Plan National Y Observance Week in Anderson
City officials and Governor Handley proclaimed a YMCA observance week from February 2 to February 10 with radio TV announcements and newspaper coverage. Activities include church talks, YMCA fellowship dinner, open house at the Health Department, league basketball, swim classes, youth speakers, club meetings, a youth record hop, Anderson College open house, and a Brotherhood Dinner with advance reservations required.
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Ralph G. Fergu
yMca
Mulberry
Anderson Art Association
Health Department
Anderson College
Anderson Brotherhood
Two Chamber Groups Listed
The Anderson Chamber of Commerce announced yesterday the formation of two committees. The Civic Development Committee is led by Kenneth E. Ballinger as chairman with Charles F. Hardy as vice chairman and Sheldon B. Cooper as director. The Chamber Convention Committee is led by Melvin F. Swanga as chairman with John Atkinson as vice chairman and Gordon Odell as director. Members listed for the civic group include Frank H. Allis Charles E. Austin Sharon Bell J. H. Bolles Robert J. Beck Walter Black H Webb Brelsford Howard Brown Sarah Boyd Jack Burton Paul J. Byrum Charles R. Dale James R. Day John W. Dick Charles Dickmann Wahn H. Dean R E B. Collens John D. Drake Ralph Ferguson Warren E. Fischer Louis E. Eggman Elmo A. Funk George Griffith Sr Dan Gwinnup William J. Hammons Arthur B. Henning William Highsmith Early
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Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. W. Heckaman
Kenneth E. Ballinger
Charles F. Hardy
Sheldon B. Cooper
Melvin F. Swanga
John Atkinson
Gordon Odell
Frank H. Allis
Charles E. Austin
Sharon Bell
J. H. Bolles
Robert J. Beck
Walter Black
H. Webb Brelsford
Howard Brown
Sarah Boyd
Jack Burton
Paul J. Byrum
Charles R. Dale
James R. Day
John W. Dick
Charles Dickmann
Wahn H. Dean
R. E B. Collens
John D. Drake
Ralph Ferguson
Warren E. Fischer
Louis E. Eggman
Elmo A. Funk
George Griffith Sr
Dan Gwinnup
William J. Hammons
Arthur B. Henning
William Highsmith
Woman Retrieves Nickel After Parking Meter Meltdown
Memphis woman angrily demands a nickel lost in a faulty parking meter. She first called the police with no luck, then reached city finance commissioner Stanley Dillard. He produced a nickel from his own pocket and sent it to her by messenger.
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Memphis
Tenni
Police Department
Stanley Dillard
Dillard
Seventy five Call To Take Over Auto Payments
There is an active market in Madison County for good used cars at attractive prices. Sales in 1957 totaled 10,796 used autos with a drop to 6.74 percent in 1956. The Bulletin Herald Bank Act produced 75 callers to the message to start 1958. Economists predict a solid 1958 economy aided by confidence and aggressiveness. Dial 35371 and ask for Classified if you can Beads or service to render.
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Madison County
Bulletin- Herald Bank
Escaped Inmate Surrenders at Noblesville Police HQ
State Police said John Grace, a 20 year old inmate who escaped from Indiana Reformatory Pendleton walked into Noblesville Police Headquarters and surrendered. He was returned to the Reformatory and is eligible for parole February 18, serving 2 to 5 years for second degree burglary from Cass County.
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John Grace
Indiana
Senators Record U S Defense Needs
County and township officials from Madison and surrounding areas plan to attend a Kokomo district meeting on February 13 where final instructions for the 1958 personal property assessment will be issued by State Tax Bureau representatives. County Assessor Hartman leads the delegation with Dean and others as elected assessors and trustees who also serve as assessors. The meeting precedes broader county canvassing plans and deputy assessors to be named.
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John McMillin
Boone
Harland Waymire
Duck Creek
Vert H
Kokomo Brown
Lafayette Township
Hector Lawler
Richland
Rep-Ship
Harold Forrest
Burea
Counerty
Kokomo
Joan Scharnowske
Joe
Hartman
Anderson
Anderson Township
Indianapolis
Hartman and
Dean
Mael Etchison
Monroe Township
Grace Thomas
Pipe Creek Township
Morris Kinnard
Fall Creek Township
Robert [Sanogle
Union Township
Joe Best
Adams Township
Willis Smith
Green Township
Paul Bean‘blossom
Stony Creek Township
Noble
Likens
Jackson Town
Missile Speedup Urged as Survival Race Unfolds
Washington AP reports a Senate Preparedness subcommittee urged swift defense upgrades amid a perceived Soviet edge in ballistic missiles and submarines. Seventeen recommendations cover modernizing Strategic Air Command, dispersing bases, boosting antimissile missiles, improving early warning, and strengthening ground, naval forces, and airlift capacity.
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Washington
Russia
Senate
Defense Department
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
U. S
Johnson
D-Tex
U. SS
Soviet Union
Subcommittee
America
Strategic Air Command
Indiana firms shine in 1957 fire prevention awards
The Guide Lamp Division fire prevention program ranked second in the nation among industries per the National Fire Protection Association results announced in Boston. Indiana cities Bloomington Hammond and Indianapolis took top three in state municipal rankings with Bloomington honorable mention in class 2 and Hammond in class 3. Other Indiana entries including Evansville La Porte Terre Haute East Chicago and Anderson received honorable mention. A separate March draft call announced a quota of 3000 men.
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Guide Lamp
National Fire Protection Association
Boston
Anderson City
Indiana
Bloomington
Hammond
Indianapolis
John Brown
Tampane Company of
Terre Haute
Ind
Flint
Mich
United States
Bakalar
Safes Cracked Here by Professional Robbers
Police described two safecrackers as highly professional after they opened safes at the Welker Ford Agency and Dr C A Kopp’s office, netting 842 total with $312.17 from Welker and $530 from the Kopp office. A third file cabinet safe yielded nothing and a tear gas device was found unused. Detectives note no forced entry beyond a cut wall and a released thumb bolt.
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Welker Ford Agency
5Th
Meridian Streets
C. A. Kopp
4Th
Jackson Streets
Lewis Caplinger
Kopp
Welker
Rex Toombs
Indiana road deal probes extend grand jury inquiry
In Indianapolis the Marion County grand jury probe into highway profits extends after new information surfaces. Prosecutor John Tinder says more witnesses may be called. the case centers on land deals in Wayne and Lake counties tied to Carpenters Brotherhood officials. Donald Arthur says he sold 33 acres near Richmond for 16,500 dollars, a price Blaier reportedly sought for a motel site. Frank Chapman later sold two acres to the State for 19,000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
John G. Tinder
Tinder
Wayne
Lake Counties
Carpenters Brotherhood
Donald Arthur
Richmond
D. William Blaier
Carpenters
Blaier
Highway Department
Arthur
Frank Chapman
The
Delco-Remy Marks 100 Millionth Battery Milestone
Delco-Remy’s Muncie battery plant paused to mark the 100 millionth battery with informal ceremonies led by Muncie Mayor Arh Tuhoy and Don L. Boyes. About 20 longtime employees joined the event as the milestone unit rolled off the line, underscoring the plant’s role in powering roughly half of today’s vehicles.
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Delco-Remy
Muncie
Delco
Arh} Tuhoy
Don L. Boyes
Boyes
A. C. Stanley
Delco - Remy
Natson's
D-R
D. L. Boyes
H. G. Riggs
Arthur Tuhey
J. S. Garlic
Dictator Perez Jimenez flees Venezuela after siege ends
Caracas bursts in celebration as Marcos Perez Jimenez flees to the Dominican Republic after a 16 hour siege at secret police HQ. More than 100 killed since a general strike and uprising began Tuesday. A civilian patriotic junta takes power amid doubts about stability and plans for elections.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Dominican Republic
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Colombia
Fiverman
Reception Planned for Father Potthoff Tuesday
The Rev. Frederick Potthoff pastor of St. Ambrose Catholic Church will be guest of honor at a farewell reception Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Home. A committee from St. Ambrose and St. Marys parishes leads the event with Ray Sokol as chair and Ed Curzon, Mrs. Roy Gohr and Clarence Shaffer as co chairs. potthoff named rector of St. Marys Cathedral in Lafayette to start Feb 1 after 14 years in Anderson. He was the first pastor of St. Ambrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Potthoff
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
St. Ambrose and
St. Mary’s
Ray Sokol
Ed Curzon
Roy Gohr
Clarence Shaffer
Father Potthoff
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Lafayette
Anderson
St. Ambrose Parish
Elkhart
Ind
Browning
Browning Bus, ‘Co
Service Endeavors Of Six Local Church Of God Leaders
Six veteran Church of God leaders were honored at a 20th anniversary recognition program. Dr. C. W. Hatchi, president Morrison, and others from Anderson were praised for lifelong service, fundraising and leadership in the World Service Division and Associated Budgets Committee. The informal East Room dinner featured remarks by Hatch and reminiscences by Dr. Rowe Torrison Miller and Prof. Yaldeman.
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Church of God
Lester A. Crose
Anderson
C. W. Hatchi
Morrison
Division of
World Service
Anderson the Movement College
Hatchi
John A. Morrison
A. T. Rowe
Adam W. Mill
Jer
Walter Haldeman
E. F. Adcock
World Service Divide
MCA
Division of World Service
Hatch
Associated Budges Committee
Rowe
Torrison
Miller
Yaldeman
C. W. Hatch
A. T. Rawe
A. W. Miller
Herald
Delegates Set for Madison County Primaries and Boundaries
Madison County voters cast 26 711 for Democrats and allocated 67 Democrat delegates and 73 Republican delegates to the state conventions. A county commissioners meeting today will consider redrawing precinct boundaries to create an Anderson Township precinct east of Columbus Avenue and south from 38th Street.
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Armington
Madison County
Board of County Commissioners
Joseph H. Armington
GOP
Anderson Township
Columbus Avenue Road
Union Township
38Th St. Rd
Adams Township
Anderson Corporation
10Th St
Olen Ieee
New Airport Reports Due At Volunteer Meeting
Additional contributions to the fifty thousand dollar private donation drive for Anderson municipal airport are expected at a noon YMCA meeting. The Anderson Airport Fund Committee, formed by Mayor Ralph Ferguson, is led by Elme A. Funk and George Griffith with vice chairs William Schofield and Leland Fisher. So far pledges total forty two thousand one hundred ninety five dollars toward the three million goal. An extra fifty thousand dollars remains available from a prior pledge by General Motors and the city ambulance service. Police and railroad crews were needed after a disturbance near the Pennsylvania Railroad depot as state and federal agencies review the airport project.
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Anderson Municipal Airport
YMCA
Anderson Airport Fund Committee
Ralph Ferguson
Elme A. Funk
George Griffith
William Schofield
Leland Fisher
General
Anderson Police, Motors Corporation
City
Indiana Aeronautics Com- Pennsylvania Railroad
Fxmj
Chicago
T P.m
Cincinnati
Chester
Newborns at St. Johns Hospital These Births Reported
New arrivals include boys born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Franklin Rt. 3 at St. Johns Hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Foust 2230 Highland Rd., Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mostrom 626 Indiana Ave., Mr. and Mrs. Freddy Cooper 1604 W. 10th St., and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor Orestes.
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St. John’s Hospital
Ralph Franklin
Rt. 3
Harold Foust
Highland Rd
Robert Mostrom
Indiana Ave
Freddy Cooper
W. 10Th St
Paul Taylor
Orestes
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