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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
2
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A Fifth Corps Area memo notes trainees spend little cash after induction. Enlisted men receive clothing, bedding, and laundering at no cost and get $21 monthly for four months. If proficient, pay rises to 30 dollars monthly with a 126 dollar cap in the first year.
Rotary schedule notes numerous 7 p m meetings. Methodist Baptist and Christian choirs rehearse at their churches. Linton Lodge 560 F and A M meets 7 30 p m. Citizenship class Glenburn at Community house 7 p m. Moose 1434 hall 7 30 p m. American Legion Home 8 p m. Townsend club city hall 7 30 p m. Christian Church Friendly class hosts at 289 A street northwest 2 p m with Mrs Shields. Mrs Clyde Kirkham co host. Election of officers. Women’s Relief Corps hall over old post office 7 p m. Truthseekers and Onward Bible class meet at Correll camp Shakamak state park 6 p m with covered dish supper transportation call 503W.
In Peru Indiana after seven hours of deadlock, conferees agreed to a second conference Thursday at 2 p.m. at the state labor board office. A temporary truce ended violence at the plant gates with two pickets stabbed as two unions vie for recognition. The AFL carpenters hold a contract expiring Dec 1 while the locally charteredCLC furniture workers claim a large majority left the AFL. Company representatives led by S. J. Bailey and his son Floyd insisted on AFL terms.
The Violet Rebekah Lodge No. 312 holds its meeting at the hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, inviting members to gather for the session and any planned activities.
The Glenburn Aid Society holds an all day meeting at the church. The Rotary Club plans a luncheon at the Christian church at 12 15 p m. Unity Lodge No 637 I O O F meets at the hall at 7 30 p m. Elks Lodge gathers at the Elks Home at 8 p m. The Saron Evangelical and Reformed church service class meets with Mrs William Fritz at 2 p m.
The Boltz family held its annual reunion Sunday in Bloomfield park with a basket dinner at noon. Attendees included many members from Indianapolis Terre Haute Marion Bloomington and beyond, planning to meet again on the third Sunday in August 1942 in Bloomfield park.
Miss Lillian Skaggs former resident of Linton married Robert Hydell of Beech Grove in a Beech Grove Methodist church ceremony at 10 30 Thursday Aug 7. The bride wore a blue grey suit with a Gardenia corsage and is niece of Mrs Matthew Bellamy of West Linton. She attended College Hill school and Beech Grove high class of 1941. the groom is Beech Grove high class of 1938. The couple left for Cedar Point on Lake Erie and will reside in Beech Grove.
The Linton Shuffleboard Club gathers at Humphreys Park at 7 p.m. Sons of the American Legion meet at the Legion Hall at 6 30 p.m. Mothers Club convenes at Glenburn Community House at 1 p.m. Quapaw Tribe No 80 Imperial Order of Red Men meets at the hall at 7 p.m. Chapter 209 Women of the Moose meets at the hall at 7 p.m.
Members of the Linton Municipal Golf course team vow revenge after a 39 29 loss to the Cascades of Bloomington at the Cascades course on Sunday. A return match is planned for later in the summer.
Mt Olive residents Mr and Mrs Othal Beasley and daughter Sandra Sue of Anderson were guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Beasley. Bobby Wonder visited his aunt Edna Chaney in Bicknell last week. Gerald Lee Reed called on Harley George Sunday morning. R D Beasley hosted visits from Mr and Mrs Herman Ball Worthington and from Paul Haynes of Anderson. James George and his wife went to Linton Park Sunday.
One hundred twenty five members and friends gathered for the twenty third annual Anderson reunion in Humphreys park here. Officers elected for the coming year are Margaret Hart Sandborn president Oscar Anderson Linton vice president and Ralph Anderson Linton secretary treasurer. The day featured a noon dinner and social time. The 1942 reunion is scheduled for the third Sunday in August in the same park.
Mr and Mrs Ott Thomas and their sons Earl and Wayne of Dehue West Virginia were guests at a Sunday outing in Shakamak state park near Jasonville. The event featured a park tour swimming and boating plus a dinner and supper for the guests listed including Edith Arthur Hammond Marlin Bradfield Lyons Warren Sensney Malcolm Thomas Murray Terhune Homer Bennett Sam Targett Eliza Earle Mary Lou Terrell Virginia Thomas and Clarence Thomas all of Linton.
Forty Civic Garden club members and guests spent a day at Correll camp in Shakamak state park. Sigmund Fredericks led a park tour via naturalist guide. After a covered-dish supper, films of Mark C Honeywell garden party at Wabash were shown. A wiener roast closed the program. The next meeting is Sept 8 at Mrs Clarence Adams home northwest of Sandborn.
Texas farmers were urged to avoid past postwar overexpansion and spend new revenues on land and farm improvements. Officials warned of 1921 collapses and stressed soil productivity for national defense and to guard against deflation amid defense prosperity. Texas farm credit associations hold over 22 million in credit and grew membership to 18 328 by May.
Mr. and Mrs. C P Kessler of New Orleans La are visiting Mr and Mrs Herbert Priest in this city. Mr Kessler is a brother of Mrs Priest.
A marriage license was issued to Malcolm Conder and Dianna Campbell in Bloomfield. Two suits were filed: Dexter Eugene Sims against Daisy Lucille Sims for divorce and Clarence McCombs against Binnie Bosell Watson and George Bosell seeking foreclosure of a mechanic's lien.
Arnold Baker, 23, an ordained Conscientious Objector, volunteered as a writer on the Liverpool steamer Eurylocus during the Battle of the Atlantic. Shelling off the Azores killed most aboard. Baker kept the wheel with Chief Officer MacGregor amid exploding shells, then died after leaving the bridge.
Mr and Mrs Gordon Miller and daughter Jeanne of Indiana polis spent the weekend with Mrs Miller s parents Mr and Mrs William Anderson
Indiana University approves admissions for ten Greene County students for the 1940 fall term. Dr. Frank R. Elliott notes applications overall are near last year with a slight rise from 1939 though some freshmen registrations may drop due to selective service and defense.
In Criccieth North Wales former prime minister Lloyd George is constructing a Garden of Remembrance to honor his wife Dame Margaret Lloyd George in the spot she most cherished in her former home.
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