4H Club Programs Highlight National Week and Tractor Meet
Walker township 4H clubs staged a Manilla School program on March 9 to mark National 4H Club Week, with Nancy Norris as mistress of ceremonies and awards for Ora Lower and Gerald Carmony. Rush County Tractor Maintenance Club met March 8 at Fraley Truck & Implement Sales with 93 members and 32 adults attending, featuring two farm films and pledges led by Alvin Bedel and Jerry Fudge.
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Walker Township
Manilla
Nancy Norris
Jean Cox
Ronald Humphrey
Ass’t. Co
Harriett Kuhn
Ora Lower
Gerald Carmony
Rush County
Fraley Truck & Implement Sales
Alvin Bedel
Bill Angle
Jerry Fudge
J. E. Dean Sales, Inc
Carthage Indiana Sealed Bids Sought for 1961 Street Materials
The Town of Carthage Indiana will accept sealed bids April 3 1961 at 6 00 p m for up to 1000 tons of Bituminous Concrete Binder or Surface Course to be furnished spread and rolled per Indiana State Highway Department 1957 specs. Bids on regular forms with 10 percent Bid Bond required. Board reserves right to reject all bids.
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Carthage
Indiana
Board of Trustees
Indiana State Highway Department
Indiana State Board of Accounts
Local sorority Silver Tea hosts and township injuries
Ten year old item notes Mrs Helen Patton and four other Kappa Kappa Sigma members attending a Silver Tea in Rushville High School library. Eunice Publow, 93, reportedly broke her hip after a fall at her daughter’s home near Carthage. A US 40 icy slick caused a truck driven by R R Reames to overturn. passenger Harry Brakefield broke a collar bone while Earl McCorkle was uninjured en route to Greenfield.
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Helen Patton
Ann Stager
Jessie Barry
Florence Porter
Edith Berninger
Kappa Kappa Sigma
Sorority
Rushville
Eunice Publow
Ripley Township
Fred White
Carthage
R. R. Reames
U.S. 40
Reames
Harry Brakefield
Earl McCorkle
Greenfield
Carthage Area News Briefs Include Births And Shipments
A local news digest reports Howard Leisure becoming father to an 8 lb 14 oz son Louis Dudley born at home south of Carthage. Maynard Magee and Gloria Lee narrowly escaped a freight train collision at the elevator crossing. A Knights town shower honored bride Russell Siler with co hosts and Carthage attendees listed. Joyce Andis, seven months old, died of pneumonia after a three day illness near Carthage. services were held.
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Howard Leisure
Louis Dudley
Carthage
Maynard Magee
Gloria Lee
Russell Pearson
Knightstown
Russell Siler
Paul McCaslin
Ralph True
Mesdames Ora Siler
Harold Ruby
Carl Carson
Joyce
John Jessup
Charles Pearson
Ralph Pearson
Joanna Gibson
Earl Andis
Local Notes from the Wesleyan Church and Community
Tuesday services at Wesleyan Methodist Church were followed by burial at Carthage Cemetery. John Jessup sustained a broken left arm after a mule kick during farm chores. Local residents including Walter and Grace Phelps and D P Dunn attended the state basketball tournament. Elizabeth Sandefur, whose home burned recently, is staying with sister-in-law Jasper Nigh. Randolph Reames bought Elmer and Margaret Brook property on South Street for 900 dollars. The auction sale occurred Monday for two acres and house sites.
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John Jessup
Walter Phelps
D. P. Dunn
Grace Phelps
Fred Parish
A. W. Winfield
Elizabeth Sandefur
Jasper Nigh
Randolph Reames
Elmer
Margaret Brook
South Street
Local Notes From March 25 1921
Julian Overman returns to school after blood poisoning. Floyd Gray sustains a broken right hand while cranking a car. Eggs drop to 15 cents a dozen, after a year of higher prices. Miss Florence Parish helps at the telephone exchange and music store. Township trustee Jesse Henley and Mrs Henley host Carthage teachers at a six o clock dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Overman
Floyd Gray
Florence Parish
Jesse Henley
Mrs. Henley
Carthage
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Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Kenneth Rhodes
Martha Jane Rhodes
Jim Geise
Gary's
Marathon Station
Auto Service
C. & W. Sales & Service
N. Washington ST
Lowell Cooper
Robert Walda
Howard Holt
Mrs
Walter Blackwell
Larry
Mr. and
Ernest Cook
St. Petersburg
Ida
Wesleyan Methodist Church
S. A
Stanback
Canee
Temate V
Ally
Meridian St
Indianapolis, Ind
Farm and Home Insurance CO
Indianapolis
Ind
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