Classified Rate and Local Homes for Sale in Indiana Towns
Classified rates five lines or less at 25c per insertion. Over five lines 5c per line. For sale two houses listed: a 10 room house with barn and garage on Third and Main in Carthage Indiana, with shade trees. another 7 Am semi modern home in Gwynneville on Walnut Street with garage and workshop. Also chick hatchery specials in Rushville. Union Building Association Shelbyville offers small down payment plan.
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L. C. Frost
Carthage
Ind
Gwynneville
Walnut St
The
Union Building Association
Shelbyville
State to Install Hundreds More Picnic Tables Across Highways
T A Dicus, chairman of the State Highway Commission, announced that several hundred additional picnic tables will be placed along state highways and roadside parks. About 500 tables were set during the spring season and current estimates show around a thousand tables in service with daily requests for more sites. Wells are being drilled at roadside parks lacking drinking water to provide extra convenience.
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T. A. Dicus
State Highway Commission
Honest Thief Police Report In Welch Case
West Virginia constable Day gave a hitch hiker a lift. The man pulled a pink slip from his grip and claimed it was stolen from a Welch store. He was taken to jail after the passenger thanked him by handing over the item.
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West Virginia
Welch
Miss Ethel Posey Visits Rushville With Mrs. Vandeventer
Miss Ethel Posey spent the weekend with Mrs. Maude Vandeventer in Rushville. The stay highlighted social ties and local hospitality.
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Ethel Posey
Ballard Mother and Son Indicted in Mail Fraud Case
Los Angeles Calif Mrs Edna Ballard and her son Donald Ballard leaders of the Am movement surrendered to U S Marshal Robert Clark after bonds were reduced from 10000 to 5000 each Judge Leon R Yankwich set arraignment for July 31 on a 16 count indictment including 15 counts of actual mail fraud and one count of conspiracy.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Edna Ballard
Donald Ballard
Am Movement
United States
Robert Clark
Leon R. Yankwich
Ballards
Edna, Ballard
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Weeds Should Be Cut Twice Annually For Traffic Safety
Hoosier Motor Club urges state action to require two weed cuttings per year on county and state highways. Secretary-manager Todd Stoops cites June and August cuts as reducing accidents and hay fever, with funds from the motor vehicle account financing the work. The club plans to press the 1941 General Assembly to adopt the measure.
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Todd Stoops
Hoosier Motor Club
Mr. Stoops
Highway Department
Indianapolis
General Assembly
Busy Bee 4 H Club Achievements Highlight Posey Township
The Busy Bee 4 H Club of Posey township showcased an achievement program at the school gym in connection with a Farm Bureau meeting. Winners were named in senior and junior demonstrations and dress reviews, with awards presented by leader Mrs. Mildred Hyatt. Additional items note regional visits and camp activities involving club members and families.
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Busy Bee 4-H Club
Posey Township
Farm Bureau
Esther Dearinger
Joan
Rosemary Northam
Clara Emily Rigsbee
Lois Mitchell
Laura Jane Hester
Norma Alsman
Betty Wedding
Rosemary North
Rema Nelson
Gertrude Adams
Mildred Hyatt
Esther .Dearinger
Iowa couple plays million points of pinochle record
In Iowa George Stiles and his wife played 2,872 hands over six years in a marathon pinochle event. Mrs Stiles won by 3,494 points, offered as an idea for couples who want to keep each other at home at night.
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Iowa
George Stiles
Man refuses doctor for faith then ends his life
F. W. Wallace of Alabama declined medical help due to religious belief. Later he died by shooting himself, an act of self destruction that religion did not prevent.
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F. W. Wallace
Alabama
Mrs. Jennie Presnall 88 Dies in Arlington Community
Mrs. Jennie Presnall aged 88 died Saturday at 11 20 after weeks of illness. Born January 20 1852 in Manilla she lived in Manilla and Arlington her whole life. She married D M Presnall January 31 1880 producing two children Essie who died and H F Presnall of Indianapolis. A longtime Wesleyan Union Chapel member and later Arlington M E church she also belonged 40 years to the Eastern Indiana Holiness Association at Cleveland. Funeral Monday 2 p m at the M E church with Rev Machlin of Rushville officiating burial in Arlington.
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Jennie Presnall
D. M. Presnall
Manilla
E. F
Nancy Folger
Arlington
Presnall
Essie
H. F. Presnall
Indianapolis
M. E. Church
Machlin
Rushville
Fidelia Garden Club Pitch-In At Rushville Park
The Fidelia Garden club held a Friday afternoon at Rushville Memorial Park with 13 members and 6 guests. The group sang Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, offered a garden prayer, and heard a poem Gardening. Members answered roll call with Flowers Can Exhibit at the Show and planned the Aug 9 Arlington school flower show with judging at noon.
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Fidelia Garden Club
Rushville Memorial Park
Columbia
Norma Hester
Rolla Woods
Arlington School
Carlos Heath
Clarence Northam
Social Notes From Fairview Residents
Mrs McFadden was the Tuesday and Wednesday guest of Mr and Mrs Russell McDonald of Fairview. Mr and Mrs Rigsbee Farlow and their guest Mrs Carl McFadden of
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Ed Osborn
Gwynneville
Arlington
Carl McFadden
Miami
Florida
Lois and
Wendell Pitts
Near Sehlbyville
Russell McDonald
Fairview
A. W. Rigsbee
Clara Rigsbee
Alva Swain
Rigsbee Farlow
McFadden
Mrs. Rigsbee Farlow
Mrs
Prison Escape Foiled by Pepper Trail Claim
Bloodhounds followed a false trail after Andrew Hewitt escaped from a New Mexico state prison. Hewitt was later recaptured and explained he used pepper in a bag to scatter a misleading scent along his escape route.
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Andrew Hewitt
New Mexico
Hewitt
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F. R. Newby — — Notary Public
Carthage, Ind
Golden Rule Hatchery
Phone
Insurance
Owen Gray
Indiana
Knightstown
King's Beauty Shop
Ratliff
Rex E. Sexson
Greenfield, Ind
Coirinis
LEA Eta
Rush County Loan & Finance CO
Andrews
U. S. Highway 40
Greenfield
Texaco
GAS Valor
Firestone
Harold Phelps
Consult
Dr. K. E. Wedeking Optometrist
W. 3rd_ St
R. C. McBane
Morristown
Solld
Funeral Directors
Christian Church
Duo
Itp
W. E. Cooper
W. 3Rd St
Helen K. Minneman
Rushville, Ind
Abercrombie Jewelers
Arlington News
Busy Bee
Jean Wicker
Barbara Hyatt
Kathrine Ross
Elizabeth McFarland
Maxine Redden
Laura, Hester
Norma Bailey
Sylvia Noble
Virginia Rhodes
Laura Hester
Joan Northam
Clara E. Rigsbee
Kathleen Alsman
Reman Nelson
Clemadine Hutchinson
Mildred Hutchinson
Marcella Hutchinson
Phyllis Beckner
Anna Sheppard
Hiram Leonard
Harnest Becker
Lucille Gardner
Lowell Hutchinson
Lee Mitchell
Megs
Raymond Oldham
Everett Price
James Cadwallader
Will Thomas
Richmond
Glen Miller Park
Gerald Butler
Pete Jones
Delbert Winkler
Bobby Jones
Clarence Mitchell
Lake Wehr
Bobby Joe Readle
Bobby Cadwal
Lader
Richard Northam
Frank Morgan
Elmer Hutchinson
Pauline Addison
Carl Hutchinson
Weakley’s
Rushsville
Ida Downey
Della Cooper
Drysdale
Earl Downey
Jeannie Presnall
Dia
Knightstown, Ind
Hobart’s
Cushing’s
Jolly’s Drug Store
Rexall Store
Chevrolet
Citizen’s National Bank
Federal Insurance Corporation
Kennedy Motor Sales
DODGE
Plymouth
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