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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
2
Bucktown and Terre Haute crowds flock to Deming park for picnics and boat races. Families from Linton Anderson Indianapolis and Akron gather for weekend visits and see relatives. Attends include the Jacksons Nears Lundy Gooksey and others with extended family travel and Sunday gatherings noted across many households.
Frank West called at Ray Ashbaugh home on Wednesday. Mrs Frank Martindale and son Feed visited Mr and Mrs Rimo Love on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ivan Lynn and son Jor Taylor visited in Linton on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Paul Harden and son Eugene returned home. Chester Thomas and children visited Mrs Igle Hostetler. Taylor Pirtle called on Walter Loder on Wednesday.
In Glas Ariz a group of around 700 workers labor on the Angostura dam about 80 miles south of Here Mexico. They aim to complete the 700 foot structure to enable a summer dedication by President Cardenas before he leaves office.
Mr and Mrs Lester Crowell and sons of Lansing Illinois visit relatives in Linton Rural Route for weeks. Par is LeCocq visits William Wilson. Ona Pirtle of Indianapolis visits with Leonard Pirtle. Several local families host or call on friends and relatives over the weekend including the Bobbitts Keller Kindall Bovenschen Starks Pershing Owens and Barnes families. Doyle Wilson visits William Wilson. Jesse Barnes visits Lawrence Barnes and daughter. Ralph Owens and family visit Charley Kirk and family.
University of California students in the Civilian Pilots Training Program at the local airport learn that a parachute is a pilot's best friend, but it often lets him down in emergencies.
A reflective piece marks 75 years of the Red Cross founded by Henri Dunant and notes a new war has produced millions of refugees. It urges swift, tangible aid through the Red Cross with donations of any size to provide food clothing and medical care.
Mr and Mrs Hobart Haywood hosted Sunday dinner for Charles Haywood family. Many neighbors and relatives including Otto Sloop and son Mark Burgersville visited others in the area. гостей from Indianapolis Linton Toledo Wisconsin Terre Haute and Milwaukee joined local residents for weekends and short visits.
Exline area notes show Lucille and Mary Brown camping at McCormick's Creek State Park near Spencer. Other visits include Mildred Brown with Ruby Houston, and travels by George Young's family, Grand Rapids visitors, and Evansville guests over the weekend.
History professor Dr. Ronald D. Hussey says the United States currently has three bilaterial boundary disputes with Haiti over Navassa island, Mexico over the Chamizal tract in El Paso, and Honduras over the Swan Islands. He notes potential tensions with Great Britain Russia and Japan but views war as unlikely and cites arbitration as a successful method in many Americas disputes.
Firemen sped to a reported alarm during fire prevention week in Watertown Wisconsin but learned a taxi request caused the commotion. The department notes its phone number is 14 while the taxi firm answers as 4.
Pasadena report shows 57 percent visit for climate enthusiasm, 21 percent for beaches and oceans, 14 percent for good roads, and 8 percent for mountains. Data reflect UPA survey of this year’s visitors to Southern California.
In Glen Arbor Michigan scouts pursue dune mobility along Lake Michigan using open autos with extra large tires. The activity nicknamed dunemobiles is growing in western Michigan shores.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dugger of Ohio visited relatives here Sunday. Freida Libbie of Noble Illinois was a guest of her mother. Coy Sims of St Berniece visited relatives over the weekend. Herb Davidson and children of Youngstown visited Bert Wheeler. Earl Wheeler returned to Detroit after visiting. Bill Freeman of Flint is here visiting relatives. Charles Berns and Kathryn of Linton visited Monday. Roland Brown of Washington DC spent Sunday with John Story family. Jim Jefferies and son of Vincennes visited Monday. Fred Osborn in Sullivan Sunday. Pansy McDonald spent Sunday in Dugger. Opal Young and son and Jacok Jordan of Anderson arrived for a visit, Ruth Esther Young accompanying them. Agnes Stewart returned to Greencastle after visiting her parents Frank and Headley.
Mona Cragan of Minneapolis earned a high school diploma in May and plans to enroll at the University of Minnesota next September as a university freshman at age 61. Her eldest son had graduated a decade earlier, marking a unique return to college for the mother.
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