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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1939
Page
6
Margaret Hill McCarter library adds fifteen new books at the home of Mrs. G T Beckett open Friday afternoons. Mrs Oscar Williams and Mrs Fairfield Updike attend Governor Buckler inaugural events in Columbus with Ohio Republican officials.
The Colloquial club held a Tuesday meeting at Mrs Lonnie Ormes home with eleven members and two Rushville guests Mrs Sam Sharpe and Mrs James Cooper. After a muted afternoon business session each member read an Edgar Guest poem and Mrs Grace Lee organized keno entertainment. The Home Builders club met Tuesday afternoon with president Mrs Bern Percell leading the creed and noting Good Intentions of 1939.
The Indiana Farm Bureau reaffirms opposition to property tax increases for roads and schools. It argues that broader state revenue from a gross income tax supports education and public services, while local property taxes would burden property owners and threaten school funding. The group plans to study welfare costs for potential tax relief.
Wednesday supper guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank White and Mr. and Mrs. Loren White of near Charlottesville, Mrs. Robert Brokau of Whittier California, hosted by Mrs. Belle Phelps, Mrs. Maude Porter and her daughter Jean.
Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, reports 162 wells completed in 1938, up from 134. Of these, 90 were producers, 72 were nonproducing, and 42 wildcat or test wells yielded four gas producers and three oil producers. New fields emerged in Gibson and Posey counties with wildcat success in Knox, Pike, Shelby, and Sullivan counties. The report anticipates higher 1939 drilling, especially in southwestern Indiana.
The Indianapolis Producers Commission Association plans its annual meeting Monday January 23 at the Antlers Hotel with Scott Meike in charge. Discussions will cover live stock conditions future prospects and marketing challenges. A livestock loss prevention demonstration by Klondike High School students will be presented. Luncheon follows and directors will be elected.
A L Stage, 66, prominent Knightstown financier and cashier of the First National Bank, died Sunday afternoon after an extended illness. He belonged to the Kiwanis Club the Columbia Club of Indianapolis and the Indiana Bankers Association. He served on Knightstown school board for twenty years. Survived by widow and daughter Mrs Harold Walker of Portland.
Miss Helen Joyner a former Arlington resident aged 31 died Thursday at Crawfordsville hospital after two weeks of illness. Born November 2 1907 in Arlington she moved to Russellville at age two. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Shober Joyner Arlington two sisters Mrs Barton Fishero Crawfordsville Mrs Sam Gardner Arlington three brothers Dale Detroit Michigan Guy Arlington Harry Arlington and grandmother Mrs Margaret Gordon Arlington. Funeral services were held at Crawfordsville Christian church then in Arlington home burial in Arlington cemetery.
Herschel McCrory of Indianapolis stopped for a short visit with Dr and Mrs F M Miller Thursday morning. He was en route to Richmond on business.
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