Friday calendar items and club notices from local churches
The column lists multiple meetings and events including Sogial Calendar Truthseekers class at 2 pm with Mrs Stanley Collins, Tridianola club postponement to Aug 31 with Mrs George ew, Women's Society of Christian vice at State ad 54 with Mrs Arvel Blume at 2 pm, American Legion posts and auxiliaries gathering at the Legion home, and various class and lodge meetings. It also notes an automobile accident statistic comparing fatalities per injuries at 20 mph versus 51 mph and above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Vice of Methodist Church
Arvel Blume
Farewell Dinner Honors Sailor Bryant on Leave
Sailor Charles Bryant MMS 3/e, home on leave from the United States Navy, was feted at a farewell dinner Wednesday evening. The event, held at Humphreys park shelter house, included Mrs. Bryant and numerous Liddil and Pope families plus friends Manice and John Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bryant
United States Navy
Humphreys Park
Seaman Bryant
Bryant
Charlies Liddil
Iris Jane
George Liddil
Archie McCulough
Millard Pope
Leon Moody
Chester Shank
John French
Manice
John Cox
L A Le Club Meeting With Mrs Hoffeditz
The L A Le Club held a recent meeting where members shared favorite songs. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Ed Page Patty Notting Mrs Noah Reed Mrs Samuel Hoffeditz and Mrs Harry Miller. Refreshments followed for guest Mrs Dorothy Hoffeditz and members Daisy Page Clara Smith Ruth Ogden Edith Miller Mamie Nolting Hettie Shonk Edith Reed Pearl Tol en and host Merle Hoffeditz. The next meeting is set with Mrs Fred Nolting on September 17.
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Hettie Shonk
Edith Reed
Pearl Tolen
Merle Hoffeditz
Fred Nolting
Mrs Gill Honored At Bridal Shower
Mrs Henry Gill formerly Miss Mary Jane Flack was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Mr and Mrs Ershel Miller. Games and prizes were shared by attendees Bernice Stone and Jess Flack with refreshments for many guests and the honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gill
Mary Jane Flack
Ershel Miller
Bernice Stone
Jess Flack
Raymond Boston
Bris Rousch
Stanley Hastings
George Gonser
Helen Skemp
Ernest Perigo
Clifford Duffey
Arthur Harbin
Lola Sharie
Amy Flack
Vernon Houser
Gill
Carolyn Sue
Barbara Lee
Chester Royer
Mary Lee
Clarence Creager
Harry Walton
Mable Kent
Elsie Halberstadt
Dale Sargent
Walter Resch
William al
Garden Party at George Morgan Home Draws Civic Garden Club
Two hundred members and guests of the Civic Garden club attended a garden party at Mrs. George Morgan's home Tuesday evening. Music included accordion by Ronald Johnson Hawaiian guitar by the Reynolds sisters and readings by several club members with accompaniments by family and friends. Out of town guests from Sullivan attended as well as local committee organizers.
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Civic Garden Club
George Morgan
Nola Yoder
Ronald Johnson
Reynolds Sisters
Waters
Mother
Ronnie Lou Barnés
Aimerica
Freddie Klusa
Dracket
Béck “Bonn
Ors
San Oy
Martindale
Italy
Jacquelyn Mead
R. J. Mead
Roy Borders
David Shields
Cedar Chest Garden
Nellie Stockrahm
Tomas Lippeatt Sr
Lola Templeton
John Tomas
Lilian Dale Scott
Sullivan
Mesdames Henry Klink
Jacob Fritz
Milo Mitchell
L. B. Conour
C. W. Martin
Harry Bargar
W. A. Nelson
Earl Aikin
Gladys Mitchell
Local Families Visit and Travel News
Mr and Mrs John Correll and son Ray return from Hammond after visiting LeRoy Beiriger and family. Marilyn Beiriger accompanies them home for a week. Mrs Nannie Gillum hosts her son Dennis Gillum of Indianapolis and granddaughter Joyce Baird of Scotland. Mrs Henry Gill and Amy Flack spend the weekend with relatives in Indianapolis. Honore Mounier and daughter Shirley Anne depart for Savanna Illinois to visit Pfc Honore Mounier at theSavanna Ordnance School.
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John Correll
Ray
Hammond
LeRoy Beiriger
Marilyn Beiriger
Nannie Gillum
59 Tenth Street Northeast
Dennis Gillum
Indianapolis
Joyce Baird
Scotland
Henry Gill
Amy Flack
Honore Mounier
Shirley Anne
Savanna, IL
Pfc
Savanna Ordnance School
Russian Forces Suffer First Setback in Summer Drive
Gen. Ivan I. Maslennikov's 3rd Baltic Army cleared the western area near Lake Peip is in southern Estonia capturing Rapina and Vala and seizing Memastkula, 27 miles south of Tartu. The move bites into the flank of the German Baltic pocket and follows a house-to-house battle with the garrison.
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Ivan I. Maslennikov
Baltic
Lake
Pskov
Estonia
Rapina
Vala
Memastkula
Tartu
Venus Flytrap Range Near Wilmington
The Venus flytrap is abundant but limited to a region within about 75 miles of Wilmington North Carolina, an ancient plant dating back millions of years longer than man made traps.
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Wilmington
N. C
President Roosevelt Back From Overseas On War Mission
President Roosevelt returned to the White House after a five week eastern Pacific inspection covering 21 states and Hawaii and Alaska. He pressed for complete occupation of Germany and Japan before surrender, warning that an early quit would fuel future trouble. He also outlined plans for new Pacific operations with Nimitz and MacArthur, and noted reconversion and war efforts at home as millions of white mice are used in medical and defense research.
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Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
White House
Eastern
Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Germany
Japan
Foiptine
Chester Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Psychologists say Hitler unlikely to kill himself
Chicago researchers conclude Adolf Hitler would not commit suicide even as Nazi defeat worsens. Experts flag external aggression escalation and potential harm to associates, predicting he would die by others’ actions or external defeat, not by his own hand.
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Chicago
Hitler
Theo R. Sarbin
Northwestern University
der Fuehrer
Sarbin
Proenlys
Larkin
Frances A. Mullen
Germany
Freeman Hurd
Kenneth Walker
University of Minnesota
Berchtesgarden
Germans Start Reign of Terror in Florence Front
German tank units returned to northern Florence killing civilians and Carabinieri as refugees searched for food. Allied forces aided by talks to move food across the Arno while British 8th Army cleared city snipers and enforced arms bans. The 351st Infantry under Col Arthur S Champey helped push Germans from Garigliano to the Arno, with San Romano captured.
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Rome
U.P
Florence
Mugnone Canal
Arno
8Th Army
Carabinieri
Empli
Pontassiere
5Th Army
351St
Arthur S. Champeny
Wellington
Kas
Garigliano
San Romano
Allies land in southern France in major invasion
Allied forces massed on Corsica strike ashore from Marseille to Nice establishing a beachhead. More than 800 warships carry troops as they push inland toward the Rhone for linkup with northern forces.
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Corsica
France
Marseille
Nice
Rhone
Allied armies press four beachheads in southern France
Allied forces push inland from a 111 mile front with four beachheads seized. About 3,000 German prisoners taken in two days as troops move along coast from Cannes to Toulon and east toward Le Lavandou Cavalaire Ste Maxime. Wilson and Admiral Cunningham praised invasion as history making.
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Wilson
Adm
John Cunningham
Mediterranean
Cannes
Toulon
le Lavandou
Cavalaire
Cape Negre
Ste. Maxime
Police joy over stolen car ends in repossession fact
In St. Joseph Missouri local police celebrated finding a car reported stolen but the mood shifted when they learned the vehicle had been repossessed by a finance company rather than stolen.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
U.P
War Production Board Sets 1944 Truck Output Target
The War Production Board reports about 89,000 medium and heavy trucks will be manufactured for civilian use in essential war transportation during 1944.
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War Production Board
Salina Private Debuts Corncob Pipe Parade Accessory
Pvt. G. T. Adams of the Smoky Hill Army Air Field Guard Detachment caused a brief stir when he entered a parade wearing helmet, leggings, clean khakis, shoe shine, and a corncob pipe. He hastily retreated after the unconventional display.
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Salina
Kan
U.P
G. T. Adams
Smoky Hill Army Air Field Guard
Adams
Yankee Troops Close On Paris Amid German Escape Attempts
Descriptions from the field say American forces press toward Paris along the Seine while the Canadian capture of Falaise narrows the escape corridor. Reports from Gorrell indicate the trap was broken and the 7th Army largely escaped eastward, yet U S troops advance through weak German resistance.
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Falaise
Gorrell
7Th Army
Paris
Seine River
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Linton Daily Citizen
Helen L. Grubbs
United Brethren Church
Stanley Collins
Tridianola Club
Georgeew
American Legion
Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Eis
Tift
Elks
Christian Beckwith
St. N. E
Zo'glock
Clarion Club
En's Relief Corps
Women of the Moose
Glenburn Mission
Masonic Hall
Quapaw Tribe No. 143
Improved
Paul Gambill
Linton Motor Sales
Linton, Ind
L. A. le Club
Mrs. Gill
Carus
Newkirk Funeral
Richardson Coal CO
Linton
Eleventh St
City OF Linton Utilities
D. A. Skeen
Salt Lake City
Utah
International Association of Lions Clubs
National Concention
Railway Express
Citizen
Kentucky
A” St. S.W
POST
Holden
AL Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Pexzenes
Bezers
Uzes
St. Gilles
Gulf of Lions
Miles
Aspres-sur-Buech
St. Remy Les Bours
Selon
Serres
Sisteron
Aix-En-Provence
Morignone
Grasse
Mediterranean Sea
Monte
Carlo
G. W. Crosier
Evanston, Ll
Gordon Miller
Ind
Short & Borter
Noble Short
Worthington
Earl Barter
Newberry
Daily Citizen
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