Remembrance and courtship notes from Rush County 1937
Obituary notices recall Roy Newby age 72 dying at home after illness with survivors including a son and granddaughter. funeral services at Thompson Funeral Home. A birth report notes Caleb Marsh and wife Welcoming a 6 lb girl Judith Ann at City hospital Rushville. A marriage between Martha Stoner and Dallas Dobbins occurred at Walnut Ridge Friends parsonage. An accident injures Margaret Henderson when struck by a truck on Market Street. Wanda Leisure undergoes tonsillectomy at Rushville City Hospital. Mrs. Harry Rhodes dies after major operation at Methodist Hospital. A new double house on South East Street progresses toward completion before winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Newby
Max
St. Louis
Thompson Funeral Home
Riverside Cemetery
Caleb Marsh
Judith Ann
City Hospital
Rushville
Martha Stoner
Hosea Stoner
Here
Dallas Dobbins
Iona Dobbins
Peru
Friends Parsonage
Walnut Ridge
Walter McAdams
Margaret Rose Henderson
Louis Henderson
Market St
Melvin Rucker
Harry Rhodes
Methodist Hospital
Fletcher Methodist Church
Glencove
Knightstown
Tweedys
Local Personalities Share Weekend Visits Across Town
Mr. and Mrs. George Webster of Milan spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. James McGeorge. Various guests including Miriam Jessup Ida Jessup Ida Stafford Vivian Wilson Rebecca Cupp and families visited Elmer Hunt and other area residents. Social calls extended to Rushville Northward and Bloomington area ties with several dinners and brunches reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Webster
Milan
James McGeorge
Elmer Hunt
Miriam Jessup
Ida Jessup
Charlottesville
Ida Stafford
Westland
Vivian Wilson
Rebecca Cupp
Mays
Hunt
Donald Ruby
Lowell Brown
Harlan Johnson
Rushville
William H. Dixon and
James E. Dixon
West Baden Springs
Glen Fitch
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Illinois
Unn Fitch
Ralph Truitt
William Morgan
Knightstown
David Magee
Pendleton
Ralph Pearson
O. C. McCarty
Carl Foust
Maxine Willis
Mark Wolfal
M@lroy Christian Church
Blaine Johnson
Commissioners Claims Amid Rush County Meeting Ledger
A Rush County records listing claims filed for the Board of Commissioners at the November 4, 1957 meeting includes numerous salaries and stipends for deputies clerks treasurers sheriffs jail staff nurses home workers clerks and assistants. Amounts range from 30.00 to 500.00 with totals tabulated for various departments and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ewbank
Rush County
Board of Commissioners
Said County
Rebecca Mahan
Betty Smith
Helen Winkler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kenneth Rhodes
Martha Jane Rhodes
Carthage
Indiana
Wanda Sue Leisure
Carthage R. A
Rushville City Hospital
Linda Brown
Johnson
Rex Krieg
Warren
Maiie Magee
William Lockridge
Muncie
Ella Nelson
Charles Mosier
Sue
Arthur Walters
Sanger
California
Olive Drysdale
Frank Guyatt
Dublin
Russell Roland
Eastgate
Hancock County Hospital
Greenfield
Roland
Paul Clevidence
Herbert Anderson
Virginia
Virginia Wells
Linda
James Collins
Ernest Collins
Anna Masten
Stella Collins
Cloverdale
Commissioners’ Claims
Marjorie Brownell
Marlene Miller
Kathryn Grinstead
Treas
Ruby Malson
Tress
Frances Stearley
Isabelle Dill
Max Safewright
Martha Biggs
Frances Frazee
C. L. Spuller
A. B. Scaglia
Idean B. Logan
Ruthelaine Bradfield
C. M. DeMunbrun
Margaret Parmenter
Phyllis J. Rehme
R. O. Kennedy
Hith
Eriannie D. Cannon
Ava M. Teel
Ruth Glisson
William M. Carter
Kathleen Keaton
Owen Gabbard
Florence Gabbard
Daisy Mitchell
Kenneth Earnest
Minor O. Owens
Helen Owens
Claud Levi
Nellie Palmer
Amory Dean Thompson
Ethel Steele
Esther Gwinnup
William Lashell
Walter King
Clara Harrison
Gladys Hughes
Welf
Leone McCain
Catherine C. Wilkinson
Nellie Myers
Welfare
Margaret Henley
Marie C. Dawson
Frank Lawrence
J. O. Readmond
Vinton Hudson
Clarence Loyd
Wm. B. Whitton
Noland Hood
Dwight Miller
Lawrence Krammes
Shirley Macy
Lee Gardner
Forrest Havens
Russell Parish
Geo. W. Owens
Floyd L. Thompson
Henry E. White
Harry D. Bird
R. E. Fancher
Raymond C. Ball
Richard Lennox
Glenn W. DuBois
Roy L. Johnson
Howell Beach
Floyd Darrel Rowan
John W. Gosnell
Vernon Patterson
A. E. Boyce Co
Burroughs Corp
Olive L. Miller
the Telfer Co., Inc
Faulkner Bros
Bind
Remington Rand
Pauline Long
Robert May
H. E. Rummel
Albert Brune
W. P. Wolfal Co
Lawrence Clark & Son
Marshall Krammel
Ava. M. Teel, Co
Robert B. Johnson, Co
General Tel. Co
West Coal & Ice Co
Indiana Gas & Water Co
John H. Montgomery
Waggoners Firestone
Charles Stamm
Central Supply Co
Metzger Lumber Co
Lance Products Co., Inc
Melvin H. Denny
M.D
the Carthage Citizen
Rushville Telegram
Rushville Republican
Onis Hampton
Walie F. Gold
Fox
Earl Heeb
Jerry Binder
Donald Newman
Larry Cloud
Lois Norris
Bill Guide
Hugh Garner
Norman Coleman
Edwin Howell
Cities Service Oil Co
Russell L. Coon Jr
Clifford Montgomery
Rush Co. Stone Co
McCorkle Stone Co
Starkey Welding & Machine Shop
Shumaker Bros. Industries, Inc
Indiana State Industries
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co
Williamson & Waite, Inc
Omar Baking Co., Co
Elmer’ M. Perkins
John R. White
Newton L. Halterman
Chevrolet
Fisher
Federal Land Bank Loans
Rush
Decatur National Farm Loan Association
WM. F. Smith
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Morgan Rushville
Bausback Fertilizer Co
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