Free-For-All Fire Alarm Practice Upsets Town
Local column recaps a week of mild weather soon to be followed by a forecast of heavy winter. Townsfolk prepare for a two day noise and fire alarm drill, while residents discuss job changes, housing needs, and a county basketball game between Carthage and New Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth White
Walter
Willie the
Chonau
Joe Ridlen
Joe
Minnie and
Mary
Diggin
Sams
Sam
Sam McCarty
Earl Nowotne
Hubert
Marg
Bob Tuttle
Lon
Elmer
Towner
Homer Bowers
Homer
Indianapolis
Carthage
New Salem
Community Theatre to Open With Free All-Day Show
Carthage plans a two week opening with a modern sound system projectors and screen. A free all day show from 1:00 pm to 11:00 pm will draw a large crowd from Carthage and surrounding towns with no tickets required. Two full length features and cartoons headline the double bill, promoted by local businessmen and theatre enthusiasts.
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Carthage
Grant Henley
Shaw Bus Line Opens New Stopping Places
The Shaw buses begin gin service on January 14 using J and E Inn as ticket office and stopping point. A route from Rushville to Anderson via Carthage and Knightstown serves a dozen small towns, with another line from Shelbyville to Anderson via Greenfield Maxwell Eden Fortville Pendleton. Tickets and schedules available at local ticket and business venues.
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Shaw
Carthage
Rushville
Anderson
Knightstown
Shelbyville
Greenfield
Maxwell
Eden
Fortville
Pendleton
Fortney Army casualty declines family in Rushville
Mrs. Alice Berninger Fortney of Carthage learns from the War Department that her husband Staff Sgt. Robert Earl Fortney is dead after being missing in action for over a year. He served as a radio operator aboard a B-17 that failed to return from a December 31 1944 mission over Hamburg. He was 21 and had earned the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster. his wife and parents reside in Rushville.
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Alice Berninger Fortney
Carthage
War Department
Robert Earl Fortney
Fortney
Hamburg
Germany
Neighbors Help Farmer Harry Brakefield With Corn
Neighbors gathered at Harry Brakefield home Friday to harvest his corn while he remains homebound for two months due to illness. The group included Frank Bever, Henry Jessup, Forrest Marshall, Ralph Truitt, Gerald Stewart, Russell Faull, Ray Gurley, Ben H Nelson, William Smith, Howard McCorkle and Randolph Reames, who expressed gratitude to the Brakefields.
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Harry Brakefield
Harry
Brakefield
Frank Bever
Henry Jessup
Forrest Marshall
Ralph Truitt
Gerald Stewart
Hand
Russell Faull
Ray Gurley
Ben H. Nelson
William Smith
Howard McCorkle
Randolph Reames
Death Notices for Mrs. Eugene Weidman and Mrs Brown
Mrs. Eugene Weidman died Thursday Jan 3 after an illness. The obituary notes her mother Mrs Captain Brown, who died Friday morning at 7 o’clock. Mrs Brown resided near Manilla Indiana and was buried at Mt Pleasant cemetery after services.
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Eugene Weidman
Captain Brown
Income Tax School At Rushville
A district federal income tax school will be held in Rushville on Friday January 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the teacher's examination room at the courthouse. Representatives from adjoining counties will attend. Speakers include R. D. Needler A. S. Thomas and Tracey. The event is free and open to anyone interested in learning 1945 federal income tax procedures.
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Rushville
Court House
Bush County
R. D. Needler
A. S. Thomas
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Tracey
Department of Internal Revenue
Indiana Farm Bureau Coop
Indiana Farm Bureau
Carthage Soldier Wilbur Gatewood Returns Home
Wilbur Gatewood M2-c was honorably discharged after 21 months overseas in the South Pacific and China. He traveled home to Carthage with his wife and two young sons, and his wife joined him in Indianapolis for the trip’s end. He planned to rest two days before resuming work on a project he described as black something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Gatewood
Carthage
Wilbur
South Pacific
China
Admiral Kinkaid
Jensin
Korea
Insurance Firms Hold Over Four Billion in Home Mortgages
Life insurance companies now have more than four billion dollars vested in mortgages covering homes for American families. This marks an all-time peak for financing aid and signals readiness for a larger postwar housing role. At least one billion dollars will be available for new mortgages each year in the early postwar years.
Parish Woman Returns Home From Methodist Hospital
Mrs. Fred Parish was returned to her home from the Methodist hospital on Wednesday in the Thompson ambulance. She is improving nicely.
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Fred Parish
Methodist Hospital
Thompson Ambulance
New Officers Installed at Masonic Temple
At the Masonic meeting held last Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple new officers were installed for 1946. Kenneth D. Bush became the Wor shipful Master while Alonzo L. Tuttle and Thomas E. Bush joined as SW and JW respectively. Howard E. Henley was named Secretary and other officers listed include R Earl Addison Darrell Rowan SD Selbert R Kesler JD William F Beck SS Benjamin Neal JS Russell L Parish Tyler and J A Lineback Chaplain.
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Masonic Temple
Kenneth D. Bush
Lodge
Alonzo L. Tuttle
Thomas E. Bush
Howard E. Henley
R. Earl Addison
Darrell Rowan
Selbert R. Kesler
William F. Beck
Benjamin Neal
Russell L. Parish
Tyler
J. A. Lineback
Lions Dinner Meeting Heads into Membership Drive
The Carthage Lions Club schedules a Monday night event at the Lions club to kick off Melvin Jones birthday membership drive. The club divides into Army and Navy teams to offset losses from members who moved away. substitutions will be made to finish the pool tournament if players are absent. Harold Ruby with help from Albert Ray and Lindley Taylor leads the program through January.
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Melvin Jones
Lions Club
Army
Navy
Carthage
Moore
Harold Ruby
Albert Ray
Lindley Taylor
Carthage High Hosts Dinner for Raiders Team
Home Economics girls from Carthage High School hosted a large dinner Tuesday at 6 pm for the Carthage Raiders. Guests included coach Mr. Clayton, Mr. Reynolds, and manager Deryl Souder. Decorations featured white and blue. After supper the basketball players cleaned dishes in aprons.
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Carthage High School
Carthage Raiders
Clayton
Reynolds
Deryl Souder
Former pastor returns to lead Dale charge in Evansville district
Chaplain Carl V. McMillan, recently back from Army service, succeeds Rev. Richard Clements at the Dale charge in Evansville district. McMillan is a former pastor of Fletcher Methodist church.
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Carl V. McMillan
Richard Clements
Dale
Evansville
Rev
McMillan
Fletcher Methodist Church
Death of Sister-in-Law Mrs Earle B Henley
Mr and Mrs Clyde Henley received word Saturday of the death of his sister in law Mrs Earle B Henley in Oakland California aged 65 from pneumonia after a brief illness at her home
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Clyde Henley
Earle B. Henley
Janitor Resignation At Carthage School
Frank Overman resigned his janitorship at the Carthage school last Saturday after several years in the position. Robert Lynch recently in the army has taken the job and is now working at the school.
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Frank Overman
Carthage
Robert Lynch
Mrs John F Leisure Suffers Light Stroke
Mrs John F Leisure suffered a slight stroke Sunday afternoon and is reported improved.
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John F. Leisure
County Tourney Draw Sets Timetable For Eight Schools
At the Rush county court house county school principals paired Carthage with New Salem for Friday at 7 30 p m. Manilla faces Milroy at 8 30 p m with Arlington Raleigh and Morton Memorial Mays matches set for 7 30 and 8 30. Semis run Saturday with finals Saturday night. Trophy to champion. runners up prize. Officials John Walker and John Magnabosca. Eight schools hold 100 season tickets priced 1 20 including tax. single session 35 cents Thursday and Friday, 40 cents for both sessions Saturday.
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Rush County Court House
Carthage
New Salem
Manilla
Milroy
Arlington
Raleigh
Morton Memorial
Mays
John Walker
John Magnabosca
Muncie
Legion gathers for supper and new member initiations
The Bertram Howard Post of the American Legion held a supper social at the Legion Hall last Tuesday night. New members joined the permanent roster, many veterans of the last war joining with World War I veterans. The meal featured sandwiches potato salad baked beans pickles celery coffee tea and milk.
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Bertram Howard Post
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
Mrs Jordan Undergoes Minor Surgery in Shelbyville
Mrs Thomas Jordan mother of Mrs Donald Brown underwent minor surgery Thursday at Major hospital in Shelbyville. She is improving nicely.
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Thomas Jordan
Donald Brown
Shelbyville
Jordan
Three Carthage Men Discharged From Military Service
Three Carthage residents return home after military discharge. Jesse DeWeese of ordnance service, Sgt Charles Whitfield Jr of the Air Corps, and James Whitfield Pfc, were released recently. DeWeese came home last Saturday. Whitfields met at the camp and returned together on January 5.
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Jesse DeWeese
Ordnance Service
Charles Whitfield
Air Corps
James Whitfield
Ripley
DeWeese
Whitfield
Junior Jive at Carthage Jan 18 crown Queen of the Evening
The Carthage C H S junior class hosts a Junior Jive at Kid's Kan after the Carthage vs Arlington basketball game on January 18. A crowd pleaser crowns Queen of the Evening from selected Carthage High School girls with voting at 1 cent per vote and tickets sold by junior class members.
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Carthage
Arlington
Carthage High School
Beverly Sherwood
Mary Magee
Mary Alexander
June Kinder
Louise
Edith McCorkle
Norma Nigh
Margie Magee
Carthage to Have New Feed Store
Roy and James Ellis have purchased the C. G. Hill building and are remodeling for a feed store in Carthage. They plan to open about February first offering feed planting seeds baby chicks and will install a hammer mill feed mixer and custom grinding shelter. The Knightstown residents will commute until housing is found.
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Roy
James Ellis
C. G. Hill
Carthage
James
Knightstown
Farmers urged to start 1946 farm accounting records
County agent Co L Spuller said several farmers are obtaining the Indiana Farm Account Book to track income and expenses for 1946. The extension office has books available to help with federal and gross income tax reports, and now is a good time to begin farm records.
Quotes of the Week Highlights from Labor and Public Policy
A running collection of lines from 1930s figures and groups. Widows' Protective League in Los Angeles calls for wider seats on public buses while Chicago girls cite cold in daily life. Walter Reuther comments on Denzer divisions and wage trends as Senator Taft and Commerce Wallace frame economic debate.
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Widows’ Protective League
Los Angeles
Escaped inmate seeks return to Hattiesburg jail
An Ezra prisoner in Mississippi laments missing home cooked meals while aiming to return to the Hattiesburg jail, revealing personal desire to rejoin confinement after escape.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
90 Million Join in Clothes Drive
Henry J. Kaiser, national chair man of the Victory Clothing Collection, announces a mass mobilization of Americans in 11 078 communities to collect 100 million serviceable garments plus shoes and bedding for war sufferers overseas. The drive runs through January 31 with support from 93 national organizations and 562000 local units totaling 79 5 million members. Local chairmen range from 84 year old J M Momeny of Benavides Texas to 16 year old Lorraine Ross of Whitewater Kansas.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Victory Clothing Collection
Victory
J. M. Momeny
Benavides
Texas
Whitewater
Kansas
Butler County
Mr. Kaiser
United National Clothing Collection
United Undertaking
Europe
China
Philippines
Howard Henley Becomes President of Bank
The death of Edgar N. Hill on Dec. 31 placed Howard E. Henley in the presidency of the Carthage State Bank. Henley had long served in the role and now leads the bank with directors William S. Coleman Walter B. Hill Walter J. Phelps Lillian R. Coleman and Howard E. Henley. Officers list includes Henley president Phelps vice-president Parish cashier Hedgecock assistant cashier.
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Edgar N. Hill
Howard E. Henley
Carthage State Bank
Hill
Mr. Henley
William S. Coleman
Walter B. Hill
Walter J. Phelps
Lillian R. Coleman
Fred W. Parish
Mabel P. Hedgecock
Two Days Training Planned for Siren Operators
The town board decided a two day schooling for fire siren operators on Friday and Saturday January 11 and 12 to improve signal clarity. New signals specify two blasts for the business section three for the south section and four for the north section. The board will start enforcing the curfew ordinance Monday night with one siren blast fifteen minutes before curfew at 9 30 p.m. until 4 00 a.m.
Move to Knightstown for Brown Family on Route 2
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Brown moved from a farm east of Carthage to a new farm east of Knightstown on Route 2. The move occurred last week and reflects a relocation within the area.
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Roscoe Brown
Carthage
Knightstown
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