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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
3
Community items from AGA News include personal notices, club and lodge activities and church happenings. Contact details reference Mrs. Ann Toney at phone 277 for submissions.
Many organizations schedule evening gatherings across town. VFW, Lions, DeMolay, Eastern Star, Boy Scouts, Kiwanis, Band Parents, Quapaw Pocahontas, American Legion Auxiliary, Carpenters, Jaycees, Moose, Craft Club, Eagles, Elks, Unity, Rotary, Rest Haven Guild, and church choirs set 7 30 p.m. starts with several 6 15 to 7 30 p.m. arrivals.
Quapaw tribe No 143 meets at the hall at 7 00 p m Eagle Encampment No 222 at 7 30 p m Greene County Building and Construction Trades Council meets at K of P hall at 7 30 p m Women of Moose Chapter 19 meet at the Moose home at 8 00 p m
Members of Mothers of World War II Howard Cromwell Unit No 123 met in City Hall to arrange a picnic at Humphreys Park on June 25 at 7 o clock. Attendees were asked to bring a covered dish. Mrs Beatrice May, president, opened with the pledge and led the business session. Mrs Margaret Murdock, chaplain, gave the closing prayer.
Leroy A. Perry and Sandra Johnson both of Linton were married in Bloomfield on Saturday morning in justice of the peace Frank Dean’s courthouse chamber. The couple will reside in Linton.
Seven girls were installed as new Girl Scouts in Sandborn during an investiture at the Christian church. Pins were awarded, a program included songs and pledges, and a tenderfoot demonstration showcased earned badges. Exhibits and refreshments followed with many family members and leaders in attendance.
Linda Rose Bedwell marked her seventh birthday with a Saturday party at home hosted by her mother Mrs Lorraine Bedwell. Friends attended and participated in games with refreshments of jello cookies and Cool Aid. Guests included Linda Kay House Connie Nancy Linda Stevens Wanda Kay Spelts Rickie Gary Jean Mike Tressie Mayfield Cathy Becky Loretta Cotton Lawrence Russell Bedwell and assistants Mrs Gail Gabbard and Mrs Davie Baize.
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Carr entertained a group of friends at their Newberry home on Saturday evening with a covered dish dinner on the lawn and socializing afterward. Guests included Irvin Reintjes and daughter Jenan of Albuquerque, Robert Bassett and children Kenny and Dawn Ashcraft of Indianapolis, Laura Christenberry and Annis Christenberry, William Keller and children Karla Kevin, and William Wright of Newberry, Clarence Riggle of Lyons, Anna Carpenter of Switz City, F R Christenberry of Terre Haute and Claude Keller.
Miss Lula Suthard of Linton and Ogla Hannum of Terre Haute wed at First Christian church on Saturday afternoon. Rev. Robert Wilkes officiated. attendants were Bernard Fesler and Mrs. Fesler. The couple will reside in Terre Haute after a wedding trip to the South. Hannum works for the C M St P Railroad Co.
Mrs. Shake, retiring president of the Junior Woman's Club of Sandborn, was guest of honor at a party hosted by Mrs. John Sanders, the new president. The club presented a gift in appreciation of her year of work. Attendees included Mesdames Fred Shake Don Shake Lyman McKee Eugene Wood Paul Sprinkle Louie Waggoner James McClary James Cleveland Don Gregg Harry Bowman Jr Norma Lee Dayhuff Debbie Sanders, with ice cream cake and iced tea served.
Knox County Rural Letter Carriers association met at Sandborn hosted by Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Queen. A pot luck supper followed by social time. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor and several area families from Wheatland Oaktown Edwardsport and Goodman.
Mr and Mrs Herbert McGhee of Dugger announce the engagement of their daughter Kay Sharon to Phillip Allen Griffith son of Mr and Mrs Murray Griffith of Dugger The bride elect a Dugger Union High School graduate class of 1956 works at Bob s IGA Market Dugger The groom is a 1953 Dugger Union High School graduate employed by Hendricks County REMC Danville No definite wedding date set
Members of the Baptist church choir gathered in the lower auditorium last Thursday for a fried chicken dinner before practice. The menu included fried chicken, gravy, salads, rolls and iced tea, with thirty eight members present.
The official high Sunday at Elliston was 88 degrees per U S Weather Observer M E Brock. He noted 68 degree lows on Thursday through Saturday nights, a Sunday night low of 67, White River at 8.37 feet and slowly falling, and weekend rainfall totaling 0.51 inches with 0.40 inches recorded by The Daily Citizen rain gauge.
One hundred five boys and girls from Linton traveled by bus to Shakamak state park for the first session of two weeks of American Red Cross swimming lessons. Bus transport was provided by the Tri Kappa sorority and the Linton Kiwanis club.
The Truthseekers Class of the EUB church postpones its Friday session. The meeting will now be held in the church lower auditorium on Wednesday, June 27.
Band Parents of the Lin ton Stockton High School are asked to meet in the Band room Tuesday evening at 7 30 o clock. Plans for the 4th of July celebration will be made at this time.
The Worthington Garden Club, led by president Rodney Chambers, invites members to a Senior Garden club visit and plans a garden tour to the yards of Bobby Daubenspeck, Bobby Wilson, Terry Graves, Tommy and Terry Jamison, and Norman Need. 4-H roundup at Purdue noted. health campaigns and pledges reported. Switz City club held by Kay Hauser with lessons on hems and 4-H pledges. next meeting set for June 27 at Alice Hart’s home.
Tri Kappa initiated Miss Ronda Grabbe Miss Freddie Klusmeier and Miss Kay Bales at the Linton Public Library. A party followed at Mrs William Harting home with patronesses Mrs Gordon Miller and Mrs Seph Inman attending. A bus to Shakamak for Red Cross swimming lessons was approved and a charter petition for a South Bend active chapter was considered.
Actual Past Masters of Greene County and families enjoyed a Sunday evening picnic at the Linton Conservation Club. O. B. Laughlin of Newberry and James Mitten of Linton were recognized as the oldest Past Masters present, each receiving gifts and corsages for their spouses. A fish fry was scheduled for October 25 during the business session.
Mrs. S. D. Jamison of Terre Haute is spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Roush. Mrs. Florence Hale has returned home after attending Short Ridge High School graduation exercises in Indianapolis. Her grandson Donald E. Pierce was a member of the class.
President Eisenhower is in the White House hospital VIP ward for an operation alongside Air Force Lt. Gen. Hubert Harmon, a West Point classmate. Nearby, physicist John Von Neumann of the Atomic Energy Commission also undergoes surgery in the same facility.
A journalist at a hospital news conference floated Martha's Vineyard as a retreat for the ailing President. Press Secretary Hagerty denied such plans, noting no final decision exists. The reporter had previously suggested Key West as a option after the heart attack.
Mrs Dora Reintjes of Linton has entered Maywood Hospital in Illinois while visiting her daughter Mrs Esta Ingerman in Chicago. Her condition is reported to be critical. Mrs Reintjes is the mother of Clint Reintjes of Linton.
William N. Dutton and Abrella Vivian Close of Sullivan County exchanged vows in a Saturday ceremony at 3 00 pm performed by W E Laughlin Justice of the Peace at Linton.
Hog prices fell unevenly with 180 to 240 pound stock at 16.25 to 16.50, 240 to 270 pound at 15.50 to 16.25, and lighter weights around 12.00 to 13.50. Cattle and calves totaled 3800 and 300, with fed steer and yearling prices at 20.50 to 21.50, good steers 18.75 to 19.75, and heifers 19.50 to 20.75. Sheep at 400 head mostly 1.00 lower, spring lambs 20.00 to 21.50 with some to 22.50.
Willi am H. Geatches of Linton earned a Master of Science in Engineering at the University of Michigan 112th commencement in Michigan Stadium. President Harlan Hatcher presided. the address on a new responsibility of universities was delivered by Nabor Carrillo, rector of the National University of Mexico.
New York news reports a breakthrough substance that reduces hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows gradual shrinking and relief, with patients noting significant improvement.
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