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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
4
Linton Daily Citizen invites society notes from clubs lodges parties and churches for the day’s issue. Submit personal news items by 11 a m to Helen L Grubbs to ensure inclusion.
Delta Theta Tau meets with Mrs. Asa Williams at 7 30. Quapaw Council No 80 Poca Beer meets at the Red Men's Hall at 7 30 p m. Carpenters Local No 487 meets at the K of P hall at 7 p m. Violet Rebekah Lodge No 312 meets at the hall at 7 p m. Greene County Nursing Council for War Service meets at the public library at 7 30 p m. Loyal Order of Moose No 1434 meets at the hall at 7 30 p m. Glenburn Youth Fellowship meets at the community house at 7 p m.
Tri Kappa gathers at Humphreys Park at 11 30 for a covered dish dinner and requests table service. Baptist Ladies Aid Society holds an all day meeting at the church. Eagles Lodge convenes at the hall at 7 p m. Elks Lodge meets at Unity Lodge No 637 home. C C F meets at the hall at 7 30 p m. Rotary Club lunch is at the Catholic school hall at 12 15 p m. Glenburn W S C S convenes at the Community house at 4 30 p m.
American Legion Post and Auxiliary meet at the Legion Home at 7 and 7 30 p m. Stated meeting at Linton Lodge 560 F and A M at a ball. United Brethren choir practices at the church at 7 p m and Baptist and Christian choirs at 7 30 and 7 p m. U B church class meets with Miss Verna Moody at 2 p m. Sunshine pals to be revealed. Friendly Class at First Christian with Mrs John Byers at 2 B Street Northeast. Clarion Club with Mrs Max Friedman at 7 p m. Junior Home Economics Club with Mrs Clarence Hatcher at 7 30 p m.
Chapter 19 Women of the Moose meet at the hall at 8 pm. Quapaw Tribe No 143 Improved Order of Red Men meets at the hall at 7 30 pm.
The Linton Council of Women held its final meeting of the season at the library led by new president Mrs. David Shields. Highlights included a patriotic reading, Cub Scouts charter presentation, and election of flags for most members and most parents. A July park dinner, child welfare notes, and camp plans were shared before adjourning to September.
The L A L club met at Mrs Rex Hofefditz home Thursday with nine members and two guests present. 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 included sandwiches cake peaches and soft drinks for the guests and members listed. Next meeting to be hosted by Mrs Fred Nolting Mrs Harry Miller and Mrs Fay Smith at their homes.
Members of the Linton Business and Professional Women's club installed officers for the ensuing year at the local public library on Monday evening. Elected were 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 as chair. The next district B P W club meeting will be at McCormicks Creek on October 14.
At Freeman Army Air Field Seymour Indiana the Air Technical Service Command designates a center to study Nazi aeronautical developments from before V E day. Maj Roy Whisenhunt and Col R L Finkenstaedt say the facility will catalog recondition and preserve enemy aircraft and provide testable German and Japanese planes for demonstrations while supporting war effort against Japan.
Mrs. Marie Denny of Linton announces the marriage of her daughter Martha Armstrong to Pfe Clark W. Perkins of Oneida New York. The ceremony was in St Marks Methodist Church Oklahoma City conducted by Rev Walter Gilliam. The couple reside in Oklahoma City for now.
Commander A L Gebelin announces Navy Department allotment of 341270 for new and modified buildings at Crane N A D. Six projects include lunch locker shower blocks and expansion work on D loading, ignition, case filling, and bag charge structures with plans drafted and contracts to follow.
The Admiralty announces 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 war.
Mr and Mrs Orville Miller of Terre Haute announce the birth of an 8 pound girl named Patricia Ann born June 18 at Union hospital. Mrs Miller formerly Etta Faye Hart. In 1942 Red Grange the famous Illinois Galloping Ghost handled the ball five times and scored five touchdowns.
Dora Elien Cameron has filed a petition in Greene Circuit Court to determine her birth time and place. A hearing is set for June 26, 1945. Clerk Frank A. Lenning notes the date June 18, 1945 and the filing on June 19, 1945.
General Buckner, commander of the Eighth Regiment, was fatally wounded on Okinawa as Japanese shells raked the area. Lt. Col. Wallace and Maj. Chamberlain carried him to cover while Navy doctor Lt. (j.g.) Fred C. Wallace tried to save him with plasma transfusion. Buckner died at 1:25 p.m. He was near 59 and the first American army general killed in action. He leaves a lineage of Confederate and Kentucky military tradition, a Virginia Military Institute and West Point background, a 1916 marriage to Adele Blanc and three children.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Eva Huffman to Emil Stafford. The ceremony occurred Saturday at seven o clock with Rev Waldo Hoar officiating at his home. Attendants were Mrs Gilbert Robertson and Mrs Everett Spurgeon. The couple will reside here. Stafford works at Linton Stockton high school.
At Harvard Army Air Field Nebraska twelve civilian workers aged 69 to 76 keep base operations going their combined age totaling 861 years.
In loving memory of Odes E Himebrook who died at the Little Betty Mine on June 19 1943. The blow was hard and the shock severe with words of farewell left unsaid. He left home to return no more and his family mourns his loss with enduring love.
Miss Virginia Coleman of Indianapolis stayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman over the weekend. Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Goodman and son. Also visiting were 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.
The state rehabilitation division in Maine provides vocational retraining each year for about 120 men and women disabled by accidents. It notes retraining helps participants regain employment opportunities within the state.
Buckner, sent to Alaska as a Major General in 1940, built defenses rapidly and concealed a key base before Pearl Harbor. He later led forces on Okinawa as commander of the 10th Army, with his Pacific whereabouts kept secret until the landing.
Dan Mills an Electrician 1st class in the Navy had signed a B 29 on Ie Jima while awaiting evacuation. His brother Corporal Gene Mills later wrote that he was working on a B 29 that landed at Saipan and found Dan’s name on the aircraft.
Report notes more than 4,000,000 cattle slaughtered annually in Chicago. Officials warn on meat supply and economic impact as industry statistics are released.
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