Chronology of 1937 in Carthage and area
A year in review notes events across Carthage and nearby towns from January to September 1937. Entries cover parties, defeats by Carthage High, floods, deaths, accidents, weddings, business openings, municipal actions, and community happenings with numerous named individuals and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Rosemary Henley
Arletta Small
Noah Magee
Carthage High
Charlottesville
W. S. Coleman
Australia
Edward Junkens
Infirmary
Laurel
Blue River
Ralph Siler
H. T. Beher
Florida
Frances Lineback
Manilla
Lineback
Kappa Kappa Sigma
Roosevelt
Geo. Holwager
Christian Church
Morton
Mays
Ripley
Cincinnati
Aurora
New Albany
Louisville
Louisa Coffin
Westland
Hugh Abercrombie
Rushville
Pennsylvania
Knightstown
Maxine Ewing
Eaton
Indiana
General Motors
Arlington
Historical Society
Friends’ Church
McDaniel
Arthur White
al. J. Carr
Connersville
Bridge
Warren Central
Washington
O. C. McCarty
Leslie Terhune
Rollie Henley
Indianapolis
T Goet
Ef Quet
Fort
Thomas Bush
Roy Newby
Bluffton
Sattler Agency
Fred Parish
Howard Henley
Carthage High School
James Reynolds
Worth Pitts
Carl Parish
Grace B. Foust
New Castle Hospital
J. P
George B. Moore
Theo Moore
North Main Street
Stork
Reaper
Frank Mock
Milroy
Hampton Reeves
Shelbyville
Beher
Winfield
Mabel DeMoss
Alaska
Charles Morgan
Mack
Kid McCoy
Mae Siler
Rosa Bird
Harvey Loveall
Arlington Pike
Baltimore
Verna Hill
Bradygang
Henry White
Beech Homecoming
Marjorie Coffin
Ezra Rumple
Brady
Bangor
Maine
Cecil Haworth
High Point
N. C
Friends Church
Auditorium
Bobby Chonan
Louis Solgere
Greensburg
Harry Rhodes
Methodist Hospital
Alva Newsom
Shorty Plummer
Arlington Garageman
Knightstown Falcons
Raiders
Farm Bureau
Rush County
Carthage Raiders
Edward Frazee
County Farm Bureau
McCarty
Farm Bureau Notes and Community Events in Carthage Area
Farm Bureau reports Ann Kulmer sails for Europe for two years study. Carthage schools open and sports teams on parade. Fire, accidents, obituaries, weddings, and community happenings fill the month with many names, places, and dates across Rush and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Kulmer
Europe
Carthage
Gwynneville
Gerald Tuterow, Jr
Jes Robinson
DeSchipper Factory
Legion Day
I. S
S. C
Friends’ Church
Charlottesville
Norris-Sharpe
Henry Draper
Living room thief robs Newcastle man of $250
Two men with red handkerchiefs entered via an unlocked front door at Joe Burris’s home in Newcastle and stole $250 while he read in the living room. Burris runs the Rose City Coal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Burris
New Castle
Mr. Burris
Burris
Rose City Coal Company
Government Revenue Cost per Hundred Dollars Collected
The government spent 1.44 dollars for each 100 dollars of revenue it collected in the previous year, highlighting the cost of tax administration relative to income.
Narrow escape as car plunges 600 feet near Parson
William Hardy, 37, barely survived a 600-foot plunge down a mountain slope near Parson while his cousin Cleland Hardy, 43, was killed after the car struck rocks. A woman in the vehicle was pinned as the car partially submerged in the Shavers Fork river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
W. VA
William Hardy
Shavers Fork
Cleland Hardy
Christmas visits and gatherings across Hancock County area
Residents from Rushville Greenfield Morristown and nearby towns shared holiday hospitality. Families including Bundy Enos Long Irvine Poston and Nigh joined relatives for Christmas dinners pageants and visits. Local couples entertained guests with multiple house gatherings and a Manilla Morristown basketball game watched in Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake County
Manilla
Carthage Blue Raiders
Wilkinson
William McMichael
Henderson
Carthage
New Salem
Rex Scudder
Fountaintown
Morristown
Raleigh
Stork
Grim Reaper
Blaze
Rushville
Odd Fellows
Earl McDuffey
Cincinnati
Sims-Bowles
Nation
Albert Proffit
Samuel Nigh
Nigh
Bundy
Vern Enos
Greenfield
James Andrews
Herschel Thurston
Carlos Long
Jan
Barréstine Nigh
Marjorie
J. F. Six
Shelbyville
Howard Earnest
Alice Edna
Mary Jane Karnes
Bluffton
Tom Clouse
Dunkirk
Edward Evans
Joe
Robert
Vernal Long
Mary Smith
Harlin Long
William Ward
Alvin Swain
Earl Meek
Charles Irvine
New Palestine
Ed Poston
John Leisure
Indianapolis
George Robbins
Lewis
Harold Sample
Floyd Six
Johnnie Scott
Kay Gene
Harry Pollitt
Fred Pollitt
Millard Eck
Ralph Henderson
Billy
Mary Jo
Doris Covall
Marjorie Nigh
Howard Andrews
Andrews
Jesse Walls
Gwynneville
Willy Miller
Blue Ridge
Harry Poston
Betty
J. C. Springer
George Spring
Local Social Notes Highlight Guests and Visits
A lengthy list of Sunday and weekday visits across Greenfield Rushville Indianapolis Morristown and surrounding towns. Families welcomed relatives friends and guests including Miner Newsom Blacklidge McCarty Kennedy Clark Bentley Spangler Springer Winslow and others with several planning trips to Florida and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miner
Carrie Newsom
C. A. Wilson
Greenfield
Betty
Barbara Blacklidge
Rushville
Sarah Stager
Otto C. McCarty
Cris Kennedy
Indianapolis
Vivian Logan
Morristown
Abby Clark
A. C. Jones
Anderson
Grace Phelps
Jones
Florida
Mary Jessup
Charlottesville
Susie Addison
Claude Alexander
Hamilton
Ohio
Thomas Alexander
Edgar
Joe Michael
Milroy
J. B. Kennedy
Donald Kennedy
Oklahoma
Anna J. Sipe
Dorothy
Robert Clark
Greensburg
Howard Hill
Maxwell
Will Eddington
Greencastle
Frank Binford
Dunreith
Reuben Bentley
Bentley
W. VanDament
Nashville
Jesse Gilson
Waller
Knightstown
C. C. Gause
Grace Doherty
Richard
E. F. Winslow
Susie Bentley
Howard Hinshaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sectional
Walter Binford
John Jessup
Guy Ewing
Edward Walker
North Main
Peter J. Sattler
Davis P. Dunn
Henry Phelps
Morton High School
Container Corporation
Fletcher M. E. Church
Freda McGeorge
Rushville Kiwanis
Sattler Will
Catholic Boys’ School
Willodean Moore
William DeMossee
Tarbet
Gun Bank
Benjami Walker
Bayard Baker
Butler Fieldouse
Edgar Stiers
Henley
John Nordloh
Container
Clarence Sample
Rowland Clark
Walnut Ridge
Virginia McBride
Cortner
Charles DeMumbrun
Richard Albion
Bunker Hill
Reginald Schultz
L. J. Hunt
Phi Grocery
Charles Mosier
Anna Drysdale
Farm Bureau Federation Meeting
Beatrice Creamery
Rue Ewing
Maurice Brooks
Richmond
Kenny Bush
Chicago
Illinois
American Farm Bureau Federation
Henry A. Wallace
Newcastle
H. E. Henley
Maria
Hubert Hill
Mary Louise
Ruby Stenger
Bernard Dalrymple
Herschell McCrory
McCrory
Ernest McCrory
W. O. Hoppes
Red Key
Robert Spangler
Spangler
Omar Cooley
Melvin Henley
R. H. Myers
A. W. Winfield
Ramona
Juanita
Junior
Ashtabula
W. D. Springer
Lothair
R. D. Springer
Carolyn
Jesse Todd
James
Lawrence
Marvin Springer
Ida Cory
Bessie Springer
Oaklandon
Carthage, Indiana
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