
Local Elwood Socials Highlight Christmas Plans
ELWOOD YMC A and area clubs announce Christmas events with a 51 gift exchange at Mangas Cafeteria on Dec 17. Auxiliary, 49ers Club, Pet and Hobby, BPW Yale Dinner and various Home Demonstration and Ladies groups schedule meetings through December 15 to 7 with dinners, programs, and guest speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Biter
Lodge
49Ers Club
Ers
Eugene Harney
Wilbert Wise
Mangas
William McCreery
Elwood Elks Set Memorial Services Sunday
Elwood Elks Lodge holds memorial services at 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Exalted Ruler Brunnemer presiding. Rev. C A Snider to offer invocation, Wendell L Willkie High School choir to perform, and Lee Fidler to give the memorial address. Public is invited.
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Elwood
Elwood Elks Lodge
Bill Brunnermer
C. A. Snider
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Wendell L. Willkie
John Sites
Lodge of Sorrow
Brunnemer
Lee Fidler
Jof Anderson
Robert Shoemaker Jr
Madison
Roger Cutler
Paul Ducker
Elwood Civil Defense Organization
Inight
Ducker
Battle Creek
Mich
Shoemaker
Cutler
World War II Mothers Sell Poinsettias in Elwood
Elwood hosts a poinsettia sale on downtown streets to aid veterans, with Santa Claus at the Elwood Community Center headquarters Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m. Proceeds benefit Marion Veterans Hospital and other veterans in need.
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Elwood
Elkwood
Marion Veterans Hospital
Santa
Santa Claus
Elwood Community Center
S. A .St
City Court News
M.H. Tancey
William R. Trick
Frankton
Larry K. Idlewine
Alexandria
Jack Shawhan
Main St
Stephen A. Fettig
Jerry D. McCorkle
Mercy Hospital
Harry Cray and Baby
S. M St
John Bond
Arthur Abbott
Patricia Carroll
St. Mercy Hospital
Harry Heavilin
West Elwood
Robert L. Jackley Ambulance
Beth Stone
Fred Parker
Sonja ‘McCord
Nina Hopper
Gary Clinglesmith
Bo
Funeral services held Friday in Muncie for Charles E Booth 36 former Alexandria resident He died Tuesday at Veterans Hospital Indianapolis after a yearlong illness Survivors include widow Barbara two sons Michael Eugene 7 William Charles 6 daughter Susan Teresa 4 mother and stepfather Waunita Booth Tranbarger sister Waunita Booth Tranbarger of Muncie and brother Roscoe Eugene Booth of Anderson Leaders Meeting Girl Scout leaders in District II to plan contributions to the Friendship Festival to be held in Alexandria in April Radioactivity plans nationwide announced by MACRO AP Oslo By 1963 refugees from Red China reaching Norway startless Portuguese island colony tions measuring radioactivity Sixth Nov Oslo Norways Mainland Refugee Relief Association said
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Alexandria
Muncie
Charles E. Booth
Booth
Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis
Alexandria I
Barbara
Michael Eurgene
William Charles
Susan Teresa
Clarence Rupp
Waunita Booth Tranbarger
Roscoe Eugene Booth
Anderson
District II
Donald Plackard
First ‘Baptist Church
Oslo Norway
China
Norway
Gees Relief Association
Hospital Dismissals List at St Johns Hospital
Dismissed patients include Frances Morris of Summit and John Combs at 5106 Pearl Street. Others discharged are Gladys Singer of Elwood, George Rogers, Mary Davis of Alexandria, Isabelle Pratt of Muncie, Mildred Delashmit of 3031 Tounds Road, Russell Hazel of 223 Alliance Road, Wanda Mowery of 2613 Her on Drive, Elbert Banover and daughter at 2219 Sheridan Street, J W Branch and son at 1810 State Road 67 West, Glen Bronnenberg and daughter Route 4, Stanley Wright and son 5219 Sherman Street, Edward Bailey and daughter 1616 Louise Street, Edward Osban 2208 East 3rd Street, Loraine Lansing 1738 Allen Avenue Marshal Courtrecht 2633 Central Avenue, Herbert Snow 116 Elma Drive, Esther Newman 2232 Wow Street, George Benden 1920 Drexel Drive, Peggy Davis Route 5, Christina Howard 1019 East 6th Street, Charles Neese Frankton, Alice Buckles 44 Noll Road.
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St. Johns Hosital
Frances Morris
Summit
John Combs
Pearl St
Gladys Singer
Elwood
George Rogers
State Rd
Mary Davis
J. W. Branch and Son
Glen Bronnenberg
Stanley Wright and Son
Sherman St
Edward Bailey
Louise
Edward Osban
E. 3Th
Loraine Lansing
Allen Vane
Marshal Courtrecht
Cerral
Herbert Snow
Elma Dr
Esther Newman
St. George Benden
Drexel
Peggy Davis
Christina Howard
E. Y 6Th St
Charles Neese
Frankton
Alice Buckles
Noll Rd
Funeral notices for Mrs. Zola Spies and Mrs. Carrie Brogdon
Funeral services for Zola Mae Spies 65 widow of Robert Spies will be Monday at 10 a m at Copher and Fesler Funeral Home Elwood with burial in Elwood City Cemetery. Survived by husband two sons a daughter two brothers and others. Rites for Carrie Brogdon widow of Thomas Brogdon who died after brief illness will be at 2 p m Monday at First Pentecostal Church with burial in Elwood Cemetery. Both notices list many survivors and prior marriages.
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Elwood
Zola Mae Spies
Robert Spies
N. 14Th St
Mercy Hospital
Copher and Fesler
Elwood City
Charles
Earl Spies
Long Beach
Calif
Elizabeth Ann Lindley
Jesse VanBriggle
Gas City
Elmer VanBriggle
Norwalk
Pher
Fesler
Spies
Tipton
Joounty
William
Floyd Brogdon
Dauxter
Edward
Julia ‘Land
van Briggle
Jean Weimer
Marion
Clarence Dever
Brogdon
Lute Dever
Hobbs
Carrie Brogdon
Reva Maxfield
Main St
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Women’s Church Society
Perkinsville
Bealls Chapel
Flwood
YMCA
Eagles
Mesdames Iliary
Arthur Stokes
Gleland Hender
Sun-son
Ethel Wimmer
Donald
Orbaugh
Stackhouse
Pet and Hobby Club
Farm, Bureau
Joe Turner
Yale
Ward Renner
Nora French
Elwood Woman’s Club
I/mas
Presby
Karl Gentry
Forestiday
Drum and Family
Wayland
Emma Doores
Hazel Moore
Karl
Zentry and Sons
Robert French and
Mairons Club
Eastern
Miss Star
Dorothy French
Joseph Beaty
Earl/Sr
Gentry and Sons RS
Elwood Elks
Pipe Creek
Duck Creek
Delta Kappa
Oaly
Sherman Furs
Jackson
Fast Central District
Indiana Community Resources Association
Ore
Walter Haynes
Sherman Vinson
County Planning Commission
James Butcher
Kokomo-Howard County
James Priest
City Planning Commission
Edwin Denman
Herald
Walls
Mounds Rd
Scena Ar
Via & Sch
Fairview ST
RCA Victor
Meridia
Color TV
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