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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1941
Page
3
Notice requests society notes including personal news club lodge party and church items be submitted to the Linton Daily Citizen Office by 11 a.m. to appear in the day’s issue. Helen L. Grubbs signs the notice.
A compact list shows Linton Shuffleboard at Humphreys Park 7 p m and Metropolitan Lodge No 193 K of P at the hall 7 30 p m Citizens class Glenburn at the community house 7 p m Epworth League Glenburn Mission 7 15 p m Public Health Nursing committee 7 30 p m Greene County hospital Chickateth council Pocahontas 7 30 p m Business and Professional Womens club picnic 7 p m West shelter Shakamak park attendees meet 6 15 p m at the public library bring own table service
Violet Rebekah No 182 meets at the hall at 7 p.m. Carpenters Local 487 meets at the K P hall at 7 p.m. Quapaw Council meets at Red Men’s hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club meets with Mrs George Haworth at 2 p.m. Members asked to note change in place.
Local clubs and societies list midweek gatherings. WEDNESDAY Chapter 209 Women of the Moose meet at 7 p.m. at the hall. Glenburn Aid Society at the community house. Baptist Ladies Aid holds all day at the church. Rotary lunch at 12 15 p.m. at the American Legion Home. Unity Lodge No 637 meets at 7 50 p.m. at the hall. Elks and Eagles hold 8 p.m. and 7 p.m. sessions respectively. Hospital board convenes 7 15 p.m. at Freeman Greene County hospital. Bridge club meets 2 15 p.m. with Mrs. Craft. Linton Band Parents at 7 30 p.m. at the high school. Wednesday Night Contract Club meets at 7 p.m. with Mrs. James.
Thursday activities include Methodist and Baptist choir practices at churches at 7 p.m. United Brethren and Christian choir practices also at 7 p.m. Linton Lodge No 560 F and A M holds stated meeting at the hall. Legion Auxiliary meets at the Legion Home at 7 30 p.m. Moose No 1434 meets at the hall at 7 30 p.m. American Legion Post meets at the Legion Home. Townsend club gathers at city hall at 7 30 p.m. Clarion club meets with Mrs Doe Sparks at state road 59 at 1 30 p.m. Junior Home Economics club meets with Mrs James LD Clayton at 690 G street northeast at 2 p.m.
Friday events list shuffleboard at Humphreys Park 7 pm Sons of American Legion gather Legion Home 6 30 pm Pry Qupaw Tribe No 143 meets hall 7 pm State meeting Columbian Chapter continues listing nearby.
Memorial services announced with refreshments at the hall schedule 7:30 p m. The notice lists O E S No 140 and invites members to attend the gathering.
Mr and Mrs John J Berns announce the marriage of their daughter Marie of Indianapolis to Joe Russell Corbett of Indianapolis son of Mrs Pearl Corbett of Caruthersville Mo The ceremony was held at Emerson Avenue Baptist Church Indianapolis with Rev H G Rowe officiating A luncheon followed and the couple will reside at 5042 East New York Street Indianapolis The groom works for the National Retail Hardware Association in Indianapolis
Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart J L Griebel hosted a Sunday christening party at their Linton home for Brenda Lucille Griebel. The infant was christened at the Saron Evangelical and Reformed Church by Rev. C A Hofmann. Sponsors named were Mrs Lucille Kurland and Mrs Julia Bicknell. A dinner followed for relatives Julius Kurland Mrs Bicknell and the Griebel family.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Margaret Johnson of Leslie Michigan to Harold Sweeney of Dugger Indiana. The ceremony took place May 30 in Lansing Michigan where both work. The bride teaches Latin at Lansing High School and the groom is a Dugger Union High School graduate. They will reside at 229 Moore’s River Drive Lansing after a short honeymoon.
Mrs Lloyd Poe hosted the Tuesday Evening Bridge club at her Jasonville home with guests Mrs Ora Ax and Mrs Robert Smith. Prizes went to Mrs Gene Snders and Mrs Lester Sinders as members including Mesdames Letsinger Huff Sharp Puckett Williams Humphreys Crowe Sinders and Miss Edith Keers attended.
Jasonville Past Chiefs club met Thursday evening at Ruth McCammon’s home. Attendees included Nell Kruitt Elizabeth Ingale Etta Sexton Neva Bowman Geneva Tribby with guests Ethel Duane and Mrs Steward. Prizes were awarded to Nell Kruitt Etta Sexton and Mrs Steward.
Mrs Emma Alsman 56 wife of Anthony Alsman Dugger merchant died at 5 15 am in her Dugger home after two years of illness the heart attack her immediate cause She was born in Kansas and lived in Sullivan county most of her life The body went to M J Aikin and Son Funeral Home and will be returned to the family residence Tuesday Funeral at 1030 am Wednesday at Calvary church five miles east of Sullivan Rev Claude Oskins Cass officiating burial in Calvary cemetery Survived by husband four nieces and Kansas relatives.
The Theodore N. Vail Memorial Fund awarded three gold and seven silver medals for notable public service by telephone workers in 1940. Recipients include Mildred Lothrop, Nelle Lazure, and Frank Atkinson’s widow, with gold medals and $1,000 each for lifesaving efforts during disasters in Nebraska and Colorado. Silver medals went to six New Jersey Bell employees for restoring service after a September 12 powder plant explosion in Kenvil, and Luther E. Lamb for rescuing a lineman near Winona Mississippi.
Recent social rounds feature Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Brown hosting Irving King Mary Brown Mildred Brown of Terre Haute Walter Taylor of Judson and Carl Brown with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown. Also Miss Ruby Houston returns from Anderson Max Dunder visits Meringo and Dr. Wayne Nusbaum and family visit Young in Ohio.
The Linton Band Parents Club meeting set for this evening is postponed to Wednesday at 7 30 PM.
The Lyons Stand-by 4 H club met at Martha Daes home with junior leader and eleven members present. The program featured a demonstration by Martha Daes. The next meeting is planned for Maxine Shelton’s home.
After an intermission the American Red Cross will resume first aid classes in Linton this week. The advanced course meets at 2:00 PM Tuesday and Friday at the Linton public library. The standard course meets at 7:00 PM Tuesday and Wednesday at the Linton Junior High School.
Mrs Herschel Lynn of Terre Haute formerly of Linton is reported to be recovering from a major operation at Union Hospital in Terre Haute.
The State of Indiana files a condemnation action in Greene Circuit Court for a parcel in Greene County to widen State Road 48. The description covers land between the current and proposed north right of way lines, with a series of measured centerline and curve distances, affecting the southwest quarter of section 2 in township 8N, range 7W.
The Greene Circuit Court in Greene County Indiana is notified that the state seeks to take a 2.8 acre parcel for highway improvements between present and proposed east right of way lines of State Road 48. Defendants Lina Fierke and Fred Fierke non residents, with Michigan address, must appear June 30 1941 to show cause why the land should not be appropriated.
Mrs Kate Berger Mrs Mary K Fabian and Robert Croxton of Flint Michigan spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Harvey Hummel and relatives. Several other residents from Hammond Indianapolis Detroit and Chicago visited family and returned home.
Members of the Bide-A-Wee club met at Ruth Maynard’s home in Jasonville. Bingo games awarded prizes to Margherite Woolam Maude Terre Etta Newby and Christine Rogers.
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