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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
2
The church plans a 9 30 a m Sunday school session instead of worship due to repairs. Members may meet with other churches. The missionary society meets Willella Henley next Wednesday. Belle Ball leads the Jesson. No midweek service.
Pastor Wm B Collier leads a 9 30 Sunday school and morning worship at Fletcher M E Church with a dedicatory hymnals service and a sermon on Hymns New and Old. Evening service canceled due to Union services at Friends Church. Church thanks all who helped at the WLS Home Talent Show.
In Rush Circuit Court Vacation Term 1936 State of Indiana Rush County Elba Newsom Alice Newsom sue Wilbur Newsom Wayne Newsom Ruth Newsom for partition of real estate. Plaintiffs filed complaint and an affidavit stating nonresidency of Wilbur Wayne Ruth Newsom and require appearance by October 8 1936 the fourth judicial day of the October Term.
Hon. Robert L. Bacon critiques the Ramspeck Bill as a spoilsman tactic in Civil Service dress. He argues the measure would abolish four year terms for postmasters, grant life appointments, and allow reap pointment without competitive exams, undermining merit. The piece frames the bill as political camouflage to protect New Deal spoils.
Notice dated August 11 1936 states the case will be heard and determined in the defendants absence at the Court House Rushville with Dale Fisher clerk and Henley Cooper as plaintiff's attorney. Also a Carthage Wesleyan Methodist church gathering August 15 to elect a circuit trustee to fill the vacancy caused by J W Moore's death led by Rev V G Manchester.
The notice urges readers to clip, vote and mail ballots to show support for their favorite candidate. It explains ballots are tabulated locally then sent to straw vote headquarters in New York for national results, and ballots may be write in with town and state to aid accuracy.
Taxpayers in Ripley Township Rush County Indiana are notified that the Township Advisory Board will hear the budget on September 1 1936 at their regular meeting place. Taxpayers may speak and after levies are set ten or more aggrieved may appeal to the State Board with petitions due by the fourth Monday of September.
Practical dress and panties pattern 8729 with gathered yoke, flared princess lines, puff sleeves, and French style panties. Suitable fabrics include dotted swiss, percale, gingham, or pique. Send 15 cents per pattern plus name address style number and size to Patricia Dow, Carthage Citizen Pattern Department, 115 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn NY.
The article denounces a bill expanding spoils power by keeping New Deal appointees in office and letting the Postmaster General bypass Civil Service rules when no qualified candidates exist. It argues the trend undermines merit and records over 250000 added federal jobs since 1933 without Civil Service growth.
The high price of corn drives premature cattle to market causing a beef surplus. A. A. Tomey of the Livestock Marketing Department of the Indiana Farm Bureau Inc notes the surge was strongest in June and early July and threatens market stability.
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