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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1941
Page
2
Arlington residents welcomed guests from Indianapolis Greenfield Cincinnati and nearby towns. Families hosted dinners and visited relatives including 60th birthday surprise for Mrs. Arthur Bitner. A large noon pitch-in marked the celebration with many relatives in attendance.
The Carthage softball team lost two Sunday games to New Salem on their home field. In the opener New Salem won 84. During the second game a New Salem fielder fractured a collarbone chasing a fly ball, ending the game after the fourth inning. New Salem led with runs in the second and third. The Carthage squad showed effort and thanked the crowd for support.
Junior and intermediate classes from the local vacation Bible school toured Indianapolis areas visiting Ballard ice cream plant Sears Roebuck Alabama Street Children’s Museum N Meridian Jewish Temple and the State School for the Blind Children beyond the city limits A total of 31 people attended including instructors The trip offered a happy experience and aided Christian education The primary pupils had a picnic at Riley Park Greenfield on Thursday
The piece reports on the Administration’s proposed draft property bill claiming government seizure power over real and personal property for defense needs. Critics call it a step toward dictatorship, questioning wartime necessity and lack of property return provisions. The note also mentions aluminum-related wartime procurement and upcoming civil defense drives in Richmond and Madison.
Gwynneville residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irvine and family joined Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Poston in New Palestine. The Hurst and Dyer groups traveled to Charlestown to view a new powder plant. Laf ayette couple Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Catt and Mrs. Rule with daughters visited the Nighs. Esther Unger and her daughter and Mrs. Harnestine Nigh with son were also part of the Sunday social mix.
Sunday events at Arlington Christian Church highlighted a children's day program. Frances and relatives visited in Indianapolis, Shelbyville, and Rushville while Purdue University issued degrees with Ned Van Poer earning electrical engineering and a record employment rate for graduates.
Lafayette Ind Rush county is represented by four graduates who received diplomas at the 67th annual commencement exercises at Purdue University Sunday. The class num remains incomplete in the readable text.
Bloomington Indiana Wallace L Cook a Carthage high school graduate has won a special merit scholarship to Indiana University among 94 Louisiana scholarships announced this week. Of those 54 merit scholarships worth 50 dollars each were awarded while LaVerne Noyes awards went to 23 students descendants of World War II veterans. Contingent fees of 71.50 dollars are provided.
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