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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
6
Stella Kemp leaves for Cincinnati for a week with friends. Several dinner gatherings occur across towns including Indianapolis guests with the Palmers, the Hulls visiting the Keatons, and the Talbert reunion in Morristown. Church quilting with the Ladies' Aid, and multiple trips to Shelbyville Bloomington Morristown Liston Columbus featured among local social events and reunions.
Local residents made visits and hosted gatherings across Greenfield and nearby areas. Notable items include Mrs Rebecca Siders staying with the Siders, calls to Clyde Connoway, Irvine family from New Palestine, and weekends spent with the Johns near Danville and the Swain reunion at John Brown's home near Fountaintown.
Frank Reddick returned Monday from Methodist hospital where he had observation. He is somewhat improved.
The Henry County 4 H Club fair is now in session at Memorial Park in New Castle. Several hundred 4 H club members from Henry county enter exhibits for the annual show. The fair opened on Tuesday and closes today. The City of New Castle cooperates with the project drawing many farm people to the event.
Rev and Mrs Murray S Kenworthy host visits from two of their three sons. Car roll H Kenworthy, international correspondent for United Press Association in Washington, D C, spent Monday to Wednesday with his wife and two sons. Leonard S Kenworthy, head of history at Friends Central School in Philadelphia, is staying several days in Carthage with his parents.
Mrs. Ella Macy of Indianapolis announces the marriage of her daughter Marjorie to Dr Ivan Iver of Indianapolis. The ceremony will be Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran church at 36 and Central Ave. The couple are former Arlington residents.
Franklin Ind August 9 A new threat to the midwest dirt track title comes from Wild Charlie Szekendy of South Bend now second in the points race. He targets the August 13 Johnson County fairgrounds race to overtake leader Mike Salay as Chick Smith and other rivals press for chance.
Six Rushville boys began a bicycle marathon Monday morning under drizzling rain. The riders Raymond Walker Dick Milligan Joe Young Bob Barringer Billy Hittle and Gene Woods pedaled a three eighths of a mile tract near the Memorial gymnasium with Ward Allen Woods as official time-keeper and several neighborhood youths assisting in various roles.
The July Indiana History Bulletin highlights Carthage Friends Meeting centennial with plays music and outside speakers during a five day event. Requests for the history compiled by a local committee came from Ohio Indiana libraries and Earlham College. Mr and Mrs J B Mathers visited son Joseph McClurg in Rushville over the weekend.
A color parade at the fairgrounds concludes the 1939 fair with first prize to Bill Densford for Rush County's Quins a display of five white kittens in a decorated wagon. Norma Alsman of Arlington repeats her 1938 Senior dress revue victory modeling a brown silk suit with pink blouse and brown accessories. Second place and alternate were noted.
Lois King of Anderson township led the dress revue with a brown and white gingham outfit. Barbara Hyatt from Arlington also won with a brown checked gingham dress. Rita Mae Henley placed second in a sport dress with brown skirt and tan blouse. Janet Armstrong and Robert Armstrong won the 4 H health contests, both children of the Armstrongs. Betty Brown and Betty White earned state fair scholarships. Miss White received a business club trip and a check from Margaret Morton.
Mrs Mary Dunn is the guest of relatives in Indianapolis this week. She plans sightseeing and family gatherings with relatives during the stay in Indiana's capital city.
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