Private Kenneth Briles Receives Army Commendation Medal
Private Kenneth Briles of Lafayette has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal with V device for heroism at Phouc Vinh airfield Viet Nam on January 7 He aided a wounded comrade under heavy fire and evacuated him to cover administering first aid in a critical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Briles
William Jasper Fouts
Lafayette
Phouc Vinh
Viet Nam
Republic of
Briles
1St Infantry Division
United State Army
Jonathan O. Seaman
Stanley R. Resor
Army
RADNOR by Mrs Leslie Heffley Delayed
Mrs Morris Benefiel entered St Elizabeth Hospital Monday for surgery Tuesday morning. Mr Dick Reef and sons of Rossville visited Sunday afternoon with his mother Almira Reef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Benefiel
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dick Reef
Community Visitors and Local Family News
Sunday dinner guests included William Gillam and relatives from Kokomo and Delphi. Leslie Heffley hosted callers as Debby and Myrtle Zook visited Flora relatives. Richard Bell spent weekend with Fort Knox family. A knee injury occurred from a fall in Flora. Anita Ann Curtis married Robert M. Campbell Saturday at Christ Methodist Lafayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Gillam
William
Gillam
Kokomo
Lloyd
Bud) Anderson
Ray Bougher
Delphi
Paul Heffley
Foosland
Debby Zinn
Myrtle Zook
Flora
Leslie
Heffley
Richard Bell
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Delbert Bell
Larry Clawson
Patty Pennington
Nellie Otte
William Weaver
Vera Gillam
Leslie Heffley
Irwin Marion
Burrows
John Heffley
Bryan
Ockley
William Glover
Radnor Wscs
Don Ramsey
Anita Ann Curtis
Robert M. Campbell
Christ Methodist Church
Lafayette
Anita
Daughter of Mrs Curtis Remembers Late Rev Curtis
The narrative centers on the daughter of Mrs Goldie Curtis and the late Rev Walter Curtis former minister at Radnor and Bringhurst churches. Details highlight family connection and reverence for the clergyman’s service.
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Goldie Curtis
Walter Curtis
Radnor
Bringhurst
Ockley Club hosts with mission field drive at Sheets home
Mrs August Sheets entertained the Ockley Club Thursday February 3 at 730 pm with members bringing white sheets for the Mission Fields. Co hostess was Mrs Ronald Bolinger. Nearby social visits continued as Emma Felix of Buck Creek spent Tuesday with Mrs Ted Guthmiller and several families shared Sunday gatherings at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Sheets
Ockley Club
Mission Fields
Ronald Bolinger
Emma Felix
Buck Creek
Ted Guthmiller
Elmer. Johnson
Lafayette
Eldie Pearson
West Delphi Social Notes Highlight Family Visits
Mrs. Joe R and Mr and Mrs Richard Wells took grandsons Tom and Dick Van Sickle and Jeff Wells to a Purdue game Saturday. Alice Kenworthy dined with Bus Kenworthy family Sunday. Ben Wilson of Lafayette visited Lewis and Mrs Dunn Saturday afternoon. Lewis Dunn visited Fred Haller in Colburn Saturday evening. Joe Rodenbarger hosted Monday evening supper with Tom Rodenbarger and Joey. Bud Mummert and sons of Monticello and Caroline Collins of Flora joined Rodenbargers Sunday evening.
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Joe R
Richard Wells
Tom
Dick van Sickle
Jeff Wells
Purdue
Alice Kenworthy
Bus Kenworthy
Ben Wilson
Lafayette
Lewis Dunn
Fred Haller
Colburn
Joe Rodenbarger
Tom Rodenbarger
Joey
Bud Mummert and Sons
Monticello
Caroline Collins
Flora
Yeoman Social News From Yeoman Community
Yeoman and Mrs Ross Holloway Mrs Mabel Kennard return from Florida and Texas. Frank Armstrong returns to Tucson after death of his brother Bitter Armstrong. Yeoman Methodist Supper planned February 19 at Yeoman School. Sgt Melvin Willey visits grandmother Mrs Myrtle Dailey. Miss Kay Piatt and Carlos Ganga wed in Oakland February 5. Gerald Crowell and Clyde Crowell back from California. Mrs Dale Duncan seriously ill in Indianapolis. Maurice Duncan and Mrs Walter Rogers with Duncan children in Indy.
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Ross Holloway
Mabel Kennard
Florida
Texas
Clay Wickersham
Carroll County
Frank Armstrong
Tucson
Arizona
Bitter Armstrong
Yeoman Methodist Church
Yeoman School
Melvin Willey
Myrtle‘Dailey
Yeoman
Fort Worth
Kay Piatt
San Francisco
California
Carlos Ganga
Oakland
Bill Piatt
Monticello High School
Indiana University
Nina Pratt
Ruey Viney
Gerald Crowell
Clyde Crowell
Ida Ville
Richard Cowdin
Torrance
Phyllis Crowel- Mazackie
Downey
Dale Duncan
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Maurice Duncan
Walter Rogers
Duncan
AMERICUS NEWS SOCIAL ROUNDUP OF LOCAL VISITS
Mrs Kenneth Herr and children of Pyrmont and Edith Steiner of Lafayette visit area families. Several couples from Lafayette and nearby towns call on friends including Hurst Haslet and Hartman at various locations. Sacramento visitor Almeda Metzger spends time with Cain Metzger and Beecher Metzger in Lafayette.
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Kenneth Herr
Pyrmont
Elmer Johnson
Edith Steiner
John
Lafayette
Claud Nelson
Zora Nelson
Effie Emrick
Robert Curea
Near Earl Park
Eugene Strader
State Road 25 South
Lewis Curea
W. T. Hurst
Near Lafayette
Grover Cain
Clifford McCloud
Ralph Myres
Robert Harlan
Henry Haslet
Raymond Lowe
Lorin Hass
Dick Hartman
Horse Shoe Bend
Almeda Metzger
Sacramento
California
Francis Cain
Beecher Metzger
Jerry R. Metzger
Harry Haslet
Carl Dodds
Soldiers Home
Eugene Starder
Nellie H. Shucker
Lewis Cure
Delphi News Briefs Move and Recovery Updates
Mr and Mrs Emmett Fife relocated to the Glenn Williams home in Delphi after purchasing it Leonard Sterrett has returned to Arizona following Mrs Sterretts death He will spend the winter there Mrs Frank Morrow at West Delphi is improving Ruth Walters remains confined at home due to illness Miss Jan Griffey of Delphi was discharged from St Elizabeth Hospital and returned to Purdue apartment Danny Julien at the Eli Lilly plant in Lafayette is enrolled in a Purdue electrical engineering course Mrs Harry Wingard of Lafayette is somewhat improved Luther Sheets and wife have just returned from Arizona to visit his brother Cleo Sheets who is convalescing from a long illness
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Emmett Fife
Glenn Williams
Delphi
Leonard Sterrett
Arizona
Sterrett
Frank Morrow
West Delphi
Ruth Walters
Jan Griffey
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Purdue
Danny Julien
Eli Lilly Plant
Lafayette
Harry Wingard
Luther Sheets
Cleo Sheets
Sheets
Cleo
Tipwa Grange Meeting Planned With Scouts Guests
Mr and Mrs Bill Duff and several couples organize tonight's Tipwa Grange meeting with hosts Mr and Mrs Dick Sheldon Mr and Mrs Arlie Hughes Mr and Mrs Ed Fountain and Mr and Mrs Marvin Bullock. Pittsburg Boy Scout and Girl Scout leaders will attend as guests. At the prior meeting a gift was given to the County Home piano fund and a new Grange dance team performed a comedy number with female impersonators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Duff
Harry Griffith
Jesse Wise
Jim Riley Sr
Tipwa Grange
Dick Sheldon
Arlie Hughes
Ed Fountan
Marvin Bullock
Pittsburg
Grange
County Home Piano Fund
Roy Koch
Dan Lybrook
Ralph Hughes
Bill and
Bob Duff
Buddy Holloway
Wayne Pearson
Soldier Cain Remains Deployed In Germany For Christmas
Pfc. Donald E. Cain of Lafayette route 3 serves with the Armed Forces in Germany. He could not return home for Christmas due to special duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Cain
Francis. Cain
Route 3
Lafayette
Germany
Former Hoosier newsman named IU business economics editor
Bernard Cla Jr., a World War II correspondent and Time Life bureau chief, is appointed Indiana University business economics editor. He will coordinate education and research activity communications for the School of Business and work with University News Bureau, Hoosier media, and national publications. Cla has a storied career, including Time and Life in Chicago and San Francisco, Navy service, and public relations leadership at Matson Navigation and Ivy Lee.
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Hoosier
Time
Life Magazines
Bernard Cla Jr
This Week
Indiana University
James R. Jordan
Clayton
School of Business
Hoosier Press
National Business - Economics
Jordan
I. U.’s Aerospace Research Applications Center
Time, Inc
Life Magazine
Chicago
Time and Life
San Francisco
Navy
Pacific
Hawaiian Foundation
Matson Navigation Co
Ivy Lee and
T. J. Ross
W C T U Plan Readies School Health Talks in 1966
Fourteen members of the Wo men s Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs Virgil Gray s country home for the first 1966 gathering. Mrs Zollie Martin presided and Mrs Earl Thompson gave devotions. Pamphlets Should A Boy Smoke and Should a Girl Smoke were presented for school children. A legislative report was given by Mrs Gray. The mid year meeting is set for February 9 at the Central Avenue Methodist Church in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Virgil Gray
Zollie Martin
Earl Thompson
Gray
12Th and
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Indianapolis
Ball State Freshman Sues Initiation Open Rush Event
Sue Ann Mikesell a Ball State University freshman attended an Open Rush event. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Mikesell of route 1.
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Sue Ann Mikesell
Ball State University
Paul Mikesell
Route 1
Thank You Note From Hazel Jackson
Hazel Jackson thanks friends and relatives for cards flowers visits and calls during her hospital stay and after returning home.
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Hazel Jackson
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