Man Dies, Wife Critical After Florida Auto Mishap
Katal Oren R. Johnson, about 56, of Tampico, died at Alachua General Hospital from internal injuries after a Tuesday morning car crash near Alachua. His wife Goldie E. Johnson is in critical condition with fractured jaw and severe head injuries. They were en route to Florida for the winter with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren R. Johnson
Tampico
Goldie E. Johnson
Alachua General Hospital
Alachua
Fla
Johnson
Jackson County
Florida
Mr. Johnson
Jason B. Johnson
Brother of Local Woman Dies at Norman
Henry Elmer Fox 70 brother of Mrs. I. Garbett of this city died Tuesday at his Norman residence after two years with a heart ailment. Born December 7, 1881 in Jackson county, he married Margaret Baker March 31, 1900. Survived by six sons, four daughters, 21 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, two sisters. Funeral at Liberty Christian Church Jackson county with burial Liberty Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home Heltonville directing services. Friends may call at the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Elmer Fox
I. Garbett
Norman
Mr. Fox
Jackson County
Isaac
Mary Lucas Fox
Margaret Baker
Charles
Terre Haute
Thomas
Nolan
Walled Lake
Mich
Glenn
Dearborn
Robert
Carl
Detroit
Nellie Hunter
Esther Fox
Margie Nichols
Indianapolis
Bessie Glenn
Royal Oak
S. Garbett
Seymour
Polly Martin
Fox
Liberty Christian Church
Liberty Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Heltonville
Scottsburg hosts Southern Indiana Inc planning meeting
Homer W. Winn secretary manager of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce and James W. Spurgeon secretary treasurer of the Brownstown Chamber of Commerce attended a Scottsburg luncheon and planning session for Southern Indiana Inc. The group discussed financing methods for the program’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer W. Winn
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
James W. Spurgeon
Brownstown
County Council Approves Funds and Alcohol Board Return
Jackson County council met in Brownstown and approved additional appropriations totaling 4118 for the revenue fund and 4000 for gravel road repair. Fred Steinkamp of Browns town was reappointed to the Alcoholic Beverage Board for one year.
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Jackson County Council
Jackson County
Brownstown
Jackson County Alcoholic Beverage Board
Fred Steinkamp
County Alcoholic Beverage Board
Mrs. Frost to Attend Rehabilitation Conference
Eva M. Frost executive secretary of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association will attend the Indiana Rehabilitation Conference December 4-5 in Indianapolis. The event, sponsored by the Indiana Planning committee on Rehabilitation, will gather representatives from agencies governmental and private to discuss cooperation in handicapped and needy rehabilitation with sessions at Indiana State Board of Health and Veterans Administration Hospital auditoriums near the IU Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva M. Frost
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Indiana Rehabilitation Conference
Indianapolis
Indiana Planning Committee On
Tuberculosis Associations
Board of Health, Heart Foundation
Employment Security Division
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Indiana State Board of Health
Veterans Administration Hospital
Indiana University Medical Center
West Michigan Street
Kreinhagen Named President of Hoosier Hills Boy Scouts
Walter A. Kreinhagen of Seymour was elected president of the Hoosier Hills Council Boy Scouts at the council annual meeting held Tuesday night at Central Christian Church in Seymour. About 100 Scouters from nine southeastern Indiana counties attended as Kreinhagen and other officers assumed duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Kreinhagen
South
Walnut Street
Hoosier Hills
Hoosier Hills Council
Boy Scout
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Kreinhagen
Dale Meyers
Greensburg
Howard Blumer
Francis J. Birge
Mr. Kreinhagen
Ernest Birge
Seymour
Hugh Grim
Richard S. Robertson
Brownstown
Gheen Urges Chambers to Serve Community Needs at Seymour Dinner
James Gheen, NY humorist and ex-Chamber official, spoke to 196 attendees at Seymour Chamber of Commerce fall dinner. He urged differentiating needs from servant roles and promoting health beauty intelligence and business. The meeting opened with America and prayer, with performances by Shields High School Girls Ensemble and remarks by local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
James —. Gheen
New York City
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Elks’ Club
Mr. Davenport
Judy Carpenter
Ann Henderson
Mr. Abraham
Homer V. Winn
County Men Take Physical Exams for Military Service
Twelve Jackson county men traveled by chartered bus from Brownstown at 6:30 AM to the Selective Service Examining and Induction Station in Indianapolis for physicals. The Jackson county pool stands at about 28, with more expected as exam results arrive. Eleven local men and one transfer were inducted in Indianapolis on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Brownstown
Selective Service
Indianapolis
Raymond Auffenberg
Doyle Lee Akers
Alfred Fenneberg
Harold Reichenba
Bobby Flinchum
Lyman Prewitt
George Shepard
Robert Weddell
William Bloom
Charles Roll
John Lynch
Hubert Ault
Vivian Smith
Jackson County Selective Service Board
Weather Records Show Tuesday High and Low
Official maximum temperature recorded Tuesday is 38 degrees and the official minimum was noted. Reading at 2 p.m. today. The river level stood at 1.5 feet.
Week of Prayer Planned by Seymour Churches
Seymour churches join national National Prayer Week January 4 to 10 with nightly services at different host churches. Rev. Wilbur N. Teasley leads plans as secretary of the Seymour Ministerial Association. Special Christmas Eve service to be held at Trinity Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Wilbur N. Teasley
Trinity Methodist Church
Seymour Ministerial Association
Seymour National Bank
Arvin
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
North Plant
George L. Florence
Central Christian Church
South Plant
Teasley
West Plant
Shields Choir Presents Christmas Program at Shields High
Shields High School choir groups will present a Christmas concert Sunday afternoon December 7 at 3 o clock in the Shields girls gymnasium. The program features carols from England and France and other traditional songs with religious and light elements. David Davenport directs and wrote It Doesn't Seem Like Christmas. Soloists Donna Snyder and Janet Elsner will perform with the choir accompanying pianists and instrumentalists. Tickets are available from band and choir students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shields High School
Shields Girls
David Davenport
Shields
Davenport
Donna Snyder
Janet Elsner
Joan Martin
Carol Ferguson
Eunice Wichman
Carol Wichman
Institutions Seek 74 Million for Buildings and Repairs
Indiana state institutions request 74.917 million dollars for 1953 55 for construction and repair projects. Purdue Indiana University and the IU Medical Center lead with 10.3 8.1 and 10.34 million respectively while planning includes life sciences power plant and library projects. The eight mental hospitals and other state facilities outline totals for penal correctional and police buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lytle J. Freehafer
Purdue
Indiana Universities
Indiana University Medical Center
Indiana University
Medical Center
I. U
Conservation Department
Pastors Discuss World Problems at Seymour Meeting
Ministers from the Southern Indiana Ministerial Association of the Christian Church met in Seymour for their quarterly gathering hosted by Seymour Central Christian Church. Rev. George McLain of Bedford read a paper on the United Nations and led discussion, drawing on his experience as a UN seminar delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Indiana
McLain
Heirens Seeks New Trial In Slaying Case In Chicago
William G. Heirens, condemned for the Degnan, Brown and Ross murders, completed his post conviction defense seeking a new trial. A signed confession read at the hearing details the crime chain from his dormitory departure to the victims, with his lawyer challenging police tactics and brutality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William G. Heirens
Heirens
Illinois
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Superior Court
Harold G. Ward
Degnan
University of Chicago
John J. Coghlan
Purdue Short Courses Scholarships Offered This Winter
W P Stall county agricultural agent announces several scholarships for Purdue University eight week winter agriculture courses this winter. The program begins January 5 for rural young men aiming to farm dairy plant operation without a four year college. Four plans are General Agriculture Animal Husbandry Dairy Production and Dairy Manufactures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Stall
Purdue University
Y. C. Freeman
52 at Freetown Wiake Honor Rolls
Freetown High School and elementary school honor rolls list 11 high school students and 41 elementary pupils honored for scholastic work during the second grading period of the fall semester. Straight A students on the high school list include Carolyn Fields Lois McKain Carol Garlock Shirley Hurt and Donna Anderson. Other second period honorees are Clifford Gastineau William Hintzen Grace Denny Shirley Fields Shirley McDaniel and Helen Miller.
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Freetown
Fred Brock
Carolyn Fields
Lois McKain
Carol Garlock
Shirley Hurt
Donna Anderson
Clifford Gastineau
William Hintzen
Grace Denny
Shirley Fields
Shirley McDaniel
Helen Miller
Police Check on Man Arrested Here Tuesday
Lawrence Lozier, 40, of near Lawrenceburg, on his way home after a 90 day term, was arrested early Tuesday afternoon in the 300 block on Ewing street for public intoxication. He pled guilty in city court but sentence is withheld until Seymour police confer with Lawrenceburg authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lozier
Lawrenceburg
Indiana State Penal Farm
Ewing Street
Lozier
Donald L. Heiwig
Seymour
Police Hunt Man And Injured Wile
Police hunt a man and a woman after a highway crash on Rt 66 near Wilmington. The woman has facial cuts and the man a possible neck wound. A Manhattan farmer drove them to Chicago after they offered him money. a 15 year old boy forced to drive shot at the fleeing man.
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Chicago
Southwest Side
Manhattan
Wilmington
Boy
Jerry Hecko Jr
Kankakee
Jerry
Rev Adam Becker Dies in Florida
The Rev. Adam G. Becker a retired Presbyterian minister died Tuesday in Titusville Florida after a lengthy illness Born in Seymour he preached in Seymour West Virginia Grafton and Titusville where he retired He is survived by siblings and relatives in Seymour Funeral services were held Thursday in Florida with burial there Flowers are omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam G. Becker
Titusville
Fla
Mr. Becker
Seymour
Jacob Becker
First Presbyterian Church
Grafton
West Virginia
Florida
Slansky Purge Case Executions Reported in Prague
Prague Radio reports the execution of 11 top Czechoslovak Communist leaders, including Rudolf Slansky, after a purge trial alleging a Zionist Trotskyite plot to overthrow the pro Moscow government. Three others received life terms.
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Vienna
Rudolf Slansky
Prague
Kremlin
Otto Fischl
Rudolf Margolius
Andre Simone
Rude Pravo
Josef Frank
Slansky
Karel Svab
Arthur London
Vavro Hajdu
Oks Retake Hill By Counterattack
South Korean troops retook Pinpoint Hill after eight hours of Communist defense and an icebound assault on Sniper Ridge. The Reds pressed the hill just before daybreak, but a late South Korean and U S counterattack reclaimed virtually all positions by 2 pm as fighting remained light elsewhere along the front.
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Seoul
Sniper Ridge
Roks
U.S
Eighth Army
Eisenhower Headquarters Silent on Taft Labor Secretary feud
Eisenhower aides offered no comment on Senator Taft’s blast over his labor secretary pick. Officials avoided corridor talk as questions arose about a possible split within the Republican ranks and implications for Taft-Hartley Act debates. George Humphrey, named for treasury, warned of a rift and expressed hope for good relations with Taft and labor groups.
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Eisenhower Headquarters
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
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Oren Johnson
Palmetto
Indo China
Winn, Spurgeon
Scottsburg
County Council
Steinkamp
Mrs. Frost
Boy Scouts
Gheen
City C
Shields Ensemble
Ruth Everhart
Ministerial Group
Wile
Howard Hyde
Adam Becker
I. Pr
Commie Radio
Vlado Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
Communist Party
International
Otto Sling
Ludvik Frejka
State Economic Commission
Bedrich Reicin
Oks
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