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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1957
Page
1
After about 20 years of silence the 650 pound St Josephs bell is reconditioned and electrified for manual tolls for funerals and weddings. Daily angelus at 6 am 12 noon and 6 pm while weekday Masses ring at 6 30 am and 7 33 am. Exterior brick walls of the church cleaned sandblasted caulked and tuckpointed during improvements.
The Sterling Faucet Company of Morgantown West Virginia leased about twelve thousand square feet of warehouse space plus two offices at the former G1 Sellers and Song plant on North Geth Street to be used for storage and distribution. Robert Fenno of St Louis appointed warehouse manager. his family moved to Elwood and reside east of City. Bobbie Birkes named warehouseman. Mrs Birkes to move to Elwood soon. Mrs E I Adams of St Louis appointed sales office manager and also moved to Elwood. Elwood Chamber of Commerce aided in locating the warehouse and housing for new families. Company will use commercial truck lines to distribute to jobbers and wholesalers, boosting Elwood truck lines. Warehouse planned to serve Midwest and western points. Anderson firemen administered resuscitation to R D Thompson yesterday morning on Vineyard Street.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Fred Tyner of 1408 S E St states their daughter Melany Tyner is engaged to Bennie J Scott son of Mr and Mrs Harrison Scott of 2300 S P St The couple both attended Wendell L Willkie High School She works as a teletypist at the Elwood Call Leader and he is employed by Gentsch Furniture Company The wedding date is not set.
In Elwood court city cases included Jackie K. White fined for speeding and several pleas of innocent to assault and battery. Donald L. Safford’s trial set for September for improper murders. Bonds forfeited and fines levied for overweight axles, unsafe trailer chain hook up, and speeding. A detour note mentions Norway opening its longest bridge, the Karmsund span near Haugesund.
Orestes Parent-Teacher Organization will meet Tuesday at 7 p m at the school to plan the Fun Festival on Oct 18. A committee includes Mr and Mrs Charles Sayre and Mr and Mrs Floyd Thomas. Parents will tour the school and inspect their child’s classroom including the new home economics kitchen funded by Jason Grose and the PTO.
The Elementary PTA executive committee led by president Jack J. Davis met Thursday. They approved shifting this year’s P TA programs to January with a May Day finale, reviewed the 1957 58 budget by Byron H Morgan, and set Nov 9 for the Fun Festival and Feb 22 for the fish fry. A traffic congestion committee was formed to work with the city planning board. Members attending included Mrs Rex Johnson, Mrs Paul Oliver, Mrs James Reed, Mrs Craig, and Mrs Millen.
Miss Margaret Ann Compton and John F. Kelich wed at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Muncie at 9 am. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albertus D. Compton, wore ivory satin with pearl accents and carried a prayerbook bouquet. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs John Kelich Sr. The ceremony featured the Junior High School Girls Choir. They plan a New England trip and build a home on Route 4 Elwood.
A list of 500 recalled marriage licenses includes residents of Anderson such as Jack Lowell Carter born 1938 and Barbara Louise Wallace born 1939. The notices name several Anderson workers and their spouses across occupations from factory employees to service station workers, with several birth years and addresses noted. The public notice references continued discussion on a new dual headlighting system appearing on some 1987 automobiles and details features like paired headlamps and passing beam improvements.
Feo S- One rebellion continues to flare as tensions rise amid ongoing clashes. Local officials urge restraint while fighters clash near strategic sites. Civil authorities report casualties and intensified confrontations affecting residents.
Hospital dismissals from Hammond schools mingle with a Statehouse visit. Officials say Gov Handley lacks power to shut off school funds over class schedules. Hammond clocks will shift to slow time Sept 29 while classes run on fast time until Chicago switches Oct 27.
The article notes a 662 unit complex including rooms, lockers, a bowling alley, offices, 12 rental units for other labor groups, recreation rooms and a modern kitchen. A dedication committee led by Morgan and H C Denson outlines the program. It mentions Greece hostility toward union officials and NATO issues tied to Eisenhower doctrine.
Public tours mark the opening of a new UAW headquarters project near Delco Remy with a two day program led by city officials and union leaders while a federal judge pressures Arkansas Governor Faubus over National Guard integration at Central High. An atomic test matinee was delayed due to wind, now scheduled for later.
Mrs. Addie V. Chamberlain aged 91 died at Bright Nursing Home after months of illness. She lived with daughter Mrs. McElhoe at 2732 Delaware St. Born and raised in Chalmers Indiana, she was married to George W. Chamberlain. Surviving are two daughters two sons ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements include Harold Rozelle Funeral Home and Thomson Funeral Home Brookston with services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Burial at K of P Cemetery Chalmers.
Obituary notices from Madison and surrounding areas list Cary Omer Norris of Frankton dead at 80 after a period in Pendleton Nursing Home. He was a former federal meat inspector and member of local Masonic and JOOF lodges, with services set in Frankton. Also noted are multiple memorials for Mrs Mary V Cullen Summitville and others, including Minniear, Gwynn, Britton, Lawson, and Grimes, with service details and burial plans. The page records hospitalizations, survivors, and funeral arrangements across several Indiana towns.
A special judge will be appointed to hear the case. Judge Tom White of Hamilton Circuit Court and Judge Horace Holmes of Tipton Circuit Court remain on the panel. After demonstrators strike one judge from the list, the remaining judge will be named to hear the case.
President Morrison reports a large turnout for evening school registration from 5 to 8 at Old Main. Unregistered attendees may enroll Monday as first sessions begin. Sophomores chose new students yesterday with events starting at 4 including an on campus parade and football field contests. Freshman Day Varieties entertained in the gym while campus groups served bean feed. Flu stricken students receive special attention from Dean Russell Olt and registrar Louise Johnson.
U S marshals served papers on most of 12 people named in a judge ordered restraining step to prevent interference with peaceful first grade integration. John Kasner, an indicted Northern segregationist, faces incitement to riot charges after riots surrounding six elementary schools. Forty people were arrested in the week of demonstrations as 126 Negro children faced mixed classes but most chose Negro schools.
Rudolf Humke 82 of 407 Milton Ave died Thursday night at St John s Hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Sunday at Albright Funeral Home with Dr H L Lanahan of the First EUB Church officiating. Interment will follow at Hast Mapiewood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Funeral services for Arthur A. Hargrave age 101 a longtime publisher of the Rockville Republican will be held here Saturday. He began as a printer's apprentice in 1870 at age fourteen joined the staff taught the paper for decades and wrote for every issue since. Hargrave bought the Republican in 1888 after editing a Presbyterian mission paper in Iran.
A Moscow radio broadcast warned Greece against acting as an intermediary in Near East ventures linked to U S imperial aims. The alert followed reports of Turkish troop movements and heightened regional tensions.
Results show a roster of athletes and towns including Delbert Cochran Leonard Heaton John Marsh John Roach from Elwood along with Richland W E Gregory of Alexandria Ernest Templeton Anderson Oliver Kiphart Lee Smith Ed Maddox of Alexandria Stony Creek Ivan Spegal Anderson Joe Montgomery Lapel Omer Sears Lapel Gordon Buren Anderson E Ferguson Lapel Union John Halsinger Horace Bronnenberg Richard Stinson Ernest Hult Kenneth Pittsford and Fred Elsworth Arthur Woolley Philip Hannon Russell Johnson Ralph Thurston all of Summitville
In LaGrange Indiana a sanity test was ordered after Richard Dale Klink pleaded innocent to a first degree murder charge in the slaying of a banker. The case centers on the alleged fatal shooting and ensuing trial proceedings.
At Angola Prison Louisiana two convicts were found slain in their beds at 6 30 am Friday. Warden Maurice Sigler said the victims were Billy Aldrich 33 serving life plus nine years for murder and armed robbery and Clarence Joseph Gras 25 serving five years for habitual theft. A bloodstained meat cleaver was found behind a sink in a janitor’s closet. The warden said he believes at least one person is involved though not yet established.
In Easton Maryland a seven foot rise of six inches from ten sticks of dynamite failed to detonate in front of a home housing two Negro boys attending a newly integrated primary school. Thomas Messick, a dynamite dealer, said the latent force equaled a one ton bomb and would have destroyed several frame duplex homes if it had exploded. He attributed the non explosion to an old fuse. Also reported is the death in Dubuque of Most Rev Henry P Rohlman aged 81 retired archbishop who had served since 1946 and resigned in 1954 due to ill health.
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