Rural Youth Club Meeting Set for Tuesday Evening
Rush County Rural Youth Club will meet Tuesday April 19 at 7 30 p m at Jackson Township School. Shelby County Rural Youthers will attend as guests. Rev Frank Guyatt of Dublin will present colored movies including the 1955 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game. Recreation and refreshments follow. Open to all county high school seniors and out of school youth.
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Rural Youth Club
Rush County Rural Youth Club
Jackson Township
Shelby County Rural Youthers
Frank Guyatt
Dublin
Play read at Fletcher Methodist church features Joseph of Arimathea
Sunday night program by the Methodist Youth Fellowship staged Act I in Joseph of Arimathea’s house and Act II the morning of the resurrection. Cast includes Rex Edwards Esther Marilyn Leisure Nicodemus Jim Terhune Joash Lois Hawkins and others in a well received production with prologue readers and a directing staff.
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Joseph of
Arimathea
Fletcher Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Jesus
Joseph
Lois Hawkins
Joash
Ronnie Gatewood
Shirley Smith
Janet Heim
Jack Smith
Page
Jim Overman
Dorothy Edwards
Connie Wright
Robert
Ted Harris
Dixie Smith
Kay Patterson
Hubert Hunt
Marilyn Buckley
Marcia Leisure
Eugene Gardner
Carrs welcome daughter Sarah Marie in Greenfield
Mr and Mrs James Carr are the parents of a 6 Ib ? born Wednesday April 6 at Hancock County hospital Greenfield. Mr Carr is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Carr near Knightstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carr
Sarah Marie
Hancock County Hospital
Greenfield
Mr. Carr
A. J. Carr
Knightstown
Birth of Frederick Shepherd Jr. in 1955 announced
Mr and Mrs Fred Green announce the birth of their son Frederick Shepherd Jr born March 25 1955 at Urbanallinois. The baby’s mother was Miss Carolyn Wildman before marriage and Frederick is a great grandson of Mr and Mrs Jesse Henley of Carthage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Green
Frederick Shepherd, Jr
Urbanallinois
Green
Carolyn Wildman
Jesse Henley
Carthage
Attending Funeral Services for Uncle in Milton Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ewing traveled to Milton Iowa to attend the funeral services for Mr. Ewing's uncle on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Ewing
Milton
Iowa
Mr. Ewing
Discharged Soldier Returns Home To Maryland Farm
Cpl and Mrs Robert E White of Fort Meade Maryland came home Saturday morning after his honorable discharge. They will occupy their farm home west of Carthage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. White
Ft. Meade
White
Neighbor thanks for flowers and cards after hospital stay
Mrs Maude Webb expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for flowers and cards sent during a recent hospital stay and at home appreciating the support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Webb
Zimmerman Promoted to Corporal Near Seattle
Melvin Zimmerman son of Mr and Mrs Howard Zimmerman is promoted to corporal. He serves in the U S Army stationed near Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Zimmerman
Howard Zimmerman
Cpl Zimmerman
U. S. Army
Seattle
Washington
Hospital Notes From Rush Memorial Facility
Mrs. Harry Leadbetter was returned to Rush Memorial hospital Tuesday and is progressing as well as expected. Mrs. Edgar Ruby was admitted for observation. Ralph McClarnon is slowly improving. Max Ellis of Knightstown, son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ruby, had major surgery Monday and is recovering. Loren Dearinger of Rushville, brother of Mrs. Clara Delinger, had surgery Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Leadbetter
Rush Memorial Hospital
Edgar Ruby
Ralph McClarnon
Max Ellis
Knightstown
Donald Ruby
Loren Dearinger
Rushville
Clara Delinger
Pearl Lykins
Janet
Kokomo
Ross Tweedy
Briggeman
Frederick
James Ross
Harry McIlwaine
Indianapolis
Delinger
Grant Henley
Clara Alter
Winona
North Carolina
Florence Henley
James Ailes
Clarksburg
Allan Jinks
Harold Arnold
Gwynneville
Earl Nowotne
Howard E. Henley
Max Haas
Massillon
Ohio
Shirley Gahimer
Ross
Elmer McMichael Jr
Melissa Jane
Elmer Fenner
Larry
Jack Fowler
Kayenta
Arizona
Emmett Fowler
Bruce Fowler
Katie Cowell
Edward Fenner
Fowler
Fire damages window curtain at Hinshaw home
A fire at Mrs. Margaret Hinshaw’s residence Saturday afternoon damaged a window curtain and shade. Investigators have not determined the cause, but sunlight on a box of matches on the sill is believed to have started the blaze.
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Margaret Hinshaw
Shoppers from Milroy and Milroy area visit Indianapolis
Mrs. Gouldie Kyser and daughter Sharlee Miss Hattie Innis of Milroy and Mrs. Nelle Newby were shoppers in Indianapolis Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gouldie Kyser
Sharlee
Hattie Innis
Milroy
Nelle Newby
Indianapolis
Overman Family Hosts Sunday Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Overman were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Overman and their sons, sharing a family gathering.
Kraft Buys Milk Plant at Lewisville In Indiana expansion
Kraft Foods Company completed the purchase of the Indiana Condensed Milk Company receiving station in Lewisville and acquired units at Peru Sheridan Lebanon Flora and Veedersburg. Emory Beam will stay as manager and Kraft invites local dairymen to become patrons while Eugene Leisure handles field operations and C L Witham oversees milk procurement in Indiana. Transfer took effect April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kraft Foods Company
Indiana Condensed Milk Company
Lewisville
Kraft
Emory Beam
Beam
Eugene Leisure
Indiana
C. L. Witham
Peru
Sheridan
Lebanon
Flora
Veedersburg
Final Plans Laid For Auction Carnival
Rushville hosts an Auction Carnival at the livestock pavilion Rush County fairgrounds with antiques furniture baseball bats clothing fishing gear hogs paint and more. Proceeds fund the Rush County community swimming pool while food booths and a cake walk add flavor to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County Fairgrounds
Rushville
Dale Evans
Jack Webb
Loretta Young
Eddie Fisher
Perry Como
Fred Allen
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rush County
Family Birthday Dinner Ties Local Guests
Miss Norma Jean Marsh attended a family birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Markes McClurg and their sons Gary and Randy. Mrs. Stuart McKnight of near Wingate visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Overman and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cook and Judy of Tipp City Ohio stayed with the Kizers. Bayard Baker and companions were weekend guests in Pendleton. The party visited Brown County on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jean Marsh
Markes McClurg
Gary
Randy
Stuart McKnight
Near Wingate
Frank Overman
Leon Cook
Judy
Tipp City
Ohio
Jesse Kizer
Bayard Baker
Pendleton
Brown County
Everett Hawkins
Anna Anderson
Robert Hunt
Greenfield
Gene Cupp
Rushville
Paul Wilson
Mays
Max Ellis
Knightstown
Donald Ruby
Sharon Hunt
Carthage
Charles Whitfield
Joe
Paul Rector
New Castle
Jessie Edwards
Robert Lytle
Sue
Alexandria
John White
Roberta Elmore
General Hospital
Indianapolis
Ceil Pike
Mary Lou
Russell Kinnett
Milroy
John Porter
Herman Porter
Joe E. Porter
Lee Patton
Patton
C. R. Patton
Terre Haute
Kenneth Rhodes
Ethel Hartzler
Iva Cook
Leon
Wallace Cook
Donald Cook
St. Louis
Vernon Fraze
Edward Brown
Fort Wayne
Roscoe Brown
Claude Pearson
Della Pearson
Charlottesville
Nelle Newby
Paul Newby
Spiceland
Ria Gray
Albert Ray
Hazel Kuetemeier
Barrow
Grace Gurley
Noah Aeisure
O. C. McCarty
Ralph Pearson
Henry G. Stager
Timothy Gilmartin
Allen Black
Franklin McIlwain
John S. Green
Walter Chonan
Robert
Fred Fleming
Traverse City
Mich
Joe Duke
Hubert Hunt
Pamela
Ralph McClarnon
Rush Memorial Hospital
Deliberate Breakage Strikes Carthage Public Fountain
A Carthage drinking fountain in the public square was broken last Saturday night by an unknown person using a heavy instrument. Sheriff Robert May investigated from Rushville. a local youth was questioned but no indictment filed yet.
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Carthage
Robert May
Rushville
Break-in at Knightstown recreation room on East Mill street
Thieves robbed the recreation room owned by Carl Wells and Cecil Mathers on East Mill street last Friday night. About $70 was taken from two pinball machines after a front door glass was smashed and a right lock unlocked. Town Marshal Hugh Trowbridge and Sheriff Robert May investigated. two local suspects were questioned but not held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Wells
Cecil Mathers
Knightstown
East Mill Street
Hugh Trowbridge
Robert May
Easter Guests and Family Gatherings Across Indiana
Easter week social events feature Mr. and Mrs. Ross Tweedy and others hosting guests from Kokomo Indianapolis Carthage Greenfield and Rushville. Families including the McNabbs Lewis Rolands Ellisons Delingers Henleys Fowlers and Adamses attend dinners and reunions with multiple interstate visits and a Navaho mission connection noted.
Traffic Officer Promotes Safety and District Reform
Sst. Thompson of the Indianapolis Police Department spoke at the Carthage Lions Club meeting about urgent traffic reforms in the business district. He urged automatic signals at the main intersection and parallel parking and noted the club will host Carthage High seniors for a May 9 event and a May 14 public dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sst
Thompson
Indianapolis Police Department
Carthage Lions Club
Sgt. Thompson
Robert May
Rush County
Bert George
Albert Terhune
Ripley Township
Carthage High
Lions Club
Manor Homes Opens New Plant in Crown Point
Crown Point Indiana April 12 Manor Homes of America announces a new plant at the U S 30 and Cincinnati Ohio railroad junction ten miles south of Gary It will manufacture pre sectionalized four by eight foot panel homes for builders in Indiana Illinois Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin with plans for over 3 000 houses priced from 8000 to 15000 The modular system enables two man crews to erect houses rapidly and mass production is expected to dominate new home construction by 1956
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Crown Point
Ind
Indiana
Manor Homes of America
Ilinois
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
U. S. 30
Cincinnati & Ohio
Gary
Manor Homes
Midwest
Great Lakes
High level antibiotic feeding may boost slow gaining pigs
Lafayette Ind Dont give up hope on those tail end or runt pigs. J H Conrad Purdue trial conducted recently at Purdue by Conrad and W M Beeson animal husbandry department indicate that high level feeding of antibiotics may stimulate rate of gain of tail enders.
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Lafayette
Ind
J. H. Conrad
Purdue
Conrad
W. M. Beeson
Animal Husbandry Department
Death Takes Three Well Known Residents
Three local residents died recently including Mrs. Lula Augustine 71 at her home near Mays and William Dennis Sipes 76 of Maple Valley. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Augustine and Mr. Sipes at Knightstown and Wilkinson respectively with burial in Glen Cove cemetery and St. John's hospital in Anderson. Survivors for Mrs. Augustine include her husband Bernie Augustine and son Paul Parish plus grandchildren. Survivors for Mr. Sipes include his widow Della and ten sons and numerous grandchildren and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Augustine
Mays
William Miner
Carthage
Bernie Augustine
Paul Parish
Knightstown
William Dennis Sipes
Maple Valley
St. John’s Hospital
Anderson
Wilkinson
Sipes
Charlottesville
R. R
Della Sipes
Fern Jackson
Helen Morris
Maude Riley
Indianapolis
Laura Lockerham
Shelbyville
Delmer
Dale
Ray
Leroy
Kenneth
Daleville
Willard
Richard
John
Arthur
Edward
Princess Lake
Indiana
Angie Bennett
Lilly Sipes
Bloomington
Lena Sipes
Bainbridge
Rose Nolett
New Albany
Ollie Lewis
Bedford
Roy
Ira Harley
Cassius Sipes
Leo Sipes
Shelby County
Pentecostal Church of
Death of Elza Young farmer of Rush County
Elza Young 82 of Rush County near Arlington died Sunday at 12 30 p m in a Shelby County nursing home He was born November 2 1872 in Morristown son of James and the late Mrs Young A member of the O M E church Morristown Survivors include his widow two sons Carl Rushville and Frank Chicago and two grandchildren Funeral services were Wednesday at 2 pm at L W Hauk Funeral Home Morristown Interment in Arlington Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elza Young
Rush County
Arlington
Shelby County
Mr. Young
Morristown
James Young
Carl
Rushville
Frank
Chicago
L. W. Hauk
Arlington Cemetery
Local Teacher Weds in New Salem Church Ceremony
Miss Sara Louise Jinks daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester L Jinks Rushville and Jack Bussard son of Mr and Mrs E J Bussard Robinson were married Thursday evening at 8 30 in New Salem Methodist Church. Reverend Boyde E Nelson officiated before white snapdragon and palm arrangements with lighted candelabra. The couple will reside in Terre Haute after June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Louise Jinks
Chester L. Jinks
Rushville
Jack Bussard
E. J. Bussard
Robinson
Gene Kile
Lois Rinsch
Freelandville
John E. Deagan
Robinson, Tl
New Salem
William Eaton
Indianapolis
Jinks
Malcolm Jinks
Chicago
New Salem High School
Indiana State Teachers College
Carthage
Bussard
Robinson High School
Millikin University
Decatur
Ill
U. S. Marine Corps
Terre Haute
Local couples and visitors visit area families
Mr and Mrs Murray White of Harvard Illinois and Mr and Mrs Elmer Patton of Indianapolis were guests of Mr and Mrs Noah Leisure. Mrs Walter Mann Mrs Billy Mann Ann and Charles Mann were in Shelbyville Saturday morning. Ann of Indianapolis is visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Mann. Miss Patty Bailey sister of Mrs Maurice Brooks spent the weekend in Anderson. Mrs Julia McMichael was in Indianapolis Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray White
Harvard
Ill
Elmer Patton
Indianapolis
Noah Leisure
Walter Mann
Billy Mann
Ann
Charles Mann
Shelbyville
Patty Bailey
Maurice Brooks
Anderson
Julia McMichael
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Maurice Wilson
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Punta Gorda
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Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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Homer Rich
Friendly Circle
Dalrymple
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Evelyn Neal
Home Garden Club
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Ewing
Mary Woodbridge
Warren
Opal Flick
Bertha Newlin
Thekla Stinger
Mene McCoy
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Donald H. Briggeman
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