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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
5
Mrs. Hastings wakes to a storm and fear after a quarrel with her 16-year-old son Frankie. He leaves for a show with friends, then vanishes overnight. She reports to the police and roams the neighborhood in dread, before finding him in the spare room with his father away.
Herbert Bledderjohn of the Indiana Farm Bureau is set as speaker for Carroll County Farm Bureau’s annual meeting on Tuesday night June 26 at 8:00 in Flora Presbyterian church. The program includes devotions by Ralph Reagan and musical numbers by David Smith Norma Lee Ward Evelyn Crowell and Doris Landis with piano by Gale Crowell and Clay Township Orchestra. Farm Bureau leaders of the Third district meet at the Delphi library on June 26 for an all day session featuring Glenn Sample editor Hoosier Farmer. Carroll County has 811 Farm Bureau members to date, the largest since 1921.
The Mrs Mildred Fouts farm dairy barn near Deer Creek will be treated with DDT in a whitewash mixture to test its effectiveness for three to four months. The 4 H dairy club member will host a summer tour for members to view the experiment planned for late July. DDT has gained national recognition as a miracle insecticide and will not be available to the public until after the war.
The Record-News will not mail copies overseas except on written subscription requests effective July 1. The order excludes active subscriptions. mailings may continue until expiry. Requests must come from the service member addressed. Navy aims to conserve shipping space.
Flash Rock Creek Township leads with 25 860.00 in top sales against 20 510.00 quota. Enos Berkshire heads a devoted group of neighborhood solicitors. Carroll County stands 88th in the state with total sales to date 240 032.50 as Ora F. Shiraz, chairman CCWFC, urges further pushes to reach a 695 300 goal.
A Bechdolt family reunion gathered last Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bechdolt's home with about thirty seven attendees. Attendees included Mrs. Bertha Bechdolt Greenville Pa Mrs. Susie Becker and relatives Kirkwood Il Luther Fife Goshen Roy Fife Kokomo Mr and Mrs John Fife Frankfort Sherman Fife Delphi Ralph Replogle Leonard Maxwell Flora and Paul Bechdelt Galveston. A brother at Logansport could not attend due to a serious foot injury. The writeup notes such gatherings are a longtime highlight and time seems to pass quickly.
Monroe Dillon is ill at his home this week. Lt. Robert Hunt of Corpus Christi Texas is visiting his parents here. Mrs. Mabel Stone and her son from Lafayette visited her mother Mrs. James Hare here Thursday.
Twenty one members one guest and two children met at Mrs. Mary Bryan's home with hostess aides Mrs. Blanche Baker Mrs. Bernice Wise and Mrs. Hilda Edging. Mrs. Sophia Case led devotions on Rememberance read Forget to Remember and closed with prayer. Mrs. Mary Wilson spoke on Old Black Joe and the writer's prompting to write its words. The group sang with Mrs. Case Mrs. Mabel Chapman and Mrs. Lottie Hunt on chorus. Furniture arrangement tips by project leader Mrs. Freda Gardner emphasized balance color simplicity for beauty and comfort. President Mrs. Mildred Parrott closed the meeting. refreshments served. next meeting will feature Glass in the Making with a guest and each member to bring old glass.
Our family expresses heartfelt thanks to neighbors friends ministers flower bearers and all who sent flowers or helped ease our sorrow after the sudden passing of our husband and father. Marie Kleckner and family Alice Larimore and family Grace Spaulding and family Jim Kleckner and family Brothers and Sisters
Herbert Blohm and his brother Leland Blohm, one with the Coast Guard and the other in the Navy, met briefly on Okinawa after nine months apart. They expressed happiness to be together even for a short time.
The Camden Boy Scouts announce a waste paper drive next Tuesday and Saturday. They will collect magazines newspapers cardboard and similar materials at the Tuesday movie and on Saturday the 30th near the Shell station for Camden residents. The Troop met last Friday with 12 boys reporting and 14 signed for scouts. Sam Crombie assisted. The next meeting is Friday June 22 in the basement under the Standard Grocery, and they seek chairs and tables for the new meeting space.
James Riley Eller, 89, of Flora area, died Monday at his daughter’s home after a brief illness. Born May 10, 1856 in Franklin County Virginia, he lived about 75 years in the local community. Survived by three daughters Lucy Boone, Lillie Binkerd, Wilbur Richardson. son Roy. 23 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren. brothers David and Amos. sister Mollie Douglas. Funeral held at Old German Baptist church and Musselman cemetery burial.
A special meeting at Bright National Bank Flora with Willis Connor C D McKinley G H Havens W O Pettiner H L Duddleston and Ora F Shirar set bond sale quotas for the 7th War Loan. Union Bank $255000 Bright National $210000 Burlington $105000 Damded $100000 Bank of Yeoman $25000 to lift Carroll County from the 92nd position.
Enrollment in the Five Acre Corn Club in Carroll County is under way with the County agent, Purdue University Extension, and the Indiana Corn Growers Association. Enrollment closes June 15. Last year Carroll County had 12 entrants, and Hilary Nichter of Deer Creek Township produced the county's top yield of 113.4 bushels per acre in 1944. Gold, green gold, and silver medals are awarded for various yield levels, and four gold and six silver medals were awarded in Carroll County last year. Applications to join should be made to the County Agent.
A compilation of aphorisms from Mary Baker Eddy Phillips Brooks and George Herbert urging calm inner strength and disciplined thought. It links steadfast focus on enduring truths to calmer exterior life and simpler living.
Joe Sullivan, the only local man held as a prisoner of Germany, returned home last Friday night lighter by fifty pounds after incarceration in four camps from December 22 to May 7. He arrived in the U.S. on June 13 and reached Camden on June 15, then planned a 30 day rest camp in North Carolina before reassignment. The town celebrated his homecoming with the Sullivan family.
The Rural Youth barn dance will be held this Saturday at 8:30 PM at Evan Sanderson’s farm near Carrollton. A Logansport group provides the music with Fred Kuszmaul, Rural Youth vice president, arranging and inviting county youths to attend.
County War Food Agent Mrs. Reba Briggs says moisture loss in freezers is minimized by water vapor proof wraps. She favors cellophane and waxed alternatives that seal easily, avoid flavor transfer, and save space and cost.
A period of community news from Washington Township highlights 4-H club activities at Purdue Round-Up, local school openings, reunions, and notable visits. Mentions include Miss Luville Reding in Indianapolis, Virgil Stinehaugh moving to Bringhurst to lead a school, the Wise family’s travels, a cattle sale, and several personal notices such as marriages, appointments, and obituaries. The column also covers church receptions, a Trifolium Ghiska tree prize, and students pursuing studies in Columbus, Oxford, and Indianapolis.
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