All-Girl Die Shop at Gerwin Shoe Co Draws Attention
Miss Freda Beddoe heads the tool and die shop at Gerwin Shoe Co in Seymour with two young women, reportedly the world’s only all-girl die shop. They produce 125 to 150 dies weekly and train two local girls, Linda Hutchinson and Judy Smallwood, showing strong female interest in a field long dominated by men.
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Gerwin Shoe Co
Freda Beddoe
Gerwin Shoe Company
Miss Beddoe
Sandvik Steel Company
Beddoe
Seymour
Linda Hutchinson
Judy Smallwood
East Third Street
Drunken Driver Pleads Guilty In Jackson Circuit Court
A Crothersville man Earl G. Lahr pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Jackson Circuit Court. Judge Jonathan J. Robertson took the case under advisement until Friday. Lahrman was arrested by Marshal Arnold Hien Saturday night.
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Crothersville
Jackson
Jonathan J. Robertson
Earl G. Lahrman
Brownstown Christmas Parade Draws Four Thousand
A near four thousand crowd lined Brownstown streets for the annual Christmas parade sponsored by the Brownstown Jaycees. About 25 entries followed with nine floats including safety, church youth, FFA, Cub and Scout units, a Santa Jaycee float, city officials, baton clubs, horse riders, and a 15 down unit.
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Brownstown
The
Brownstown Jaycees
Baptist Youth Fellowship
American Legionpoluian Church
Presbyterian Church Shepherd's Singers
Cub Scout
Boy Scout
FFA
Jaycees
Santa Claus
Gemini 7 completes spaceflight as Gemini 6 launch set for Wednesday
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell end a 9 day mission aboard Gemini 7 after a smooth flight with record pace. NASA prepares for a Wednesday launch attempt of Gemini 6 in the ongoing effort toward lunar rendezvous and future moon missions. President Johnson praised the crews for their courage and calm under peril.
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U.S
Earth
Schirra
Stafford
Moon
Johnson
Space Agency
Texas
Local Sailor Serves Aboard USS Wasp In Atlantic
Local man Gordon McKinney of Seymour Rhode Island entered the Navy in 1956 and serves aboard the USS Wasp in the Atlantic in charge of maintenance for five aircraft. His home port is Quonset Point Rhode Island. The Gemini 6 crew faced a launch setback at Cape Kennedy forcing a retry window set for 8 37 am EST Wednesday.
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Gordon McKinney
AMHS
Roger McKinney
Wasp
Atlantic
McKinney
Quonset Point
R. I
Navy
Shields High School
Man Hit By Cue Stick Serious At Hospital
A 21 year old local man lay in serious condition at Schneck Memorial Hospital after a cue stick attack at a Seymour pool room Saturday night. Richard Dial 20 is charged and authorities conduct a full investigation led by Seymour Police and Prosecutor Robert Brown.
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Schneck Memorial Hospital
Carl Vaughn
Seymour
Vaughn
Richard Dial
Dial
Weather records for Seymour and River level notes
The Seymour downtown readings and 2 PM temperature are unofficial while other figures come from Ruth Everhart at Rockford as official. River at 7 AM stands at 1.2 feet with .28 inch precipitation and sunset at 5 21 CDT with sunrise Tuesday at 7 58 CDT.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
Basket Fund Behind Last Year in Seymour Drive
The basket fund trails last year with six donations today bringing the six day total to less than last year’s $332.25. LeRoy Pollett, fund treasurer, notes the Seymour American Legion Post No. 89 and the Seymour Daily Tribune sponsor the effort to provide baskets of food and toys for needy Seymour families.
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LeRoy Pollett
Seymour American Legion Post No. 89
Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour
Cherry
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Tribune
Lawrence Otte
AFBA
Seymour Jaycees
Doug
Wendell Hunsucker
Wallonia
Jaycee
Jack Bailey
Mission Control
Control
Wally
Agena
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Borman
Lovell
James Bullard
Gregory von Dielingen
Steve
Ronald Krumme
Paul Hughes
Scott County
Robert Klosterman
Deborah Kiewitt
Larry
Tony Stout
Steve Stout
Charles Stout
North Hustedt Street
Laura Hobson
Willis S. Hobson
East Drive
Sunset, Parkway
Daddy
Shannon Lynn Kelly
Darryl Kelly
Twin Circle Drive
Bob Hinton
Gregory Eugene Hinton
Robert E. Hinton
West Seventh
Enna
Basket Fund
Mary A. McKinney
Roy Rinehart
Granddad Ermel
Mike
Eric
Linda
Theodore Shutte
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