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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1959
Page
1
A collage of letters and items from The Citizen staff and readers. Topics range from club meeting hints to tax policy critique, Indiana law quirks, and a Father’s Day tone for upcoming weddings. The column closes with well wishes to brides and grooms and a local sign off.
Mr and Mrs G W Sharp of Linton Mrs Ray Scott of Danville Miss Lida Gibson of Linton Mr and Mrs Claude Burris of Evansville and Mr and Mrs Millard Walraven and son Frank of Shelburn were among those who attended the graduation exercises at Oakland City College last Thursday.
Voters in Highland and Richland townships approve consolidating Highland Richland and Taylor townships with the Bloomfield school system by a wide margin. The seven member board will include township trustees and Bloomfield district appointees, governing about one thousand pupils starting next term.
Emmett Daniel Baker 79 a retired railroader died after a lingering illness at his Bloomfield home. Born September 5 1879 in Koleen he was a lifelong resident and member of Koleen Methodist church. Survived by four sons two daughters and a brother and sister in Bloomfield Mansfield Ohio and Crete Ill. Funeral services were at Walnut Grove Church of God with Rev Merle Craig officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Bloomington Indiana Ninety per cent of Greene county homes have television sets professor E G Sulzer head of Indiana University radio television department reports The Broadcasting Magazine survey places Indiana sixth in the nation for TV ownership with 90 per cent behind Minnesota 93 per cent Rhode Island 92 per cent Ohio Michigan and New Jersey 92 per cent Lake Marion Ohio Porter and Switzerland counties tie at 93 per cent
New polyethylene film for dry cleaning bags is perforated and embossed to allow airflow. Early tests suggest the film, even when doubled, cannot cling to a child's face and may address suffocation hazards, per Journal of Commerce via UPI.
In Jacksonville a missile crossed international waters near a Navy port in what may be the first missile mail delivery in history. In Washington a Senate subcommittee heard testimony urging approval of surplus food to feed the hungry nationwide.
In Managua early Sunday gunfire was reported near the presidential palace. National guard says attackers were a small rebel group dispersed by guards. four or five suspects captured while guards pursue scattered bands in Santo Tomas and Olama.
Several defendants appeared before Justice Frank C. Dean in Bloomfield. James McCloud earned a yearlong license ban after pleading guilty to driving without a license and intoxication related charges. Other drivers faced speeding and public intoxication penalties. Earl Arthur Hendricksville and Jack C. White Linton posted bonds for peace and trespass related charges.
In Salem Indiana a four year old deaf mute boy named Troy Hoggart used a .22 revolver to shoot three children during a Cowboy and Indians game. Dawn Short 10 and Randy Hinton 5 were severely wounded while Ricky Hinton 8 suffered facial injuries. all remained hospitalized with two in critical condition. The father said Troy did not understand what he had done after obtaining the gun from a box in the car trunk and loading it with six cartridges.
Thomas A. Engle aged 78 a Sandborn resident for sixty years died at 11 50 Sunday morning in Good Samaritan hospital Vincennes after two years of ill health and ten days as a patient. Born March 10 1851 near Brownstown he farmed in Sandborn and was a member of Sandborn Methodist church. He is survived by his widow Nancy Ann Farley Engle a son George T. Engle two daughters Flossie Potter and Meriam Spangle a brother Temp Engle twelve grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. A daughter Jeretta Ping preceded him in death along with two brothers and a sister. Burial will be in Sandborn cemetery after funeral at 2:00 Wednesday at Ives Poindexter Funeral Home Jets.
The International Horticultural Exhibition Floriade opens March 25 1960 in Rotterdam Netherlands. It aims to attract five million visitors over six months and marks the first major postwar international gardening show.
Greene County court proceedings in Bloomfield focused on divorces and support orders. Lena Denny restored to her former name Lena Devlin after a divorce from August Denny. Wynona Kay Britton filed delinquent-support affidavit against Gerald Britton, set for June 13 hearing.
David Ayers aged 11 from Flora was feared drowned after vanishing from a raft on Lake Freeman near Delphi Indiana. He had been diving from the raft to an inner tube when he disappeared Sunday.
President Eisenhower asked Congress to remove the 3.0 percent ceiling on long term notes and raise the savings bond rate to 3.75 percent for bonds issued after June 1. He urged permanent debt cap increases to 295 billion dollars and abolition of the 4 percent ceiling on new long term issues to attract buyers and strengthen the public debt structure.
Henry Lemmon 59 of Hutsonville Ill an insurance agent and restaurant operator drowned in the Wabash River Sunday night when he fell from a boat as it neared the Hutsonville landing. His body was recovered about 9 30 p m by Virgil Bridgewater. Survivors include his widow former Louise Journay of Linton a son Donald two brothers in Chicago two sisters and a Florida mother. Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Wednesday at Pulliam Funeral Home Hutsonville.
Keith Allen of Bloomfield and Janet O'Hern of Linton receive a marriage license, as do James Bays and Sue Johnson, both of Bloomfield, from the Greene circuit court clerk.
Sixteen men were killed and 32 injured when a truck carrying farm laborers crashed into a tree and burned near Phoenix. Officials say many victims were Mexican contract workers bound for Tolleson garlic harvest. driver Nate Manuel Glorian Jr. said he fell asleep at the wheel.
A series of weekend accidents left at least 11 dead in Indiana. Victims include a Noblesville couple and a Huntington bridegroom and his brother. Notable deaths involve Donald Downard 17 of Brookville Sgt. Thomas Stehman 37 and his wife Marjorie 24 and their son Gary, plus Donald H Stoffel 28 and Bernard 20 Stoffel near Huntington.
The UPI report says Indiana may see the first rain in about 10 days on Tuesday with above normal temperatures continuing. Readings near 90 degrees are possible through the five day period ending Saturday and rainfall totals could reach up to an inch in the south while the north sees about six tenths. City highs reported include South Bend 89, Indianapolis 88, Evansville 88, and Fort Wayne 87 with overnight lows in the low 60s.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Maxwell and son Bob and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Maxwell of North Manchester spent the weekend visiting George Dye and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dye. The Maxwell family, formerly of Linton, will leave for Tampa Florida this week where Dr Maxwell will begin an internship at a hospital.
Mrs Rebecca Jane Roberts 71 died at 330 am Saturday at home 128 South Park Ave Jasonville after a year of declining health. Funeral conducted by Rev Wiston Moore at McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville burial Lebanon Cemetery. She was longtime Jasonville resident and Church of Christ member born Feb 13 1888 in Jennings county. Survived by husband Franklin Roberts who died 1949 a son Frank and a daughter Iva Markle, sister Stella Grigsby, brothers Henry Wilber Walter Wilber Loren Wilber, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mrs. Emaline Fisher Wadsworth 87 widow of James L. Wadsworth died Saturday in Terre Haute. She is survived by five daughters and four sons plus a sister and five brothers. The body remains at Martin Tearman Funeral Home in Terre Haute until Tuesday when services are at Trinity Springs Church of Christ in Martin County. Burial will follow in Harrison Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs William Miles of Bloomfield announce the birth of twin daughters at Freeman-Greene county hospital. The first weighed five pounds two ounces and is named Genevieve Bloomfield. The second weighed seven pounds nine ounces. The mother is Genevieve Miles and the father formerly worked as a city editor with the Evening World in Indianapolis.
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