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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1963
Page
1
Jim Ellis of Butler University and five fraternity brothers spent from Saturday until Tuesday in Washington during the funeral of the late president John F. Kennedy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ellis of Carthage.
Robert Winters and Ercel Bever Jr of Carthage attended the Internal Revenue Tax Seminar sessions Monday through Wednesday at the Severin Hotel in Indianapolis. The event was for accountants and tax professionals.
Mr and Mrs Rex Edwards and sons Stevie and Jeff with Mr and Mrs Fletcher Edwards returned to Carthage Sunday evening after an eight day trip to Columbus Georgia They visited Sp 4 and Mrs Bill Robertson and son Jay En route they toured several places of interest.
The Ewing family gathered at the Carthage Community Center for a cooperative Thanksgiving Day dinner and social. Forty one family members attended with their relatives, sharing food and conversation during the reunion.
Mrs. Rose Dierking and her daughter Dorothy Dieball and Dorothy’s son Herman, all of Detroit, Michigan, stay with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Miekush and their daughter from Wednesday through Sunday over the Thanksgiving holiday.
AIC George M. Magee reached his parents Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Magee home Wednesday for a furlough after returning from service in Libya, Africa.
The report notes Herbie Beher returning home from Rush Memorial Hospital while Howard Henley remains stable there recovering from a stroke. Della Pearson shows slow improvement at Hancock County Hospital in Greenfield. Jane Nigh convalesces at St Vincents Hospital in Indianapolis. Jeff Leisure admitted to Rush Memorial Hospital and William F. Smith underwent eye surgery at Hancock County Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Heifner of Des Moines Iowa stay with his mother Mrs. Leslie Heifner of Carthage from Thursday evening to Sunday. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Fraz Pierce of New Castle on Friday and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stephenson near Maxwell on Saturday. Mrs. Heifner joined Mrs. Golda Lowe of Charlottesville for Thanksgiving dinner.
Mrs. Forrest Beck presided over the Christmas meeting with Mrs. Fred Sandefur, Miss Geneva Crouch of ISSC Home as guest. Treasurers report, membership update, doll project talk, and a $1 exchange capped the social with decorations and refreshments.
Rush County records a hunting death on Thanksgiving Day as 16 year old Robert McClurg died after a shotgun discharged while he and two companions hunted near Henderson. The broken stock struck the ground or rock causing the blast to injure him in the abdomen. He was a Rushville High School junior active in 4 H Club work. Survivors include his parents, brother, and several grandparents. The incident occurred about p.m. near Weldon Carfield farm along the Big Four railroad.
Local residents hosted and visited during Thanksgiving with numerous couples and families from Indianapolis Knightstown Carthage and Fort Wayne. Attendees joined a Butler versus Illinois basketball game at Butler Fieldhouse and observed Purdue Indiana football at Bloomington. A wedding took place at Gabriel Church in Com e Me Winters with Joan Wilhelm and Thomas Schneider.
Carthage High School lists honor roll by grades from 12 to 7 for the second six weeks with named students in each class. Also notes straight A students and a PTO Christmas program plus testing progress and graduation plans. Band news covers performances and a local school dispute in Hancock Circuit Court over annexation.
The annual Christmas Music Program will be held Tuesday December 10 at 7 30 in the school gymnasium. Students of all ages participate featuring the Junior Band two numbers the sixth grade Christmas pageant vocal selections by grades one through six fourth grade flute students the high school chorus two cappella pieces and combined band piece plus mixed quartet and triple trio ensembles. The finale includes the high school band with traditional closing. All members of the community are invited.
The Post Office Department and Santa Claus team up to reply to children who write by December 15. Children must use ZIP coded addresses and include their own return ZIP code. Santa’s reply will be a free, decorated card.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Morgan hosted a birthday dinner Sunday for Mrs. Martin Edwards of Indianapolis. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Edwards mother, Mrs. Betty Brooks, and sons from Mays.
Mr and Mrs Loyal Hunt hosted a Thanksgiving meal with guests from Dayton Ohio including Mrs O M Masters and Paul Masters family plus three sons from New Castle. Also present were Mr and Mrs Leland Hawkins and children from Muncie Mr and Mrs Sakitis Mr and Mrs Harry Schneble and Mr and Mrs Ernie Dalton all of Dayton Ohio. Mrs Hunts sister and husband the Sakitis are moving soon from Dayton to San Francisco for future residence.
Mrs Thekla K Stinger 78 died at her Carthage home at 4 15 p m after an illness that began with a heart attack last July She was wife of Henry Stinger curator of the State Museum Indianapolis Born in Indianapolis January 25 1885 she moved to Carthage area in 1935 Surviving husband a son Henry Stenger a brother and three sisters and a granddaughter Services were at 2 p m Tuesday at Hampton Mortuary Carthage with burial in Glen Cove Cemetery Knightstown.
Clarence Peck Mattix 82 of Carthage died at 3 p.m. Thursday last week at daughter Helen Caldwell's home in Knightstown after two years of ill health. A retired carpenter, he lived his life in the Carthage area and belonged to Gwynneville United Brethren Church. Born January 8, 1881, he married Laura Swain in 1915. she survives with two daughters Ruth Newhouse and Helen Caldwell, a brother Roscoe Mattix, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Services were held 2 p.m. Saturday at Hampton Mortuary, Carthage, with burial in Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown.
John Alfred Montgomery 84 father of Mrs. Hazel Roberts of Carthage died Monday at his Rushville home after years of illness. He was born in Xenas Jennings County and lived in Rushville since 1917. Survived by wife Ora V. Israel and four children along with two sons, two daughters, a brother, a half-brother, 16 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral at Todd Funeral Home Rushville Wednesday at 2 p.m. He belonged to First Baptist Church.
2 C Orba Don Fitch of Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana and his fiancee Misa Dorothy Silv erm an of Shreveport were guests of his parents from Wednesday through Saturday. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Tives Fitch and children near Fairland and Mr and Mrs Howard McCorkle Mr and Mrs Everett Sherwood for Brookville who joined Friday evening supper.
Mrs Blanche M Scull widow of Dr John T Scull died Thursday morning at Jackson Nursing Home Rushville Immediate survivors include son Paul Needham Mass three grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 00 P M at Moster Sons Mortuary Rushville
Carthage Home Garden Club held a workshop and Christmas display at the Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. Seventeen of eighteen members attended and displayed four to six items each. Six long tables showcased wreaths candles centerpieces mantle pieces and gift items. two tables featured items for sale and another table held items to be given to the sick. Refreshments of punch and Christmas cookies were served by Mrs. Guy Ewing and chairwoman Mrs. Ross Tweedy.
Kennedy funeral observers from Indiana University joined Miss Mitchell in Silver Springs and Western Springs residents Jack and Judy Cooney. Veach and companions stood 22 blocks from the Capitol and later watched the caisson as Mrs Kennedy led the procession past St Matthew's Cathedral. They returned to Bloomington Monday evening noting the crowd and dignitaries.
Thanksgiving dinner guests included the Whitfields with Amy and Joe. the Rectors of New Castle and Celina Ohio. the Alexanders with the Hydes and Dudleys of Carthage. the Planks and McCorkleys of Anderson and Vevay. the Rasers at Saybrook. the Dukes and Hunt family from Pendleton and Butler University. and visits by the Kings and Scotts in Anderson.
A crowd attended a town council public meeting in Carthage led by President James Ellis. State Board of Health officials and engineers presented a $290,000 sewer project with a $150,000 federal grant and estimated $3.90 monthly per household, aiming for a bond issue and construction bids early next year.
Members of the Ergon Sunday School class gathered for a Christmas dinner Sunday December 1 at the Durbin Hotel in Rushville. Rev. Jack Wallace gave devotions featuring a bishop's letter on Methodism in the Orient, followed by a social hosted by local couples and individuals including Eugene Gardner and Carol Carver.
Mrs Albert Ray and her sons are identified with Dr and Mrs Homer Hensler in a family context cited within the text.
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