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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1958
Page
1
Principal William Freed reports enrollment figures for Carthage School by grade with totals for grade 1 41 students grade 2 44 grade 3 46 grade 5 47 grade 6 853 grade 7 48 grade 8 32 grade 9 34 grade 10 27 grade 11 31 and grade 12 21.
Sgt. and Mrs. Curtis Lewman and Miss Carol Todd spent from Saturday until Monday in Michigan. They attended the wedding reception of Miss Carol Baughman and Donald Meyers at Richmond and visited Ed Meyers in St. Clair. On the way home they saw Ronald Silsbee and his sons near Detroit. Donald and Ed Meyers, Ronald Silsbee and Mr. Lewman were army buddies in Germany.
Mr and Mrs Royce Joseph spent Sunday and Monday at the Netherland Hilton in Cincinnati to attend the Ohio State Convention and Fall Jewelry Showing held at the same venue.
The Bertram Howard Post 316 will hold its regular legion meeting on Wednesday night, September 10, at 8 p.m. at the Carthage Community Center.
Mrs Eva Herkless suffered a hip fracture after a Sunday fall at her home in Carthage. She was admitted to Rush Memorial hospital and placed in room 246 for treatment.
The Mixers Home Economics Club finished seventh among twenty five exhibits at the State Fair with a group display on Crafts. Sue Ann Land earned three ribbons for individual entries including a first on a fancy apron a second on a bibbed kitchen apron and a third on a cotton yarn rug. Gladys Butler also won two ribbons for quilts and a child’s bed quilt placing ninth and fifth respectively.
A weekend meeting is planned at the Church of the Nazarene from September 3 to 6 per Rev. H M Myrick.
Mr and Mrs Gale Barry and their three children came home Sunday after a week long trip to Thomasville North Carolina visiting L A Barry and family.
The Carthage Lions Club invites members to the first Fall dinner meeting on Monday at 8 p.m. at the Community Center. District Governor Nelson Boicourt of Madison Indiana will be the principal speaker.
A reg stated meeting of Chapter 574 of the O E S will be held Wednesday at 8 p m in the Masonic Hall Visitors are welcome to attend
Mrs Ralph Henderson and her children and Mrs Hendersons sister Diana Brown returned last Thursday from a trip visiting relatives in Boling Green Kentucky.
In Greenfield the Freeman family held an outdoors dinner and photo session as six children and their father William Freeman gathered for a reunion 27 years after the mother’s death in 1931. Members include Mrs Garret B Maynard Greenfield and others in Knightstown York Penn Indianapolis South Bend. They hope to meet again next year.
Several Carthage College students depart to pursue education at multiple Indiana campuses. James Terhune heads to Taylor University Upland for a secondary education program. Marlin Wilson leaves for Elkhart University for a medical technician course. Bob Harrold enters Purdue University School of Agriculture. Mike Ruby travels to Indiana University Bloomington for undergraduate study. John Allen Ruby aims to Indiana University for a master’s degree. Maryin Jackson goes to Ball State Teachers College for freshman year. Albert Weber, Purdue senior, majors in Agriculture.
Paul Turner leaves with his parents Roy and Mrs Turner to pursue a five year course toward a Bachelor of Theology at Marion College in Marion Indiana. Marion College, established in 1920 by the Methodist church, offers liberal arts education in a Christian environment.
John Hunt will enroll at Purdue University as a freshman on September 14. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Sharon Hunt.
Miss Pat Todd will leave for Ball State Teachers College next week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Todd and is majoring in elementary education in her senior year.
Pat Watkins son of Mr and Mrs Billy Watkins leaves next week for his freshman year at Morehead State College Morehead Kentucky. Janet Hunt daughter of Mr and Mrs Sharon Hunt leaves Tuesday for her senior year at Ball State University Muncie Indiana majoring in elementary education.
Kirby Overman son of Mr and Mrs Jack Overman will enter Florida Southern University at Lakeland on September 17 after a Labor Day trip to Jacksonville to visit Mr and Mrs Marion Schumpert. Donald Sparks of Carthage continues part time study at Anderson College in Anderson Indiana.
Mrs. Joyce Rhoades continues part time study at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie. Donald J. White of rural route 2 plans to study forestry at Purdue University as a freshman. Linda Ewing, formerly of Carthage, flies to Humbolt Institute in Minneapolis for schooling. Carol Ewing starts junior year at Purdue on September 12 and serves as this year’s president of Twin Pines at Purdue.
Orientation for the first Red Cross Gray Lady class begins Thursday September 11 at the Hancock County Chapter in the Courthouse Greenfield. Mrs Dorothy Foster Rushville district vice chair of American Red Cross Services leads with Mrs Robert Hanna Shelbyville Gray Lady Chairman assisting.
Miss Bettina Murray the daughter of Mrs W H Skinner will depart Sunday for Bloomington to begin her freshman year at Indiana University in the coming term.
Waynetta Clark, daughter of Mr. Wayne Clark, has entered Elkhart University in Elkhart to complete a six months Dental Technician program.
Bill and Phil Parish, sons of Mr and Mrs Russell Parish, will become freshmen at Morehead State College in Morehead Kentucky. Phillip A Dyer of R 2 will begin as a Purdue University freshman in agriculture.
District Superintendent Charles A. Tyler presided at a mass meeting that cleared the way for a new Fletcher Methodist Church addition. Construction starts Monday, Sept 8, weather permitting, with an 82 by 50 foot concrete block unit east of the present building containing four classrooms, a kitchen, rest rooms, and utility rooms. Tom Maple of Knightstown is general contractor. volunteers will handle painting and wiring. Occupancy expected in eight weeks at about $10,700, funded by pledges and donations. Ground breaking follows Sunday worship. building committee members include Hubert Hunt Roy Stanley Charles Whitfield Albert Terhune Stan Lynch Elmer Fenner Lowell Terhune and treasurer Howard Addison.
Donald Gray of Center township placed first with a Hampshire Senior Spring gift at the Ohio State Fair. He also won the Junior Champion Sow. Gray earned several other Hampshire placements including third senior yearling sow and third get of fine, with additional finishes in junior spring gift and boar categories.
Theo J. Jena of South Bend Grand Master of Masons in Indiana announced Sunday that September 14 will be the Masonic Fraternity annual visitation day at the Indiana Masonic Home in Franklin. Indiana Masons and Eastern Star members and families will come from across the state to attend the large Masonic Family gathering. Last year 7500 attended and better weather is hoped to surpass that figure.
Kay Jackson came back to her Churubusco home this past weekend following a summer stay with Mr and Mrs Dale May. She spent the season at their residence and resumed daily routines upon return.
The report covers vocational agriculture class changes at the school with 28 students, records kept by each student on home or alternate farms, and potential extra credit. It notes July hog to corn ratio in Indiana at 17.5, down from June, with market outlook suggesting prices near $20 this year. It also mentions lamb feeder markets, upcoming field days at Purdue and Rushville show dates, and a new meat animal slaughter law requiring humane methods for government purchases.
About 148 steers entered for the Twelfth Southeastern Indiana 4H Fat Steer Show and Sale in Rushville on Sept 13. Entries span 10 counties led by Rush 55, Decatur 45, Randolph 26. show starts 8:30 am with sale at 1 pm and Grand Champion finale at 1:30 pm.
The Carthage High School band finished 19th among 90 at the state school band contest held Thursday at the Indiana State Fair. Morton Memorial placed 27th while Anderson High School won for the second year, with Princeton second and Ben Davis third. Carthage and Morton were the sole Rush County bands in the event where all 90 units paraded past the grandstand.
Ercell Bever Jr underwent major surgery Monday morning at Rush Memorial hospital. The Carthage PTA will meet next Thursday September 11 at the Carthage Community Center for a welcome event for new teachers with a pitch-in dinner at 6 30 p.m.
Pfc Richard Henderson of Ft. Bragg North Carolina is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Henderson this week providing a brief hometown note in local society.
Mr and Mrs Leon Whitfield and daughters Beatrice Stacey and Henry Whitfield return home Friday after a week in the Smoky Mountains Lookout Mountain Rock City and Ruby Falls Tennessee. En route they stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs John Woods in Cincinnati Ohio.
On August 31 1958 the Beech community near Mt Pleasant Church gathered for Homecoming with descendants from Indiana Michigan Ohio Illinois New York North Carolina and beyond. They recalled early settlers who fled slavery and formed the Old Beech Church in 1832. A spiritual service led by Prof William Howard Weaver featured testimonies songs and a keynote by Rev Charles E Boone.
Simeon B McClain 78 a Carthage resident for 33 years died Friday in Madison Indiana at 415 pm from pneumonia He was born November 14 1879 in Henry County son of Thomas and Elizabeth Quick McClain He worked much of his Carthage years at Container Corporation He was a Friends Church member Survived by widow Clara L and three daughters Mrs Leon Davis of Phoenix AZ Mrs Greta Addison of R R 1 Carthage and Mrs Flora Heim of Carthage one sister Mrs Elsie Sears Mooreland Ind and several grandchildren nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm at the Hampton Mortuary with Rev Robert Shockey in charge Mrs Ruth Hunt played organ Selections Burial followed Walnut Ridge Cemetery
County coaches drafted the fall baseball schedule at the courthouse during the teachers institute. Games run on Tuesdays and Fridays with playoffs ending September 26 and a trophy awarded to the winner. Mays is the defending county champion.
More than 5000 Indiana Legionnaires and Auxiliary members plus the public are expected for American Legion Day on Sunday September 14 at the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Children’s Home in Center Township two miles south of Knightstown. Alfred C Brown of Brookville chairs an all day program with parade contests picnicking reunions and acts by Home children. Over 60 children have rehearsed numbers L A Cortner notes. Department Commander William A Brenan Jr urges turnout as many Posts plan motor cavalcades to Knightstown.
Arlington defeated Fairland 4 to 0 in a decisive playoff after a tie for first. Norman Morris tossed a one hit shutout, allowing only Sills’ infield single in the sixth. Arlington’s Heseneee Baker and Morris contributed the team’s two hits while Baker and Morris reached base in the late innings.
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