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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
3
Note from the Linton Daily Citizen invites society items by 11 a.m. for that day’s issue. Personal news club lodge party and church notices are welcome. Contact Helen L Grubbs to submit.
Quapaw Council No 80 Pocahontas meets at Red Men hall 7 p.m. Local Union No 1112 Painter and Paper Hangers gathers at Eagles hall 7 30 p.m. Linton Chapter No 132 Royal Arch Masons holds stated convocation at 7 30 p.m. Nathamas class of First Baptist Church meets at Mrs Jack Lynn home 7 30 p.m. Assistant hostesses Mrs Florence Smith and Mrs Fern Graves.
The scene lists multiple group gatherings today at the library community house church and lodge halls. Activities include Linton Study Club at 2 pm Glenburn Aid Society Rotary luncheon at 12 15 pm Unity Lodge IOOF 637 7 50 pm Peggys Elks Lodge 8 pm Chatter and Stitch breakfast 7 30 pm Women’s Democratic club noon covered dish Triple A program Eagles Lodge 7 pm and service class at 2 pm De Tri Kappa pledge and officer elections at the public library 7 30 pm.
Various groups hold gatherings across town including Methodist and Baptist choirs at churches at 7 p m. Citizenship class meets at 1 p m. Loyal Order of Moose and American Legion events at the Legion home in the evening. Women’s Relief Corps and Hiawatha club host meetings, Home Economics club picnics at Humphreys park, and multiple Women's Council sections meet at local locations.
Friday schedule lists Linton Shuffleboard at Humphreys Park 7 P M, Sons of American Legion at the Legion Home 6 30 P M, Mother's Club all day event at the community house, Quapaw Tribe No 143 Red Men at their hall, Eastern Star officers at 7 P M, Women's Council meets with Mrs B H Bruner at 2 P M, Mt Mellick Club meets with Mrs Myrtie Poe on D Street Northeast at 2 P M, all members urged to attend, J T M club picnic at shelter.
Alpha Bible Class of the Methodist church meets with Mrs. William Coleman at 6:00 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m.
At the Purdue Moses4Fell Annex Farm near Bedford a June 12 field day will include an inspection of last year’s pasture research. Trials cover 26 acres with different fertilizer treatments grazed by Texas yearling wethers and later by sheep to compare gains and profitability.
A Greene county Epworth League rally will be held tonight at Folsom Memorial Methodist church Worthington. Members from all parts of the county are expected to attend and Linton youths planning to go are asked to meet at the Worthington church at 7 00 tonight.
The Ilene community 4-H group held a gathering at leader Marlin Bradfield's home. Victor Joe Goodwin and Bob Jeffers spoke on beef cattle topics while John Canady Donald Ellett Junior Neidigh Laddie Stevens and Donnie White organized refreshments and games.
The Mothers Helpers 4 H club met at Betty Benham's home for a program on judging and demonstrations for county contests. Mary Perkins demonstrated a square necked dress and Betty Benham demonstrated making and baking angel food cake. Doris Anderson sang a solo and Joyce Stevens played. Refreshments followed and games were enjoyed.
Austin June 10 WP Economists say this is the best job hunting year since a slump but UT graduates face draft worries. Deans report demand across defense industries favors engineers chemists and medical grads with many expected to defer military service. some firms prefer female applicants while others hire regardless of draft.
Dean W. R. Woolrich forecasts a great shortage in defense industries with forty percent entering commissions in the armed forces and most of the remainder joining the defense sector, signaling a major realignment of talent toward national security efforts.
Heavy rains revive plans for a 30 percent increase in Indiana tomato production under the food for defense program. AAA officials report 15 percent higher hatchery egg orders, heavier hog weights, and cautious optimism for wheat crop amid chinch bugs and early frosts.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts and daughter Wanda returned to their home in Victoria Illinois Monday after visiting Mrs. Roberts' parents Mr. and Mrs. H M Himebrook for the weekend.
An advertisement from Wadame DeLore provides one free question with initials only used for answers. It asks readers to sign their name address and birth date and year and notes a $1.00 fee for a more private mail service.
A sequence of reader queries from a Las Vegas column features brief psychic readings. Topics include careers in radio, marriage prospects, happiness with current partners, and job returns, with some cautions about future events and oil wells.
The speaker speaks of intentions to marry another and expresses anxiety about finding misplaced candles. The dialogue mentions an apology for inability to locate missing articles and asks where the candles were stored.
Mrs Branch Werner a 78 year old Missouri woodcarver keeps a full day with gardening fishing and carving imaginative vases pitchers and picture frames from pine She treats her carvings as art not paint or lacquer using natural grain and floral motifs She often spends nights carving after a busy day outdoors and gives away most pieces as gifts
Mrs. Werner, living in Carthage for sixty six years, pursues wood carving as a life long hobby. She has carved plaques depicting William Jennings Bryan and other historical events. Her joy lies in tiny oak leaves and blossoms though aging limits her sight and hands. Her daughter tends the home and says she will be young twenty years from now.
Members of the Linton Tri Kappa sorority plan a meeting at 7 30 p m in the local public library to elect officers and discuss pledge service arrangements. The session time was moved from seven o’clock to a half hour later.
Californians Mr and Mrs Daniel Morris and son Kennny of Los Angeles visit Morri s uncle Chester Royer and aunt in this community. Sunday guests include Warren Morris and sons Dale and Max of West Terre Haute, Harry Royer of Evansville, Goldie Morse Paul Morse of Lewis and Raymond Boston.
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