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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
2
Mrs Rex Kemple hosted a Colloquial club luncheon with 12 members present. Fall flowers decorated the table and the group opened with a club song before the business session. Contests and keno were managed by Mrs Elmer Readle with several members named as attendees.
The inaugural Jolly Eight club meeting convened on Wednesday with Boon and Mrs. Irvin Bitner in attendance. Two tables of rock were played and, after the session, dainty refreshments were enjoyed by Mrs. Harry Hinton and others.
Mr and Mrs Lee Mitchell hosted Priscilla club members and families with a weiner roast in Mitchell woods north of Arlington Friday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Lowell Hutchinson and family Mr and Mrs Stanley Williams and family Mr and Mrs Weldon Beckner and family Mr and Mrs Ralph Hill and family Mr and Mrs Denning Nelson and son and Mr and Mrs Clyde.
A long feature describes Hannibal Missouri restoring Tom Sawyer's Playground and boyhood sites tied to Mark Twain. It details the Tom Sawyer home site, the Huck Finn alley, Cardiff Hill and the statue, plus period furnishings and local landmarks. It also recounts Twain's Halley’s Comet death prediction and notes local visits and social happenings around Rushville and Shelbyville.
Rucker and son and families visited in Brown County near The Margaret Hill. The McCarter club met the prior Thursday with Mrs. Dean Stanley. Twelve members attended a noon covered dish luncheon followed by an afternoon program including readings by Mrs. A W Rigsbee and Mrs. James McKay and a Christian flag salute.
Mrs. Eliza J. Richey died at her Scottsburg home Thursday noon at age 79. Her sons and daughters survive, including three sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon with John Richey and other family members in attendance.
Mrs Joe Readle and son visited Shelbyville Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Leonard Edwards and family of Columbus were Monday guests of Mr and Mrs Everett Sunman. Mr Ed Osborn of Gwynneville and Alva Swain left Monday for a winter in St Cloud Florida. The Late Hour Bridge club opened its year with a Monday meeting.
The State Highway Commission adds twelve more automatic traffic counters to key highway points to monitor vehicle flow and seasonal traffic variations. Six counters already operate and prove valuable for measuring daily and hourly traffic. a counter near Greenfield on Road 40 will begin operation. The beam interrupter counts vehicles while excluding tractors and trailers as separate units.
Indiana farmers are cautioned not to feed new 1939 corn to unvaccinated hogs or those not closely watched. The American Foundation for Animal Health says new corn does not cause cholera but can weaken hogs, increasing susceptibility to cholera and other fall diseases like influenza. farmers are urged to monitor herds and call a veterinarian if sickness appears.
Glimpses of deer along highways and in wooded areas thrill Indiana residents this autumn. Reports of deer sightings are frequent in the southern part of the state and about four hundred deer are at large due to past Department of Conservation liberations. There is no open season and poachers face severe penalties.
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