On the Beat Buys Properties in Greenfield Area
Mr and Mrs Hugh Roberts and daughter bought the Chester Hill property on First Street and plan to move in July. Mr and Mrs Joseph Watchstetter and family of Greenfield bought the Roberts home on Market Street. Watchstetter is a department boss at Eli Lilly plant Greenfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Roberts
Chester Hill
First Street
Joseph Watchstetter
Greenfield
Roberts
Market Street
Watchstetter
Eli Lilly Plant
Midwest Band and Twirlers Camp at PurdueJuly 6 to 12
More than 150 high school students have enrolled in the fourth annual Midwest Band and Twirlers Camp to be held at Purdue University from July 6 to 12. Director Al G. Wright says the program includes band instrument work, daily twirling and signal training for drum majors and majorettes, and a concert on Saturday, July 12. Local enrollments include Gary L. Clayton, Dean I. Gardner, James E. Ellis, and David H. Ruby of Carthage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
al G. Wright
Gary L. Clayton
W. Henley
Dean I. Gardner
E. First St
James E. Ellis
N. Main St
David H. Ruby
Carthage
Mrs Myrl Mann Called Away to Greenville for Ill Son in Hospital
Mrs Myrl Mann left Carthage for Greenville Mississippi to be at the bedside of her son in law Robert Talbert who is critically ill at General Hospital there. Mrs Jane Mann is in charge of the home and shop at Carthage while Mrs Mann is gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrl Mann
Carthage
Greenville
Mississippi
Robert Talbert
General Hospital
Jane Mann
Five Carthage youths enter two weeks Army Reserve training
Five boys from Carthage area left Sunday for two weeks of Army Reserve training at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri. The group includes Billy Akers Bob Stanley Bill Todd Sam Gray and Donnie Campbell of Charlottesville. Billy Windsor of New Castle also began a two week Reserve Army training period at Camp McCoy Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Billy Akers
Bob Stanley
Bill Todd
Sam Gray
Donnie Campbell
Charlottesville
Billy Windsor
New Castle
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Auto race attendees listed for Dayton event
Stuart Morgan Royce Joseph and Herbert Fannin attended the auto races Sunday in Dayton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Morgan
Royce Joseph
Herbert Fannin
Dayton
Ohio
CAPT PORTER TO REPORT FOR TRAINING AT STEAD AFB
Capt Curtis Jack Porter, visiting Carthage, will report to USAF Survival School at Stead AFB Reno Nevada for 17 days of training before continuing to McConnell AFB Wichita Kansas for 21 weeks at Aircraft Commanders School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Porter
Curtis Jack Porter
Carthage
USAF
Stead Afb
Reno
Nevada
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Kansas
Aircraft Commanders
Thurman Porter Jr New Spokane Address
Captain and Mrs. Thurman Porter Jr. announce their new address at 8095 Maple Street, Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington.
Date Set For Carthage Community Fish Fry
A community fish fry scheduled for Saturday July 12 will be hosted by all Carthage organizations. The event is set for Carthage school grounds from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. An organization meeting occurred Friday June 20. Details to follow in the paper.
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Carthage
Carthage Wesleyan Methodist Church Sets June Meeting
The fourth Quarterly Meeting will start Saturday June 28 at 7 00 p m with Rev Jesse Cotton of Kokomo Indiana as speaker He is an ordained Elder now engaged in Conference Home Missionary work The public is invited to share in Rev Cotton s ministry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Wesleyan Methodist Church
Jesse Cotton
Kokomo
Ind
Junior MYF Meeting Opens With Bible Quiz
The Methodist Youth Fellowship met on Monday June 23 with 25 attendees. Beth Roberts read scriptures, Jeannine Terhune led a Bible quiz, and a short business meeting preceded refreshments and recreation. Secretary Carol Carver recorded the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MYF
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Beth Roberts
Jeannine Terhune
Carol Carver
Junior Young People Meet at East Street Church
The Junior Young People and the Chi Rho of East Street Christian Church held a joint social at 5 30 p m on Thursday June 19. Rain moved the Wiener roast indoors to the church basement where about 40 members enjoyed games contests and a film before the meeting closed with the fire circle and a prayer by Rev News reporter Trina Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Street Christian Church
Fiie
Trina Clayton
Carthage Post Office Moves to New Quarters Next Week
Royce Joseph named local auto license branch manager after a deadlock in Republican township officials. He will move the office to his Jewelry Store and take over on Tuesday July 1, with state inspector swearing in. Postmaster Ercel Bever Jr. oversaw the project as the new building opens Monday June 30.
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Carthage Post Office
Royce Joseph
Ripley
Center
Posey
Jackson
Anice Bly
Arminta Kuby
Jean Stevens
Babs Osborne
Joseph
Caruthew
Bly
State Bank of Carthage
Ralph McClarnon
Schuck’s
Carthage
Joseph B. Hill
William Tom. Hill
Rush County
Tom J. Hill
Charles Kennedy
Thomas J. Hill
William Phelps
William T. Hill
Willard G. Miner
H. O. Pitts
Grant Henley
Fred Hill
Jesse Kizer
H. Oran Henley
J. A. Lineback
Oliver J. Stevens
Henry Stager
Floyd J. Gray
Davis P
Arlington and Carthage win in tight softball night
In Arlington Softball League action Arlington beat Gambles 5 to 2 with a late comeback as Parks and Hinton led a five hit Arlington attack. Carthage blanked Fairland 2 to 0 in the nightcap, Edwards driving in both runs with a fifth inning double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Carthage
Gambles
Fairland
Parks and Hinton
Werner
Kuhn
Rhe Arlington
Lewman
Cooley
Koehins
Christopher
Edwards
Olinger
RHE Carthage
Stewart and
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Christina Stoner Burned in House Car Accident
Christina Stoner four years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Stoner, was critically burned Monday in Carthage. Playing beside the car, she found matches in the glove compartment and the flames ignited her dress, burning about 75 percent of her body. Her mother Mrs Carolyn Stoner tried to help before rushing her to Rush Memorial Hospital and then Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, where her condition remained critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Stoner
Robert Stoner
Carthage
Carolyn Stoner
Rush Memorial Hospital
Riley Hospital For Children
Indianapolis
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Welsh’s Brother Delbert Pfieffer
Mr and Mrs Raymond Welsh attended funeral services for Delbert Pfieffer at the Paris Crossing Baptist Church in Paris Crossing Indiana. Pfieffer had lived with the Welshs in Carthage during the past winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Welsh
Paris Crossing
Indiana
Attending Girls' State at Indiana University Bloomington
Miss Marcia Leisure daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell Leisure and Miss Janet Heim daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Heim attend Girls State activities this week at Indiana University Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Leisure
Lowell Leisure
Janet Heim
Clarence Heim
Indiana University
Bloomington
Carthage Post Office to Open New Modern Building
The Carthage Post Office will open for business Monday June 30 with a modern facility on West Mill Street. A formal dedication is planned for August or September. The project, led by Acting Postmaster Ercel Bever Jr, features new equipment, improved sorting space, front and rear access, and updated lobby and box areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Post Office
Carthage
Ercel Bever, Jr
U.S. Post Office Department
Bever
West Mill Street
Main
Hubert Hunt
Alma Henley
Mill Street
John Downey
Knightstown
Post Office Department
Drury Holt, Jr
Young Holt
Rushville
Betty Brooks
Leone Mosier
Lola Porter
Henry Charles
Miriam E. Hill
Logan Stinger
Ed C Charles
Ella H. Charles
Ella H. Charles Porter
R. E. Zorne
George H. Fletcher
Leonard B. McCarty
William L. Walker
Enos Coffin
Omer McCarty
Otto O. Griffin
Winona Newsom
Pearle Coffin
Samuel
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Ercel Bever, 4 Jr
Joseph Cooney
Post Office Gang
Effie Hackleman
Butler Hill
Williom Henley
Ethel Coffin
Enos. Coffin
Harry C. Pitts
Arlington and Carthage
Citizen
Kenneth Rhodes
Drury Holt
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