District Horse Pulling Climax At English Fourth of July
About twenty five teams of top pulling horses are expected for the Overweight Horse Pull at the English Fourth of July celebration. The Southern Indiana Three Day event in Paoli Pekin and English offers a 1275 purse with top entrants from Kentucky Mississippi and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Paoli
Pekin
Kentucky
Mississippi
Frank Crews
Crews
C. C. Clark
Pontotoc
Miss
English
Hubert Potts
Maceo
Hazel Wright
Corinth
Floyd Wampler
Bicknell
Merchants Truck Line
New Albany
Herb Gilkerson
Cadiz
Robert Hunt
Robert Harmon
Postmaster Details Parcel Post Increases Through 1971
Postmaster Walter H. Fried of Corydon explains new parcel post rules allowing 25 pound parcels between first class offices 150 miles apart starting July 1. Current 20 pound limit rises to 30 in 1968 then 40 in 1969 and 1970 size limits reach 84 inches by 1971. Less than 150 miles retains 40 pound limit. Alaska and Hawaii remain 70 pounds and 100 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Fried
Corydon
Fried
Alaska
Hawaii
County 4-H Weather Tour At Standiford Field
Twenty five 4 H club members and adults joined a Weather Tour at Standiford Field United States Weather Bureau to learn forecasting methods and equipment. John Damon drove the bus for the group as they viewed highly technical forecasting gear and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standiford Field
United States Weather Bureau
John Damon
Clifton McCown
Gary Sieveking
Geneva Sieveking
Sandra Sieveking
Jerry Timberlake
Martin Wiseman
Steven Gurtz
Carole Kendall
Phyllis Waters
Wayne Hannel
Eddie Chinn
Roger Davis
Richard Davis
Debra Sanders
Retta Elrod
Brenda Davis
Sue Monroe
Louis Pitts
Joe Taylor
Ricky Utz
Jimmy Timberlake
Robert Hannel
Michael Kost
Benefit Bridge Party Raises 47.50 for Mental Health
Mrs. Walter Baxley and Mrs. Larry Orme hosted a benefit bridge at Mrs. Orme's home on June 19. The event netted 47.50 toward the Harrison County Association for Mental Health, part of the fund drive totaling 1578.00, correcting a prior misreport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baxley
Larry Orme
Orme
Corydon Democrat
Harrison County Association For Mental Health
Harrison County Grads Enroll in Spencerian College Louisville
Seven Harrison County high school graduates attend Spencerian College in Louisville. Diana Kay Smith Linda Baxley and James M Taylor Jr study accounting and business administration. Other students include Jerry Solomon Linda Wolfe and Sharon Brock in legal secretarial courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County High School
Spencerian College
Louisville
Diana Kay Smith
Hugh Smith
Corydon
Linda Baxley
Stanley Baxley
James M. Taylor
D Jr
Elizabeth
Diana
Linda
Corydon Central
James
South Central High School
Jerry Solomon
Pauline Solomon
Linda Wolfe
Delbert Wolfe
Ramsey
Sharon Brock
Robert Brock
North Central
Sharon
South Central
New Programs at Tunnel Mill Scout Camp
Tunnel Mill Boy Scout Camp opens with six troops for first camping period. New Albany units from Troops 4 2 and 14 join with 37 and 7 from Jeffersonville Sellersburg and Speed with leaders and sponsor churches. Seven more troops arrive Sunday afternoon June 25 including units from New Albany Jeffersonville Salem and Speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sellersburg
Jeffersonville
Salem
Speed
Heidelberg Notes Share Weekend Visits and Wedding
Sunday visitors included Lafayette’s Mr and Mrs Jack Irvine and family and Newark Del’s Mr and Mrs Bill Crittenden. A large crowd attended the Sutherland Fravel wedding. Troop camping features include pioneering nature work rifle safety archery and boating with transfers to Charlestown Pool for swimming and life saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brunner
Jack Irvine
Lafayette
Curt Wolfe
New Albany
Herschel Brengman
Ezra Hottle
Corydon
Stanley Thomas
Bill Crittenden
Celeste
James
Newark
Del
Cecil Fravel
Hugh Hardesty
Louisville
Herschel Brown
Henry Lang
Clarence Haas
Heidelberg W.S.C.S
Hugh Gray
Austin
Scottsburg
Charlestown Pool
Corydon Boys At Hanover College Basketball Camp
Corydon youths Dennis Reimold and Dennis Faith attend Hanover College Junior Basketball Camp directed by Hanover staff John Collier and Dick Naylor. Daily sessions cover shooting dribbling rebounding passing footwork and defense with evening basketball films and a Saturday noon banquet for parents. Dutch Struck Hanover athletic director attends along with notable coaches Wayne Embry Taylor Locke Barney Scott Carl Hughes Jim Bates and Bill Stearman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Reimold
Walter Reimold
Dennis Faith
Darrell W. Faith
Hanover College
John Collier
Dick Naylor
Wayne Embry
Boston Celtics
Taylor
Tates
Locke
Miami University
Barney Scott
Seymour
Carl Hughes
Shelbyville
Jim Bates
Madison
Bill Stearman
Columbus
Hedden Knight And Woertz Took Naval Training Instruction
Seamen recruit Donald D. Woertz joined Hedden Knight and Woertz at Great Lakes for naval training instruction as part of the ongoing seaman training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedden, Knight
Woertz
Great Lakes, Ill
Donald D. Woertz
Airman David M Seaton Serves Aboard USS Randolph
Great Lakes Illinois June 23 Airman David M Seaton USN son of Mr and Mrs Loren J Seaton of Milltown is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Randolph. The ship joined NATO units from the United States Canada the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in exercise New Look off the New England Nova Scotia coast to update convoy skills and train anti submarine warfare. The Randolph is home ported in Norfolk Virginia.
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Great Lakes
Ill
David M. Seaton
USN
Loren J. Seaton
Milltown
USS
Randolph
United States
Canada
Netherlands
United Kingdom
New England-Nova Scotia
Norfolk
Local Navy Reservists Return After Training
Three young men from Elizabeth complete two weeks of annual training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes I and return to their local Naval Reserve Unit. The group includes Howard N. Knight Jr. Bryan Hedden and 18 year old USNR member son of John W. Woertz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USNR
John W. Woertz
Elizabeth
Howard N. Knight, Jr
Howard N. Knight
Bryan Hedden
Lester Hedden
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval
Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree elects Joseph Bocard
The Father Badin General Assembly re elected Joseph Bocard Faithful Navigator. Bocard of Hedden Park New Albany is a Girdler Corporation development engineer in Louisville. Other officers named include Maurice Rochert Faithful Captain Deweese Stein Faithful Pilot and Frank Kraft Faithful Comptroller. Twenty three new members to be inducted from Floyd Harrison and Clark Counties as the assembly meets at French Lick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Joseph Bocard
Bocard
Hedden Park
New Albany
Girdler Corporation
Louisville
Maurice Rochert
Deweese Stein
Frank Kraft
James White
William B. Kannapel
Faithful Sentinel
James Rochert
Wayne Martin
William J. Kaiser
Floyd
Harrison and
Clark Counties
French Lick
Clarence Burgess Visits Kin Across Counties
Clarence Burgess of Garden City Kansas returns to visit Harrison County relatives and cousins in Corydon and Depauw. He travels via Bedford Kentucky and Flora Illinois, recalling childhood in Spencer Township and noting his retirement as a carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Burgess
Garden City
Kas
Harrison County
Otto Hottell
Claude A. Davis
Melvin G. Davis
Frank I. Hickman
Henry Bye
Mettie Davis
Corydon
Gibbs Wiseman
Depauw
R. 1
Elmer Gibbs
Chas. Burgess
Quinte
Clarence
L. A. Garriet
Bedford
Sheldon, Il
Laura Henderson
Retta Monical
Nora Wiseman McCutchen
McLain
Flora
Ill
Spencer Township
Smith Burgess
Hospital Guild Invites Ladies to All Day Meet
The Hospital Guild will hold a regular meeting Friday June 30 at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building. It is an all day event with a sack lunch requested. Members are invited to stay and help quilt or tear carpet rags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Guild
Farm Bureau Insurance
Man Injured In Tractor Mishap Is Recuperating
Donald Benham, injured when his tractor toppled a bridge on a county road, recovers from a dislocated arm cuts and bruises and a facial wound. He escaped serious harm after crawling to a nearby farm for help and was hospitalized briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Benham
Benham
Chester B. Stem, Inc
Donald
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English Sterling
Benefit Bridge Party
Ed Prewitt
Ruby Grant
Phyllis Hershman
Ruby
Phyllis
Diana Smith
Diana Whittaker
Diana Lynn Whittaker
Clyde Whittaker
James Taylor
Tunnel Mill
Heidelberg
Hobart Shireman
Corydon Boys
Bulk
Michigan
Georgetown, Indiana
Fourth Degree
Harrison County Hospital
Mrs. Benham
Connie
Ronnie
Jerry
Blue River Inn
Corydon State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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