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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1957
Page
4
Freeman Greene County Hospital Board meets at the hospital at 7 15 p m. Quapaw Tribe No 143 Improved Order of Red Men meets at the hall at 7 p m. Columbian Chapter No 140 Order Eastern Star at Masonic hall 7 30 p m. Women of Moose Chapter 19 meet at Moose home 8 p m.
Midland home demonstration club met at Mrs Geoffrey Cadwell’s home with a club collect and pledge. Mrs Judge Garwood led the song Carry Me Back To Old Virginia as the month’s selection. Mrs Damon Myers discussed next year’s program and lessons while a social hour followed with refreshments provided by the hostess.
Mr and Mrs Edward Bartley of Lyons will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Sunday June 9 They wed at Worthington June 10 1897 Their family includes son Otis Bartley deceased granddaughter Mrs William Hardisty and great grandchildren Brenda and Michael Hardisty They reside with daughter in law Edith Bartley in Lyons An open house reception is planned at First Methodist church Lyons from 2 00 to 4 00 PM.
Indiana Employment Security Division reported 37,742 unemployment claims last week in Indianapolis, 47 fewer than the prior week. The tally includes 4,270 new claims and runs about 10 percent below the same week a year ago.
The clerk of the Sullivan circuit court in Sullivan issued a marriage license to Ernest E. Phegley of Worthington and Mary Catherine Veale of Linton.
Heavy rains hampered the search for the 14 West Germany army recruits swept to their deaths by the Mer River. Rescue teams scoured the swollen riverbank and surrounding areas as daylight limited visibility.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Mc Kissick from Rockmart Georgia and relatives Blanche McKissick from Akron Ohio spent a weekend with Maurice Dye following the death of Edward Bennie. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Earl Bean of Osborn Idaho visited relatives here including Estel Reintjes. Miss Alice Ann Neal of Pittsburgh joined Kathy Ann Walters. Mrs. Paul Fillers and son Robin of Cincinnati visited grandfather Albert Rose and other relatives.
In Statesville North Carolina a middle aged housewife Mrs Ellen Dowell 54 fell about 65 feet to a well bottom while drawing water. Neighbor Andy Barker lowered to the victim and hauled her out with a tow truck rig. She died an hour later at a local hospital.
State business executives will attend Indiana University's sixth annual Executive Development Program June 10 to 28. Director Prof. Thomas R. Bossert Jr. leads sessions on trends in literature speech finance and local problem solving.
Gerald Dean Weekly 21 of Elizabethtown was killed Tuesday when he was run over by a power mower while cutting grass along Indiana 46 east of Petersville. Authorities say he apparently fell off the mower onto an embankment and was mangled by the blades.
In Grain Haven Michigan the Wildron triplets now serve in three branches. Joel, 19, has enlisted in the Air Force. Jerry serves in the Army. Julian is with the Navy. All three left home recently to begin their military careers.
Mary Field Schwarz, a 38 year old Independence Missouri teacher of 36 third graders, shares the 1957 title with Guy Bizzell. She defends traditional reading and basic education while noting overcrowded classes and neglect of bright students as education's core challenges.
Indiana University announces 23 graduates from Greene county among 3 632 in the 1957 class. Commencement at Memorial Stadium on June 10 with baccalaureate June 9 and an alumni institute June 7-8. The list includes Ralph Chipman and several others with degrees in education, business, geology, and more.
The notice offers Pattern 7058 for a simple quilt using five 8 inch patches with charts and directions. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for first class mailing to Household Arts Dept Old Chelsea Station New York. Include name address zone size and style number.
Delta Theta Tau chapter hosts a dinner meeting at the Municipal Golf Course in Long Beach with decorations and travel themed prizes for an initiation of Misses Carole Underwood Roma Kay Blume Sue Katcher Kay Bohanan Sheila Hadley Nancy Murdock Saran Stout Beverly Hays Julia Ann Woner Jeannette Herndon Maxanne Toney. Guests from Paris Illinois and alumnae join the post dinner program.
Haseman Velmar Masier Dane Fisk Esther Wolford and Wanda Mathugsa named in records. The arranging committee includes Miss Yvonne Brown and Mesdames Paul Duhne Herbert Foos Charles Hoskins James Humphreys Floris Richardson John T Reynolds Vance Sappenfield and Albert Truitt.
West Terre Haute Indiana congressman Birch Bayh declined to comment on reports he would seek the Democratic nomination for Senator William Jenner's seat at the state convention next summer. Bayh said the convention is still a long way off. Greece's monetary unit is the drachma.
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