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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
2
At Fort King George near Darien Georgia archaeologists uncovered fourteen well preserved skeletons buried in a military row beneath coquina shell, with traces of other graves and a fort set up in 1721 to guard against Spanish Florida.
Mount Olive and surrounding areas report several trips and visits. Mr and Mrs James George traveled to Linton on Friday. Mr and Mrs Reed Noel were in Worthington Saturday night. Bobbie Wenders visited his aunt Edna Chaney in Bicknell. Mr and Mrs O P Miller were in Worthington Friday evening. Gerald Lee Reed has been ill but improved. Alvin Swango visited Worthington on Monday. Mr and Mrs Morton Swango attended Sunday school in Switz City. Clyde Ball of Mt Vernon worked on his farm for a week. Mr and Mrs R D Beasley and family attended a show in Switz City Friday night.
The Dugger column lists numerous weekend visits by residents and relatives. Names include William Koster and Jake Prentice guests of Watkins and Bowmans, H B Bowman and Estella, Walter Hemple of Cynthiana, Rev P S Lewis family, Tom Robbing from DePauw visiting grandmother Roxy McDowell, Earl Robbins and John Robinson families in dugger, James Fitzpatrick Bloomfield visitors, Anna Yung from Sullivan, Ruth E Young from West Terre Haute, Milford Braatz Detroit, William Harding Indianapolis, Anna Mae Bedwell Indianapolis, and Eldo Boltz St. Bernice with Mel Boltz family.
Indianapolis report shows hogs at 11 000 head with steers 10.25 to 11.00 and tops to 12.00, heifers mostly 10.00 to 10.75, sows 8.40 to 8.85. Cattle calves steady, hogs firm, sheep 400 head steady with lambs 11.50 to 12.00 and averages 10.00 to 11.25.
Applications are now being received by the Indiana State Personnel Division for nursing and clinical merit examinations. Positions include public health nurse maternity nurse public health nurse trainee and speech pathologist. Exams held around late June to establish employment lists for the state board of health and the state department of public welfare.
Mr and Mrs Omer Breeden and children and Mrs Ruth Skaggs of Indianapolis were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Matthew Bellamy in Linton.
Lyons Mr and Mrs Claude Story and family were in Indianapolis on business Friday Theron Struckmeyer recently at Richmond home now back home Here Hallie West and daughter Joetta Sue of Indianapolis spent the past week visiting relatives and friends Winston Kirk of Scottsburg spent the weekend at his home Albert Fraser and son of Linton visited Cyrus Ferguson family Miss June Shilkett returned to Bicknell after a visit Frances Buzan Bloomington spent the weekend with her parents Louise Isenogle spent the past week with friends in Indianapolis Louis M Stein and Mrs Gertrude De Vries of Dallas arrived Sunday to visit friends.
Greene county churches were asked to select delegates for the 77th state convention of the Indiana Council of Christian Education to be held in New Castle Indiana June 11 to 13. An anticipated registration of 1500 is reported by Dr Edward R Bartlett of DePauw University.
Mrs. Justin Norris improves at home after a weeklong throat infection. Visitors include Mrs. Margaret Slale and Mrs. Lucille Gray with Ruth Anne, Mrs. Jane Goodwin with Mrs. Austin Wools, and numerous guests at T. J. Shields and Shields households. Floyd Woolf works in Anderson. Hubert Lovelace studies in Terre Haute. Multiple couples visit near Linton and Indianapolis. Mrs. Cooper ill for months.
U P regional Forest Service officers estimate over 5 million visitors will travel to 24 national forest areas in the intermountain West this summer. The regions have seen extensive improvements in camping facilities and overall recreational development.
The Rev. John Boland chairman of the State Labor Relations Board suggests sending union business ventures to college and training in collective bargaining negotiations and in union organization to improve labor relations in Rochester New York.
San Francisco June 4. Blond hair is deemed superior for radiosondes used in weather balloons for the army defense program. Eighteen blonde hairs are needed per radiosonde to record humidity, with 700 weather stations planned and all linked by wire.
In Vancouver Duke Ellington, noted Negro orchestra reader, argued the music of tomorrow will fuse serious composition with jazz. He said jazz has already influenced other forms and praised the evolving blend during his visit this week.
The Jasonville column records visits and travels of numerous locals and relatives. People described include Miss Gilburena Spurgeon and Miss Norma Houser in Indianapolis, Virgil Gadberry vacationing with Mell Gadberry’s family in Detroit, Norman Taylor from Iowa University visiting Iowa parents, and many others visiting or moving between Jasonville and towns like Marshall Bloomington Terre Haute and Munice with several family and job relocations noted.
Recent guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Trueblood included Lee Prather and Ardela of Salem, Andy Chaney and daughter of Muncie, Guy Dugger and family, Harry Chaney and family of Bicknell, Harry Haseman and daughter of Linton, Vera Waggoner of Lyons, Harold Mowery, Robert and Mary Alice of Bedford, George Gilham and children of Charlestown, and William Chafey family. Elmer Laughlin and grandson of California visited Mrs. Laughlin’s sister, Mrs. William Chafey. Dinner guests for Mrs. Emma Peters included Mattie Gilham of Linton, Beulah Morey of Bedford, and George Gilham of Charlestown.
Island City reports show Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur West of Pleasant Grove visiting Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. O J Stevens. Mrs. Guy Cravens and Dee Haden of Linton called on friends Thursday evening.
In Oakwood Illinois Mrs Hage Mitten of Dugger Mr Edward Frederick of Bicknell Mr Ted Strahle and family of Sandborn were guests of Mr and Mrs Willis Bowers and Matthew Bowers. Also Mr and Mrs Ralph Roath were in the home.
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