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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Page
2
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Carolyn Sue DeNeve bride elect of Robert Wellnitz was guest of honor at a Dugger shelter house shower Saturday night. Attending were friends and relatives from Kenosha and Dugger with many gifts. The couple plans to wed July 2 and guests included Mrs. Dorothy DeNeve and Mrs. Ima Carlisle as hostesses.
Members of the Linton Boys' Baseball League Board express gratitude to Citizens National Bank for funding a trip to a major league game in St Louis. One hundred twelve boys and fifteen adults participated, creating a day the group will remember.
Thirty seven members of the Lwnton Business and Professional Women's club gathered at Humphreys park shelter house for a covered dish dinner and meeting. Miss Nila Robinson guest, new member Mrs Jessie Irons welcomed. Mrs Catherine Bough led the session and reports on the South Bend state convention were given by Bough and Geneva Blume. Margaret Cooper also attended. Prizes awarded for games. an auction of favorite recipes highlighted the social hour. Arrangements committee: Martha Tryon chair, Jennie Tyler, Eva Myers, Dana Heitman, Mary Lou Wells, Ann Toney.
Ed Bible and Jack Pray transported furniture for the Frank Church family from the Wilshire district in Los Angeles to Glendale, according to a manifest received by Atlas Van-Lines Inc in Evansville.
Mrs. Jacob Fritz hosted the Linton Civic Garden Club at her country home with a 9:30 am brunch. The meeting featured devotional by Ruth Morgan, a business session led by Austin O'Brien, flowers judged with ribbons to Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. Bicknell, and a talk by Marceline Bicknell on birds and migration, with members listed as present.
Mrs L A Hunter hosted the Modern Living home demonstration club of Lyons at her home. The gathering featured song, scripture reading, a prayer, and a poetry recital. Members shared best advice, discussed safety and quick meal lessons, and planned to attend the Purdue conference. The next meeting will be a picnic at Bloomfield park with 12 members and two guests.
Mr and Mrs Ovid Heaton hosted the Evangelic United Brethren Sunday school Married Couples class at Fisherman’s Paradise lake Thursday evening. A picnic supper and social hour followed. Officers for the coming year were elected with Harley Scott as teacher and Mrs Flora Graham as vice president. Attendees included Rev J Clayton Stadler, M A Ladson, Jess Correll, Roscoe Graham, Stanley Hastings, Harold Templeton, Melvin Hatton, and the Heaton couple.
Mr. and Mrs. George Putoff of Dugger announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Lydia to Floyd Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stone of Vicksburg. The couple will wed Saturday June 25 at 7 30 PM in the First Christian church in Dugger.
The state shares borders with Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky and Illinois, defining its geographic limits in the midwest and south-central region.
Admissions included Alvin Davis Lyons Mrs Ralph May Linton Mrs Wayne Wallisa Jasonville Mrs Geneva Chambers Indianapolis Gilbert Sims Linton Today Mrs Larry Thompson Worthington gave birth to a daughter weighing six pounds and 18 ounces Mrs William Carpenter Coal City Miss Sharron Wiseman Indianapolis Miss Janet Wiseman Indianapolis Dexter Ferguson Jasonville Andy Burkhart Sullivan Dismissals included Mrs Melvin Jeffers Terre Haute Mrs Mabel Row Jasonville Mrs Robert Craig Indianapolis Mrs Orval Chenoweth Jasonville Mrs Ethel Fox Linton Mrs Rex Shields Worthington Mire Dewey Griffith and daughter Worthington Mrs Cecil Hendricks and son Solsberry Richard Fish Linton Charles Taylor Linton Ray Long Bloomfield.
Nine Mile community hosts Mrs Jane Simmons as hostess for Learn and Save home demonstration club. Geraldene Hockman led creed and song, devotional period, heart and safety lesson, and quick low cost meals topic. Social hour included games with prizes for Virginia Lee and others. refreshments served to members, a guest, and 13 children.
The Linton chapter of the Order of Eastern Star held a covered dish dinner and program at the Masonic temple on Friday evening honoring the chapter men. The event featured floral table decor, performances by Linda DeVault Jeannine Swaby Cheryl Bedwell, and gifts of miniature fishing poles. Initiatory work was done for Mrs Bessie White and Mrs Thelma Alderson as the spring meeting concluded and the chapter recessed until September.
In 1955 the typical new house used about 80 pounds of aluminium. By 1959 this figure rose to about 150 pounds, nearly doubling in four years indicating rapid material adoption in housing.
Witty Channel 4 in Bloomington lists a series of programs for Wednesday June 22 including Summer Playhouse Action Theater at 2:30 and Indiana University events at 3:00. Milady's Matinee 4:20 Popeye 4:00 Little Rascals 6:30 Cisco Kid 7:00 and 7:30 prime slots followed by late-night screenings.
Ingrid Bergman and Sir Laurence Olivier led the 12th annual TV Academy Emmy honors joining Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt for top acting. Bergman for The Turns of the Screw and Olivier for The Moon and Sixpence each won in their American debuts while Stack earned best actor in The Untouchables and Wyatt won for Father Knows Best. Comedy went to Art Carney with Vip. Westerns failed to win any award.
The Walton clan met at Humphreys Park Sunday for a basket dinner and family photos. Attendees included Eliza Walton and Herbert Walton from Linton along with numerous relatives and friends from nearby towns and states.
Funeral services for Edith Sisson, 58, of Oakland City and Lyons, were held at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home in Lyons. Interment followed in Prairie Chapel cemetery. She died Sunday morning after a four day illness. survived by husband William Sisson, son Ancil Sisson of Chicago, and parents William and Willam Criss.
The New Holy Name parish at Bloomfield will host an open church Sunday with Father Eugene Heerdink guiding visitors. The event on North Drive will feature the confessional baptismal font stations of the cross vestments sacred vessels and sacristy furnishings. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at 3:00 p.m. serves as an overview for curious attendees.
The Greene County courthouse in Bloomfield will close Wednesday afternoon for funeral services for Justice of the Peace Frank C. Dean and former sheriff W. E Bun Mitchell. Regular hours will resume Thursday.
Local sports roundup lists results from Peoples Trust company 12, General Electric club 4, American Legion 10, Larris Record Shop 6. Tonight at 5:30 p.m. Linton Iron faces Elks, and at 7:30 p.m. Legion plays Citizens.
Indiana residents welcomed summer as showers moved through the state with heavy rain in Indianapolis totaling 1.41 inches while South Bend Fort Wayne had only traces. Temperatures ranged from 58 to 88, with highs near 70 to 80 later and a cooler Thursday expected.
Officers will be nominated at a meeting of the auxiliary of the Linton American Legion at the Legion home at 7 30 oclock tonight. A discussion of delegates to the state convention at Fort Wayne will be conducted and a final report on plans for Girls State will be presented.
Six delegates and three alternates from each district were selected at the Indiana state convention. Delegates named include Matthew E. Welsh Vincennes John Hurt Martinsville Leroy Baker Bloomington Houston Johnson Spencer Carl Medsker Sullivan and Wilbur Kalb Princeton. Alternates listed are Mrs Eleanor Jamison Sullivan John Watkins Bloomfield and Bloomington Mayor Tom Lemon.
NBC TV will air the experimental series Omnibus again next fall as a Sunday afternoon showcase hosted by Alistair Cooke. Produced by Robert Saudek Associates the hourlong programs feature sign language Othello on NBC Sunday July 3 with Gallaudet College students in the cast. CBS TV’s Person to Person visits Robert Ryan and Hugh O’Brian on Friday July 1 and Jerry Lewis appears on NBC’s Play Your Hunch the same night.
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