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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1965
Page
3
The Carthage Citizen announces its editorial leadership and contact details with subscription rates and a motto emphasizing collective joy when a member is honored. The note reflects period newspaper branding and community focus from Carthage Indiana.
Representatives of 547 Masonic Lodges in Indiana with guests from 13 states will meet at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Indianapolis for the Grand Lodge of Indiana two day session. Clyde E. Flowers will preside with visiting Grand Masters from multiple states attending. The gathering plans include a 150th anniversary observance and a study on expanding the Indiana Masonic Home hospital at Franklin. A Jasper lodge petitioning for a charter and a Grand Lodge banquet featuring Dr. Beryl Kinser are on the agenda.
Charlottesville guests Mr and Mrs Jack Rhoades and children joined Frank Hampton family for Sunday. Rushville hosts wedding of Jane Oesterling and Walter Thomas at St Marys with reception at K and C Hall. Alumni banquets, baccalaureates, and football speedway events draw many area residents from Carthage Cromwell Indianapolis and beyond.
A Washington letter discusses turmoil in the Dominican Republic with rival groups fighting for control. It supports U S aid to protect tourists and officials and calls for stronger OAS cooperation. It also notes beautification efforts in Washington and the plight of small businesses under federal contracting rules.
Adult leaders meet at the Extension Office in the Rush County Courthouse Sewing Room to plan the Personality Project schedule. Upcoming sessions are May 10 at 7 30 p m June 2 at 8 p m June 30 at 2 p m and July 7 at 2 p m. Leaders attending the Clothing Workshop May 13 14 at the 4H Center near Lafayette include Mrs Roy Merritt Mrs Paul Norris Mrs Reading Mrs Joyce Eskew Mrs Ora Cudworth and Mrs Sarah Stiffick.
Plans outline the county judging practice session for June 17 for Clothing and Electric projects. Any 4H member who has completed 9th grade may participate in the senior activity. The county contest is scheduled for June 25 with Junior demonstrations on June 23, senior in the afternoon. The next adult leaders meeting is May 25 at 8:00 pm at the County Extension Office.
The Twelfth Annual South eastern Indiana 4H Barrow Show and Sale will be Monday August 23. Judge Hubert Johnson of Purdue and auctioneer Hoyt Vanderbeck of Falmouth will oversee events with Rushville Junior Chamber sponsoring trophies and ribbons. Weighing begins August 22 with show at 8:00 a.m. and sale at 8:00 p.m. barrows insured from loading to sale.
Miss Helen Phares of Rushville presided at the Founders Day luncheon of Alpha Beta chapter at the White Cottage Connersville. Miss Lola Lemen of Gary spoke on This is Important tracing the society’s growth from eleven founders in 1929 to chapters in the hundreds and thousands of members.
Mr and Mrs Bill Parish formerly of California plan to settle in Indiana after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Russell Parish. Mrs Ray Fox of Carmel attended the Carthage alumni banquet and stayed with her parents. Larry Apple and daughters from Cincinnati stayed with George Apple and Al Stapp families, with Alvin Sohn of Riverside California visiting Saturday night.
Container Corporation of America, with a Carthage mill, boosted the regular quarterly dividend from 25 to 30 cents per share after reporting first quarter 1965 earnings of 7,036,000 dollars or 63 cents a share. The board outlined plans for about 30 million dollars in capital investments in 1965 and noted overseas profits reached an all time high with a 69 percent rise.
The alumni gathering concluded with a painting sale earning $47.75 sent to Mrs. Janet Shutt. The evening wrapped up with continued visitations after the main program.
Kellis Veach of Ft Knox Kentucky and Miss Judith Cooney of Western Springs Illinois were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Howard Windsor and family and attended the alumni banquet here. Mrs Preston Brown of Connerville was a houseguest of her sister Mrs Lewis Lafuse and family from Sunday until Tuesday.
The May Tea at Fletcher Methodist Church described a 3 p.m. Sunday event with performances by the Choral Club and duets by Mrs. Hubert Hunt and Mrs. A. J. Carr. The item also mentions Indianapolis visitors at 500 tryouts, a Korean marriage in 1953 with a post service reunion plan, and new American Legion officers. Also recapped are 20 and 30 year old items including a hay ride recap and a Poppy Day notice.
Miss Marcella Limeback of DePauw University elected to Mu Phi Epsilon the women’s national music honorary sorority as part of the class of 1926. The announcement highlights student achievement and sorority affiliation.
Mr and Mrs Mike Watkins and their children spent the week with Mrs Mosier's family in Bloomington and returned Sunday. Mr and Mrs A W Winfield and daughter Mrs J Spencer Lloyd of Houston enjoyed dinner at the Durbin Hotel Sunday. Mrs Lloyd flew home from Indianapolis that evening. Phil Manuel Paul Loveau and Diana Cox and Marilyn Ratliff of Knightstown attended the 500 Time Trials at Indianapolis Saturday.
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