Swim Classes Continue at Callaway Park Pool
Elwood officials announce ongoing swimming lessons for adults and children at Callaway Park pool with schedules for youngsters at 9 a.m. and adults at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Beginners may start any time. about 350 children swam free on Wednesday. Also notes Zion Chapel Church vacation Bible School for ages 4 to 14 with bus service and church pastor Rev. John O’Bryan Jr. directing. Mercy Hospital reports dismissals and admissions including Mrs. George Shultz, Deborah Sue Land, LeRoy Barnes, and others.
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Elwood
Callaway Park
Cleland Phelps
Martin Beavers
Greg Caldwell
Zion Chapel
John O'Bryan
N. F and
14Th Sts
Mercy Hospital
George Shultz
Baby
Rt. 1
Robert Groover
N. C St
Harry Baker
N. Anderson St
James Roller
N. 12Th St
Deborah Sue Land
Frankton
Karen Jean Rittenhouse
S. L St
Dean F. Randall
Marion
Marion General Hospital
Copher and Fester
Mickey
Sammy Gill
St. John’s Lutheran Church
A. E. Birch
Viola Swihart
van Woert
Lord Most
Franck
Elwood Man Wins PhD at Penn. longtime antenna innovator
R Wayne Masters of Columbus son of Mrs Elsie M Masters received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is associate supervisor of the antenna laboratory at Ohio State University Research Foundation and holds 14 patents. He helped design the Empire State Building broadcasting antenna and worked eight years at RCA Camden before his current post.
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Alabama
Ohio State University
Empire State Building
New York
Masters
RCA Corporation
Camden
N. J
Elwood motorcyclist injured in collision at Ind 28
Elwood rider Tomas Toney, 25, and passenger Vance Hosier, 25, suffered cuts when his motorcycle collided with Graciano Saucedo’s car at Ind 28 and Red Corner Road. Toney was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital.
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Red Corner Road
Graciano Saucedo
Toney
Robert L. Jackley
Mercy Hospital
Elwood
Tavern Owner Fends Off Robbery With Gun
In Fort Wayne, a tavern owner Frank Gebhart 63 and his wife faced two would be bandits who entered the tavern ordered sandwiches to go and pulled guns on the couple. Gebhart retrieved a revolver from under the counter and threatened to shoot the attacker, causing the robbers to flee without stealing money.
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Fort Wayne
Frank Gebhart
Gebhart
Elwood community clubs host summer events and talks
Elwood hosts a day of Pastoral Helpers and Gleaners Church activities with a covered dish lunch and quilting. Garden Club features William Colbitts on birds, while Berean Class at First Baptist holds a dinner and Father’s Day poems. Other events include receptions for the Talley family, BPW dinner, Aroma WSCS pledge service, GHS Club gathering, and a Callaway Park picnic.
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Elwood
East Main Street Christian Church
Pearl Wright
Mesdames Anna Michel
Althea Lacey
Lula Jackley
Kate Englehart
May Perkins
E. J. LaRue
Charles Endricks
J. E. McCoy
Garden Club
Elwood Garden Club
Paul Crimans
Mesdames W. A. Landeman
R. E. Hartman
William Colbitts
Indiana Conservation Department
Harry Overesch
Larry Beibelchies
Berean Bible
First Baptist Church
Robert Evans
Ruth Retherford
Britt Elledge
Gladys McCammon
Sydney Masters
Europe
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
BPW
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Hilltop Party House
Mabel Little
Thelma Gross
Aroma Wscs
Aroma Methodist Church
Eugene Johnson
Mark Carpenter
Robert Dellinger
Carl Floyd
Robert Gordon
Glen Faust
Basil Haworth
Linda Fox
Joe Beeson
Margaret Fox
GHS Club
Emma Reeves
GHS
Zella Clark
Agreement Prevents Gary Area Walkout
A strike that would have idled 2500 Oil Chemical and Atomic Union workers in Lake County and the Chicago area was averted by a Kansas City settlement. Sinclair Oil Co employees learned the deal, which ended a nationwide strike set for midnight Friday after stalled talks. The Hammond refinery would have shut 1900 workers and Harvey lab 600, plus pipeline effects, with lab equipment sales rising about 5 percent to a record $292 million.
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GARY
Lake County
Chicago
Kansas City
Sinclair Oil Co
Sinclair
Hammond
Harvey
Ill
Fire halts telephone service at Jasper
A Friday fire at the Indiana Telephone Corp exchanges disabled all 3000 Jasper telephones except hospital and police lines. Emergency calls scarce, some routed via Huntingburg and police radio. Four of nine switchboard positions burned, water ruined the rest. building lightly damaged. Replacing wiring to restore service will take time. Indiana Bell offered emergency crews and gear.
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Jasper
Ind
Indiana Telephone Corp. Exchange
Huntingburg
Exchange
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Indianapolis
Robert C Barker to Lead Frankton High music program
Robert C Barker, formerly of Windfall, signed a contract to become music instructor at Frankton High School, succeeding Eve lynne Dreger. A Windfall High School graduate (1945), he played basketball and belonged to the band, studied at Transylvania College, served 18 months in the Army Air Force, and earned a 1951 degree. He taught vocal and instrumental music in Lancaster Kentucky before organizing bands in Day ton and Spring City Tennessee. He is married with four children and plans to move the family to Frankton.
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Elwood
Robert C. Barker
Windfall
Frankton High School
Evelynne Dreger
Millicent Canaday
Pipe Creek Township
Glenn Barker
Barker
Windfall High School
Transylvania College
Lexington
Army Air Force
Transylvania
Mid-East
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Lancaster
Rhea County
Tenn
Dayton
Spring City
Jaycees
Rockwood
Home accidents cause half of yearly deaths in Chicago area
Falls account for one half of all fatalities from accidents occurring in the home, highlighting the danger of household hazards in Chicago. The statistic underscores the need for safety measures and awareness to reduce preventable deaths.
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Chicago
Honored Brother Visits Local Woman on Seminar Route
W Harold Head of Hobart Oklahoma stopped in Anderson to visit his sister Mrs Hansel Aldridge at 2339 West 18th Street before attending a seminar at Irvington on Hudson New York. Head has coached Trades and Industries School at Hobart for 14 years and is a delegate from Southwestern Oklahoma to the National Education Association convention in Philadelphia June 30 to July 5.
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Foundation For Economics
Irvington on-Hudson
N. Y
W. Harold Head
Hobart
Okla
Anderson
Hansel Aldridge
Head
Trades and Industries
U. S
Oklahoma
National Education Association
Philadelphia
Socialite Killed in Chicago Suburban Crash
Peter T. Snite, 20, a member of a prominent North Shore family and Northwestern University student, was killed Friday in an automobile collision in Westchester, a suburb of Chicago. He formerly attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, where he excelled in horsemanship.
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Chicago
Peter T. Snite
North Shore
Westchester
Snite
Northwestern University
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
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Chesterfield
Camera Club
Elwood Camera Club
Neering
University of Club
Lutheran Services
Redmond Rites
Daniel D. Redmond
N. F St
Elwood City
Copher and Fesler
State Theatre
Walter Brennan
Debbie Reynolds
Universal- International
St. Ak Ié
Omroet
Haag
Dad
Peete
Iets
Reynolds Tammy the Bachelor
Sme Sle Nielsen
Walter Abrennan
Ye A Powr
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Fun E
Part
Ann Harmeson
They United Artis
A. M
Haags
Meridian Street
T “Guys
Dollis” Doll
Jean Simmons
Paul Douglas
Anthony Franciosa
Julie Wilson
Neile Adams
Joan Blondell
Carrol Naish
Rafael Campos
Zasu Pitts
Ray Anthony
Ane Ors
KL Ee
Huntz Hali
Frank Thomas and His Orchestra
Forrest Terrace
WISE
Smorgasboro
Honey Creek, Indiana
South Anderson
Dee Theatre
Yen
Today & Sun
Vistavisions
Technicolor the Rainmaker
Wendell Corey
Lloyd Bridges
Earl Holliman
Cameron Prud Homme
Tab Hunter
Natalie Wood
Ele
North Anderson
Costelio
Than & Midway
Perl i Americano
Frank Lovejoy Cesar Romero
Ursula Thiess
Abbe Lane
Istanbul
Sun
Mon
Alan Ladd
Virginia
Ella Clark
Josephine Haas
Mesdames Carmel Porter
Katherine Beeman
Elizabeth Gross
Mary Thornberry
Mary Westerfield
Wilma Cogan
UAW
Midwestern
Terazzo
Sherman
26Th St
New Frankton
Best
Terhune Ave
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Terhune Avenue
A. J. Glaser Company, Inc
Lincoln St
Muncie, Ind
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