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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
3
A speaker vents about ill fitting socks blaming the Bureau of Standards for odd feet. He mocks toe and heel discomfort and suggests wasteful excess fabric and free replacements, while joking about home fixes and household squawks.
Caproll Co announces Red Cross membership support with emphasis on corporate backing. Details of the program highlight employee engagement and community relief efforts, inviting broader participation from staff and local partners.
Conscientious objectors with dependents or in essential jobs should be deferred on grounds of dependency or necessity rather than faith. Local boards must consider physical fitness and only then classify as objectors. No Indiana cases reported of objectors refusing to register.
The Camden Red Devils face Clarington High School of Ohio at Flora gym on December 28 with a 8 o'clock tip. A 7 o'clock preliminary pits Camden Junior High against Flora Junior High as Clarington tours Attica Covington Veedersburg and Camden.
Herman Theophile announces that Thomas Mayhill son of State Representative Bert Mayhill and Mrs. Mayhill and Arthur M. McDowell son of Lula J. McDowell both of Delphi have volunteered to be the county’s next inductees for the Selective Service. Both passed the physical exam. Mayhill is a University of Illinois graduate recently with the Gallup Survey. McDowell is assistant editor of the Delphi Citizen. The January call will take five men from the county.
Notice to subscribers that fourth quarter dues are due payable January 1st. Record will issue notices through the trustees for collection. details and actions to be taken are provided by the Camden cooperative Telephone.
A Bethlehem scene unfolds with shepherds, three wise men, and a royal retinue arriving to honor a newborn. Gold, frankincense and myrrh are brought as the crowd gathers at the manger while Mary hushes the sleeping child and angels proclaim good tidings.
Russell Stone and Mr and Mrs Ben Stone of Bloomington join Mr and Mrs Loyal Hoshaw of Rensselaer at the funeral near Flora. Burrows Community club hosts a Friday night dance to open the new hall at 8:30. Mrs Ed Hedderich has been seriously ill this past week. Mrs Maud Horn returns to New York City after two weeks with Miss Mare Mayne.
Eighteen Carroll county students are registered at Indiana University this semester. The Christmas vacation begins December 21 and resumes January 6. County representations include Marion, Monroe, Lake, St. Joseph, and others with counts listed plus the names and hometowns of Carroll county students enrolled this term.
The Army Air Corps announces two new Flying Cadet classes for training prospective engineers. Openings at Purdue University and New York University will accept residents from Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Virginia. Nine month program combines university study in airplane engineering with Chanute Field aviation mechanics training. Cadets receive 75 dollars monthly and meals and quarters, will be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve. Applicants must be unmarried American citizens 20 to 27 with two years of college or equivalent exam. priority to degree holders. Details at Army Recruiting Stations. Mrs Dora Ray hospitalized in Indianapolis for treatment.
A Sunday wedding dinner for Cleo Horn and Thaddeus Hinkle followed last week’s ceremony. Other notes include A C Spitler’s death in Carrollton township from a heart attack, Mrs Mazie Cline’s postmistress reappointment, Farmers State Bank closure after 22 years, and Camden Library’s first anniversary with 365 volumes.
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