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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
3
Miss Mae Addison hosted the Faithful Daughters class Friday evening with sixteen members two guests and their teacher Mrs Colestock. A pitch in supper followed a business session and the group enjoyed a game of Chinese checkers.
Mr and Mrs Pete Jones hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for Mrs Jones. Guests included Mrs Elsie Eaton, Mr and Mrs Don.
About seventy five friends and relatives gathered at No 9 school southwest of Arlington on Wednesday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Macy as they prepare to return to Santa Ana California after spending the winter here. Refreshments and social time followed the tribute.
The Priscilla club hosted thirteen members and two guests with oil paintings on display and essays on topics followed by Easter themed refreshments. In Posey township the Fidelia Garden club elected Mrs. William Webster president with officers including Mrs. Chester Cross and Mrs. John Burd, after a program featuring piano solos, talks on gardening in April, and a candlelight installation by state director Miss Lella Gaddis. A Rushville Home Economics officers luncheon included prayers, corsages, and talks on modern homemaking with rural visit week planned for May 7 to 13. Various local residents visited or hosted events in Rushville, Indianapolis, Morristown, and surrounding areas as spring gatherings continued.
Chevrolet dealers moved 24,342 new cars and trucks at retail in the second 10 days of March, keeping a strong upward trend. Through the month to date sales are up 36.3 percent from a year ago, with used car sales also ahead of 1938. Combined new and used totals for the period reach 66,295 and 126,373 for the month so far.
An advertisement claims electricity is inexpensive. It compares costs to a cigarette and lists durations for common appliances. A 40 watt bulb can light about 230 minutes, a radio about 115 minutes, coffee percolation 21 minutes, and other chores like refrigerator use, washing, toasting, and dishwashing are outlined.
Indiana keeps open fishing for bluegills sunfish crappies rock bass basses bass pike and yellow perch. The open season runs into April with a May 1 to June 16 closed period for these species. Trout season opens May 1 and runs to September 1. Mussel listing ends March 31 for a sixty day window and no mussels may be taken until July 1. The Wabash River downstream from Lafayette is exempt from the closed season.
Elmer McMichael, Miss Katherine Ross and Laura Jane Hester attended a Wesleyan Young Peoples Rally in Shelbyville on Saturday. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Ralph John and family of Shelbyville and Miss Mary Barnard of Manilla visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Wicker. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Virgil Wilkes of Manilla and Mr and Mrs Everett Hester for Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Gernie Swain and sons.
Bids on paving and grading projects in Porter Warrick Gibson Vanderburgh Pike Dubois Johnson and Boone counties will be opened Tuesday April 11 by the State Highway Commission. The eight projects total about 1 207 000 with three funded entirely by the state and five using both state and federal funds.
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