Airplane sky show near Carthage stirs locals and county event mix
An Wright Field air test over Dayton Ohio produced vapor trails seen near Carthage and Shelbyville with pilots noting distant visibility. Local events include Westland softball entry and two county fair controversy. Precinct 6 voting faced ballot shortages while Ben Neal of Public Service missed Lions meeting.
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Carthage
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Shelbyville
Henry Stager
Rushville
Ben Neal
Public Service Company
Lions
Ellis Feed Store Moves to New Mill Street Office
The Ellis Feed Store relocated to its new Mill Street office building this week, exchanging with Guy Ewing and Sons trucking. Sinclair Refining Company owns the Ellis property and plans a modern one stop service station on the Beher lot, with work started after recent fire debris removal. Guy Ewing and Sons may manage the new station and will use the former Ellis building as their office HQ. Mr Ewing attended a Sinclair luncheon at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis.
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Ellis Feed
Mill Street
Guy Ewing and Sons
Ellis
Sinclair Refining Company
Sinclair
Ellis Building
Ewing
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
Sinclair Company
American Legion Plans District Softball Team
The Bertram Howard Post No. 316 met for a regular session and voted to enter a softball team in the 10th district play. Albert McClurg will manage the post team, with organization and practice under way. A drill team is planned for Memorial Day May 30 and rifles are being cleaned after being acquired from the Bureau of Ordnance.
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Bertram Howard
Albert McClurg
10Th District
Legion
Robert Tuttle
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D.C
Westland
Container Corporation
Lions
American Legion
Hancock County
Cub Family Night At Kids Kanteen May 13
A Cub family pack meeting is set for Monday May 13 at 7 30 p m at the Kids Kanteen. A movie will be shown and four Cubs Melvin McCorkle Bobby Chonan Billy Aker and Jack Carr will graduate into Scouting. Other Cubs will receive awards.
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Melvin McCorkle
Bobby Chonan
Billy Aker
Jack Carr
Reames Wins Republican Trustee Nomination by Big Margin
In Ripley township Ralph R. Reames carried all three precincts by solid majorities to win the Republican trustee nomination over Dr. Robert H. Spangler. Final: Reames 300, Spangler 118. A. J. Carr led Rush county for joint state representative but Henry county gave incumbent Ray Morgan a strong majority. Morgan led Rush 897 votes. Henry county totals favored Morgan overall, with Morgan 2924 Hedrick 2026 Carr 1254. Raymond S. Springer won the 10th District congressional nomination in all counties.
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Ralph R. Reames
Ripley Township
Robert H. Spangler
Reames
Spangler
A. J. Carr
Rush
Henry Counties
Rush County
Henry County
Ray Morgan
Knightstown
Mr. Carr
Theodore Hedrick
Lewisville
Mr. Morgan
Foster Wilson
Harry Levi
Lowell Peterson
Jackson Township
Will McKee
Robert Irvine
Posey Township
Carson Smith
New Castle
Parvel Moore
Loren Munden
Finley Nelson
Morgan
Hedrick
Carr
Raymond S. Springer
Congress
Raymond
Bush county fair board discusses ad plan and harness rules
At the extension office, the Bush county fair board debated summer improvements and outside advertising for the fair. They set harness pulling weight classes at 3200 pounds for light and heavy divisions, with 3000 pounds previously.
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Bush County Fair Board
Pierre Chambers
Robert Crawley
The
Fair Board
Concensus
Stanley Watts
Interment of Mrs Wagner Held in Greenbush Cemetery
Interment of Mrs. Josephine B. Wagner of Chicago took place at Greenbush cemetery in Lafayette on Thursday May 2. She had often visited Carthage and was the sister of Mrs. Clyde C Henley.
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Josephine B. Wagner
Chicago
Greenbush Cemetery
Lafayette
Wagner
Carthage
Clyde C. Henley
Rush County Primary Official Vote Totals
Official figures show Republicans Raymond Springer and Randall Harmon leading Congressman and state race tallies. County offices see Lowell Peterson and Will McKee atop treasurer and sheriff contests, with other GOP and Democratic names listed for Ripley Township and advisory posts.
Five Acre Corn club enrollments open in Rush County
County Agent C L Spuller partners with Purdue University extension and Indiana Corn Growers in Rush County to enroll farmers in the Five Acre Corn club. Enrollment closes June 15. 37 members have joined for 1946. Wayne White set the county yield record at 138.1 bushels per acre in 1945.
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Rush County
C. L. Spuller
Purdue University
Indiana Corn Growers Association
Donald Meyer
Richard Oldham
Marvin Pike
Byron Hiner
Donald Stoten
Five
Death of George Simpson in Chicago
George Simpson died suddenly at his Chicago home after a period of poor health. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 PM in a funeral home with interment in Chicago. His sister in law Mrs. Rebecca Nigh of this place had lost her sister Mrs. Simp son five months earlier.
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George Simpson
Chicago
Simpson
Rebecca Nigh
Mrs. Orlando Cook Dies at Home Near Westland
Mrs. Orlando Cook died Sunday morning at 7:30 at her home near Westland. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in the Westland church.
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Orlando Cook
Westland
Fletcher Methodist Church
DeWitt Foster
Rushville Family Guests Honor Henleys Friday
Mr and Mrs Lowell Henley and their daughter from Rushville were Friday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Jesse Henley, sharing an informal visit and hospitality.
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Mrs
Lowell Henley
Rushville
Jesse Henley
Ripley Township 4-H Boosters Meet With Needletwisters
The Ripley township 4-H boosters meet jointly with the Needletwisters on Thursday May 9 at the school. The session will be called to order at 8:00 p.m.
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Ripley Township
4-H
Needletwisters
Container Corporation To Fete Employees
Container Corporation of America will host a dinner for its employees and their spouses friends and ladies in its new cafeteria with an open house. The dinner runs three evenings beginning May 15 to allow three sections for serving while production continues. Afterward officers will lead a mill tour to show the paper production at the local mill.
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Container Corporation of America
Yellow cress control tips from county agent
County agent outlines identification as Barbarea species with yellow blossoms and discusses lifecycle from rosette to flowering stems. It advises pulling or digging when blossoms appear, clipping heavy infestations, cleaning threshing equipment, plowing in spring or fall, and sowing clean seed to prevent spread, with two years of follow up for seed longevity.
Indiana Car Safety Program Opens May 15
The state joins a national car safety check to reduce rising traffic deaths since V J Day. Sgt. Lloyd D. Hickerson says a five point inspection will cover brakes lights horns tires and wipers. Gov. Ralph F Gates will proclaim the program with co chairmen Chief Morris J Carter and Col. Austin R Killian. The effort backs many organizations and aims to curb defects before Memorial Day weekend traffic surge.
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Indiana
Lloyd D. Hickerson
Washington
Truman
Ralph F. Gates
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Morris J. Carter. Anderson
State Chiefs’ Group
Austin R. Killian
Hickerson
Accident in Indianapolis Injures Local Couple
A car driven by Henry Jessup carrying Mrs. Jessup and Mr. and Mrs. Noah Leisure collided Tuesday on East New York street in Indianapolis. Mrs. Jessup suffered a broken collarbone, Mr. Leisure was slightly injured, others escaped unhurt. The Jessup car was severely damaged and the driver of the other car is unidentified.
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Henry Jessup
Jessup
Noah Leisure
Indianapolis
New York Street
City Hospital
Leisure
Carthage
Harold Phelps
Ray Gurley
Garden Institute Extends Green Thumb Contest for 1946
The National Garden Institute extends the Green Thumb contest with state and national awards for adult and junior gardeners. 4H garden club members are eligible. Rules and record books available from Stanley W. Watts, assistant county agent.
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National Garden Institute
Garden Club
Stanley W. Watts
Return from Florida for Dr and Mrs Coleman
Dr and Mrs W S Coleman returned Saturday afternoon from Miami where they spent the winter. Dr Coleman is in Rushville for the present and Mrs Coleman stays with Mr and Mrs O C McCarty. They plan to move soon to their home north of Carthage.
Seventeen Seniors To Graduate In 1946 Commencement
Seventeen seniors make up the Class of 1946 for Hancock county school. Commencement exercises will be held Friday at 8 p.m. at the Community Center with J. A. Reynolds presiding. The graduates include Barbara Addison Virginia Collins Paul Edwards Carmen Fagel Delores Gray Ruth Henderson Marjorie Magee Dewey McClurg Norma Lee Nigh Norma Lee Parish Ruth Ann Pea Patricia Pitts Jane Reynolds Mary Frances Royce Helen Sparks Kenneth Todd and Louise Whitfield. A trip to Washington, D C, is planned for May 20 leaving from the Reynolds home at 8 a.m.
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J. A. Reynolds
John Haramy
Indianapolis
Hope of Tomorrow
Fred Flick
Women’s Literary Circle
Reynolds
Charles M. DeMunbrun
Barbara Addison
Virginia Collins
Paul Edwards
Carmen Fagel
Delores Gray
Ruth Henderson
Marjorie Magee
Dewey McClurg
Norma Lee Nigh
Norma Lee Parish
Ruth Ann Pea
Patricia Pitts
Jane Reynolds
Mary Frances Royce
Helen Sparks
Kenneth Todd
Louise Whitfield
Washington, D.C
Raynolds
Local Church Schedules Shared Across Wesleyan Churches
Howard Crim pastor at Carthage leads Sunday school at 9:30 to 10 and preaching at 7:30 p m. Mrs Roy Turner superintendent oversees Blue River activities with Sunday school at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30 a m. Prayer meetings set for Thursday 8:00 pm and Wednesday 8:00 pm respectively.
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Carthage
Roy Turner
East St. Christian Church Service and Meeting
Basil Stultz, Pastor Geo B Moore, Superintendent Cecil Pike lead Sunday school at 9 30. Preaching at 10 30. An official board meeting follows the service.
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Basil Stultz
Geo. B. Moore
Cecil Pike
Mother's Day at Carthage Friends Church
DeWitt Foster, pastor, leads Mother's Day services at Carthage Friends Church with a Bible school session at 9:30 supervised by Mrs. Gouldie Kyser. Worship follows at 10:30 with high school graduates praised and assisting, as music numbers are performed and the pastor speaks on The Mission of the Mother.
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Bible School
Gouldie Kyser
Our Bible School
Fletcher Methodist Mother's Day Service Highlights
Dr J T Scull ministers with Hubert Hunt as superintendent and Raymond Manche assistant superintendent. Sunday school at 9 30. Special music with flowers for youngest and oldest mothers. Sermon at 10 30 on Our Mothers. Solo by Mrs George Y Hogsett Rushville. Bible awarded to mother with largest family. Youth fellowship at 5 00.
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J. T. Scull
Hubert Hunt
Raymond Manche
George Y. Hogsett
Rushville
Walnut Ridge Friends Service Schedule
Walter McAdams, pastor and Loyall Hunt Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30 special Mother’s Day program with children’s portion during the evening service at Walnut Ridge Friends.
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Walter McAdams
Loyall Hunt
S. S. Supt
Leisure couple welcomed daughter at City hospital Rushville
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Leisure Jr. of RR 2 announce the birth of a daughter born Monday morning at City hospital in Rushville.
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Harry Leisure Jr
RR 2
City Hospital
Rushville
Co-Founder Viola Spencer Dies at 83 in Indianapolis
Viola B. Spencer, 83, co founder and publisher of the Greenfield Daily Reporter, died Saturday night at Methodist hospital Indianapolis after a three week illness and surgery. She and husband Newton R. Spencer launched the Reporter in March 1908. he died in 1917 and she continued the publication until retirement. Funeral rites were held Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Viola B. Spencer
Greenfield Daily ‘Reporter
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Newton R. Spencer
The
Reporter
Bethel Chorus of Richmond to Perform in Carthage
A special musical program by the Bethel Chorus of Richmond Indiana is set for Sunday afternoon May 19 at 2 45 at the Carthage Community Center under Mt Pleasant A M E church stewards. All Carthage residents are invited.
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Carthage
Stewards
Mt. Pleasant
Kappa Kappa Sigma to Host Benefit Dance for Seniors
The Kappa Kappa Sigma sorority will host a commencement dance at the Community Center building next Friday night to honor Carthage high school graduating seniors. Chuck Galloway and his band will perform. dancing begins around 9 45 after the exercises at the Kids Kanteen.
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Kappa Kappa Sigma Sorority
Carthage High School
Chuck Galloway
State Fair Poised for Bigger and Better Event
Lieutenant Governor Richard T. James says preparations are rapid for an expanded Indiana State Fair August 30 to September 6. Over 150 workers repair buildings and prep grounds for a premier Grand Circuit racing with around 90000 dollars in purses, plus large horse shows and exhibits across the Coliseum Manufactures' Building Woman's Building Machinery Field and livestock display inviting all state residents to attend.
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Richard T. James
United States
James
Indiana
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CUB
Ralph M. Field
University of Nebraska
R. R. Reames
Bush CO. Fair
Garden Institute
Florida
Wesleyan Methodist Churches
Howard Crim
Blue River
East ST. Christian Chufc
Fletcher Methodist
Walnut
Ridge Friends
Greenfield Reporter
Bethel Chorus
Kappa Kappa Sigma
State Fair
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