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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
3
Mrs Elmer Hutchinson hosted Colloquial club for a noon luncheon with eleven members and one guest. After a brief business session, members answered questions about vacation ideas. Mrs George Carwein led entertainment of contests and keno.
Mrs Rigsbee Farlow hosted the Merry Makers club Friday night to mark the fourth anniversary. The home featured garden flowers in pink and green the club colors. Mrs Oren Veatch was chosen president and Mrs Earnest Beckner secretary.
Mrs Carlos Heath hosted a Friday afternoon reception for Betty Mae Heaths second birthday. Guests gathered in a pink and white themed dining room with flowers and decor. individual cakes, balloons and candies marked each seat. Attendees included Sheila Sue Stout Mary Lucille Ritter Carolyn Mae Ritter Jackie Bitner Ronnie Rucker Rosalyn Heath Dickie Heath Merle Stout Irvin Bitner Clyde Rucker Lowell Ritter and James Cadwallader.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Butler and daughter hosted a Friday evening gathering honoring the ninth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Pete Jones. Three tables of dance preceded refreshments with guests Delbert Winkler Cyrus Winkler their spouses a Miss Jimmie Andis Willetta and Doris Winkler and a son.
Alba Hurst entertained Sunday with a chicken dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Elmer Martin and daughter Sanoma of Homer. Mrs Gertrude Cobb and daughter Wilma Jean of Shelbyville also attended. Burney Jackson of Rushville visited in the afternoon.
Mrs Irvin Bitner hosted a Monday lawn party for her son Jackie’s third birthday with dainty refreshments after social time. Guests included Bobby Renegar Miriam Wedding Patty Long Rosalyn Betty Dickie Heath and many others. Owen Parker and Luanna Gwynneville visitors joined relatives. Mrs Everett Price visited her parents in Carthage.
Mrs. Rigsbee Farlow and Mrs. Clyde Rucker visited Shelbyville Monday. Many locals and neighbors underwent visits, trips, and hospital calls across Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, California, Florida, and Ohio during the past week.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for junior engineering marketing specialist psychologist associate physical oceanographer and more with age limits not to exceed 35 for many and 53 for some. Applications must arrive by September 18 east of Colorado or September 21 westward.
Indiana anglers recount rising catches with Virgil M. Simmons noting the season as best in a decade. A standout tale comes from Shakamak State Park highlighting the strong fishing year across the state.
A compact history of Nauvoo as Illinois early metropolis, its Mormon founders led by Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon origins, and clashes with Missouri and Illinois authorities. It notes persecution, migration in 1838 39, and the move to Illinois, ending with a teaser that the story continues next week.
A Jasonville angler reels a five and three quarter pound black bass from Lake Shakamak after a twenty foot dive helped by his daughter. Central and southern Indiana streams yield big catfish, while bass and bluegill catches are common at vacation camps. Statewide stocking, erosion control, and pollution reduction advance the conservation program, already showing improved fishing and recreation.
Harold McWilliams and Richard Talbert of near Morristown were Friday night guests of Mrs. Ella Nelson.
J. E. Collins Oliver Drysdale and Art Duffy attended the Connersville fair last Thursday signaling community engagement and ongoing local events with these figures among the observers.
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