Brookville Dam dedication signals new era for local resources
Congressman Ralph Harvey lauds the Brookville Dam dedication as a step toward flood control land conservation and recreation on the Whitewater River. He recalls historic settlement deeds from Brookville and honors the project as key to future water supply for communities and Eastern cities. Local visits and weekend travels by area residents follow the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Harvey
Brookville
Monroe
Mr. Harvey
4 H Girls Win Trips to Chicago
Two Purdue freshmen led Indiana 4H projects in bread and health earning trips to the National 4H Club Congress in Chicago November 28 to December 2. Connie Bushey of Muncie won a trip donated by Standard Brands and Sheryl Bertsch of Cambridge City travels as Eli Lilly and Company guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
Indiana
Chicago
Connie Bushey
Ralph Bushey
Muncie
Standard Brands Incorporated
Sheryl Bertsch
Reuben Bertsch
Eli Lilly
Miss Bushey
Miss Bertsch
Cambridge City
Soybean contest results announced in Rush County
Worth Hodson of Center Township led the Rush County soybean yield contest with 55.12 bushels per acre using Kent and Shelby varieties. Donald Meyer of Rushville Township was runner up at 53.23 bu per acre. Junior winner Joe Hodson, Center Township, yielded 54.85 bu per acre with Shelby. Medal tiers covered 35 to above 55 bu per acre across 16 adults and 8 juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Hodson
Center Township
Rush County
Purdue University Today
Kent
Hodson
Donald Meyer
Rushville Township
Shelby
Joe Hodson
Young Hodson
Rush
Rush County News Personal Snatches and 1966 Fair Plans
Local residents share Sunday dinners and visits across Indiana towns including North Webster Shelbyville and Zionsville. The Rush County Fair Board schedules the 1966 fair for July 25 to 29 with new board members and expanded committees announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Rush County Fair Board
Indiana State and County Fair Association
Indianapolis
Wallace Wissing
Rush County Extension Office
Max Dickey
Union Township
Neal Kuhn
Walker Township
Ed Roehling
Byron Wells
WSVL
Fair ‘Board
Ollie Merrill
Otis Willis
Harold Clifton, Jr
Wayne Logan
Don Renegar
Melvin: Gray
Mrs. Mary
Heath
Paul Potts
John R. White
Harvey Arnold, Sr
A. Walter Meyer
Earl Frank Priest
Stanley Carrington
Worth Hudson
A. Walter -Meyer
Lowell Peterson
Kappa Delta Phi Sorority
County Fair Association
von Knight
Orval Wisler
Donald Stoten, Jr
Gail Abernathy
Manley Abercrombie
Fritz White
Subscription Notice Urges Premature Paper Date Check
The notice asks readers to verify the date at the top of their paper to confirm subscription expiration and reminds that the printed date marks the due date if not renewed.
Social Security guidance by Donald B Schneider
The column invites readers to mail questions to the Social Security Administration in Richmond Indiana. It covers proof of birth, noting earliest records preferred and school or census records as alternatives, and previews Medicare parts hospital and medical insurance details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
National Road West
Richmond
Indiana
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Pittsburg
Kansas
Fragmentary business ledger items from Sherman area notice
A garbled 1985 ledger fragment lists numerous individuals and companies with varied monetary figures, including Sherman E Boyce Co Inc, Wright Applegate Elevator, Metzger Lumber Co, and Rebecca J Mahan. It reads like a local account or payment register with scattered names and amounts, many unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman E. Boyce Co., Inc
Reublican Co
Inc
Hardwick E. Boyce Co
Wright, Applegate Elevator “Co
Boggs and Burkharts’ Paang Heating Co
Charles C. Becker
Robert L. May
Clarence ‘W
John E. Meek
Rushville Telegram
Republican
Hill Cem
Noah Gahimer
William ‘Means
Harry H. Biehl
Walter Love
Ted Ruble
Robert E. Hill
Fredric E
Harvey Arnold, Jr
Lowell Gruell
Mike Matney
Harold L. Young
Ruth Kehl
Metzger Lumber Co
Frances M. Norris
Rebecca J. Mahan
Ruby Sessayess
Martha J
Joyce Maxine Wall
Marlene Miller
Virgil G
Esther Hilligoss
Marjorie Brownell
Wayne Peters
Harry Levi
Dorothy George
Willard Shields
Melvin Oo
Frances Frazee
Harold M. Dick
James S. Scott
Marilyn J
Frank H
Fannie D
Ava M. Teel
Norma Miller
Jane. Alexander
Es G. Kiplinger
Kathleen Keaton
Thomas “A
Georgian
James H. Tate Jr
Beverly Wedeking
Margaret Henley
Hinchman
Howell Brothers
H. E. Rummel
Wooten's
Shel Shell Serv ' Cities Co
Ieee
Cones Eee
Indiana Oxygen Co. Ae
Victor el Paenen An Hed
Rodefeld RE Ay. Ie
Ani
Do You Remember When Ten Years Ago 1955 Highlights
The item recalls December 16 1955 news with the death of April Marie Parsons daughter of Mr and Mrs William Parsons. It notes funeral services and community events including veterans hospital auxiliary party at Marion, Christmas lights in Carthage funded by donations, a large public Christmas tree by the Lions Club, and local 4 H and school tournament notes. Other age milestones and local obituaries are summarized, plus parade of past events and a 1945 and 1925 backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
William Parsons
Forrest Beck
10Th District
Marion Veterans Hospital
Carthage
Lions Club
Public Square
Wally McClurg
Tom McClurg
Air Corps
New York
Indianapolis
Germany
Samuel O. McCarty
Winona Newsom
Samuel Newsom
Floyd P. Newsom
Howard A. Newsom
Nice
Henry Henley
Maurice Brooks
Maurice Eugene
St. John’s Hospital
Anderson
John Brooks
Phillip Winslow
Purdue University
Howard Winslow
School of Agriculture
Methodist Church
Lucille Phelps
Stella Humes
Maude Porter
Edith Behr
Ethel Furbay
Lucille Chappell
Behr
Bell Ball
Bess Baker
Nellen Belter
Ada Chappell
Sharlee Kyser
Ruth Hunt
Lucille Bell
Alice Gray
Hannegan
Everett McFarland
George Holwager
Carmen Fagel
WFBM
Ruby McGeorge
Louise Parish
Charles Parish
Near Carthage
Russell Davis
Emory Davis
Charlottesville
St. Christian Church
Rushville
Carthage High School
Hubert Hill
Harvey’s Grocery
Phelp’s
Guy Ewing
J.W. Moore and Son
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Kenneth L. Rhodes
Martha Jane Rhodes
Harvey
Cong. Harvey
House Committee On Agriculture
Roy Stanley
Nellie Benefiel
Richard Rokosch
Beech Grove
Gary Siler
Joe Binford
Peru
Oliver Earnest
Allen Proctor
Joe
Henry Jessup
Mrs
Forrest ‘Moore
Fred Clark
North Webster
Markes McClurg
Jeff McClurg
Bernard Clawson
Raleigh
Russell Leisure
Oscar Fisher
Shelbyville
Joe Graff
Charles Thrawley
Spiceland
Cecil Estell
Paul McCorkle
Guy Hittle
Zionsville
Foster Wilson
Marlin Wilson
Seymour
Carol Ellis
Steve Ellis
Glen Smith
Stan Getz
Clowes Hall
Marie Fannin
Carrie Jones
Hillside Haven
Albert Terhune
Roscoe Brown
Loren White
Greenfield
Dupont
Julius Sullivan
Robert Campbell
Dorothy Campbell
Camden
Ohio
Richard Stumpf
Chris
Answer - Booth Tarkington
Social Security
Donald B. Schneider
Remcs
Hoosier Energy
Willie
The
Rural Electric Cooperatives
REMC
Rural Electric Membership Corporation
Clarence W. John E
Cora Newsom McCarty
Morton
Harold Dick
R-R
Liberty
Morristown
Milroy
New Palestine
Laurel
New Salem
Arlington
Manilla
St. Paul
Mays
New Point
Cadiz
Hancock Central
Bloomington
Lewisville
Monroe Central
Knightstown
Roger Bosse
David Raab
Larry Alverson
Larry Peggs
Gary Emsweller
Robert Sullivan
Phil Bosse
Clarence Dyer
Newton Halterman
Carl Ging
Laurence Smith
Lewis Lafuse
William S. Kimmell
John Rigsbee
Charles Ariens
Lloyd W. Henley
Republican State Central Committee
Washington D. C
Republican National Committee
James O. Draper
A. W. Newsom
Lovett’s
Main St
Joe Schultz
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