Two Men Robbed After Forced Taxi Ride Near Seymour
Seymour state police probe slugging and robbery of two men in separate incidents Friday night and early this morning. Charles Franklin Wyatt, 28, Jeffersonville taxi driver, was shoved to drive two colored men toward Indianapolis after being attacked. Wyatt survived a wreck near a roadside embankment about 3:30 a.m. and was hospitalized for shock and bruises. police found the damaged taxi and Wyatt near the wreck.
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Seymour Post
Indianapolis
Charles Franklin Wyatt
Jeffersonville
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Wyatt
Oliver Leighton
Paul Christian
Seymour State
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Diphtheria Cases Reported in Crothersville
Two adults aboard diphtheria and one scarlet fever case reported in Crothersville as school immunization proceeds. About 300 students in grades one through eight received initial shots December 9 with two follow ups planned January 3, aided by the local PTA.
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Crothersville
Margaret E. Horstman
Jackson County
Parent-Teachers Association
Lawrence Bridges
Robert Miller
William States
Merchants Christmas Greeting Section Set for December 24
The Tribune will publish its annual Christmas greeting edition on December 24 with greetings from hundreds of Seymour retail stores, business firms, and factories. Tribune representatives have contacted merchants for a week. the public can request inclusion at the Tribune office if overlooked.
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The
Tribune
Seymour
Rotary Boys' Party Set for Monday Night
The Seymour Rotary Club plans its annual Christmas party at 6:15 PM Monday at the Elks Home West Second Street. Each member will invite a boy as his guest. A short program features the Seymour Boys' Club choir, gifts for guests, and a boxing contest with an out of town team after the meeting.
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Seymour Rotary Club
Elks
West Second Street
Walter L. Surface
H. P. Graessle
Maurice Haper
Frank Bolinger
Seymour Boys’ Club
Rotarians
Christ mas Choral Concert At Shields High School
The Shields High School music department presents a Yuletide concert in the girls gym Sunday at 3 PM directed by David Davenport. The concert choir performs Adoramus Te Christe I Wonder as I Wander and A Mighty Fortress with Miriam Hoeferkamp on piano and Nancy Myron as soloist. The girls choir closes with Sing.
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Yuletide
Shields High School Girls
David Davenport
Rosselli
Art
Niles
God
Luther
Olds
Miriam Hoeferkamp
Nancy Myron
Toys Repaired by Seymour Boys for Christmas Baskets
The Seymour Boys' Club, directed by Lewis E. Palmer, restored and prepared toys for distribution in Christmas baskets. Groups may select from the repaired toys starting Monday, on a first come, first served basis, with the repairs done by the boys for other groups to distribute to children.
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Seymour
Lewis E. Palmer
Boys’ Club
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
Pablo Bardin Attends Central Sales Meeting
Pablo Bardin of Buenos Aires, famed in pharmaceutical circles, attends a sales meeting hosted by James L. Rogers of Central Pharmacal Company. Bardin presides over Franco Inglesa Farmacia, the world’s largest pharmacy, with over 600 staff, including physicians and nurses, and operates as a manufacturer and wholesaler of medicines.
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Pablo Bardin
Buenos Aires
James L. Rogers
Central Pharmacal Company
Bardin
Franco Inglesa Farmacia
PMA Officers Elected in Jackson County
Jackson county PMA officers were elected this morning with Wil R. Isaacs Seymour R4 as chair man Henry H. Kilgas Seymour R3 as vice chair man Dean W. White Wallonia RI as committeeman Bee T. Spurgeon Brownstown RI as first alternate and Howard L. Burcham Wallonia RI as second alternate Newly elected township PMA committeemen will meet at Brownstown to elect a county leadership for the coming year Elections were held across the county Monday through Friday with final meetings at Driftwood Driftwood Wallonia Vernon Cortland townships Brownstown Medora and other locations in sequence The results were announced by Brownstown township chair man Will R Isaacs ACA county chairman
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Jackson County
PMA
Wil R. Isaacs
Seymour
Henry H. Kilgas Seymour
Dean W. White
Wallonia
Bee T. Spurgeon
Brownstown
Howard L. Burcham
Production and Marketing Administration
AAA
Driftwood Township
Vernon Township
Crothersville
Hamilton
Pershing
Cortland
Will R. Isaacs
ACA
M. O. Lucas
B. T. Spurgeon
John A. Scott
Medora
Victor H
Christmas Center Programs Schedule Reveals Holiday Lineup
Dates for musical programs at the community Christmas center on the post office lawn are announced. Horton family band from Valley Station Ky opens today 2:30 to 3 and 6:30 to 7. Shields High School choir Monday 2:30 to 3, Epsilon Triad 7 to 7:30, Redeemer Lutheran 8 to 8:30. Tuesday brass ensemble, Immanuel Lutheran School chorus 7 to 7:30, Jackson County Rural Youth 8 to 8:30. Wednesday Seymour Girls Club 7 to 7:30, St Pauls Congregational 7:30 to 8, Trinity Methodist choir follows.
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Horton Family
Valley Station
Shields High School
David Davenport
Epsilon Chapter
Triad
June Aldrich
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Ray Hoeferkamp
Immanuel Lutheran School
Jackson County Rural Youth Organization
Seymour Girls’ Club
St. Paul's Congregational Church
Trinity Methodist Church
Weather Records for Seymour Day Official and Unofficial
Official and unofficial readings for Seymour are reported. The p.m. temperature comes from a downtown thermometer and is unofficial while all other readings are from Ruth Everaart, government weather observer, and official.
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Seymour
Ruth Evera
Art
Official Friday Temperatures and River Stage Report
Weather bulletin notes official maximum Friday and official minimum Friday temperatures. A 10 a.m. reading shows 35 degrees. River stage stands at 3.4 feet.
Electric rates are less here in Seymour
Residents of Seymour pay lower electricity bills than most cities of its size per the Federal Power Commission study. The 25 kilowatt hour monthly bill is 1.25 dollars versus 1.42 for similar cities, and 100 kilowatt hours costs 3.90 dollars compared with 4.03 dollars for peers.
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the Tribune
New York
Seymour
Federal Power Commission
Dr Black elected chief of staff at Jackson County hospital
At the regular Medical and Surgical Staff meeting of Schneck Memorial Hospital Jackson County Dr Joseph M Black was elected chief of staff. George Bogardus was named vice president and C E Gillespie secretary. Retiring officers were thanked. The 1950 executive committee includes Graessle Elsner Day Shortridge and Gillespie. Plans call for more scientific discussions with local physicians as lecturers.
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Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Joseph M. Black
George Bogardus D
C. E. Gillespie
Indiana Medical Association
J. H. Green
R. J. Miller
B. W. Thayer
H. P. Graessle
L. W. Elsner
W. D. Day
W. H. Shortridge
G. R. Gillespie
Man Injured in Crash Is Found Dead in Jail
John L. Stewart of Indianapolis, driver of a car in a crash on Alternate U.S. Route 31 north of Seymour, was found dead in Bartholomew county jail in Columbus. He had been charged with operating while intoxicated and released from Schneck Memorial Hospital before being moved to jail. Coroner to investigate. Har ry F. Thomas Jr. and father were injured in the Dunlap and Company pickup collision. other occupants Charles H. Mattingley and George Copeland hospitalized or jailed for intoxication. Damaged autos and a $750 truck estimate noted.
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John L. Stewart
Indianapolis
U. S. Road 31
Seymour
Bartholomew County
Columbus
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Stewart
Dunlap and Company
Welmer
Harry F. Thomas, Jr
Harry Thomas, Sr
Charles H. Mattingley
George Copeland
Copeland
Louisville
Open House at Seymour Girls' Club Sunday
Open house will be held at the Seymour Girls' Club from 3 to 5 pm Sunday. A short program begins at 4 pm and displays of work by club girls will be shown. Mrs. Joe D. Gill, the club director, invites parents, members and the public to attend.
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Seymour
Joe D. Gill
Shields Junior High to Stage Christmas Program Tuesday
Shields Junior High School plans a special Christmas program Tuesday afternoon in the girls gymnasium. Seventh and eighth graders will perform under Principal C. H. Englehardt. Students will attend home rooms for an attendance check, then move to the gym for the program before holiday dismissal. The event starts about 1 15 with acts by seventh graders and a piano solo by Carolyn Miller.
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Shields Junior High
C. H. Englehardt
Dale Richmond
Paul Gregory
Judy Hennessy
Carolyn Miller
CIO Drops Six Unions as Split Widens
The CIO says six unions with about 300000 members were dropped from good standing for non payment of dues. The Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union disputes the claim noting two months payments were delayed due to strikes in Hawaii and on the mainland. Two other unions were ousted at the Cleveland convention last month.
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Washington
CIO
Louis Goldblatt
Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Hawaii
Cleveland
William H Lynch Expires at Fleming
William H Lynch aged 69 prominent farmer of Fleming Seymour RI died at his home Friday after a five year illness. He was born August 11 1880 in Jackson County and married Mabel Simpson in 1911. Survived by widow and 12 children, brothers, sisters, and 11 grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Monday at Voss Mortuary with Rev William Richmond. Burial Riverview Cemetery.
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William H. Lynch
Fleming
Seymour RI
Jackson County
Ilinois
Mr. Lynch
This County
Christopher
Sarah Tinder Lynch
Bedford
Mabel Simpson
Camp Hood
Texas
William Morris Lynch
Kokomo
Clarence Lynch
Fresno
Calif
Albert Lynch
Bakersfield
Anabelle Anderson
Minnie Clouser
Taft
Essie Bosley
Indianapolis
Lara Lynch
Cortland
Local Youths Enter Corn in County Show
Four Shields High School students and Seymour Soil Savers 4-H Club members entered corn in the Jackson County 4-H Club corn show. Donald Banister Otting Jones and Foster submitted samples in Brownstown Friday and today as part of the corn club project. Records on labor expenses and related costs are required.
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Shields High School
Seymour’ Soil Savers
Jackson County
Brownstown
Donald Banister
Donald Otting
Donald Jones
Edward Foster
Nelson P. Lewis
Central Christian Church to elect officers Sunday
After morning worship at Central Christian Church members will remain for the annual election of congregation officers, it was announced today.
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Central Christian Church
Sentence Commuted For Ex Bedford Man
Wayne Woodruff, once sentenced to death for killing Florida sportsman Myron Sutherland, had his sentence commuted to life by the Georgia pardon and parole board. Woodruff, living in Jacksonville and Bedford, Ind, contends the shooting was accidental and had exhausted appeals up to the U S Supreme Court.
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Atlanta
Wayne Woodruff
Florida
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Woodruff
Myron Sutherland
Jacksonville
Fla
Bedford
Ind
State Pardon Board
U. S. Supreme Court
Hungary Arrests American Official in Budapest
Israel Jacobson, director of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary, was arrested by Hungarian police after returning to Budapest from a six week U S. trip. Harold Trobe, Vienna director of the agency, said charges were not disclosed and noted no known reason for the arrest. Jacobson’s family recently moved from Rochester to Chicago.
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Vienna
Israel Jacobson
American Joint Distribution Committee
Hungary
Harold Trobe
Jacobson
Budapest
United States
Trobe
Rochester
N. Y
Chicago
Florence
Federation of Jewish Charities
Mail Christmas Cards Now Plea
Postmaster Walter H. Droege urged residents to mail Christmas cards promptly to avoid delays from potential weather snarls. Local deliveries should mail by the Thursday before Christmas, with Sunday collection at 3 PM. He warned about Dead Letter risk for 1949 cards and approved 3 cent stamps for uncancelled small cards.
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Walter H. Droege
Droege
China Soviet Friendship Pact Seen as Likely
Moscow reports say a Chinese Soviet friendship pact appears almost certain as Mao Zedong arrives in Moscow. Observers expect talks on trade and mutual aid during Mao’s first visit, with Mao praising Stalin and calling for stronger peace fronts and closer China USSR ties.
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Mao Tze-Tung
Red
Moscow
China
Mao
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Peiping
Stalin
Russia
Soviet Union
John F. Duncan Dies at 65 After Illness
John F. Duncan 65 a former B and O railroad legislative representative died at his North Vernon home after five months of ill health. Born March 8 1884 in Ripley County he lived in this city 26 years and moved to North Vernon 12 years ago. He married Nancy Driver June 26 1904 and survives with three children two Indianapolis grandchildren a sister and a half sister. Burial in Riverview Cemetery followed funeral services conducted by local pastors.
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John F. Duncan
B. & O. Railroad
North State Street
North Vernon
Ripley County
John
Mary Wainscott Duncan
Mr. Duncan
Nancy Driver
Cents Christian Church
Duncan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Roweta Clark
Glenn ©. Duncan
Leona Lahne
Indianapolis
Joseph Decker
Austin
Ruth McGrammar
Voss Mortuary
D. E. Newlan
North Vernon Christian Church
George L. Florence
Christian Science Exhibit on Display Window at 109 North Chestnut
The Christian Science Society A publication exhibit celebrates Christmas showing their books periodicals and The Christian Science Monitor in a window at 109 North Chestnut street An open Bible with marked passages is featured and church officials say the display expresses the desire to share in the spirit.
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Christian Science Society
Christian Science Monitor
North Chestnut Street
Christian Science
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Ronald Jarvis
Beverly Becker
Barbara Campbell
Billy Prime
Fred Phillips
Mary Katherine Sutton
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