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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1955
Page
19
Elwood Demos was named to the city police chief post Monday by Mayor-elect Robert Fortson. Demos, 58, of 216 South T, succeeds Keith Dixon, who will remain with the force as a city patrolman. The appointment follows Fortson's Democratic victory and reshapes the department leadership.
Announcement of the Elwood wedding between Norma Jo Cunningham daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Cunningham and Bill Reed son of Mr and Mrs Reason Reed set for January 7 at the Methodist Church. The couple will reside in Elwood after a brief wedding trip and Mr Reed will return to duty aboard the Navy ship. Reed is employed by the Indiana Michigan Electric Company. Cunningham attended Alexandria and Alexandria High School.
An unidentified rider gave a taxi driver William Epstein of Revere a $100 bill to cover a 65 cent fare. Epstein returned 35 cents in change, thinking the bill was a dollar. He reported the incident to police and left the bill to be claimed by its owner.
December activities include a Woman's Club Yule party at Mrs. Dale Cotterman's home with read ings on Women of the Bible and Yuletide carols by a high school quartet. Jolly Workers Club plans a turkey supper at Mrs. Arthur Gooding's home. Rotary Club noon meeting features Navy officers Lt James A Poat and Lt Comdr Wesley B Scott with a film Operation Crossroad. Also notes include Christmas gift exchanges and local hostings.
Three men held in Hamilton County Jail face hearings after being seized in Tennessee and Kentucky for the December 6 robbery of Mercantile National Bank in Hammond. Carl George Smith, 31, of Ontario California. John Walter Marcrom, 25, of Tennessee. and Thomas Tay, 23, of Salyersville Kentucky, are each under $50,000 bonds as FBI and US deputy marshals move to bring them to Hammond for removal hearings. Investigators note possible ties to a prior Woodmar Branch heist and a separate $1,123 theft two weeks before the Dec 6 robbery.
Elwood residents attended a Christmas party at the Citizens Bank building hosted by the Welcome Wagon Couples Club with Yule decor and a children’s gift table. Officials consider new gate-fee changes at the Taylor County fair and several auxiliary Christmas events were planned at local clubs and churches.
Birth announcements list four newborns at Mercy Hospital including a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Billy Romine and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. John Baden both on South B Street, and a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hampton on South Rand 20th Street and a boy for Mr. and Mrs. John Nance on South 1st Street. Ambulance and admissions follow with several names and addresses. Dismissals include multiple local residents from Mercy Hospital and Anderson area.
BUCK HILL FALLS Pa. A NCC official warned Protestantism faces building 105000 new churches by 1975 at nearly a billion dollars. Dr Willard Wickizer urged more seminaries to train ministers, and emphasized evangelism and education to keep churches filled amid growth and desegregation efforts. He criticized preaching style of young ministers and urged zeal in pulpit. A second note mentions cranberries at 1,000,000 barrels and an ex-general donating uniforms to museums.
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