Pinch hitters lead majors with Valo Baumholtz tops
The Sporting News lists Elmer Valo of the Athletics and Frank Baumholtz of the Cubs as the best pinch hitters this year with averages of .452 and .405. Bob Lemon and Don Newcombe follow, with Enos Slaughter as the top overall pinch hitter by appearances and hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Valo
Athletics
Frank Baumholtz
Cubs
Sporting News
Valo
Baumbholtz
Bob Lemon
Baumholtz
Don Newcombe
Enos Slaughter
Yankees
Hunter’s Hard Choice and Quiet Consideration from Pops
The narrator recalls closing the office to hunt pheasants with Pops and a borrowed dog. Pops, using an aging pointer named Blue, fires into bushes without flushing birds to spare the dog’s pride. He shows quiet kindness, offering beer to the hunter while keeping his own habits private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pops
Foster
Blue
Rush County Corn and Farm Products Show plans announced
Officers of the Better Crops Association and the Corn Show outlined the 1955 Rush County event to run December 15–17 in the Courthouse corridor. Open and 4-H classes will feature corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, seeds, hay, and more with cash prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush County
Better Crops Association
Everett Stanley
Center Township
Silent 56 Chevrolet Tops Pikes Peak Stock Car Record
A camouflaged 1956 Chevrolet supposedly set a new NASCAR stock car record on Pikes Peak, a dramatic 170 turn course in Colorado. The article praises the car’s unprecedented road performance and hints at a preproduction model debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Wotatel Aovecaton
Carthage Seeks Bids for New Fire Station Construction
The Town Board of Carthage Indiana will receive bids for complete construction of a fire station on First Street until 7 00 P M CDT October 26 1955 at Town Hall Carthage Indiana. Bids must be on Form 96 with 96 A where required and include bond or certified check at least 5 of bid. The board may reject bids or waive informalities and reserves the right to award to the lowest responsible bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Board of
Carthage
Indiana
First Street
Statutes of
State Board of Accounts
Acts of the General Assembly of Indiana
Indianapolis
John P. Guyer
South 4Th Street
New Castle
The
Carthage Corporation
Town Board of the
Remember When Miss Ruth Blessinger Died In 1 A.M. Crash
Local brief notes Ruth Blessinger was killed in a car accident around 1:00 a.m. while returning from the Delco Remy plant in Anderson. Also reported were livestock judging team wins at Purdue, a restaurant sale in New Castle, a Greenfield car crash, library association attendance, and 20 year old local grocery prices with a birth of Melvin K. McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Blessinger
Delco-Remy
Anderson
Rush County
Robert White
Donald Staten, Jr
Ripley
John Rigsbee
Bobby Gardner
Posey
Purdue University
William Frost
New Castle
Wilbur McCorkle
Greenfield
Miss Mable Phelps Weds Basil Hedgecock in Carthage
Twenty years ago Miss Mable Phelps cashier at Carthage State Bank and Basil Hedgecock decorator were married Tuesday morning at the Friends church parsonage by Dr. James Furbay. The Ruby family welcomed a seven pound son named John Allen at Methodist Hospital. Miss Mattie Clark and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Phelps
Carthage State Bank
Basil Hedgecock
Friends Church Parsonage
James Furbay
Harold Ruby
Methodist Hospital
John Allen
Mattie Clark
30 YEARS AGO KNIGHTSTOWN FAMILIES NEWS
30 years ago Frank Webb and family moved to J F Tweedy’s East Side Park home. James Mosier, Jody Graff return from York PA. Flocks of wild geese migrate south overhead, a 200-strong flock circled town overnight. A light snow fell late Wednesday. R C Small attended the Daily Exposition in Indianapolis. Friendship Class held a Children’s Party in the M E church League room with costumes, games, suckers apples pies and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Webb
Knightstown
J. F. Tweedy
East Side Park
R. C. Small
Indianapolis
Walter Addison
Hubert Hill
Mildred Addison
M. E. Church League Room
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Carthage Citizen
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Kenneth Rhodes
Grace Porter
Ed McAuley
Cleveland
Billy Martin
Billy
Yogi Berra
Mickey, Mantle
Hank Bauer
Seattle Rainiers
Fred. Hutchinson
Cardinal
Seattle
Paul Richards
White Sox
Rogers Hornsby
Browns
Roy Campanella
Dodgers
Campanella
Milwaukee Braves
Braves
Joe Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Farm News
Clarence Dyer
Newton Halterman
Lawrence Smith
Harvey Arnold, Jr
Maxine Hiner
E. E. Privett
Byron Turk
C. N. Elliott
Leonard Booth
Mark Ellis Clyde Bond
Kenneth Johnson
Paul Kuhn
Albert Brune
Orville Wessell
Jersey
Bearl Addison
Rushville Township
Otis Willis
Addison
Guernsey
Stanley Carrington
Washington Township
John H. Landwerlen
Posey Township
Federal Land Bank Loans
Rush
Decatur National Farm Loan Association
Treas. First
Morgan Rushville
Hunsinger Bros
Mays, Ind
Anna Sipe
Library Association
Sunkist
Wm. McDaniel
Melvin K
James Mosier
Jody Graff
York, Pa
Henry Circuit Court
Dora L. Rhodes
Wesley W. Ratliff, Jr
South
Jefferson Street
Towit
Jesse Gilson
Knightstown Furniture Co
Baushack Fertilizer Co
Rushville
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