Commissioners Schedule Bids on County Supplies for 1966
Busy session in Brownstown sets January 3 and 4, 1966 for bid openings on gravel stone ready mix lumber home supplies weed spray tires tubes gasoline sheriff and highway vehicles and a new patrol car. Also bids on metal culverts grader blades truck parts repair and blacktop oil due January 4. Bridge exam requested for Crothersville Tampico Road abutment after a recent collapse.
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Brownstown
Jackson County
Russell Goen
Ber
Sheriff Department
Sheriff's Department
County to Buy Baptist Church Property for Hospital Expansion
Jackson County Board of Commissioners authorized issuing and selling 5101 promissory notes to purchase the First Baptist Church property at Walnut and Tipton streets for the Schneck Memorial Hospital. The move marks the first step toward a major hospital expansion, with notes of 5100 and 52600 due in 1966 and interest up to five percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Claycamp
Harry Rolph
Seymour League of Women Voters
Thomas W. Hall
Jackson County Board of Commissioners
First Baptist Church
Walnut and
Tipton Streets
Jackson
County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Ralph
Jackson County Fair Announces 1966 Attractions and Schedule
Plans for the 1966 Jackson County Fair set Aug 6 to 13 feature an ostrich race and a full week of events. Highlights include jalopy races, a two-session horse show, Jackson County Fair Queen contest, hell drivers, Gene Holter Wild Animal Show, wrestling, country music show, and a fireworks display. A five year contract with Johnny's United Shows secures midway attractions. Miss Connie Zimmerman returns with the electric organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Fair
Holter
Herschel Rotert
Wendell Hunsucker
Jackson County
Gene Holter
Browning
Johnny’s United Shows
Connie Zimmerman
Jackson County Fair Board Association
Indiana Association of County and District Fairs
Indiana
Christmas Basket Fund Off To A Fast Start
The 47th annual Christmas Basket Fund drive launches with $78 in contributions on day one. LeRoy Pollett notes the total rises $17.75 above last year’s opening day. Funds support food baskets and gifts for families before Christmas. donations to Pollett at Seymour National Bank or the Daily Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Pollett
Seymour Amer
Pollett
Seymour National Bank
Daily Tribune
Plunkett
Thomas A. Plunkett
Seymour Boys Club
Seymour Man Wounded Seriously In Viet Nam
Seymour RI Navy Marine LCpl. Jack D Reynolds 21 son of Mr and Mrs Howard Schmidt wounded seriously near Qui Nhon Viet Nam. Telegram confirms grave abdominal wounds awaiting evac to Clark Air Base. Reynolds previously served 14 months in Okinawa and Viet Nam and was a Seymour Senior High School alumnus.
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Seymour
Viet Nam
Jack D. Reynolds
United States Marine Corps
Howard
Tony” Schmidt
Seymour RI
Sam Faulk
Marine Corps
Louisville
Defense Department
Jackson County
Pearl Harbor
USMC
Qui Nham
Republic of Viet Nam
Bat AG
Clark Air Force Base
Faulk
Seymour Senior
California
Okinawa
Vernon Forks Watershed May Get State Help
Vernon Forks Watershed representatives will meet with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to explore state interest and possible assistance for future water sources. The group discussed a proposed 1,400 acre lake northeast of Seymour and publicizing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Forks
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Seymour
Lee Hamilton
Hamilton
North Vernon
Soil Conservation Office
Bakalar Air Force Base slated for closure in 1967
Defense chief McNamara announced 149 bases will be closed or reduced to save money. Bakalar near Columbus is slated for closure October 1 1967 with civilian workers offered other jobs and retraining. Bunker Hill at Peru may lose B58s by 1971 while reserves at Mackie and Michigan City centers also to shut.
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Defense Department
Bakalar Air Force Base
Columbus
Bunker Hill Air Force Base
Peru
Naval Reserve
Maicie
Michigan City
Associated Press
The
Daily Tribune
Wash Defense
Robert 5
McNamara
Birch E. Bayh, Jr
D-Ind
Air Force
Bayh
Bakalar
Seymour
John W. Hoff
434Th
James A. MacMaster
Bunker Hill
Strategic Air Command
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Goen
Robert L. Longardner and Associates
Indianapolis
Crothersville - Tampico
Bedford Office Supply
Bedford
Graessle-Mercer Co
Edgar Hackman
Omer Quade
Cornelius Pollett
Erwin Eggeman
Dickmeyer
Washington- Brownstown
Ruth Wheeler
William Klinck
County Home
C. A. Weaver
Brownsburg
Colonial Life and Accident Insurance Co
Columbia, S. C
W. Keyes
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
James H. Lester
Lester Beverages
Seymour Nat'l Bank
Jackson County Bank
Bee Hive Parker's
Pennnnee
Beeen
Pepe
Tribune
8. M. Hotchkiss
Stout Street
James Schleter
Public Service Indiana
Walnut Street
Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
People’s Bank
Repp and Mundt
Main and
Walnut Streets
L.pl. Reynolds
Reynolds
Jack D, Reynolds
1St Marine
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Jennings
Ripley
Decatur
Don Bivens
Paoli Planning Party
Everett Otte
Ralph Holtman
Robert Judd
Donald O'Connor
Bernard Bruce
Scott Coup
Don Wilson
Leroy Empson
Soil Conservation District
Jennings County
Lester Tracy
Denver Baldwin
Joe Thomas
Marvin France
Bob Dryden
Soil Conservation Service
Dominican Republic
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