Lyons Social Roundup Delivers Town Guests and Visits
Indianapolis hosts Clarence Rhodes and Eva Schantz visited by Lyons families. Washington and Terre Haute travelers wintered with Madden Shilkett and Shilkett relatives. Indiana residents visited Bloomington Cleveland and Indianapolis while Miss Mildred Wells travels, and Ridge Farm Illinois and Waukegan guests appear in a local host list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rhodes
Indianapolis
Alex Hubbard
Hilliary Madden
Hanley Madden
Washington
Walter Madden
Bill Shilkett
Terre Haute
Roy Shilkett
Eva Schantz
Richard Schneider
Ft. Wayne
Alvin McCarty
Louis Blaney
Elnora
Ada Chipman
Bloomfield
John Wilson
Bloomington
John Wilson Sr
Lee Richardson
Bill Richardson
Cleveland
Ohio
Mildred Wells
Charles Martin
Elkhart
Ralph Winninger
Montgomery
Ralph Hirth
Ernest Fields
Carolyn Bunch
Waukegan
T. M. Mitchell
Ridge Farm
Ill
Two at Loogootee Are Electrocuted
In Loogootee Indiana two Clay Products Co workers Charles Combs 23 and Dexter Salmon 34 were killed by electrocution while drilling holes for dynamite in a clay pit. They stood in water while using an electric drill and died about four hours before their bodies were found in the pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loogootee
Ind
Loogootee Clay Products Co
Charles Combs
Dexter Salmon
Little David Fry Returns Home After Shriners Care
David Fry five year old son of Mr and Mrs Freel Frye of Pleasantville returns home from Shriners hospital in St Louis for observation. He is expected to undergo surgery in a few weeks and then stay four months as a hospital patient. David contracted polio in August 1953 and will celebrate his sixth birthday on June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fry
Freel Frye
Pleasantville
Shriners’ Hospital
St. Louis
David
Linton Man Attends Annual Fire Department School
Robert G. Veth of Linton represented the Fire department at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot at the 15th annual fire department instructor's conference. The event, held at the Indianapolis fire department drill school, was conducted by the Indiana Fire Service Training Schools with demonstrations on ladder raising hose rolling knots artificial respiration pump operations and sprinkler hookups. State fire and safety experts spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Robert G. Veth
Linton
U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Crane
Fire Department
Indianapolis
Indiana Fire Service
State Fire and Safety
Coal Freight Rate Increase Denied by State PSC
The Indiana State Public Service Commission rejected a 6 percent intra state coal freight hike aimed at generating about 79 963 in extra revenue. The rate would cap at 15 cents per ton and the ICC could still overturn the decision. PSC chair Warren Buchanan said higher rates lacked justification and would burden producers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Warren Buchanan
PSC
ICC
Buchanan
Death of Helena area school teacher G H Leger
G H Leger about 60 of Helena Montana died Wednesday afternoon from a heart attack. Widow Ruth Hussey of Linton survives with one son Harlow Leger of Akron Ohio. Sisters include Mrs G E Smith Mrs Charles Rodenbeck of Linton Mrs Robert Raney of Ft Myers Florida and Mrs O D Clayton of Carlisle. Funeral services expected in Helena.
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G. H. Leger
Helena
Mont
Leger
Ruth Hussey
Linton
Harlow Leger
Akron
Ohio
O. D. Clayton
Carlisle
Wiener Roast For Cub Scout Pack 57 Tonight
A wiener roast for Cub Scout Pack 57 members and families is set for 7:00 this evening at Humphreys Park. Attendees should bring their own wieners and buns while soft drinks will be supplied by leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout Pack No. 57
Humphreys Park
Rainbow Order to Practice Initiation at Nasonic Hall
Members of the Linton Order of Rainbow will meet at the Nasonic hall Monday at 9 o clock to rehearse for initiation services planned the same evening. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton Order of Rainbow
Nasonic Hall
Meg faces war rumors and personal binds in April
Meg endures quarrels with Matilda while Seattle readies for war. Michael, Tim and others weigh Alaska dangers and the Dyea Trail asMeg resolves to control her life and plan for the baby amid social pressures and past entanglements.
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Meg
Cox House
Matilda
Gretchen
Michael
Dyea
Dyea Canyon
Jenny
Nathan
Johnny
Seattle
North
Klondike
Cuba
Market reports from Indianapolis hog and cattle sale
Live stock trading opened strong with hogs 180 to 250 lb at 16.00 to 16.50 dollars, several to 16.75, heavier hogs up to 16.50. Cattle and calves: 800 cattle and 200 calves, prices mostly steady to firm. good to low choice fed steers 18.00 to 20.00, standard steers 16.00 to 17.50, good heifers 17.25 to 18.50, weanlings steady. spring lambs 20.00 to 22.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Three Die in Gary Collision on U S 12 Overpass
A three man squad and a fourth injured in a crash on the South Shore railroad overpass on U S 12 in Gary. Victims are Charles Stevenson 28 Eddie Morgan and an unidentified man. Eddie Pope 22 of Gary injured. The truck driver Russell Leedy of Goshen not hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Charles Stevenson
Eddie Morgan
Eddie Pope
U.S. 12
South Shore Railroad
Russell Leedy
Goshen
Workers offer free labor to Spiegel Furniture during revival
Shelbyville Indiana Spiegel Furniture Co plans to resume full production within two weeks under a unique plan in which employees will work for free for one month to help the firm regain footing. Five men started work Monday as production gradually restarts after a lengthy shutdown caused by a financial crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
The
Spiegel Furniture Co
William Spiegel
Man Gets Sentence In Bombing Case
Fort Wayne judge handed Ralph J. Lambert of New Haven a 1 to 3 year prison term and a $245 fine for his role in a September bombing attempt on a United Moving and Storage Co. makeshift dynamite device through a broken window failed to detonate. Two other men were involved. one was acquitted and the other did not appear for trial. Authorities linked the attack to the companys labor troubles at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ralph J. Lambert
New Haven
Lamber
United Moving and Storage Co
Spiegel Plans Temporary Pay Freeze to Reopen Plant
Spiegel offers a month without pay if the plant reopens. He secured a $50,000 Small Business Administration loan and $15,000 from a local stock sale. The firm expects about 60 workers soon and will get creditor supplies until orders are paid. Workers were told pay would resume later via stock sharing or other arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiegel
Small Business Administration
War One Veterans to Meet Sunday in Linton
Members of the Clarence West Barracks of Veterans of World War I and its Women’s Auxiliary will meet at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at Linton City hall to plan their participation in the 1956 Fourth of July celebration for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence West
Linton City Hall
Linton
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