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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
3
Society items must be received in the Linton Daily Citizen office by 11 a.m. to appear in that day’s issue. All personal news club lodge party and church notices welcomed.
Readers weigh the question of living for today or tomorrow with varied views. Most say people focus on today, some balance today with tomorrow, and a few defend planning ahead while others live day by day amid postwar mood shifts. The piece ends by noting the next query about New York State driver license fingerprinting law.
M. E. choir drills at seven, Baptist and Christian choirs meet at seven, Royal Order of Moose No 1454 gathers at 7 30, American Legion Post at eight, G M G of the Saron Reformed church holds monthly meeting at 7 30, Mrs Carl Roach hosts with Miss Brady as hostess and asks members to bring grab bag gifts.
Friday rated meeting of Columbian ter O. E. S. will meet at 7:30 p.m. Members were urged to bring a few sandwiches and refreshments. The Chatter and Stitch club will meet with Mrs. Wesley Branster at 2:30 p.m.
Personal items list residents visiting relatives and friends over the holidays. Harry Barger and daughter Eileen return from De ll Mich to spend Christmas with John fr. Mrs. Huff formerly Miss My Barger of this city. Marcel Coulomb and Mrs. Gaither visit in Terre Haute and Detroit. Lenora Wheeler visits with Laurie Wheeler in Detroit. Paul Jones, Indiana University medical student, visits home and leaves for Chicago for a convention. Melvin Scholl and Sappenfield visit Terre Haute for business. Delema Shepherd of Terre Haute visits relatives here. Wilbert D. Wilson wed at Fort Knox Ky. Rosetta Lenn ing visits Hammond with her daughter Mrs. Bert Wright. Phyllis Ann Hollowell of Knell visits here.
The Lyons Christian church party at Mrs. Arles Gastineau’s home celebrated two mothers departing for eastern states. Keith Sappenfield will take a Washington D C. post. Dillon Jones heads to Pennsylvania to lead a congregation. Election results named Imo Edwards as president and other officers. a list of attendees and guests followed.
The Baptist Ladies Aid elected new officers at an all day church meeting. Officers include president Claud Sipes and vice presidents Alfred Davis R Lenning. A noon covered dish dinner followed devotions by Rev. Harry J. Bailey and reports. An all day gathering and banquet for Templeton Coal Co. is planned for Jan. 8 in the church basement.
Mrs. James Constable entertained the Atlas Community club with two guests, Mrs. Charles Yount and Mrs. David Shields, at her home. A covered dish lunch was served at noon, followed by social time and Christmas carols. Prizes went to Mrs. Yount and Mrs. Hyslop. hostess prize to Mrs. Hyslop. The group will reconvene in spring after reorganization.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Tincher Jr of J street northwest entertained recently with a dinner for friends and relatives. Guests included Floyd Sr and family, William L Tincher Bruce Vannie Mavis June Tincher Grace Tincher Jack Tincher Normadene Winna Jean Elaine Grey Tincher Max Cravens Troy Tincher and the hosts. Afternoon callers were Ack Valingham and Mr and Mrs Robert Kirkley and daughter Edith Hamlin.
A Cottage Prayer meeting and Watch Night service are set for Friday night at 7 30 in the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Shank 360 H street northeast. The invitation extends to all interested in attending.
In Fort Collins Colorado the will of the late Anna B. Scott directs care for her old sorrel mare Dixie during her lifetime. The mare is to be kept at a nearby ranch under the terms of the will.
County Federated Club women in Greene county held numerous Christmas parties across towns. Highlights include the Beta Delphia club in Jacksonville, the Worthington Study club gift exchange, the Trene club banquet, and the Bloomfield Homemakers annual children’s party with Santa.
The Linton Tri Kappa sorority heard a treasurer’s report showing disbursements to the scholarship fund Red Cross Greene County Tuberculosis Association and Associated Charities. Over two years the Freeman Greene County hospital was the major project and the group recently bought an anaesthetic machine.
Miss Mary Poe of Jasonville married Archie Fiscus at 11 this morning in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church. Rev. Harry J. Bailey officiated as witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Noble Gabbard observed. The couple plans to reside in Coal City.
Mrs Emogene Allison travels to Washington to visit her son Royal Allison while her daughter stays in the hospital with her husband Frank Bailey Sr. and daughter-in-law.
The Ladies Fancywork Circle met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. F. E. Meng’s home on First Street NW. Fifteen members answered roll call with New Year’s resolutions. The afternoon featured social time and sewing, with refreshments served by Mrs. Meng and her daughter Miss June Meng. The club adjourned to meet again in two weeks at Mrs. S. R. Newman’s home.
Charles Gierdorff, once a convict with a two year rap, declares in an open letter to the Ashland Tidings that he is a one time loser and commends the police for their efficiency in Ashland Oregon.
Children dig up buried bullets on Salisbury Plain earning pennies per pound by selling to dealers. The vast wartime ammunition rounds were left behind when troops camped there, creating a small but persistent underground trade.
A rare Capus Penningtoni fly was captured from a protea bud on a local farm near Durban. The specimen is extremely rare and reportedly not in the Rothschild butterfly collection.
The defendant Tommy Howard Chapman has pleaded guilty to a statutory charge in Indiana. Judge J. Raymond Powell has taken the case under advisement. Betty June Lacer is the relator in the matter.
Night classes for adults aged 20 to 50 have begun in Sayre Oklahoma. Sponsors invite any adult to learn anything from a language or trade to philosophy. The program responds to local farmers requests for evening education.
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