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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1963
Page
6
Community groups in Alexandria held meetings with social duties and fundraising at homes and churches. Members discussed tax proposals, shared messages from leaders, and planned upcoming events while a Valentine party and neighborhood planning sessions drew attention to local civic life.
Funeral services are scheduled in Elwood for Mrs Rhoda McLeod 72 who died Thursday at Underwood Meadows. A social hour will follow at the home with a donation to the Tuberculosis fund mentioned. The service will be held near Edwood with ministers Rev Albert Neher and Rev Herschel Reed in charge. Interment will be at Park View Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend as community members assist the family.
A fragmented notice mentions Women vocalists and a primary election on May 7. Names Coral Rillian and Pearl Rillian appear with Mrs. Sur li, and a secretary is involved in the services. The text is garbled but indicates preparations for a political or civic event related to women vocalists.
Oakland Parent Teacher association will observe Founder's Day at a meeting Tuesday evening at the school. The Rev Ralph John json pastor of the First Methodist Church will give devotions. The Thespian club of Willkie High School directed by Miss Brenda Walker will present a skit.
Local notices recount a series of fundraising events with chili and oyster suppers, public sales of real estate and personal property, and auctions. The listings mention dates around February, locations near Boone Township and Mechanicsburg Road, with auctioneers named and venues including Mercy Hospital and the Union broadcast program. The fragment also notes a student from Elwood at Ball State Teachers College and a Christian Science radio program.
UPC-Extrido Film Corp begins construction of a film plant in Lake Zurich near Chicago to serve Midwestern film converters with blown and cast polyolefin film. The company already operates plants in Pottsville Pennsylvania and Wentzville Missouri.
Honorary pallbearers George Young Fred Loveless Jon Hurst Wetman Watson Jis Wilson Quinton Wilson attend services. Active pallbearers Benj and Granville Adams Earl Barley listed. Mrs Blair Sullivan Thurston Charles Peters Franks School Nurse speak on TB testing. PTA members invited as hospital transfers noted for Davis Strider Noffze ambulance.
Market notes from Muncie show cattle categories with weights ranging from 300 to 340 pounds. Good steers and heifers priced 22.00 to 24.00 dollars per hundredweight, choice steers and heifers 24.60 to 25.00, calves 22.00 to 28.06.
Edward N. Cole of General Motors predicted U S auto sales would hit seven million units in 1963, including 350000 imports, with truck sales around one million. He spoke amid coverage of the Chicago Auto Show and argued rapid highway construction would ease traffic and support growth. he cited domestic economic strength and shifting household formation as factors. The report also notes stock market activity and commodity details reflecting broader economic conditions.
Chicago AP reports butcher hogs sold at a three year low as the market remained quiet. Wall Street closed mixed with the Dow up 1.21 at 686.07 and S P 500 at 66.41 as traders watched auto prices and consumer credit conditions. Disciples convention notes Louise Beem led a discussion group in St Louis while Golden Crust Coffee Shop announces a new spaghetti dinner special at 1.50 or one dollar fifty.
Mr T A Melton Jr of Hollidaysburg Pa spoke for about twenty minutes about an exclusive home method that supposedly regrew hair in months. The piece also records market data with 1962 43 totals, new highs and lows for several firms and mixed cotton price ranges and weights for the week ending with 35,000 head.
Elwood hog buyers posted gains with 240 to 300 pound hogs trading mostly 25 to 26 dollars and sows and heifers sold in the 14 to 16 dollar range. Prices rose over the prior week as market activity continued and local officials reported strong demand at the Friday sale.
Traders logged mild profit taking after a two day rally as grain prices drifted higher on the American market. Volume reached 1.29 million shares with bonds generally firmer. A Chicago market note cited slight losses in grain futures while cattle prices showed steadiness and crops faced new crop weak spots. Road asphalt from Pitch Lake and a historical note on Hawaiian annexation framed the dispatch.
In Anderson Ind on Sunday Feb 17 between 1 p.m. and 8 38 p.m. the Ebb Scalp Method hosts interviews at the Anderson Hotel. Prospective attendees receive a written guarantee and learn how the program claims to treat male pattern baldness.
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