Fire damages roof at Gregory home in Alma
A stove overheating caused most of the roof of Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Gregory's Alma residence to burn Wednesday night. Businessmen met Tuesday at A. M. Wilson store to hear Terry and Corrall, owners of the new Alma basket factory. A. I. Ross returned to Jefferson Barracks Hospital after visiting home. Charles Winks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Winks, is ill. Mrs. Ann Arnold visits relatives in Edgewood. Wm. E. Williams becomes Agricultural teacher in Sandoval. Russell Swift visited business in Salem Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. I. Ross
Jefferson Barracks
Little Charles Winks
Andrew Winks
Ann Arnold
Edgewood
Wm. E. Williams
Sandoval
Wickard Plans 1942 Farm Defense Focus on Dairy Poultry Hog
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard outlines a 1942 farm defense plan urging high dairy poultry and pork output while cutting beef and wheat. His Carroll County Indiana 80 acre home farm weighs in with reduced beef herd and expanded hog feed crops to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Wickard
U. S
Carroll County
Indiana
Wickard
AAA
Local Social Notes From Alma and Nearby Areas
A Friday night shower for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Weeks was held at Mrs. Rosa Winks home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caldwell and Hilda Hendrickmeyer. Also noted was a birthday supper for Mr. List Johnson of Odin. Mrs. Ted Ticknor suffers from toothache and Eugene Branch, son of Willard, injured a tooth while skating after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Weeks
Eugene
Willard Branch
Miss Verlie Ramsey Recovers From Serious Operation
Carrigan notes report Miss Verlie Ramsey is recovering after a very serious operation. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hicks hosted Hicks family at a Sunday dinner. Carrigan school dismissed for a week’s vacation after a Christmas program. Santa installed a furnace and neon lights during the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlie Ramsey
Glen Hicks
Montgomery Named Marion County Infantile Paralysis Chair
Roy M. Montgomery of Centraliа was chosen to chair Marion County’s drive against infantile paralysis. The campaign aligns with a state plan urging local fundraising and events during the last two weeks of January to support the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and county care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
State Department of Public Health
Edward J. Hughes
Illinois
National Foundation For
New York
Roy M. Montgomery
Centralia
Hughes
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ALMA
Russell Swift
Salem
Armours
Bagan
Ziegler and
Patoka Elevator Co
Geo. J. Wasem
Mgr
Patoka
Wickard Home Farm
LEARM
Roy Telford
Syith
Selby Garrett East
Tofi County
Mr. Donoho
Lloyd Alderson
Barbara
Louise
Selby Garrett
Barney Craig
Ted Ticknor
Old Dobbin
Carrigan
Waiwanipi
Chibougamau Trail
Jules Isadore
Garry Finlay
Isadore
Columbus
Apex Washing Machines
Apex Electric
Apex Briggs and Stratton Gas Motor Machine
Florece
Patoka Hardware and
Patoka, Ill
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