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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1952
Page
3
The Sunset Wranglers will meet Friday at 7:40 PM at Howard Rice's home. Plans for the fall roundup will be proposed and all members are urged to attend.
Cottontail rabbits are described as the most prolific reproducers of upland game animals with females averaging 15 offspring per year.
Five people died and 33 were injured in a violent riot and arson at the Kafr el Dawar cotton mills near Alexandria amid a state of emergency. Two soldiers, one policeman, and two workers were killed with eight policemen, one soldier, and 24 workers injured. fire damage was about 1.15 million dollars.
Society items including club lodge party and church notices are welcome at the Daily Citizen office by 10:00 am to appear in that day’s issue. Send items to Mrs. Helen Grubbs.
Eagles lodge meets at the home at 7 p m Elks lodge meets at the home at 7 30 p m Unity lodge No 637 1 0 CF meets at the hall at 7 30 p m Rotary club luncheon at the country club at 12 15 p m.
Indianola club meets with Mrs Maggie Stafford at 7 30 p m W S W S of Evangelical United Brethren church meets in church basement at 2 00 p m All ladies of the church invited Hostesses are Mesdames Island Averitt and Harbin Stated meeting Lyons Masonic lodge No 634 at the hall in Lyons 8 p m American Legion meets at the home at 8 p m Eagles Ladies Auxiliary meets at the hall at 7 30 p m W S C S Glenburn Methodist church meets at the community house for all day
Friday events include Sunset Wranglers at the Conservation club at 7 30 p.m. Stated meeting Columbian Chapter 140 O E S at 8 p.m. Quawpaw Tribe 143 I O Red Men at the hall 7 30 p.m. Women of the Moose Chapter 19 at home 8 p.m. Truth Seekers class at Evangelical United Brethren church and
Families gather for a wiener roast at Humphreys Park at 6 30 p m with neighbors sharing stories and enjoying refreshments in a community gathering.
Sunday Courter Wilson relatives and friends invited for reunion at Humphrey Park. Baughman reunion at Humphrey Park also invites relatives and friends to attend.
The Monday Civic Garden Club will convene with Mrs. William Hart at 7 30 p m Members are asked to bring flower arrangements for the session.
The Risher family held its annual reunion Sunday at Deming Park Terre Haute with a noon basket dinner and visiting afternoon. Attendees listed include Fred and Rosemary Risher, Elmer Bedwell, Leo Flynn, Joe Henico, Mildred Walton, Willis Garrett and many others from Linton Sullivan Jasonville Southport and Indiana communities. Grace Mullins and others traveled from Hudson New York.
The Dugger Flower Show sponsored by the Dugger Women’s Study Club drew a large crowd. Mrs Edna Goodman announced the event’s success. Exhibits included many flowers and arrangements. Mrs Catherine Harting chaired. judges were Mrs R W Shaughnessy and Mrs Henry R Taylor from nearby towns.
Researchers recorded bobcats making purr like sounds and high pitched screeches, noting the range of vocalizations across nearby habitats. The study highlights behavioral diversity and possible communications within the species.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hunter of Lyons celebrated their fifty fifth wedding anniversary with a family dinner in the Lyons park. Six children and their families attended: Paul Hunter Worthington Luther Newman Muncie Robert Grounds Linton Garrett Hunter Lyons Theodore Hunter Camby Gerald Stewart Camby. Relatives and friends visited and sent cards and gifts.
The Women’s Guild of the Sar on Evangelical and Reformed church met in the church lower auditorium for its regular meeting. A covered dish lunch was served with Mrs. John Berns and Mrs. Hall as hosts. Mrs. Hubert Greenwood led the lesson titled In Thy World with participants Mrs. Grey Hixson Mrs. Charles Wills and Mrs. J. C. Fritz. Delegates for the Tell City Conference were appointed and the treasurer reported. The meeting closed with prayer.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wells and daughter Patty and Mrs Thelma Weaver and son Mike of Indianapolis left Friday for a San Diego visit with Mr and Mrs Harold Colley They were joined by Mr and Mrs Jack Gray and daughters Jacky Kay Doris Ellen and Karen Sue for a family reunion in Ziegler Illinois Mr and Mrs Frank J Currans and daughter returned to Corpus Christi Texas after visiting his brother and family Mrs Virgil Bledsoe came home from a vacation in Chicago and La Crosse Wisconsin.
The AFL postponed a decision on endorsing a presidential candidate until September. Leaders will observe both Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower before acting, keeping to a long-standing stance of not backing a candidate. The National Convention in New York begins September 15.
A $100,000 blaze at the Joplin stockyards in Missouri destroyed a horse and mule barn a nearby shed and 200 by 75 foot hay storage area. Several saddle horses owned by the Owen Brothers of Joplin burned to death as hundreds of other animals were released to roam the streets.
Indiana Governor Schricker urged President Truman to declare two southern Indiana counties a disaster area due to severe drought. He sent telegrams after a farm leaders meeting in Lafayette and a survey showing regional damage may require about 500000 dollars in federal loans.
Andy Lindeman ten died at Union hospital from a skull fracture after a fall from the top bunk in his home. The accident occurred Tuesday and was reported from Terre Haute Indiana.
The statement asserts that Canada’s land area is about thirty times that of the British Isles, highlighting a vast difference in geographic size between the two regions.
The boy king Faisal VI was welcomed by Mayor Impellitteri in a ceremony at City Hall. He received New York's Medal of Honor and was told the visit could reinforce Near East freedom. Faisal and Prince Regent Abdul Nad then proceeded to Brooklyn to watch a Dodgers game.
In Oklahoma City a young man and woman visited University hospital for checkups. A nurse asked the woman to prepare for X rays and a doctor finished an exam. A prescription was written for the man to fill for his wife, prompting embarrassment when the man objected and the woman explained she was not his wife.
An explosion and flash fire at a house trailer plant in Bourbon Indiana killed Rex Zehner 26 Plymouth and injured three coworkers Thomas Booth 38 Argos Jack Williams 23 Etna Green and Don Surface Lake all burned and treated. Firemen extinguished the blaze which caused little structural damage.
Mary Genschorek, 19, who drew national notice last May with a 50 foot letter to her soldier boyfriend, has another 50 foot letter in the mail detailing their forthcoming marriage plans as Peetrelis.
The Army tightens promotion rules making it hard for draftee privates to advance beyond buck sergeant on a standard two year tour due to limited openings. Korean troops may receive more liberal promotion in meritorious cases. Inflation has driven defense costs up with tanks, bombers, jeeps, and rifles priced far above World War II costs.
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