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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1941
Page
3
Note requests society items to be in the Office by 11 a.m. for that day issue. All personal notes from clubs lodges parties and churches are welcomed. Helen L Grubbs.
Unity Lodge No 657 I C O F meets at the hall at 7 50 p m Elks Lodge meets at the Elks home at 6 30 p m Chatter and Stitch club annual breakfast at Humphreys park at 7 a m Eagles Lodge meets at the hall at 7 p m Tri Kappa pledge service and election of officers at the public library 7 30 p m
Thursday schedules list church and community activities including Methodist, Baptist, United Brethren and Christian choir practices at various times plus Citizenship class at Glenburn community house. Also notes American Legion, Women's Relief Corps, Hiawatha club, Pythian Sisters, Townsend club, women's council meetings, Home Economics picnics, 4-H events at Humphreys park and high school.
Linton shuffleboard meets Humphreys park at 7 p m. Sons of American Legion gather at the Legion home at 6 30 p m. Mothers club convenes all day at the community house. Quapaw Tribe 148 Red Men meet at the hall at 7 p m. Eastern Star officers practice at 7 p m. Women’s Council of Christian Church meets with Mrs Bruner at 2 p m. Mt Mellick club with Mrs Poe at 2 p m. Annual J T M club picnic at Humphreys park shelter at 6 p m. Alpha Bible Class of Methodist Church meets with Mrs Coleman at 7 30 p m.
Lucille Russell and Paul M. Messick were married May 31 in Gulfport Mississippi. Messick, an Army officer, will work with the Camp Shelby Judge Advocate Office. The bride is a Linton high school graduate and is returning to Indianapolis.
Wanetta club members enjoyed bingo at the home of Mrs. Fanny Cody. Prize winners included Mrs. Mary Love Mrs. Martha Eskew and Mrs. Maggie Stewart. Birthday anniversaries for Mrs. Love and Mrs. Belle Keller were noted by their secret pals. Refreshments ended the afternoon for ten members and one guest Miss Ruth Dadiey. Next meeting will be at Clara Dadiey home in Antioch.
Mrs James Cleveland marked her sixty seventh birthday with a family and friends gathering at her home near Linton. The event featured social time and music, with a noon dinner served to a long table of relatives including James W Cleveland Judith Ann Barbara Ann Sharon Lee and others from Indianapolis Sullivan Artesia Sandborn Carlisle Dugger and nearby towns.
Twelve members answered roll call at a meeting held in Mrs. Etta Page’s home. After a brief business session, games of bingo were played with prize winners Flossie Sheehy Ruth Klusner Maggie Stewart Ruth Dudley Maude Mitchell and Clara Dudley. Refreshments were served by Pearl Pope with Edythe Bales and Bessie Bledsoe in charge.
Mrs C FE Chowning welcomed members of the J W G club to her Dugger home Monday night. Attending were Mesdames Anna Barrowman Jake Yang Eva Meyers Margaret King Belle Tison Eva Taylor Vera Graham Ida Hannah and Misses Oris and Mag Hendrickson Effie Pigg and the hostess.
Eleven survivors of the American steamship Robin Moor arrived in Pernam buco Brazil with a partial account of the loss near the South Atlantic about 1,000 miles from shore. Twenty eight crew members and seven passengers remain missing. 11 survived after lifeboat drift of nearly three weeks under harsh tropical sun. The Osorio rescued the survivors then transmitted their accounts to authorities in Rio de Janeiro and Washington.
Nathamas class of the First Baptist church met Tuesday at Mrs. Jack Lynn's home with Mrs. Fern Graves and Mrs. Florence Smith assisting. Charles Laffoon led devotions and business, readings from Psalm 73, and songs. A social hour followed with patriotic and Bible contests and refreshments for the listed attendees.
In Indianapolis on June 11 the All-American Youth Orchestra performed despite a receivership tied to box office receipts. Horace Kiser of Greenfield filed suit in superior court seeking about $1,000 for alleged unpaid salary and expenses. Michael Myerberg denied a contract with Kiser and called the attachment an embarrassment to the orchestra.
Greene county area No 1 draft board reports Charles Duncan of Linton was inducted Feb 28 and stationed at Fort Francis E Warren Cheyenne Wyoming as a quartermaster replacement center He has been transferred to Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois He says he likes his work and is pleased with the promotion he has received
Two divisions the Marines and Army infantry receive top equipment priority to rapidly form an American expeditionary force. Congressional sources say no immediate overseas deployment plans exist. The units are being prepared for emergencies and could serve as foot soldiers in a task force if Roosevelt sends forces to Martinique or the Azores and Cape Verde.
County Auditor announces sale by bid on June 30 1941 at the Bloomfield court house for two tracts in Greene County Indiana. One tract titled Lot 12 in Hubbard’s first addition to Linton is mortgaged to the State for the Common School Fund with a mixed payment plan and 6 percent interest.
Miss Vera Greg Anderson of Linton achieved the highest scholastic honor at the University of Southern California by joining Phi Beta Kappa. She was among the 6 percent of graduates from 24 USC schools to receive the honor. Phi Beta Kappa, founded at the University of Maine in 1808, admits both men and women based on outstanding scholarship. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Library Science degree.
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Greene County Indiana will hold a public investigation at 9 a.m. on June 20 1941 at the Clerk's Office Bloomfield for Jasonville Aerie 905 F O K 234 W Main Jasonville Liquor Beer Wine Retailer and Grover Beaty 70852 Restaurant 20 W Vincennes Linton Dancing Permit. The session is open to the public and public participation is requested. Secretary John F Noonan Excise Administrator Hugh A Barnhart.
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