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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1946
Page
3
Alonzo L. Tuttle publisher K. L. Rhodes lists subscription rates for the Carthage publication, with $2.00 for six months and 26 weeks, and a $1.00 rate noted, as the post office class mail matter is registered in Carthage Indiana.
Let Us Join The Scouts of Whitewater Valley Council join with nearly 2,000,000 others in celebrating Boy Scout Week from February 8 to 14 marking 36 years since 1910. Local and national leaders praise Scouts and veterans in wartime service and stress postwar planning under the World Friendship Fund and Shirts Off Our Backs drives. Scouts are urged to donate clothing and cash to aid reorganization abroad and support world scouting efforts.
The article details the postwar challenges of promoting the Boy Scout program, noting volunteer leaders who worked long hours and many drafted members. It credits over ninety war service projects and calls for more sponsors to expand Cub Packs Troops and Senior Outfits while outlining program ages and paths from Cubbing to Sea Scouting. It also mentions the sixth world Jamboree to be held in France in 1947 and urges visiting a Scout meeting during Boy Scout Week.
Taxpayers of Ripley Township Rush County Indiana are notified that on January 29 1946 the Trustee and Advisory Board found an extraordinary emergency and will meet February 20 1946 at 7 30 p m at the Trustee office to consider a 2500 00 addition to the special school fund for new equipment.
The Rush County commissioners met on Monday February 4 and approved a list of allowances and salaries. Names include Dallas Hardwick Merrill Ball Walter Norris Clara Lambert Byron Standiford Paul Glisson Harry Ferather R O Kennedy Ava Teel Chauncey Duncan Royal Wickliffe Clarence Rodney Elizabeth Miller Kathryn Grinstead Harris Moers Inc The Bobbs Merrill Co with various per diems salaries and expenses totaling multiple items.
The document records the February disbursement total by the Rush County Auditor. It lists numerous payments to vendors and individuals such as Miller-Bryant-Pierce Co. and Citizens Indep Tel Co, with amounts ranging from single dollars to several hundred, including several entries for individuals with repeated repayments. The note at the end attributes the ledger to Merrill S. Ball, Rush County Auditor.
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