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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
4
Promotion urges readers to begin weekly savings with American Bankers Association and federal reserve voices. Mentions deposit insurance and peer participation to motivate action.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The boy and girl were on the highway when the car broke down. He urged an intimate kiss but she quipped to kiss the car instead. The light exchange ends with a light farewell until tomorrow.
Springfield Mo December 14 Modern schools are so technological that teachers' personality is eclipsed. Dr Merle Prunty curriculum director at Stephens College says personality is more important than degrees for its influence on boys and girls. He lists attributes including sense sincerity spirituality simplicity sympathy scholarship strength self control serenity sweetness scientific organization self reliance sportsmanship and salesmanship.
Mr and Mrs Lowell Gabbard and son James Ray spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Del mar McCannon near Gilmour. Walter Stevens of Chicago visited friends here as did Everett Swaby. Otto ex ion visited relatives in the community. Richard McDon and daughter Margaret of Ar a Ill are visiting with friends in the area.
V Briggs and B Maddison each topped 600 as the Commercial league action unfolded. Winners across most of three games included Sinclairs Tyler Rudys Central Inn and Peoples Trust. losers were Indiana State Employment Service Elson Jewelers Coca Colas and Frigidaires with scores noted.
Mrs. Maude Silvers and her daughters Betty and Kathryn were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Goldman and family. Mrs. Ruth Curtiss of Bloomfield visited her mother, Mrs. Ada Loveaul, on Monday. Mrs. Joe King of Sullivan visited relatives and friends here Monday.
Lyons May grade and high school faculty publish November honor roll lists. High honor students include Ken Hollingsworth Robert Laughlin Betty Patterson Betty Smith in grade 1 and peers through grade 12 with numerous names across grades. Honors and standard lists feature students from Grade 1 to 12 with multiple entries in each class.
About 500 adding machines are expected to be needed to compile statistics for the sixteenth decennial census of the United States to be conducted in 1940.
The new United States Lines liner America, a $17,000,000 sea queen, will be christened in New York. At 725 feet long with a 93‑foot beam, it seats 1,219 passengers across cabin, tourist, and third classes. Every state helped with material or labor to honor the ship’s name.
Rev and Mrs Porter Walls and other residents of Burris Chapel share visits with Goodman and Wright families. Guests include Mr and Mrs Marion Goodman, Miss Mildred Goodman, Mrs Elsie Hale, Mr and Mrs Joe Goodman, and numerous local households during recent days of social calling and travel.
Clarence A. Jackson head of the State Unemployment Compensation Division says the year’s end does not affect benefit periods for workers who qualified for unemployment compensation. He notes rumors that benefits must be drawn by year end are unfounded.
Lois Goodrich, 12, of Warren is praised for safe opening skills learned from her father H D Goodrich. The girl helps in the shop and can hear tumblers drop, aiding safe openings at burglar-damaged or locked safes. Her father has practiced 43 years.
Hog offerings 6 000 with holdovers 80 and all weights up 15 cents. Lights 6.90 to 7.65, medium 7.55 to 7.70, heavy 7.15 to 7.20, sows 10 to 15 cents higher mostly 6.50 to 6.85. Cattle 900 with calves 500. steers scarce, heifers slow, bidding weak, bulk 7.00 to 9.25, cows steady to weak, cutter cows 3.75 to 5.00, wealers up 50 cents, top 10.00. Sheep 1 000 native lambs steady, bulk good to choice 9.00 to 9.25.
All stockholders of the Peoples Trust Company will meet on Tuesday January 10 at 3 p.m. in the directors room of the company building to elect the Board of Directors for the ensuing year and to transact any other legal business. Andrew Humphreys secretary. Dec 14 20 27 Jan 5.
About 150,000 workers will be needed to conduct the United States census of 1940. The announcement outlines a nationwide recruitment effort to fill temporary positions for the decennial count.
In Dona Ana county New Mexico the hangman’s tree at the old courthouse yard was cut down to clear space for a junior high. Three missing branches died after hangings. The tree last saw use in 1901 and ties to Sheriff Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid are noted.
Winslow Arizona police report a thief who smashed a stained glass church window worth about 600 dollars to steal from the poor box containing only a few cents. The crime is described as particularly vicious, with the vandalism shocking local residents.
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