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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
3
Local notices list Royal Neighbors and Eagles events at Red Men hall and nearby venues. Rotary lunch at Legion Home, Baptist and Christian church activities, and various lodge, choir, and women’s groups meet through the day. Army Motors Magazine uses Joe Dope to teach preventive maintenance.
Relatives and friends gathered at Humphreys park to honor Amanda Carpenter on her seventy third birthday. A noon dinner followed a birthday cake gift from Mrs. Ethel Poole with many Linton Tever Haute Switz City Crawfordsville Camp Grubber attendees and several regrets from distant relatives.
The Hilltoppers 4-H club of Marco gathered at Mr and Mrs Floyd Lacy home for a weiner roast in their yard. Special guests included Marie Myers County Home Demonstration Agent and leaders E Mills Iris Jean Lacy Margaret Lind. Members present listed. Next meeting set for Willis Ray Garrett's home on July 7.
Elliott Imrie of near Dugger announces the marriage of his daughter Dora to Charles Ernest Goodman son of Mr and Mrs William H Goodman of near Litton. The vows were read in Burris Chapel Saturday evening by Rev Stanley Sipes. Attending were Mrs Goodman Winnie Mae Pritchard Louise Gambill Leon Goodman and Billy Goodman. Both are Linton Stockton high school graduates and plan to live in Litton.
Loretta Ann Vonderschmitt of Muncie visited here and was honored Monday afternoon at a birthday party hosted by her grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Morgan. Friends played games and enjoyed ice cream and angel food cake. Guests included Janice Nolan Elynor Witty Judy Maxwell Barbara West Lola Padgett Evelyn Marter and Lola Flater. Loretta Ann received several gifts.
Announcement from Columbus Ohio reports the marriage of Miss Delores Sansbury of Columbus to Chester Cunningham son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Cunningham of Linton. The ceremony occurred in Columbus on June 24. The groom a former Linton resident works for Jeffries Mfg Co in Columbus. The couple are visiting his parents here.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Canady of Linton announce the marriage of their daughter Irene to Lieut Clifford T Collett son of Mrs Nellie Collett of Midland The wedding was held Saturday June 17 at the Community church Lincoln Road Miami Beach Fla with Chaplain Charles W Dickson officiating Attendants were Mrs Jack Morris of Boise Idaho and Lieut H C Coulter of Chattanooga Tenn Both families report the couple well known locally The bride a Linton Stockton high school graduate and Detroit employee The groom a Midland high school graduate and US Army Air Corps officer stationed at Sarasota Fla who recently completed officer training The newlyweds are spending a few days visiting relatives here.
Twelve members of the Natiramas class met at Mrs. Omar Dodd's home for the June gathering. The group sang America and prayed, with Scripture read by Mrs. Cora Harrah. Business approved suspending class meetings until September, as Mrs. Harrah led the session. Mrs. Mayne Corbin directed the program, recounting The Three Jewels, followed by two contests and refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Donald Collins of Linton announce the marriage of their daughter Doris Jean to Ensign Billy Baker Hewitt son of Mrs Winnie Hewitt of Linton. The ceremony occurred at the Methodist church in Miami Florida on June 19. Hewitt a Linton Stockton high school graduate is stationed with the United States Navy at Opa Locka Florida where they plan to reside.
Miss Pearl Quigley of Terre Haute spent the week end with her sister Mrs. Charles Morgan. Mrs. C B Vonderschmitt and children Loretta Ann and Adam Charles of Muncie visit her parents the Morgans. Neil Riggs of Chicago with family stays with the Talbotts. Ethel Haseman and son Barnard with Lillie Thomas and Wilhelmina Whittycombe visit Evansville. Asa Fishw visits Norfolk to see her Navy husband. Suzanne Craig of Syracuse arrives to summer with grandparents the Hamiltons. Leon Moody and son Larry Paul return from Memphis where Pvt. Moody is stationed at Camp McCain. Dale Pershing and daughter of Muncie spend the week with the Pershings and Mrs. Liddil.
Local notes list visits to Pleasant Grove including Mrs. Harry Haseman and her children from Linton, Willis Kemp from Bethel, and the Lehman and Summerville families in Vin centrum. Other short mentions include Mary Summerville’s visit to Vin. Ida May and Preston Asrey in Terre Haute. Mrs. Marson visiting Odon. and Mrs. Ida May’s Linton trip. Army Nurse Corps strength set at 50 000 per War Department.
In Simones Island Georgia a group of 38 Navy sailors gathered for radar fighter direction control training. Among them were Conrad Miller lieutenant senior grade from Ottumwa Iowa and Ensign William S Hyatt from the naval air base at Atlantic City.
Allied bombing fleets struck German targets in France and the Saar valley as a three way shuttle raid by American Fortresses linking Britain Russia and Italy completed. About 1 250 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Paris area and Saar valley while RAF bombers hit northern France. An American heavy bomber landed in Switzerland with all ten crewmen interned.
Dispatches from Normandy report two mile advances aimed at Caen with British spearheads pushing beyond the Odon and toward the Orne. German resistance remains ferocious, tanks clash on the southern flank, and about 20 German tanks were knocked out yesterday. Berlin says heavy fighting near Cambes north of Caen as the town, already destroyed, sees renewed assault. A wartime fuel note adds that a 100 watt bulb uses nine tenths of a ton of coal annually, with coal supplying 62 percent of electricity.
Barbara Kay Jean of Switz City high school won second Grand Prize of 50 dollars for an essay on The Effects of Alcohol on the Human Body. The Indiana Anti-Saloon League awarded 54 prizes to Indiana high school students with the contest sanctioned by the Indiana Association of School Principals.
In Chester Illinois Ralph Runge’s dog fought a five foot diamondback rattlesnake for a day. A neighbor wounded the reptile with a first shot while the dog attacked instantly. The snake was killed by a second shot and the dog escaped unharmed.
Swing shift workers at a Lorain plant protested after a neighboring resident called police to silence music heard at work. The tunes were performed by a war working singer who provided entertainment while producing war materiel for the enemy.
The Kansas City convention pivots as Bricker may accept the vice presidency with plans for a Dewey nomination. Dewey allies pressed for Bricker while Griswold announced the Dewey choice in waiting. Dewey himself prepared to fly from Albany to accept the nomination amid a staged convention rally.
The U S Office of Education reports civilian student enrollment in universities and colleges has fallen by 44 percent since 1939, signaling a major shift in higher education participation during the period.
Pinkie the German shepherd, honorably discharged from the Army K-9 Corps after two years, is assigned to duty at the Chicago committee of Russian War Relief warehouse. Under Herman Bush, the group’s chairman, Pinkie guards routine and other gifts destined for Russia.
A German prisoner camp colonel sought sports for inmates and proposed track events including pole vaulting before a young lieutenant interrupted, noting doubt about pole vaulting. The fragment hints at military camp life and cultural differences within wartime proceedings.
A colonel recalls that the prison yard fences could be vaulted with ease by a pole vaulter and abandons a proposed escape plan, moving to a new suggestion from the list.
A patrol bomber crew rescued a downed Marine pilot from a rubber raft near an enemy-held South Pacific island. They pulled him into a Navy Catalina under Japanese shell fire, keeping him alive amid danger.
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