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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
1
Review of Greene County history notes from Jack Baber’s booklet. It recalls latch string hospitality as a doorway sign, taxes on real estate in 1825, whisky payments at town sales, and 1831 county funds for hogproof underpinning. The piece previews more items from the volume with a note of a future discussion.
Walker Robert Marshall 60 of Bloomfield died 10 10 Friday night at Cold Springs Road Veterans hospital Indianapolis. Funeral service at Bloomfield Presbyterian Church with Rev Homer Weisbecker officiating and burial in Grand View Cemetery. He was a salesman and World War I veteran. Survived by widow Doris S Marshall two daughters Marian Palermo Judith Ann two brothers Calvins R Marshall Gerald Marshall two sisters Mrs Frank Bacht Kalamazoo and Mrs Marion Brassert Bloomfield. Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield in charge.
A marriage license is issued by the Greene circuit court clerk in Bloomfield to James Pirtle of Dugger route one and Ada Smith of Sandborn route one.
At Cheswick Pennsylvania a 27 foot cabin cruiser capsized at an Allegheny River dam. Four died and three survivors were aided by lock tender John Woffenden who stayed with the wreckage for six hours. Surviving crew included Charles Krieg and James McHugh. victims included Hull Wright Mrs Krieg Mrs Fisher and William Leahy Jr. All were treated for shock and exposure.
Mr and Mrs Harry Lowry of Sullivan were injured in a Sunday collision on U S highway 40 near Greencastle Indiana. They were treated at Clay county hospital in Brazil for cuts bruises and shock and were listed resting comfortably. The other driver was Lee Hendrickson of Indianapolis with passenger Miss Margaret Cather of Frankfort.
The Ellis 4 H club will meet at the home of Jerry and Geral dine Hill Tuesday evening at 7 30 oclock. All members are urged to be present.
Mrs. Vera Faidherbe of Dugger has been discharged from Mary Sherman hospital in Sullivan.
F B E Shannon of Crawfordsville is spending a few days with his son Floyd Shannon.
Three Greene county students were named Purdue University scholars for the September 1950 semester. Recipients were chosen for strong high school records, test scores, and endorsements from principals and university officials. The Greene county winners are Fredie J. Rowe Jasonville Chas Yount Linton and Ruby M. Cain Switz City.
Frank P. Hart 56, a well known Linton mine operator, died at his home six months after a Dec 11, 1949 auto collision in Indianapolis. He lived in Linton most of his life, was a Mason, Royal Arch member, and United Mine Workers member. Survived by wife Hazel Maude McDonald, son Kenneth A. Hart, step-daughter, brothers and sisters. Funeral at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery. Masonic rites at graveside.
Otto Keller 69 of Danville Illinois previously of Linton is reported in satisfactory condition after a dynamite blast at the Dixon Block Coal Company stripper mine in Danville injured his right arm and caused head and leg injuries. Several co workers were knocked down and a tractor was blown about a hundred feet. Keller is treated at Lake View Hospital in Danville. His sister Nelle Centers of Linton was in Danville yesterday. Mrs. Shannon and Mrs. Jones flew from Indianapolis to Washington to Rochester to visit relatives before returning to Linton.
Plainville residents cheer an oil boom under a communal drilling plan. Landowners expect first dividend checks in about a month as drilling deepens to uncover richer reserves with eight wells capped for gas. Postmaster Roy Strange notes gas pressure and plans to build a washing plant to export gas profits.
Isaac Underwood 92 of Sullivan county died Friday night at his Dugger area home. Funeral at Morris Chapel church led by Rev. Leland Plow, burial in church cemetery. Survived by four daughters including Mrs Hale and Mrs Goodman, three sons Floyd Hillie and John, one sister Mrs Kietter. Newkirk Funeral Home of Pleasantville directed arrangements.
Five persons were slightly injured when their airplane crashed after taking off from Tri-State airport west of Angola Indiana. Pilot Lowell Ash 49 his wife Mary 32 Glen 31 Rosemary 30 and Rosalie 10 returned home to Shelbyville by other means. The plane lost altitude and nosed into a road bank near the airport edge while the group had spent the day fishing nearby.
The Greene County Women's Democrat club will meet at Humphreys park shelter house at 7 30 pm Wednesday for a covered dish supper. Members and friends are invited and a program is being arranged.
In Washington on June 12 a GOP bid to refer the rent control extension to the Senate banking committee failed 44 to 25. The measure would have delayed the law expiring at month end, with House action expected soon on a nearly identical bill extending federal controls through year end.
Charles Burton, 33, former Indianapolis police officer accused of kidnapping his wife, leaped about 30 feet from a railing in a Marion County jail block. He was rushed to General Hospital in serious condition after telling officers he tried to kill himself following a court collapse earlier when a kidnapping affidavit was filed.
M and Mrs Oscar Anderson of Linton left Saturday for San Diego California to be at the bedside of Mr Andersons son Roy Anderson who is reported to be in serious condition He suffered a relapse after undergoing major surgery at the San Diego Naval hospital He served in both wars enlisting with State Militia at Terre Haute and serving three years as a petty officer in the Navy in World War II He recently has been employed as a guard at the Naval Electronic Laboratory at San Diego He was born at Sandborn July 3 1900 and was reared in Linton.
Charles E. Foster of Linton earned a Bachelor of Music at the University of Miami spring commencement. He majored in music education and played with the university symphony orchestra. Foster is a graduate of Linton Stockton High School.
Indiana saw eight deaths from weekend disasters including drownings in Bass lake near Knox two girls 14 and 11, a Munice home fire that killed 2 year old David Wheat, and multiple traffic crashes along Ind 23 US 41 and local roads involving Walter Schaffer 28 Elkhard and William Calentine 26 Mishawaka plus other injured commuters.
Former Indianapolis city prosecutor Albert M. Thayer, 47, was found bludgeoned to death on a rural road near Noblesville. Three youths from Indianapolis and Springfield, Missouri, are held. one suspect, Jimmie Chalfin, 17, admitted involvement. A stolen car crash killed Lynn Berry, 31, in Springfield. Thayer was robbed of $28 and a wristwatch. authorities seek a first degree murder indictment.
Kenneth M. Shanklin 28 of Bloomfield died at 10 10 p m Saturday night at Billings hospital Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis after two years illness He was born September 28 1921 in Owensburg son of Stanley and Ruth Long Shanklin He lived in Greene county most of his life employed at the U S Naval Ammunition depot at Clare He was a member of the Bloomfield American Legion post Surviving are his daughter Elinora Shanklin Bloomfield mother Mrs Ruth Hash Bloomfield stepfather Annie Hash Bloomfield sister Mrs Wilma Walters Indianapolis and grandparents Mr and Mrs Irvin Long Bloomfield The body lies in state at his Bloomfield home Funeral 2 00 p m Tuesday at Bloomfield Christian church Rev Jack Masters officiating burial in Grandview cemetery Military honors by W F W posts at graveside
Franklin Ind June 12 Two teens George Childs 17 and William Adams 16 of Beech Grove were killed when their bicycles were struck from behind by a car driven by Wendell Waltz of Trafalgar on Ind 35 south of Bargersville as they rode to Brown County authorities said.
About eight million people in and around Pittsburgh and Washington lacked milk as two dairy strikes disrupted deliveries. Farmers dumped milk or fed it to hogs while families urged settlements to protect infant health. An emergency plan failed in Pittsburgh as doctors warned infants need quotas. only 1000 quarts were delivered in the first day. In Washington, nine major dairies and ASL officials formed an emergency system for infants, the elderly, and patients.
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