Butler ballet Sleeping Beauty staged at Clowes Memorial Hall
The Jordan College of Music at Butler University presented Sleeping Beauty last Friday and Saturday at Clowes Memorial Hall. Miss Pam Hunt performed. Local attendees included Mr and Mrs Richard Harrold Mr and Mrs Ralph McClarnon Mr and Mrs Hubert Hunt Jeannine Terhune and Carol Carver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clowes Hale
Jordan College of Music
Butler University
Clowes Memorial Hall
Pam Hunt
Richard Harrold
Ralph McClarnon
Hubert Hunt
Jeannine Terhune
Carol Carver
Lions Seek Shut-In List For Christmas Visits
Carthage Lions urge community members to nominate shut-ins for their annual Christmas home visits. Contact any Lions member to ensure the proper committee receives names. The note also has a correction about the June Ford Show scheduling and postponements at Anderson High School Gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions of
Carthage
Carthage High School
Ford
Anderson High School
Channel 8
Arlington Station Closure Approved by Indiana PSC
The Public Service Commission of Indiana approved the Baltimore & Ohio and Erie Lackawanna joint agency closure at Arlington which also handles Gwynneville shipping and will shift business to Rush. Arlington agent Clyde Miller planned retirement this year after decades of service. The B and O approved a second request after an initial denial, but the exact effective date was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio
Erie- Lackawanna
Gwynneville
Rushe
Clyde Miller
B & OQ
Post Office Extends Holiday Hours This Season
The local Post Office will be open for business on the next two Saturdays December 14 and 21 until 5:00 p.m. for Christmas mailers. The outside lobby will stay open until 8:00 p.m. each evening through Christmas beginning Thursday December 12, 1963 so customers may withdraw mail from boxes.
Two local students among Manchester College enrollment
North Manchester Indiana Lisa area residents Jerry Heim and Larry Heim of Carthage are listed among Manchester College fall term students. The college reports 1219 enrolled, with 1176 full time and 43 part time. The piece mentions a church dinner and social committee activities linked to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Manchester
Indiana
Manchester College
Jerry Heim
Larry Heim
Carthage
Walnut Ridge Church Christmas Cantata Sunday
The Walnut Ridge Church will hold a Christmas program Sunday December 15 at 7 30 p m featuring the Christmas Cantata Kneel at The Manger along with other special numbers Everyone is welcome to attend. Citizens may donate money or food to the American Legion Auxiliary for Christmas baskets for the needy contact Mrs Sam Nigh chairperson. Music event at Alhambra theatre tonight Tuesday December 17 at 6 45 pm advance tickets 26c child 5c adult
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Ridge Ee
Manger
American Legion Auxiliary
Sam Nigh
Alhambra Theatre
Aghtatown
Rev Guyatt on WSCS Program at Methodist Church
Womans Society of Christian Service held a turkey dinner at the Methodist Church on December 5 with thirty five attendees. President Mrs Raymond Kennedy welcomed guests and read My Christmas Greeting. A memorial service for Mrs Thelma Stinger was led by Mrs Jack Mosley. Rev Frank Guyatt showed Holy Land movie pictures and narrated them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Raymond Kennedy
Thelma Stinger
Jack Mosley
Robert Walker
Charles Whitfield
Judith Kennedy
James Lukens
Hubert Hunt
Frank Guyatt
Holy Land
Airman Johnson Arrives for Pacific Air Forces Duty
Larry E. Johnson from Carthage Indiana arrived for duty with a Pacific Air Forces unit. The 22 year old inventory specialist came from Duluth Minnesota and is a Carthage High School graduate. His parents Mr and Mrs Clyde R Johnson live in Carthage Route 1 Four Ways From The Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark AB
Philippines
Larry E. Johnson
Carthage
Ind
Pacific Air Forces
Johnson
Duluth International Airport
Minn
Carthage High School
Clyde R. Johnson
R.R 1
Carthage High School Christmas Program and Activities
The Carthage High School announces a Christmas program in the gym at 10:00 a.m. on Friday December 20, directed by Ed wards and Land with staff assistance. The issue notes no student gift exchange for upper grades and praises Henry Stinger for a large lumber donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Land
Henry
Henry Stinger
Carthage Home Garden Club Dinner and Gift Exchange
The Carthage group hosted a Tuesday night dinner at the Durbin Hotel with a turkey feast and a Christmas carol program led by Mrs. Louis Humes at the piano. Milroy guest Erma Richey reviewed the book Forty Odd by Mary Brade, and many members and spouses attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Home Garden Club
Durbin
Louis Humes
Donald Ruby
Erma Richey
Milroy
Mary Brade
Fred Flick
Forrest Beck
Loyal Hunt
Iva Cook
Roy Small
Wilbur McCorkle
Homer Hensler
Forrest Moore
Ross Tweedy
Thomas Bush
Lloyd Manuel
Harold Ruby
Albert Ray
Gouldie Kyser
December Calendar Highlights County Sports and Exams
December schedules show Morton and Spiceland basketball games with a Christmas break starting December 20. County grain judging, district solo and ensemble events, and Rush County tournaments run through January. Exams end third six weeks on January 10 with report cards issued January 15 and National Merit test registrations closing January 17.
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Morton
Liberty
Spiceland
New Palestine
Arlington
Rush County
Waldron
ECC
Morristown
Charlottesville
Wilkinson
Spelling Beerea
Poesia
Sehesens
Rush County weighs two unit school plan after rejection
Rush County officials met to map a two unit system with a vocational unit and an academic unit. They want to keep the northwest metropolitan unit and central consolidated unit while acknowledging southern rejection blocks a third unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
State Commission
Senior class pictures captured for annual yearbook
Seniors smiled during photo day as staff prepared images for the annual yearbook. The brief notes indicate the group posed for portraits, marking a milestone in their senior year.
Rush County Crop Extension School Set for December 20
The Rush County annual Crops Extension School will be held Friday December 20 in the Rush County Courthouse assembly room. The morning program begins at 10 with a panel on high corn yields and features top yielders Charles Hurst Byron Hiner J R Brown Clarence Dyer and Everett Stanley. Purdue agronomist Marvin Swearing will discuss crop varieties for 1964 and 1963 results. Afternoon sessions begin at 1 with a soybean yield panel including Cedric Power Byron Hiner Donald Staten Jr Worth Hodson and Marlin Newkirk followed by a talk on corn and soybean diseases and fertility by Eric Sharvell Purdue Extension. The event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Charles Hurst
Byron Hiner
J. R. Brown
Clarence Dyer
Everett Stanley
Marvin Swearing
Purdue Extension Agronomist
Marion Liggett
Better Crops Association of
Cedric Power
Donald Staten, Jr
Worth Hodson
Marlin Newkirk
Eric Sharvell
Purdue Extension Plant
Large Crowd Sees School Christmas Music Program
A large crowd attended the annual school Christmas music program directed by Mrs. Kenneth Land and Mr. Bob L Edwards. The event featured performances by elementary to senior high students including flutophones songs, a Christmas pageant, choir numbers, and band selections with numerous named participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Land
Bob L. Edwards
Scriptures
Ae Angel
Rics Ray
Joseph
Dinah Gulley
Gary Carson
Joe Klinie
Shepherds
Roy Edwards
Max DeWees
George Finch
Three Kings
Ralph Henderson
King Herod
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Jesus
the Shepherds
Heaven
Noel
Annie Roonie
Marilyn Pitts
Cindy Brooks
Larry Bash
Lynn Kennedy
le Trio
the Cargllers
Arlene Ruby
Sally Bash
Carol Ellis
Julie Ewing
Francie Magee
Beegie Gatewood
Sue Leisure
Cynthia Pearson
Trish Sipes
Missionary Club Christmas Luncheon at Walnut Ridge
Mrs Enid Burkher hosted a Christmas co operative luncheon Saturday at her country home for twelve Walnut Ridge Missionary Society members. The afternoon featured carols devotions and a Christmas story by Mrs Russell Shutt Jr The club approved $25 to Rev and Mrs Robert Morris missionaries in Brazil and $25 to the Indian Mission Field in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Club
Enid Burkher
Walnut Ridge Missionary Society
Russell Nigh
Russell Shutt, Jr
Robert Morris
Brazil
South America
Oklahoma
Rev Jarrett To Speak At Fletcher Methodist Sunday
The Rev Dr Lee S Jarrett longtime Indiana Methodist leader will preach at Fletcher Methodist Church Sunday at 10 30 am with Rev Wallace assisting A light lunch will follow and the Jarretts plan to travel to Rushville for an afternoon meeting He will also preach at Arlington at 915 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee S. Jarrett
Fletcher Methodist Church
Jarrett
Carthage
Indiana
St. Paul’s
Rushville
Columbus
Interboard Council
Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church
Jarretts
Wallace
Arlington
Notable illnesses and returns from area hospitals
Mrs. Jane Nigh returned Sunday from St Vincent's Hospital to the Ed wards home. Howard Henley remains about the game at Rush Memorial Hospital. Herbie Beher convalesces at his Carthage home. William F. Smith returned to his Carthage R A home from Hancock County Hospital. Mrs. Della Pearson slowly improves at Hancock County Hospital Care Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Nigh
St. Vincent's Hospital
Paul Edwards
Howard Henley
Rush Memorial Hospital
Herbie Beher
Carthage
Wiliam F. Smith
Carthage R. A
Hancock County Hospital
Della Pearson
Milroy Edges Carthage 64 62 in Tight Finish
Milroy defeated Carthage 64 to 62 in a game decided in the final seconds. Steve Ellis tied the score with seven seconds left, then Tom Hood’s drive produced four follow shots before Larry Fry won it at the buzzer. Hood scored 14 for Carthage as Milroy clung to a late defensive stand and a balanced attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Raiders
Milroy
Steve Ellis
Carthage
Ellis
Tom Hood
Cardinals
Hood
Larry Fry
Cardinal
Lions Club Christmas Dinner Entertainment in Carthage
The Carthage Lions Club invited wives and families to a Christmas meeting at the Community Center Lions Den. A school quartet of Marilyn Pitts Cindy Brooks Larry Bush Lynn Kennedy performed with piano by Sue Ann Land. After a turkey dinner, James Wells presided over a brief business meeting as members sang carols and held a gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Lions Club
Community Center Lions den
Marilyn Pitts
Cindy Brooks
Larry Bush
Lynn Kennedy
Sue Ann Land
James Wells
Robert McKain
Rush County Corn and Farm Show Held December 19 20 21
Plans for a Rush County Corn and Farm Products Show set for December 19 to 21 at the Rush County Courthouse outline open classes such as ten ears of corn peck of shelled corn and longest ear. Clarence Dyer heads the corn show with judging by Charles Fischer and Frank Lux. The Farm Products Show features soybeans wheat and oats with Lewis Lafuse as superintendent. Cedric Power won the 5-Acre Soybean Yield Contest with 53.51 bushels per acre. Byron Hiner was runner up with 51.07. Medals will be awarded for various yield ranges and 4H members will show corn entries. Continuous coverage notes the event continues on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Clarence Dyer
Charles Fischer
Frank Lux
Shelby County
Lewis Lafuse
Corn Club
Crop Club
Cedric Power
Anderson Township
Kent
Mr. Power
Byron Hiner
Center Township
Clark
Power
Hiner
Donald Stoten, Jr
Ripley Township
Worth Hudson
Center
Marlin Newkirk
Union
Ray Bosse
Jackson
Shelby
Edward Meyer
Noble
Harvey Arnold, Jr
Raymond Wicker
Richland
Floyd Hiner
Charles William Barker
Harpsey
Stanley Hurst
Walker
Clarence Arnold
Robert Morgan
Washington
Cecil Hartman
Charles Hurst
Orange
Harosoy
Ripley
Robert E. White
Orange Township
Succumb To Fatal Heart Attack In Snowstorm Crash
Orville Keaton of Wilkinson, brother of Mrs. Lora Reedy, died of a heart attack after a minor collision between his car and a second vehicle driven by Kenn erly of Carthage. He was taken to Rush Memorial Hospital and later moved to Condo and Son Mortuary in Wilkinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Keaton
Wilkinson
Lora Reedy
Carthage
Reedy
Mr. Keaton
Mr. Kennerly
Mrs. Reedy
Reedy Lane
Keaton
Rush Memorial Hospital
Hampton
Condo & Son
Winters Family Hosts After Baptism Dinner
After the Sunday Methodist service the Winters family hosted a cooperative dinner at their home. Attending were Ray Winters and Paul Winters from Brownsville and Hagerstown, Elsie Winters of Greens Fork, Forrest Winters of Brownsville, Rev. Jack Wallace, and the Winters children Ron Rob Ric and Diana Lynn who witnessed the baptism of Diana Lynn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters
Diana Lynn
Robert Winters
Ray Winters
Brownsville
Paul Winters
Hagerstown
Elsie Winters
Greensfork
Forrest Winters
Jack Wallace
Here
Ron
Rob
Ric
Train Hit Car at Second Street Crossing in Carthage
James Conley of Carthage was struck by a slow-moving train Thursday morning while driving across the railroad tracks at Second St. crossing. He was returning from the school building after taking his girls to school. The car suffered considerable front-end damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Conley
Carthage
Second St
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Manchester
Norman Edwards
Ruth White
Lawrence Wright
Ogden
Guyatt
WSCS
Larry Johnson
Hagerstown Smorgasbord
Patricia Sipes
Junior News
Chis
Crops Extension School
Howard Finch
Brown County
Willie Finch
Rev. Jarrett
Raiders
Lions Club
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