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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1939
Page
8
Local society notes show Mrs Clyde Donneway and Mrs Margaret Smith visiting Indianapolis guests of relatives. The scene includes extended families at dinners and gatherings with Robins, Ungers, Wortmans, and Pierces noted among Sunday's and Monday's activities. A hospital stay for Mrs Pollitt follows a leg fracture.
The author recounts a multi city driving trip with Verna and Mrs Ernest Spencer. They visit Los Angeles the Mormon Tabernacle Salt Lake City Sunset Beach and the First Friends church in Whittier meeting local residents and viewing notable sites before heading near Omaha to see brick buildings and spacious grounds.
A reader recalls spotting the sign for Father Flanagan’s Boys Town but arriving too late in the evening to stop. The brief moment captures recognition of the landmark and its visible welcome.
Social notes report the engagement of Martha Jane Hartzler to Kenneth L. Rhodes of this place with a September wedding planned. Numerous social events follow, including dinners, bridge games, aluminum ware demonstrations, and birthday observances among local families.
The report lists multiple social events at homes of Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and Mrs. Mattie B. Publow with guests from Terre Haute Hagerstown and Arlington. The Charlottesville Missionary Society united with Walnut Ridge groups. Rev. Frank Chant and Mrs. Chant spoke, a playlet was performed, and ninety people attended plus a social hour. Other entries mention visitors in town including S L Newsom Emily Henley and family. trips to St Louis Indianapolis Rushville Manilla Edwardsburg and Lake Freeman. local residents at Eagle Lake and Lake Freeman cottages. and upcoming departures for Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs Joe Alexander and family spent Sunday to Thursday at Lake Wehr near Cambridge City. Lon McCorkle visited Tuesday evening. Dr and Mrs E H Morris of Milroy visited Raymond Finney over the weekend. Price Cox and daughter of Rushville visited Hugh Roberts and daughter Sunday. Clarence Whitfield and family were dinner guests of James Whitfield Wednesday. Earl McCorkle suffered an appendicitis attack last week and is improving. Richard Sipe leaves for Indianapolis to enter CMTC until September 2. The Ridlen farm near Knights Town was sold to Noble Minor with possession September 1. Malcolm Herrington visited Indianapolis Monday. J F Cooley of Lafayette was Monday evening dinner guest.
Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward of the Third Naval District acts the part at a World’s Fair event. A visitor, mistaking him for an attendant, jokes about being a motor chair and then a boat, prompting the admiral to reveal his rank.
The Chinese Lama Temple built in Pekin arrived in 23,000 pieces for reassembly at the New York World's Fair. The structure was disassembled and transported as a massive puzzle to be rebuilt on American soil.
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