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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1940
Page
3
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For sale by The Union Building Association Shelbyville offers a seven room semi modern home on Walnut Street Gwynneville with 6 car cement block garage large workshop complete bathroom two wells and a large lot. Immediate possession small down payment balance like rent insurance paid. Phone 1031. 2te
Local notes list social visits to Winona Lake Niagara Falls and Han negan church events. Names include Katherine Newsom May Norris Dorothy Sipe Elsie Chappell Laura Binford Abe Coffin and others with plans for ten days a week long trips and chautauqua attendance. A twenty year ago item recalls a cattle truck incident near the river bridge and local social visits.
Mrs. Ollie Offutt hosted a Wednesday meeting of the Methodist Aid society with twelve members and two guests present. During the business session plans were made for an ice cream supper to be held on August 7, with refreshments provided by the hostess and assistants Mrs. Arthur Bitner and Mrs. William Sunman.
Mrs. Everett Sunman entertained Monday afternoon for her daughter Virgie Lou’s fifth birthday. Guests included Mrs. Mervin Russell Rita Adele Russell Mrs. Richard Ewer and many relatives and friends from Birds Eye Greenwood Clifty and Rushville as the dining table held gifts and a birthday cake before refreshments.
The 1938 senior class held a Sunday reunion at Coney Island near Cincinnati and visited the Zoo. Attendees included Helena Dyer Junior Northam Martha Ricketts Carlos Tribbey Fern Brown Claude Pierson Mr and Mrs Marion Munden Wilbur Ward James Cadwallader and John Coffin.
The senior young people and young married class enjoyed a picnic Saturday at Roberts Park in Connersville. Thirty two members and guests attended the pitch in dinner with swimming and games as entertainment.
Ten members attended the 15th Missionary Circle session at Ger aldine Logan’s home Tuesday night. Doris Coffin shared an engaging story about Jonathan Gofor, a missionary in China, after the business portion. The group scheduled a picnic for August at Mrs. Ray Colestock’s house.
Posey township Home Helpers met with Mrs. Carlos Heath. Nineteen members and a guest attended. They opened with the creed and sang Old Folks at Home. Plans were made for a band concert and ice cream supper August 24. The group voted to give $5 to Child Welfare.
The Loyal Woman's class of Arlington Christian church met at Mrs. Ben Bacon's home on Thursday to honor her birthday. Thirty three members attended a luncheon centered by a large birthday cake. Gifts were given to Mrs. Bacon as the program included readings, prayers, a Bible story, a duet, and group singing.
Mrs. Agnes Collins entertained at her home west of Arlington as the town learns of the approaching marriage of Miss Geraldine Logan to Howard.
A. W. Jones AAA administrator announces a policy change: soybeans no longer count as soil depleting under 1940 rules, so soybean acreage won’t be deducted from the soil conservation allotment whether beans are harvested for seed or not. The shift benefits Midwest growers selling beans for processing into oil and meal, amid a booming soybean oil meal market. The year’s soybean acreage reaches a record high with over a million tons of meal produced annually.
Indiana motorists traveling on newly completed highways find safety in the four inch centerline marking that separates opposing traffic. The highway commission notes centerlines are renewed about three thousand miles annually and the marking is a standard on suitable surfaces.
E. L. Gaylor of Saugus Massachusetts sets a claimed global record by holding his breath for 14 minutes and 2 seconds in a Wesleyan University laboratory experiment.
An advertisement in a Paso Robles California newspaper lists a missing item described as a lead pencil and assigns it to Marjorie Weats a blonde five foot five inch blue eyed person who is a good dancer.
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