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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
6
The Christmas Seal, sold for one dollar, funds tuberculosis research and preventive work by the National Tuberculosis Association and Indiana group. Proceeds finance research, prevention, and curative efforts, promising longer life and a healthier future through science.
Camden gets part of the excise fund distribution totaling 809855.02 for civil units and 425236.77 for school units. Carroll County receives 1716.76 with additional amounts to Cam- Delphi and other locales. funds are allocated based on attendance and related criteria.
The piece recaps President Roosevelt's Chautauqua speech asserting America's desire for peace and his resolve to prevent war. It cites his accounts of WWI horrors, Pan American talks in Argentina, and calls for public support of a peace mission to Buenos Aires as the nation confronts rising European tensions.
Rita and Theressa Cunningham, granddaughters of Mr and Mrs William Foreman, longtime Canton residents, will appear in Crosby's new film Pennies From Heaven. The sisters, aged seven and nine, are daughters of J C Cunningham of Los Angeles. their late mother was Ethel Foreman, who died about four years ago in the West.
Mr. and Mrs. 8. F. Powers and Mr. Summitt spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Z. L. Truesdell.
Last night Bob Tribbett and Woodrow Cole were returning to Rockfield when their car crashed into a tree. Both teens were seriously hurt and rushed to St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette. Woodrow Cole is a Tennessee boy employed by Mrs Ben Jones. The car was completely demolished.
A hunting party of three Chicago men trespassed on a farm near Aroma Park. After a hunter asked permission to shoot, another fired at a horse, killing it, then the trio fled toward Chicago claiming their companion had gone insane. The farmer had allowed hunting only if the old plug horse was killed.
Monroe Martin 78, lifelong Carroll county resident and retired farmer, died at his son Ross Martins home near Camden Friday at 10 30 am after a brief illness. Born August 1858 on the family farm, he married Martha Lennon Aug 10 1881 and had two children Ross and Ellen. Survived by sister Mollie Martin and four grandchildren Mary Ben Fox and Ernest Julia Martin. Funeral held at Baptist church Sunday at 2 pm with Rev H Hugo of Rockfield officiating, burial in Paint Creek cemetery.
Early renewals available with Christmas price reductions for old, new, or back subscriptions. Check your home paper and start the New Year fresh. Magazine group prices also offered.
A J Popejoy aged 58 died at his Rockfield home this morning at 4 o clock after a long illness. Survived by wife two sisters Mrs Flora Laird and Mrs Sarah Johns two brothers Mort Mishawaka and George Delphi and several nieces and nephews Funeral services set for Sunday at Rockfield Christian church with burial in Colburn cemetery
At the regular meeting the Pythian Sisters elects for the coming year include M. E. C. Olive Plank Senior Gladys Kendall Junior Grace Wingard M. of R and C Josephine Snoe berger M of F Cora Leech Manager Bess Leslie Protector Victoria Martin Guard Grace Hair Installing Officer Anna Tesh Trustee Victoria Martin.
The world famous tenor John McCormack returns to Indianapolis for a Sunday afternoon concert at the Cable Tabernacle. Tickets are selling fast through the Indianapolis Concert Guild at 15 West Market Street and various guilds and hospitals are aiding sales for fundraisers. Ticket prices are low with center seats at 1.65 and rear at 1.10. students under 16 admitted for 0.50.
An exhibit of Japanese wood block prints from Tokyo, produced by a firm over two centuries old, will run December 15 at Calvary Presbyterian Church Logansport. Opening hours 3:30–5:30 and 7:30–9:30 PM. About 150 hand blocked prints from mulberry bark paper and cherrywood blocks will feature Fujiyama birds flowers temples pagoda torii and more.
The Logansport Shrive Minstrels perform at the Delphi Armory on Wednesday evening December 16 under the auspices of the American Legion. Proceeds fund Safety Signs placed on highways. Little Mary Anne Hyman is ill with pneumonia.
Camden Commercial Club funds decor and Christmas trees for the town including a December 19 drawing with food baskets instead of cash. A Community Hall Christmas program for district children 2 to 20 features candy fruit gifts and no tickets required. Old Santa will attend and the monthly banquet is postponed to January’s third Monday.
More than 150 people attended the Rural Electrification program meeting at Delphi Court House on Friday December 4. Wilson Taylor R D Needler of the Statewide REMC office and Myer from the State Fire Marshal’s office spoke about upcoming line construction in Carroll County and the need for preparatory work. Plans include a home wiring school for personal or contractor use and a series of township meetings to provide wiring instructions and features.
We thank you and our neighbors for kindness and help during our father’s illness and death. Ross Martin and family Ellen J Fox and family Ernest Martin and wife
Dean Mills and family of Delphi and Reece Mills and family of Kokomo visited in the Mrs Martha Mills home Sunday afternoon.
Taken pros pile as Mrs. Bernie Stn is sick. W. D. Pollard reports Saturday event.
The column lists numerous visits and social calls across Camden, Logansport, Rossville, and nearby towns. It notes relatives visiting, attendances at gatherings, a spelling bee at Mohawk school, and upcoming tours and illnesses among residents, with names and places.
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