Reminiscence on Linton Roads From Sue Pool’s Sketch
The column reprints a Sue Pool reminiscence about travel to Linton fifty years ago. She recalls muddy winter roads, sleds and horses, a ford near the four way bridge, and a town life with handful of homes and shops. Her daughter Gladys Moore preserves these memories from the late writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Pool
Gladys Moore
Linton
Arista Shields
Stephen Pool
Levi Price
Nancy Tincher
Tillman Bolton
Martindale
Legion Open House Set At Linton Post Home
Dr Alec McPhail announces an open house at the Linton Frank Courtney American Legion post home at 8 o clock Saturday night. He urges post members and ex servicemen to attend as a program of entertainment and refreshments are planned.
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Linton Frank Courtney
American Legion
Alec McPhail
Greene County reports record May tax collections surpassing 1940 figures
May 1941 tax collections in Greene County reach a total of 361597.99 dollars, the highest in eleven years, with large delinquencies also collected. Treasurer Bogard notes May 1941 exceeds May 1940 by over 61000 dollars and cites the highest May total since 1930.
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Greene County
Milton Bogard
Bogard
Ollie A Gibson taken by death in Switz City
Ollie A. Gibson 67 died at his Switz City home after illness since last November. Born Sept 28 1878 in Greene County, he lived in Washington township 24 years retired from farming two years ago. Survived by wife Tine two sons Claude and Van daughter Mrs Adam Muterspaugh one brother Noah and four grandchildren. Funeral 2:00 Sunday at the family home Switz City with Rev John R Binkley Bloomington in charge burial Switz City cemetery.
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Ollie A. Gibson
Greene County
Switz City
Mr. Gibson
Ben
Lucy Gibson
Washington Township
Tine Gibson
Claude Gibson
Linton
van Gibson
Adam Muterspaugh
Noah Gibson
Welch and Cornett
John R. Binkley
Bloomington
Death of Inman, Newberry resident, at 42
Eph K Inman, 42, longtime Newberry resident and Big Four railroad agent, died of a heart attack at work. George W Anderson of Evansville and William Crooks of Newberry were involved in the events surrounding his collapse at the railroad station. Coroner Dr King L Hull ruled the death a heart attack. He leaves a wife Ophelia and several siblings. services pending at Sappenfield Funeral Home with arrangements to be announced Saturday.
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Eph K. Inman
Newberry
Big Four Railroad Company
George W. Anderson
Evansville
Pioneer Construction Company
White River
Anderson
William Crooks
Mr. Inman
King L. Hull
Bloomfield
Greene County
Inman
Obadiah
Susan Holt Inman
Ophelia ‘Inman
Indianapolis
Ophelia Inman
Jack
Lloyd Inman
Leota Summerville
Noah Moss
Scotland
Sappenfield
Greene County Gospel Camp to Hold Seventh Annual Meeting
Rev. J. Orr Powell of Upton Indiana will lead the Greene County Gospel Camp seventh annual meeting at Midland high school gymnasium from June 9 to June 12. Services start at 7 30 each evening and an announcement urged all denominations to attend.
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J. Orr Powell
Upton
Ind
Greene County
Midland High School
Smoke Inspectors Tour Cleveland to Check Violations
Cleveland officials led by Safety Director Elliott Ness surveyed the city with fourteen others to inspect compliance with anti smoke ordinances and address local air quality issues.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.P
Elliott Ness
NYA Applications To Be Taken In Loton
National Youth Administration projects and NYA president camps in the state will be taken in Lin ton on Tuesdays Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays. Herbert Greenwood itinerant personnel worker will conduct the interviews. Eligibility requires ages 17 to 25 unemployed out of school and in need of work experience.
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National
NYA
Linton
Herbert Greenwood
Willkie Booed in Chicago by Peace Group Pickets
Wendell L. Willkie arrived in Chicago to deliver a unity day speech amid boos from members of the peace group We the Mothers Mobilize who carried placards opposing dictatorial rule. A party member apologized for the protest, and Willkie replied I love it. He said there is no compromise between dictatorships and democracies and planned a nationally broadcast speech at 10 p.m. CDT.
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Chicago
U.R
Wendell L. Willkie
Woman's Peace Organization
We the Mothers
Willkie
Chicago Executives Club
Honorable Hens Number Too Few
A Celina hatchery sues in Decatur County Circuit Court for $278 claiming Hiro shi Watanabe misclassified chick sex. The Berne resident was hired on a money-back guarantee claiming 95 percent accuracy.
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Decatur
Ind
Hiroshi Watanabe
Berne
Celina, O
Watanabe
W I Purcell Dies in Dugger at 88
Lewis W. Purcell 88 known Dugger resident died at his son's home in Dugger at 12:15 this morning. Born August 20 1852 in Greene County he was a former coal miner and longtime member of Samaria church. Survived by one son Lew Purcell and three daughters Mrs Minnie Creager Mrs Ethel Powell Mrs Girthel Pool 27 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren funeral set 2:30 Sunday at Samaria church with Rev O L Riley Burial in Samaria cemetery.
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Lewis W
Uncle Wash) Purcell
Dugger
Lew Purcell
Mr. Purcell
Greene County
James
Ethan Purcell
Samaria
Mandalin Moss Purcell
Minnie Creager
Wyoming
Ethel Powell
Sullivan
Duger
Girthel Pool
Bloomfield appoints Mary Beck as librarian for a year
Mary Beck of Bloomfield was elected librarian for Bloomfield library for a one year term starting September 1 to succeed Mary Lamb. Woodrow Appelgate was re appointed custodian. Bloomfield library board members include John C. Moomaw attorney Mrs Ruby Woodrow Ada Craig Oren Hamilton Mrs John McCammon Ed Phillips Sidney Catron E Kirby Ashcraft and Gilbert Hendren Jr.
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Mary Beck
Bloomfeld
Bloomfield Library
Mary ‘Lamb
Woodrow Appelgate
Bloomfield Library Board
John C. Moomaw
Ruby Woodrow
Ada Craig
Oren Hamilton
Richland Township
John McCammon
Ed Phillips
Sidney Catron
E. Kirby Ashcraft
Gilbert H. Hendren
Japan News Agency cites Indies concession demand unsatisfied
Batavia reports informed quarters say the Netherlands East Indies reply to Japan's economic concession demands is not entirely satisfactory. In Washington policymakers push to curb strikes by amending the army appropriation bill to withhold wages after a ten day cooling off period, Rep. Joe Starnes says.
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Japan
Shanghai
Comei
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Indies
Washington, RD. C
House
Joe Starnes
Alabama
Diplomacy Takes Spotlight In European War
European diplomacy dominates headlines as Berlin and London engage in peace feelers amid looming Middle East front. Reports cite German influence in Syria and cautious moves by Britain and the United States, with London noting a daylight air raid alarm and possible shifts in Franco-German relations.
Ship Requisition Bull Signed By President To Take Over Vessels
President Roosevelt dismissed peace rumors as Nazi fabrications and said Britain is not collapsing. He stated Americans are being duped by Nazi propaganda and warned against Nazi and Fascist sympathizers spreading such rumors.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
London
John G. Winant
Berlin
Roosevelt Signs Requisition Bill For Immobile Foreign Ships
President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing seizure of immobilized foreign ships in U S harbors and via order the maritime commission may take over them to form a two million ton emergency pool for national defense and aid to Britain. Over a hundred vessels from Danish French Italian and German fleets are affected including the French liner Normandie. The commission may document repair equip and compensate owners and could convert the Normandie into a military transport if requisitioned.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Britain
United States
Western Hemisphere
Normandie
Arm et Given Fine in Circuit Court
Leslie R. Armet a St. Louis salesman was fined 10 dollars and costs in Greene circuit court for reckless driving stemming from a Dec 3 1940 Newberry area accident. He could not attend court due to injuries and hospitalization in St Louis.
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Newberry
Greene
Bloomfield
Leslie R. Armet
St. Louis
Orval D. Hunter
Armet
James Haster
Fred Jolliff
Jolliff
Hasler
Freeman-Greene County
Methodist
Change in draft plan favored by Senate committee
The Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a bill to authorize Roosevelt to defer men from selective service as they reach age 28. The 5 to 3 vote favored this plan over a broader deferral option that could end deferments at any time in the name of national defense. Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota sponsored the 28 age deferral proposal.
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Iwashington
U.P
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Sen. Chan Gurney, R
S. D
Hospital Report: Mrs. Elmo Meredith and Baby Home
Mrs. Elmo Meredith and her newborn were discharged to their home this afternoon. The report notes a safe delivery and healthy baby, with both mother and child resting at home under routine postnatal care.
Floods Recede Across Western Pennsylvania
One of the worst June floods in the Pittsburgh region eased today leaving five dead and about a million dollars in damage. The crest reached 26.9 feet in Pittsburgh with a late drop to 23.45 feet as WPA crews aided stricken communities.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
WPA
Mass suffocation in largest underground dugout in Chungking
Officials report 700 people died last night in an underground dugout during a five hour Japanese air raid. Overcrowding at one entrance blocked ventilation and created a human wall, sealing the tunnel and trapping refugees. Red Cross trucks carried victims to suburban cemeteries for mass burials.
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Chuingking
China
U.P
Red Cross
Linton Student James A Lohr to Receive Diploma
James A. Lohr of Linton will be one of forty graduates to receive diplomas from Rose Polytechnic Institute Terre Haute at the fifty seventh annual commencement. The ceremony will be held at 10 00 Saturday morning in the college gymnasium.
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James A. Lohr
Linton
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Terre ‘Haute
Rose Technic
Sehool Gymnasium
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