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Carthage Citizen

Location

Carthage, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1958

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Hospital News: Indiana Entries on Saturday

Gilbert McManus of Indianapolis, son of Fred McManus, entered St. Vincent Hospital Saturday with a heart condition. Jimmy Dale returned home Saturday from Community Hospital after surgery and shows improvement. Ralph Pearson returned home Saturday from New Castle Clinic where he underwent surgery.

Gilbert McManus Indianapolis Fred McManus St. Vincent Hospital Jimmy Dale Ralph Pearson New Castle Clinic

Patton Family Goes On Idaho Vacation Train Trip

Mrs. Lee Patton and her children left Indianapolis by train Thursday for a several weeks vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Kelsey in Burley Idaho.

Junior Young People Meeting at East Street Church

The Junior Young People met June 12 at 7 00 in East Street Christian Church. A business meeting finalized plans for the wiener roast. Twenty members and three guests enjoyed games. Refreshments were served by Mrs David Hull. News reporter Trina Clayton.

East Street Christian Church David Hull Trina Clayton

Chi Rho Meeting Held in Church Basement

The Chi Rho met Monday evening June 16 in the Christian Church basement. Rev. Robert Kendall led singing and devotions. Twelve members answered roll call with an "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" prompt. Cindy Brooks and Carol Ellis served as refreshment hosts.

CHI Rho Christian Church Robert Kendall Kendall Cindy Brooks Carol Ellis

Carthage Lions Club Plans Final Regular Meeting

The Carthage Lions Club holds its regular meeting Monday night June 23 as the last session of the season. Installation of the 1958 59 officers will take place and all members are urged to attend.

Carthage Lions Club

Carrolls Attend Cincinnati Ball Game

Mr and Mrs Ed Carroll and their children Deanna and Jimmie attended the Monday evening baseball game in Cincinnati between the Cincinnati and St Louis teams.

Cincinnati Ed Carroll Deanna Jimmie St. Louis

Methodist Youth Fellowship Meeting Summary

The Methodist Youth Fellowship met on June 9 at 7 30. Sue Siler read the call to worship and Rose Whitfield led singing. Stan Lynch gave the lesson on Pride. A brief business meeting followed before refreshments. Secretary Carol Carver.

M.Y.F Methodist Youth Fellowship Sue Siler Rose Whitfield Stan Lynch MYF Carol Carver

Bible School program Friday night in East St. church

Students from East St. Christian Wesleyan Methodist and Nazarene churches present a Bible School program for the public at 7 30 Friday at the Christian Church. Classes began June 9 and conclude with the program.

East St. Christian, Wesleyan Methodist and Nazarene Churches Bible School The Christian Church Three Church Bible School

Pigs Found Dead After Lightning Struck Tree

Mr and Mrs Bob Nigh discovered twenty three week old pigs dead at their Carthage Route 2 home last Friday morning. The animals were scattered beneath a large tree with bark fragments on the ground, indicating a likely lightning strike.

Bob Nigh Carthage Route 2

Recognition and Promotion Day at East St Christian Church

East St Christian Church will observe Recognition and Promotion Day this Sunday during Sunday School. Sunday evening Family Night features a 6 p.m. pitch-in supper, social hour with visiting, singing and games for children, and a 7:30 p.m. film showing.

East St. Christian Church

Mrs Jean Cox New Home Demonstration Agent for Rush County

Mrs Jean Cox assumed duties as Rush County Home Demonstration Agent on Monday June 16. Rush County previously lacked an agent for a year and a half. She comes from Marion County where she served two years in the same role and is a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College with years of Home Economics experience. She has long 4H club involvement and awards. She is based in the County Extension office and will assist homemakers and 4H members in Rush County.

Jean Cox Rush County Lenore Foster Cox Marion County Indiana State Teachers College County

Rev C L Davis Ordained At Indiana Conference

Bloomington Indiana The 127th session of the Indiana Conference of The Methodist Church ordained 36 elders and deacons. Highlights included creation of an Interboard Council, Rural Church of the Year award to Riley Church, a record benevolence budget, retirement of eight ministers, a $500000 Wesley Foundation fund drive, payoff of a 1.4 million note on the Home for the Aged, and a return to a five day session next year. The Riley church received a plaque from Bishop Richard C Raines.

Bloomington Ind Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church Interboard Indiana Riley Methodist Church Terre Haute Wesley Foundation Methodist Home For Franklin Glen A. Bates Milton Vernon L. Brothers Bedford Kenneth M. Burns Dugger Valen L. Capehart Plainville Donald K. Goben Columbus Ronald R. Hamilton Montmorenci Edgar M. Hedden Sandborn Stephen D. Leffler Shelbyville Elmer C. Martin Newburgh Karl E. McClure Dean M. McCoy Bath Howard H. Melloy Hatfield Edwin E. Mercer Charles L. Myers Indianapolis Max E. Nicoson Clarksville William E. Pruett Fountaintown Kenneth E. Spencer Carrollton Lynn R. Thayer Lawrenceburg John N. Thompson Oaktown John M. Thrasher, Jr Washington Hugh F. van Hoy Monroe City Howard W. Wardrip Austin James J. Boyle Lyons Dallas J. Collier Chester L. Davis Carthage Willard R. Fair Neal F. Fisher Boston Mass Merle D. Lehman Dallas Tex Clifford H. Lindley Whitcomb James P. Mayfield Manilla Alvin L. Mattox French Lick Harold W. Notting Newberry Noel V. Spencer Utica Charles T. Webb Burnettsville Winifred W. Wigner Waverly Glen R. Youngblood Atlanta Riley Richard C. Raines Walter Williams Dresden Baker Ralph Pearson W. C. Patrick Robert M. Criswell H. Otho Blackburn W. T. Jones Wesley F. Fink Evansville Drury H Rosier Letts J.C. Wooten Moores Hill Patrick and Jones Criswell Pearson Methodist Indiana University I. U

State Fair to Host Two Horseshoe Tournaments

The Indiana State Fair runs August 27 to September 4 featuring two separate horseshoe tournaments under the National and American associations. Courts are west of Conservation, with public free admission. Officials note two scoring methods Cancelation and Count All, each yielding distinct match formats.

Indianapolis National Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association of America American Association National Association Fairgrounds Indiana

Dance Revue Show Business Lights Carthage Center

Beverly Dickinson presented her students in the 1958 Dance Re vue Show Business at 8 p.m. last Friday at the Carthage Community Center. Local children performed in Circus Vaudeville Little Girls Dreams Showboat Broadway and Night Clubs. Carthage participants earning perfect attendance were Lynn Kennedy Jerry Osborn Rickie Heim Bruce Osborn and Linda Apple.

Beverly Dickinson Carthage Lynn Kennedy Eeary Osborn Rickie Heim Bruce Osborn Linda Apple

Indiana Kentucky All Star games to be aired by WIRE

WIRE will broadcast both Indiana Kentucky All Star basketball games on June 21 at Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis and June 28 at Freedom Hall Louisville with Dick Higgs handling play by play for the fourth straight year and Tom Peden providing pre game color. The Eckrich Packing Company sponsors both games.

WIRE Butler Fieldhouse Indianapolis Ind Freedom Hall Louisville Kentucky Dick Higgs Tom Peden Eckrich Packing Company Fortie

Science and morality clash in a world saved and scarred

A reverent survey of science as civilization’s good, from Jenner to Edison, and a warning that without moral control it becomes a force of destruction. The piece cites Gorrie, the I G Farben threat, and aerial warfare’s toll, urging a global ethical check on scientific power.

China Edward Jenner Jesus Guadalcanal I. G. Farben Industrie Germany George Washington National Capital Dr. Gorrie Apalachicola Florida Hannibal Alps Tron Heaven Watt Fulton Stephenson Goodyear Crawford Georgia Frankinsteins I. G. Farbens Russia Milady Jericho Leonardo de Vinci Orville Wilbur Wright Coventry London Canterbury Pearl Harbor Valhalla Athens Batte Crecy

New Salem Edges Carthage In Low-Scoring High School Game

New Salem defeated Carthage 11 to 7 in a Thursday youth baseball game. Craft led New Salem with a single and a double while Trowbridge added three singles for Carthage and Gatewood pitched for the losers.

Carthage High NEW Salem Carthage Craft Trowbridge Jackson J. Smith Carthage N. Salem Reiboldt and Trowbridge and Gatewood

Taff Named Knightstown High Coach Succeeding Harlan Clark

Andy Taff former Paoli high school coach for six years and Indiana scoring champion at Hanover College has agreed to coach Knightstown high school next year. Clark leaves Knightstown to take Salem's job. Taff played high school ball at Madison under Ray Eddy now Purdue head coach. He graduated Hanover College in 1950 and is a Sigma Chi member.

Andy Taff Knightstown H. S Paoli Indiana Harlan Clark Salem Taff Madison Ray Eddy Purdue University Hanover College Indiiana Hanover Sigma Chi Fraternity

Community Personal Notices Span Numerous Local Visits

Mrs. Marie Aker of Greencastle visited her sister and family the Moores over the weekend. Numerous relatives and friends traveled or shopped in Carmel New Castle Rushville and Greenfield with homecomings and family gatherings noted.

Jack Overman Injured in Indianapolis Fall

Jack Overman of Carthage sustained multiple fractures to both feet when a ladder slipped from under a scaffold during a church painting project for Sheeley Decorating Co. in Indianapolis. He was hospitalized at St. Vincents, with both feet in casts, and returned home in a wheelchair.

Jack Overman Carthage Indianapolis Sheeley Decorating Co St. Vincents Hospital Jack

Service News Promos and Domestic Visits From Forts and Camps

Pvt Larry Bramel of Fort Benning Georgia is promoted to Private First Class. Pfc Gary McClurg of Fort Campbell Kentucky spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Marcus McClurg and son. Allan Skinner of Camp Pendleton California Marine Corps promoted to corporal. Allan is son of William H Skinner of Carthage. Spe 3e and Mrs George Roland and daughter of Clarksville Tennessee visited relatives in Carthage over the weekend. New address Pvt William A Robertson RR 16605453 Btry C 4th B N Arty Tag Comd USA Tag Center Fort Chaffee Arkansas.

Marie Aker Greencastle Robert Moore Paul Gray Charles Holliday Karen Ann Carmel Ruth Harrelson Julia McMichael New Castle John Allen Ruby Charles Bowers Canton New York Raymond Arnett Sally Merom Indiana Paul Scott Frank Alexander Carthage Franklin Franklin Masonic Home Alexander Herbie Beher Cleve Geise Rushville Sandy Williamson Muncie Wilbur Gatewood Maxine Riggs Dixie Nelson Cook Clara Delinger Eastgate Hal McCrum John Indianapolis Roscoe Brown Roscoe Wilson David Bentley Eliston Virginia Laura Benson Ertle Stevens Anderson Charles Weed Alexandria Stevens Jack Smith Wally Roberts Kentucky Edward Brown Ft. Wayne Joseph Graff Fred Sims Greenfield George Moore Anna Sipe William Lockridge Billy Harry Elder Texas Billy Lockridge Harold Cappel Carl Cappel Max Ewing Russell Roland Orpha Grose Edgar Eva Lacey Don Connersvile Caleb Marsh Jeannine Terhune Campus Union Billy Mann Larry Bramel Ft. Benning Georgia Gary McClurg Ft. Campbell Marcus McClurg Allan Skinner Camp Pendleton California Marine Corps Allan William H. Skinner George Roland Clarksville Tennessee William A. Robertson R. A 4Th B.N U.S.A Ft. Chaffee Arkansas

Attendees at Winchester District American Legion Meeting

Mr and Mrs Robert McKain and Mr and Mrs Wayne Draper attended a District American Legion meeting at Winchester Legion Post on Saturday night.

Robert McKain Wayne Draper American Legion Winchester Legion Post

Lila Blurock Suffered Stroke in Indianapolis

Mrs. Laura Benson received word that Lila Blurock of 3617 East Tenth Street Indianapolis suffered a stroke Sunday. Friends may write to the listed address.

Laura Benson Lila Blurock East Tenth Street Indianapolis

Container Corporation names two general sales managers

Ed win H. Bixby and James F. McDowell are named general sales managers for the shipping container division of Container Corporation of America. Both will report to Harry Miles and oversee sales programs for territories east of the Rockies, bringing decades of internal experience to the posts.

Chicago Illinois Donald H. Brewer Container Corporation of America Edwin H. Bixby James F. McDowell Harry Miles Rocky Mountains Bixby McDowell Container Corporation Fernandina Beach Fla 35Th Street Cincinnati Florida Fernandina Lake Shore Wabash, Ind Sioux City Iowa Ogden Avenue

Ed Hall Speaks on Soil Preservation at Rush County Meeting

Ed Hall manager of the pulp wood department at Carthage Container Corp discussed sourcing suitable wood while protecting soil. He emphasized that the top six inches of topsoil is the most important resource and must be preserved.

ED Hall Pulp Wood Carthage Container Corporation Rush County Soil Conservation District Supervisors Rush Coun- Scs Hall Pulp Wood Department

Fieldhouse Frame Falls At New Castle

New Castle Indiana. The new fieldhouse at New Castle High School collapsed its steel framework Thursday delaying the project by four months. Cause is not yet determined and completion likely misses bidding for the 1950 regional basketball tournament.

New Castle Ind

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