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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
3
The Carthage Citizen urges a thorough home and community spring cleanup. It warns fire risk from junk-filled outbuildings and debris, advises burning and chimney checks, and promotes civic drives to beautify towns. It also comments on federal spending and Congress debates on defense and isolationism shaping policy.
The current Congress shows slow progress with thousands of bills introduced and only five public laws enacted in two months. Analysts note a rising rebel influence against White House led policy, especially in committees, with attendance poor and majorities hard to assemble. The mood centers on spending and budget concerns.
Stella Kemp visits Mr and Mrs George Nigh for Sunday dinner. Clyde Connaway spends Sunday in Indianapolis with sister Margaret Smith. Fred Pollitt and daughters join Harry Keaton north of Greenfield for Sunday. Chester Hurst visits Earnestine Nigh Sunday afternoon. Lawrence Wortman and family dinner guests of John Wortman in Morristown. Edward Evans ill at home with flu.
Mrs Harold Dyer hosted the Woman's Missionary Society of the U B church last Wednesday afternoon. Eleven members attended and the meeting was led by Mrs Edgar Crampton. The next gathering will be hosted by Mrs Wilbur Keaton.
The Willing Worker class of the U B church met with Mrs Durst Beckner last Friday afternoon. The gathering opened with My Faith Looks Up to Thee and included devotions by Mrs Clarence Unger a Bible story by guest Mrs Willa Palmer and a Sacred Songs paper by Mrs Vernal Long. A social hour contest followed with St Patrick s day refreshments. Mary Ellen Nigh of near Fairland visited sister Mrs Esther Unger and her daughters overnight.
A nostalgic diary item recounts radio listings from CBS NBC and RCA for March 16 to March 22. It notes Bowes tribute to Poughkeepsie Amateurs Hour from Muny Auditorium St Louis Armstrong ringside action with Henry Armstrong vs Lou Feldman, St Patrick’s Day programs with Gracie Allen Lum Abner and others plus Gen James L. notes on Loretta Lee Leslie Howard Gateway to Hollywood and other schedule highlights.
State police raided the reopened Plantation club near McCordsville on Route 67 halting a Saturday night program of music and gambling. Officers seized $4,000 in gambling paraphernalia and $2,227.10 in cash, detained eleven men from Indianapolis and McCordsville, and released them on bail as preparations for a grand jury probe begin.
The essay argues graduation marks not an end but a beginning of education. It stresses education as a continual life process, aided by keen observation and listening, with humor about half diplomas and future use of knowledge. William DeWitt Hyde quoted for broad aims of learning. R. H. M.
Mrs. Frank Hull of Connersville and Mr. Lewis Nigh hosts. Several residents visit in Shelbyville and Rushville. Har old, Harold Arnold, and Doyle Nigh attend a show in Rushville. Central Beauty College attracts Mrs. Harold Dyer in Indianapolis. Families share Sunday dinners at homes in Morristown and near Fountaintown.
The Happy-Go-Lucky Bunco club gathered at Mrs Frank Sullivan’s home Tuesday night with 12 members. Prizes were won by Mrs Harold Dyer, Mrs Frank Sullivan, Mrs Fred Pollitt, and Mrs Owen Long. Refreshments were served. Next meeting will be with Mrs Fred Pollitt.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for acts of kindness and floral offerings during the illness and death of Ruth E. White. Signed by Fred B. White and Family.
Word from Sam Newsom reports a cheerful family trip from El Paso to Redlands with stops in Phoenix El Centro and Whittier. He notes a Shovel Mouth shark caught by his wife at Point Isabel and describes giant Rio Grande Valley trees and upcoming desert road conditions as they travel through Texas and toward California and beyond.
Farmers advised to plow fields in spring to curb spread of field pepper grass bitter winter cress and other winter annual weeds, aiming to reduce reseeding and improve crop establishment.
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