Local Postoffice Mail Receipt Dispatch Schedule Effective
A new mail receipt and dispatch schedule for the local post office becomes effective March 27. Departures include Pitts & St. L. east trains to Bentonville Falmouth and New Lisbon via truck at 7:30 a m and 2:45 p m with other routes to Dublin Milton Pershing New Castile and Milton Indiana at varying times.
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Pitts & St. L
Bentonville
Falmouth
Ind
Milton
Pershng
Dublin
New Lisbon
Indiana
R. R. Co
Narrow Escape For James E. Philpott Near Bentonville
James E. Philpott narrowly avoided a fatal injury while working with a band saw last week. A board shattered his face, tearing it open to the ear and a splinter pierced his neck near the jugular, prompting his removal to Fayette Memorial hospital where he is reported to be recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Philpott
Bentonville
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Rebekah Lodges Host Event on April 11
Hazel Pershing Milton Rebekah lodges will host a program of music solos and readings on April 11. Refreshments will be served. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Rebekah
Pershing
Milton Rebekah
Willard Petro Visit From Indianapolis Reported
Mr and Mrs Willard Petro were home from Indianapolis for a few days at the start of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Willard Petro
Indianapolis
Doney Couple Visit Sisters in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Charles Doney of Indianapolis spent Tuesday with his sisters Mrs Eric Locke and Miss Mildred Doney providing a family gathering note in local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doney
Indianapolis
Eric Locke
Mildred Doney
Reese Family Visits Conway for Sunday Dinner
Mr and Mrs Elmer Reese and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs EF Rh Conway south of Connersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Reese
EF. Rh. Conway
Connersville
Cheerful Bunch Plans Meeting at Mrs Merle Crais Home
The Cheerful Bunch will meet at the home of Mrs. Merle Crais on April 7. The event invites members and further details will be announced by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Crais
Coleman Phillips Visited Uncle in Connersville Hospital
Coleman Phillips visited his uncle William McKee of New Saem who is critically ill at the Connersville hospital on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Phillips
William McKee
New Saem
Connersville Hospital
Social Union meets as community notes fill week
Local church group held a called meeting at Mrs. Carrie L More's home. Various residents visit, travel, and host Easter activities. Multiple mentions of illness, hospital stays, and social gatherings across Cambridge City and surrounding towns.
Germantown Social Notes Across Indiana Engagements
Germantown brief mentions many residents visiting relatives and friends in Indianapolis Cambridge City Greens fork Knightstown Centerville Richmond Warren Warren area. It lists dinners gatherings church events Easter visits and illnesses including Melissa Ammerman critical, Ida Jamieson hosting Ladies Aid, and Winter and Duff families returning from Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Winter
Indianapolis
Pauline Widner
Cambridge City
John Dyke
Middletown
Henry Bertach
Wilbur Allen
Emma Heiney
Scott Lichty
Clifford Howard
Duncan McMillan
Florida
Ida Jamieson
Fred Hines
Greensfork
Melissa Ammerman
Park Ammerman
R. R. Beckett
Clara Secrest
Frank Secrest
Jacksonburg
Henry Secrest
Frank Duff
Purdue
Wayne Duff
Richmond
Earl Wyrick
Edith Duff
Ruth Judkins
Robert Rush
Harry Rush
Lewisville
John Kinsinger
John Holcomb
Omer Neff
Willis Scholl
Park Gipe
Glen Brumfield
Centerville
Frances Sutton
Ned Brown
Warren
G. F. Gipe
Ladies Aid
Springtime beauty and song in Rothermel verse
Springtime is celebrated with bright imagery as Emma K Rothermel celebrates flowers, bees, birds, sunshine, and children at play. The poem expresses joy, fresh air, and a wish to keep springtime in the heart year round.
Helen Hunt Club Delegates Chosen for Richmond Convention
Mrs. Willard E. Lamm hosted the Helen Hunt club meeting selecting delegates for the county Convention of Clubs at Richmond on April 7. President Mrs. Robert Hughes and Mrs. W. D. Judkins elected with Mrs. J. W. Young as alternate.
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Helen Hunt Club
Willard E. Lamm
Richmond
Robert Hughes
W. D. Judkins
J. W. Young
Harriett Ault
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Wm. Woodward
Turkey
Mustaphe Kemal Pasha
Sand wish Shop to Move Across Street After Repairs
M. Lewis proprietor of the Sand wish Shop in the McGraw building on west Main street will move his lunch and confectionary across the street into the Wharton building in the west room as soon as minor repairs are made. They will store their furniture and bought housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lewis
McGraw
West Main Street
Wharton
No change noted in Mrs Hinsky’s condition
Mrs. Ray Hinsky remains unchanged in her health and has been moved to the home of her sister Mrs. Jacob Ingermann located north of town for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hinsky
Jacob Ingermann
Mrs Jennie Hadley Returns Home From Plainfield Visit
Mrs. Jennie Hadley has come back home after several weeks with her son Frank and family in Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Hadley
Frank
Plainfield
Mrs Nora Meyers Hosts Weekend Guests
Mrs. Nora Meyers entertained week end guests at her home. The visitors included Mr. and Mrs Joe Meyers of Richmond. On Monday Mrs. Meyers welcomed Mrs. E. T. Coney and her daughter from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Meyers
Joe Meyers
Richmond
Meyers
E. T. Coney
Indianapolis
Pershing Lutheran Church Marks 110th Year With Largest Communion
Pershing Indiana Lutheran church celebrates its 110th anniversary in 194? Easter service with the largest communion recorded since 1884. Pastor Rev Wilbur E Alien urges the congregation to move forward after the milestone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church At
Pershing
Ind
Wilbur E. Alien
Ailen
Edith Kenworthy Visits Cambridge City on Saturday
Miss Edith Kenworthy of Lacers town was visiting in Cambridge City on Saturday.
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Edith Kenworthy of
Lacerstown
Cambridge City
Huddleston Easter Dinner Hosts Indianapolis Guests
Mr and Mrs Rollin Huddleston hosted a family Easter dinner last Sunday. The gathering included Mr and Mrs R A Hicks and daughters, Mr and Mrs Fred Huddleston and Mr and Mrs W B Woodward with son Howard of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin Huddleston
R. A. Hicks
Fred Huddleston
W. B. Woodward
Howard
Indianapolis
Roberts Moves to East Main Street Property
Mr. Roberts, motorman for the Indiana Railroad, has moved into the R. Tyler property on East Main Street from Greenfield.
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Mr. Roberts
The
Indiana Railroad
R. Tyler
East Main Street
Greenfield
Sturgis Family Visitors Spend Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Harry Sturgis and daughter Ella Louise with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sturgis visited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jordan for a Sunday afternoon gathering.
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Harry Sturgis
Ella Louise
Willard Sturgis
Raymond Jordan
Social Evening by Mr and Mrs Clevenger Hosts Three Tables
Mr and Mrs Earl Clevenger entertain with three tables of 500 tonight. Guests include Mr and Mrs James Bozoarth Mr and Mrs Chares Lowry Mr and Mrs John Kinsinger and Mr and Mrs Ross Hutchinson.
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Earl Clevenger
James Bozoarth
Chares Lowry
John Kinsinger
Ross Hutchinson
Paul Watts Returns Home From Visit With Grandmother
Paul Watts comes back to Shelbyville after a month with his grandmother Mrs. Adam Mettert. He spent Sunday with his brother Allen Mettert in New Castle who has been quite ill after a major operation.
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Paul Watts
Shelbyville
Adam Mettert
Mettert
Allen Mettert
New Castle
Surprise Birthday Party for Mr Sturgis in Cambridge City
Mrs Harry Sturgis hosted an old fashioned surprise party for her husband on Friday night at their North Walnut Street home in Cambridge City for his fifth birthday. Guests from Waterloo Hokinsville Dublin Auburn and surrounding families shared sandwiches and hot coffee after lively music and dancing. All attendees left late with best wishes for many more birthdays.
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Harry Sturgis
North Walnut Street
Clarence Holbert
Waterloo
Ezra Holbert
Hokinsville
Lizzie Blue
Dublin
Raymond Jordan
Auburn
Owen
Straughn seniors stage novel play The Automatic Butter
Straughn high school senior class presents The Automatic Butter at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening April 5. The cast includes Lucretia Oldham Clarice Paun Marshall Lamberson Johnnie Thom Geneva Moore Thelca Hutti man Paul Howard Edwin Stant Raymond Protsman Clementine Petry Shelma Hoover Cedric Bryant. Kidin Travelsback handles advertising Vonnie Pickett sells tickets Carroll Jalin is stage manager Maxine Cregar props and Librarian Shafer the prompter.
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Straughn
Ind
Lucretia Oldham
Clarice Paun
Marshall Lamberson
Johnnie Thom
Geneva Moore
Thelca Huttiman
Paul Howard
Edwin Stant
Raymond Protsman
Clementine Petry
Shelma Hoover
Cedric Bryant
Kidin Kailsback
Vonnie Pickett
Carrol Jalin
Maxine Cregar
Properties
bLicanor Shafer
Protupter
Civil service guard attendant post offered nationwide
Uncle Sam seeks a guard attendant in the medical hygiene division of the U S Public Wealth Service to serve at federal prisons nationwide. Salary 1620 dollars yearly minus 360 for quarters and subsistence. Apply before April 19. Eligibility includes nursing school graduation or two years of hospital service, or Navy or Army hospital corps enlistment. Further info at the local post office civil service clerk or Civil Service Commission, Washington DC.
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Sam
U. S. Public Wealth Service
Enance
U. S. Navy
U. S. Army Hospital Corps
Civil Service Clerk
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. Cc
Easter Party For Pershing Church Sunday School Class
Misses Louise and Ellen Wills hosted an Easter party for Pershing Evangelical church Sunday school at their country home Saturday night. Games and contests followed a brief business meeting with refreshments served to many members including Oldaker teacher Ruth Sour beer Lauraine Lamott Violet Verda Gibbs Nellie Scheidler Willy ersonette Lelia Lamb Lucile Kais er Louise Wills Edwin Lamott Joe Hogue Marion Oldaker Orpha Wissler Wilbur Lamott Leslie Lamott Lowell Lamott Paul Whirley Ernest Lamott and Mr and Mrs Albert Wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Ellen Wills
Pershing Evangelical Church
Oldaker
Ruth Sourbeer
Lauraine Lamott
Violet
Verda Gibbs
Nellie Scheidler
Willy»ersonette
Lelia Lamb
Lucile Kaiser
Edwin Lamott
Joe Hogue
Marion Oldaker
Orpha Wissler
Wilbur Harold
Leslie and
Lowell Lamott
Paul Whirley
Ernest Lamott
Mrs
Albert Wills
Local Family Visits Relatives in Cowan
Mr and Mrs B F Taylor and Mr and Mrs Earl Barefoot spent Sunday in Cowan visiting Mrs Barefoot’s mother.
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B. F. Taylor
Earl Barefoot
Cowan
Mr. Barefoot
Miss Iretta Howell Visited Hagerstown Guest
Miss Iretta Howell of Hagerstown was the Wednesday night guest of Louise Wills.
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Iretta Howell
Hagerstown
Louise Wills
Allison Family Visits Mt Vernon Kin Saturday
Mr and Mrs Merril Allison and family from Mt Vernon Ohio spent the day Saturday with his father Frank Allison and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merril Allison
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Frank Allison
Miss Maxine Scott Visits Home Folks in Zionsville
Miss Maxine Scott spent the week end with home folks at Zionsville, enjoying a brief family visit and local hospitality.
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Maxine Scott
Zionsville
Binyons Visit Reynolds Family Over Easter
Mr and Mrs D G Binyon of Indianapolis spent Easter with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Reynolds. Mr and Mrs Keith Reynolds of Richmond spent Easter with Mr and Mrs Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Binyon
Indianapolis
Ed. Reynolds
Keith Reynolds
Richmond
Mrs. Reynolds
Wyer hosts family dinner with relatives from Milford Center Connersville
Mr and Mrs C A Wyer entertained at a Sunday family dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Rufus Boyer and family from Milford Center Ohio Mr and Mrs William Wyer and daughters and Mr and Mrs Vernon Wyer from Connersville Mr and Mrs Robert Porter and daughter Mr and Mrs Henry Wilson and daughter and Mr and Mrs Claude Dickerson and sons.
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C. A. Wyer
Rufus Boyer
Milford Center
Ohio
William Wyer
Vernon Wyer
Connersville
Robert Porter
Henry Wilson
Claude Dickerson
Lincoln baseball opens spring drills with 26 players
Coach Lester Vickers leads 26 men in initial baseball drills focusing on batting fielding and conditioning. Battery work in the gym helps assess pitching while veteran hurlers are groomed. The fall nine return intact and a 15 game schedule with Knightstown Morton Memorial and Morton of Richmond is being arranged.
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Lester Vickers
Vickers
Lincoln
Knightstown High School
Morton Memorial of
Knightstown
Morton
Richmond
State Tax Valuations Show Real Estate Dominates Burden
The investigation reports total state net assessed valuation at 5.161 billion dollars with real estate 3.278 billion and personal property 1.883 billion. Tangible property is 1.751 billion and intangible 131.813 million, totaling 145.639 million in taxes at an average rate of 2.82 per hundred. Real estate bears 63.5 percent of taxes while tangible and intangible property contribute 33.9 and 2.6 percent respectively. From 1919 to 1930 taxable property value fell 10.2 percent though taxes rose 186.9 percent, and the average tax rate grew from 1.35 to 2.82.
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Misiones
Ee Ceeeseseeeses
Build & Loan
25 Years Ago In This Community
Local notes record I N Locke visiting from Indianapolis, Cambridge City Casket Co buys Milton woolen mills site, Standard Mfg ships chairs to Oakland, James McDermott dies aged 94, Red Men district meeting planned, lemon incident at Hall Mercantile Co, warm March day 83 degrees, new Cambridge plant planned, and a humorous misadventure at a church social with a stained window and a protest by a janitor.
Birth of a New Tax Taxation debate opens on Sunday at Dublin church
The Jackson township Sunday School Association plans its fiftieth convention at the Dublin Christian church next Sunday afternoon with speakers Rev. McGowan H L Boyd Ida McCrea Co H Graver Pearl Varnaut and Nathaniel Moore on the program. A long poem condemns rising taxes and imagines a future where even essentials face new fees.
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Jackson Township Sunday School Association
Christian Church
Dublin
Rev. McGowan
H. L. Boyd
Ida McCrea
Co. H. Graver
Pearl Varnaut
Nathaniel Moore
Milton Community Groups Plan April 19 Joint Meeting
The Home Economics club and Wilson PTA schedule a full day event at the Milton school on Tuesday April 19. Guests should bring table service and a covered dish while Mrs Bellagres of Richmond demonstrates a sewing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Home Economics Club
Wilson Parent-Teachers Association
Mra Bellagres of
Richmond
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Bruce
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Fred Gray
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Elizabeth Schuneman
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Edgar Dilts
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Will Harrell
Don
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Stanley Aston
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Roy Huddleston
Shawley
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Presbyterian Church
Malinda Mills
Grace Fuhrman
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Clyde Hoffman
Carrie R More
Indianapo
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Will Taylor
Cassie Hays
Ernest Kinsinger
Lillian Kinsinger
William Kinsinger
Lina Kinsinger
Frank Lutz
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Harold Virgin
Sarah Mae Ana
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J. M. Gilmer
Frances Hill
Greiner
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John Walters
Jabez Beeson
Spencer Geathers
George Gadely
Raymond Myers
Dolph Personnette
Francis Griener
Ross Hudson
Joseph
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New Castile
Dolph Personette
Paul Worl
Paul Hill
Oscar Fox
Will McGunnegill
Ledbetter
Ge. Elias Scott
Betty Lou
Foster
George Sharp
Addie Bryant
Howard Bryant
Mr Hines
Ross Bryant
Gaston
Norma Tayor
Chester Hind
Goldie Wisehart
Germantown
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I. N. Locke
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Standard Mfg. Co
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Pennsylvania
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Jimmy Taylor
Wesley Cornell
Hall Mercantile Co
Isaac Whiteley
Cambridge
P. K. Nine
Ada Perry Beinhacker
Omer Guyton
Henry Kothe
Kothe
Clark
Elmer McGrew
John Hunt
George Crull
Harrison Marratt
Henry Hartman
Paul Caldwell
Lycurgus Beeson
Wayneee Works
R. F. Callaway
Congress
P. T. A. Economic Club
Mrs. Murley
Statira Cochran Murley
C. H. Rose
Mary Beeson
Nora Brown
Harold Hoshour
Albert Newman
Freda Close
Ricccaret Huddleston
Julia L. Hoshour
Hilda Marie Hoffman
Pauline
Dayton
Frank Murley
Milton Christian Church
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Chas. Dickerson
Lloyd Heller
Herman White
Bernice Hicks
Viola White
McCormick
Alva Hicks
Kenneth Null
Jean
Maurice Jobe
Kenneth Knipp
Fred Doty
Elmo Jobe
Robert Davis
Earl Walker
Lowell Caldwell
Arthur Kline
Arthur Bertsch
Lowell Lammott
Lee Crawford
Robert Myers
Albert Kellam
Robert Sample
Howard Kirlin
Charles Dickerson
Wilma Sloniker
Alice Sloniker
Moneta Leverton
Anna
Verda Wissler
Barbara
Emma Lorber
Pauline Kellam
Eulalia Beeson
Martha Doddridge
Margaret Myers
Helen
Doris Reed
Catherine Luneford
Enid Albertson
Mildred Erisman
Lloyd Parkins
Milton Cary Club
Pennington Newsome
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Statira Marley
Home Circle
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Lida Warren
Wabash
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
S. K. Hoshour
Frank Neal
Cleveland
Paul McKee
Hartford City
Roderick McCormick
Lantz
Neil McMahan
Gerald William
Will Hunt
J. M. Doddridge
Wm. Huddleston
Willard Lamb
Memorial Park
Paul Calawell
Ernest Jones
Lowell
Huron
Ed, Wilson
Nancy Sue
Marion
John P. Jones
Beatrice Beth
E. P. Jones
Martha Caldwell
F. M. Jones
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