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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
8
Local headlines from the Linton Daily Citizen recount notable events dated two decades prior. Each brief item reflects the era’s concerns, from community updates to regional happenings, preserving the period voice and town focus.
A Pasadena clipping praises Joe E. Beasly Jr as a rare Zylophone artist. It also notes Will Rogers headlining So This Is London and commends Vivian Humphreys as a talented local musician in the same night’s program.
A recital in the Fine Arts building Cleveland showcases a young singer with critics praising a promising contralto voice. Her performance highlights the reservation of a bright future in the vocal arts.
Ralph Rooksberry a 48 year old coal miner was killed when a well he was digging caved in burying him under dirt and concrete fifteen feet below at his step-daughter’s home. A mine rescue team recovered the body two hours later with death listed as suffocation.
Cmdr. John T. Bland USN, former operations officer of an aircraft carrier division, will become executive officer tomorrow at the Crane Naval Ammunition Depot, replacing Cmdr. Kenneth W. Hines. Bland is a 1938 Annapolis graduate.
The H-12 club members and families will hold a picnic at Shakamak State Park Thursday evening at six o'clock. Four birthdays will be celebrated during the event.
The Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church will end with a Friday picnic at Shakamak State Park. Children meet 9 a.m. at the church, depart 9:30 a.m. Bring lunch and 12 cents for park admission. Parents urged to accompany small children. Commencement exercises follow Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with a child program and handwork display.
Governor Schricker commuted the sentences today on the clemency commission’s recommendations. Six murderers saw life terms reduced to time served or life. Convicts include Alvin Meadows Vanderburgh 1934 Clint Graves Vanderburgh 1932 Augustus Benson Delaware 1935 Ben Finch Marion 1935 William James Spex Franklin 1932 Lecelle Long Clark 1932.
Mr and Mrs Harold Greenwood of Jasonville announce the birth of daughter Rita Kay on June 1 at Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan.
Horace Sutton of the Saturday Review offers travel tips for Americans abroad. He advises exchanging currency before leaving, avoiding trunks, seeking motion sickness remedies, and not giving money to begging children who may be used as props. Cautions include avoiding shady currency exchanges, not buying American cigarettes from roaming vendors, tipping modestly, and securing luggage against theft.
Hollywood fur expert Al Teitelbaum dismisses chinchilla as a second rate fur at first class prices. He claims it tears, changes color, and lacks sex appeal and that stars rarely, if ever, wear or can afford $75,000 chinchilla wraps. He contrasts with minks and sables, noting most stars pay about $15,000 for minks and $20,000 class for sable.
Fire department officials investigate a blaze at the nine story Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. The fire started in a ventilating shaft reaching the roof and caused minor damage confined to exhaust fans roof and a few water soaked rooms.
A display of four large mouth bass at the Ax and Fry store near the meat counter draws eyes in Jasonville area. The fish average over eleven pounds, with individual weights of 8% and 18% pounds for the Florida catch. John Fry and Ora Ax are linked to two fish weighing 12 pounds and 12% pounds respectively.
The Linton Raceways announced rules and specs for semi stock and roadster cars to be used at the new auto speedway northeast of Lin ton. Entries may obtain copies of the specifications from Lowell Blume at the Arrow Auto in Linton. Dates for race meets will be announced soon.
Mr and Mrs James Cunningham of Dugger route one are the parents of a son named Marshall Ray born June 9 at Mary Sherman hospital.
An overpayment of 90 million dollars in family allotments was made by the Army during the war. More than two thirds has been recovered. The first reindeer born in the United States arrived May 1929 at North Beverly Massachusetts.
All members of the Boosters 4-H club are asked to meet at Linton Stockton high school Thursday evening at 6 30. The gathering aims to discuss upcoming projects and club plans.
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