Change of Employees at State Bank of Carthage
John E. Hoover, assistant cashier at the State Bank of Carthage for two years, resigns to join Rush County National Bank in Rushville. A. W. Winfield, Ripley Township Trustee and former secretary-treasurer of the Ripley Farmers Telephone Co., will replace him. Changes expected around June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Hoover
State Bank of
Carthage
Rush County National Bank
Rushville
A. W. Winfield
Ripley Township
Ripley Farmers Telephone Co
General Telephone Co
Vacation Bible School Planning Committee Meets
The Vacation Bible School planning committee met Tuesday night to formulate plans for the forthcoming program. Committee members include Hubert Hunt director Mrs Rex Krieg Mrs Bruno Lupato Mrs Billy Hinton and Mrs Loren Hull. Details will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
Hubert Hunt
Rex Krieg
Bruno Lupato
Billy Hinton
Loren Hull
Officers Luncheon Opens Rush County Home Demonstration Week
Rush County Home Demonstration clubs held their annual luncheon Monday at Milroy Christian church, officially opening National Home Demonstration Week. Guest speaker Mrs. W. H. Shideler of Oxford discussed Gems and Stones, drawing on her world travels. Attendees included Ripley and Mixers Home Ec Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milroy
Rush County
Forrest Moore
Jenicta Schneider
Virginia Whitfield
Phyllis Lafuse
Mixers Home
Ec Club
Betty Brooks Attends 12th District Meeting
Worthy Matron Betty Brooks of Carthage Chapter OES attended a 12th district meeting in Lewisville Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Brooks
Carthage
Lewisville
P. T. A. Dinner Honors Carthage Senior Class
The annual P T A dinner honoring Carthage High School 1956 senior class and basketball team will be at the Community Center Tuesday May 8 at 6 30 p m. Guests without P T A cards are urged to join the program. Bring a basket and food for yourself and family. W H Skinner president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage High School
Community Center
W. H. Skinner
Third Grade Visits Post Office in Carthage Tour
The third grade from Carthage Grade School visited the local Post Office Wednesday afternoon led by teacher Miss Mary Lou Alexander. Postmaster Joe E. Porter guided the group through the office and treated them to ice cream bars at Leadbetter Pharmacy afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Grade School
Mary Lou Alexander
Joe E. Porter
Porter
Leadbetter Pharmacy
Hendersons Return From Germany After Year Abroad
Mr and Mrs Robert Henderson returned last Saturday after a year in Germany. Robert will be stationed in Virginia after a 30 day furlough and will receive his discharge in October. Mrs Henderson will stay with her parents and be employed in Indianapolis during his camp stay.
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Germany
Robert Henderson
Robert
Virginia
Local farmer suffers heart attacks seeks care in Rushville Hospital
Ercel Bever a prominent farmer east of Carthage endured a heart attack Sunday another on Monday and two on Tuesday He was moved to Rush Memorial Hospital Tuesday night where his condition remains serious
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville Hospital
Ercel Bever
Carthage
Rush Memorial Hospital
Bloomington pianist Sue Ann Truitt recital at IU School of Music
Bloomington Indiana pianist Sue Ann Truitt a senior at Indiana University School of Music will give a recital in the school's recital hall Friday May 4 as part of graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Music Education degree. Her program includes Haydn sonata in D major Dello Joio suite Chopin Trois Ecossaiges and Rachmaninoff Polichinelle Opus 3 No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Sue Ann Truitt
R. R
Carthage
Indiana University School of Music
Miss Truitt
Haydn
Dello Joio
Chopin
Daughter Yvonne Kay Montani Born in Hanover
A daughter named Yvonne Kay Montani was born on Saturday April 28 at Hancock Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Joseph Montani. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Rouse of R R 2 and Mrs Montani is the former Miss Helen Rouse.
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Aairth
Yvonne Kay
Joseph Montani
Hancock Memorial Hospital
Earl Rouse
R. R
First Graders Take Train Trip from Carthage to Indianapolis
Over forty first graders from two rooms accompanied by teachers Mrs. Juanita Cox and Mrs. Helen Earnest and four parent sponsors traveled by private cars to Richmond to board a Pennsylvania Railroad train to Indianapolis. In Union Station they were met by Elmer Fenner and shuttled to the Municipal Airport for lunch and plane watching before returning to Carthage by four o’clock, after an educational day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Cox
Helen Earnest
Eibert,Moore
Norma McKain
Jean Fuchs
Rose Henderson
Richmond
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carthage
Indianapolis Union Station
Elmer Fenner
Spring Music Festival Invites Community Night of Song
The annual Spring Music Festival will be held Friday May 4 at 8 00 p m in the high school gymnasium. Performers include the 5th and 6th Grade Chorus Junior Band Junior High Chorus Senior High Chorus and the High School Band. The program promises to be better than ever. You are cordially invited to attend.
Straw buying expanded by Container Corp Noblesville
Container Corporation of America expands straw buying at its Noblesville Indiana mill under a parity plus contract program. Farmers can earn at least two dollars a ton more than local prices, with $14 to $16 per ton minimum, depending on delivery timing. Contract buying begins immediately to secure a steady straw supply for paperboard used in corrugated boxes.
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Noblesville
Ind
Indiana
Container Corporation of America
Container Corporation
Carthage
Circleville
Dennis Warner
al Brown
Brown and Warner
State Lions Club Parade in Indianapolis Saturday
The Carthage School Band will represent the Lions Club in a 2 30 p m Indianapolis parade on Saturday. About 30 bands will compete for prizes of 100 and 50 dollars, with floats displays and color guards as additional features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Indianapolis
Carthage
Four Locals Take Fishing Trip to Kentucky Lake
Omar Heim Ed Carroll Finley Smith and Robert Stephens ventured to Kentucky Lake about 800 miles south for a weekend fishing trip. Mrs Lena Newsom was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs E P Stanley and family near Mays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Heim
Ed Carroll
Finley Smith
Robert Stephens
Kentucky Lake
Here
Lena Newsom
E. P. Stanley
Mays
Four Ways From The Office Vol 10 Carthage High School
Carthage High School notes spring arrival with lawns flowering Hyacinths Narcissus and Tulips as students anticipate May 14 1956 Commencement and May 12 Alumni Banquet. School bands chorus rehearsals fill the air ahead of a Spring Music Festival on May 4.
Local Teacher to Earn Degree in 1956 Commencement
Ball State Teachers College prepares for its 1956 commencement with a near record number of graduates. About 625 bachelor degrees and 250 to 275 master degrees, plus 35 nursing certificates, and 23 senior men to receive Air Force commissions through ROTC. An early list includes Eugene R. Gardner for a Master of Arts in Education.
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Ball State Teachers College
United States Air Force
Eugene R. Gardner
Local society notices from Knightstown to Indianapolis
Mrs. Florence Maxwell of Knightstown and Mrs. Elmina Parish called on Mrs. Mary Miner at the Jackson Nursing Home in Rushville last week. Mrs. Gouldie Kyser Miss Shar lee Kyser and Mrs. Hattie Innis were in Indianapolis Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parish and Mrs. Norma McKain were shoppers in Indianapolis Tuesday. Henry Stinger gave a talk at Charlottesville Wednesday evening and displayed his canes and oddities to the men's organization of the Friends church. Mrs. Kenneth Kuebler and children of Fulton Michigan came Tuesday for a week's visit with her sister Mrs. Elmer Fenner and family. Mrs. Howard E. Henley Mrs. oO C.y Mrs. H. T. Beher and ee Hunt were in Indianapolis Wednesday and visited the Tulip Show at Ayres. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fox and a son Roger Allen of Indianapolis spent several days with Pfc. and Mrs. Charles Roland and son Martin at Fort Leonard Wood MO and SP 8rd class and Mrs. George Roland at Clarksville Tenn and are also spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Roland.
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Florence Maxwell
Knightstown
Elmina Parish
Mary Miner
Jackson
Rushville
Gouldie Kyser
Sharlee Kyser
Hattie Innis
Indianapolis
Fred Parish
Norma McKain
Henry Stinger
Charlottesville
The
Friends Church
Kenneth Kuebler
Fulton
Michigan
Elmer Fenner
Howard E. Henley
Oo. C.y
H. T. Beher
Ee Hunt
Ayres
Ray Fox
Roger Allen
Pfc
Charles Roland
Martin
Fort Leonard Wood
George Roland
Clarksville, Tenn
Russell Roland
Carthage Joins East Central Conference
Carthage High School has been accepted as a new member in the East Central Conference at a reg meeting last week. The move follows vacancies created by Cambridge City Hagerstown and Brookville leaving. Spiceland is added for 1956 57 with more possible. The ECC now counts 11 members Knightstown Middletown Morton Centerville Union City Morristown Milroy Spiceland Liberty Farmland.
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Carthage High School
Cambridge City
Hagerstown
Brookville
Carthage
Spiceland
Knightstown
Middletown
Morton
Centerville
Union City
Morristown
Milroy
Liberty
Farmland
ECC
Lynn of
Randolph
Tickets On Sale For Alumni Dance At Carthage College
The Kappa Kappa Sigma sorority sells tickets for the Spring Dance on Saturday May 12. Table reservations via Mrs Eleanor Bush Carthage 15. Alumni meeting starts about 7 pm. Paul Christie’s band with Gracie Lee from Indianapolis will perform.
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Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority
Eleanor Bush
Carthage
Paul Christie
Gracie Lee
Indianapolis
Weekend Visits and Guests Across Several Indiana Towns
Weekend visitors and family gatherings span Knights Town Indianapolis Greenfield and Boston Indiana. Notable stops include Mrs Ninola Stephens and Miss Blanche in Knights Town, Mr and Mrs Paul Bowman in New Castle, and Mark Hawkins visiting his grandparents in Muncie.
Control Corn Pests Promised for Lafayette Farmers
Purdue University entomologist George Gould outlines early season corn pests and control methods for seed-corn maggot corn seed beetles wireworms corn rootworms and cutworms. Seed treatment with lindane dieldrin or heptachlor protects germination while soil and fertilizer insecticide mixes provide broader control. Toxaphene or dieldrin applied per acre limits cutworm damage with ongoing field monitoring.
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Lafayette
Ind
George Gould
Purdue University
Gould
Indiana
Purdue
Agricultural Publications
Attending East Street Church Guests Share Afternoon
Rev Ezra Sparrow and family from Lawrenceburg Ky with relatives from Louisville Fortville Anderson Pendleton Carthage joined the East Street Christian church group. They gathered at Mrs C R Mathley home after services with well filled baskets for a pleasant afternoon. Thirty eight attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Sparrow
Lawrenceburg
Albert Tanner
Louisville
Cline Sparrow
Fortville
Corwin Cain
Russell Owens
John Bachter
Anderson
East Street Christian Church
Carthage
Bleck Mathley
Norman Roland
Pendleton
C. R. Mathley
Kenneth
Claude Pearson
Ae Della Pearson
Charlottes
Local Lions Club to Be Entertained Next Thursday Night
Carthage Lions Club joins five Rush County clubs for a county wide meeting and entertainment at the Rushville Elks Club. The local club, a winner in the visitation contest, will be entertained by the previous year's loser, the Mays Lions Club. It is a ladies and guest night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage Lions Club
Rush County
Rushville Elks Club
Mays Lions Club
Indiana 4 H Conservation Club Meets At Courthouse
Forty five members and leaders gather in the Courthouse Assembly Room for the 4 H Conservation Project meeting. A. W. Liming outlines projects and forest acreage data while noting Indiana's hardwood forest heartland and potential crop value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H Conservation Club
A. W. Liming
Indiana
United States
Alumni Banquet Stage Is Set for May 12
Plans are forming for the Fourth Annual Alumni Association banquet and program to be held Saturday May 12 at 6 30 p m in the high school gym. A joint committee meeting is set for Thursday night May 3 by President Robert E White to finalize details. Committee members should attend and reservations are urged to be returned to secretary Mrs Fleta Heim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Robert E. White
Fleta Heim
The Church Speaks on True Glory and Wisdom
A sermon based on Jeremiah 23 24 contrasts glorying in wisdom power and riches with knowing God and sharing His love. It argues true worth lies in kindness justice and righteousness reflected in daily life and spiritual growth.
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State Bank
Container Corp
TIONS
Ccc
H—S
Cox
Earnest
Carthage School
C—H—S
Donna Jean
Wanda Dee
Marlene Sandefur
Sandy
Carol Ewing
Shortridge High School
Bill Todd
Ginny Lesley
Allen Maze
Alberta
Gertrude
Patty B
Cliff
Edward Carroll
Ninola Stephens
Blanche
Fred Flick
William Castner
Castner
Ria Gray
Mark Hawkins
Muncie
Loyall Hunt
Nelson Cook
M. Reece
Greenfield
Hugh Roberts
Finley Nelson
W. F. Selm
Connersville
Lewis Lafuse
Wilbur McCorkle
Bean Blossom
Kim
Melinda
John White
Marine Gray
Thelma
Paul Gray
Basil Hedgecock
Farm News
Home
Memorial High School
John S. Anderson
Nata Beth Fal
Glen Johnson
Milroy School
Milroy High School
Verlin Custer
Washington Township
William Morgan
Elmer French
Gard
Kenneth Rhodes
Edward Bly
Eugene Gardner
Dean
Fred Gardner
Wendell Swain
Carrollton
Keith Davis
Kirby
Sheridan
Russell Davis
New Castle
H. T
Charles Whitfield
Joe
Lowell Brown
Edward Fenner
Larry
George Askren
Edward Askren
Walker Askren
Marion Askren
Juanita
Jessie Webb
Charles Holiday
Carmel
Lavern Alter
Clara Alter
Ruth
Grant Henley
Ruth Henley
Helen Hawkins
Donna Fancher
Judy French
Maxine Hiner
Marilyn Leisure
Betty Lou Moffitt
Donna Truitt
Mary Shutt
Brenda Warrick
Joe Booth
John Kirkpatrick
George Truster
French
Joseph Alexander
Robert Bridges
Robert Johnson
Fred McLimore
Kenneth Schneider
Oakley Smith
the Church
Dean’ McCoy
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