City Buys Bus and Settles Shelter House Claim
The Seymour board buys a 1958 Ivey diesel bus for about $14,000 with $6,000 down and accepts a $49,000 insurance settlement toward the Shields Park shelter house replacement after an arson fire Sept. 1. The shelter house cost estimated at $71,000 with park department oversight.
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Shelter House
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Shields Park
Ivey Motor Coach Company
Vincennes
Donald H. Ernest
Ernest
Robert Weekly
Russell Foster
Ivey Company
Park and Recreation Department
Gaiser Park
Jackson County Council Reinstates Welfare Staff and Denies Quinco
The Jackson County council denied Quinco a $20,000 1978 budget request for mental health services. They approved reinstating two welfare department employees and about $20,748 for personal services. Additional appropriations include $10,600 for a soil survey and $125,000 for three county landfills, funded from federal revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Council
Seymour Quincy
Brownstown
Lewis Brumett
Jackson Training Center
Sunshine School
State Board
County Council
Robert R. Brown
Jackson Circuit Court
Welfare Department
Thomas R. Haley
Seymour
County Board of Commissioners
Jackson County
Weather Records for Seymour Show Noon Readings
Weather records cite Seymour noon temperature as unofficial with Ott er readings from Ruth Everhart Rockford observer. Downtown Seymour noon today shows maximum Wednesday and minimum Wednesday with .63 precip, river at 7 am 5.7 and rising. sunset 5:21 pm EST. sunrise Friday 7:47 am EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Two Hurt Wednesday In Mishap
Linda C Kreinhagen 29 of Seymour and her two year old daughter Casandra N sustained minor injuries when a 1970 two door collided with another car at 3 40 p m. The crash occurred at Tipton street and Jackson Park Drive as Earl M Mattingly 72 of Morton Grove Ill allegedly ran a red light. Witnesses said the Kreinhagen vehicle was northbound on Jackson Park Drive.
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Tipton Street
Jackson Park Drive
Linda C. Kreinhagen
Seymour
Casandra N
Kreinhagen
John C. Moore, Jr
Earl M. Mattingly
Morton Grove
Ill
Kreinhagen Auto
Brownstown Christmas Parade Set for Saturday
The Brownstown Christmas Parade organized by the Brownstown Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees will start at 1 p m Saturday in downtown Brownstown. It features floats including Fort Vallonia Days, walking units such as the Jackson County Canine Club and Brownstown Brownies, and prizes in float walking unit and band categories. Santa will ride on a sorority float, Smokey the Bear appears, and police and fire departments will participate. route runs east on Main, then west on Spring to Robertson Mill in Ewing.
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Brownstown
Tanner Street
Main Street
Spring Street
Ewing
Robertson Mill
Gary Jackson
Dick Parman
Local Woman Betty Skelton Elected to ALSA Officers
Betty Skelton Seymour High School librarian was elected as a member at large on the ALSA executive committee for 1978 at the Southeastern Indiana Area Library Services Authority meeting in Seymour. Other officers include Ginny Reeves president Carol Cowles vice president Dana Grayson secretary Marjorie Woods treasurer Eleanor Ewbank and Don Johnson as officers at large. Twenty five librarians from ten counties attended the session with a new member Madison Consolidated Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Skelton
Seymour High School
Southeastern Indiana Area Library Services Authority
Seymour
Skelton
Ginny Reeves
Switzerland County Schools
Carol Cowles
Baltesville Public Library
Dana Grayson
Greensburg High School
Marjorie Woods
Jennings County Library
Eleanor Ewbank
Lawrenceburg Public Library
Don Johnson
Jefferson County Public Library
Swope Art Gallery
Seymour Public Library
Madison Consolidated Schools
Alsas
County farmers attend first fall pesticide training session
Forty eight farmers from Jackson County attended the first fall pesticide training class at the Public Service Indiana building near Seymour. The session, prompted by a new federal law, aims to certify users of restricted pesticides. A second session follows as winter trainings continue to qualify more farmers, with about 400 county farmers still needing certification.
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Jackson County
Public Service Indiana
U. S$ 50
Seymour
Charles Yeager
Anti Peace Conference Held Today In Libya
Arab foes of President Anwar Sadat gathered in Tripoli Libya for the first of a series of conferences sparked by regional opposition to peace efforts. Delegates from rival camps debated strategies and regional priorities amid a tense political atmosphere.
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Libya
Tripoli
Anwar Sadat
Moscow
Sadat
Sudan
Jaafar el-Numeiry
Ney
Jidda
Khaled
Saudi Arabia
Numeiry
Syria
Algeria
Iraq
South Yemen
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO Council
Friday Noon Deadline For Chamber Of Commerce Ballots
Voters must return ballots for the Seymour Chamber of Commerce directors by noon Friday. Six directors will be chosen from 18 nominees. Newly elected directors attend the December board meeting and begin duties in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Wayne Ransbottom
W. Thomas Fettig
Ronald Mueller
Opal Fosbrink
Alan Russell
James Carter
Ed Larrison
SIHSA Chooses Nominees For Sub-Area III Elections
Ten nominees compete for ten open SIHSA Sub-Area III seats with four vacancies and some contests. Voting runs January 9 from 3 to 8 p m at each county seat polling site. Final plans and site details will be reviewed at Jennings Community Hospital North Vernon meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sihsa Sub-Area III Advisory Council
Jennings Community Hospital
North Vernon
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American States Insurance Company
Independent Insurance Agency
Avco
Economic Development Administration
Fourth Street
Sentry Company
Fort Wayne
Bernard J. Bush
East Tipton Street
Howard Wente
Camelot Drive
Excello Shirt Factory
Airport
Schleter Roads
Stap Corporation
Mitch Pelley
Pelley Addition
Spencer Contractors, Inc
Jackson Park
Girl Scouts
Council
Quinco
Bo Town
Psilota Xi Sorority
Notling
Freetown
Russell Tilford
Movement For the Center
Sialsa
ALSA
June Kulow
Indiana State Library
Indianapolis
Art Gallery
Laura G Johnson
Kris Rinella
Bedford Public Library
Ford
Omar Bradleys
Gerald Ford
Omar Bradley
Kitty
Usc-Los Angeles Area
General Bradley
Yeager
Helen Suzman
Progressive Federal Party
Johannesburg
South Africa
New Republic Party
PFP
NRP
John Vorster
Conservative
National Party
Herman Jerry
Charles
William Knott
Ed Mason
William Barkman
Nolan Bottorff
Israel
Houari Boumedienne
Yasir Arafat
Hafez Assad
Baghdad
Cairo
Belgrade
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Morad Ghaleb
Ghaleb
Saudi Radio
Naji Jamil
SIHSA
Southern Indiana Health Systems Agency
Bernie Hull
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