Martinsville D A R January meeting at Burdick chapter home
The Walter Burdick chapter D A R met at Mrs. Kile McWherter’s Martinsville home Monday afternoon with assisting hostesses. A memory moment for Mrs. BE Howell opened the meeting followed by prayers and songs. Members read papers on Colonial Homes and shared a colonial home visit roll call. Several social events and gatherings are listed from New Year’s Eve to family dinners involving numerous local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Burdick
Kile McWherter
Martinsville
Fred Philippi
Lenore Linn
John Philippi
BE. E. Howell
Walter Newlin
Misa Flossie Lee
Leanore Linn
Harry Ryan
R. W. Ellington
Fred Phillipps
Lola Ballard
C. E. Benner
Louis Wilbert
P. E. Worick
Gerald Harris
Fred Strohm
Floyd Ballard
Flossie Lee
K. J. Crandall
Casey
Dan Gard
Walter Craig
Marshall
Zion
Violet Miller
Joyce
Edith Tingley
Judy
Ruby Wernz
Alice Tagley
Methodist Church
Helen Rhoads
Iola Low
Mildred Lewis
Grace Matteon
Cecil Kile
Ruth Gunder
Lucille Smitley
Helen Sumiton
Grace Matteson
Elva Shawver
Carrie Saiter
Gladys Beuhler
Besse Craig
Mary Hornbrook
Lillian Nash
Edith Beal
Birthday parties and New Year gatherings noted in local notices
The column records multiple family celebrations at various homes including Mrs. Paul Spires and Mr. and Mrs. John McCauley hosting dinners for birthdays and New Year events with guests from Paris Robinson Marion and Indianapolis. It also lists several real estate transfers in Casey and Marshall with warrants and deeds dated 1954 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Tryon
Raymond Tryon
Marjorie
Marshall
Harry Henderson
Joe Miller
Albert McKee
Janet
Susie Tryon
Terre Haute
Ovie Draper
Snyder
Wm. Davidson
Paul Wieland
Len Volk
Dean Murphy
Bobby
Judy Albright
Milo Pearce
Ralph Gentry
Roy Spittler
Fred Blundell
Jack Huffington
Wm. Tingley
Paul Wyrick
John McCauley
Eugene Schmalhausen
Robinson
McCauleys
Schmalhausens
Paul Spires
Jane
Mra
Charles” ‘Altmieyer
Reuben Tingley
Joe Marrs
Everett
Ruth Shafer
Indianapolis
Lee Hamilton
Paris
Eugene Schmahhausen
Charles Hamiltonf
Karen Sue
John Dohmer
Marion
Eugene Schmathausen
Frank M
Elsie Archer
J. Dean Davidson
Edward Turner, Jr
Olive May Cormican
Floyd W. Ellexson
Casey
R. A. Wilhoit
Joseph D
Marion M. Wilhoit
Frank B
Anna L. Finkbiner
John F
Genevieve Carpenter
Madison WV Volunteer Firefighters Race to Put Out Blaze
In Madison West Virginia volunteers rush from homes to a farm house blaze within nine minutes. They serve unpaid, funding equipment and house by dues and scrap drives while relying on civic support and pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
W. Va
Plenty of Uranium Left to Discover
New York experts say U S uranium potential is vast with only partial exploration. Prospector interest grows nationwide as new areas open from Florida to New England. Recent finds include uranium ore in a New Hampshire quarry, confirming ongoing geological interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Atomic and Geophysical Instruments
Florida
New England
New Hampshire
Canada
Two Year Old Survives Near Tragic Train Accident
In Louisville Kentucky two year old Philip Ray Hibbs escaped serious harm after unlocking a rear screen door and being struck by a slow moving switch engine near his home. He suffered only a cut above the left eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Philip Ray Hibbs
Philip
Saal
Some Days One Cant Seem to Get Ahead
A Phoenix detective said a 1-year-old man admitted running poker games in a city park for months. He sold card packs and rented tables to raise money, saying he was a poor man trying to live off city property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Gordon Selby
Selby
Hle
Demonstration Request Sparks Proarm Talk in Boone
W H Williams special agent in charge Omaha office urged the Iowa State Police Association to permit a revolver for a demonstration during a talk before about 200 members. The request drew the cautious note from officers about safety and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Iowa
Iowa State Policemen's ‘Association
W. H. Williams
Omaha -¥.B.L
Ross Holler 92. services held. burial in Marshall Cemetery
Ross Holler, 92, died Sunday morning at his home. He is survived by one son Lu Holler of Cleveland Ohio and two grandchildren Elizabeth Webster of Hertfordshire England and John H Holler of Detroit, plus nieces and nephews. Body to Moore Funeral Home. Services held Tuesday at 1 30 p m Rev Alex Porteus officiated with burial in Marshall Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Holler
Lu Holler
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Webster
Hertsfordshire
England
John.h. Holler
Moore Funeral Home
Alex Porteus
Marshall ‘Cemetery
Ted
Joe Rae
Department
Illinois
Congress
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Radio Contest Breaks Isolation in Small Town
Mabel Wentworth, a newcomer in Harrison, answers a radio quiz during a party line prank. Bob Wilson of WBCJ Burlington offers a prize washer after naming Harrison’s first postmaster, Hiram Jones, a relative of a neighbor, sparking warm village laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Wentworth
Mabel
Chicago
Fred
Harrison
Mabel Wei-—worth
Bob Wilson
WBCJ
Burlington
Wentworth
Hiram Jones
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Thomas Dashiell, Jr
Wm. Griswold
David Cropp
Robert Reeley
Wm. Forsythe
O. B. Forsythe
Laufman Forsythe
Harold Kuhn
Wm. Rhoads
Yvonne Hewitt
Jean van Fileet
Patsy Dashiell
Marilyn Ryan
Valerie Forsythe
Fred Schaefer
Dale
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Mary Ledermann
George Ledermann
Harry Higginbotham
Fenton Ledermann
Charlottee
Kathryn Louise
Robert
Gerald Higginbotham
Gary
Stevie
Donna
Dennis
Clarence Ledermann
Larry
al Lindley
Georgann
Raymond Lindley
Nathan Tingley
Glen Fredenberger
Frank Tingley
Steve
James Prevo
Verna Jean Harlow
Olen Jones
Albert Jones
Robert Wyrick
Clarkaville
Johnny
Bobby Wyrick
West Terre Haute
Glenn
Roberta
Stephen Jones
Carl Newlin
Vandalia
Ralph Dutchens
Donna Mae
Anderson, Indiana
Martha Hutchens
Carl Geheb
Parker~Davison
Harry Barnam
Janie
Ralph Jackson
Danny
Chester Moore
Howard Shonk
E. Vanney
Lola
Don Veach
Lynn
Frank Pearce
Sent
Jesse Shaffner
Obe Veach
Carl Tingley
Mrs
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Elmer Quillen
Ralph
Miss Lucy
Miss Victory Ilen
Herman Cork
Paul Thornsburg
Paula Ann
Clara Berner
Leland Miller
Virgil Rhoads
Sarah Smith
Fred Geisert
Richard Miller
Maurice
James Butcher
Donald
John Berner
Gene Tingley
Howard
Edgar Berner
David
Robert Finkbiner
Stephen
Carol
Dean Finkbiner
Verna Finkbiner
Ross Berner
Clara Mae Anacher
J. S. S. C. Club
Lucille Pennington
Edith Bruner
Elsie Bloodworth
Gertie Scott
Lily Wolcott
Lole Cork
Leone Irwin
Jemima Houk
Virgie Pearce
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Hurley Welsh
Claude Fox
Hobart Burkybile
Hosteasen
Benton Marrs
George Manning
Arthur Lowry
Raymond Low
Clayton Rhoads
Fenton Fraker
Zion Church
Jackie Fraker
Ronnie
Ricky Seidel
Maurice Dean
Joyce Miller
Janice
Stephen Davidson
Sammy Finkbiner
Susie
David Milbourn
Stephen Fnkbiner
Janet Junker
Norman Hawker
Patty Allen
Victor Boyer
Emery Bloodworth
R. L. Davison
Irene Cline
Stella Clem
C. C. Pack
Burns Hurst
Harry Johnson
Ralph Goekler
Walter Kirby
Davison
William Tingley
Vivian Gentry
Evelyn Melton
Wanda Spittler
Alice Little
Dorothy Clark
Wanda Houk
Janet Rutan
Mary Lou Blundell
Lorene Spittler
Jane Spotts
Elsie Lou Huffington
Louis A. Marvin
Golden Carpenter
E. W. Marvin
Santa Claus
Bernie Coleman
Frank Coleman
Misa Patsy Kibler
Rosanna Hogue
R. O. Etherton
Mra. Wm. Tingley
Harold Moore
van Tarble
Frank Meehling
Leroy McNary
Charles’ Curran
Fred Moore
Felicia Lowry
William Rathbun
Oak Lawn
William Imle
Jake Miller
Janette
Pearl Craig
Dean Lawrence Land Family
Ralph Mars
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Mahoney
Gatt Organisation
State Department
Geneva
Ebenhower
Senate
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