Carthage High Favored In Rush County Softball Title
Carthage leads the Rush County tournament after a 22 to 11 blowout over Milroy with a late rally in the third and strong defense. Friday schedule lists Raleigh vs New Salem at 1 30 p m and Manilla versus Carthage at 3 00 p m with the winners meeting at 7 30 p m. Also notes regional P T A conference in Lawrenceburg Indiana with about 500 delegates from 225 associations set for October 14 open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage High School
Rush County
Mays
New Salem
Manilla
Arlington
Carthage
Milroy
Blue Raiders
Raleigh
Car‘hage
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
P.T.A
Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Marion
Hancock
Shelby
Johnson, Brown
Bartholomew
Jefferson
Jennings
Ripley
Switzerland
Ohio
Dearborn
Franklin
Wayne
Union
Rush
Decatur
Henry
Greendale School
Jack. C Craig
New Castle
J. S. Senitza
Joseph W. Walker
Ill William Edwards moved to Fortville home
William Edwards who fell ill Wednesday at his son Fletcher Edwards home was transported by ambulance Friday to the Fortville residence of his daughter Mrs. Lawrence Manship and family for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edwards
Fletcher Edwards
Lawrence Manship
Fortville
Red Cross Board Meeting Attended by Local Leaders
Mrs Bayard Baker and Mrs Stuart Morgan joined a County Red Cross Board meeting at the Rushville Court House on Thursday night.
Flower Show Honors Mrs. Kennedy of Indianapolis
Mrs. Oris Kennedy of Indiana polis won five first prizes seven second prizes and two third prizes at the Indianapolis Flower Show for her floral arrangement. Kennedy is sister to Mrs. Ben Nelson Mrs. Harry Brakefield and R. R. Reames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oris Kennedy
Indianapolis
Kennedy
Ben Nelson
Harry Brakefield
R. R. Reames
Shelbyville Station to Carry College Football This Season
Radio station WSRK of Shelbyville will air a full college football program this season. As part of the Hoosier Network the station will broadcast a game each Saturday from now until season end, alongside high school and county basketball coverage. On October 9 the Purdue Michigan gridiron classic in Purdue will be carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
WSRK
Indiana University—Iowa
Hoosier Network
Purdue
Michigan
Sunday Guests and Society Meeting Report
Sunday visitors include Mr and Mrs Dwight McCormick of Milton with Sam Royse. Elmer Fenner and one son visited Don Griffin in Indianapolis. Edward Fenner and Mrs Pitcher hosted in Richmond. Miss Loig Reames, stationed at Morristown, spent two days at home. Henry L Stenger and wife attended a Rushville Historical Society meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight McCormick
Milton
Sam Royse
Elmer Fenner
Don Griffin
Indianapolis
Edward Fenner
Charles Pitcher
Richmond
Loig Reames
Miss Reames
Morristown
Historical Society
Henry L. Stenger
The
Rushville
Scout Executive Transferred to Illinois
Hubert J. Smaltz assistant Scout executive of Whitewater Valley Council will become Field Scout Executive of the Piasa Bird Council in Alton Illinois. Announcement by Alex A Allie president of Whitewater Valley notes Smaltz's long service in multiple counties and his Illinois education and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert J. Smaltz
Whitewaer
Zanesville
Ohio
Wabash Valley Area Council
Terre Haute
Indiana
National Training School
Chicago Council
Whitewater Valley Council
University of Illinois
Kiwanis
The
Audubon Society
American Camping Association
Blackhawk
Morrison
Illinois
Smaltz
Alton
Rally Day at Fletcher M. E. Church Planned
A special program unfolds next Sunday at Fletcher M. E. church for annual Rally Day. William Moster of Rushville will sing with Mrs. George Hogsett on piano, and Rev. J. T. Scull presents a sermonette titled The Man Who Swallowed Himself. Superintendent Hubert Hunt notes the orchestra will perform and the Sunday School hour and church services will unite in the unified service. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher M. E
William Moster
Rushville
George Hogsett
J. T. Scull
Hubert Hunt
Hereford 4-H Feeder Calf Sale Planned Near Rushville
Rush County Hereford Breeders sponsor the South-Eastern Indiana Hereford calf sale for 4-H club work. On Thursday October 31 at 12 30 p m at Worth Hodson farm 60 miles north of Rushville, twenty choice steers sired by registered Hereford bulls calved in 1948 along with twelve bulls and eight heifers will be sold. Wallace Wissing is sale manager and Everett Shonk chaired the committee with helpers including Worth Hodson Hershel Shonk Hershel Newhouse James Moster Charles Peggs and Sons Russell Kinnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Hudson’s Farm
Rushville
Rush County
Indiana
Wallace Wissing
Everett Shonk
Worth Hodson
Hershel Shonk
Hershel Newhouse
James Moster
Charles Peggs and Sons
Russell Kinnett
Local Parents Welcome Three Newborns in Area Hospitals
Mr and Mrs William H Skinner announce an eight pound daughter Susan Henley born at 2 30 PM Monday at Methodist Hospital. Mr and Mrs Jack Overman report an eight pound son Van Frank born Thursday night at Henry County Hospital and returned home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Carl Tracey near Circleville Ohio welcome a six pound daughter born Sunday at 8 AM. Mrs Tracey was Betty Herkless before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Skinner
Susan Henley
Methodist Hospital
Tracey
Betty Herkless
Varied Oct Outdoor Indiana issues cover wildlife and parks
The October issue of Outdoor Indiana features articles for sportsmen and conservationists including Uncle Jim on the Cooperative Wildlife Investigation program. It adds a 1948 Field Trial Schedule, Brown County and general parks pieces, Harrison State Forest, Evansville Henderson bridge, Indiana lumber sector, sand and gravel ops, International Friendship Gardens, Songbirds of Indiana and a Question Box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Outdoor
Indiana
Uncle Jim
Cooperative Wildlife Investigation Program
Brown County
Harrison State Forest
Evansville-Henderson
Highway Department
International Friendship Gardens
Question Box
Rush County enrollment, bridge project discussed
Rush County schools show 3 463 pupils countywide with 2 326 in system including Rushville and St Marys reports. A meeting at Rush County Museum discussed preserving the covered bridge on U S 52 with a committee named to plan conservation efforts.
Local Social Notes From Indianapolis Leaders and Visitors
Mrs Henry L Stenger was a visitor in Indianapolis Tuesday Mr and Mrs Elmer Fenner were Thursday evening guests of Mr and Mrs John Colby Mrs Albert Terhune and baby were returned to their home Wednesday from Henry County Hospital in New Castle Mrs Hubert Hills condition remains much the same
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Stenger
Indianapolis
Elmer’ Fenner
John Colby
Albert Terhune
Baby
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Hubert Hill
Lord's Market Sponsors Cake Contest for Church Benefit
Lord's Market of Knights town promotes a cake contest open to women across Rush Henry and Hancock counties. Cakes will be auctioned at the store on Saturday night October 16 with proceeds benefiting the contestant's church. Rules available at KXnightstown store. Practical prizes attract many entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord’s Super Market
Knightstown
Carthage
Richard Faulkner
Lord’s
General Mills Company
Concensus
Faulkner
Rush County farmers hear six year soybean rotation benefits
Purdue extension agronomist K E Beeson spoke at a Rushville soy bean field meeting on a tenant farm of Joe Schoeke. He urged a six year rotation corn corn soybean wheat or oats alfalfa mixtures and praised soybean stubble for seed beds and for nitrogen in small grains. He endorsed Lincoln as best variety for Rush County with Hawkeye for early maturing needs and highlighted Kingwa for hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
K. E. Beeson
Purdue
Beeson
Lincoln
Rush County Better Crops Association
4 H Tractor Contest Plans Plowing and Fuel Economy
A planning meeting for a 4 H Tractor Maintenance contest set for November 23 at Maze Tweedy Farm Jackson township. Each contestant provides their own tractor and plow with gasoline supplied. top plower by depth and efficiency wins. Only 12 contestants accommodated. selection favors those with best record books. Plans note tractor hours and plow acreage requirements and emphasize farmer owned equipment. Ice Cream Social held at Community Center. local residents mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Extension Office
Ray Lien
Lien
4-H
Maze-Tweedy
Jackson Township
4H Club
Campaign Warms Up as Election Nears
Indiana campaign stops by Governor Warren and GOP leaders urge unity in government and votes for November 2. Speakers hail Dewey era policy, defend 80th Congress record, and stress cooperation between state and federal governments for right governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Indianapolis
Frank T. Millis
Campbellsburg
Clark Springer
Auburn
Charles A. Halleck
Rensselaer
House of Representatives
Hobart Creighton
Warsaw
Ind
New Deal
Indiana
Earl Warren
Hoosierland
Washington
Hoosier
G.O.P
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
North Arboro
Massachusetts
Renssalaer
House
Congessman
Earl Wilson
Huon
Gerald W. Landis
Linton
Ralph Harvey
New Castle
California
Truman
America
Warren
Richmond
Ralph F. Gates
Homer E. Capehart
Creighton
Robert A Grant
South Bend
George W. Gillie
Republican Congress
80Th Congress
Martin
Congress
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Lafayette
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carthage High
Parent Teachers Convention
MR. Edwards III
RED Cross Board
Fletcher M. E. Church
Roy Rogers
Eugene Gardner
Claude Souder
Ralph Pearson
Kenneth Rhodes
Rue McDaniel
Forrest Beck
Lindley Taylor
Dorothy Fitch
Ed Bly
Roy Herkless
Robert Moore
Clarence Heim
Paul Clevidence
Lavada
James B. Terhune
Loren White
Claude Butler
Mayme McCarty
McCarty
Mary Woodbridge
Marianne Lauber
Leone Mosier
Bess Baker
Raymond McDaniel
Anna Miller
Wilbur Plank
Dayton
George B. McNabb
Spiceland
Rush County Medical Society
Morris
Kokomo
McNabb
North
T. U
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lavonne Nigh
Louise Pike
Mildred Nigh
Mary Gray
Home Economics
County Home Economics
Patricia Truitt
Irene Blessinger
Henry Sohn
Arthur White
Women’s Society of Christian Service District
Greensburg
Jane Ann Brooks
Mrs. Stuart Morgan
J Township
R. M. Reynolds
St. Mary‘s
Rushville City
Milroyne
Richland
Poe
St. Mary’s
Carl Hardin
St. Vincent’s
Ww. L. C
A. J. Carr
Isadore Kirk
Lee Patton
Fred Flick
Cleve Geise
Bayard Baker
Geise
Connersville
Carr
Baker
Kyser
Greenfield
Kirk
6Th District
East Mediterranean
China
Western Hemisphere
United States
Gouldie Kyser
Weldon Newlin
U. S. 52
Rush County Agricultural Association
Fairgrounds
Memorial Park
Roy Mitchell
Roy Waggoner
Tubby Toms
Indianapolis News
Eugene Beck
Anderson
Howard Peckham
Indiana Historical Society
Willard Gatch
Susan B. Ostrom
Fred Bell
Club Woman Magazine
Alva Eakins
Clifford King
Federated Club
C. O. Loy
Pendleton
Royce Manifold
Crystal City
Texas
Dorothy
Carl Carson Jr
Norman Edwards
Laurence Manship
Nina McClintock
Calvin Meadors
Ralph Moore
Paul Moore
Richard McNabb
Blooomington
Marvin Norris
Louis Humes
Charles Deiskey
Ralph Kennedy
Rittman
George B. McNabb Jr
Bloomington
Elmer _Mauck
Portsmouth
Waverly
Fred Doebber
Tommie
A. W. Winfield
Winfield
Jesse Newsom
Raymond Kennedy
Judith
Lynn
Farm News
Community Center
David Grocox
Jasper Nigh
Dorothy Adams
Anna Sipe
Charlotte Ann Henley
Howard E. Henley
Russell Leisure
St. Louis
Missouri
Ida Kelly
Jack Overman
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