Gopher Count Payouts Reach 705 Dollars in 88th Year
At the 88th annual gopher count, 705 dollars were paid to trappers. Rewards were 25 cents per striped gopher and 10 cents per pocket gopher. One trapper earned 165 dollars.
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1962
Page
3
At the 88th annual gopher count, 705 dollars were paid to trappers. Rewards were 25 cents per striped gopher and 10 cents per pocket gopher. One trapper earned 165 dollars.
Ed Greenwood appeals to Linton-Stockton High School band families to support the band stand for the Fourth of July week. He notes costs for costumes, instruments, and transportation and invites parents to a band parents meeting to organize volunteers and committees. Chicago explores CTA plan to replace coal stoves with gas heaters in 38 elevated stations over four years.
Miss Celia Ropp daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Ropp of Worthington and her sorority sister Miss Cindy Butterfil of New Albany sail from Louisville to join 11 college women in a Europe study program. They will study in London and receive six hours credit after a research paper. Sponsored by Indiana University's History department the trip runs through Aug 27. Ropp is a senior majoring in Elementary Education and holds Pi Lambda Theta membership and leadership roles in AEC and Sigma Kappa.
Judy Ann Pilant celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a party hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Junior Pilant at their Switz City home. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake chips Cokes and iced tea with many relatives and friends attending.
Howard Lyons spent a few days with sister Hazel Bennett. Elza Cox and daughters of Martinsville visited Jessie Bedwell. Rev Philip Buzan Ella Uland dined with Lizzie Buzan. Lottie Palmer stayed with Lillie Calvert at Linton. Lou Ball of Oaktown visited Brantley Flynn. Mildred Wells returned home after visiting Nellie Manners in Indianapolis.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wissel Mrs. Laura Rediccks Mrs. George Wilkinson and children all of Terre Haute plus Mrs. Edith Miller of Vincennes. Another visit featured Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oakens of Bloomington and Mrs. Edith Miller. Miller stayed several days. Leon Glenna Bill and Sam Davis visit their father in Ohio.
Mrs. Jacob Fritz hosts Linton Civic Garden club at Idlewild northwest of Linton at 9:30 Monday morning. Members bring a rose from their garden for display. A sack social will follow at noon.
The Tri-State Twins Club of Fort Wayne Indiana announces the Indiana State Twins Convention to be held in Woodburn Indiana about 15 miles east of Fort Wayne on July 7 1962 in conjunction with Woodburn Days. The celebration starts July 4 with fireworks and ends July 7 with the crowning of a king and queen. Registration of twins begins Saturday July 7 at 11:00 AM.
The Woodburn Days Parade starts at 1 00 p m at the American Legion Home with a float by the twins and the 1961 twin queens in a convertible. The parade ends at Woodburn Park where twin contests occur after registration. Blue ribbons and silver dollars await winners, and the 1962 Twin Queens will be crowned. Indiana and nearby states are invited to attend. contact TWINS at 4920 Christopher Lane, Ft Wayne, Indiana for more information.
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