Pay Increase To Aid About 70 Men Here
Indiana budget committee approved a 10 cent per hour wage boost for about 2,500 state highway commission employees. In Seymour district roughly 350 sub-district garage workers will receive the raise, effective January 1, affecting mechanics patrolmen and machinery operators. The change aims to lift workers earning less than 90 cents an hour and is justified by the committee as needed for overtime workers.
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Indiana Budget Comittee
Seymour
Commission
Jerome Dustin
Dustin
Lytle Freehafer
Funeral Rites Tuesday For Guy Foist 57
Funeral services for Guy Foist aged 57 who died Saturday at his Seymour home will be held Tuesday at 1 30 PM from Redding ton Christian Church with Rev William DeHart in charge. Burial will be in Reddington Cemetery. Survivors include widow Lucy Sharp Foist mother Mrs Alice Banister Foist and five sisters with a large Jennings and Jackson county family.
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Guy Foist
Seymour Rl
Reddington Christian Church
William DeHart
Reddington
Foist
Jennings County
Jackson-Jennings County
John F
Alice Banister Foist
Scipio al
Lucy Sharp
Mildred Lafferty
Mary Helen Wolfinger
Vernon
Francis Marion Foist
Waymansville
Carl Foist
Seymour
Archie Foist
Columbus
Herman Foist
North Vernon
Irvin Foist
Edinburg
Ben Foist
Owen Foist
Hazel Holson
Oddie Spurns
This City
Inez Sharp
Ida Smith
Atie Little
Elizabethown
Ruth
R. Foist
Joseph Kutch Promoted in Yale ROTC
Joseph A. Kutch of New Haven has been promoted to corporal in Yale University’s ROTC unit, per a promotions list issued by Col. Stephen S Jancisko. The Army unit totals 125 cadets while the Air Force group comprises 227 cadets led by Pierson Melcher.
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New Haven
Conn
Joseph A. Kutch
South Chestut Street
Yale Air Force
Army
Air Force
Stephen S Jancisko
Yale Unity
Charles D. Pratt
Honolulu
Hawaii
Obert S. Spears
All
Mich
Pierson “ Melcher
Comander
Philadelphia
Adet
Richard H
Pershaw
Brooklyn
N. Y
Frederick D. Wolfe
Lima
William E. Ollow
Washington, D. C
Thomas B Wilson Initiated into Delta Phi Alpha at IU
Thomas B Wilson of Crothersville Indiana has been initiated into Delta Phi Alpha the national honor society for German students at Indiana University He is a senior on the Bloomington campus this year and is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul A Wilson
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Thomas B. Wilson
Crothersville
Indiana University
Wilson
Paul A. Wilson
I. U
Bloomgton
Mrs. Lesters Condition Serious After City Accident
Mrs. Elzora M. Lester 72 of 309 Mill Street remains in serious condition at St. Vincent's Hospital Indianapolis after being struck by a car at Tipton and Chestnut Streets. She suffered multiple fractures and possible internal injuries. The driver George Eugene Forrest 18 faces reckless driving charges but awaits arraignment until her condition improves.
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George Eugene Forrest
Lester
Alfred Gaffney
Indianapolis
Forrest
Redeemer Church Elects Officers
The annual voters' meeting of Redeemer Lutheran Church on Sunday elected Walter Rebber as trustee alongside Henry J. Holtman and Donald L. Heiwig, Otto Rittman as elder with Wilbur Rebber and Allan Waldkoetter, and Virgil Peters to the auditing committee with Arthur Heiwig. Omer Otte was named delegate to the Mission Federation and Ray Hoeferkamp was named president.
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The
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Russell C. Prohl
West Fifth Street
Fifth and Walnut Streets
Walter Rebber
Henry J. Holtman
Donald L. Heiwig
Otto Ritt
Leona Brown Dies At Home Near Houston
Mrs Leona Pearl Brown 56 died at her home near Houston after a three week illness, with three years of declining health. Survived by husband George Brown mother Mrs Emerson Mitchell three children William Leon Brown Lois Waggoner and Carol Brown two brothers Earl and Clayton Mitchell two sisters Roy Pearson and Myrtle Clark and six grandchildren. Funeral 1 30 PM Tuesday at Houston Christian Church Rev E E Pedicord officiating burial Houston Cemetery. Friends may call at the Brown home.
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Leona Pearl Brown
Freetown
Houston
Brown
Ohio County
Emerson and
Lillie Richard Mitchell
Jackson County
Ohio
George Brown
Myrtle Clark
Indianapolis
The
Christian Church At
E. E. Pedicord
Ira Cook 87 Dies in Daughter's Columbus Home
Ira J. Cook 87 a former Seymour resident died Sunday in the Columbus home of his daughter Mrs. William A. Fye. He lived earlier at 519 Homestead Ave. Indianapolis ice cream company retiree. Survivors include Mrs. Fye, son Ralph Cook in Illinois, and a brother in Oklahoma. Funeral was 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dorsey Funeral Home Indianapolis with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
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Ira J. Cook
Seymour
Columbus
William A. Fye
Mr. Cook
Mrs. Fye
Homestead Avenue
Indianapolis
Dorsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Purdue Extension Classes Start December 12 at Shields High
Purdue extension courses for technical institute work begin December 12 at Shields High School. Registration is 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, December 12, with classes 6 to 10 p.m. each Monday and Wednesday for 12 weeks. Leslie M. Sparks, director of the Columbus Purdue Center, announced the program.
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Extension Center
Purdue University
Seymour
Shields High School
Leslie M. Sparks
Columbus
Employment Picture Brighter in Seymour
Indiana Unemployment Security division reports a small weekly drop in initial jobless claims across Seymour and surrounding areas including Anderson Connersville and the Calumet region. Director Everett L Gardner cautions the decline is partly due to Thanksgiving closures and notes uneven hiring across Evansville Fort Wayne Muncie Indianapolis Bloomington and Bedford.
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Seymour
Anderson
Connersville
Calumet
Indiana
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Muncie
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Bedford
Sharon Mundy Added to Shields Junior High Honor Roll
Sharon Mundy of Shields Junior High School eighth grade was added to the honor roll list today. The addition brings the total to 42, with six seventh graders and six eighth graders on the high honor roll and 15 from each class on the regular honor roll.
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Sharon Mundy
Shields Junior High School
Sharon
Weather Records For Seymour Day Official And Unofficial
Official and unofficial temperature readings for Seymour are noted for the day. The 2 PM downtown thermometer shows an unofficial reading while all other readings are from Mrs. Ruth Evershart government weather records and are official.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Weather notes and river stage data item
Official Sunday high and minimum temperatures are recorded with a 2 pm reading. River stage is 2.07 feet.
Williams Captures Bedford Pair After Wild State Road Chase
In Bedford a police chase along State Road 37 ended with Robert Duncan, 21, and Robert McGinnis, 25, captured by Indiana State Police First Sergeant Charles Williams. Duncan faced charges of operating while intoxicated and resisting arrest, McGinnis charged with public intoxication. The car, owned by Fred W. Newlin of Bedford, was driven after being forced off the road by the suspects.
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Bedford
Oolitic
Robert Duncan
Robert McGinnis
Charles Williams
Indiana State Police
Sgt. Williams
Duncan
McGinnis
Williams
Fred W. Newlin
Seymour Post
Seymour City Council Moves Meeting Up One Hour
Seymour city council will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the city building instead of 7 30 p m The agenda includes a public hearing and final reading for Ordinance No 1132 on transferring appropriations for 1949 and the introduction of a jewelry sale regulation ordinance A discussion is planned on sponsoring a federal improvement request for Kasting Ditch and Heddy Run.
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Seymour
Ralph J. Lucas
Kasting Ditch
Heddy Run
Murder Warrant Filed in Slaying
Hopkinsville Ky December report says Franklin Thomas Slay of Griffin Ind faces murder charges for the hammer slaying of 16 year old Mary Ellen Harmon of Evansville Ind. Slay, 22, a Florida State University student, confessed after the body was found in a Hopkinsville sinkhole and mapped the burial site for investigators.
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Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomas Slay
Griffin
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Evansville
Christian County
W. E. Rogers
Slay
Florida State University
Kentucky
George Hansch
Last Services Planned For Russian Actress
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya a famed Russian character actress who died Saturday from burns caused by a cigarette set her bed afire The 73 year old actress came to the United States in 1923 as a member of the Moscow Art Theater Since 1939 she appeared in many films and operated a theatrical school in America.
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Hollywood
Mme
Maria Ouspenskaya
Moscow Art Theater
Christmas Pageant Captivates Capacity Audience at Shields High
A full Shields High School girls gymnasium witnessed the Walther League Christmas pageant The Gift of Love with scenes Isaiah Prophesies The Angel Appears to Mary and The Nativity Choirs from Dudleytown Seymour and area towns performed under Waldron Bruemmer Walter Pelz and the We gan Wallonia Children’s Choir. narrators were Harold Voeltz and William Pumphrey from Columbus.
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Shields High School
Walther League
Rosalyn Bolte
Clifty
Mary
John the Baptist
Emmanuel
Clarence Knill
Seymour
Dudleytown
Waldron Bruemmer
Seymour Choir
Walter Pelz
Wegan and
Wallonia
Harold Voeltz
William Pumphrey
Columbus
Coal Miners Back in Pits After Strike
The nation’s soft coal mines reopen under a three day week as United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis resume production after brief walkouts. Some Kentucky truck operators may sign a contract to switch to five days, with wage and royalty changes under consideration. Negotiations with anthracite interests begin in New York.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Miss Miller Named Decorations Chairman at ISCTC Banquet
Miss Emily Jean Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Miller 607 Indianapolis Avenue Seymour has been named chairman in charge of decorations for the lobby and halls of the annual Christmas banquet on December 11 in the Women's Residence Hall at Indiana State Teachers College. She leads a 20 member student committee to ensure a full seasonal program for faculty and friends invited to the dinner followed by a student program.
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Terre Haute
the Tribune
Emily Jean Miller
Dale Miller
Indianapolis Avenue
Seymour
Indiana State Teachers College
13 States to Discuss Traffic Regulations
Officials from highway departments of 13 states meet in Columbus to pursue uniform highway and traffic rules. Delegates from Ohio Delaware Wisconsin West Virginia Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Michigan Maryland Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Connecticut aim to standardize truck weights and legal dimensions.
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Columbus
Indiana
Ohio
Delaware
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Maryland
Kentucky
Illinois
Connecticut
Atwater Kent Estate Valued at 9 Million in First Account
Los Angeles reports that A Atwater Kent philanthropist and radio maker left a $9.13 million estate in a courtied first account. He died March 4 and donated nearly 5 million to friends employers charities and schools. His widow Mable Lucas Kent receives $2 million in cash and 20 percent stock income.
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Los Angeles
A. Atwater Kent
Kent
Mable Lucas Kent
Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company
House Group to Probe Lobbying
Washington dispatch notes a new House committee led by Rep. Buchanan aims to study lobbying. It may rely on a Library of Congress report by W Brooke Graves listing fields with active lobbies such as tariffs natural resources real estate airlines agriculture dairy oleomargarine and other interests.
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Washington
House
Buchanan
D-Pa
Library of Congress
W. Brooke Graves
Legislative Reference Service
Natural Resources
Airlines
Agriculture
Wabash to Debate Oxford in Weddy British Style
Crawfordsville Ind December 5 The Wabash College team hosts Oxford University debaters in a British style event. Participants include Porter Draper and Klaus Newes for Wabash facing Robin Day and G Johnson Smith of the Royal Artillery. The topic is socialism versus free private enterprise with audience Q A.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Oxford University
Wabash
Oxonians
Dames Club
John Bush
Hertford
England
Stratford-on- Sugar Creek
Klaus Newes
Vienna
Austria
Robin Day
Royal Artillery
East Africa
G. Johnson Smith
Belgium
India
Day
Smith
California air crash kills five aboard at Long Beach
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed and burned on takeoff at Long Beach Municipal Airport killing all five aboard. Eyewitnesses described engines coughing before the craft pancaked and burst into flames. The victims were believed to be residents of the Long Beach and Los Angeles area.
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Long Beach
Calif
Long Beach Municipal
Los Angeles
Investigator Says Hopkins Not Involved
Washington dispatch reports senior investigator Louis J. Russell stating the House Un American Activities Committee has evidence of three shipments of atom bomb materials to Russia in 1943 but that the late Harry Hopkins was not connected. Russell notes no information implicating Hopkins and references forthcoming testimony by former Air Force officer G Racey Jordan.
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Washington
Louis J. Russell
House UN- American Activities Committee
Russia
Harry L. Hopkins
Russell
Air Force
G. Racey Jordan
Hopkins
John McDowell
House
Frank Tavenner
Harry Hopkins
McDowell
Highway Employees Meet in Seymour
A Seymour district gathering of all sub-district supervisors clerks stock room clerks and garage foremen of the Indiana state highway commission met at the district office to discuss procedure. Attending were Anderson Ketchum chief clerk and Earl B. Lockridge maintenance superintendent. Jerome Dustin is district engineer. Six sub districts were represented: Seymour Madison Columbus New Albany Bloomington and Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Indiana State Highway Commission
Anderson Ketchum
State Highway Commission
Earl B. Lockridge
Commission
Jerome Dustin
Seymour District
Madison
Columbus
New Albany
Bloomington
Aurora
Pfaffenberger 90 Dies at Seymour Home After Illness
Mrs. Sarah A. Pfaffenberger 90 of Seymour died at her residence 709 West McDonald street after five years of illness. Funeral conducted at Voss Mortuary with Rev. C D Patterson and Rev Clyde S Black officiating. Burial in Riverview Cemetery. Survived by nine children, 13 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, one sister, and numerous relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Pfaffenberger
Seymour
West McDonald Street
Voss Mortuary
C. D. Patterson
Trinity Methodist Church
Clyde S. Black
Worthington
Riveview Cemetery
Voss
Pfaffenberger
Jennings County
Martin and
Mary Dietchley Hodapp
John G. Pfaffenberger
Jackson County
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Sunday School
Women's Republican Club
Lenora Horning
Estella Bender
Dayton, O
Minnie Everhart
Xenia
Marie Pratt
Indianapolis
Ruth Pfaffenberger
Roy Pfaffenberger
Alfred Pfaffenberger
Rober H. Pfaffenberger
Sophia Jone Seymour
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Joseph Kutch
ROTC
Thomas Wilson
Delta Phi Alpha
Redeemer Church
Leona Brown
Ira Cook
Kay Hicks
Guy Mixon
Shreveport
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Purdue
George Racey Jordan
Army Airforce
State Department
Jordan
Fulton Lewis, Jr
White House
NEA Telephoto
Miss Miller
Atwater Kent Estate
Oxford
California
Russ
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