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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
2
Metropolitan Lodge No. 198 K of P. meets at the hall at 7 30 p m Linton Council of Women meets at the library at 2 p m all society items welcomed by the office by last appear in that day’s wire copy.
The calendar notes multiple gatherings at the hall and various lodges. Meetings include the Women’s club at 7 p m and the Columbian Chapter at 7 30 p m with a Christmas program. Other groups such as the Improved Order of Hea ven and Evange lical church groups host services and parties with holiday gift activities.
The Monday schedule notes a Christmas party at Roosevelt Hotel for the Business and Professional Women’s club at 7 p.m. Also Chickateth Counsel Pocahontas gathers at Red Men’s Hall at 7 p.m. for their meeting.
Violet Rebekah Lodge Christmas party at the hall at 7 30 p m members please bring 25¢ gift candy or nuts. Poca Hoppas Council No 80 meets at Red Men s hall at 7 30 p m. Carpenters Local No 487 meets K of P hall at 7 p m. Violet Rebekah Lodge No 312 meets at the hall at ? p m. Greene County Nursing Council for War Service meets at the public library at 7 30 p m. Loyal Order of Moose No 1434 meets at the hall at 7 30 p m. Ps 4 Glenburn Youth Fellowship meets at the community house at teBes ih.
The Wednesday calendar lists the Baptist Ladies Aid Society all day at the church. Fagles Lodge gathers at the hall at 7 p m Elks Lodge meets at the home at 8 p m Unity Lodge No 6371 C O F Rotary Club to luncheon at the Catholic school hall at 12 15 p m Glenburn W S C S meets at the community house.
Baptist choir meets for practice at 7 30 p m at the church. Christian choir also gathers for practice at 7 p m at the same church.
Seventeen members of the service class of the Saron Evangelical and Reformed church held a Christmas party at the home of Mrs. Harvey Fisher. Mrs. John Erns was elected president, Alma Wills vice president, and Florence Kramer secretary treasurer.
Twenty seven members of the United Brethren Missionary Society and twenty eight guests gathered at Mrs. Arthur Harbin's home Thursday evening. The program opened with a solo and scripture, a Christmas story reading, a playlet titled Love Came Down at Christmas, and a brief business and social period followed by refreshments.
Mrs Dora Johnson Marks celebrated her eightieth birthday with a dinner hosted by her daughter Mrs Relic Brinson. Relatives and friends attended including Mrs Everett McGlothlin and son Fred of Harrodsburg Mr and Mrs William M Johnson and son Cecil of Orleans Miss Faustana Brinson of Pine Village and host Rollie Brinson with family.
Galean Clark filed for divorce from Edith M. Clark in Greene circuit court this morning.
Dugger Methodist and Bethel Methodist publish weekly calendars with Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 45 or 7 00, youth and women sections, prayer and junior fellowships, and midweek meetings. Nine Mile reports Sunday school at 9 45 and revival services through Sunday night December 17 with daily 7 45 pm services. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Rev H J Rains leads church school at 9 30 and C E Hate church school at 9 30 Morning worship at 10 30 includes sermon and the Lord s Supper Christian Youth Fellowship at 6 00 sponsored by Mr and Mrs Millard Pope General superintendent is Mr C H Hatcher.
In the busy Christmas season the invitation invites worship with morning service at 10:30 a.m. and evangelistic service at 7 p.m. A Wednesday meeting begins June 7 with Rev. Kizzee and singers. A hearty welcome is extended by Virgil Kelley, pastor.
Saron Evangelical and Reform Church reports Bible school at 9 30 worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 00 with a midweek service Wednesday at 7 15 A Lord s day gathering drew a nice audience despite bad weather Sunday school at 9 15 and morning worship at 1 5 am James Dollefield to lead preaching and congregational meeting to follow Linton Methodist Church lists 9 30 church school 10 30 morning worship theme We Have Seen His Star sermon Our Hopes and Fears 7 00 evening worship Methodist Youth Fellowships 5 00 hour 6 00 devotional meetings with R B Baldridge minister and Earl Reeve superintendent.
The church announces a successful revival with twenty two professions of faith. Rev Vern Stoops and Mrs Stoops led the services. Preaching is set for Saturday at 7 30 PM with Sunday school at 9 30 AM and worship at 11 AM. Evangelistic services at 7 PM and mid week at 7 PM Wednesday. Young peoples endeavor Mondays at 7 PM. Public invited. Rev Jack Ganibill is pastor.
Rev R C Hale presides at Bris Roush church with Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship 10 30 theme As Christ Before Men Young people meet 6 15 evening service 7 Christmas carols and candle lighting program planned Prayer meeting Wednesday
The First Church of God on 2nd St NW led by Pastor Charles Strater lists Sunday School at 9:30, morning worship 10:30, and evening services with a Christmas theme. A revival starts December 31 with messages from the pastor along with cantata programs and carol singing by the church choir and youth.
Allied ships press toward the Sulu sea amid land based Japanese air attacks as U S forces defend Luzon. Domei reports 100 planes bomb Clark Field near Manila by 10 am Japanese time and about 300 more over Luzon and the Visayan area.
Edward Grabowski built a hollow five foot two inch pole with a shaved side to hold dimes, then removed them as a present for his wife Mary. The coins were saved to buy war bonds during the sixth Loan Drive.
Brewers yeast once discarded after beer production is now reused for pharmaceuticals aiding soldiers and as high-fat dairy cattle feed. William M. O'Shea says over 50 million pounds of yeast are reclaimed annually for pharmaceutical use and cattle food.
Commodore C. Baughman at the U S Caribbean base announces a weekend air trip to a famed West Indies pleasure resort as a reward for enlisted men who most contribute to War Bond sales. The award honors effort and time spent, not bond purchase totals.
George W. Pittsley, 17, of New Bedford was sentenced by a district judge to one year without bicycle riding after pleading guilty to stealing a bicycle.
Pearl Harbor December 15 reports preparations for new Allied commands as Admiral Nimitz sets up an advanced headquarters likely at a naval station in the western Pacific. British Admiral Fraser may confer on roles with Pacific forces as campaigns approach beyond the Philippines and Manila.
South of the Mason-Dixon line Santa Claus is shown in a Shreveport shop window riding a desert mule rather than the traditional sleigh and reindeer. The scene reflects regional holiday display humor with a Southwestern twist.
Marshal Friedrich Von Paulus and 49 other captured German generals call for the German army to topple Hitler and Himmler and seek peace before total destruction. The appeal, published in the Soviet press and broadcast on Moscow radio, was relayed on front-line loudspeakers and dropped in millions of copies over German lines.
Alan A L Powe faced overdue divorce costs in Jefferson County Delinquent Collections totaling $22.40. In a reply he cited a nine year sentence and a five cent weekly income, promising payment after release.
American carrier and land based planes softened up Luzon as preparations hint at an amphibious landing on MacArthur schedule. Carrier planes damaged harbor and airfield sites near Manila with at least 14 enemy planes shot down and seven destroyed on the round. MacArthur’s forces also attacked Legaspi airdrome and sank three 1000 ton freighters near Verde passage, and struck Mindoro Mindanao Cebu and Negros.
Miriam Siperstein of Providence visited her brother Flight Officer Irving Sinerein, an Army navigator stationed in the Post Indies, after he made a 2200 mile round trip flight in a borrowed fighter plane to New Guinea Ohio. The event highlights a long distance family reunion during wartime.
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