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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
3
Personal news club lodge party and church items are to be submitted to the citizen office by 11 a.m. for that day’s issue, with society items to appear in the Linton Daily.
A Monday schedule lists Greene County Central Labor at 6 30 p m at the public library. Metropolitan Lodge 198 K P hall at 7 30 p m. Hickoketh Council Poeahon at Red Men hall t 7 p m. Bee County Post 1162 Veterans Foreign Wars at Win hes street 7 30 p m. Mapaw Council 80 Poca Bo Red Men hall 7 5 ated Convocation Linton ter Royal Arch Ma 7 30 p m.
Christian Ladies Aid holds all day meeting at the church. Loyal Neighbors meet at the hall at 7:30 p.m. Luncheon at 12:15 p.m. First M E church hosts Lodge No 637 L O F at 7:30 p.m. Other lodges meet at home or hall through the evening.
Tonight schedule lists Volt practice at 7:30, Baptist and Christian choir rehearsals at 7:15, Moose and American Legion gatherings at 7:30, and Ladies Aid and Pythian events at the church and hall. Calvin Barnes to attend Thursday Afternoon Club at 2:15 at East Nnes Street home.
Fragments show Apaw Tribe No 143 Red Men officers meeting at the hall. Women’s Missionary Society to host covered dish luncheon at Mrs A W Dean’s home. Plans for annual June Tea discussed. Yacquina club to meet with Fannie Eskew at 1 30 p m.
An I O O F meeting is held at the hall this Saturday evening at 6 pm with attendees urged to attend and participate.
Mrs. Baker announces the marriage of Leona Marie Baker of Los Angeles to Earl Alfred Sholdt Jr. of Los Angeles. The ceremony occurred May 22 in Arizona. Miss Baker, formerly of this city, had worked at the Hall in the high office and has since lived in Los Angeles after eight years with the railroad.
A berry developed from three blackberries including Cuthbert and raspberry genetics. The fruit is sweet with small seeds and grows about 1 inch long.
The Jolly Middies 4-H club of Midland met at the high school to elect new officers for the year. New officers are Anna Lee Manis president, Helen Pickle vice president, Mary Bell Driscoll secretary treasurer, Kathleen Manis news reporter, Wanda Vaughn song leader, Gail Vaughn yell leader. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Thomas Gardner's home.
Mr and Mrs Murray Terhune entertained Sunday at their home near the city for Mrs Terhunes birth anniversary A noon chicken dinner was served to Mack Terhune Indiana polis Miss Leona Hancock Switz City Mr and Mrs Henry Terhune Lawrence Bennett John McCullough Miss Lilias Terhune Wayne Boruff Bob Terhune and the hosts Afternoon callers were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Baker of the city
Greene County Democratic women plan a June 9 meeting at Worthington City park with a well known speaker. A noon covered dish luncheon will be served and invites extend to all Democratic women and their families.
A noon birthday dinner for Mrs. Bovenschen gathered friends and relatives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bovenschen. A long lawn table hosted numerous attendees including the Burch, Chafey, Fitzpatrick, Taylor, Reed, Stevens, Carpenter, Linn, Bovenschen, Kramer, Long, Herring and other families and their children.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Smiley travel to Detroit for work with Mrs Smiley formerly Miss Anna McBride. Numerous locals visit friends and relatives in Terre Haute Indianapolis Bloomfield Sullivan Vincennes and Lebanon. Harry Royer returns home from Indiana University College of Pharmacy for summer vacation with Chester Royer.
A bridal party at Miss Dorothy Dugger's home celebrated Miss Bess Ringer of Dugger and her upcoming marriage to Fred O. Andrews of Chicago. The event featured bridge games, pink and white decor, sweetheart rosebud favors, and prizes for high scores. Attendees included Mrs. Clevenger, Mrs. Channing, Mrs. Newport, and several Ringer and Dudley family members plus Miss Ringer as guest of honor.
Worthington Study club marked the close of its federation year with a June 3 gathering at Mrs. G E Moses home. Nine of eleven members attending IFC convention reports covered twenty one federation departments. Mrs Carl Sexson presented a silver jelly spoon to Mrs Haney Gantz for awards won in Indianapolis Star publicity contest and New York Herald Tribune prize. The club voted to buy a library book from prize money gifted by Mrs Gantz. Apricot and white decor and brick ice cream cake highlighted refreshments. Hostess with help from Mrs Ellingsworth Workman Franklin Cain Fuller and Hixon.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Corbin and family hosted a dinner Sunday with relatives from Bloomfield Indianapolis Bedford Switz City and Linton plus the host and hostess. Noted guests included Mrs Charles O Turner and Mr and Mrs Charles H Turner among others.
Memphis Tenn June 7 A 20 percent reduction in textile mill operation costs over the past two years has resulted from modernized power transmission, according to A P Homer Boston president of the Power Transmission Council.
A tide of visitors and relatives fills Linton scenes as Mr. and Mrs. W T Cushing host in Loogootee and Vincennes hosts George Rogers Clark Memorial viewings. Numerous pairs and families from Indianapolis Dayton Peoria Detroit and Chicago travel through Linton Carlisle and surrounding towns for weekend visits and summer plans.
The annual report of the Baptist Council of Great Britain and Ireland presented to the annual assembly in Manchester expresses opposition to any move to disarm Britain.
One of Mexico's least-known regions lies closest to the United States in Baja California. Its interior remains terra incognita and largely unexplored by outsiders.
In Bloomfield Indiana on June 7 a marriage license was issued to Rev. Benjamin F. Nickless and Mrs Sparkle Mitchell. He is the son of Mrs Maud Nickless and serves as a minister at Carlisle. The bride resides in Pleasantville.
Indianapolis June 7 report shows hogs 6 000 holdovers 157 with weights above 160 lbs up 10c. underweights steady lights 10.95 to 11.45 mediums 11.30 to 11.50 heavies 10.80 to 11.40 packing sows 25c higher at 9.85 to 10.50. Cattle 1200 calves 700 slaughter classes steady bulk steers 10 to 11.50 few heifers 10 to 11.75 cows 6.50 to 5.75 butcher grades 4 to 5.50. Sheep 300 spring lambs steady 12 for choice lambs slaughter ewes 3 down.
Elizabeth Elliot and Eleanor Easter, neighbors since primer class, both 17, graduated from Okolona High School as co valedictorians with the same four year average.
Scientists are invited to Lehman caves where tiny blind white insects, unresponsive to light yet sensitive to vibrations, have been found. Park rangers report the white bugs live on stalactites and retreat when tourists appear.
RECORD NEARLY PERFECT HAPPY TEXAS June 5 A tonsil operation caused the only absence from school in nine years for Eva Walter who was graduated from Happy high school this year She was out a single day when her tonsils were removed and not a single tardy mark was on her record.
The Malayan term Kopperah meaning coconut and dried meat explains copra. Oil yields soaps candles and butter substitutes while the pulp feeds cattle. Much copra from the South seas goes to Sydney for this purpose. Coconuts underpin islander wealth and provide food and drink. Fermentation turns coconut milk into toddy.
Ludwig Ocenasek, an Austrian Allied spy, tapped the Kaiser's private line and, after Armistice, another Berlin Vienna secret line. His intelligence helped Czechoslovakia gain independence and he was honored with a monument.
The cockatoos, a branch of the parrot family, are noted for their large head crest. The crest can rise or fall, seen vividly when the bird is excited or perches. Most cockatoos are white with colored trimmings as their distinguishing feature per the Los Angeles Times writer.
The term fip meant 6 1/6 cents a half shilling. Two fips equal a bit or a shilling totaling 12 1/3 cents. Two bits is now used to describe a quarter.
Abraham Lincoln stood about six feet four inches, the tallest U.S. president, while James Madison measured about five feet four inches, making him the shortest chief executive.
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