Seymour board approves 1953 school levy at $1.99
Seymour school trustees tentatively approve a 1953 budget with a $1.99 levy, 20 cents higher than this year. The board reorganizes for 1952 53 and awards coal contracts while electing Charles Hauenschild president, James Hudson treasurer, and Mary Osterman secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Board of School Trustees
Charles Hauenschild
James Hudson
Mary Osterman
Hauenschild
Francis
Pat’’ Myers
Myers
Rain Expected But Only Light Showers Across Indiana
Occasional showers were forecast in extreme southern Indiana with light rain possible in the central region. A few drops were reported in Seymour at noon as skies cleared by afternoon. Tonight’s temperatures were set to 55 to 65 degrees. The Weather Bureau noted a moisture shortage harming southern Indiana corn, with 80 percent tasseled and 71 percent silked. Soybean pods impeded by heat, but overall moisture impact classified as not serious.
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Indiana
Seymour
Weather Bureau
Nine Arrests At Weight Check On U S 31
Nine arrests were made at the permanent pit scales on U S 31 east of Seymour during a weight check from noon Tuesday to 10 p m. Four drivers were cited for axle weight violations and for over registered weight. Two were cited into Seymour city court and seven into local justice of the peace courts by Troopers Frank B Gray and Otha E Bishop of the Seymour state police post.
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U. S. Road 31
Seymour
Justice of the Peace Courts
Frank B. Gray
Otha E. Bishop
Seymour State
Seymour Public Library Levy Seeks Five Cent Increase
The Seymour Public Library board tentatively adopted a 15¢ tax levy for 1953, up from 10¢ in recent years, to fund repairs and masonry work. The higher levy would raise about $16,402, with the total next year budget planned at $22,707 across services, contractuals, supplies, charges, and properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Public Library
Library Board of Trustees
Library Board
Cpl Ault Transferred From Ft Hood To Brooks General
Cpl Daniel Ault son of Mr and Mrs Leland H Ault of 515 West Jackson street has been moved from Ft Hood Texas to Brooks General Hospital in San Antonio Texas due to a serious illness. His parents say he initially improved but recently suffered a relapse with neck and shoulder stiffness while doctors have not yet determined the cause.
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Cpl
Daniel Ault
Leland H. Ault
West
Jackson Street
Ft. Hood
Texas
Army Hospital
Brooks General Hospital
San Antonio
Ault
Brooks Hospital
Army
Lone Lexington man dies after Austin horse van crash
James Allan, about 50, of Lexington, Ky, died at Napper Clinic Scottsburg from a skull fracture after a Tuesday crash on U S Route 31 near Austin involving two horse vans and a parked truck. Four others injured. two saddle horses destroyed including Glorious Star, valued over insured amount, and Voodoo with neck injury.
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James Allan
Lexington
Scottsburg
Austin
Glorious Star
Dodge Stables
Castleton Farm
Voodoo
Ivan H
Jack” Morgan
Lee D. Stevens
Georgetown
American Can Company
Township Schools Announce Opening Dates and Staff Changes
Jackson county township districts revealed start dates after a Board of Education meeting led by superintendent James H. Tatlock Registration for Pershing and Vernon townships begins August 29 with classes on September 8 Other townships Salt Creek Owen Hamilton Redding Jackson and Washington set September 3 registration and September 8 opening with staff changes announced
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Jackson County
James H. Tatlock
Board of Education
Tatlock
Pershing Township
Vernon Township
Hamilton Township
Salt Creek
Owen Township
Redding
Jackson
Washington Township
Laupus Invited to Indiana University Alumni Meeting
Seymour resident James L. Laupus was invited to a regional Indiana University alumni conference in Columbus on August 14. He joins representatives from 10 Hoosier counties and Cincinnati and Louisville for a day of golf at Harrison Lake Country Club, plus a dinner and program with Jay Collins on club activities, manuals, and next year’s plans.
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James L. Laupus
Seymour
Indiana University
Columbus
Hoosier
Cincinnati
Louisville
Harrison Lake Country Club
Jay Collins
I.A
Bartholomew
Rush
Decatur
Lawrence
Shelby
Jackson
Marion
Jefferson
Fayette
Floyd and Clark
Cadet Foster Completes ROTC Summer Camp
Cadet Robert Lee Foster of Seymour completed six weeks at the Chemical Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps summer camp from June 20 to August 1, 1952, at Fort McClellan Alabama. He trained in general military subjects and Chemical Corps topics and finished college and military science requirements at Purdue University earning appointment as a Second Lieutenant.
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Robert Lee Foster
Ewing Street
Seymour
Chemical Corps Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Chemical Corps
Foster
Purdue University
Chemical Corps Reserve
Weather Records Show Official Highs and River Level
Official maximum for Tuesday noted with a high reading at 2 p.m. The official minimum also recorded. River level measured at 1.6 feet during the day and at 1 p.m. reading context.
Judging Under Way at County Fair Exhibits Valued at 500000
Judging across all classes at the Jackson County Fair continues on the county fairgrounds near Browns town. Exhibits total about 514990 with values listed for dairy and beef cattle hogs sheep race horses work horses machinery autos and trucks electrical gear 4 H and poultry. Drought affects crop quality but garden produce shows strength while harness racing nightly draws large crowds.
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Jackson County Fair
Brownstown
The
Fair Association
Farm Bureau
Local Soldier Feels Second California Earthquake Tremor
Airman First Class Robert Schleter from Jackson County and four buddies visited Tehachapi, California, the day after a quake centered near Tehachapi and felt a second tremor that threw their car across the road. He described the sensation as funny and noted curiosity about the tunnel cavings of the Southern Pacific railroad.
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Jackson County
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Calif
California
Tehachapi
Robert Schleter
Edwin Schleter
Seymour R2
Germany
Schleter
Southern Pacific Railroad
Mojave Desert
Tehachapi Mountains
Brownstown Wins First In Farm Bureau Exhibits
Brownstown township earned first place for its colorful farm produce exhibit in the Farm Bureau building in Jackson. Judging Monday by W B Ward of Purdue placed Hamilton second, Owen third, Washington fourth, Grassy Fork fifth, Redding sixth, Jackson seventh, Driftwood eighth, Carr ninth, Vernon tenth. Floral entries also judged with first to Florence Wineinger, Brownstown R, in annuals. second to Walter Rust, Cortland. third to Ford Lutes, Seymour. Dahlia winner L R Geyer Wallonia. gladiolus tops Lutes Seymour R4, second Rust, third Manion Cortland. zinnia winners Manion Cortland, Powers Brownstown, Wineinger Brownstown. snapdragon lead Wineinger. Pet and Hobby Club children prizes include Gary Cross Browns town township first and Johnny …
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Brownstown Township
Farm Bureau
Jackson County Fairgrounds
Brownstown
W. B. Ward
Purdue University
Hamilton Township
Owen
Washington
Grassy Fork
Redding
Jackson
Driftwood
Carr
Vernon
Florence Wineinger
Brownstown R
Walter Rust
Cortland
Ford Lutes
Seymour
Zinnia
D. B. Manion
Annie Powers
Pet and Hobby Club
Army Engineers Produce Saucers in Lab Experiments
The Evening Star reports Army engineers using a vacuum bell to model the stratosphere created airborne objects that can speed up hover or disappear and reappear. The man made saucers may show on radar and sometimes fly in formation. Fort Belvoir researchers cite very low air pressure balanced with static electricity as key factors behind saucer sightings.
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Washington
Evening Star
Army
W. H. Shippen
the Star
Body Dump on Chicago Canal Believed Prank
Police and Coast Guardsmen searched the Illinois- Michigan Canal on Chicago's South Side after two men were seen dumping what appeared to be a body from a bridge into the water. Divers dragged the canal and recovered a rag padded timber with loaves of bread, prompting Deputy Chief William Touhy to call it probably a prank.
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Chicago
Coast
Illinois- Michigan Canal
William Touhy
Rainmakers Bring Rain to Connecticut Drought Areas
Rainmakers funded by farmers seeded clouds and produced electrical storms that brought rain across Connecticut, easing drought on tobacco and vegetable farms. Heavy falls occurred in the Connecticut Valley, with rainfall amounts locally significant. Afterward the Disaster Relief and Research Administration formed to sponsor the project and set standby status and a resumed operations advisory.
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Associated Press
Nature
Connecticut
Connecticut Valley
Wallace E. Howell Associates
Cambridge
Mass
Disaster Relief and Research Administration, Inc
Car Insurance Rates Likely to Rise in Indiana
Indiana plans a 25 to 40 percent increase in automobile property damage insurance starting September 1, pending State Insurance Department approval. The biggest individual rise affects drivers under 25 with an $8 to $10 average bump. Public liability premiums remain unchanged.
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Indianapolis
State Insurance Department
Indiana
Frank J. Viehmann
OPS Chief Calls Price Control Law Inadequate
Ellis Arnall, head of the Office of Price Stabilization, warns of ongoing price rises and says a special session of Congress may be needed to curb inflation. He plans to meet President Truman today to discuss his potential resignation amid grim food price trends.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Congress
Arnall
Truman
Office of Price Stabilization
Georgia
OPS
Stevenson Maps Conference With Georgia's Russell
Adlai E. Stevenson met with Senator Richard Russell of Georgia to map the path for the Stevenson Sparkman ticket. The talks aim to steady support in the Deep South as Mississippi and growingly South Carolina factions signal acceptance amid civil rights tensions.
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Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard Russell
Georgia
Deep South
Chicago
Russell
Illinois
Mississippi
South Carolina
Stevenson
Sen
John Spark
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Jackson County Fair Association
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Huntington
Elliott
Harry
Cpl. Ault
J. Laupus
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Army Engineers
Fort Belvoir
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Quincy
Indiana Polled Hereford Association
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