Charlo tte sville Community News Highlights
In Charlottesville notes many local visits include Verna Haskett with sister in Straughn and dinners with the Morris and Delinger families. Obituary records note Thomas Cox 71 dies in Indianapolis after illness. funeral at Brown's Chapel with Knightstown burial. Revival and church events planned. marriages and social visits featured among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Wilson
Westland
Clara Delinger
Charles Hudson
Indianapolis
Wayne Circle
Thomas Cox
Herbert
New Lisbon
Paul
Ft. Wayne
Thomas
Hammond
Mary Jacobs
Cambridge City
Brown’s Chapel
Friends Church
Herbert Hardy
St. Mary
Ohio
Albert Payne
Billy
Larry
Clarence Main
Donard Shields
Clayton
John Myers
Spiceland
Claude Walker
Mary Alice Clutter
Ora Clutter
Nameless Creek
Carthage Farm Reverie Inspires Midwestern Pride
The narrator recalls a Carthage farm with a weathered red brick chimney, lilacs and honeysuckle, a wild cherry tree, and rich vegetable gardens. He paints a vivid scene of orchard shadows, blooming borders, and the era’s simple beauty defining the Midwest homeland. (Continued Next Week)
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Mid-Continent
America
Carthage Farm
Middle West
Actor Robert Stack Breaks Speed Records At Strand
Robert Stack, known for kissing Deanna Durbin in First Love, appears at the Strand Theater for Sunday and Monday shows. He builds speed vehicles as a hobby and holds the Lake Muroc speed record of 115.68 mph with a self-built car. He won the 1984 International Outboard Motorboat Championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stack
Deanna Durbin
Universal
Strand Theatre
Lake Muroc
Carthage Citizens Letter Page Takes On Politics And Birds
A local column reflects on a hungry red bird and gratitude from animals. Aunt Essie recalls humans misreadiness, while editor’s wife sports a sling after a dispute with a Republican dispenser. The piece notes political frictions, voter apathy among women, and a basketball fan’s noisy support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Roosevelt seen aboard plane en route From Topeka to New York
Col Theodore Roosevelt is shown aboard a plane traveling from Topeka Kansas to New York for the Founders Day meeting of the Republican party where Congressman Joseph Martin of Massachusetts was the principal speaker Roosevelt attended the event as a guest of former Governor Alf Landon in Topeka
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Topeka
Kansas
New York
Republican Party
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Weekend visits dot Gwynneville and surrounding areas
The column lists numerous social calls and dinners across Gwynneville Morristown Rays Crossing Columbus Blue Ridge near Rushville Fairview and Knights town. It notes the Woman’s Missionary Society meeting at the U B church with fifteen members and the annual bank offering. Loretta Thurston is confined with chicken pox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Addison
Dave Addison
Morristown
Frank Kemper
Emerson Bass
Dan
Shelbyville
Lucinda Smith
Rays Crossing
Marjorie Nigh
Wiley Miller
Near Blue Ridge
Harry Poston
Charles Irvine
Edd Poston
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
U. B. Church
Clarence Unger
Roy Laswell
Dave Poer
Danville
Loretta Thurston
Classified Ad Rates Outline
Five lines or less describing pricing terms stating 25 cents per insertion over five lines, with Sc per line for each additional insertion.
Civil Service Exams Open for Radio Inspectors
The U S Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for radio inspector at 2600 dollars a year in the Federal Communications Commission and assistant radio inspector at 2000 dollars in various government departments. Applications must be filed in Washington D C by March 4 for eastern states and March 7 1940 for Colorado and western states. Applicants must have completed a four year college course in electrical or communications engineering with required experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Washington, D. C
Colorado
Civil Service Exam Applicants Deadline Notice
Applicants must not have passed their forty fifth birth day. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examiners at the post office or custom house in any city with a first or second class post office, or from the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington D C.
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Secretary of the
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
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Charlottesville
Verna Haskett
Straughn
Robert Morris
Knightstown
Flossie Parker
Virgil Niles
Lucille Marsh
Richmond
Margaret Smith
Adah Addison
Ralph Maple
Maple
Miss Addison
Carl Pearson
St. Paris
Doris Binford
Nelson Castle
Norris Collier
Wilkinson
Adaline Kenyon
Daisy Bridges
Tillie Garland
John McDaniel
Urbana
New Castle
Morris White
Noblesville
Maude Free
McCray
Lucille Alrey
Melvin Brammer
W. E. Pearson
Greenfield
Conard Shields
Barrett Trees
Byron Ball
Kenneth
Juanita
Keith
Lyle Main
Howard Shields
Ross
Anderson
Grover Clements
Herman Smith
George Hudson
Shiloh
Cleveland
Mary Walker
Freeman Walker
Max Zumwalt
Frank Pearson
Cloral Alrey
Leroy Tanner
Forest Eakins
Here
McCormick
Essie
Lemuel Lazy
Uda
NBC Red
NBC Blue
Public Service Company of
Indiana
Bausback Fertilizer Co
Col. Roosevelt
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Gwynneville
Stella Kemp
Ralph Kemp
Vernal Long
Carlos Long
Jan
Guy Kennedy
Columbus
Kennedy
James Smith
Wallace
Russell McDonald
Fairview
Martin Osborn
Kenneth Hite
Fred Pollitt
Cliff Andrews
Muncie
James Andrews
Herschel Thurston
Mrs. Belvin Durham
Knights
R. Newby
Ind
Owen Gray
Rushville
Texaco
VALOR
Firestone
Harold Phelps
F. E. Kling
E. Brown St
Third St
W. E. Cooper
K. E. Wedering
W. 3Rd St
Rushville, Ind
Henry Nelson
Charlottesville, Ind
Carthage, Ind
Rush County Loan & Finance CQ
ST. Rushville
King’s Beauty Shop
R. C. McBane
E. Main St
Greenfield, Ind
Andrews
U. S. Highway 40
Carthage Grain CO
Hogle
Ronan
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