Indiana Sesquicentennial Markers Recount Legacy Projects
Ten markers documented by the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission in 1966 detail lines and events across Indiana. Texts describe Buckingham's Base Line, the Wisconsin Glacial Boundary, Hardin's Defeat, the LaGrange Phalanx, and the Great Sauk Trail among others with locations and historical notes.
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Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission
Buckingham
Jared Mansfield
Ebenezer Buckingham Jr
Orange County
Haysville
North Road
Wisconsin
Hardin
Kentucky
John
Little Turtle
Harmar
Eel River
U.S. 33
Eel River Baptist Church
Allen County
LaGrange Phalanx
Pate
la Grange
North America
Detroit
R Island
Davenport
Midwest
Indiana markers recall state history and notable figures
Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission notes mark early trails birthplace of Paul Dresser and Theodore Dreiser, the first bank charter in Madison in 1814, Little Turtle's Miami village sites, Camp Whitcomb’s Mexican War rendezvous, and Wabash’s first electrically lit city in 1880 with Brush lamps.
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Merrillville
Paul Dresser
Indiana
Wabash
Theodore Dreiser
South Third Street
Highway 41
Ferrington
Terre Haute
Eel River
Union Township
Whitcomb
Joseph Lane
Spring Street
Beharrel Street
New Albany
Charles F. Brush
City of
Enjoy Old Man Winter
A festive note urges readers to prep for the cold season starting December 22. It highlights car maintenance including tires and antifreeze, and home protections like heating, plumbing, and fuel. The piece muses on winter’s chill, cozy fires, popcorn, and relaxing with a book while summer feels distant.
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Winter
CARE Food Crusade urges gifts to feed 40 million in 32 countries
United Nations FAO warns of rising hunger as CARE launches a holiday campaign. Americans can help by contributing to CARE Food Crusade to fund 6,500,000 food packages at one dollar each, aiding victims in India, Vietnam, and across four continents. Mail donations to CARE Food Crusade, Chicago.
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United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
CARE
U. S
India
Viet Nam
Latin America
Africa
Care Food Crusade
South State Street
Chicago
Illinois
Capitol Comments on Early Election Projections
Senator Vance argues that TV networks announced predicted results while polls stayed open. He urges congressional hearings on voter analysis and broadcast coverage after reports that 3 percent of the Georgia vote showed a smashing win for Lester Maddox.
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Georgia
Newsweek
Lester Maddox
Florida Wildlife Scenes From A Trailer Court Letter
Edith Furnish of Camden Indiana and Bradenton Florida writes of daily life in a Florida trailer court noting wildlife such as owls rabbits birds and raccoons. she portrays quiet suburban scenes describes neighbors and personal reflections while touching on elections and democracy.
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Delphi
R. L. Hunter
Mrs. Meeker
Linehan
Florida
Mr. Hunter
Gulf
Edith Furnish
Breakthroughs in medicine and faith offer hope
A columnist contrasts medical breakthroughs with a historic spiritual breakthrough. They urge humility, prayer, and neighborly love amid war, noting the power of faith to change history and urging parents to trust children’s imagination over consumer toys.
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John
Buying toys is like raising children says FEE
The author stresses practical Toy buying and warns against toys that require assembly. He recalls hours spent on elaborate doll houses and country store replicas, noting fragile cardboard brick sets failed to entertain. He advises planning ahead if assembly is unavoidable.
Library Corner Obituaries Highlight Memorial Book Donations
Books have been ordered and donated in memory of Lee Shaeffer Zelpha Kramer Justus Musselman Jay Wingard Lena Sutton Earl Hildebrandt Neal Flora Clarence Darragh and others by numerous individuals and groups including the Myron Johnson family Tri Kappa DAR and Presbyterian and other families and clubs. Donations honor families with support from Mr and Mrs plus many named households and organizations across the community.
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Lee Shaeffer
Leo Craig
Jason Been
L. H. Smith
Robert van Natta
Myron Johnson
Martha Clifford
Drew
Hugh
Susanne
Thomas McCormick
Zelpha Kramer
Clarence McKinley
Hilda Bowen
Edward O. Grimm
Edward R. Grimm
Tri Kappa
John C. Peterson
Bess Rothenberger
William Kerlin
Jesse Patrick
Tuckabatchee
The
Presbyterian Church
Justus Musselman
Robert Johnson
Jay Wingard
David Whiteman
Frederick Morrison
DAR
Lena Sutton
Edgar F
Jeanne C. Stuntz
John Atkinson
Mary Dixon Smith
Earl Hildebrandt
George Obear
Dean Overholser
Neal Flora
Clarence Darragh
Charles
Opal Wood
William
Memorial Gifts Honor Local Residents and Clergy
Donations to the Tri Kap pa Memorial Library Fund honor Mrs Claude Wickard and others. Ann Van Natta gives in memory of Bess Rothenberger Gene Zook Eikenberry Gertrude Hefling Zelpha Kramer. Obears donate in memory of Imogene Eikenberry Gertrude Hefling Zelpha Kramer. Additional gifts honor Zelpha Kramer and D F Rankin.
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Gerald Clawson
Harry Roach
Burt Honan
Mary Musselman
Edna Grimm
Helen Quick
Robert Sieber
Gertrude Hefling
Ruth Ayres
George Obear
D. F. Rankin
James Rankin
Our Time in Rhyme: A Christmas Prayer by Mary Tutewiler Irwin
A social worker ponders the year among the poor and the strains of meeting needs. The poem traces duty, restraint, and the Christmas call to act with compassion and share burdens.
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Mary Tutewiler Irwin
School Menu for December 19 20 21
Menu outlines December 19 hot dogs buttered corn shredded lettuce fruit cocktail milk. December 20 oven fried chicken fresh frozen peas cole slaw Christmas cake vanilla ice cream bread butter milk. December 21 half day no lunches as Christmas vacation begins.
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J. M. Guthrie
E. Franklin Delphi
Myron J. Johnson
American Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Northern Indiama Public Sowrce Company
Capitol
Senator Vance
Hartke
Camden, Indiana
And
Bradenton, Florida
Ross Martin
Camden
Carroll County
Lois E. Lane
Raggedy Ann
Fee
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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