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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1937
Page
3
Irene County Industrial Union meets Moose hall at 6 30 p m All rights please attend Metropolitan Lodge 193 K P P at the hall 7 30 p m Council of Pocahon at Red Men hall 7 p m Frs Peter Schloot will enter in the Bay View club at her home 7 p m
Violet Rebekah No 312 meets Tuesday at 7 p m. Quapaw Council No 80 of Poca meets at Red Man hall. Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club at 2 15 p m with Mrs Ed Remnedy. Queen Esther Circle of First M E church at 5 p m at Miss Fordyce home for Christmas party. I H N class of First E church holds Christmas party at 7 30 p m at Marion Tislow home 389 C street east.
Denburn Aid Society meets in regular session. Ladies Aid at the pub for an all day event. Royal Neighbors meet at the hall at noon. Rotary luncheon at First Christian church at 12 10 p m. Juity Lodge No 637 I O O F meets at 7 30 p m. Igiris Lodge at home at 8 p m. Bee Lodge meets at the hall at 7 p m. Sinton Study Club meets at 2 p m with Mrs Charles Tyndall for a Christmas party.
Thursday events list choir practices at the Arch and ffarch starting 7 to 7 15 p m. Royal Order of Moose No 1434 American Legion Post meet at 8 p m. Bawatha club and Red Men hold all day gatherings. Faith Temple No 42 Pythian hall hosts 7 30 p m sessions.
The Sons of the American Legion hold a meeting at 6 30 p m at the Quapaw hall. The Red Men tribe No 143 will meet at the same venue for a day event. A Mothers Circle meets at the Somanity house for a day session.
The J. T. M. club held a Christmas party at Mrs. Branch Hunter's home with festive décor and games. Prizes went to Mrs. Claude e, Mrs. Hester Openshaw, and Mrs. Thomas Scroggins. Refreshments were served at a snow themed table with lighted accents. The next gathering date will be announced later.
Mr and Mrs Arvel Blume and Emily Miss Naomi Blume of Day ton Ohio and Mr and Mrs J E Blume of Sullivan traveled to Clay Kentucky for the dedication of the Trinity Gospel Tabernacle where James Blume will serve as pastor.
Miss Goldie Fields visits Mrs. Icis Allen while many locals spend holidays visiting friends and relatives in nearby cities. Indiana University students Hubert Lynch Ward Martindale and Bill Cravens are home for Christmas with family, and several residents attend a funeral in Bloomfield or visit relatives in Indianapolis Ev arsville Terre Haute and Danville.
Mrs. Murray Griffith entertained the Quilting Bee Circle at her Gambill home for a Yuletide quilting session. Festive decorations, a noon cafeteria dinner, social hour, and Christmas gifts around the tree marked the gathering. Attendees included Mesdames Cadwell, Pirtle, Allen, Bennett, Banard, Waddell, Norris, Cowden, Hicks, Meeks, Hudson, Holt, Hancock, Chambers, and guests Ruth Ellen, Barbara, Marilyn, and Phillip. The group planned to meet again at Mrs. Oran Fletcher’s Dugger home.
Miss Miriam Clayton will entertain the Mu Beta Gamma chapter of W. W. G. at her home tonight at 7 50 for the annual Christmas party. Members are asked to bring a 10 cent gift for the grab bag.
Fortnightly club members gathered Friday at Mrs. Elmer Terrell home for a Christmas party with a blue silver and white table setting. A three course luncheon followed by a brief business session approved donations to the TB association and Associated Charities. Contests prizes and gift exchanges ended the afternoon ahead of the anniversary next gathering at Mrs. Ed Carmody’s home.
Fourteen members of the Fidelity Circle and four guests gathered at Mrs Homer Lewis’s home for a Christmas party. The group sang Silent Night, shared short readings, and voted a 2 donation to Associated Charities. Prizes were awarded in contests to Mrs Fisher Mrs Dafoe and Mrs Sipes with Dafoe winning hostess gifts.
Mrs Edwin Robson hosted the Jolly Jubilee Club at her Dugger home for an all day meeting and Christmas party. The event featured a turkey dinner, a business session, a penny drill prize won by Mrs Paul Edds, a Christmas program with songs poems and carols, gifts and candies, with members listed among the attendees. The next meeting is set for Mrs Harry Blume’s home in two weeks.
Mrs Ruth Kluesner entertained the Ellis Golden Rule club at her home Friday with a Christmas party. A noon covered dish dinner was served, a brief business session followed, and sixteen members plus guest Mrs Mabel Perkins attended a Christmas program and gift exchange. Dec 31 noted in the home of Mrs Maude Lyman.
The regular Alpha Delphian meeting, postponed last week, will be held Tuesday December 28 in the public library. James M. Humphreys will be guest speaker for the evening.
The Natiramas class of the First Baptist church held its annual Christmas party Friday in the church basement with new officers elected for the coming year. A chicken dinner was served and a program of songs readings and prayers followed, led by Mrs. Wayne Corbin and other members.
The Thursday Afternoon bingo club held a Christmas party at Mrs. Cecil Stevenson’s home with prizes won by Mrs. Ethel Hickman and Mrs. Violet Arnold and gifts exchanged. The Auction club then hosted Mrs. Lily Osborne with a covered dish dinner at Mrs. Ray Tison’s home, gifting Osborne. Two local residents were injured by falls on icy sidewalks, and Mr. and Mrs. James Adams of Whiting welcomed a baby boy born Thursday night, with Mrs. Adams formerly Corrine Deputy of the community.
Readers share mixed views on a Boston Symphony leader who halted a performance and left the stage to scold late-arriving patrons. Comments range from sympathy for performers to calls for audience punctuality and manners. The discussion highlights public reactions to onstage disruption.
A light hearted interview asks readers what items are least welcome gifts and why. The bookkeeper’s quip frames the prompt as a mischievous holiday reflection.
A birthday dinner was hosted Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hummell to honor Mrs. Hummell. Attending were Clyde Owens and family, Verne Waggoner and family, Dana Waggoner of Linton, Paul Heitman, and the hosts.
Bert Leach, a Denver messenger boy, uses his pet white rat tucked in his muffler to stay warm in the cold weather. The unusual method highlights coping with freezing conditions in urban delivery work.
Hog numbers reach 7000 with 100 holdovers as prices ease about 15 cents from Saturday. Lights 8.00 to 8.10, mediums 7.60 to 7.90, heavies 6.85 to 7.00, packing sows steady, bulk 6.00 to 6.50. Cattle 900 and calves 500. steers and heifers slow to bid, cutters 3.75 to 5.00, bulk steers 6.50 to 8.25, heifers 6.50 to 7.25, weanlers 1.00 lower, good to choice 11.00 to 11.50. Sheep 2000. lambs steady with fat best at 9.00, slaughter hogs steady at 5.50.
Advertises Creomulsion as a potent remedy that reaches the seat of trouble, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and loosens phlegm. Claims druggist refunds money if not satisfied after first bottle. Emphasizes correct spelling and labeling to ensure genuine product.
The Lieut. Yakey Women’s Relief Corps hosted a Christmas party at the Red Men hall. Members enjoyed games and contests, exchanged gifts, and planned the next meeting where officers will be installed. A covered dish supper was planned with fruits pots and candies served.
Miss Lenora Rector of Indianapolis daughter of Mr and Mrs Tennyson Rector of Dugger has been seriously ill but is reported to be improving. Mrs Rector is in Indianapolis with her daughter.
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