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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
6
A bank earns about 21 cents monthly from a $100 checking balance, but the service provides safety, convenience, and prestige. Even with a small service charge for not maintaining a balance, a checking depositor still enjoys valuable facilities a bank alone offers, making it a bargain.
The Cozy Theater in Dugger reports completion of improvements including a Four Star sound system, new comfortable seats, and a washed air cooling system. officials say the upgrades provide the latest talkie enjoyment and place in state communities.
Richard Martin Dale, 32, a sand worker, was killed in London when he fell into a concrete mixer after attempting to clear a blockage. While supervising pouring, a jam in the hopper caused sand to surge. he jumped in to help, and the flow resumed pulling him into the mixer.
The Indiana Traffic Safety Council executive committee announced a revitalized safety contest for cities and counties. Cities over 10 000 population compete for plaques at the state banquet. under 10 000 receive certificates.
Thursday visitors in the city were Rev and Mrs Charles Buchanan and Mrs Sarah Lane of Odon Miss Elizabeth Con red of Corydon and Allen Buchanan of Indianapolis. Mr Buchanan is principal of the New Albany schools.
Mr and Mrs Harry Tischmaker of Vincennes spent Thursday with their nieces Mrs R C Mitchell and Mrs Eskin C Turner in this city Mrs Mitchell of Denver Colo left for home this morning after a two month visit with her sister Mrs Eskin Turner
Dr. E R Wedlein of the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh predicted in Cincinnati that spun glass textiles would replace silks for filmy women's apparel, forecasting a shift in fashion fibers.
Thousands of Hoosiers and tourists visit state game preserves forests and fish hatcheries. Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the Department of Conservation, said picnic areas with shelter houses tables benches outdoor ovens comfort stations and drinking water have been established at these properties and are used by thousands each weekend.
Miss Faye McKee, formerly of Linton and now of Victoria Indiana, received the Hines Memorial medal for high scholarship at the Indiana State Teachers College commencement in Terre Haute. Dr. Edgar DeWitt Jones of Detroit gave the address, praising democracy and urging informed citizen participation while noting democracy’s headaches and the choice of democracy over dictatorship.
A large reception on Monument Circle in Indianapolis will honor former Gov Paul V. McNutt on his return from Manila around June 29 or 30. McNutt, a leading Democratic presidential candidate for 1940, will be welcomed with help from Frank McHale and the local “McNutt for President in 1940” club.
In Sandborn Indiana a Widdowson family returns from Europe after war conditions. Carl Widdowson, a Pennsylvania oil firm representative, was stationed in Holland this spring and is visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lankford.
Tourists stop as Waushara Wis residents pull real fish from a main street manhole. The stream under the town surfaced with the season's first catch a German brown and a rainbow trout weighing 9 pounds together.
Two historic covered bridges on Indiana's state highway system will be replaced under the highway modernization program. Bids are due June 29 via the State Highway Commission. The Rushville Road 44 bridge, 160 feet long with a 15-foot roadway and sidewalks, will gain a 28-foot roadway with sidewalks. The Metamora Road 229 Burr Truss bridge, 172 feet long with a 17-foot roadway, will be replaced with a 24-foot roadway.
The modernization plan focuses on removing structurally unsafe and narrow roadway hazards as part of updating the state highway network. It aims to eliminate soft spots by replacing or upgrading at risk structures and improving overall safety and capacity.
Four former Kokomo city officials surrendered to begin prison terms after conviction for conspiracy to defraud the federal government via WPA labor misuse. Former Mayor Clint R. Holt filed notice of appeal. he faces fifteen months in prison and a $5,000 fine. The six men were sentenced in Indianapolis.
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