Darwin News and Holiday Socials Snapshots in Indiana
Local notes record visits among Frakes Rollings Evans Hunt Rowe and Lathrop families across Clay City Quincy Farmersburg and West Union Indiana. Measles illness hospital recovery river flooding and a New Year mood mix with family dinners and gatherings mark the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rolling
Judy Leigh
Elias Rollings
Clay City
Indiana
June Evans
Donna Jean
Quincy
Carrol Tingley
Odon
Ind
Rennie Johnson
Carol ‘June Frakes
Hall
Decatur
Lillie Cummins
Marshall
Fenton Hunt
J. W. Rnshaw
Frank Wells
Casey
Raymond Tingley
Judy Kay
Ernest Tingley
Commodore Frakes
Raymond Low
Hilda
Kenneth
Claude Rowe
Danny
Terre Haute
Charles Rowe
Farmersburg
Vickie Gard
Marion Gard
Glady Hewitt
Imrgs
John Frakes
John Bush
Maude Paddock
Cecil Thompson
Baptist Church
Sunday School Attendees and Local Obituaries Reported
Report notes 30 at Sunday school last Sunday. Visits include West Union guests Hugh White and True Thompson family. Funeral services held for Mrs. Cecile Thompson in West Union. Mrs. Mabel Sims and Jas Graham honored at Ohio Chapel funeral. Community events and reminiscences of Hollenbeck family. Sunday school 9 30, prayer 7, services next Sunday. Everyone welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh White
West Union
True Thompson
Cecile Thompson
Baptist
George Hackler
West York
Liberty School
C. Shotwell
George Lederman
Minnie Ledersman
Bowling Green
Missouri
Dorothy
Helen Hollenbeck
Nina Hollenbeck
Five Points Bible School Elects Officers For Year
Bible school attendance last Sunday was 25. Annual organization day led to the election of officers: Johnny Hutchings superintendent, Mrs Pauline Bell pianist, Donald Wilson secretary, Norman Macke treasurer. Rev Weaver will preside next Sunday for morning and evening services. Mr and Mrs Glenn Wilholt and family and Miss Betty Ashby were Sunday dinner guests of Harvey Wilson and family. Mr and Mrs Sylvan Morgan and Lila and Carrol and Ronnie Ellington were afternoon callers. Miss Alice Smith and Ralph Jones visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Johnny Hutchings
Pauline Bell
Donald Wilson
Norman Macke
Misa Alice Smith
Ralph Jones
Obituary Herbert Kenneth Whitaker 1905 1948
Herbert Kenneth Whitaker died in Gary Indiana at age 43 years 9 months 7 days. He was born near Marshall Illinois on April 7 1905 and worked twenty five years at the Gary Sheet and Tin Mills. He is survived by wife Lillian mother Cora Stepp four brothers one sister and many relatives and friends.
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Herbert Kenneth Whitaker
Bon
Otto
Cora Whitaker
Marshall
Ilinois
Gary
Indiana
Herbert
Lillian
Cora Stepp
Marshall, Ilinois
Mildred Lloyd
Lester
Dean
Estel
Don
John Hungerford
Mt. Carmel
Illinois
Herschel Cline
West Union Illinois
Milo
Harold Cline
Gary Indiana
Harry Gunn
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Alma Williams
Paris
Dlinois
Carrie Cline
Gary Sheet and Tin Mills
Card of Thanks to Rev Kemp and family
We thank Rev H J Kemp for consoling words and sympathy Frank Cole and relatives for floral offerings and Mr and Mrs Burton Prust for kindness and all who assisted at time of death funeral and burial of our beloved husband son and brother Mrs Herbert Whitaker The Mother Sister and Brothers
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H. J. Kemp
Frank Cole
Burton Prust
Obituary of Mrs. Harry Thompson
Cecil Cline Thompson born January 26 1893 near Walnut Prairie Illinois died December 28 1948 aged 55 11 2. She married Harry A Thompson October 8 1913 leaving two daughters Doris Myles and Dorothy McCrory six grandchildren three brothers and two sisters. She joined Walnut Prairie Methodist Church and belonged to the Rebekah and Royal Neighbor lodges.
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Angel of Death
Cecil
Jefferson
Sarah E. Cline
Walnut’Prairie
Ilinois
Harry A. Thompson
Doris Myles
West Union
Illinois
Dorothy McCrory
Hutsonville
Ray
Rockville
Indiana
Arthur
Paris
Westfield
Cora Prevo
Evansville
Delphia Pritchard
Methodist Church of
Walnut Prairie
Ilino
Thanks for Assistance During Illness and Death of Mrs Cecil Thompson
Expressions of gratitude from Harry Thompson and families including Mr and Mrs Leon Myles and Mr and Mrs Lamar McCrory follow the death of Mrs Cecil Thompson. The notice thanks all who aided during illness and after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Thompson
Harry Thompson
Leon Myles
Lamar McCrory
Gasoline Seepage Threatens Denver Dairy Farmers
In Denver area reports over 6000 gallons of high octane gasoline leaked into water wells used by dairy farmer Philip Schneider and neighbor Carl Stone. Residents, including Mrs. Bohnie Perko, face fumes and fire risk as authorities probe non natural source. Fires warned at property owners’ risk after a minor explosion near Stone’s well.
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Denver
Philip’ Schneider
Carl Stone
Bohnie
Perko
Stone
Schneider
Tuner Finds Whisky Bottles Cats Coins Inside Pianos
Boston report notes piano tuner Leslie Hoskins of the American Society of Piano Technicians recounts odd piano discoveries including whisky bottles coins clothing rings watches and even trapped cats. He warns about mothball hazards and careless handling by owners.
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Tuner
Boston
Leslie Hoskins
American Society of Piano Technicians
Castaways in Harbor Receive City Hospital Care
Boston police rescued two men clinging to driftwood in Boston Harbor after their fishing boat sank. They reported 23 hours in the water before rescue and identified as William A. Grinnell of Portland Oregon and William Strathen of Boston, recently escaped from Deer Island Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
City Hospital
Maj
George Mulcahy
Deer Island
Pharmacists Remove High School Hangouts From Stores
Springfield reports pharmacists, led by Harold W. Wild of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, discourage lingering teen patrons in drug stores. Rising labor costs and slim soda profits push stores to charge minimums of 15 cents or remove soda fountains to maintain profits.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Pharmaceutical Association
Harold W. Wild
Wild
Baby Sitters Draft Code For Parents To Follow
Fort Wayne Maryland residents discuss a baby sitters clinic hosted by the College club. Teen participants advise parents to provide reading materials and snacks while giving clear instructions and a phone number. They emphasize the need for parents to be in control, show appreciation, and escort sitters home safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
College Club
Marriage Rules Across States Ban Certain Relations
A full roundup shows 12 states ban marrying a mother-in-law and 9 bar a wife's grandmother. It notes 28 grounds for divorce, with adultery most common in 47 states, plus deserts crises, cruelty and more. Prohibitions extend to stepmothers 21 states and other in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
New York
Kentucky
Richard V. Mackay
Blue Grass
Danube Flows East While Rhine Bears Western Trade
The Danube, Europe's second longest river, carries freight east to the Black Sea, while the Rhine supplies western Europe with far greater commerce. The Rhine, though shorter, handles more traffic and is recovering from war faster, leaving the Danube largely boatless and bargeless in the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Danube
Black Sea
Black Forest
North Sea
Rhine
Weighing Pig Iron and Ladles in Steel Furnaces
It explains weighing cold iron and molten pig iron. Ladles accumulate scale and brick lining weight, so empty ladles are weighed before each trip and weighed again when filled. Ladles on railway cars are weighed automatically as the train passes, along with slag, to verify production and efficiency.
Spring of Chosroes Rug a Century Old Treasure
A famed 75 by 150 foot rug titled the Spring of Chosroes or Winter rug decorated the pal ace audience hall at Ctesiphon. After 637 AD Moslem forces looted it and divided scraps worth about $2 000 each. Modern оцен value places the original at about two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chosroes
Ctesiphon
Chosroesa
Technology Will Harness Hidden Headwaters of Nile
Article notes Britain advances preliminary dam and hydroelectric work at Nile headwaters with aims to boost power and flood control. Describes Lake Victoria, surrounding wildlife, and dramatic river birth. Ends with a brief unrelated note on poultry farming and culling hens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
National Geographic Society
Britain
United Kingdom
mid-Africa
Great Lakes
Africa
Lake Victoria
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Cooper Chapel Church Invites Sunday Services Seniors
Rev Roscoe Moore minister at Cooper Chapel Church invites all to Sunday school at 10 00 am and preaching services both morning and evening The message emphasizes the breeder's cattle feeding and avoiding culls in a local church notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Chapel
Roscoe Moore
Ithe
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Martinsville
Lola Jones
Paul Veach
Mable Burkett
Home Bureau
Lois Cline
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Mrs. Grant Hollenbeck
Mrs
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Herbert ‘Whitaker
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
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Christian Science
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