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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
8
The West Side race track near the city will host a Fourth of July horse racing event sponsored by the Local American Legion. A farewell service is planned for Rev. and Mrs. O A Cook of the First Baptist Church as part of the day's observances.
Resignation followed a largely attended service with laymen and other pastors. Rev. Mr. Cook served seven years and was popular in the community. The Monon Railway Co seeks permission to abolish the miners train to Greene and Sullivan mines as many workers switch to personal cars.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones of Washington spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Miller. Emil Mullis and daughter of Lyons visited the Brewers. Mrs. Hamilton of Linton called on the Decks. Mrs. Mary Parnell of Detroit visits Emma Baker. Oscar Keller dined with Emma Keller’s family in Lyons. Clarence Mottern and family of Washington spent the weekend with the Motterns. Sandra Sue remained for a week. Gladys Benham of Lyons visited her mother Mary Anderson. A daughter was born to Vernal Hasler. Eugene Mullis announces a son. James Townsend and family of Scotland spent Saturday with Marvel Townsend. C R Carr and Anna Good of Lyons visited Lyons families.
The note describes Henry F. Grady, newly designated U S ambassador to Iran, posing for photographers at the State Department in Washington. It notes his prior service as United States Ambassador to Greece and mentions various social visits around the region.
Preliminary census figures show Marion county population rising from 460,926 in 1940 to 549,047 in 1950 and Indianapolis increasing from 386,917 to 424,683. Census supervisor Henry Neal notes a nearly 20 percent county rise and about 11 percent for the city over the decade.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Miller spent Tuesday with Ethel Otto on Nine Mile. The Campbell and Foster families shared Sunday dinner with Mary Hensley and James Angleton. Vists included Otto, Weaver, Driscoll, Benefield, and Wright households. The Burris son recovering from surgery in Washington hospital is Ida Miller’s nephew. Foster couple returned from Canada. Numerous calls extended to Eva Weaver, Dewey White, Dewey’s family, Lon and Bill White, and Oliver Goad in Newberry.
Senate investigators summoned John S. Service for public questioning over wartime military information he allegedly gave to Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe. Sen McCarthy said the FBI spied on Jaffe at the Statler hotel and found data passed five years ago shaping the hearing set for 12 30 p.m. CDT.
Louis Langdon reports a decade decline in Dugger with a 1901 population of 1 201 from 1 406 in 1640. Farmersburg shows 1 022 down from 1 005 in 1740 and Shelburn records 1 418 in 1750 versus 1 606 in 1740.
Local social notes detail weekend and Sunday visits among families in Bucktown Muncie Bedford Terre Haute Dagger Indianapolis and surrounding areas. Entries mention Mr and Mrs and various relatives hosting as guests with ties to Ohio Anderson and Indianapolis communities.
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