Santa Claus Joins Seymour Christmas Fairyland Parade
Santa Claus will ride in Seymour Indiana’s Christmas Fairyland Parade on Friday night. The event features 40 balloon floats 150 Boy Scouts in clown costumes music from high school bands and a Jaycees float with the Christmas Queen. Santa’s helpers will operate in town after the parade with planned weekend and December schedule.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Santa
West Second Street
Seymour National Bank
Seymour
Howdy
Gare
Toyland
Boy Scouts
Seymour Jaycees
Seymour Boys’ Club
Jury Selected for Second Degree Murder Trial
A 12 jurors panel including 10 regular petites and 2 alternates was sworn in Jackson Circuit Court for the trial of 16 year old Joe Hollin charged with the August 18 murder of 25 year old Donal Meadors in Crothersville R2. The panel includes names from Seymour Brownstown Medora and other townships with alternates and standbys listed. The opening arguments were set for today at 9 a.m.
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Crothersville
John M. Lewis
James L. Laupus
Jackson County
Edgar D. Whitcomb
Seymour
Hollin
Leon C. Kiel
Allen H. Waldkoetter
Bruno Brawalski
Driftwood Township
Leonard Gardner
Medora
Alvin P. Wischmeier
Grassy Fork Township
Edna Boling
Marian Vinson
Brownstown
Roscoe Spray
Louis Hercamp
Redding Township
Herschell Bode
Hamilton Township
Morris Durham
Bernard Burnside
Pershing Township
Russell R. Williams
Lee Cummings
Chicago School Fire Claims 90 Lives in Our Lady of the Angels
Investigators probe how the Our Lady of the Angels School blaze began in Chicago. Ninety people died and more than eighty five were hospitalized as arson and waste-paper in the basement are considered theories. Officers study origin near 3808 W Iowa St.
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Chicago
Drew Brown
Our Lady of the Angels
Robert J. Quinn
Quinn
Iowa St
Mary
Joseph Brocato
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Anthony
Joseph
Fire Department
County Board Hears Vote Machine Purchase Wish
Jackson county commissioners in December heard a request from the election board to buy voting machines for use in Seymour city elections in 1959 including the May primary and November general. The board deferred action pending more details after reviewing four bid categories including a new sheriff's department car.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners
Seymour City
J. Floyd Beldon
Seymour
Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's
Hamilton Motors
Brownstown
Standard Food Store Grand Opening at 9 A.M.
The Standard Grocery Division of the National Tea Company announces the new Standard Food Store at 312 East Fourth Street opening at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The ultra modern store features air conditioning, automatic doors, self service meat and dairy, large free parking, and Sap's Bakery products. Everett Mann will manage, Troy Mayes heads the meat department, about 40 local employees will be hired, and door prizes include a GE range and RCA appliances with winner announcements in the store and food ads.
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Standard Grocery Division
National Tea Company
East Fourth Street
Standard
Magic Carpets
Sap’s
Everett Mann
Mann
Seymour
Standard Food
Richmond
Ind
Troy Mayes
Greenfield
General Electric
Shields Junior High honours 67 students on rolls
Principal C. H. Englehardt announces 67 students across the school earned places on the high and regular honor rolls for the second six weeks. Seventh grade includes six on high and 25 on regular. eighth grade lists 34 on regular and two on high. Names include Sharon Ault Mark Bevers Doug Brackemyre Gary Kovener Dick Parks and Dawn Scrivner among seventh graders.
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C. H. Englehardt
Shields Junior High School
Sharon Ault
Mark Bevers
Doug Brackemyre
Gary Kovener
Dick Parks
Dawn Scrivner
Anita Alexander
Jn- Turn
Weather Records Reported for Monday
The chart shows a maximum of 46 and a minimum of 16 with the river at 4.4 feet, reflecting daily weather and water levels.
Children Describe Our Lady of Angels Fire Trauma
Injured children from hospitals in Chicago recalled the Our Lady of Angels school fire. They spoke of frenzy, hysteria, escapes and rescues as the disaster unfolded, with Linda Barleto among those being treated for burns and bruises.
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Chicago
Our Lady of Angels
Linda Barleto
Steinwedel Sworn In As Auditor In Capitol Ceremony
Albert A. Steinwedel of Seymour was sworn in as state auditor in a Capitol rotunda ceremony, the first Democrat in a decade to win this office. John R. Walsh was sworn in as secretary of state, with Don Hill and Russell E. Davis named as deputies. The event featured remarks by former Governor Henry Schricker and oath by Steinwedel’s father, Martin W. Steinwedel.
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Albert A. Steinwedel
Seymour
Statehouse
Steinwedel
Martin W. Steinwedel
Henry F. Schricker
John R. Walsh
Anderson
GOP
Roy T. Combs
Jackson County
Don Hill
Greenfield
Russell E. Davis
New Castle
Walsh
Indiana
Chamber Elects Six Members To Directors Board
Six new directors join Seymour Chamber of Commerce board after ballot count at a noon Seymour Elks Club meeting. Retail picks are Donald L. Herwig and Leo Timperman. manufacturing picks K. D. Ferris, Thomas Johnson, and Granger H. Smith. professional division adds Eugene Sparks. New board takes over Jan 1. officers will be elected December 8 at a luncheon.
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Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Seymour Elks Club
Donald L. Herwig
Herwig's
Leo Timperman
Timperman Sales and Service Incorporated
K. D. Ferris
Arvin Industries
Thomas “Bones” Johnson
Gerwin Shoe Company
Granger H. Smith
Seymour Tool and Engineering
Clifford Osterman
E. S. Cummins
Johnny Otte
Malcolm Browning
Claude Sciarra
James L. Rogers
Paul Scully
Charles Beatty
Jack Jackson
A. R. Jones
Harvard Nolting
Herbert P. Dukes
Dr. Brown, Osterman
Roger J. Shepherd
Lyle S. Lewis
Johnny W. Otte
James Lanham
James E. Campbell
James E. Slade
Thomas W. Conner
Bernard C. Bruce
Hubert Ashcraft
Medora Post Office Extends Hours for Christmas Rush
Postmaster George M. Smith announced extra Saturday afternoon hours in December at the Medora Post Office. The facility will be open December 13 and 20 from 7 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lobby hours daily 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Patrons are urged to mail early. 4c first class cards with return addresses should be used. 3c stamps cannot be forwarded or returned.
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Medora
George M. Smith
Smith
Diplomats Favor Plebiscite Over Free Berlin Move
London AP reports Allied diplomats weigh challenging Nikita Khrushchev to a plebiscite in West Berlin on his plan for a demilitarized free city. If West Berliners reject, Khrushchev would drop the proposal. if they approve, Allied troops would withdraw.
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Nikita
Free Berlin
London
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
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Police Crime Laboratory
Daniel O'Shea
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NEA Telephoto
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Westinghouse
Marhoefer
Fighth
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Capitol
Andrea Gagliareo
Linda
Andrea
Frances Panno
Franklin Boulevard
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Mary Clara Theresa
Gerald
Dennis
Mary Lattanzio
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