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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1937
Page
4
Reports to the State Highway Commission show 3 754 workmen were directly employed on highway construction and improvement projects late in May. Earl Crawford, chairman, said the number lagged April due to WPA work period closing, with June expected to rise and peak employment anticipated in August.
The Indiana State Highway Commission will accept bids on Tuesday June 22 to paint Indiana portion of the Wabash river bridge linking East Mount Carmel Indiana and Mt. Carmel Illinois. The Indiana half spans about 1350 feet and will receive rust arrester brown and black coats with white.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Beecher of St. Louis Missouri are in town for a two weeks vacation visiting friends and relatives.
The Delta Theta Tau sorority will meet at Mrs. Marie Ecker's home at 5:30 this evening and depart for a picnic at Shakamak State Park.
Terre Haute Ind June 15 Fred Huffman and Sam Stockrahm of Linton have been honored for athletics at Indiana State Teachers College Huffman earned a letter for football Stockrahm for basketball A total of sixty four spring awards were announced by the athletic director with baseball leading in letters and freshmen numerals The Bigwood awards list includes football Kenneth Snow Terre Haute basketball Robert Burton Graysville baseball Lee Brothers Clay City track Carl Applegate St Mary of the Woods tennis James Nichols Terre Haute golf Harry Wright Fort Benjamin Harrison and Gwen Rudolph Evansville for the Bigwood Memorial Award for Women
Miss Mary McKim and Louis Lukenbill visited relatives in Bloomfield and Indianapolis respectively. Several families including the Winhces, Owens, Boyd, Spurgeon, Wines, Cross, Wrights and others hosted or called on kin in Bicknell, Danville, Jasonville, Worthington, Lyons, Sandborn and Elnora during the week.
Newberry Indiana residents report Sunday visits from Lyons Evansville Vincennes Terre Haute and Odon. A surprise birthday party honored Mrs Lillian Ault with many relatives attending and refreshments served. Nearby Miss Effie Wesner and Velma Ruth Clark visit Indianapolis while Mrs Hubert Owen visits Evansville with Ray Wesner acquaintances.
Miss Maxine Carroll an Indianapolis stenographer sent five dollars to Gates Hospital for Crippled Children in ELYRIA Ohio. The donation comes from her first earnings in a new job and honors a treatment she received eighteen years ago.
Relics of the Dillinger gang including Dillinger's bullet proof car and guns will be shown at the Great Lakes Exposition this summer in Cleveland.
A Bloomfield Indiana court roundup lists venue changes in the George Barnhart salary suit, multiple divorce actions, and civil cases. Special judge Rogers is appointed for Barnhart, with trials set for July 3 1937. other cases involve ejectment, foreclosures, and damage suits. The Bloomfield Trust dissolution and asset payments are approved, and local marriages and bond actions are noted along with two arrests for public intoxication and assault.
Indianapolis announces International Harvester will build a $4,000,000 plant in Indianapolis employing 3,000 workers. Governor Townsend is praised for stabilizing taxes and earning business confidence, while Arthur Y. Brown lauds the governor as a public trust.
Mr and Mrs W R Abrams returned Monday evening from a trip to northern Indiana and Michigan where they visited their sons Loran and Russell Abrams. Loran works in South Bend and Russell in Elkhart. The couple enjoyed a Sunday outing to Benton Harbor Michigan with their sons. The brothers are employed by Gaseteria oil company.
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