Carthage News Roundup Highlights Local Crashes and Community Events
Vernon Ewing escaped serious harm when his hog truck crashed into a cement culvert south of Charlottesville, narrowly avoiding a motorist. The incident follows a court action by Lloyd M. Shepherd challenging a license suspension. Local farming notes report tall wheat, a sowing record, and ongoing softball youth league progress in Carthage with strong community support. Community updates include Rev. Clinton Brown thanking Bethel Chorus, labor news from Container Corporation, and military discharge details for Richard Henley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Ewing
Guy Ewing
Charlottesville
Bill
Lloyd M. Shepherd
Circuit Court
Division of Public Safety
Indiana
Carthage
Ed Windhorst
Chet Gates
Greenfield
Rush County
Clinton Brown
Bethel Chorus
Washington Trip Memoir From a Senior Class Journey
Seventeen seniors and fifteen others embark from Reynolds home on a May 20 bus trip to Washington D C. The account describes stops in Columbus Ohio Pittsburgh and Gettysburg era landmarks including the Capitol Washington Cathedral Mt Vernon and Alexandria with vivid notes on scenes and historical highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Washington, D.C
Columbus
Ohio
Death Now in Greenfield for Mrs. Margaret Walker
Mrs. Margaret S. Walker wife of Judge J. P. Walker of Greenfield died at home Sunday afternoon. She was a life long resident and member of the Friends church and the Eastern Star. Survivors include her husband and daughter Mrs. Paul Sigler of Knightstown. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm at the residence with burial in Park cemetery Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret S. Walker
J. P. Walker
Greenfield
Friends Church
The
Eastern Star
Paul Sigler
Knightstown
Park Cemetery
Death of Mrs. Fred Cooney in Indianapolis
Mrs. Fred F. Cooney aged 39 of Carthage area died Monday at 3 26 am in Methodist hospital Indianapolis after several weeks illness. Survivors include husband three daughters Rose Virginia Phyllis and son Fred L Cooney all at home three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services were held at Grinsteiner funeral home Indianapolis Wednesday at 9 15 am with burial in St Joseph cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cooney
Fred F. Cooney
Carthage
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Cooney
Rose
Virginia
Phyllis
Fred L. Cooney
Grinsteiner Funeral Home
St. Joseph
Local Grad Miss Emily Henley Graduates From Stephens College
Miss Emily Ann Henley, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs S L Newsom, graduates Tuesday May 28 from Stephens College Columbia Missouri in a class of 990. She leaves Monday for Fredericks Hall Virginia to visit her roommate Emma Walton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Ann Henley
S. L. Newsom
Stephens College
Columbia
Earlham Baccalaureate and Graduation Plans Announced
Earlham College announced that Dr Rufus Jones will deliver the baccalaureate sermon and Ralph Nichol Stein will be commencement speaker for the 99th graduation. Baccalaureate is set for 4 p.m. Sunday June 16 at Earlham College in Richmond with remarks by President William C Dennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Jones
Quakers
Ralph Nichol Stein
Earlham College
William C. Dennis
Eon
The
New Orleans
Machinist William McMichael Dies at 59 in Rushville
William McMichael a 59 year old machinist died suddenly at 8 am at his home on West Second Street Rushville He was born July 29 1886 in Rush County son of Lewis and Mary Moore McMichael He is survived by his widow two sons Robert Indianapolis and Edgar Anderson a brother Charles Henderson two half brothers Elmer McMichael near Carthage and Ora McMichael near Arlington two half sisters Mrs Ernest Easter near Morristown and Mrs Ralph Lloyd Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at the Nazarene church Rushville with Rev Burl Crowe Fairmount Rev Oliver Morgan pastor and Rev Howard Crim Carthage officiating Burial was in East Hill Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McMichael
Chinist
West Second Street
Rushville
McMichael
Carthage
Lewis and
Mary Moore McMichael
Rush County
Robert
Indianapolis
Edgar
Anderson
Charles McMichael
Henderson
Elmer McMichael
Arlington
Howard Crim
Leatha Moore
Church
Roy Turner
Paul
Earl Addison
Bernard Dalrymple
W. F. Siders
Mt. Zion
James L Whitton 87 Cambridge City resident dies
James L Whitton age 87 of Cambridge City formerly Rushville died at his home Sunday morning. Survived by widow Claudia three daughters Mrs Walter Bitnee Mays Mrs Lorena Cooney New Castle and Mrs Irona Riley Indianapolis two sons Harvey Whittoe Cambridge City and Lewis Whitton New Castle sister Mrs Dora Quinser Connersville. Funeral services held Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Howard and Son Cambridge City with Rev A L Stanper officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery Cambridge City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Whitton
Cambridge City
Rushville
Claudia
Walter Bitnee
Mays
Lorena Cooney
New Castle
Irona Riley
Indianapolis
Harvey Whittoe
Lewis Whitton
Dora Quinser
Connersville
Former Resident Bert E. Miller Dies in Kansas
Bert E. Miller aged 63 died at his Leavenworth Kansas home from illness after several months of poor health. He served in the Regular Army around 1900 stationed at Fort Myer Virginia and Valdez Alaska. Survived by widow Eva Miller a former Leavenworth librarian a son Jack and a sister Mrs Bessie James of Knightstown Funeral held in Leavenworth Wednesday.
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Bert E. Miller
Marshall Street
Levenworth
Kan
Sas
Granville Miller
Rogal Army
Ft. Myer
Valdez
Alaska
Eva Miller
Jack
Bessie James
Knightstown
James
DeWitt Files for Divorce from Emma DeWitt in Circuit Court
David O. DeWitt, a truck driver and former serviceman, files for divorce from Emma Marie DeWitt. The couple married May 11, 1944 and separated October 26, 1945 amid alleged cruel treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David O. DeWitt
Emma Marie DeWitt
Carthage Forms Inaugural Recreational Softball Program
The Carthage recreational softball league opened with Lions club facing Farmers and Truckers meeting Container in the first week. In junior play Wildcats and Lions won, while senior action saw Farmers and Yankees win and Legion edge Westland. Key highlights include Farmers 10 Lions club 5 with five home runs, Truckers 9 Containter 1, Yankees 5 Cardinals 4, Legion 7 Westland 6, and Yankees rallying to beat Cardinals 5 4 in seven innings.
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Wildcats
Tigers
Legion
Cardinals
Yankees
Farmers
Truckers
Westland
Carthage
Lions Club
Lions
Container
Bob White
Ed Bly
Windsor
Guy Ewing
Container Corporation
Nelson Stephens
Bob Lynch
David Magee
Jackson
American Legion Post
Westland Nine
Hancock County
Max Ellis
Ab McClurg
Pet
Lions Ee
Wwe Ee
Bulldogs
Reratere
We Pet
Farmers Tee
Ee Es
Yankees Ee Es
Severateavevees Legion
Eee Wee Neon Container
Westland Steel
Ahena Albareee
Daughter of Former Residents Graduates in Florida
Miss Sharlee Anne Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Orrin Miller formerly of this place is among 150 graduates of Central High School Ft Lauderdale Florida on May 31 She is granddaughter of Mrs Nellie Tweedy due to this achievement her family pride is noted in local columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharlee Anne Miller
Orrin Miller
This Place
Central High School
Ft. Lauderdale
Florida
Miss Miller
Nellie Tweedy
Lions Club to Hold Election of Officers
The Carthage Lions club will hold its annual election of officers next Monday night June 10 at the regular meeting in the Den. A dinner meeting is planned with serving at 7 30 p.m. at the Lynch restaurant. One Lion member, Ralph McClarnon, has recently returned from the armed services.
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Carthage Lions Club
Den
Lynch
Armed Services
Ralph McClarnon
Kenneth Todd and Edith McCorkle Married in Carthage
Kenneth Todd of Route 1 Carthage and Edith McCorkle of Carthage obtain a marriage license.
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Kenneth Todd
Route 1
Carthage
Edith McCorkle
Rep Springer Aids Food Study on Idle Fertilizer Plants
Rep Raymond S Springer of Indiana tenth district joined the Republican Congressional Food Study to report that government fertilizer plants have stood idle for months amid shortages. The panel said 2300 tons of nitrate fertilizer daily were withheld from farmers, while the Agriculture Department maintained a voluntary distribution pattern similar to 1945. The study noted inequitable allocation that favored three cotton and tobacco states over 25 food-producing states, including Indiana Illinois Iowa Missouri and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Springer
Indiana
Republican
Congressional Food Study
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Springer
Republican Food Study Committee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
New Hampshire
Fatal accident claims Morristown child Billy Bob Talbert
The two year old Billy Bob Talbert son of Mr and Mrs Robert Talbert was found dead in a washing machine after a chair topple incident. The child born June 3 1944 in Shelby county left a sister Betty Kay and a maternal aunt Elmer McMichael is linked through his mother. The mother had been away fetching clothes when the tragedy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bob Talbert
Robert Talbert
Morristown
Billy Bob
Shelby County
Robert
Goldie McMichael Talbert
Betty Kay
Seventeenth Hoosier junior lamb show and sale set in June
The seventeenth Hoosier junior lamb show and sale will be held Thursday June 27 at the Indiana polis union stock yards. Any boy or girl aged 10 to 20 who raised and fed the lambs may enter. Entries due June 10. Lambs arrive by 8:00 a.m. with grading by noon and the sale at 1:30 p.m. A dinner for exhibitors follows at 6:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Union Stock Yards
Producers’ Commission Association
County Extension Office
Camp Atterbury to close as July deadline looms
The War Department announced the separation center at Camp Atterbury will close on July 31. Officials said no final decision on post closure placement had been made but believed many personnel would be sent to the separation center at Fort Sheridan in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Camp Atterbury
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Smiths Celebrate Birth of Daughter in Rushville
Mr and Mrs Dale Smith of Carthage RR 2 welcomed a daughter born Monday morning at City Hospital Rushville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Smith
Carthage, RR 2
City Hospital
Rushville
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Ora Clayton
Herbie Beher
Young Lukens
Fred King
Fred
Public Service Company
George Zinkil
Coated Board
Chicago
Hans Buehler, Jr
Mason City
Richard Henley
Sk2c
Great Lakes
Cpl
Donald. Gray
Washington
By Helen Sparks
Fort Steuben
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Ft. Pitt
Midway Inn
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Maryland
Antietam Creek
Frederick
Barbara Fritchie
Francis Scott Key
Whittier
Washington Cathedral
Washington Monument
Woodrow Wilson
Admiral Dewey
Canterbury Cathedral
England
Annapolis Hotel
Potomac
Lincoln Memorial
Lin
Curtis Jack Porter
Naval Academy Preparatory School
Bainbridge
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
John T. Revolt
101St Military Police Battalion
Army Service Forces
Leghorn
Italy
Coln
Mr. Lincoln
Capitol Building
Armed Liberty
Senator Capehart
Representative Springer
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Senate
House
Congress
Congressional Library
Supreme Court
Spain
France
Justice Frankfurter
Pan American
Mt. Vernon
White River
Alexandria
Christ Church
Lee
Lowman
Legion OF Merit
William J. Donovan
OSS
Lawrence W. Lowman
CBS
Office of Strategic Services
American Legion
Kids Kanteen
Post
Rushville Post No
Knightstown Post No
Hancock County Post No. 119
Charles Hoover
Eugene R. Gardner
Rayburn Fitch
Robert McKain
Walter Howard
Thurman Porter, Jr
Richard McNabb
Carlos Brooks
Earl Richard Henley
Post No. 316
Schoettle’s Insurance
Beath
Earlham
Richmond
Kansas
Junior Lamb
Atterbury
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