Poster urges corner crossing for safer walking
Hoosier Motor Club promotes January AAA School Safety Poster Cross. Only at Corners. 13 year old David Fugazzotto designed the winning poster. The campaign stresses jaywalking dangers and urges adults to model safe crossing at intersections to protect children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. James
Hoosier Motor Club
David Fugazzotto
Indianapolis
Indiana
Broad Ripple High School
David
AAA
Moose International
Motor Club
James
Rush County 4-H Award Winners and Brucellosis Testing Progress
Neal Kuhn of Walker township 4-H Club, a senior at Manila High School, receives the Rush County Former Purdue Students trophy for scholastic 4-H achievement and personality. The award marks the 18th annual honor. Also reported are brucellosis testing progress with 75 percent cattle-owner cooperation in ten townships and two remaining townships, Walker and Washington, close to qualifying by December 31 for county wide testing slated to start early 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Kuhn
Walker Township
Manilla
Rush County
Purdue
Walker
Washington
Anderson
Center
Jackson
Noble
Orange
Posey
Richland
Rushville
Ripley
Union
Rush County farmers sign up for Purdue short courses
Two more Rush County youths join the Eight Weeks Agricultural Winter Short Course at Purdue, James Meyer and Bernard Lessing receiving scholarships from the Indiana Farm Bureau and Sears Roebuck. The program runs January 3 to February 24 with tracks in General Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Dairy Production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Purdue University
Robert Lee Smith
Aid
Laurence Smith
Nébié Township
Gordon Hall
Walter Hall
Genter Township
Young Smith
Purdue
James Meyer
Noble Township
Bernard Lessing
Richland Township
Young Meyer
Indiana Farm Bureau
Young Lessing
Sears and Roebuck and Company
Meyers and
Lessing
4-H Club
Cedric Power
Anderson Township
Power
Indiana
State Corn Growers Association
Memorial Union
Tom Halterman
Rushville Township
Floyd Hiner
Russell Kinnett
Newton Halterman
Floyd Halterman
New Year Reflections at Carthage High School
A Carthage High School No. 16 feature reflects on evaluating personal progress as a new year begins. It lists resolutions and classroom and social goals, from improved citizenship to study habits, plus a lively page of senior notes and school gossip items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ewing
Bill Todd
Annis McDaniel
Charles Elmore
Clifford Miller
Gertrude Stacy
Bob McCorkle
Suzanne Bramel
Sam Gray
Mary Ann Shutt
Donnie Campbell
Wilma Hall
Herman Robbins
Charlotte Caldwell
Virginia Lesley
Anita Moore
New York
Inez Creswell
Mary Marshall
Connie Wells
Arlington
C—H—S
Irrigation topics to open Purdue Winter Agricultural Conference
Purdue University in Lafayette hosts the Winter Agricultural Conference January 3 7 with irrigation focus on opening day. Don Sisson presides as J R Davis discusses water rights and Helmut Kohnke explains irrigation timing and amounts. Purdue agronomists Crane and Wiersma compare irrigated corn varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irrigation School
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
Don Sisson
J. R. Davis
Helmut Kohnke
Purdue Agronomist
P. L. Crane
Daniel Wiersma
D. W. Thomas
Indiana
Farm Management Association
J. B. James
North Carolina State College
O. B. Jesness
University of Minnesota
Telephone firm announces Charlottesville dial system and land purchase
R. R. Hirschman president of Union Telephone announces a dial system for the Charlottesville exchange and the purchase of a 60 by 100 foot lot on Cross Street for a new building. The project aims to complete Charlottesville dial service by late 1956 and enable direct dialing with Greenfield. Charlottesville and Greenfield are set to become Indiana Bell exchanges after major rel ation projects. The same week, the Southern Aberdeen Angu s Association held its organizational meeting at Wilhelms Cafe in Rushville with Horace Mays elected president and Donald Sto elected vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Hirschman
Union Telephone Company
Charlottesville Exchange
The
Telephone Company
Cross Street
Ralph and
Marie Zapf
Hirschman
Charlottesville
Greenfield
Indiana Bell Exchanges
Southeastern
Aberdeen-Angus Association
Wilhelm’s
Rushville
Horace Mays
Markleville
Donald Sto
Southeast Indiana Angus Sale Establishes Annual Awards
The directors named ten, Jr. of Carthage as secretary treasurer Richard Gauck of Greensburg as assistant Dan Coon Needham as sales manager James Caldwell of Connersville chaired the group They voted to hold a Southeastern Indiana Aberdeen Angus Sale in fall 1956 and create a 15 dollar prize for the grand champion Angus and a 10 dollar prize for the champion Angus steer, an annual award to debut in 1956.
Purdue Winter Conference to honor crops champions
Indiana Lt. Governor Harold Handley and Purdue president Frederick L. Hovde will speak at the 1955 Winter Agricultural Conference banquet at Purdue Memorial Union. Awards for soils and crops, officer elections, and an old farm debate To Plow or Not to Plow are on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Purdue University
Indiana
Harold Handley
Purdue
Frederick L. Hovde
Corn Growers’ Association
Memorial Union
Purdue Agronomists
Christmas Tree Growers’ Association
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Farm News
VOL
County Extension
Social Security
Richmond
Bobbie Earl
Mary Shutt
Shirley Smith
R. W
Anita Kay
Marlene M
John Hunt
D. Leisure
S. McCorkle
Nelson
Jack Smith
Charlotte
Marcia Leisure
Sheriff
Frank Clark
Dixie Riggs
Carol
Clifford
Inez
Mary Ellen
Gertie
Annis
Bob Baker
Marilyn B
Santa
Connie W
Myers Insurance Co
Myers Insurance Agency
Rex Typewriter Exchange
Circuit Ct
Indiana Gas & Water Co
Kiger Service Company
Rushville Pharmacy
Joe F. Lakin
Lester Enochs
Ralph Smith
Fox
William Lecher
Desjean Simmerman
John E. Dawson
Robert St. John
Jack Manning
Carl Wynn
Wilbur Hoeing
Meadow Gold Dairy, Co Home Supplies
Never Supply Co
Pitman Wilson Co
Master Feed & Grain Co
Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department
Howard Ewbank
Ralph Gosnell
Elmer M. Perkins
John R. White
Baushack Fertilizer Co
Carthage
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