Local Carthage Notes Skim Daily Happenings
Carthage readers get a bustling slice of town life from neighbors Dick and George McNabb Jr and Freddie Norris trying to start Doc's old Chrysler with help from Geo Jr and Freddie. Grace Jones at Eagle Lake sends a vacation update while Rushville visits include Hubert Alexander and family. The Indiana Highway Planning Survey to place an automatic traffic recorder near Carthage is noted, plus local celebrations for Riley and a new Corn calendar gift. Community chatter covers generals, crafting, housing, and a plug for softball funds as residents share news of births, marriages, and local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Springer
Raymond Willis
Charles M. McNary
Henry Wallace
Burton K. Wheeler
Gerald P. Nye
Harold Ruby
Doggone
Roy Newby
Highway Planning Survey Department
Indiana State Highway Commission
Carthage
Ripley Township
Township 15
State Highway Commission
Fred Sohn
Steve
Greenfield
James Whitcomb Riley
Court House
Riley
Judge Marshall
Rushville
Thomas Franklin
Henry Guilliford
Henry
Kinky Phelps
Bill Rush
Cincy
Fletcher Methodist Church
McMillan
Chick” Myers
Rev. Jones
Transfers Up During June In Henry County Real Estate
Anna F Downey county recorder reports 47 real estate transfers in June totaling over 40000 dollars. Notable sales include Guy Ewing guardian of Mary Ewing selling 52898 acres in Ripley township to Berniece Ashby for 3600 dollars. Further transfers involve Carthage and Ripley township parcels to several buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna F. Downey
County Recorder
Carthage
Ripley Township
Guy Ewing
Mary E. Ewing
Berniece Ashby
Everett Ray Gurley
Grace F. Gurley
Fred C. Gurley
Nellie Gurley
Edgar A. Gurley
Nettie Gurley
Lawrence H. Anderson
Mary Evelyn Anderson
Henry Co
Ind
S. W
Mary A. Ewing
Circuit Court
N. E
Joseph Watkins
Nettie Watkins
Wayne Co
Bertha Watkins
Annis Avery
Edgar Co
Daughter in Berlin telegraphs Kepler area news
George Kulmer of Indianapolis reports his daughter Mary Ann Kulmer, a Berlin based newspaper correspondent and interpreter for Mr. Flannery of Columbia Broadcasting, will broadcast by short wave to the U S next Monday night at 9 o clock daylight saving time. She is safe in Berlin and plans to return home in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
George Kulmer
Indianapolis
Mary Ann Kulmer
Berlin
Mr. Flannery
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Miss Kulmer
Germany
U. S
Marcine Cook Secures Detroit Aviation Post
Marcine Cook returned home after a ten week course at an air craft school in Wichita Kansas. He and three classmates spent July 4 at Pikes Peak and toured New Mexico Texas Oklahoma and the Dakotas. He left Tuesday for Detroit Michigan to take employment in a airplane factory after word from the Wichita school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcine Cook
Wichita
Kans
Pikes Peak
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Marcine
Detriot
Mich
Deacon Moore’s Orchestra Dances in Mt Lawn Event
Attendees at Mt Lawn dance featuring Carl Deacon Moore and his orchestra include George B McNabb Jr Lucille Hodgin Noblesville Bill Norrigg Jo Ann Laird Richard McNabb Kathleen Alsman Arlington Mr and Mrs Harold Phelps Mr and Mrs Carlos Brooks Mr and Mrs Russell Kennedy and Mr and Mrs Leroy Moore Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Lawn
Carl “Deacon” Moore
George B. McNabb, Jr
Lucille Hodgin
Noblesville
Bill Norrigg
Jo Ann Laird
Richard McNabb
Kathleen Alsman
Arlington
Harold Phelps
Carlos Brooks
Russell Kennedy
Leroy Moore
Aluminum drive to collect old aluminum for national defense
Indiana counties compete for a scroll signed by President Roosevelt Governor Schricker and defense officials. The winning county is based on pounds per capita collected during July 21 to 29 using 1940 census for population. Local Boy Scouts aid with house to house canvass and residents urged to donate aluminum to support national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Roosevelt
Schricker
National Defense
State Defense Council
Ripley Township Hosts County 4-H Pig Tour
The county 4-H club pig tour stopped in Ripley Township on Wednesday with Damon Catron, state assistant in 4-H club work, leading demonstrations on mineral mixing for hogs and lice prevention. Swine production issues were discussed during visits to the homes of Wallace Cook Clifton Howard Larry Apple Deryl Souder and Billy and Archie Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Catron
Wallace Cook
Clifton Howard
Larry Apple
Deryl Souder
Billy
Archie Howard
Ripley Township
Former County Clerk Gains State Appointment
Dale Fisher, Rushville shoe store owner and former Rush county clerk, is appointed by Governor Schricker as a Republican member of the State Village for Epileptics board at New Castle. The bipartisan twelve member board meets monthly with a $300 annual salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Fisher
Rushville
Rush County
Henry F. Schricker
State Village
New Castle
Miss Vera Henley Visits Seils Aunts in Indianapolis
Miss Vera Lee Henley is visiting her aunt Mrs. Otto Seils and Mr. Seils in Indianapolis this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Lee Henley
Otto Seils
Mr. Seils
Indianapolis
Mrs. Howard E. Henley and Miss Mattie Clark in Indianapolis
Mrs. Howard E. Henley and Miss Mattie Clark were in Indianapolis on Wednesday for unspecified activities. The brief note records their presence in the city on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard E. Henley
Mattie Clark
Indianapolis
Mrs Walter Mann Visits Indianapolis on Wednesday
Mrs Walter Mann traveled to Indianapolis on Wednesday for undisclosed reasons. The brief note records her presence in the city on that day with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mann
Indianapolis
Ripley 4-H Girls Hold Achievement Program
The Ripley 4-H Girls Club held its annual Achievement program Monday at the Christian church in partnership with the Farm Bureau. A strong program featured a 4-H pledge and songs, baking demonstrations by Lois Ruth White, solos by Phyllis Sullivan, dress revues by juniors and seniors, and a baking remonstration by La Marie Neal and Virginia Sande fur. Light refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Ripley 4-H Girls’ Club
Farm Bureau Meeting
Martha Jo Bentley
Lois Ruth White
Phyllis Sullivan
Patty Pitts
Alice Ruth Hunt
la Marie Neal
Virginia Sandefur
Farm Bureau
Death of Eli Archey at 86 in Greenfield Funeral services held
Eli Archey 86 died Saturday at his daughter Clara Hampton’s home. Born September 13 1854 at Beech he lived there until 1930 then moved to Shirley and later to his daughter’s home where he died. Survived by two sons Charles Greensboro and Willie Shirley and four daughters Maggie Jones Marion Elsie Newsom Della Ealey Knightstown and Clara Hampton Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Eli Archey
Clara Hampton
Lawrence Carter
the Beech
Here
Shirley
Hampton
Archey
Charles
Greensboro
Willie
Maggie Jones
Marion
Elsie
Newsom
Della Ealey
Knightstown
Local Teacher Resigns For Delphi Schools
Miss Wilhelmina Feaster resigns from the local schools where she taught physical education and library work to take a similar position in Delphi schools. Feaster and her mother have lived in Carthage for two years and leave many friends regretting their departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Feaster
Delphi
Feaster
Carthage
New Coach at Westland High School
Roscoe Bell of New Castle will coach Westland High School this fall succeeding Roy Gardner who resigned to teach at Rising Sun High School. Bell, Ball State Teachers College graduate class of 1940, has worked at Hoosier Cabinet Works in New Castle since graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Shackleton
New York
Washington, D.C
Col. R. Morris
Roscoe Bell
New Castle
Westland High School
Roy Gardner
Rising Sun High School
Mr. Bell
Ball State Teachers’ College
Muncie
Hoosier Cabinet Works
Indiana Bellwether Poliomyelitis Epidemic Forecast
Indiana welfare officials warn of a potential infantile paralysis epidemic in 1941. The six page bulletin outlines diagnosis, treatment and care methods for poliomyelitis, citing 1940 statewide cases led by St. Joseph Elkhart and Marshall counties and detailing a crippled children register with 7832 youths under 21 affected.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Indiana State Medical Association
Lake County
Bulletin
St. Joseph
Elkhart
Marshall
Crippled Children’s Register
Crippled Children’s Division
Rush Co Fair Opens Monday in Rushville Memorial Park
Rush County free fair begins Monday July 28 at Memorial Park Rushville and runs through Friday August 1. The Rush County Agricultural Association promotes the event with 4-H clubs sharing major focus and new livestock buildings. Daily free acts 2 00 4 00 7 30 and 10 00 pm feature De Lisle and his dogs aerial stunts and the UpSide-Down act. A 40 member Farm Bureau band provides nightly concerts amid parade and judging schedules with 4-H livestock exhibits and Girls 4-H Dress Revue August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Memorial Park
Rushville
Rush County Agricultural Association
de Lisle
His
Little Wonder Dogs
Aerial Chappells
Farm Bureau
Memorial Gymnasium
Rush
Granddaughter of Linebacks pictured in Pony Rodeo
Ann Bowen, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lineback, was featured in Monday's Star with five other children who staged a Pony Rodeo on Brookville Road to benefit The Star Salvation Army Penny Ice Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Bowen
J. A. Lineback
Brookville Road
Star-Salvation Army
Squirrel season opens August 11 in Indiana southern zone
Open season for grey and fox squirrels starts Monday August 11 in Indiana restricted to the southern zone south of state road 26. Surrounding counties join the southern zone. The northern zone to begin September opens north of state road 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Earl Tweedy Undergoes Operation in Indianapolis Hospital
Earl Tweedy, south of Carthage, underwent a morning operation Tuesday at Robert Long Hospital Indianapolis where he has been for several days of observation. Mrs Tweedy and daughter Mrs Orin Miller visited the hospital Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Tweedy
Carthage
Robert Long
Indianapolis
Tweedy
Orin Miller
W. S. C. S. Meeting Attended by Greensburg Group
Mrs. C. V. McMillan Mrs. J. B. Ter hune Mrs. Arthur White Mrs. Laura Benson and Mrs. Leatha Moore attended a W. S. C. S. meeting in Greensburg on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. McMillan
J. B. Terhune
Arthur White
Laura Benson
Leatha Moore
Greensburg
James Crewes Visits Indianapolis Friends Over Weekend
James Crewes of Indianapolis spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Stenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crewes
Indianapolis
Mrs
Henry L. Stenger
Miss Marie Henley Visits Indianapolis Parents
Miss Marie Henley of Indianapolis spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Henley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Henley
Indianapolis
Mrs
Howard E. Henley
Improving Wesley McFatridge Recovers At Home
Wesley McFatridge son of Mrs Nora McFatridge has been ill at Camp Knox Kentucky and is now at his mother's home where he is slowly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley McFatridge
Nora McFatridge
Camp Knox
Kentucky
Winfields and Lloyds Host Visit in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Arthur W Winfield and daughter Juanita were Sunday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Spencer Lloyd in Indianapolis highlighting a family social gathering with local hosting and cordial exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Winfield
Juanita
Spencer Lloyd
Indianapolis
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Freddie Norris
Doc
Geo
Freddie Push
Grace Jones
Eagle Lake
Hubert Alexander
Washington, D. C
Marilyn
U. S. Capitol
Florence H. Hadley
Murray A. Hadley
Marion Co
Robert M. Henley
Mary E. Henley
Blackford Co
Henry B. Henley
Katherine N. Henley
Wilella W. Henley
Fred B. Sims
Frances A. Sims
William P. Henley
Norman P. Reeves
Evelyn F. Reeves
Clarence Tuttle
Willa Tuttle
Clark
Henley
Detroit
Deacon Moore
William H. Knudsen
F. H. LaGuardia
Civilian Defense
Ripley
Westland
Rush Co
Ora T. Lower
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