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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
2
The Hills and Henleys annual reunion will be held at Richmond on Tuesday August 11 1896. Ample arrangements have been made for entertainment and all connected with either family are urged to attend.
Henry AmcCullough attended as a delegate to the Grand United Odd Fellows of Indiana in Richmond Tuesday. Will Gilchrist joined the session on Wednesday. The Town Legislature met Monday at the town hall with little business beyond several bills.
Twenty years ago Ruth Ann Henley died after illness at her home. Eva Johnson visited sister and attended a W C T U meeting in Dunreith. Edna Marie Johnson won first prize in Silver Medal contest. Jeff Leisure celebrated his 29th birthday with thirty friends at home. R A Watling added an engine and fan to bakery. Harriet Rawls joined as saleslady. Howard E Henley and wife returned from an eastern trip including Niagara Falls and New York. Rev R T Gwyn urged cooperation at East St Christian church. Christian Helpers catered. Ripley Farm Bureau met with talks by Fred Bell and H D VanMatre. 4 H girls performed. Misses Crystal Moore and Lucile Pitts played piano. Freda McGeorge sang. Rev Frank J Guyatt to lead Friends church after Sept 1. Gleaners class cleared about $20 from a motion picture show for Idlewold park camping. Mrs Arthur W Winfield and Miss Ramona Norris hosted a pink and white shower for Miss Claribel Sipe with a two course luncheon.
An aging political tract warns that the Seventy-Fourth Congress overspent under the New Deal, calling for a Republican Congress to halt what it calls bureaucratic excess and preserve constitutional governance. It argues that continued Democratic control dangers fiscal ruin and dictatorship by Washington bureaucrats.
The Friends Missionary society members were guests at Walnut Ridge Society last Friday at the Misses Chappell home for an enjoyable afternoon. Supper guests of Téa and Mamie Jessup Thursday included Mrs. Charles Butler, Mrs. Matilda Ratliff, and Misses Edith and Hattie Hunt.
Raymond Pitcairn argues that three groups seek to reform federal agencies bloating government and costs. He warns bureaucratic expansion threatens civil liberties and constitutional rights, urging reductions to protect taxpayers and freedoms alike.
The Toledo Blade lauds Governor Landon's Republican nomination acceptance as substantial and constructive. It praises a speech free of demagoguery, heavy on thrift and common sense, reinstating faith that ordinary citizens will regain autonomy from costly government experimentation.
The analysis says droughts reduce crop volume but raise prices, noting price swings can exceed production losses. It cites potatoes and the Ohio Valley, argues overall farm income may rise in well supplied areas, and warns relief is needed for drought areas while preserving national farm income. It also stresses dairy, livestock, eggs, and poultry as major factors beyond crops.
Voters are urged to participate in a weekly straw ballot coordinated with weekly newspapers across small towns. Carthage residents are asked to clip the ballot, vote for their preferred candidate, and mail or deliver it to the Carthage Citizen. Weekly local results will be published with national tallies as available.
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