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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
3
Society items must be in the Linton Daily Citizen Office by 1 a m to appear in that day's issue. All personal news club lodge party and church items welcomed. Helen L Grubbs
American Legion meets at the Legion Home at seven p m for a stated meeting Linton Lodge No 560 F and A M holds a meeting at the hall at 830 p m United Baptist choir practice at the church at seven p m Methodist choir practice at the church at seven p m Baptist choir practice at the church at 730 p m Ed af Christian choir practice at the Clarion club meets with Mrs Earl Ellis at 130 pm
Friday Women's Relief Corps assembles at the hall at seven. Chapter 19 Women of the Moose at eight. Prayer meeting set for Glenburn Mission at seven. Quapaw Tribe No. 143 Red Men meets at seven thirty. Alpha Bible class at Mrs. Chas Elkins seven thirty at 630 North Main. Election of officers urged for all members. Constellation Club hosts Mrs. Herschel Headley at seven thirty.
In a 1944 month, the amount of dry cargo moved to war zones aboard tanker decks matched the capacity of 55 freighters, illustrating the wartime logistics scale and reliance on tanker ships for Navy supply lines.
Don’t let slipping false teeth embarrass you. FASTEETH a powdered alka line product to sprinkle on plates helps keep teeth more firmly set. It provides security and comfort with no gummy taste and is available at drug stores as FAB EETH.
Mrs Hattie Beam and Mrs Mayme Wilson hosted the Lyons Christian Missionary Organization meeting at the Christian church on Tuesday June 5. The session reviewed a year of activity with leader Mrs Walter Sutphin guiding the Pacific Pageant study and new officers were installed including President Mrs Ovid Keller and Secretary Miss Anna Brough. A West Virginia farmer reported finding pig bristles in fox stomachs in a separate note.
Leola Page and Harold D. Powell unite in marriage in Linton at the Methodist church parsonage with Rev. Baldridge officiating. The bride, a State Teachers College Terre Haute graduate and Pinnell school teacher, wears navy tailored suit. Powell serves in the U S Navy in the Pacific. They plan to honeymoon in California.
The L A L Club met at Mrs. Dan Shonk's home with six members and two guests Mrs. Ora Sullivan and Miss Patty Knowling. Mrs. Merl Hoffeditz opened the gathering as prizes were awarded and refreshments served to members including Mrs. Shonk. The next meeting is set for June 14 at Mrs. Rex Hoffeditz's home with leaders Mrs. Mayme Knowling and Mrs. Edith Reed.
The Ladies Fancywork Circle held a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Mrs. Eli Mott's home with good turnout. They voted a $5 donation to Christian Education in the schools and adjourned for social time with refreshments for listed members. The next meeting will be a covered dish dinner at the City park, the final session of the year.
Deerfield resident John Simpson fired the first shot at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He never applied for a pension, saying his country is too poor to pay pensions.
The W S C S of the Methodist church plans a guest day at the church on June 12 at 2 o clock. Miss Hazel Davis a missionary from the Philippines will be the guest speaker. Ladies of all churches are invited.
Doris Duke, described as the world’s wealthiest woman, said she received a Soviet medal at a party with Marshal Tolbukhin and Gen. Patton in Linz Austria. She claimed she was an American working girl and that Tolbukhin pinned the decoration on her for American working women’s war effort.
Maine State package stores moved 7 093 373 bottles of spirituous liquors and wines during the past fiscal year.
The Indiana Department of Conservation authorized abandoning CCC camps in Salamonie river state forest Jackson state forest and Spring Mill state park for use as war veteran rehabilitation centers and POW centers. The Naval Training Station at Bunker Hill will reconvert a CCC site at Salamonie for use as a POW center to meet labor shortages. Camps at Jackson Seymor and Spring Mill will be turned over to Camp Atterbury and George Field for veteran rehab and POW uses with leases under negotiation with military authorities. The department also aims for 75 percent self support in 1945 46.
Governor Dwight H. Green and Illinois flood control officials were invited to a June 26 flood control hearing in Vincennes Indiana conducted by U S Army engineers. The Wa bash valley projects and Wolf Creek dam on the Embarrass River are to be discussed with Indiana flood control leaders.
A wife recalls her husband Marshall Benson who died on June 7 1944 marking one year since his passing. She describes the loneliness and silent grief of loss while expressing hope to reunite in a better world beyond earth.
Rio de Janeiro June 7 Brazil declares war on Japan enabling U S use of bases in Brazil for the Pacific war. It is not believed the Brazilian expeditionary force in Italy will be redeployed to the Far East but Brazil will aid the United States by supplying its forces.
Analysts expect new signals from Moscow as the Big Five seek veto reform and the power of the Assembly to approve or disapprove Security Council reports. France and Russia back a treaty supervision change by request. A breakthrough on the veto crisis remains uncertain as talks wrap.
Manuel Jardine of South Warren paid 15 dollars to recover his goat Nanny after the animal wandered to the porch of Charles Saillant and nibbled on rose bushes and evergreens during an afternoon.
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