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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
4
The piece reflects on road widening as essential for farmers and rural motorists. It notes a road near an old farm and many others across the country as example needs. It forecasts eventual improvement despite skepticism.
Frankfort Michigan June 13 Ted Bellak instructor at the motorless flying school set a world record in soaring by crossing Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin to Frankfort in a high performance glider. The 52 minute shore to shore flight marks the longest water crossing by a soaring plane with a 54 mile direct distance and over 90 miles flown.
Albert H Morrill says national butter drive backed by newspaper ads. Butter sales rose 18.9 percent in the November January period amid a 75 million pound surplus. Chain stores used 130 co operating firms and about 340 000 dairy farmers to reach an estimated 50 million readers in 448 states DC and Canada.
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles announces a June 20 deadline for 1939 weight tax purchase and states that weight tax enforcement will start June 21 with state police arrests for noncompliance. Plates issued at 156 license branches. fees depend on tire count and size.
Rev Davis pastor of Shelburn Baptist church will speak at 7 50 pm Friday in the town hall Dugger. His talk titled Religion and Recovery is sponsored by the Townsend club and announced today.
Miss Nina Edwards reports a Lyons neighborhood roundup with Dr. Earl Page of Corydon and Mrs. H C Nicholson of Terre Haute visiting local families. Residents Geraldine Foutz and Edith Slinkard attend Indiana State Teachers College commencement in Terre Haute.
Mr and Mrs Tommy Dodes near Jasonville visited Mr and Mrs Rollie Simmers Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Charles Johnson Jr and son visited Mrs Nancy West of Coalmant. Paul Woods Max Campbell and Howard Johnson were in Dugge on business. Mrs Pauline Byarley returned to Kankakee Ul after visiting relatives. Verlis Campbell and children near Linton visited relatives. Ruth Walters and Audrey Beadle dined with Mr and Mrs Harry Mason. Mr and Mrs Lester Ivions Evansville visited Mr and Mrs John Ivions.
Juror examination proceeds as the defense accepts a panel with several provisional jurors from the special venue. Greene County Prosecutor John Todd and Indiana Deputy Attorney General Warren Martin have not yet questioned the latest jurors accepted by the defense.
Dozens of horned toads prepared for the seventh annual California Horned Toad Derby set for June 24 in Coalinga. Entrants hail from Mexico and the eastern and southwestern states, with treasures like Treasure Island entered by the Golden Gate Exposition. The event features a 16 foot ring on a wooden platform in Main Street, multiple heats, and bets in the hundreds of dollars as fans anticipate a clash including favorites such as Oskie II and Salutin’ Demon.
Mrs Glen Bonham Dugger and several Parsons sisters plus Pauline Brown and Marguerite Crawford traveled to Bicknell on Friday for the Epworth Leagues convention. Delores Wilkes of Linton visits cousin Miss Maxine Wilkes. Doris Rose Goodman from Terre Haute weekend with relatives. Francis D. Thomas of Detroit visits his mother Estella Thomas.
Greene County 4-H delegates joined members from every county for the twenty first annual Purdue University 4-H club roundup in Lafayette. The event featured contests in live stock and corn judging, demonstrations, and a 50 piece Farm Bureau band concert.
The Jericho horseshoe team won 97 ringers and 198 points over West Terre Haute in a Wabash Valley clash. Jericho, defending champions, will travel to Linton next Sunday to face that city’s pitchers. Key scores include Houldson Jr 157 ringers 201 points and Neilson 187 ringers 232 points.
A native in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia fights a crocodile in a deep pool. He is recovering at Bandura Native Hospital 60 miles away after the reptile bit his arm. He bit the crocodile’s forepaw to free himself and reach the bank.
Barbara Lea Drackett of Linton will perform a dance number in the 1939 Dance Revue by Ernestine Myers of Terre Haute. The show Friday at the Hippodrome theater features pieces such as Deep Purple Habanera from Carmen March Militaire and Ballet Indolio with Leo Baxter orchestra.
The building at 50 East Vincennes Street formerly the Old Dreamland theatre and then the Stewart Auto Repair shop has been purchased by John Co Cravens from the Strietelmeier heirs. Rebuilding will begin soon with a one story structure replacing the two story building. The Auto License branch is to move to the new location and the rooms will house Cravens Cleaning company.
Hog holdovers 156 head weigh over 160 pounds with 10 cent drop. Lights 5.75 to 6.00, mediums 6.05 to 6.40, heavies 5.75 to 5.95, sows 4.75 to 5.50, mostly 4.75 to 5.50. Cattle 2100 head with 600 calves traded little early on steers and heifers, undertone firm. Load 800 lb heifers 9.50, calves steady, dealers steady, top 2.00.
Mr and Mrs Joe Montgomery of Muncie announce the birth of a son on June 3 named Joe The father formerly worked in the Linton office of the Indiana Unemployment Compensation Division.
WPA workers in Toledo protest a repaving project by striking over tool needs. They demand individual sledgehammers to replace a steam shovel and battering ram, showing preference for hand tools in the heavy labor.
Nature Judy guides students at Stevens School in Toledo to observe marine life in a rear pond. The educational display includes box turtles and wild ducks as part of natural habitat study.
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