Clerical reshuffle on Columbus Methodist circuit announced
Bishop Titus Lowe releases changes affecting Trinity Seymour and Browns town First Methodist. Albert Sehmitt leaves Trinity Seymour for Mooresville. Clyde Black to lead Trinity Seymour. Frank Temmlin to Brownstown. Ray Kelley resigns from Mooresville, heading to New Hampshire Congregational Church. effective date not stated.
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Columbus
Methodist
Trinity Methodist Church
Seymour
First Methodist Church
Brownstown
Titus Lowe
Indianapolis
S. L. Martin
Albert Sehmitt
Mooresville Methodist Church
Clyde 8. Black
Frank M. Temmlin
St. Paul’s Church
Lafayette
Mr. Black
Ray Kelley
Mooresville
New Hampshire
Winter Weather Grips Great Plains and Midwest
A winter system brings subzero readings across Montana, the Dakotas, and Minnesota. Snow blankets plains, rockies, and the upper Mississippi Valley while rain hits the Ohio valley and southeastern states. Weather bureau warns of extreme cold with sharp regional temperature gaps and treacherous highways from Colorado to Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Warroad
Minn
Central States
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Plains States
Rockey Mountain
Lake Region
Eult
Ohio Valley
Appalachian
Colorado
Denver
Telluride
Beaver
Utah
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Towa
Texas Panhandle
Texas Panhandle. A Sharp Drop In Temature
New Mexico
Ohio
Wallace Sutton Retires From Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wallace Sutton, a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad locomotive engineer, retires after more than forty two years of service. He spent 23 years as a passenger engineer and 13 years piloting the locomotive of The Diplomat on the Cincinnati to St. Louis to New York route, praised by railroad officials.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Wallace Sutton
Bo & O
Mr. Sutton
West Second Street
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Milan
Ind
Sutton
Officers Renamed in Seymour Commandery No 56
Seymour Commandery No 56 Knights Templar reelected all officers for a second year at the annual election in the Masonic Temple. Commander Charles A. Bard of Crothersville to serve again leads a slate including Bruce K. Combs Generalissimo and E. Lary Senior Warden.
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Seymour Commandery No. 56
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
West Second Street
Seymour Commandery
Order of the Temple
Charles A. Bard
Crothersville
Bruce K. Combs
BE. W, Sargeant
KE. ©. Lary
Byron L. Judd
H. H. McDonald
T. A. Mott
C. G. Martin
T. P. Cordes
B.S. Shinness
C. C. Tineh
Brownstown
O. D D. Seelinger
Bonus Checks Distributed at Noblitt Sparks Plants
Christmas bonuses were paid today to employees at the Seymour plant of Noblitt Sparks Industries and at other Noblitt Sparks plants. Bonuses cover the fifty two week period ending November 16 and are based on earnings with checks generally higher than regular weekly pay for workers with full year employment. The total 1940 Christmas bonus is likely to match or exceed the previous high, with more recipients than last year due to layoffs still eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
Compa
Noblitt Sparks
Burglary Probed at Foster's Shell Service Station
Seymour police investigate a break in at Foster's Shell Service Station at Third and Chestnut. A cigarette machine filled Thursday night was stolen, with only available change taken. Entry gained by breaking a rear window.
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Seymour
Foster
Shell
Third
Chestnut Streets
Russell Foster
Christmas Living Pictures Program at Trinity Church
The Home Builders class at Trinity Methodist Church presents The Christmas Story in Living Pictures at 7 30 Sunday night. Eight scenes include The Prophecy No Room in the Inn Shepherds on the Hill side Wise Men Nativity Adoration with two scenes Wise Men and Shepherds The Great Commission and The Living Christ. Mrs Rolland Johnson to render special music and carols will be sung.
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Living Pictures
Trinity Methodist Church
Albert Schmitt
Rolland Johnson
Insurance Agents Meet in New Albany District Session
Local agents from Seymour William Tonie Robert M. Mann and H. H. Miller joined a meeting of the eleventh district in New Albany. District vice president Harry Weber of the Indiana Association of Insurance Agents led an open discussion on insurance forms and issues facing stock agents.
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New Albany
Brody
Seymour
William Tonie
Robert M. Mann
H. H. Miller
Harry Weber
Indiana Association of Insurance Agents
Roosevelt Wins Third Term in 1940 Election Plurality Record
Final AP returns show Franklin D. Roosevelt winning a third term with a national plurality of 4,014,715 from 49,808,624 votes cast. Roosevelt led Democrat tally 27,241,939 to Willkie 22,? and other minor candidates across states with Nebraska and Rhode Island still canvassing. Electors meet Monday to cast electoral votes as totals near completion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Franklin DC
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Norman Thomas
Rover Wy. Babson
Earl R. Browder
John W. Aiken
Socialist-Labor
Willkie
American Labor Party
New Yor
Mrs Clara Gray Dies in Brownstown
Mrs Clara Gray of an Ewing rural area died in Brownstown at 2 this morning after five years illness from creeping paralysis. Funeral services at 1000 Monday from her home seven miles southwest of Brownstown with Rev J Th Herrmann of Brownstown Lutheran Church. burial Waymansville Cemetery. Call at Zahel Funeral Home until noon Sunday and at Gray home after. Mrs Gray’s stepmother Mrs Emily Schrader died Thursday in Seymour. She was daughter of Andrew and Mary Schrader and married on March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Gray
Ewing
Brownstown
Gray
J. Th. Herrmann
Brownstown Lutheran Church
Waymansville
Lions Hold Meeting with Patriot Theme and Music
The Seymour Lions Club met Thursday night in the Elks Home dining room featuring group singing led by Paul W. Rigsbee with Miss Maxine Deputy at the piano. Dr. Harold Miller gave a talk on Why I Am Glad I Am an American as part of a citizenship and patriotism series chaired by George J. O'Brien with Francis Murray as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Rigsbee
Maxine Deputy
Harold Miller
Seymour Lions Club
Elks
British Beat Italians Back in Western Egypt Front
British troops recaptured Sidi Barrani and forced Mussolini’s men to retreat toward the Libyan border in western Egypt. The battle near Bugbug Desert left three front lines reported around Baehae as forces clash with Italian units leveraging fire power and evasive maneuvers.
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Bugbug
Egypt
Baehae
Tala
Sidi Barrani
Mussolini
Farm price increases foreseen for 1941
Purdue University projections in Outlook for Indiana Agriculture forewarn possible farm price gains in 1941 due to rising domestic activity. A Brownstown meeting with Jackson, Bartholomew, Lawrence and Scott county farmers heard Purdue speakers L. M. Bashe, Ross Banman and Miss Elsie Clasnow discuss farm outlooks.
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Purdue University Department of Agricultural Extension
Indiana Agriculure
University
Brownstown
Jackson
Bartholo
Mew
Lawrence
Scott County
Pardue
L. M. Basehe
Ross Banman
Elsie Clasnow
Ray Peters
Edw. Osterman
Harold Myers
Bo Moore
Otto ‘Hittin
Henry Vebslinge
Veterans Elect in Brownstown
The Ralph Bo Apple white Camp No. 74 United Spanish War Veterans and its auxiliary held a meeting Thursday night at Mr. and Mrs. Thornton P. Heller home in Brownstown. Commander Willam Tell presided as Handy B. Johnson was named Commander, Guy Dorsey Senior Vice Commander, Dr. Peek Janson Vice Commander. installation set at the next regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bo Applewhite
United Spanish War Veterans
Thornton P. Heller
Brownstown
Willam Tell
Handy B. Johmson
Guy ©. Dorsey
Dr. Peek
Janson
Christmas Services Planned at St Ambrose Church
Before the Christmas Midnight Mass at St Ambrose Church a quartet will sing Silent Night and the Mass will use the Proper of the Mass with Psalm Tones. Offertory is Adeste Fideles. Violinists Maxine Vogel and Shirley Burke accompany during Communion. Angels We Have Heard on High closes the service.
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St. Ambrose Church
R. C. Smith
Vielins
Adeste
Fideles
Maxine Vogel
Shirley” Burke
Schubert
Gregory Haegle
OS. B
Bethlehem
Frank Elsner
Billy Thornberry
Post Office Extends Hours For Christmas Mailings
Segiment post office will keep parcel post and money order windows open Saturday afternoon to help with Christmas mailing. The closest window will close at 1 pm but stay open later for stamps and greetings. Night hours to be announced next week. Two posters with the theme awaiting final details.
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Segiment
Christas
Hanover College to present Messiah concert
Next Monday the Hanover College music department presents Handel's Messiah. Ninety voices perform under Prof. Max Poland with Miss Roth Graham on Lenn organ accompaniment. The concert starts at 7:30 in Ball Chapel Classic Hall.
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Hanover College Music Department
Max Poland
theater ads shift to page three for today
The Majestic and Vondee Theater advertisements, typically on the back page, are moved to page three in today’s edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Vondee Theaters
Smith Savers 84 dies in Washington obituary notes Crothersville ties
Smith Savers 84 a retired Crothersville businessman died in Washington DC. Funeral services at the Khevener General Home in Crothersville with PL and A Lodge 610 to conduct rites. He was born November 16 1866 son of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Savers. Survived by daughter Mrs Cletie Skeets Bloomington and son Roy Savers Alexandria VA and brother George Savers Weston.
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Smith Savers
Crothersville
Washington, D. C
Serviews
Khevener Feneral
Kites
Savers
Robert Savers
Idea Maw Lewis
Cletie Skeets
Bloomington
Roy Savers
Alexandria
Washington
George Savers
Weston
Niece of Hiram Jones Wins Exposition Prize
Miss Martha Catherine Jones of Attica earns second prize in a room improvement contest at the International Furniture Exposition in Chicago. She refinished old furniture as entry and qualified by winning an Indiana state contest. Participants from across the United States several South American countries and Canadian provinces attended the international event.
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Martha Catherine Jones
Attica
Led
Hiram Jones
Chiesco
Jones
Indiana
Shields High School
English fight in West Egypt and Sheffield bombing raid
Reports say British forces in the Western Desert clash with Halwas amid a sandstorm as 20 000 Tirhan prisoners are counted and new generals captured. Simultaneously Nazi bombers devastate Sheffield England in a night raid as Berlin claims hundreds of warplanes attacked the city. A ship carrying Jewish refugees from Bulgaria to Palestine sinks with many lives lost. The Duke of Windsor reportedly sails for a possible ambassadorship to the United States.
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Hy Associated Press
Britain
Army of the Nile
Eegypt
Mediterranean Sea
Navi
Sheffield
London
Duke of Windsor
United States
Bulgaria
Palestine
Sea of
Marmara
Edward VII
Miamsi
Pla
United States Navy
Roosevelt Cruisin
Caribbean Sea
Miami Herald
Acceed
Lord Lothian
Washington
Enrollee Fined For Petit Larceny At Kurtz Camp
William Jaddis of Gray Kentucky CCC enrollee pleaded guilty in city court to petit larceny. He was fined 1 dollar plus 11 dollars costs and sentenced to five days in Jackson county jail at Brownstown. Jaddis allegedly stripped a car parked near Kurtz belonging to Cecil Rascoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Jaddis
Gray
Kentucky
Civilian Conservation Corps
Kurtz
Jackson County
Brownstown
Jaddis
Cecil Rascoe
Weather Records for Seymour Day Official and Unofficial
Official minimum temperature over the past twenty four hours is from Miss Louise Ahlert, government weather observer in Seymour. The 2 p.m. downtown reading reports the unofficial maximum temperature. River level data comes from Seymour Water Co pumping at Rothford. stage is 1 inch below low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rothford
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Noblitt- Sparks
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