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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
2
A jet pilot Capt. Thomas O'Rourke of Wright Patterson AFB Dayton Ohio and his wife Bobby reached the $32 000 level on CBS The $64 000 Question Tuesday night as Sherlock Holmes experts. They answered separately and moved closer to the top prize.
Mr and Mrs O Rourke both 24 wowed on air as contestants in a game show. Mrs O Rourke said they used a system to guarantee winnings by swapping a top prize later. They knew seven names from A Conan Doyle stories and provided alternate names and plots. They will compete again next week for the 64000 prize with Holmes expert help. Belafonte undergoes vocal cord surgery in New York to remove a nodule and is advised to rest for a month before resuming activities.
Roosevelt School announces its Eighth Grade Commencement for Wednesday night June 6 at 8 o'clock. Sponsors of the graduates are Mrs Orphan Grinnell and Walter R Somers. Dr H A Kanahan to give the address on Education for Life. Rev William Eddy to give invocation and Rev A F Byrne to pronounce benediction. Bloomington reports Indiana University to award honorary degrees Monday to Thames E Jones Bartram College and three alumni. Others honored include Frank C Dailey George W Goble Ruth Frances Woodsmall.
An eccentric reminiscence recalls a six year old Con Hauld living in Texas in 1876. He describes rapid schooling, graduating grammar at seven, completing four years of high school by eighteen, and learning violin and piano while traveling and working various jobs from telegraph to florist.
Weather and flood conditions persist in Petersburg area prompting farmers to abandon replanting corn and switch to short season soybeans. Officials report several road closures and levee breaches along Lamb Levee. White River levels flood banks, with 19.4 stage at one point. Indiana counties report thousands of acres of corn and soybeans damaged, while Pioneer Seed Co. offers free seed to customers replant damaged fields.
Virgil Boone, longtime Walgreens employee, received a diamond studded gold emblem from company officials in recognition of a decade of service with the firm.
A UCLA student known as Joe College plans to revise 75 songs eight sonatas six r esumphonies and one opera after college. Ely contributed to campus life and earned a balanced life through college before pursuing composition and editing work with the Wally Bruin newspaper.
Police described 16 packages of disintegrating bills from $1 to $1000 found in a house cellar during a Baltimore shooting gallery incident. Two suspects were arrested in Dorchester last month while the case tied to Malibu and Heach locations.
Stevenson maintains momentum with a prediction of victory as Eisenhower gains unopposed status among 70 Republican delegates. The party shows little opposition besides a ceremonial nod to Eisenhower and GOP Senator Thomas Kuchel seeking renomination against two nominal rivals.
City Farm tour group will attend a state wide meeting in Indianapolis to hear reports on recommendations for Hoover Commission study on federal government expenditures. Officials disclosed that the group’s directors adopted a resolution urging Congress to support recommendations from civic groups.
Bell System shopping bills exceeded fifty thousand dollars in twenty two cities including Aura Brazil Columbus Crawfordsville East Chicago Elkhart Fort Wayne Gary Goshen Green Castle Hammond Indiana Harbor Indianapolis Jasonville Jasper Marion Michigan City Muncie Terre Haute Valparaiso Whiting. Report notes these expenditures boost Indiana economy and that all Bell telephones are produced at Indianapolis Works of Western Electric under competitive standards of quality.
Clifford A. Woodard of Cambridge Massachusetts is named president of The Mother Church The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston The appointment announced by The Christian Science Board of Directors follows a large annual meeting. Woodard an authorized teacher and practitioner holds Harvard College Harvard Graduate School and Harvard Law School degrees. He joined The Mother Church in 1908.
Amid party tensions a Democratic convention plan stabilizes with delegates elected in April and a prediction of civil rights unity. Former Gov. Stelle cautions Stevenson losses, while Powell faces prison for tax evasion and kickback allegations. The Supreme Court denies review for Puerto Rican nationalists jailed after the 1954 attack, as Great Lakes lamprey control gains approval. Religious instruction time expansion faces constitutional backup, shaping school policy debates.
Kathryn M Price formerly of Anderson dies in Marion at 58. She left Anderson in 1925 and is survived by a daughter and three sons with many relatives across Illinois and Indiana. Funeral arrangements set at Raven Funeral Home with services Friday. Ethel Blanche Starr 73 of Rt 5 near Anderson dies after long illness. She was active in Bailey Chapel BUB Church and leaves five daughters and four sons among others. Funeral plans await. Also noted are services for George C Blake 66 longtime Madison County Children’s Home superintendent, and Emma M Hosek 71 of Meridian Street who died after extended illness. services and burial details given.
Madison area obituaries note Damon C. Anderson of South Bend, formerly Yorktown, died in his office after two years of illness. Prevailing services scheduled in South Bend First Methodist Church with graveside rites at Vinson Memorial Cemetery Summitville. He was a DePauw graduate, former Boston Braves player, and survived by his wife Florence, a son Thomas, and daughter Susan, plus several relatives. Margaret Presser Harrell of Noblesville died Monday in Riverview Hospital. services set for Wednesday at Evans Godby and Trout Funeral Home with burial at Crownland Cemetery. Additional notices mention Kin Bokson entering the U.S. to marry Alexander Adams Jr. of Henderson Kentucky, and Duke University graduate Philip Rossin receiving an A B and Marine Corps Reserve commission. Other items include totals for World Council of Churches aid, and obituaries for Jose- line Last and Woolson, with funeral details and survivors listed.
Afternoon services at West Grove Friends Church near Westfield with Rev. Ray Burch and pastors from Fifth Street and West Grove Churches officiating. Interment at Sheridan Cemetery. Baker Brothers Funeral Home in charge. Julia A Harney 62 died Friday in Phoenix Arizona. service at 1 o clock at Baker Brothers Funeral Home conducted by Rev Georin Harris with interment at West Manlewood Cemetery.
A Peiping radio report says on Tuesday night Red Chi ta forces shot down a P84 Thunder jet fighter from Tir Nationalist units that attacked the area. The downed aircraft reportedly fell into the South China Sea near the Namoa Islands southwest of So uth China.
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