Regular School Opens with New Teachers and Early Games
The first week of regular school started September 5 with new staff Miss Feaster in girls physical education and Miss Martha Jo Bentley teaching Home Economics and Freshman English. Max Hunt broke his wrist playing softball. Junior class play Climbing Roses was cast as play practice began. Office assistants Misses Jean Porter and Ruth Burkher and mail carrier Don Roberts were announced. The softball team lost to Milroy 13-8 and Charlottesville 9-3 at home, and to Arlington 24-13 on the road. Senior and junior rosters list several players, with freshmen numerous. Health class will include new courses. school dismissed early due to heat on Sept 8.
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English U
Arlington
School News Coverage Expands To Lower Classes
The paper notes that grade school news was unavailable this week but will now cover lower classes. The change signals broader reporting across school ranks and aims to keep readers informed about student activities and events.
Wilbur Gatewood Hurt Playing Football
Wilbur Gatewood son of Mr and Mrs William Gatewood was accidentally cut with a knife during a football game with other boys. A scuffle with Albert Tuttle produced a deep wound requiring five stitches and five clamps to close. Gatewood works at Alsta Containers Inc.
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Wilbur Gatewood
William Gatewood
Wilbur
Albert Tuttle
Young Gatewood
Alsta Containers, Inc
Robert Capp Wins First Alumni Scholarship for 1939 Class
Robert Capp, a graduate of the I. S. and S. C. Home, received the Alumni Association scholarship for the worthy student in the class of 1939. He spent summers at Judge and Mrs. W. J. Henley’s home and recently entered Indiana Central Business College in Richmond. He also holds a job outside of school duties.
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Robert Capp
I. S
S. C
Alumni Association
Robert
W. J. Henley
Social Happenings In Gwynneville And Nearby Towns
Several households hosted weekend visits and Sunday dinners with relatives from Indianapolis Worthington Moscow Greenfield and Knights Town. Local residents attended social calls and a Monday sale held by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Murdock near Manilla.
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George Chaney
Indianapolis
Josie Henderson
W. O. Andis
Morristown
Harold Sample
Greenfield
Pearl Reese
Frank Wilcoxon
Ida Cory
Worthington
J. C. Springer
John Scott
Gwynneville
Shelbyville
George E. Springer
Ashtabula
Ohio
W. D. Springer
Jessie Todd
Lawrence
Marvin Springer
Bessie Springer
Oaklandon
R. D. Springer
Knightstown
Charles Bundy
Moscow
Herschel Thurston
James
J. J. Kemper
Earnestine Nigh
Dave Peer
Harry Pollitt
Mary Fair
Paul Gosnell
Durst Beckner
Esther Unger
Beverly Lee
Fred Pollitt
Lawrence Wortman
Frank Chadwick
Alice Swain
Nine Rush county students enroll at Earlham College
Richmond Indiana September 20 Nine Rush county students are enrolled at Earlham college for the first semester of the 1939 1940 term. The college reports students from twenty states and foreign countries including Cuba Mexico Germany Austria China and Canada. Enrollment reaches 470 the highest since 1931 and up ten percent from last year.
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Richmond
Indiana
Rush County
Earlham College
Earlham
Ind
Maine
California
Cuba
Germany
Austria
China
Canada
William C. Dennis
Kenneth Perry Landon
University of Chicago
Mary Lane Charles
Bryn Mawr
Maria Henley
Clarence Parker
Carthage High School
Lou Gehring
Winford Walker
Irene Moore
Bob Trump
Rushville
Norma Haehl
Arlington
David and
Bettie White
Raleigh
Knightstown
Eleanor Hardin
Edith Chance
Service Club Meeting in Carthage Hears New Member
Nineteen members attended the Carthage Service club gathering at Fletcher Methodist church. Bayard Baker, president, introduced Henry Stager of Alsta Containers as a new member and spoke briefly. The group discussed community service plans including a public Hallowe'en party on the main street, with several committees formed to explore the idea.
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Carthage Service Club
Fletcher Methodist Church
Bayard Baker
Henry Stager
Stager
Alsta Containers, Inc
Carthage
France to Feed Soldier Families in Wartime Aid
Paris authorities announce a government maintenance program for families of service members. Wives receive about 28 cents daily, plus 13 cents per child under 16, with the plan dated September 9.
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France
Paris
Daily allowances for families in Paris and other towns
The plan would pay 12 francs per day for residents in Paris plus 514 francs per child. Wives in towns over 5,000 population get eight francs daily, while elsewhere seven francs. The text outlines geographic differences in daily and per-child benefits.
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Paris
Booklet outlines Indiana highway system for motorists
An illustrated forty page booklet titled Engineering Safety and Convenience into Indiana Highways explains the state road network. It covers highway types from two to four lanes, divided highways, bridges, resurfacing, wider shoulders, and traffic signs. Copies available from the State Highway Commission in Indianapolis.
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Indiana
T. A. Dicus
State Highway Commission
State Highway Commission of Indiana
State House
Indianapolis
Ind
Rushville High to Play Night Football Under Lights
Rushville High School will add night games this season with lights at Memorial Field. L A Lockwood says installation starts immediately and the first night game is September 29 against Connersville. Funds come from donors and a long term loan to the Rushville Athletic Association.
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Rushville
L. A. Lockwood
Memorial Field
Connersville High School
Rushville Athletic Association
Columbus
Washington High School
Indianapolis
Morton Memorial
Seymour
Connersville
Shelbyville
Carthage Looks Around Continued Front Page
Rush county assessors report fewer hogs on hand than last year as many have been marketed. Farmers bid high for power to harvest corn shucking season and expect much of the new corn crop to be sold at the current comfortable market price.
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Rush County
Paper Mill Dismantles Large Five Ton Rolls
The old mill south of Alexandria loses its final major equipment as five ton rolls are moved to Chicago. Paper making machinery had been sold to an eastern concern and shipped out weeks ago. The Alexandria Paper company, once led by S. H. Took and later Harry Cook, began in the 1890s during the gas boom and has since been closed.
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Alexandria
Fred Diehl
Chicago
Alexandria Paper Company
S. H. Took
Neenah
Wisc
Harry Cook
Atlantic City
N. J
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Max Hunt
Roberts
Pete Tuttle
Ab Tuttle
Gene Hunt
Norris
Wallace Cook
Marcine Cook
Ewing
Stephens
Spacy
Mann
Hunt
Gene Tuttle
McNabb
Red
Poland
Red Army
Russia
Ukraine
America
Carthage Hardware
Carthage, Ind
Strictly Business
Rushville High School
Shelby CO
Oxydol
P&g
Chief Anderson
Oleo
Husky Huskers
Bradford
Carthage, Indiana
Knightstown Furniture Co
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