Wyandotte Caves Plan Progress Moves For Public Opening
RAD officials press for a state level meeting with the Department of Natural Resources to fix opening dates for Wyandotte caves and the Lake of the Wyandottes. Efforts include training guides, repairing wiring, and hazard removal amid public curiosity.
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RAD
Ural Resources
Wyandotte Caves
Lake of the Wyandottes
John E. Mitchell
Department of Natural Resources
Little Cave
Wyandotte
Indiana
Job Corps Braille project at Pendleton Reformatory makes progress
Inmates at Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton work on a Braille class to aid blind readers with large type, Braille reproductions, and graphic arts. Eleven students in three 20 week phases train under teachers Leo Sonner and Virgil Applegate. The program, backed by the Library of Congress, costs Indiana under $5,000 and may certify graduates as Braillists.
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Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Reformatory
Library of Congress
Leo Sonner
Washington Township
Detroit
Virgil Applegate
Harrison County
Jim MacManus
Indiana Aeronautical Commission
Job Corps
Camp Atterbury
Jim
David E. MacQuigg
Atterbury Hospital
Atterbury Camp
Atterbury
Court News Drunken Driving Fine and License Suspension
Robert P. Lafko received a one year license suspension a $100 fine and six months in the State Farm suspended for good behavior after pleading guilty in Marrison Circuit Court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Charles Taylor was fined $26 and spent one year suspended for malicious trespass. Other local cases include co executors named for Mrs Fisher and Mrs Blank estate reports and several minor traffic and public intoxication fines.
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State Farm
Robert P. Lafko
Marrison
Charles Taylor
David Melton
Philip Mowrer
New Amsterdam
Roscoe E. Shewmaker
Driver license suspensions listed by Indiana Bureau
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles lists suspensions by county with names and expiration dates. Harrison County includes Charles P McAdams and William H Timberlake. Crawford County lists Elmer R Fordice and Loyd R Satterfield. Floyd County lists Ronnie N Alstott and Billy D Ashby with respective addresses and end dates.
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Indiana Motor Vehicles Bureau
Harrison County
Charles P. McAdams
Elizabeth
William H. Timberlake
New Salisbury
Crawford County
Elmer R. Fordice
Brownstown
Ind
Loyd R. Satterfield
Marengo
Floyd County
Ronnie N. Alstott
Corydon Pike
New Albany
Billy D. Ashby
Pearl St
Notice of Administration Estate of Many Blank Deceased
Public notice lists the estate of Many Blank as deceased and outlines administration steps. Local Alcoholic Beverage Board schedules a public hearing on related regulatory matters.
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Local Alcoholic Beverage Board
Churchill Heads Nominating Committee
President Davis announced a nominating committee to report at the August RA meeting. D. Fred Churchill, owner of Recreation Unlimited on his Blue River farm, was named chairman with Earl H. Blank and Hobart Frank as other members.
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Davis
Fred Churchill
Recreation Unlimited
Blue River
Earl H. Blank
Hobart Frank
Red Cross Swimming Class Opens For Advanced Beginners
The Red Cross program for advanced beginners starts next Tuesday at Corydon Country Club with 9:00 a.m. lessons lasting six weeks. Open to boys and girls seven and older, with 30 slots. Registration forms are at Old Capital Bank and Trust Co., Corydon State Bank, and Eureka Telephone Co., due by next Monday. Cecil Trobaugh announced limited capacity. Mark Wiseman, Corydon Central High School 1967 graduate, will teach with Tom Alton (CCHS 1968) assisting later.
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Red Cross
Corydon Country Club
Old Capital Bank and Trust Co
Corydon State Bank
Eureka Telephone Co
Cecil Trobaugh
Charles Phillips
Mark Wiseman
Corydon Central High School
Tom Alton
CCHS
Poultry Firm Proposes Modern Broiler House Designs
At an open house and meeting sponsored by Ralston Purina in East Corydon and at the Fairgrounds, Jack Lockett outlined 30 ft by 265 ft windowless broiler houses with controlled ventilation. He cited 21 percent net return on a two-house setup and urged new venting, concrete floors, sanitation rooms, and proper siting on well drained ground. Jerry Watson noted poultry demand growth to 1980 and efficiency as essential for profit.
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Jack Lockett
Fairgrounds
Lockett
Ralston Purina
Southern Indiana
Louisville
Ralston Purina Company
East Corydon
Jerry Watson
Watson
Ralston Purina Broiler
Summer Playground Activities Start For 125 Youngsters
About 125 youngsters turned out Monday at Island Field for the first day of the summer playground period. Coach Charles Philips reports the program. starting Thursday, attendees will visit the Corydon Country Club swimming pool at 9:00 a.m. each Thursday. The pool will be used at various times by students from Heth Washington, South Central, and North Central schools, as well as Boy Scouts and Cubs.
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Island Field
Charles Phillips
Corydon Country Club
Heth Washington
South Central
North Central School
Cubs
Hoosier Elm Chapter To Meet With Miss Faith
The Hoosier Elm Chapter D A R will meet Monday evening June 21 at 6 30 at Miss Dora Faith home for a carry in supper.
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Hoosier Elm
Miss Faith
D.A.R
Dora Faith
Corydon Post Office Wins Safe Driving Award
The Corydon Post Office earned a safe driving award from the National Safety Council and the Post Office Department for 365 accident free driving days. Postmaster Walter H. Fried noted the four rural carriers and the city parcel post driver logged over 98 000 miles in a year across diverse conditions.
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Corydon
Corydon Post Office
National Safety Council
Council
Post Office Department
Walter H. Fried
Lawrence F. O’brien
Howard Pyle
National
Charles E. Becker
Route Three
Frank P. Rothrock
William Eckart
Carl R. Walter
Irvin R. Sams
Grandson Of Corydon Couple To Be In Group For White House Honors
William A. Webb of Jefferson Town Kentucky is one of three Kentucky high school seniors chosen as Presidential Scholars to be honored at the White House in Washington next Tuesday. He will meet government officials and attend a White House reception with the President and Mrs. Johnson. Webb, son of George C. Webb and the late Marjorie Gehlbach Webb, is a Corydon native and grandson of Clarence E. Gehlbach and his wife. He has a 4.0 average and numerous honors including National Honor Society, Beta Club, Harvard Book Award, and the Bausch & Lomb Award. He will enter Yale University on a scholarship this fall.
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William A. Webb
Jeffersontown
Kentucky
White House
Washington
Johnson
William
George C. Webb
Marjorie Gehlbach Webb
Clarence E. Gehlbach
Corydon
Corydon High School
Seneca High School
Kiwanis Key Club
Rotary
Jefferson County
Gene Faith to Lead Harrison Post American Legion Officers
Gene Faith is set to become Commander at the Harrison Post American Legion Fish Fry. Richard Dunn moves to First Vice Commander. John Orwick becomes Second Vice Commander. James C. Watson remains Finance Officer. Roscoe Miller serves as Chaplain. Ronald Reising as Service Officer. Albert Lotich as Sergeant-at-Arms. William LeGrande as Historian. Directors elected are Chesney Davis William Orwick Albert Lotich Otto Schneider. Delegates to the Department convention are Chesney Davis Claude A. Davis and Richard Dunn.
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Harrison
American Legion
Gene Faith
Richard Dunn
Dunn
John Orwick
James C. Watson
Roscoe Miller
Ronald Reising
Albert Lotich
William LeGrande
Chesney Davis
William Orwick
Otto Schneider
Department
Claude A. Davis
Georgetown Stockholders Offer to Sell to Continental
Georgetown Telephone Company directors urge stockholders to sell shares to Gerald Parks for 180 dollars per share. Continental Telephone Corp via Parks aims to build a new dial system and seek toll free routing approvals, with rate increases possible. Bank agent to begin payouts June 14 for shares presented. If completed in three weeks, dial system could be ready in 15 months.
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Georgetown Telephone Company
Gerald Parks
Continental Telephone Corporation
St. Louis
Georgetown
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Galena
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Crandall
Eureka Telephone Company
Eureka
Union National Bank
Parks
Georgia Poultry Growth Fuels Broiler Profits
Mr Watson notes advantages driving poultry growth in Georgia and southern states no longer exist. With efficient equipment and newer methods broilers can be raised profitably here. Harrison County is a natural site for broiler production with six key advantages including market proximity and diversification.
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Georgia
Watson
Harrison County
Rise in chicken consumption outpaces broiler production
The text notes a decline in broiler production over seven years but reports rising per capita chicken consumption. It cites per person broiler meat use increasing from 19 pounds in 1946 to 37 pounds, indicating stronger demand despite lower output.
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Lincoln Hills
Nolan Weisbaker
Tourism Committee
United
State Department of Natural Resources
Court House
Armen N. Best
Harrison County Park Board
State Commission
General Assembly
Walter Q. Gresham
Lanesville
Best
Jack Washburn
Versailles
Washburn
RAC Committee
Mary Hisenmenger
Harrison County Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Arthur Miller, Jr
eMacManus
Barney Arnold
Bud Wallace
Jack Powers
New Albany Sunday Ledger - Tribune
Court News
Floyd Circuit Court
Floyd
Bryant - Horton Co., Inc
Schultz Company, Inc
Paul B. Schultz
S. Morris Wilson
Claude Douglass Funk
Indianapolis
Georgia S. Fisher
Fern E. Hottell
David R. Blank
Mary Blank
John Mattingly
Vine Grove
Court of Justice of the Peace
Charlotte Ledford
Robert McAdams
Leavenworth
State Bureau Motor Vehicles
Churchill
Broiler House Construction
Broiler
Wallace
Broiler Raisers
Safety Council
Bill
Yale University
University of Rochester
Harvard
Duke
Mid-West
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