Social Calendar Of Meetings At Local Halls
Calendar items note Pocahontas council gathering at Red Men hall 7 p m. Metropolitan Lodge No 192 E ofP at home 7 30 p m. Surgical dressings classes at Elkstone 7 9 and Elks home 1 4 and 7 9. Columbian Chapter 140 EO meets Masonic hall 7 30 p m. Prayer service Glenburn Mission 7 p m. Quapaw Tribe 143 IO Red Men hall 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Lodge No. 192
E. of P
Elks
E. S
Masonic Hall
Quapaw Tribe No. 143
Improved
Annual Civic Garden Party and Local Meetings
Civic groups announce events including the Annual Civic Garden Party at Mrs. Geo. Morgan’s home on Vincennes Street at 7 30 p m. Quapaw Council No 80 Pocahontas meets at Red Men’s hall 7 30 p m. Various 4 H clubs, unions, lodges, and youth fellowship gather in the afternoon or evening at local venues.
Wednesday and Thursday club listings for local organizations
Community notices list meetings this week across several groups. WEDNESDAY groups include 4-H Girls at the high school, Baptist Ladies Aid, Eagles Lodge, Elks Lodge, I O O F Unity Lodge 637, Rotary luncheon, Glenburn W S C S, Baptist choir, and more. THURSDAY events feature Women’s Society of Christian Service, American Legion posts and auxiliaries, United Brethren choir, Friendly class, Clarion club, Women of the Moose, and other local gatherings with times and locations.
Peggy Lou Perry Honored With Party
Peggy Lou Perry celebrated her first birthday anniversary with friends at her home. Refreshments were served to a list of guests including Glend Zoe Tryon Dianna Strong Dorothy Corbin Leo Corbin Janet Jackson Steven Stiles George Lutz Ruth Ann Lutz Martha and Guy Dearman of Muncie Phyllis Hall Phyllis Lee Lehman Perry Fredrick Mrs Barbara Perry Lula Risher Mrs Strong Mrs Bill Fredrick Mrs Max Tryon Mrs Frank Lutz Mrs Craig Jackson Mrs Walter Stiles Mr and Mrs Ivan Smith and Arthur Risher plus the hostess Mrs Leroy Padgett Regrets came from several others including Charles Leroy Bosford Warren Fitzpatrick Jr of Arkansas Judy Bryant Scoutsburg Beverly Brooks Glenwood Ind Freddie Duckworth Mary Lee Ann Huvy Mrs Smoky O Connor and Mrs Chas Padgett
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Peggy Lou Perry
Glend Zoe Tryon
Dianna Strong
Dorothy Corbin
Leo Corbin
Janet Jackson
Steven Stiles
George Lutz
Ruth Ann Lutz
Martha
Guy Dearman
Muncie
Phyllis Hall
Phyllis Lee Lehman
Perry Fredrick
Barbara Perry
Lula Risher
Strong
Bill Fredrick
Sappenfield Wesner Marriage Announcement
Mrs. Anna Sappenfield of Newberry announces the marriage of her daughter Martha Ann to Max DeWain Wesner son of Mrs. Tresse Wesner of Newberry. The wedding was July 22 at the Methodist parsonage in Worthington. The bride attended Methodist School of Nursing Indianapolis for the past year. They will reside in Newberry for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sappenfield
Newberry
Martha Ann
Max DeWain Wesner
Tresse Wesner
Worthington
Methodist School of Nursing
Indianapolis
Women of Moose Hold Special Meeting in Chapter 19
The Women of the Moose Chapter No. 19 held a special meeting to conduct business. Attendees included Executive Committee members Ruth Porter Effie Walton and committee chairs Ellen Pritchard Katie Dunning Martha Gosnell Mary Love Audrey Jackson and Lizzie Hedrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose Chapter No
Ruth Porter
Effie Walton
Ellen Pritchard
Katie Dunning
Martha Gosnell
Mary Love
Audrey Jackson
Lizzie Hedrick
Gladys Phillips
Helc
Robey-Smith Nuptials in Mississippi Read by Candlelight
Mr and Mrs Russell Robey of West Linton announce the marriage of their daughter Barbara to Pvt John Smith of West Linton stationed with the U S Air Force at Keesler Field Miss The vows were read by Chaplain Claude L Chilton at seven o clock Thursday evening August 9 in the chapel at Keesler Field A program of organ music preceded the ceremony Mr and Mrs Smith are the bridegroom s parents Pvt Jack L Cline
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Robey
West Linton
Barbara
Mrs. Smith
Jack L. Cline
Linton Stockton Couple Wed In Informal Ceremony
The couple attended by Pvt. Max Bough of Linton and other attendants, with the bride in aqua crepe and pink carnation corsage. An informal reception followed. Both are Linton Stockton high school graduates and plan to live in Biloxi Mississippi for the time being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Max Bough
Linton
Linton Stockton High School
Biloxi
Miss
Padgett Brothers Honored With Dinner
Mrs. Leslie Padgett hosted a dinner for relatives and friends of her sons Pvt. Leroy Padgett on furlough from Camp Blanding Florida and John W. Padgett who was celebrating a birthday. Attendees included multiple families from Anderson Cass Linton Lyons Mineral Loogootee and Indianapolis, plus local guests and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Padgett
Pvt. Leroygett
Camp Blanding
Fla
John W. Padgett
Leverett Hobbs
Lee
Anderson
Peart King
Margaret Jane
Lenora Ellen
Johnnie
Doris Marie
Cass
Robert King
Linton
Avery
Lyons
Elizabeth J. Coppin
Mineral
Mazel Terhune
Harley
Cora Alice Hollingsworth
Dale Christenberry
Clarence Padgett
Louis James Hobbs
Indianapolis
Bill Starky
Margaret Hollingsworth
Families Camp at Shakamak Visit Indiana Locals
The Borchers Porter and Howard families from Illinois and Indiana vacationed last week at Shakamak and visited Tony Slimmer and Frank Tribby in Jasonville. Hazel Wade and Mae Spice returned from the Indianapolis American Legion Auxiliary convention where they served as local delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Borchers
Chicago Heights
E. T. Porter
Hammond, Ind
Leslie M. Howard
Veedersburg
Ind
Shakamak
Tony Slimmer
Frank Tribby
Jasonville
Hazel Wade
Mae Spice
American Legion Auxiliary
Indianapolis
Hospital report page update lists local discharges
Dismissals and admissions across Jasonville Switz City Lyons Linton and nearby areas are listed. Walter Eugene unnamed patient and others were discharged Sunday while Joan Goines underwent an appendectomy and several residents including James Richard Bruce Carl Birt Harry Harvey Delmar Skemp Mrs Wautelet and baby and others were admitted or sent home with minor injuries or procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Eugene
Joan Goines
Jasonville
James Richard Bruce
Lowell Bruce
Carl Birt
Plainville
Harry Harvey
Linton
Little Daisy Mine
George Wautelet
Route 2
Postmaster Expands Duncan Mail Routes Welcome New Residents
Duncan Oklahoma residents praise Postmaster Tom Gray for extending city mail routes into nearby areas adding more than 700 families to the service. Despite a manpower shortage, the expansion improves mail delivery across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Okla
Tom Gray
Tire Shortage Warns of Severe Transport Curtailment
Colonel J. Monroe Johnson announced that heavy and medium truck and bus tires for civilian use in the next quarter are grossly inadequate to meet essential rubber-borne transport needs. WPB confirmed allocations unlikely to rise above 73 000 tires monthly, with OPA to allocate large tires using a priority list and possible conservation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
War Production Board
Johnson
Office of Rubber Director
WPB
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mail volume shipped by U.S. postal branch noted
Maj. D. A. Myers told postal graduates at the quarter master school in Camp Lee Virginia that 140,000,000 pieces of mail were handled during May, enough to load a 10,000 ton Liberty ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
U.P
D. A. Myers
Postal Information Branch
APS
Quartermaster School
Garden party announced by Civic Garden Club
The Civic Garden club will hold its annual garden party at Mrs. George Morgan's home 1090 East Vincennes Street Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock. Members may attend.
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The
Civic Garden Club
George Morgan
East
Vincennes Street
Local Girls Enter Indiana University
Miss Joann Smith and Miss Margaret Stevens of this city have enrolled in Indiana University at Bloomington and will begin their studies early in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joann Smith
Margaret Stevens
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Prayer Service Cottage Meeting in Glenburn
A cottage prayer meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Leslie Baize in Glenburn. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Baize
Glenburn
Girl Scout Saves Baby Brother in Indiana
In Indianapolis on August day 12-year-old Carolyn English performed artificial respiration to revive her 4 month old brother Francis Gerald English after the infant choked in bed clothes. Police praise her calm handling while father credits her with saving the child. mother and sister Joanne witnessed the incident. The baby regained breathing before emergency squad arrival.
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Indianapolis
Carolyn English
Francis Gerald English
Edward English
Joanne
Carolyn
Oscar Burkett
Daddy
Rites Held Today for Mrs Messick at Worthington
Funeral services were held at Worthington Baptist Church for Celia Messick 79 who died Saturday at Union Hospital Terre Haute. She widow of Taylor Messick. survivors include two daughters Mrs Ernest Dabelow Terre Haute and Mrs May Goodwin Worthington a son Harry Worthington a step daughter Mrs Lelia Hannum Bloomington a brother Simon Calvert Worthington ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Rev Charles Cross officiated Myers Funeral Home in charge burial in Worthington Cemetery.
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Worthington Baptist Church
Celia Messick
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Taylor Messick
Worthington
Ernest Dabelow
May Goodwin
Harry
Lelia Hannum
Bloomington
Simon Calvert
Charles Cross
Myers Funeral Home
Worthington Cemetery
Blind law graduate admitted to Kansas Supreme Court
John Edward Vanlandingham, a blind Washburn University graduate, was admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court. He is the sole candidate for Kingman County attorney, assuring him a job in the upcoming election.
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Topeka
Kan
U.P
Washburn University
Kansas Supreme Court
John Edward Vanlandingham
Kingman
Roosevelt may reveal broad beat Japan strategy in radio speech
President Roosevelt, after Hawaii visit with MacArthur and Nimitz, may outline beat Japan strategy in a radio address. Reported plans include driving across the Pacific to the China coast and retaking the Philippines. Congressional reaction splits along party lines amid wartime expectations.
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Russell Turner
United Press
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Hawaii
Germany
Pacific
China
MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Robert Ramspeck
Paul W. Shafer
Mich
Europe
Wrens Nest in Husband's Trousers Found in Kansas City
Mrs Thomas Granberry found a wren nest in a trouser pocket on the clothesline. She left the nest and cut the legs off the trousers to deter cats. Granberry later admitted losing the trousers but had four wren eggs still in the pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Thomas Granberry
Granberry
Indian Ax Found In Kingston Area
D. E. Robinson, a local farmer near Kingston Missouri, unearthed a remarkable Indian relic, a 15 pound axe in perfect condition. The artifact measures 19 metres in circumference and 13 inches long, marking one of the finest specimens found in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Mo.u.p
D. E. ‘Robinson
Ace Piano Tuner in Boston Is Illustrious Yet Illiterate
El don Joubert of Boston famed as Paderewski’s constant companion for 30 years could not read a musical note. He remains celebrated as the most famous piano tuner of all time.
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Boston
U.P
Eldon Joubert
Paderewski
ERB-HELP Promises Rapid Relief From Digestive Ailments
A patient reports relief after using ERB-HELP a 12 herb compound claimed to cleanse bowels clear gas and energize digestion. The ad asserts prior suffering including gas headaches constipation and fatigue and says she now eats freely with normal bowels and renewed life. Hamilton's Drug Store markets the remedy.
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Hamilton
Fisherman’s tale ends with trapped trout in boot
Northampton man Jack Clifford, an avid fisherman, recounts stepping into a river hole while tying flies. Water surged over his boots and a boat inspection later revealed a wriggling four-inch trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
U.P
Jack Clifford
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Nole—Society
Linton Daily Citizen
Il A.m
Helen J. Grubbs
Chickateth Council Pocahontas
Red Men's Hall
Elkstone
Glenburn Mission
Civic Garden
Quapaw Council No. 80
Pocahontas
Red Men’s Hall
Loyal Order of Moose No. 1434
Carpenter
R. Ot P. Hall
Violet Rebekah
Greene County Nursing Council For War Service
Painter and
Eagles Hall
Glemburn Youth Fellowship
Th High School
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Eagles Lodge
Elks Lodge
Elks Home
Unity Lodge
Rotary Club
the Christian Church
Glenburn W. S. C. S
Baptist Choir
Women’s Society of Christian Service of Methodist Church
Arvel Blume
American Legion
Legion
United Brethren
Christian Church
Ed Beckwith
Sixth St. N. E
Clarion Club
Doc Sparks
Women’s Relief Corps
Women of the Moose
Sappenfield-Wesner
Women of
Robey-Smith
Mississippi
Eleventh St
City OF Linton Utilities
Padgett Brothers
Newkirk Funeral Home
Paul Gambill
Herschel Pirtle
Mgr
Karl
Hamilton Drug Stores
All Good Drug Stores
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Messick
Citizen
ACE
Smith-Alsop
Hi-Land
Alsop
Hamilton Drug Co
North Main Street
America
Gulf
Gulfpride
Ulf
Gulf’s
Stretch Gas Corpores
Gulf Station
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