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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1963
Page
3
The Carthage Citizen lists Kenneth L. Rhodes as editor and publisher and Martha Jane Rhodes as managing editor. It shows a local postal notice and subscription rates listing one year and six months options.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Richard O. Ristine addressed Republican editors and mayoral candidates at the Claypool Hotel urging a focus on local issues. He praised state tax relief efforts while cautioning against national campaigns and emphasized economy to maximize school property tax relief. He and John A. Scott lauded Indiana General Assembly leadership on sovereignty, education, mental health, civil rights, and a new adjusted gross income tax benefiting retired citizens and large families.
Critics accuse the U.S. Department of Agriculture of trying to sway the vote on the wheat referendum calling it a breach of separation of powers. They warn farmers risk losing their freedom to farm as government oversteps its bounds.
Northeastern Indiana reports good fishing with bluegills, bass, and excellent trout. A 6 pound 15 ounce brown trout from Little Elkhart river and a 7% pound northern pike from Dallas Lake highlight recent catches. Northwest Indiana notes fair fishing on clear rivers with bass, catfish, rock bass and trout in smaller streams. Central Indiana streams run a bit murky but fishing stays very good with catfish, crappie, bass and carp. Southwestern Indiana reports murky pocket water yet clear pits yielding red eared sunfish, rock bass, bluegill and trout. Hinpotstan Falls and Williams Dam show normal water. Southeastern Indiana sees muddy Brookville streams but clear Clark County waters with smallmouth bass and channel catfish.
The Wabash Association discusses flood damages across the watershed, noting $80k to $100k in crop and farmland losses and $55k to bridges and roads. Past floods in 1961 and 1963 caused tens of thousands in road damage, with broader costs from cleanup, business losses, and water purification. The program aims to reduce expenses though not fully preventing losses, and calls for fairer local funding. compares Indiana with Oklahoma per capita flood control returns.
Purdue University statisticians report Indiana grain stocks across all storages as of April 1 with corn at 228 million bushels down 8 percent from a year earlier. Oats rise 20 percent to 13 million. Wheat 7 million, down 14 percent. Soybeans 24,066,000 with 49 percent off farm. Barley 270,000 down 20 percent. Rye 129,000 down 2 percent. Sorghum 158,000 down 28 percent from 1962 totals.
Mrs. Hubert Hunt attended Mother's Weekend at Butler University as a guest of her daughter Pam. The event invited all college girls' mothers to spend Saturday and Sunday on campus.
Miss Carol Carver of Carthage and Mr and Mrs Edward Meadows of Stringtown returned last Thursday from a two week vacation in Texas Mexico and Arizona. They visited Rev and Mrs Leo Cammell in Amarillo Texas and Rev D E Meadows in Phoenix.
Kirby Overman, Carthage 1958 graduate, will join Arlington High School as assistant coach for next year. He coached Hamlet Indiana junior high last year, with a Starke County Journey title. Ball State 1962 graduate, he also coached Muncie Burris junior high in senior year. Arlington also adds head varsity coach William Wilt to replace Marvin Knoop who resigned for Franklin Central in Marion County.
Rush County farmers at a Purdue Extension meeting heard two main issues for the May 21 national wheat referendum. Paul Crooks outlined that high price supports distort markets and may not benefit growers long term as production could rise, forcing program reductions or acreage limits.
Items from May 19 1933 note Mrs Katherine Kennedy hosting the Knightstown American Legion Auxiliary with cos hostesses and Mrs Sipe. Earlier May 18 1923 a marriage license was issued to William Orrell. Updates mention Mrs J A Sipe visiting in Vevay and school closures, plus Dorothy Sipe’s Seattle trip. Leslie Cortner named superintendent. Walter Phelps adds a double garage.
The text outlines multiple wheat program alternatives and their referendum status, including favorable and unfavorable vote scenarios, and how land retirement and price supports might affect producers. It notes May 21 referendum deadlines for certain options and mentions Purdue analyses and extension advisories.
Earnest and Foster announce a final report for the estate of Dennis Grocox in Indiana. The matter appears in May Term 63, Estate Docket 35 Page 11 No 2398. Interested persons are notified to review the final report and related filings before further action.
James L. Stark as Administrator presents and files his final account for the estate of John L. Stark in Rush County Indiana. The Rush Circuit Court will examine and act on June 4 1963. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved and to prove heirship or claims to the estate.
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