High School Desks Unfilled as Truant Deaths Rise
Carthage editors note 1 600 desks sit empty due to truancy in cemeteries from traffic deaths of Indiana youths under 15. Indiana traffic safety reports 120 youths under 15 died last year. 38 pedestrians, 13 bicyclists, 69 passengers. 6,983 injured seriously enough for hospital care. With spring and Easter travel, April promotes Child Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety urging cautious driving near schools parks and urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Office of Traffic Safety
L.C. Bever
Commission Approves Toll Service between Carthage and Morristown
The commission approves replacing free service with toll service between Carthage and Morristown effective May 1 1960. Local rates for Carthage and Morristown customers remain unchanged while Arlington customers face a slight rate increase.
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Commission
Carthage
Morristown
Arlington
Extended Area Telephone Service for Arlington Customers
Extended Area Service between Arlington Morris and Carthage exchanges began April 1 1960 as a service improvement. P F Stearley General Telephone District Commercial Manager announced the plan approved August 7 1959 by the Public Service Commission of Indiana after hearings.
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Arlington
Morristown
Carthage
P. F. Stearley
General Telephone
EAS
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Corn herbicides pay their way with a plus for yields and time
New corn herbicides Atrazine and Limazine boost yields by nine to sixteen bushels per acre, with increases up to forty bushels in some cases. Investment equal to three to four bushels of corn yields an extra one to two dozen bushels, while time saved allows rapid cultivation and more hay or soybeans.
FDA official to speak at Indiana Cattle Feeders' Day Purdu e University
Dr. Charles G. Durbin of the FDA will discuss feed additive laws and their effect on cattle producers during Indiana Cattle Feeders' Day at Purdue University on April 22. Purdue scientists Fred N. Andrews and W. M. Beeson will address hormonal substances and feed additives for beef cattle. Visitors tour the livestock research barn starting at 9 00 A M with farm reports to follow. Rush County farmers are invited. The event is sponsored by Purdue's animal science department and the Cattle Feeders' Association. Last year about 2000 people from 18 states and two foreign countries attended.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Indiana
Purdue University
Charles G. Durbin
Veterinary Medicine
FDA
Purdue
Fred N. Andrews
W. M. Beeson
Livestock Research Barn
U.S. 52 Bypass
County Farm Road
Purdue Animal Scientists
Rush County
Animal Science Department
Cattle Feeders’ Association
Cap Ed wards buggy heist and neighborhood reaction
From where I sit a reader recalls Cap Ed wards pulling up to the Post Office in a new back motor front trunk foreign car. A man warns that someone has stolen the engine while Cap collected mail. The piece reflects on habit and changing pleasures on summer Saturdays.
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Cap Edwards
Cap
Social Notes Highlight Local Weekend Guests and Visits
A flurry of guests and visits fill the page with engagements from Rushville to Indianapolis. Names include Mae Winfield, Lucy Norris, the McManuses, Elmores, McDaniels, Ander sons, McClarnons, Planks, Whites, Wales, Piersons, McCorkles, Meades, Fenner, Askren, Turner, Andis, and many others. Events cover luncheons, dinners, confirmations, and hospital calls across Indiana towns from Nameless Creek to Fortville and Attica.
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Mae Winfield
Lucy Norris
Rushville
Symposium Club
Durbin Hotel
Fred McManus
Florida
Charles Elmore
Rue McDaniel
Carthage
Malcom McClarnon
Anderson
Wilbur Plank
Indianapolis
John White
Lilburn White
Lawrence Wales
Nameless Creek
Nora Pierson
Richard Pierson
Pierson
Terre Haute
Paul Scott
Donna McCorkle
Howard McCorkle
Ira Meade
John
Mt. Summit
Edward Fenner
Juanita Askren
Zions Evangelistic Church
Marvin Askren
Roy Turner
Gerald Andis
Near Greenfield
Veteran’s Hospital
Marlin Wilson
Michigan City
Tives Fitch
Near Cumberland
Carl Foust
Mr. Foust
Myrtie Poust
Fortville
Harry High
Portland
Michigan
Forrest. Moore
Richard Marshall
Forrest Marshall
Steve
Richard
Charles Roland
Marita
Ed Carroll
Gene Miller
Lynn Ann
Wilmore
Kentucky
Stanley Hawkins
John Stanley
Knightstown
Roy Stanley
Robert McSherley
Robert Miller
Anna Miller
Paul Sebesky
David Ray
Danny
Kenneth Rhodes
Rhodees
Kathy Stevens
Norma Sipes
Elmer Fenner
Emmett Fowler
Attica
Elmer McMichael, Jr
Elmer McMichael
David Grocox
Roy Blessinger
Carolyn
Homer Bowers
Roy Evans
Muncie
Benny Kelley
Marlene Graff
Mary Kay Rotterman
Joseph Graff
Karen
Arthur Brunson
Near Nameless Creek
Marcus McClurg
Marilyn Jackson
Leonard Jackson
Ball State Teachers College
William H. Dixon
Jerry
French Lick
Minnie Barth
William S. Dixon
Kenneth Bush
Thomas Cox
Greenfield
Robert Shelton
Janie
Robert Turner
Paul Newsom
Marion
Raymond Kennedy
Rush County to mimeograph purebred livestock owners list
A Rush County live stock directory committee met at the Extension Office to finalize a mimeographed listing of purebred livestock owners. Farmers are urged to submit information by April 18, with current high producing cows highlighted from local farms.
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Rush County
Rush County Extension Office
John R. White
Russell Dora
Worth Hodson
Charles Ariens
Rush County dairy herd tops March with 48 cows
Leo Hoeing and Son of Rushville township led the March testing in the Rush County Dairy Herd Improvement Association with a 48 cow Holstein herd averaging 1228 pounds of milk and 47.9 pounds butterfat per cow. Second place belonged to James Wicker of Anderson township, a 45 cow Holstein herd producing 1137 pounds milk and 41.1 butterfat per cow.
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Leo Hoeing
Rushville Township
Rush County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Otis Willis
James Wicker
Anderson Township
Jonas and Linville
Posey
Holstein
Lester Pyke
Washington
William S. Kimmell
McManus and Pollitt
Jackson
Marbro Farms
Rushville
Charles Becht
Anderson
Fagan
Green
Land and Stewart
Ripley
Leo
Final Account in Estate of Thomas M. Jordan
Executors John N. Hughes and Clyde Rucker have filed their final account and petition for distribution in the Thomas M. Jordan estate. The Rush County Circuit Court will examine the final settlement on May 5, 1960, requiring all interested parties to appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. Heirs and claimants must also prove heirship or their claims.
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Hughes & Young
Thomas M. Jordan
Circuit Court of
Rush County
John N. Hughes
Clyde Rucker
Circuit Court
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