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Newspaper

Linton Daily Citizen

Location

Linton, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1944

Page

2

Friday social calendar items and Saturday Eagles event

Friday events include Chapter 19 Women of the Moose at 8 p m Moose hall the Surgical Dressings class at Elks Home from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 prayer meeting at Glenburn Mission 7 p m Quapaw Tribe No 143 Improved Order of Red Men at 7 30 p m Constellation club gathering with Mrs Claude Clark 7 30 p m Alpha Bible class at Methdist church in the church basement 7 30 p m Saturday aug 12 Eagles family night with eats and entertainment Paid up receipt required at door

Quapaw Tribe No. 143 Improved Order of Red Men Alpha Bible Class The Methodist Church Eagles Family

Community organizations schedule for Pocahontas and Glenburn

Monday events include Chickateth Council Pocahontas at Red Men hall 7 p m and Metropolitan Lodge 193 K of P at home 7 30. Surgical dressings class at Elks home 7 9. Tuesday lists several groups meeting: Quapaw Council 80 Pocahontas Red Men hall 7 30, Girls 4 H club high school 2 pm, Loyal Order Moose 1434 hall 7 30, Carpenter Local 487 K of P hall 7, Violet Rebekah 312 hall 7, Greene County Nursing Council for War Service library 7 30, Local Union 1112 Painter and Paper Hangers Eagles hall 7 30, Glenburn Youth Fellowship community house 7. Wednesday includes Girls 4 H general meeting high school 2, Baptist Ladies Aid church, Eagles lodge, Elks lodge 8, Rotary Club luncheon Christian church 12 15, Glenburn W S C S community house.

Church and Legion Group Meeting Schedule

Baptist choir practice at the church at 7 p.m. Thursday. American Legion Post meets at the Legion home at 7 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary meets at the Legion home at 7 30 p.m. United Brethren choir practice at the church at 7 p.m. Elks home hosts activities from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Baptist American Legion Auxiliary Legion United Brethren

Missionary Society Meeting Hosts 24 Members 7 Guests

Twenty four members of the United Brethren Missionary Society and seven guests replied to roll call as Mrs. Chester Royer hosted the gathering at her home. The program centered on Christ as ruler of all life with songs, scripture, a study review, prayers, and a reading followed by a business session and refreshments.

United Brethren Missionary Society Chester Royer Sarah Bolt R. C. Hale God of Grace Denver Hadley Zella Avritt Roger John Correll W. H. Magner

4-H Round-Up Winners Sell Prize Beef To Kroger

Harry Gabbard of Linton and Richard Manners of Worthington were prize winners at the 4-H club roundup at Humphreys park last week. Kroger district manager Ward Letsinger announced the Linton store purchased the two prize winning steers for sale this weekend. Gabbard works as a clerk in the local store and Manners is the son of the Worthington Kroger manager.

Kroger’s Harry Gabbard Linton Richard Manners Worthington Humphreys Park Ward Letsinger Kroger Grocery and Baking Co Young Gabbard Manners Boy Kroger

Homemaking urged as full time job for wartime homes

Dr M E John of Penn State warns wartime neglect will show in homes after the war and notes divorce rises with outside employment. He urges homemaking as a full time role with community life to aid understanding of husbands and postwar readjustment, including counseling centers for veterans.

State College U.P M. E. John Pennsylvania State College Dr. John John Penn State

Ronald Casteel Birthday Party Honored

Ronald Casteel son of Rev. and Mrs Hobart Casteel celebrated his fourth birthday yesterday with a party. Attending were Rev. and Mrs R C Hodges and son Randolph of Evansville Rev. and Mrs O L Spears and sons Bobby and Keith of Jasonville Mrs Helen Walker and children Linda and Buddy Bobby Bunch of Indianapolis Jimmie Sullivan Tommy Utterback Keith Holman Charlotte Lawrence Clara Ann Yoder Norma Fitzpatrick Mrs Owen Fitzpatrick Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served.

Ronald Casteel Hobart Casteel R. C. Hodges Randolph Evansville O. L. Spears Bobby Keith Jasonville Helen Walker Linda and Buddy Bobby Bunch Indianapolis Jimmie Sullivan Tommy Utterback Keith Holman Charlotte Lawrence Clara Ann Yoder Norma Fitzpatrick Owen Fitzpatrick

Friends Honor Cpl. Floyd Dove

A dinner was held in honor of Cpl. Floyd Dove who has returned home on furlough from Austin Texas. Guests included Elmer Dove Hazel Knowles Mirl Tincher Bobby Tincher Gail Carpenter and others as well as the host and Mrs. Dove.

Cpl Floyd Dove Austin Texas Elmer Dove Everett Barnard Jr Dean Jean Tincher Hazel Knowles Mirs Mirl Tincher Bobby Mattie Padgett Rose Cole Bill Cullison Gail Carpenter Ray Dollie Ann Yvonne Linda Lou

Local visitors and guests list from Louisville and Chicago

Mrs H E Curtis and son Gene of Louisville Kentucky are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Wes Newman Miss Leota Alsman returns to Indianapolis where she is employed after time in Houston Texas Miss Hazel Brown of Chicago is the guest week of Mrs W A Nelson of this city

H. E. Curtis Gene Louisville Wes Newman Leota Alsman Indianapolis Houston Texas Hazel Brown Chicago W. A. Nelson

In Memoriam Pfe. Corbett H Woodruff Killed In Action

In loving memory of Pfe Corbett H Woodruff killed in action one year ago today August 11 1943 in Bolo Sicily. The Brow Was Hard The Shock Severe. We Never Thought His Death So Near. God knows How Much We Miss Him. Loving Thoughts Will Ever Wander To The Spot Where He Is Laid. Mother and Father Mr and Mrs Frank Woodruff.

Pfe. Corbett H. Woodruff Bolo Sicily Mrs Frank Woodruff

First Baptist Church Powell Forbes Schedule Revised

Church services and activities outlined for First Baptist Powell Forbes including morning worship at 10 30 am and a 4 20 pm union service with Methodist and Glenburn Mission. Evening activities for youth and meetings for officers teachers and mission circles noted with date changes and retreat invitation. Regular prayer meeting midweek and association retreat announced.

Methodist Church Glenburn Mu Beta Gamma Mission Lin-Stock Park Frank Denman Bonna Baughman The Linton Baptist Association Shakamak

Sunday and midweek church services listed for multiple congregations

Chas Mason Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 45 a m youth fellowship Monday 7 34 p m women society service Wednesday 7 30 p m prayer Thursday 7 30 p choir Friday 7 30 p Bethel worship 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m Herman Lovelace superintendent prayer Wednesday 8 Hickory Sunday school 9 30 a Cornia Willis superintendent youth 6 45 p m worship 7 45 p m prayer Tuesday 7 45 p m

Chas. Mason Dugger Women Society of Christian Service Bethel Herman Lovelace Cornia Willis Youth Fellowship

Shaker Sisters Grow Victory Garden in New Hampshire Colony

A group of unnamed Shaker sisters at a East Canterbury colony cultivate a victory garden. Members of the United Society of Believers pledge the motto the greatest good to the greatest number and strive through gardening to aid brave boys in the service and restore the world to sanity.

East Canterbury N. H United Society of Believers

Newport Punch Returns To Newport Society

A shortage of good whisky revives the drink fashionable in the summer colony during the May 1890s. Newport Punch blends rum lime juice arrack and leaf sugar, then chills on ice to restore its social appeal.

Newport R. IL U.P

Roslindale Private Escapes Eye Injury in Italy

In a letter to his parents Pfc. Thomas P. Mitchell of Roslindale now with the 45th division in Italy says he was struck by a German shell fragment. Doctors told him that if the fragment had pierced one ten-thousandth of an inch deeper he would have lost sight in his left eye.

Boston U.R Thomas P. Mitchell Roslindale Italy Mitchell

Accidents Don't Happen in Trunk Booklet Found After Crash

Police investigated a collision between a trailer truck and a sedan. In the sedan’s wrecked trunk they found a booklet titled Accidents Don't Happen. The incident is under further inquiry.

Providence R&r. I U.P

Robbers Rifle Firehouse After False Alarm

Woonsocket Rhode Island firemen returned to their station from a false alarm to find their clothing rifled and all cash missing. The incident occurred while they were away, leaving no suspects named in the initial report.

Woonsocket R. I U.P

Church Service Schedule for Reverend Burris Parish

Rev Paul C Burris pastor Lyons church offers Sunday school at 9 30 am preaching 10 30 am M Y F 7 15 pm preaching 8 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 pm Nine Mile Sunday school 9 45 am M Y F 7 30 pm Prayer meeting Tuesday 8 pm You are always welcome to attend our services.

Paul C. Burris Lyons

Lady of 92 Knits for Servicemen

Flora Barr of Bellevue Pennsylvania is 92 and active knitting for soldiers. She recalls meeting Lincoln in Connellsville as a child and celebrates a large family with 17 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Her ten children include seven living and veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War I.

Pittsburgh U.P Lincoln Connellsville Bellevue Flora Barr

Pilgrim Holiness Church Invites Worship Sunday

Pilgrim Holiness Church at Sixth and D Streets N E invites worshipers with Sunday school at 9 30 morning service at 10 30 and evangelistic service at 7 30 Revival services are scheduled September 3 to 17 Pastor Virgil Kelley extends a hearty welcome to all.

Virgil Kelley

Surprise Seabee Visit Sparks Town Meeting in Mexico

Seabee Estil Borden on a troop train through Mexico, Missouri, surprised residents by gazing from the window and writing notes to his wife. Jared Roberts, a local, gathered the messages and alerted Mrs. Sorden to bring her family to the station as the train paused for about 30 minutes.

Mexico Mo.u.p Seabee Estil Borden Seabee Jared Roberts

Union Services Planned With Baptist Church

9 30 A M Church School 10 30 A M Morning Worship guest Rev J Allen Sullivan Indiana retired minister who served Jasonville Indiana Vacation Union Services at 4 30 P M M E Church and Glenburn Mission join with Baptist Church 5 30 P M M E Fellowship 6 30 P M Devotional Period

J. Allen Sullivan Indiana Jasonville M. E. Church Glenburn The Baptist Church

Fisherman’s haul on Branch Lake shocks state records

In one day at Branch Lake Wayne Lindsay, a game warden, caught four brown trout of four pounds seven ounces, plus smaller trout, several salmon, a togue, brook trout weighing three to five pounds, and a six pound pickerel. Some locals joked the lake deserved a different name.

Ellsworth U.P Branch Lake Wayne Lindsay

United Brethren in Christ Service Schedule

Rev. K. C. Hale presides with Bris Roush as superintendent. Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 with theme The Safety of Gods Children. Young Peoples meeting at 6 45. Evening service at 7 30 with theme Helping God at His Job Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30.

Young Peoples Meeting

Retonga praised for relief from digestive distress and nervousness

Hundreds of residents including Mrs Amanda Stinson of Scottsville Kentucky report Retonga eases sour stomach gas pains nervousness and sluggish elimination. Stinson says appetite returned and sleep improved after using Retonga with neighbors noting the improvement. Hamilton Drug Stores sell Retonga.

Retonga Amanda Stinson Scottsville, Ky Hamilton Drug Adv

Grandsons in service noted in WWI era tribute

She has three grandsons in the service, one of them a lieutenant colonel on the general staff in Washington.

Washington

Waterfall Paint Saver Salvages Jeep Enamel

A Niagara Falls style spray wash salvages excess enamel from jeep painting. Water catches spray between manual guns and falls into a wash system then is processed for re use. Willys Overland reports 75,000 gallons saved.

Toledo Niagara Falls Willys-Overland Chemical Laboratories

Also Mentioned on This Page

Noib—Society Linton Daily Citizen Helen L. Grubbs Women of the Moose the Moose Hall Elks Glenburn Mission Constellation Club Claude Clark Chickateth Council Pocahontas Red Men’s Hall Metropolitan Lodge No. 193 K. of P Elks Home Quapaw Council No. 80 Pocahontas Red Men's Hall Loyal Order of Moose No. 1434 Carpenter K. of P. Hall Violet Rebekah Greene County Nursing Council For Painter and Eagles Hall Glenburn Youth Fellowship Th High School Baptist Ladies Aid Society Eagles Lodge Elks Lodge Unity Lodge Rotary Club the Christian Church Glenburn W. & C. S Hamilton Drug CO Hobby William A. Hutchison Tarentum Horace Greeley Greeley Roaring West Mexico City Hutchison el Toros James Buchanan James Monroe William McKinley Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson George Washington Calvin Coolidge Long Island Dwight D. Eisenhower Dennigan Tex Friends Eleventh St Antioch City OF Linton Utilities Memoriam Vere First Baptist Church Powell Forbes Hickory Sunday School Newkirk Funeral Home Pleasantville Paul Gambill Herschel Pirtle Mer Lyons Charge Lady OF Smithalsop Seabeef Linton Methodist Church R. B. Baldridge Fisherman’s Dream United Brethren IN Christ K. C. Hale Bris Roush Citizen Smith-Alsop Aaaeeeey Eth Askehbout Is Were Primera Truck Aid Tractor Enamel North Main Street Inman and Hixson Humphreys Schloot & Co
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