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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1957
Page
1
Indiana political chatter centers on potential candidates as Senator Jenner leaves re election bid. Gov Handley and D Fussell Bontrager weigh chances while Rep E Ross Adair expresses definite interest. A lighthearted note follows about readers and a quirky fishing tale from Lyons involving a large bass.
Clerk-treasurer James H. Asrey presents November receipts and disbursements for Linton Municipal utilities and Parking Meter funds. Light, water, gas, sewage, and meter balances shown with transfers noted. overall balances: light 10,783.62, water 12,372.09, gas 26,669.33, sewage 4,177.91, parking meter 770.83.
Floyd Stafford of Switz City is listed as a patient at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. He is in Room 233 according to the report.
Adlai E. Stevenson said President Eisenhower wants him at the NATO summit in Paris December. He will decide in a week or 10 days after finishing consultations at the State Department. Stevenson has advised Secretary Dulles on NATO matters and met with the President and Dulles in Washington.
Local merchants announce a drawing on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. on South Main Street with $50, $25, two $20, five $10 and five $5 merchandise certificates. About forty five merchants participate and shoppers get free parking. stores stay open late Thursday and Friday. Santa visits 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at North Main street. Coupons must be at the drawing barrel by 1:50 p.m.
The Women’s Society of World Service and the Evangelical United Brethren church monthly birthday supper will unite for a joint meeting at the church at 6:00 p m Thursday, according to officers.
A supper meeting of the Linton Eagles lodge at 8:00 pm will initiate a class of candidates. Jennings Goodman, president, announced. A family supper precedes the initiation. Guest speaker will be Arthur S. Ehrmann of Milwaukee, editor for the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
INDIANAPOLIS IP Governor Handley will hold a news conference at 9 am CST but observers expect no decision on a Senate bid. He may be weighing Jenner's surprise decision not to run, with aides noting Handley is studying the situation and unlikely to announce candidacy now.
Mrs. Edna Bach 80 died at 2 30 this morning at Glenburn Rest Haven after a four month illness from a fractured hip. Longtime Bloomfield resident, she and late husband Jesse E. Bach once custodians at Humphreys park. Survived by son Ralph Bach and daughter-in-law in Napoleon Michigan, five sisters, a granddaughter and five great grandchildren. Funeral plans pending.
Big-flaked snow swept parts of Indiana while the southern area saw rain in near freezing conditions. Central Indiana expected rain sleet and snow morning, then a shift to mostly rain by noon and snow again in the afternoon. Temperatures ranged from 24 to 54 as a broader Midwest mild pattern spread.
About twenty Greene county vocalists plus four from Vincennes and one from Evansville met at the Linton American Legion post to form a chapter of the International Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. Loren McDonald of Bloomfield led singing. Bill Reed organized the event and postponed the next session until after the New Year. Guest Ducky Drake of Evansville, VP of the Indiana Kentucky SPEB SQSA district attended.
Members and friends are invited to a Mission to Workers service at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday Dec 4 at Linton EUB church. The lay movement aims to help lay people witness for Christ in daily life with all ages involved and roles for homemakers office workers miners and business people. The service emphasizes prompt start and on time completion to cover the agenda.
Captain N E Rader and wife announce the birth of a daughter in San Antonio on December 2. Toni Christine weighs seven pounds thirteen ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dault Edwards of Lyons and Mr and Mrs John Rader of Danville. A 12-year-old brother Randy greets the newborn.
Funeral services were held today for Harry G. Davison who died Friday in a farm tractor accident near Attica. The incident occurred on the Davison farm and authorities investigated the scene.
Mrs Evelyn Wilson won the final football Pick Em contest sponsored by Linton merchants with a 16 correct game guess. Richard Lutz took second and Johnny Morris third, each matching 16 correct picks, on a week with a 7 7 tie between Mississippi University and Mississippi State.
A 12 man jury will hear evidence Wednesday morning in a case against Clarence Davis of Dugger route one charged with failing to yield the right of way after a collision on state road 54 northwest of Linton. The trial before Justice of the Peace W E Laughlin begins at 10:00 a m in the Linton city hall council room. Davis is represented by J Raymond Powell. The prosecution is Kern G Beasley Greene county prosecutor, with Hays and Hays Corydon representing the plaintiff Mrs Florence M Sappenfield of Ramsey.
The South Bend Tribune raised its weekly subscription rate to 45 cents effective Sunday due to higher production costs.
Navy technicians refine a slender Vanguard rocket at Cape Canaveral aiming to place a six inch moon into orbit to mirror Sputnik. The test may occur any time from 5 a.m. to dusk with a possible Snark preflight and a briefing for reporters at Patrick Air Force Base.
President Eisenhower, still recovering from a mild stroke, attended a morning meeting with congressional leaders and Adlai Stevenson on Atlantic Treaty matters. He began the day at 7:15 am CST, left for lunch at 11:55 am, and officials described his progress as excellent.
In Worthington Justice Orville Falk fined four motorists. Ben E. Manson 16 Clarksville Tenn John Vernon Stafford 42 Van Dyke Mich Charles Anthony Taylor 42 Indianapolis all charged with passing in a no passing zone on state road 67 and each paying 16.75 with costs. R C Kirby 28 Evansville fined five and costs for speeding 80 mph on state road 67 totaling 21.75.
The Christian Woman's Fellowship will host members from county fellowships and church women for the annual Woman's Day observance at 2:00 PM Thursday. Mrs. Harry Haseman and Mrs. Ray Singer chair arrangements. A tea will be served during the program.
In Hendricks County Indiana three teenagers Leland Leak 17 Lloyd Turner 16 and Billy Joe Brooks 18 died when Leak s car sped about 80 mph on Ind 236 and skidded 200 feet before hitting a tree near North Salem The victims ages and roadhouse locations Roachdale and Danville were identified by state police The crash occurred about 1 am and is part of a string of traffic fatalities in the county for the year
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the Terre Haute Division of the U S District Court Southern District of Indiana by Jasonville Baking Company Inc The firm began May 1 and lists liabilities of 12496593 with 8683045 secured claims and assets of 1042483 Rex E Poe attorney filed the claim with deputy clerk Virginia Wassell The petition was presented by Ernest Kessler vice president and Cleo Etheridge acting secretary
A Chicago to Vincennes shopping group of 11 women faced a derailment near Danville causing a 90 minute delay. A crazed man roamed the car, the conductor suffered a heart attack, and a passenger went into labor. Two nurses assisted and accompanied the laboring woman to Good Samaritan Hospital. The brakeman paused the train to allow police to retrieve them, then the Terre Haute leg went smoothly.
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