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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1956
Page
6
Society notes invite readers to send personal news club lodge church and party items for publication. Phone 277 contact Ann Toney as Society Editor to share items and announcements.
Qui Va La club and many groups meet from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. with dinners and gift exchanges. Organizations include Greene County Nurses Association, Relief Society, MLA, Kiwanis Lab, Quapaw Council, Loyal Order of Moose, Royal Arch Masons, and many church and youth groups hosting parties, dinners, and grab bags with specified times and gift exchanges.
Miss Sharon Marsh and Rev. Ivan Blaine Emily of Jasonville will marry at the Methodist church in Jasonville at 2 39 Sunday afternoon December 16. The ceremony will be officiated by Rev. Thomas Scott and Dr. Francis Johnson with bridal music by Mrs. Watson Neal and Mrs. George Williams.
The text notes canning was discovered around 1815 by Frenchman Nicholas Appert to aid the French army. It mentions San Xavier del Bac near Tucson nicknamed "the white dove of the desert" by the Papa and identifies Fort Peck in Montana as home to the world’s largest earthfill dam.
The Mu Beta Gamma mission circle met in the First Baptist church lower auditorium for a Christmas program. An accordion duet performed Away in a Manger and White Christmas, followed by songs Beautiful Christmas Tree and a reading of If I Had Been in Bethlehem. A Christmas playlet Three Wise Women featured multiple participants and scripture was read from Matthew 2 10 11. A love offering was taken, then a social hour with refreshments.
Mrs. James Boyles told a Christmas story at the Arion club gathering in Gyvitz City hosted by Mrs. Mason Landis. Members wore corsages, a piano fund contribution was made, Second District report read, gifts for mental hospital patients collected, and a gift exchange followed with refreshments.
Greene County Farm Bureau members will hold their annual ham and potluck supper at 6:30 Wednesday evening at Prairie Chapel church. Ray Malone of Newberry, president, announced the event on State Road 57 four miles north of Newberry. The program includes installation of 1957 officers and reports from the state convention. A male quartet will perform as part of the evening. Members and families are invited. attendees should bring their own tablet service.
The Greene County Society for Crippled Children Inc held its annual meeting at Glenburn Rest Haven and elected new officers for 1957. Officers include President Mrs. Winters Linton and Vice President John Steele Owensboro. treasurer Alla White Linton. recording and corresponding secretaries. and a 14-member board with retiring president Mr. Bobbitt. State fund raising director Ben Behrent spoke on the society’s history from Ohio origins to national activity. 1956 expenditures reached 1702.33 with 164.58 cash on hand.
Ten doctors of high repute advised treating the common cold with rest, fluids, light meals, and symptom relief only. They stressed there is no antiviral cure and that self-treatment risks complications, while vaccines targeting all cold viruses remain a distant goal.
Linton Civic Garden club members gathered for their annual Christmas dinner at Klusmeier's Drive-in with Mrs. Ruth Taylor chairing and a host of members assisting. The evening featured table centerpieces, Christmas ornaments, carols, and a gift exchange ending with Silent Night as members sang carols.
The MNC club finalized plans for a Christmas party at Mrs. Mary Catherine McTraney’s home with co hosts Mrs. Margie Richards. The event moves to Mrs. Vera Goodman’s home with Miss Jeannie Goodman as co host. Attendees bring secret pal gifts and basket donations. Eleven members answered roll call and prizes went to several members. Refreshments included ham salad Waldorf salad jello cupcakes and coffee.
St Peter's Girl Scout troop met at leader Mrs Roy Williams home to finalize events. A mother and daughter tea is set for 3 to 5 pm Thursday December 20 at the Teen Canteen. Caroling roller skating and a party at Mrs Riley's home were also planned.
The newly formed New Parents' Club of Linton-Stockton high school Glee club named itself Choralaides at a meeting in the elementary building. The group planned two projects for the year to support district music contest contestants and a member variety show with proceeds funding senior sweaters for eligible Glee club members. Membership fee set at 25 cents and organizers urged all Glee parents to join.
Prairie Chapel WSCS met at Mrs Owen Yorks home where Mrs William Kahn spoke on The Church and Her Children The gathering included Mrs Hobart Haywood Mrs Paul Ford and Mrs Clem Campbell with Christmas carols and a devotional led by Mrs Harold Nolting An missions offering was taken Grace Allen gave a reading Sixteen members a child and Rev Hisrold Nolting attended a covered dish dinner This item mixes unrelated science statements about oxen blood circulation polar bears and hard rubber
The average American scientist earned $6,525 a year during 1954 55 in a government survey. The wage figures come from a study of employment data on over 94 000 scientists conducted by the National Science Foundation.
Bethel Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Edith Parks’s home to plan sending a box of used clothing to Hungarian refugees. Martha Burns was tasked with gathering project details and church sponsorship for a family. The group shared hymns, prayer, scripture, a lesson on The Church and Her Children, and social hour gifts. Refreshments followed.
Government agency release shows physicists and meteorologists with Ph D degrees as top wage earners at about $7,850 yearly. Psychologists recorded the lowest average salaries, ranging from £6,600 for Ph D holders to $4,974 for those without.
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