Hoosier Spring Barrow Show draws 1522 hogs in Indiana
The Hoosier Spring Barrow Show at the Indiana State Fair Grounds reports 1522 market hogs entered with 188 exhibitors from 38 counties competing for about $5,000 in prizes. Entries surged past prior years with truckloads increased to 20 and breed crossovers emphasized. Sponsors include Purdue University and Hygrade. Fresh results list the Carthage area as winning multiple on foot placings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana State Fair Grounds
Hampshires
Berkshires
Durocs
Poland
Spots
Yorkshires
Chester
Tamworths
Illinois
A. A. Culver
Normal
LaVerne Reitz
Gillman
Purdue University
Indiana Pork Producers Association
Hygrade Food Products Corporation
Hygrade
West Washington Street
Harry Andrews
WIBC
Leonard E. Jackson
Chester White
Carthage
Chester Whites
Carthage Town Seeks Sealed Bids for 1963 Bituminous Materials
Notice to bidders from the Town of Carthage calls for sealed bids by March 4 1963 at 6:00 PM Central Standard Time for hot asphalt concrete AH Binder and asphalt emulsions to be furnished and applied on city streets. Quantities include 11000 tons or less of hot mix 3300 tons or less of crushed limestone with materials to be supplied per board specifications and Indiana State standards.
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Carthage
Niizna
Board of Trustees
Indiana
Four Chevy Sport Cars Offer Choice of Power and Style
Four distinct Chevy models promise sprint like performance and stylish trim. The Impala Super Sport with engines up to 425 hp and Turbo-Fire 409. the Nova SS with front buckets and full wheel disks. the Corvair Monza Spyder with Turbocharged Six. and the Corvette Sting Ray, noted for the Car Life 1963 Engineering Excellence award. Optional Comfortist steering wheels and other extras available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy’s
Car Life
Chevrole
Congressional Questionnaire Readers Asked to Vote on Issues
A public ask to readers to express views to their Congressman on taxes defense UN funding equal pay domestic peace corps small business credit fair-trade control and foreign policy in India China Laos Cuba Berlin and senior medical care options with farmers asked to choose between regulated or voluntary programs and mail responses to Congressman Ralph Harvey in Washington DC.
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India-China
Laos
Cuba
Berlin
Carthage Town bid notice for highway work
The Town of Carthage Indiana invites bids dated 1957 for highway work. All bids must use regular bid forms approved by the State Board of Accounts with a 10 percent Bidder's Bond. Work completion target July 15 1963. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order Bernadine Morgan Clerk Treasurer
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Highway Department
Indiana State Board of Accounts
Board of Trustees
Carthage
Indiana
Local visitors and college guests noted in Hartford and Muncie
Thomas Bush spent last week at Hartford Connecticut on business. ary Siler of Tri State College Anglola was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Russell Siler and family. Randy McClurg of Ball State Teachers College Muncie was a weekend guest of his parents Mr and Mrs Marcus McClurg.
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Thomas Bush
Hartford
Connecticut
Ary Siler
Tri-State College
Anglola
Russell Siler
Randy McClurg
Ball State Teachers College
Muncie
Marcus McClurg
Transportation of school children negotiations set in Ripley Township
The Ripley Township Trustee with advisory board will begin negotiations at 1:00 PM on March 15, 1963 at the trustee’s office for transporting school children on designated routes. Sealed proposals are due by the start of negotiations with specifications on file in the trustee and County Superintendent of Schools offices. The right to reject all proposals is reserved. Robert E. McKain Trustee Ripley Township GO TO CHURCH DAY.
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Ripley Township
Rush County
Carthage
Indiana
County Superintendent of Schools
Robert E. McKain
Do You Remember When Ten Years Ago 1953
A death notice for Mrs. Zella Lewis aged 73, who died at her sister’s home after a long illness, with survivors listed. A school note recalls an 18th century Washington tea party at Carthage School where first graders performed in period costumes for mothers, with music by Esther Leisure and tea poured by Marie Tribby and Fern Pearson.
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Zella Lewis
Oran Henley
Carthage School
Belles
Washington
Marie Tribby
Fern Pearson
Esther Leisure
Juanita Cox
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Indiana ‘Republican Editorial Association
Kenneth Rhodes
Martha Jane Rhodes
Francis Callahan
Lyle Bidner
Mahomet
Joe Reynolds
Camby
Kenny Schenck
Waynetown
Hobart Jones
Cecelia Neville
Lafayette
B. W. Ebbing
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Pross
J. C. Hillier
Oklahoma State College
L. F. Tribble
University of Missouri
Ebbing
B. C. Breidenstein
University of Illinois
J. A. Christian
North Carolina State College
James E. Peck
Hubert Peck
Jacquelyn Peck
Rush
Rushville
Dallas Hardwick
Walter B. Keaton
Hunsinger
Chevrolet
Mays, Indiana
United Nations
U.S
Rsa
Peace Corps
Freeman
Ralph Harvey
House
D.C
Evansville, Ind
Fort Wayne, Ind
Wvse
Ind
South Bend, Ind
Terre Haute, Ind
Weht-Tv
Wrow-Tv
Wane-Tv
Simotio
Wdu-Tv
Wrirty
Eorday
Bleyebraar
Bernadine Morgan
Ifon the
Emerson Portable 16
Carthage Radio
Emery Conley
Coleman Hospital
Conley
U. S
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Thompson Funeral Home
Joel Ridlen
Frederick Fitch
Martha Fitch
Camp Barkley
Texas
Camp Blanding
Florida
Ralph Pearson
Oregon
Russell Finney
Anna Butler
Anderson
O’marn DeSchipper
WFBM
Dorothy
Navy
Phyllis
Rosemary Rhodes
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Valentine
Gerald Stewart
Richland Township
Maude Stewart
Walnut St
Bernice Branson
Ruth Brenan
Lavonne Carfield
Hazel Howard
Marcella Lineback
Myra*McDaniel
Helen Siler
Eva Willis
Lyle Brenan
Earle Carter
Lawrence Carter
Walter Dyer
Eugene Herkless
Harold Ruby
Howard Souder
Orville Stewart
Miss Rawls
Arthur Winfield
Central Business College
W. £. Winfield
Dana Canned Goods Co
Mary Kizer
Carthage Hotel
McCorkle
Merrill D. Coffin
Marion
Grace Winslow
Earnest
Elizabeth Winslow
Dorothy Sipe
John Gartin
Panama
Tia
Bausback Fertilizer Co
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