Golden Stool Mystery Connects Linwood Figures
Ellen Hamilton moves Uncle Comstock Whitney Hamilton from a cottage to Prospect Avenue hoping for happiness with Lucy Smythe and her father. On the day Lucille arrives, a mistaken identity leads to a public bench of aging locals including Comstock, while a distant father figure remains unseen and wistful.
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Linwood
Ellen Hamilton
John
Comstock
Lucille Smythe
Uncle Comstock
Ellen
Comstock Whitney Hamilton
Reber Street
Ham
Pete
Joe Horner
Prospect Avenue
Lucille
Daddy
Jehu
Ellen Call
Mhbot
County AAA Election Held Today in Carroll County
Welter V. Ayres announced the schedule for county AAA committeemen elections across Carroll County. Farmers in each community will elect three regular committeemen and two alternates, with delegates to a county convention to choose the next year’s committee. About 1550 eligible voters participate in community polls reviewing soil and water conservation and program funds.
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AAA
Carroll County
Welter V. Ayres
Ayres
Merchants Must Turn In Red Tokens
OPA officials set December 11 as the deadline for merchants to surrender red tokens to ration banks, shifting from December 12. The National OPA stresses surrender to prevent misuse of tokens no longer needed for meats and fats. Consumers with tokens are urged to destroy them.
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OPA
Thank You Friends From Illness to Home Gratitude Note
A personal note of thanks expresses appreciation for cards and kindness received during a hospital stay and after returning home. The message conveys sincere gratitude from the author to friends and supporters.
Convention At Methodist Church Here
The Sec ond District Sunday Schools hold their fall convention at the Camden Methodist church on Sunday afternoon and evening December 16. The theme is the Relation of the Sunday School to the church.
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Camden Methodist Church
Tragic Kitchen Kerosene Fire Near Rockfield
Mrs. Kenneth Shaw died after a kerosene can exploded while lighting a kitchen fire at the Rockfield home. Her husband Kenneth Shaw pulled her from the flames and evacuated two children, Kenneth Jr. and a baby, before both parents were hospitalized in Logansport. The Shaws lived near the Little Brown Church on Merle Landis farm.
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Kenneth Shaw
Kenneth Jr
Everett Stewarts
Shaw
Hartmans Welcome Son at Rockfield
Mrs Faith Wickard entertained the dinner club Friday evening. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Grover Hartman of Rockfield.
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Grover Hartman
Rockfield
Faith Wickard
OPA Intensifies Crackdown on Hog Sales Above Ceilings in Indiana
Enforcement officials say weeks of intensified action will target live hog sales at above ceiling prices. Complaints from legitimate packers cite widespread violations draining Indiana pork supplies. Hogs are being moved to surrounding states and as far as Tennessee and the Carolinas. OPA notes thousands of dollars collected from producers selling over ceilings. Despite hog shortages, over ceiling sales remain a major enforcement problem with buyers and sellers both at fault.
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Indiana
OPA
Thoughts for Good Thinkers Gifts and Giving
A compact reflection on generosity and virtue citing quotation anchors from Balfour La Rochefoucauld James and Luther. The text contrasts forgiveness tolerance and proper conduct with vanity in giving, stressing the will and heart behind gifts as the measure of the giver.
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Balfour
Jackson Township Home Economics Club Christmas Party
The Jackson Township Home Economics Club will host its Christmas gathering Thursday evening December 13 with Mrs. Lota Richardson as hostess. Assistants include Mrs. Mary Lint Mrs. Opal Teel and Mrs. Mildred Allen. Devotions led by Mrs. Edith Patty and Mrs. Grace Sharp will read the Christmas story. Music features Christmas carols as 1946 officers are installed by County President Mildred Fouts. A 25 cent gift exchange is planned.
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Lota Richardson
Great Township Home Economics Club
Mary Lint
Opal Teel
Mildred Allen
Edith Patty
Grace Sharp
Mildred Fouts
Junior Claed Enjoys Lovely Dancing Party
The junior class held a semes ter party Saturday night at the school house as a formal invitational dance. Blue and white decor and blue lighting set the scene with punch and open-faced sandwiches served by candlelight. Guests included Dorothy Caldwell Curtis George Mary Hedde Willis Beougher Mary Margaret Quinn Junior Beamer Peggy Foch Suttice Gloria Ziemer Don Willy Carol Bryan Hershel Trapp Grace Cline Sam Edging Norma Jean Fisher oe Gardner Betty Frye Paul Edderich Joan Frye Bob George Beverly Lewellyn and others. Mrs C B Oskins spent the weekend with her daughter in Highland Park Ill.
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Dorothy Caldwell
Curtis George
Mary Hedde
Willis Beougher
Mary Margaret Quinn
Junior Beamer
Peggy Foch Suttice Fatty
Gloria Ziemer
Annual Scout District Meeting At St Peters Church
About forty parents and friends, 24 Scouts, and six Cub-Scouts met Tuesday night at St Peters Lutheran for a district gathering. Troops from Delphi, Flora, Deer Creek and Camden were present. Burlington was absent due to flu. Scout 50 awarded Second Class to several scouts including Bob Karp and Bob Johnson. A Second Class was to Junior Gish but he was ill. The Camden Troop organized last June reports 12 of 15 advancing to Second Class in six months.
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Parents and Friends
St. Peters’ Lutheran Church
Delphi
Flora
Deer Creek
Camden
Burlington
Bradshaw
Schuette
Bob Karp
Bob Johnson
Bob Crume
Gorden Jones
Eddie Dan Quinn
Bob Edging
Lowell Edging
Billy Brown
Jerry, Robertson
Dale Edging
Joe Dean Shaffer
Junior Gish
Literary Club Christmas Party Details
Mrs. C. L. Wise will host the Literary Club Christmas party on Tuesday evening December 18. It is a children's party and each member should bring a child and a gift under 50 cents wrapped with red ribbon for a girl or green for a boy. Notify Mrs. Wise if you cannot attend.
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C. L. Wise
Two More Camden Boys Receive Discharge
Two Camden Indiana Marines were honorably discharged from the U S Marine Corps under the point system. Pfc Howard E DeWitt and Wilson R Brunegraff Rr 1 are listed by Captain Harrison B Rue officer in charge of Marine Corps recruiting in Indiana.
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Camden
Indiana
U. S. Marine Corps
Harrison B. Rue
Marine Corps
Howard E. DeWitt
Wilson R. Brunegraff
4-H Club Boys Buy 1946 Calves at Flora
Seventeen Texas beef calves were unloaded at Duffys Stock Yards in Flora on Friday afternoon for 4-H club members. Calves weighed about 475 pounds averaging, with price 16 cents per pound plus a one dollar transportation charge from Wanatah to Flora. Committee members Bob Hedde Bob VanNatta and Walter Barnhart selected the calves, reflecting growing enthusiasm as more boys purchased their own cattle for the 4-H beef program.
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Duffys
Flora
Texas
Wanatah
Indiana
Bob Hedde
Bob VanNatta
Walter Barnhart
Bbys
Purdue Short Courses Start January 2
Four eight week winter courses in General Agriculture Animal Husbandry Dairy Production and Dairy Manufactures begin January 2 at Purdue University. Open to those 16 and older with good schooling. No tuition for Indiana residents. Dean Freeman notes wartime shifts in agriculture and new crop uses and asks applicants to contact county agents or Dean Freeman for details.
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Purdue University
W. C. Freeman
School of Agriculture
Dean Freeman
Indiana
Freeman
Police Order Strict Enforcement on Car Lights
State police have ordered troopers to arrest drivers with defective or missing lights and issue no more warning tickets. Officials say leniency ends to save lives and remove irresponsible drivers from highways.
Formal Initiation of Camden Sunshine Girls
Sunshine Girls Sunday initiation at Camden High School will be held Sunday at 8 p m in the local Baptist church. The program includes a prelude by Mrs Hyman processional by the Glee Club prayers and ritual with candidates acceptance and o holy hour with Mary Ann Hyman solo prayer by Marjorie Galloway and performances by junior high and senior high sextettes and congregational singing.
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Sunshine
Camden High School
Baptist Ihurch
Hyman
Stinson Glee Club
Nevin
Mary Ann Hyman
Marjorie Galloway
Paul Smith
Freda Gardner
Lutheran Church
LeMasters
Lower Deer Creek
Schuette
Hoosiers Rally for Victory Bond Week Push
Hoosiers hasten purchases as Victory Week nears close with only two days left to reach the 92 million dollar Victory Loan quota. Mayors proclaim Victory Week across Indiana while AAA committees aid the drive and E bond sales lag in many counties.
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AAA
County War Finance Committee
Hoosier
War Finance
Indiana
Uncle Sam Says No On Armored Cars
Col. Austin R. Killian warns Indiana shoppers that armor plated cars are prohibited to private buyers under state law. The statute bans manufacture sale barter exchange or giving away armored cars with exceptions for banks police agencies and the armed forces. Violations carry a 5 to 21 year prison term.
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Uncle Sam
Col
Austin R. Killian
Indiana
Agriculture Extension Meetings Held Soon
Two important Agriculture Extension meetings will be held for Carroll County farmers. On January 25 the Hog Production and Dairy and Hog Diseases topics will be discussed by Bauman and Benson. February 13 speakers will be Schwab and Doyle on husbandry and veterinary topics.
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Carroll County
Bauman
Agriculture Economics Department
Benson
Agronomy Department
Schwab
Husbandry Department
Doyle
Veterinary Department
Swine
Dairy
Maritime Service Seeks Recruits At Sheepshead Bay Station
The U S Maritime Service regional office invites volunteers ages 16 17 26 35 for training at the Sheepshead Bay training station in Brooklyn New York. Recruits are assigned to merchant marine vessels after training and optional shore duty roles are available for certain classifications. Interested applicants should contact the Chicago recruiting office Room 516 844 Rush Street Illinois.
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U.S. Maritime Service
U. S. Maritime Service Training Station
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maritime Service
The
U. S. Maritime Service
Rush Street
Chicago
Illinois
Camden area notices and social items span holidays and arrivals
Local notes report Deerl Creek firms leasing an elevator, Camden shipping growth, and area families sharing holidays. Births marriages and weddings are listed including Violet Spitler and Ralph Preston in Indianapolis, Clay Cripe and Vera Dilling north of town, and Leo Landis and Achsah Cross wed at a residence. Also noted are a home talent play The Falling Shadow, St Johns night by Mt Zion lodge, a serious car collision injuring Miss Lois Cox, golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Flora, and plans for a new Bowling Green school building contract won by O D Sullivan.
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Leo P. Landis
Ora Lanedis
Achsah Cross
J. G. Stinebaugh
St. John’s
Mt. Zion
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Hoy Musselman
John Redding
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Lyle Sharp
Orville Harrison
Harold Neher
Paul Penn
Margaret Linn
Elizabeth Stansel
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Opal Landis
Arthur Ritchey
Violet Spitler
Ralph Preston
Indianapolis
Clay Cripe
Owen Cripe
Vera Dilling
Will Musselman
C. O. Oberlin
Logansport
Lois Cox
David Flora
Louella
Ethel Foreman
Evelyn Wyatt
Leona Mill
Ruby Leslie
Eva Keyes
Harold Wyatt
Vernie Stevens
Carl Wright
Earl Thompson
Charles Cline
H. R. Mills
Kokomo
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Bert Schriner
Theodore Dock
Louise
Arthur Dock
Everett Groninger
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O. D. Sullivan
Bowling Green
Ind
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Palestine
Ohio
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Bert Downham
Sylvester Smith
John Showalter
Luther Forgey
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D. N. Yerkes
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Leonard Yerkes
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