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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1958
Page
3
The Carthage Citizen lists telephone number LO 5 5385 and notes mail matter status. Entered at the Post Office in Carthage Indiana as second class mail matter.
The piece notes Miss Mary Lou Alexander and Miss June Kinder with Bill Alexander attending Ball State Teachers College Homecoming on a Saturday in October 1948. They also saw Ball State versus Michigan Normal football, plus various local events such as hospital visits and choir appointments.
Lan Frost reports large Liberty Loan support with $10,000 in bonds via Bank of Carthage earning second honors in subscriptions. John V. Gates joins Batt A 10th Regt F A R D Band at Camp Jackson Columbia SC and becomes theory instructor at the Band School.
Mr and Mrs Tives Fitch hosted Sunday dinner with Unn Fitch. Afternoon visitors included Everett Sherwood Bruce Beverly Tebbey and others from Brookville. Wagoner and Cook households entertained in Oldenburg and Lewisville guests joined by Ada Chappell Mary Nelson. Harold Ruby returned from Mexico City for a family visit. Phoebe Davis substituted for Rev Shockney at Friends Church. Lupato family stayed with Warren Arnold and joined ISU Homecoming activities.
October brings brisk color and Halloween mischief in Carthage with vandalism concerns. Roy Pitts loses harvested soybeans to pranksters, while Mary Joseph earns praise for bean soaking antics and hosting a Republican visit. Rushville’s Connersville Spartans face loss at 28 13 as water tower graffiti lingers.
A reader laments over being preoccupied with others affairs and defending the right to enjoy an occasional beer. The note argues people should mind their own papers first and not impose their choices on others.
A breezy society note lists Sock Hop, Pan Cake Supper and G O P County rally as November events in Rush County. It notes Har ry Leadbetter in the market for pants and a curious drug store sales foray. Marshal Hugh Trowbridge’s crew replaces an old fountain while a former Carthage resident writes from Tarpon Springs praising the paper and sending two dollars. Annabelle Smiley Khalaf of Maplewood chats with Eisenhower on his birthday amid 3,000 New Jersey Republican women calling in.
The Karthage Kid says he is in hiding for the final drive before the election. He promises to speak next week but his thoughts about what to say are uncertain.
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