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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
1
The Carthage Citizen reports a neck and neck start in the big prize campaign with entrants from all districts urged to recruit subscribers. Nomination remains open as the chance to win $300 and other cash prizes motivates readers to act now.
Scores of requests for information about Indiana state parks come as Virgil M. Simmons announces planned summer visits. Many inquiries originate outside Indiana, signaling rising park popularity among out-of-state residents. A survey shows forty two percent of last year’s park visitors were from other states. It is anticipated tourists from beyond Indiana will return this summer.
Rush county voters who did not vote in the 1932 primary and general elections are sent form 14 by County Clerk Dale Fisher. Receivers must sign and return within 30 days to maintain registration. failure removes the affidavit and disqualifies voting rights. Fisher urges compliance to avoid loss of voting eligibility this year.
The county auditor’s office distributes semi annual interest from the congressional and common school funds to school units based on attendance. Rush County reports 3,622 pupils earning $2,850.95 for the common fund and $609.58 for the congressional fund across listed townships including Rushville Two and Rushville City with per pupil and township allocations.
The Friends church announces a rally for Sunday afternoon February 9 with Rev Herschel Folger, pastor of First Friends Church Indianapolis, as guest speaker. Folger is a former Carthage resident and the event invites all local young people to attend.
Inclement weather forces the postponement of Thanks a Million at the Auditorium Theatre Carthage altering schedule to Thursday and Friday nights. Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler lead a star lineup highlighting the film as a summer hit.
Mrs. Milt Gardner recovers from flu illness. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Linville and their wife from St. Louis visited the Leisure family, part of this year’s attendance, enjoying Hoosier residents and the expanded state park amenities.
Lawrence R. McDaniel and Ernest M. Bradford of Brooklyn Ind plan a modern dry goods store in the L. Newsom building formerly Sims’ store. They aim to open around February 1 with a full merchandise line and will move families to Carthage as their future home. An opening announcement will appear in an early Citizen issue.
Nancy Flint Webb, 80, died Monday night at her Carthage home after a brief illness. Born November 19, 1855 in North Carolina, she lived in Indiana since age three, with years in Shelby, Delaware and Rush counties. She married Bennett Webb in 1874 and had eight children. Funeral held at home then United Brethren church Gwynneville. burial in Hanover cemetery Morristown. Survivors include husband, three daughters, two sons, three brothers, 16 grandchildren, four great grandchildren.
Mrs. Sarah A. Sipe age 91 widow of Dr. Richard W. Sipe died January 16 at her home in Orange after a year of poor health. She was born September 9 1844 in Jefferson County and lived in Orange since 1866. Survived by daughter Mrs. Jesse Kennedy of Rushville two sons William Sipe and Richard Sipe eleven grandchildren twenty four great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at the Orange M E Church with Rev A L Beatty officiating and North Orange Cemetery interment. Carthage attendees listed.
About 400 applications for participation in the government Rural Electrification project were received in ten townships of Rush County. REMC officials believe enough to start a project may be gathered and canvassers continue soliciting eligible residents. Landlords are arranging to have tenant farms wired, and work start date depends on preliminary arrangements.
Carthage movie fans will see Hell's Angels, Howard Hughes’s landmark film, at the Auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday, January 29 and 30. The picture cost about 3 million dollars, after nearly three years in the making, and is billed as a record smashing achievement in cinema.
Henry C. McKlvan e age 70 a well known Ripley Township farmer died at his home east of Carthage Friday evening after a year of poor health and two months of serious illness. Born February 23, 1865 near Raleigh he lived in Rush County most of his life and belonged to the United Presbyterian Church. Survived by widow daughter Ruth Gray sister Mrs George W Havens brother A R McKlvan e and granddaughter Jane Gray. Funeral services were led by Dr J R Furbay with a piano prelude by Mrs Alta Carr and selections by the Choral club ladies followed by the hymn Lead Kindly Light.
The Ripley township Historical Society will meet in the Library on February 12 evening. All members and families are urged to keep the date free for the annual election of officers and a program of music and local history. Details to follow in the Citizen. Remember the 12th.
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The list shows candidate names and vote totals published by Wednesday noon for the Citizen Expansion Campaign. It notes many communities lacking representation and invites entrants offering a potential $300 prize over the next five weeks with entries from Mrs Loyal Hunt Carthage Mrs Oscar Alexander R R 1 Mrs Mary Jessup Carthage Miss Betty Webb Carthage Mrs Druscilla Kennedy Carthage Roy Steffey R R 2 E P Miles R R 2 Mrs Ralph Siler Carthage.
Funeral services for Murray Parker were held at Carthage Friends Church on Friday January 17 with an informal viewing. Two solos by Mrs. Ethel Furbay accompanied the service. Dr. J R Furbay delivered a sermon on the text At Evening Time It Shall Be Light. Interment followed in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
S. Murray Parker was born at Walnut Ridge on August 23, 1860 and died there on January 15, 1936. An idealist and teacher, he pursued a rich religious life, studied Latin Greek and Hebrew at Earlham College, and earned graduate work in theology at Northwestern University. He championed temperance after befriending Andrew Volstead, and his life centered on culture, service, and quiet leadership.
An Arlington school bus with 18 children was stuck in heavy snow southeast of Carthage. Helpers freed the youths to safety at Harry Leisure’s home where first aid was given and Dr. Bowen was summoned. Frostbite injuries included ears feet and fingers. one girl, Marjorie Maple, suffered severe frostbite but showed improvement by Thursday morning.
A clear deadline is set for all advertising and news copy to be received in the Citizen office by Wednesday noon of the publication week. No exceptions are stated. This notice emphasizes punctual submission to ensure timely printing.
Biography notes John Peele Parker and Miriam Hill Parker as early migrants from North Carolina. It records their marriage to Margaret Morris of Elizabethtown Indiana in 1890 and lists seven children, eleven grandchildren, two sisters, and a brother. The home saw a second mother, Florence Macy, in 1910 and mentions descendants in Indiana, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and other states.
We thank our relatives and friends for kindnesses shown during the illness and death of our husband and father Florence M Parker and children express gratitude for support and sympathy received.
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