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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
2
Helen L Grubbs notes society items from clubs lodges and churches welcomed for the day’s issue with submission by ha m to appear in that day’s paper.
Delta Theta Tau meets Mrs. Asa Williams at 7 30. Quapaw Council No 80 Poca hontas meets Red Men's hall 7 30. Carpenters Local No 487 meets K of P hall 7. Violet Rebekah Lodge No 312 meets hall 7. Greene County Nursing Council for war service meets public library 7 30. Loyal Order of Moose No 1434 meets hall 7 30. Glenburn Youth Fellowship meets community house 7.
Tri Kappa meets at the public library at 7 30 p m. Ladies Fancy Work Circle at Humphreys Park 11 30 for covered dish dinner. Baptist Ladies Aid Society all day church meeting. Eagles Lodge hall 7 p m. Elks Lodge home Unity Lodge No 637 I O O F hall 7 30 p m. Rotary luncheon Catholic school hall 12 15 p m. Glenburn W S C S Community house 4 30 p m.
American Legion Post meets at the Legion Home at 7 p m. American Legion Auxiliary at 7 30 p m. Stated meeting Linton Lodge No 560 F A M at the hall at 36 Homs eirvarningrei United Brethren choir practice 7 p m. Methodist choir 7 p m. Baptist choir 7 30 p m. P 4 Christian choir Truthseekers class U B church 2 p m with Miss Verna Moody. Sunshine pals to be revealed. First Christian Friendly Class 2 00 with Mrs John Byers Northeast B Street. Clarion Club 7 00 with Mrs Max Friedman. Junior Home Economics Club 7 30 with Mrs Clarence Hatcher.
Quapaw Tribe No 143 Improved Order of Red Men holds a meeting at the hall at 7 30 p m with members urged to attend and discuss local matters.
The Linton Council of Women held its final meeting at the library with Mrs. David Shields presiding. A patriotic reading, Cub Scout charter presentation, and reports on Child Welfare and camp plans were followed by a July park dinner and a September adjournment.
The L A L club met at Mrs Rex Hofeditz home with 9 members and two guests. After roll call and business, games were played with prizes to Mrs Ed Page Mrs Fay Smith Mrs Harry Miller and Mrs Harvey Ogden. Refreshments were served to listed guests and the hostess. The next meeting will be at the homes of Mrs Fred Nolting Mrs Harry Miller and Mrs Fay Smith to open the meeting.
Members of the Linton Business and Professional Women's club installed officers for the year at the local public library meeting. Officers are Helen Grubbs president Mayme Berns vice president Madge Chapman secretary Rosemary Risher treasurer and Bernice Stone corresponding secretary. The group named committees and discussed a picnic planned with Bertha Collins chairwoman and noted the district B P W clubs meeting at MacCormicks Creek on October 14.
The Air Technical Service Command will study German aeronautical developments at Freeman Army Air Field Seymour Indiana. The center will catalog recondition and preserve enemy aircraft and store selected U S equipment for history. Dozens of officers and civilians will be stationed there for tests and demonstrations.
Mrs. Marie Denny of Linton announces the marriage of her daughter Martha Armstrong to Pfe. Clark W. Perkins of Oneida Minnesota. The ceremony was held at St. Marks Methodist Church in Oklahoma City with Rev. Walter Gilliam officiating. The couple will reside in Oklahoma City for now.
Commander A L Gebelin, acting commander at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot, reports 341270 dollars allotted by the Navy for new lunch and locker buildings and for modifications to existing structures. Six projects include 74170 for lunch locker shower and expansion work, 35000 for major calibre D loading building, 72000 for projectile loading and related facilities, 12700 for ignition filling and quilting buildings, 72000 for carriage case and tank repair buildings, and 75000 for case filling and bag charge buildings. Plans are being prepared and contracts will be let as arrangements are made.
The Admiralty announced that Britain lost 263 minesweepers sunk and 47 badly damaged out of 1,533 in operation during the war. British sweepers accounted for 20,429 mines during the conflict.
General Buckner, commander of the Eighth Regiment, was fatally wounded on Okinawa as Japanese shells rained in. Medics, including Lt. Fred C. Wallace, tried blood plasma and evacuation but Buckner died at 1:25 p.m. He was the first American army commander killed in action and a former Confederate general’s son with a long military lineage.
The account recalls Major General Buckner’s rapid fortification of the Alaska defense command after 1940. It notes a land based air surprise for a Japanese fleet at Dutch Harbor and Buckner’s secret base planning before Pearl Harbor. It also mentions his later role landing on Okinawa as 10th Army commander.
Mr and Mrs Orville Miller of Terre Haute announce the arrival of an eight pound girl born June 18 at Union hospital. The baby has been named Patricia Ann. Mrs Miller was formerly Etta Faye Hart. In 1942 Red Grange the famous Illinois Galloping Ghost handled the ball five times and scored five touchdowns.
Dora Ellen Cameron has filed a petition in Greene Circuit Court to determine her time and place of birth. Hearing set for June 26, 1945. Clerk FRANK A. LENNING, Greene Circuit Court, dated June 18, 1945.
Dan Mills an Electrician l c with the Navy wrote his name on a B 29 while waiting to be evacuated from an Iwo Jima hospital. Soon after his brother Cpl Gene Mills wrote that he was working on a B 29 that landed at Saipan and carried Dan’s name.
Report notes that more than four million head of cattle are slaughtered annually in Chicago, illustrating a large scale livestock processing trend and its regional impact on agriculture and markets.
Announcement is made of the marriage of Mrs Eva Huffman to Emil Stafford. The ceremony occurred Saturday evening at seven o clock at Rev Waldo Hoars home. Attendants were Mrs Gilbert Robertson and Mrs Everett Spurgeon. Mr and Mrs Stafford will reside here. Stafford is employed at Linton Stockton high school.
At Harvard Army Air Field in Nebraska twelve civilian employees aged 69 to 76 perform essential tasks. Their combined ages total 861 years, illustrating continued veteran contribution on the home front during World War II.
Poignant verse mourns a missing loved one presumed dead. The speaker recalls departure with no return and the family’s lingering grief. The poem unfolds a quiet, somber reflection on loss and longing.
Miss Virginia Coleman of Indianapolis spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman. Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Goodman and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Price, Mr. and Mrs. Avery Bennett and daughters Nila Jane and Eunice Ann, Mrs. Thelma Storms and children, Mrs. Areta Price and son Bobby, and Mrs. Dihone Price.
Retraining efforts by the state rehabilitation division aid about 120 Maine men and women who became disabled through accidents each year.
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