Social and Personal Notes Mix of Weddings and Visits
Gentry Hunsinger announces the marriage of Alice Elaine Hunsinger to William Edwin Gentry on January 24 1946 in St Louis Missouri. Emma DeSchipper hosts a birthday gathering for Mrs John M DeSchipper with daughter C Mari and Betty assisting. The DeSchippers plan to relocate to Carthage. Various local social calls, dinners and birthday observances follow including Wilbur McCorkle and Carter Ross birthdays, hospital updates, and visits among Morristown Shelbyville Akron and Indianapolis connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hunsinger
Mays
Alice Elaine
William Edwin Gentry
W. T. Gentry
Dickson
Tennessee
St. Louis
Gntry
The
Mays High School
Purue University
Young Gentry
Dickson High School
Tennessee Polytechnic College
Purdue University
Emma DeSchipper
C-Mari
Betty
John M. DeSchipper
W. J. Phelps
H. S. Henley
H. L. Dreyer
A. J. Carr
Louise Whitfield
Patty Pitts
Charlotte Moore
DeSchipper
Carthage
Wilbur McCorkle
Carter Ross
Morristown
Beat Section Recaps Local Happenings And Reflections
The Beat column shares brief notes on civic life including Lions club president Hugh Weber returning after surgery, Admiral Small outlining campaign plans post Lions drive, and a local funeral director A B Thompson contributing a poem to be printed next week. It recalls Valentine memories and a dog Bridget mourning Landon Frost’s illness with devoted vigil by caretakers Ella Nelson and Bridget the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Small
Lions
S . A. B. Thompson
Rea
Hugh Weber
Lions Club
Landon Frost
Bridget
Henry County Hospital
Ella Nelson
Landon
Carthage Looks To 1946 Progress in town institutions
Carthage prepares for 1946 with a nine month school year, new groups Bertram Howard Post of the American Legion and Order of Eastern Star, a bank reorganization led by Howard E. Henney, J. Phelps, and staff, and a new bus line by Hobart Shaw. Local business adds an East Henley street expansion by William Gatewood & Son as Carthage shifts toward growth and renewed optimism after V J Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Bertram Howard Post
American Legion
Order of Eastern Star
Edgar Hill
State Bank of Carthage
Howard E. Henney
Fred Parish
Mabel Hedgecock
W. J. Phelps
Howard E. Henley
Walter Hill
Lillian Coleman
W. S. Coleman
Hobart Shaw
Knightstown
Shaw
Anderson
Rushville
William Gatewood & Son
Henley Street
Gatepod’s
Red Cross Yearly Report Highlights 1945 46 Local Giving
Summary of Red Cross county operations noting disaster response duties and reporting. It cites a 1945 goal of 20000 with 22000 raised, 19 percent kept locally, and a 1946 goal of 13100 with 69 percent to stay in the county. A balance of 3256.44 was on hand at year end 1945 and Mrs Anna Sipe is briefly home from Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Zimmerman
St. Vincent’s Hospital
National Red Cross
Rush County
Carr
Rush County Board of Commissioners claim list audit
Merrill S. Ball Auditor of Rush County outlines claims filed for the regular February meeting. Totals include salaries, per diems, ex officio fees, supplies, and numerous vendor charges across treasurer, sheriff, auditor, and county offices. The document enumerates individuals, roles, and amounts, indicating payments to sal and per diem recipients, suppliers, and service providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill S. Ball
Rush County
Saeepeeees
Coelenpee
Ruth A. Edmundson
Sal
Fay Hardwick
el Sal
Florence H. Ball
Mary Jane Spillman
Joan Carmichael
Mildred Boys
Siney -Hunt
Ruth DeMunbrun
Kathleen Alsman
Selsey
Clemadine Hutchinson
Virgil Grinstead
Sidney L. Hunt
Paul Glisson
Merriell S. Balloth
Clara D. Lambert
R. O. Kennedy Cor
Ava M. Teel
Chauncey Duncan Atty
Royal Wickliffe
Clarence Rodney
Jacob Jones
Elizabeth Miller
Kathryn Grinstead
Harris Moers Inc
The
Bobbs Merrill Co
Law Books
Royal Typewriter Co
A. E. Boyce Co
Merrill S. Ball and Com
Bobbs Merrill Co. and
Law Bk
Rep
Walter Norris Troff
Indianapolis Office Supplies Co
B. L. Cumber
Sidney Hunt
Com
Harry Ferather
Com & Trana
Byron F. Standiford
Citizens Indep. Tel. Co
Telt & Toll
Aiseec
Fred Courtney Same
Omar St. John Same
Charles Blakenship Fox
Leonard Brown Same
Marlin Crull Same
William Herbert Same
Robert C. Henderson
Edwin Hite Same
Edwin Howell Same
Barney Jackson
Hubert Jackson Same
Jacob Kessler Same
Marshall Krammes Same
Harold Linville Same
William Loman
George Miller
Sheila Noah Same
Hubert Peck
Bernard Reed Same
Ernest Schmaltz Same
Fred Shelhorn
Ae Ray Stout
Luther Smith
Ralph L. Smith
Clarence E. Smiley
Con Club
Henry Yager
J. Wesley York
Inf Sa Sal
Ines York
Marie Jackson
May Louderback Same
Claud Levi
CaHie Hasty
Fred Hasty
John Stewart Same
Clarence Crisp Same
John Montgomery
Mollie Morrison
Citizens Indep. Tel. Co. Fed
Rushville Service Shop
He Ome Sos Pon
Sinclair Refining Co
Irvin Miller
Hazel Porter
Leslie D. Sailor
Rush Co. Frigid Lockers Sa
All Rite Electric
Moster & Son
Rush Co
Farmers Mutual Ins. Assoc. Inf Ins
Louise McCoy Vis Sal
Clarence Loyd Same
Epic Peck Same
Lee Gardner Same
Wm. B. Whittan
Shirley D. Macy
Chas. A. Kennedy Same
Clint Piper Same
Eastern Ind. Gas Co
Historical Society Ruhlman Ins
Agency
Republican Co. Pub Prt
Rushville Telegram
Wm. Boring & Son
James E. Harley
Indiana State Sanatorium State Institution
Smith-Esteb T B
Frank McCormick
Neil Farlow
Jesse Fry
Repulican Printing Co
Republican Co
Bartel, Roche & Rosa Co
Citizens Indep. Tel. Co. Sa
Frank Lawrence
Rush Co. Historical Society Prem
Silvercrest Same
Howard Finch
Frank Lawrence G
Indiana Oxygen Co
Same
O. F. Busard, Inc
Standard Oil Co
Lubricant Inc
Gulf Refining Co
W. P. Wolfal Same
McCorkle Stone Co
Sunshine Feed Store
MERRILL S. BALL _Auditor
SICK LIST NOTES AND VISITORS AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Postmaster Sam O. McCarty is improving after illness. Landon Frost remains unimproved at Henry county hospital. Mrs. Burl Magee recovers from a second pneumonia attack and can be up around the house. Geraldine Magee of Anderson visits her aunt Mrs. Magee. Ross Leisure of Knightstown visits Opal Beck. Everette Sherwood family travels to Brookville for his father's illness and Cincinnati hospital transfer. Mrs. Forrest Beck and Mrs. Howard Windsor shop in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam O. McCarty
Finley Nelson
Ella Nelson
Landon Frost
Henry County Hospital
Mr. Frost
Burl Magee
Geraldine Magee of
Anderson
Mrs. Magee
Everette Sherwood
Brookville
Cincinnati
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gentry-Hunsinger
A.L. Tuttle
Robert
Robert Tuttle
Charles Rhodes
Winona Newsom
Walter Chonan
S. L. Newsom
Miss Newsom
Robert Spangler
Akron
Ohio
Jack Harmon
L. G. Merrell
Indianapolis
Fred King
al Carr
Charlestown
Ind
Mrs
Logan Nelson
Bentonville
Ella Nel
Andis & Webb
Bud’s
Arnold Miller
Motor Bike
Briggs & Stratton Y Motor
Dick Miller
Box
Varcon Car
Trico
Home Owned
Gamble’s
Home Operated
Carthage Public Schoools
Red Cross Yearly Report
Anna Sipe
Board of Commis
Sioners
Dallas Hardwick
Walter Norris
Virgil Grinstead Sh
Byron F. Standiford Sur
Harry Ferather Two
Sal i
Gneeneed
Byron Standiford
Ph Nu
Citizen
Indep. Tel. Co
Frazee Stoker
Hayes Scott Same
Continental Chemical Co. Sa
Vitalis
Toni
Harriett Hubbard Ayres
Bly’s
Ross Leisure of
Vis
Forrest Beck
Howard Windsor
Shirley
Carthage Clover Farm
Hominy
Boone Co
Prunes
Heart
Royal Gem
Cans
Chuck Roast
Carney & Ridlen
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