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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1944
Page
2
Society and club notices appear in this issue under common headings. The brief column lists personal news and acknowledgments, with names such as Helen L. Grubbs noted among the society items.
The calendar lists diverse meetings all day at churches lodges clubs and schools. Groups include Gaplist Ladies Aid Eagles Elks Unity Rotary Greene County Democratic Women and several church societies with times from noon to evening and various host locations.
Thursday events list in Hiawatha with meetings at Red Men hall Legion Home and churches. Groups include American Legion Post United Brethren Baptist Faith Temple Pythian Sisters and Christian church activities plus a Masonic lodge meeting and a Friendly class gathering.
Friday schedule includes Women's Relief Corps meeting at 7 p m, Chapter 19 Women of the Moose at 8 p m, prayer at Glenburn Mission at 7 p m, Columbian Chapter 140 O RB S at 7 30 p m with a Christmas program and 25 cent gift, Quapaw Tribe 143 at 7 30 p m, Saron Evangelical and Reformed church loyalty class Christmas party at 7 30 p m, Mr Mellick club at 7 15 p m with Mrs O M Marshall, J T M club Christmas party at 1 30 p m with Mrs Thaniel Heath co-hostess and grab bag gift.
Chapter No. 9 Women of the Moose held a night program with candidate initatory work and a social hour with games and prizes. A covered dish supper followed. Chapter No. 19 sponsors Cadet Nurse Gertrude Don ie in training at St Anthony’s hospital in Testetute. Senior Regent Ruth Porter thanks donors for a Moorehaven Christmas box and a note of appreciation from Bilings General Hospital for sixty nine handkerchiefs sent to wounded soldiers.
The G. F. club of Switz City held a Christmas season meeting with Mrs. Blanche Stantz as hostess. A brief business session led to a 25 cent per member contribution to the Tuberculosis Fund.
A birthday anniversary dinner was hosted Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Sam Parks in Dugger honoring Mrs Parks and George Shipman of Dugger. Attendees included relatives and friends such as Mrs Kenneth Engle and children, Lucille Kellar and children, Mrs Mervin Ridge and children, Bertha Parks, Sam Parks and family, and the honored guests Mrs Sam Parks and George Shipman.
Miss Verna Ames, a 2nd year officer in the Coast Guard Reserves, teaches Belmonte High School boys piloting and seamanship in a five credit course toward a diploma. A crew of four women yeomen assists the skipper aboard daily lessons at sea.
United Press report from Chicago on the 26th annual American Farm Bureau Federation meeting. Georgia Farm Bureau president H L Wingate warns that after war some servicemen will not return to farming, preferring city life or other occupations, risking farm labor shortages. Other bureau leaders disagree, urging careful transitions and farm opportunities, with focus on whether veterans return to agriculture and the role of farm mothers.
Allied forces under Lt Gen Alexander Patch push from the Saar to the Rhine and Palatinate border. American units seize towns near Duren and Stuttgart while German resistance stiffens at Seltz and along the Roer line. The Seventh Army advances on multiple axes toward the Siegfried Line with corps in rich historical invasion corridors.
Members of the Needlecraft club gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs. Ralph Kohr's home for their annual Christmas party. The event included a festive dinner, a short business session with a donation to the county home for the aged, a Christmas story by Mrs. Harry Green, a social hour, and contest awards to several members.
Delphian club members held their annual Box Supper at Mrs. Jack Klusmeier’s home. After a brief meeting they roleplayed a school scene with Mrs. Will Cushing as teacher and poems read by members. Santa handed out treats and gifts followed by lunch box auctions and merriment. Twenty four members attended.
In Indianapolis Dee U P draft classifications face scrutiny after Col Robinson Hitchcock state selective service director ordered close review of deferred men amid manpower shortages. Registrants aged 18 to 37 who left deferred employment risk reclassification as immediately available unless they clear transfers with local boards. Hershey message prompted the tightening.
Indiana Office of Price Administration issues sugar and fuel oil ration changes. Stamp No. 37 in sugar book No. 4 is invalid due to severe sugar shortages. Fuel oil rations in Period 2 begin Dec 18 with 10 gallons per unit, and Period 3 coupons of the same value become valid on Dec 18.
In Fort Worth C L De Zonia builds a miniature eight by four foot cathedral with bells on five foot towers and an organ to come, echoing medieval churches. In Chicago John Becker crafts objects from spools, assembling radio cabinets and bookcases from thousands of spools to make toys for neighborhood children.
Lt Maynard felled Blackbeard after a famed clash off Ocracoke North Carolina. The pirate suffered five pistol wounds and twenty sword wounds before his death.
President Osmena of the Philippines endorses Hugh Baillie United Press four point program for postwar freedom of news. He favors open sources and transmission facilities, limited official regulation, and global newspaper access, citing past struggle against a controlled press.
The State Department of Conservation reports an 80 percent drop in corn borer damage in the county from 1943. Officials credit control measures and weather factors like chinch bug infestation and drought, while cautioning farmers not to drop vigilance.
The White House announced the resignation of Harry Slattery from his role as Rural Electrification Administration administrator. Roosevelt accepted the letter dated December 8, effective immediately, with no public release of the resignation letter or the president's reply.
Florida’s nine month construction total reached 68 million dollars in 1944, down 56 percent from the prior year, while private construction increased 17 percent in the same period, signaling an upward trend per the Sire Chamber of Commerce.
In loving remembrance of Ott Padgett who departed this life on December 20 1943. A light is from our household a voice we loved is stilled. Sadly missed by his parents Mr and Mrs John T Padgett and daughters Mrs Doris Wedersch mitt Mrs Alberta Sloan Mrs Earnestine Ward and Mrs Helen Tuttle.
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