Birthday dinners and meetings span Carthage area events
Residents in Carthage and nearby towns hosted birthday dinners for Denny and Eileen Fitch and Guy Rhodes of Indianapolis. Church and club activities included Walnut Ridge Missionary Society guest night with Annice Carter, Legion Auxiliary, Carthage CO ES meetings, and a May breakfast for the Literary Circle. Multiple visits and social gatherings populated the week with neighbors and relatives from Rushville to Indianapolis.
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Misionary Society
Walnut Ridge Missionary Society
Walnut Ridge
Annice Carter
Ramalah
Sommer Marries Bettina Murray in Indianapolis Episcopal Service
Miss Bettina Murray wed Robert Hugo Sommer of Indianapolis on Sunday April 28 at 2 30 p m at St Pauls Episcopal Church. The bride wore a peau de soie sheath with pearl and crystal neckline, carried lilies roses and stephanotis, and was attended by bridesmaids and sisters. The groom is the son of Mrs Edythe Head Sommer and Fred W Sommer. best men were Richard and Ronald Sommer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Crowder
Kokomo
Harold Dixon
Minnie Bart
Dixons
Crowder
Maurice Lukens
Phillip Lukens
Summit
Jim Lukens
Knightstown
Kenneth Rhodes
Ethel C. Hartzler
Rushville
Russell Nigh
Omer Smith
Ruth Wilkinson
Near Hagerstown
Loyal Hunt
Ralph Erickson
Lexington
Kentucky
Elmina Parish
Russell Davis
New Castle
Keith Davis
Greenfield
George Condron
Hamilton
Ohio
Logan Nelson
Thomas Nelson
Charlottesville
Jean Schumaker
Indianapolis
Cathy Ruby
Frank Hampton
Brian
Ricky
Charles Whitfield
Joe
Amy
Coliseum
Parvel Moore
Robert Norris
Terre Haute
John Cass
Cumberland
Delmer Sipes
Patricia
Eva Leisure
Don Harper
Luther Hull
Pearl Young
Pearl Williams
Greensburg
Oliver Earnest
Albert Hopkins
Bettina Murray
Robert Hugo Sommer
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
William H. Skinner
Carthage
Stanley Murray
Hagate
Edythe Head Sommer
Warwick Road
Fred W. Sommer
Bolton Avenue
Miss Murray
Maurice Ruby
Susan Skinner
Philip Eicher
Gayle Wuelfing
Cindy Golling
Karen Sommer Saine
Lavenee
Richard
Ronald Sommer
North Artington Avenue
Church Directory Snapshot of Local Congregations
A compact list shows Methodist and Holiness denominations with addresses and numbers for 119 East St Christian 107 Nazarene Wesleyan Methodist 82 Carthage Friends 46 Walnut Ridge Friends 37, indicating church locations and perhaps membership counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
East St. Christian
Nazarene
Wesleyan Methodist
Carthage Friends
Walnut Ridge Friends
Wesleyan Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Rev C C Fields leads the Wesleyan Methodist Church with Bertha Steward S S Superintendent Brenda Ross secretary Susie Grizzell assistant secretary Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 church service Sunday evening 7 30 prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Methodist Church
C. C. Fields
Bertha Steward
S. S
Brenda Ross
Susie Grizzell
Little Blue River Church of Christ Service Schedule
John Frump minister. Bible Study at 10 a.m. Worship and Communion at 10:45 a.m. Evening services at 7 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Sundays each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Blue River
Community Church Notices
Carthage Friends list Shirk as minister Supt Lee Patton and assistants Heim and Dalrymple. Dean Gardner secretary Kathy Heim song leader. Worship at 10 30 with Alta Carr pianist Betty McClurg organist Virginia Yells chorister. Nazarenes share minister Bray Sabbath hours S S Supt Nolen 9 30 morning worship 10 30 NYPS at 6 45 Evangelistic service 7 30 Wednesday prayer meeting missionary Lola Jones president Bonnie West young people chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Kenneth Shirk
Lee Patton
Omer Heim
James Dalrymple
Dean Gardner
Kathy Heim
Alta Carr
Betty McClurg
Virginia Yells
Church OF the Nazarene
William Bray
S.S. Supt
Cledis Nolen
Betty Hinton
NYPS
Lola Jones
Young People
Bonnie West
Church Staff and Services At Fletcher and Walnut Ridge
Fletcher Methodist Church lists J A Wallace as minister with staff including Robert Winters Roy Stanley Cindy Brooks Sue Siler and others. Walnut Ridge Friends Church shows Rev Timothy Straub as pastor with Loyal Hunt Kenneth Todd Janet Todd and the Hunt siblings handling music and prayer meetings Wednesdays at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Methodist Church
J. A. Wallace
Robert Winters
Roy Stanley
Cindy Brooks
Sue Siler
Sue Ann Land
Carol Carver
Lynn Kennedy
Faye Whitfield
Ruth Hunt
Walnut Ridge Friends Church
Timothy Straub
Loyal Hunt
Kenneth Todd
Janet Todd
Janet and
Jane Hunt
East Street Christian Church Service Announcement
Robert Kendall minister carries service with Leonard Jackson as superintendent and Dale May as assistant. Sally Bush pianist Patricia Sipe song leader Sherry McKain also assists Worship and Communion at 10:30 Elders Guy Ewing and John Wagner. sermon by the pastor. You are invited to worship with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Street Christian Church
Robert Kendall
Leonard Jackson
Dale May
Sally Bush
Patricia Sipe
Sherry McKain
Guy Ewing
John Wagner
Inheritance by Grace from the Upper Room
The Upper Room devotional discusses Galatians and Colossians to explain that inheritance of salvation is through grace not merit. It contrasts unworthy heirs with divine pardon, stressing faith in Jesus Christ as the path to eternal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
Paul
Colossians
Prayer and Thought for the Day Featured by Claudia M. Higgins
The text offers a Christian prayer asking for guidance toward the eternal kingdom through Jesus Christ. It also presents a thought for the day asserting each person has an open gate to God in the soul, attributed to Claudia M. Higgins of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Claudia M. Higgins
California
Widow’s Pension Rules Tied to Railroad and Social Security
A reader asks if a spouse can collect both Social Security and railroad pensions after a spouse dies. The answer: she can receive both, with the railroad widow’s pension reduced in line with her own Social Security entitlement. The Railroad Retirement Board notes details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Donald B. Schneider
Social Security Administration
National Rd. W
Richmond
Ind
Railroad Retirement Board
Engagement Notice for Phyllis Joan Whitfield and Billy Wayne Hager
Mrs. Beth Whitfield of Carthage announces the engagement of her daughter Phyllis Joan to Billy Wayne Hager of Knights Town. Hager is the grandson of Mrs. Alberta Hager of Knights Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Whitfield
Carthage
Phyllis Joan
Billy Wayne Hager
Knightstown
Mr. Hager
Alberta Hager
Reamer Dairy Queen to Open West of Madison
May 2 opening planned for Mr. and Mrs. R R Reamer Dairy Queen west of Madison after moving earlier in the week to a new Madison home. The item also notes local weddings and community events including a Tenth District Christian Churches Youth Rally and several social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Reamer
Madison
Carthage
Hazel Si
Estel Plank
Knightstown
Eugene Posey
Fred Posey
Hannegan Christian Church
Warren Stevens
Stevens
Carthage East St. Christian Church
M. F. Lovett
Louise Whitfield
Jane Reynolds
Patty Pitts
Norma Lee Parish
Barbara Addison
Irene Ewing
Federal
Container Corporation of America
State Bank of
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Tivis Fitch
Near Fairland
Denny
Eileen
Unn Fitch
Foster Wilson
Everett Sherwood
Brookville
Bob Proctor
Rush
Woman’‘s Society
Gouldie Kyser
Woman’s Society of the Friends Church
Ethel Collins
Mrs
Elmer Fenner
Fidelity
Fenner
Jack Wallace
Hubert Hunt
Ralph Pearson
Bob Nigh
Debbie
Roy Robertson
Laura Sandefur
Pendleton
Guy Rhodes
Ralph McClarnon
Hunt
Butler University
Jean Hauntz
Fletcher Edwards
Carl Carson, Jr
Norman Edwards
North Vernon
Indiana
Castetter
Arlene Ruby
Clyde Ruby
Legion Auxiliary
Forrest Beck
Wayne Draper
Omer Heim and
Hoyt- Addison
Elmer Porter
Alva
Maxine Riggs
Bayard Baker
Earl Reveal
Anderson
Lawrence Wright
Dunreith
Reveal
Hawaii
Carthage Co.e.s
Carthage No. 574
O.es
Ann Fitch
DelMonte Wagner
Arlington
Howard McCorkle
Richard Pratt
Near Sexton
Donald Stoten
Donald Staten, Jr
Don Robert
William Botkin
Mary Ann
Carlos
Odell Pitts
Jan
Paul Smith
Spiceland
Virgil Roland
Near
Russell Roland
Ray Fox
Charles Roland
Indian Johnson
Forrest Moore
Home Demonstration Club
Big Flat Rock Christian Church
Tin ‘Chinessnd
Waldron
Iva Cook
Fred Byers
Cook
Ronald W. Magee
Jeri Saine
Kimcheloe Af.b
Michigan
William Fred Magee
William Fred Mace Ee Seitere Aes
Leo Dumford
Hagerstown
William
Princess
Theatre
Rushville, Ind
Meh
An Sahai
Ila Memmi
Qmaha
ST. Louis
BLUES
R. H. Sommer
Indiana University
Chi
Georgia University
By d’Alessio
Sodey
Nashville
Tennessee
Miss Whitfield
Fort
Bert Sharer
Mt. Jackson
Thomas Lampkins
Byron Ball Ring
Newby Farm
Frank Reddick
J. A. Sipes
Luther Lockwood
Danville Normal
Messrs
Marshall Green
Cleve Beher
Carl Parish
Floyd Miller
Dayton
Green
J. M. Stone
North Walnut Street
R. E. Henley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carthage Radio
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