Helen L Grubbs Society Notice
Society items for the Linton Deily Citizen must be in the office by 11 a.m. to appear in the day’s issue.
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
3
Society items for the Linton Deily Citizen must be in the office by 11 a.m. to appear in the day’s issue.
Chapter 209 Women of the Moose meet at 7 p m at the hall. Unity Lodge 637 I C O F at 7 30 p m. Elks meet at 3 p m. Eagles at 7 p m. Freeman Greene county hospital board at 7 10 p m. Needlecraft at 2 p m with Mrs O M Marshall. May Breakfast at Humphreys park 7 a m. Tri Kappa at public library 7 30 p m. Friendship class Glenburn Mission at 7 p m. Choir practices at churches 7 p m. Zee Stated meeting Linton lodge 560 F and A M at 7 50 p m. American Legion Auxiliary at 7 30 p m. Loyal Order of Moose 1434 at 7 50 p m. American Legion at 8 p m. Townsend club at city hall 7 p m. Circle de Ames at Community house 1 p m. Ye Elk’s Ladies at Elk’s home 2 15 p m. Mrs Will Cushing hostess. Missionary societies meet 2 p m. Installation of officers. Junior Home Economies 2 30 p m.
Local 6 278 and Workers Alliance of America meet at the public library. Building Trades Council hosts at city hall at 7 30 p m. Sons of American Legion gather at Legion home 6 30 p m. Quapaw Tribe No 143 meets at 7 p m. Rifle club at K P building range 7 p m. Linton Shuffle Board club practices at College Hill school. Columbian chapter No 140 C E S meets 7 30 p m. Indianola club 1 30 p m with Mrs Ervin Martin. W A W club with Mrs Charles Tubby 7 30 D street northeast 7 15 p m.
A Dorchester mother reportedly refused pampering for her baby in a carriage outside a store. A sign on the carriage warned, If the baby cries don't push the carriage, reflecting a terse stance on infant comfort.
Floyd Burris and Gynthia Burris file a complaint for possession and ejectment against Delmar Bland in Greene circuit court Bloomfield seeking to regain property.
Members of the Contract Bridge club gathered at the home of Mrs. Clell Sexton on South Lawton street for their regular meeting. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Loren Edmond and Mrs. Murl Staleup. Refreshments followed. guest Mrs. Lloyd Poe attended. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Robert Smith’s home on May 13.
Jasonville residents joined a Greene County Past Matrons and Past Patrons gathering in Lyons on Monday night. Attendees included Mesdames Verda Barrass Lenore Edmond Margaret Stalcup Gertrude Houghton Mary Bonnet Jean Goldie Miley Wooley Hannah Crosby Neva Bowman Etta Taylor Mamie Long Opal Criss Mary Moses and Lida Harrel.
Mangum Oklahoma greens were reportedly sown with onions by locals warily noting the crop is tougher than Bermuda. The onions were planted on parts of the Mangum golf course, challenging greens committee remarks.
Mr and Mrs Jesse Turpen and others visited in Sullivan Monday evening. Several families from Terre Haute Harrisburg and Carlisle spent Sundays with friends and neighbors including the Armstrng and Sheffler households. Attendance at a Dugger festival and various local visits paint a busy county scene.
Police hunt a gang after thieves broke into Sunrise Dairy in Wabash stealing between seven and ten gallons of vanilla ice cream and leaving no money taken.
A flock of about twenty quail in Oroville California has become tame and now gathers on the rooftop of Mrs V V Rickett's residence. The birds eat from the lawn and fraternize with people as if urban pigeons.
Mrs. Mary Champney of the Amsterdam Quaker refugee relief center argues that European refugees, mainly of Jewish extraction, will enrich American life and create jobs. She cites a Czech shoe maker who started a 3,000-worker factory in the East and notes Holland Belgium and others welcoming refugees.
Chester insurance man Leonard Fisher, 43, writes a speech accepting a nomination as a political unknown. He declares readiness to save the nation from debauchery and cites Bryan’s 1896 convention success as inspiration despite lacking any pledged delegates or campaign activity.
Mrs Gertrude O Neal hosted the Royal Neighbors meeting at her Cook street home in Jasonville. A dinner preceded a brief business session led by Mrs William Crosby with contests and prizes won by Mrs Curtis Hastings and Mrs O Neal.
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