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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1944
Page
2
Society items must be in the Linton Daily Citizen Office by 11 a.m. to appear in that day’s site. All personal news lodge club party and church items welcome.
Monday gathers include Chikateth Council Pocanhon te at Red Men's Hall at 7 and Metropolitan Lodge No. 193 of P meets 7:30. Surgical dressings classes run 7 to 8 at the Elks Home. Tuesday lists Quapaw Council No. 80 Pottahontas at Red Men's Hall 7:30. Loyal Order Moose No. 1434 meets 7:30. Glenburn Youth Fellowship meets 7 at Community House.
Local listings show events at Linton Stockton high school for Freshmen girls at 2 p m and various evening gatherings. Baptist Ladies Aid Society church meeting, Eagles Elks Unity and Rotary luncheons and lodge activities, W S C S community house events, choir practices, and American Legion Post meetings are scheduled across the week with specific start times.
Local fraternal groups schedule evening gatherings with times: e Q meets at 7 p m 6 Chapter 19 Women of the Moose at 8 p m Surgical Dressings class at Elks Home 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 Columbian Chapter No 140 OES at 7 30 p m Glenburn Mission hosts a prayer meeting at 7 p m Quapaw Tribe No 143 IOH at 7 30 p m American fishing boats report 4 000 000 000 pounds of seafood in the previous year despite war dangers.
The First Baptist church hosted the Saturday noon ceremony uniting Rosemary Nichols and M Walden Jones. The bride is daughter of Mrs Ethel Nichols of Linton and Miss Nichols of Muncie. Attendants included Maurice Calsee and Phillip Gilmour. The couple, both Linton Stockton graduates, plan to live in Harris Apartment after a short wedding trip.
Miss Virginia Harbin of Linton marries Robert Abrell son of Mrs. William Coleman in a double ring ceremony at the United Brethren parsonage. The bride, in green wool with white roses, is a Linton Stockton graduate and former Mary Sherman hospital worker. the groom is employed at Antioch Power Company. They will live in Harris Apartment. Attendants included Mrs. Harbin and Miss Virginia Coleman.
A Sunday afternoon wedding at Immanuel Presbyterian Evansville united Miss Phyllis Jean Kiler and William R. Weber. The ceremony featured gladiola and aster decor, pearl necklace, and a ring ceremony led by Rev. Merold E. Westphal.
Dave Fisk of Brazil has accepted the position as manager of the Oakley Kroger store in Linton succeeding Claude Clark who recently resigned. Fisk, with Kroger for 12 years and six years as manager, will reside on A street northeast with his wife and one child. He and his wife plan a short wedding trip before moving to Compton California in September. John Vanwinkle remains meat department manager.
Henry Olgus 78 a Terre Haute resident died Friday at St. Anthony's Hospital from injuries after a fall last Tuesday. He lived in Linton previously and moved to Terre Haute about twenty years ago. Survived by widow Lura a son Paul of Terre Haute two daughters Mrs Bernie Smith Marion and Mrs David Jacobs Terre Haute three stepdaughters Mrs Paul Bridges Mrs H F McCormick St Petersburg Fla and Mrs L Hager Decker five grandchildren. Funeral services were at Gillis Memory Chapel at 10 30 this morning and burial followed in Fairview cemetery.
Mrs William Hardesty of Lyons and Mrs Beulah Wade with daughter Marilyn of Burnsley visited Friday with Mrs Thurston Johnson of Linton. R E Black of Dayton Ohio was a dinner guest of Mrs W D Kramer and Ruth. Mrs J E Ostendorf and son Charles with Mrs George Legros of Vincennes spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Robinson and family. Miss Lula Suthard returned home after a week in Indianapolis with Mrs Bessie McKeaney who was dismissed from Robert Long hospital. Bruce Mills leaves Tuesday for Baltimore after summer with grandmother Mrs Mable Shaw. Mrs Harold Cooley visit to Little Creek Virginia to see brothers Pierce Osborn in US Navy.
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will keep butter at 16 points per pound for September. A preliminary move to 20 points was reconsidered after analysis showed September consumption would not exceed the 95 million pound allocation. Charts had shown 20 points but grocers will be instructed to correct.
FCC monitors recorded a hacking voice interrupt a German Domestic network newscaster last night. The caller claimed Paris has fallen and Warsaw is lost while labeling the communique as lies and fables. The incident disrupted the regular feed and was logged by authorities.
Washington August. A special House committee urged Congress to curb broad agency authority especially OPA and War Labor Board. It backed legislation to strip implied powers, create independent hearing officers, and require court review to prevent administrative overreach after WWII.
The Imperial Council of Agricultural Research at New Delhi outlines a postwar program to raise agricultural output by 50 percent in 10 years and 100 percent in 15 years. The commission seeks balance between food and cash crops and aims for higher quality and productivity.
Soldiers at Fort Devens mass mail about 50,000 letters each day to wives mothers and sweethearts while receiving roughly 24,000 letters daily. The effort reflects their belief that it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Local resident reports relief from gas and bloating after using Erb-Help made from 12 herbs. Hamilton's Drug Store promotes the medicine as a remedy and credits it with improving meals and comfort.
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