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the New Castle manager for the Public Service company of Indiana. Mr.Leakey has long been a member ofLJSH AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIESNew Castle. He is interestedinfarming and has closely followed theJOE R. LEAKEY CELEBRATES • Spiceland academy ami later IndianaState Normal at Terre Haute. Mr.changes and improvements.86th BIRTHDAY . ,Leakey began teachingJoe It. Leakey, widely-known New [31 yearCastle resident and former countychool whciold and taught continuouslyfor 29 years.STRAUGHNThe round barnon the A. IL Langston farm was de-troyed by fire last Saturday.official, was 8G years old Sunday.retiring to enter the1Mr. Leakey was Lorn July 9, 1858.1iditical fieldK Twenty-four men from Henryin a hut on his grandfather’s farmabout 80 rods northeast of the presHe served as deputy county treasurer under Max P. Gaddis and late Oliver Hatfield and wa-countv were accepted lat week fortheeneral service in the armed forcescut location of the railroad depot in i , , , , .' . ; elected treasurer, thlt;New Lisbon. He was the second child-■ ■ first time inBARN BURNS AND LOSS1914 and again in 191G. In 1918 lie IS HIGHof Enhriam and Catherine Stom-' , , , ,f i purchased the insurance and real es-baugh Leakey. At the age of two hi- familv moved to a farm in Liber-1A loss of between $5,000 andtate business of the late John K. , $10,000 resulted Saturday when atv\\.•I-11He grad dated fromicommon school and attended the old ;Burgess and operated that business large iVund barn, on the Langston2Is miles south of New Lis-viii111 19JO when he was elected coon- estate ty auditor. He was re-electedTCHERYtor in 189.1 to1924. Heautii-was married inGertrude Ilollinger of| ; Llountsville and one son. Newton E.Z 1.1 v \\ as bio'n.bon, was destroyed by fire,blaze started in thv mow and i.- believed to have been caused by combustion in the new hav.TheThe barnNewton Leakey is 'as originally built for dairy pur-poses and was known in the neigh-the Christian church, first affiliating! at the Flatrock church, southeast of
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Cambridge City National Road Traveler
Cambridge City, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1944
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