Boy Scouts Plan Expanded Program in Wabash Valley
The Wabash Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America, approved a five year plan to expand Scouting. The plan adds Cub Packs and Senior Scouting and increases units from 60 to 116, with 2111 boys served by 1949. It includes hiring a third Field Executive, funded partly by Phillips Foundation. Silver Beaver honors were given to Lewis E. Pelkey and Chick Wellman at a Monday night ceremony with about 300 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Valley Council
Boyuts of America
Woodrow Wilson High School
George C. Carroll
Terre Haute
Phillips Foundation
National Council
Boy Scouts of America
Lewis E. Pelkey
Clinton
Indiana
Earl Boyd
Chick
Chick” Wellman
C. 8. Griffin
Don Pelkey
Bob Gray
United States Navy
Mary Fuson
Tach
W. HE. Edington
DePauw University
Henry Berner obituary from Clark County
Henry Berner born September 24 1859 in Wabash Township died October 28 1944 in Clark County run over by a tractor. He married Alice Finkbirner February 15 1883 and they were together 59 years until her death 1942. He leaves a son Fred two granddaughters a great grandson a brother and other relatives. Funeral was at Zion Church with Rev H F Hasewinkel. burial in Zion Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Berner
Frederick
Helena Berner
Wabash Township
Clark County
Alice Finkbirner
Fred
Marshall, R. 4
Inez Croddy
Marshall
Ruth Robinson
Gerald Frederick Robinson
Wm. Berner
Zion Church
H. F. Hasewinkel
Zion Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Floral Tributes
We thank friends for kindness sympathy and beautiful floral tributes shown after our bereavement.
West Union Community Notes and Visits
Mrs Mae Plety reports Kenneth End of Cincinnati Seminary preached at West Union Christian church. Several residents and visitors are mentioned including Elnora Feebeck in Chicago, Maud Paddock returning from Darwin, Ruth Wright from Fairbanks Indiana, Leone Tracey home from West Union area, Lizzie Harmon hosting The Friendly club, Linda Branham returning to Kansas City, and others in West Union. Local events include church painting by Jesse Murphy and a cold snap with ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Plety Kenneth End
Cincinnati Seminary
West Union Christian Church
Elnora Feebeck
Chicago
Maud Paddock
Darwin
Ruth Wright
Fairbanks
Ind
Leone Tracey
West Union
Lizzie Harmon
Friendly Club
Linda Branham
Kansas City
Marilyn Prust
The
State University At
Bloomington
C. EB. Prust
Penicillin Aids Skin Grafting in Burns
Doctors report penicillin used with 17 patients undergoing 19 split thickness grafts allowed early grafting and reduced infection related skin loss. They note near total graft take except one alcoholic patient, contrasting with prior series where 25 percent graft loss occurred from infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Winslow
Hirshfeld
Matthew
Pilling
S Charles Wesley
Buges
William E
Abbott
Detroit
Journal of the American Medical .Association
Panning Fresh Vegetables to Preserve Flavor
Homemakers learn to pan fresh garden vegetables in their own juices with minimal fat. Use a heavy pan with a tight lid, cook slowly until just tender, and season with salt and pepper. Add herbs or cheese, milk or cream for variations and thicken with flour for a creamy finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eason
Thicker Wrought Pipe Affects Longevity and Water Quality
The material notes pipes are thickened to resist corrosion and handling stresses, but corrosion at threaded joints causes red water reduced capacity and shorter life. Expected in-ground life ranges from 10 to 75 years across pipe types with some lasting beyond 80 years.
War fund drive success and hog price ceiling update
Eld Dale Rhyne of Oblong and Mrs Eleanor Barkalow joined relatives for a church school fundraiser where Miss Mable Siverly led a short program and contests, raising 36.50 of a 30 quota. Clark County War Price and Rationing Board Chairman Gustave Ritter announced hog ceiling extensions to 270 pounds, with top price 14.45 per hundredweight and adjustments to encourage longer feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blizzard
Alvin T. Miller
Gustave Ritter
Cinsman
Clark County
Dangerous speed guidance for car control and emergency stopping
The piece compares speeds and stopping distances, noting that a car at 40 mph matches the impact of a fall from four stories. It states stopping distances of 75 feet at 30 mph and 25 feet at 60 mph, and explains a mile a minute equals 88 feet per second, leaving 50 feet or more to react. It urges choosing a controllable speed to avoid emergencies.
Propagating Black Walnuts From Seedlings
The passage explains selecting half bushel of large black walnuts, removing husks, planting their seeds in fur rows three inches apart and two inches deep. If left undisturbed by critters, a row of seedlings will sprout next spring. One year old seedlings can be transplanted later. With good soil the trees grow about one inch in diameter every five years if the crown is kept clear.
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Marshall Herald
Wabash Valley Printing Co
Marshall, Minois
Mark Stewart
Carlos Stewart
Calvin Coolidge
Herald
BOY Scouts
Blumberg
Walter W. Talley
Brooks U. Collings
J. M. Fulmer
Harry Payne
John S . Taylor
Roy Butts
Fred Bradford
Forrest G. Sherer
le. A. Malone
W. E. Edington
Wm. H. Durbin
Wayne P. Watson
Dave Glascock
A. N. Levin
A. D. Masters
Maude Miller
Walter Nicol
Allright
Ross Richey
Gene and
Suley
Hubert Richey
Paris
Martha Booker
Elmer White
John’ Garner
Kile
Leon Garner
Hershel Cline
Cline
Stars and Stripes
U.S
Europe
Tork
Bhee
Froin
Nd UC
Fatewta
Fry
Stoker
Central
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