Seymour Jaycees to Award 400 in Christmas Light Prizes
Seymour Jaycees and the Seymour Junior Chamber of Commerce announce a Christmas lighting contest with prizes totaling over 400 donated by local merchants. Residents within five miles of Seymour may enter. first place winners pick prizes to avoid duplicates, with all prizes awarded.
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Seymour Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Seymour
Milton Pollett
Public Service Company of Indiana
Pvt. Rose Serves With First Cavalry in Japan
Pvt. Earl N. Rose, son of Mrs. J. W. Rose of Cortland Indiana, serves in Japan with the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit, among the first American forces rushed to Korea, was moved from front lines in December 1951 to a security role in Japan and is undergoing intensive training. Rose enlisted in April 1948 after graduating from Cortland High School.
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1St Cavalry
Japan
Earl N. Rose
J. W. Rose
Cortland
Ind
Korea
Cortland High School
Rose
Army
Mrs Graessle Ends 40 Years as Correspondent
After more than four decades of service Helen Graessle resigns as correspondent for The Daily Tribune and the Seymour Weekly Republican from Chestnut Ridge due to ill health. Her loyalty and efficiency over the years are sincerely appreciated by the staffs of both papers.
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Daily Tribune
Seymour Weekly Republican
Chestnut Ridge
Helen Graessle
Columbus Man Charged Faces Circuit Court Refile
Charles F. Tobias, 47, of Columbus R1, had charges of public indecency expected to be refiled in Jackson Circuit Court. His attorney sought a change of judge in city court, with arraignment repeatedly postponed from November 29 to December 13. Police arrested Tobias late November 27.
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Jackson Circuit
Charles F. Tobias
Columbus
Tobias
Night openings extend Seymour stores to 9 pm before Christmas
Seymour retail stores will stay open until 9 p m from Friday December 19 through Tuesday December 23 to aid last minute shoppers and ease daytime congestion. The post office will also stay open until 6 p m during this period. Christmas eve hours end at 5 30 p m. Decorations adorn local shops as holiday traffic grows.
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Seymour
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Christmas carolers spread cheer through Shields city
The Shields High School Concert Choir directed by David N Davenport toured Shields Tuesday night singing Christmas carols for about 90 minutes. The 50 member group performed at Schneck Memorial Hospital Rose Lawn Nursing Home and in front of city fire stations. Malcolm Browning provided transportation.
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Shields High School
David N. Davenport
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Rose Lawn Nursing Home
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Malcolm Browning
Christmas Fund Appeals Growth in Seymour Relief Drive
The Seymour relief effort reports $236 in gifts so far for Christmas baskets funded by the American Legion VFW and two Auxiliary groups. Some families face illness or accidents that strain income, prompting careful screening and possible private appeals. Basket size rises with family size and rising costs for meat fruit and canned goods.
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Seymour
American Legion
VFW
Greeting Edition Promises Holiday Messages in Seymour Tribune
The Seymour Daily Tribune announces its Outstanding Greeting Edition to be distributed December 24 in Seymour and surrounding areas. Businesses will publish sincere holiday greetings with original artwork, reflecting season’s cheer and appreciation to patrons delivered to homes the day before Christmas.
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Seymour Daily Tribune
Seymour
the Tribune
Bohall Wounded in Korea Front Report
Junior W. Bohall son of Mr and Mrs Otis L Bohall Sey mour R2 was wounded December 2 on the Korean front He was shot in the leg and confined to a hospital He expected to be in hospital about three months and to be moved to Japan soon possibly returned to the United States The letter gave no details on the nature of the wound or its severity
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Pfe
Junior W. Bohall
Otis L. Bohall
Seymour
Korea
Pfe. Bohall
Donald Ray Bohall
South Pine Street
Japan
United States
Rites for Father of Stanley V. Taylor Held
Funeral services for Harvey J. Taylor 74 father of Stanley V. Taylor of Seymour were held at 10 this morning in Lowell Michigan. He died Monday at his Grand Rapids home after several years illness with his son at his bedside at death. He is survived by his widow Ella B. Taylor of Grand Rapids and his son both living here.
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Harvey J. Taylor
Stanley V. Taylor
Seymour
Lowell
Mich
Taylor
Grand Rapids
Ella B. Taylor
Weather Readings for Seymour Official and Unofficial
Official and unofficial temperatures reported for Seymour. Downtown thermometer shows unofficial reading, while Ruth Eberhart government weather observer records provide official max for Tuesday and official minimum, with river depth at 2.6 feet at 2 pm today.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Puss Without Boots Makes Long Trek From Freetown to Columbus
A missing house cat named Missy walked about 20 miles from Freetown to Columbus to return to the Fair Store where she had been kept as a store mascot. Missy disappeared five weeks ago and reappeared at the back door of the Fair Store last Thursday morning.
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Puss Without Boots
Freetown
Columbus
Missouri
Missy
Fair
Dorothy Warder
Tom
Green Appointed Bailiff of Jackson Circuit Court
J. A. Ole Green of Browns town township was named bailiff of Jackson Circuit Court effective January 1. The appointment by Judge elect John M. Lewis takes effect as Lewis begins duties January 1. Green, a former deputy sheriff and longtime Republican active in the county, is well known locally.
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J. A. “Ole” Green
Brownstown
Jackson Circuit
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit Court
Mr. Green
Jackson County
Open House Set At Brownstown School
The Board of Trustees and teachers invite parents and friends to an open house in the Brownstown Consolidated Grade School grade building after the Christmas program on December 18. The building has undergone repair and redecorating, including Carey Fire-Chex asbestos shingles, new electrical wiring, fluorescent lighting, and refreshed hallways and classrooms. Teachers will greet visitors in their rooms.
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Brownstown Consolidated
St Ambrose Honor Roll Pupils Named in School Report
St Ambrose elementary lists four students on the high honor roll for the second grading period. Barbara Ries and Barbara Fox from Grade Eight lead with averages around 95.6 and 96.2 while Freddie Baurley and Robert Korba from Grade Four also earned top marks. Regular honor roll includes twenty eight students across grades four through eight with several from Grade Eight, Six, and Five.
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St. Ambrose
Barbara Ries
Barbara Fox
Freddie Baurley
Robert Korba
Janet Sutherland
Mabel Lustig
Janet Ferguson
Patricia Specknr
Patricia Kleber
Sue Acton
Mary Cecile Baurley
Elsie Quinn
Edward Spray
Youths Freed on $1,000 Bonds in Crothersville Burglary
Boyd Brummett and Roy Hensley Jr were released from Jackson County jail on $1,000 bonds after waiving arraignment and entering not guilty pleas in Jackson Circuit Court. Arrested in Kentucky they waived extradition and were returned by Detective Wayne O Tolbert. They face burglary charges for the December 8 Pure Oil service station break-in in Crothersville.
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Boyd Brummett
Crothersville
Roy Hensley, Jr
Jackson County
Jackson
Kentucky
Wayne O. Tolbert
Seymour State
Indiana Governor-Elect Sees Ike Confidence on Korea
George N. Craig of Indiana and delegates meet Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York at the Commodore Hotel. Craig says Eisenhower’s Korea remarks show there is no miracle solution and that the President-elect believes the government will be in capable hands. He notes no Indiana appointments were discussed.
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New York
George N. Craig
Indiana
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
Craig
Commodore Hotel
Rep
Charles Brownson
R-Ind
Noland Wright
Dale Brown
Elmer Sherwood
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Bond Sales Decline in Indiana in November
A report to Dr. A A Cohn shows Jackson County November bond sales at 42228 versus 71815 a year earlier. Indiana total November sales fall to 9319834 from 12148989, with 27 of 92 counties posting gains and many states noting a national drop in bond activity.
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A. A. Cohn
Jackson County Defense Bond Committee
Indiana Defense
Indiana
Brown
Cass
Clark
Delaware
Fayette
Floyd
Franklin
Gibson
Grant
Greene
Harrison
Jasper
Jennings
LaGrange
LaPorte
Marshall
Martin
Monroe
Orange
Parke
Porter
Starke
Vanderburg
Warren
Warrick
Washington and Wells
Former Seymour Man Unhurt in Explosion
Richard Dick Combs U S N formerly of Seymour reports he was uninjured in the explosion aboard the tanker Ashtabula in Sasebo Harbor Japan. The Ashtabula was tied alongside the Ajax when the blast occurred. Three men on the Ajax were killed and several injured. He has been transferred to Division 10 and is now in the photographic laboratory at U S S Ajax ARG FPO San Francisco California.
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Richard
Dick” Combs
Seymour
Sasebo Harbor
Japan
Division 10
Richard Combs
S. A
Ajax-Arg
San Francisco
Calif
Rocket Ship Ride Benefits Seymour Toy Fund
A new Rocket Space Ship on display before Paris Style in Chestnut street draws hundreds of children. For 10c each ride, proceeds go to the Seymour fire department toy fund, as announced by A. W. Osipe, proprietor of the store and ship owner.
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Chestnut Street
A. W. Osipe
Seymour Fire Department
Separation Of Siamese Twins In Chicago Under Ongoing Surgery
Surgeons continued operations on 15 month old Siamese twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee Brodie in Chicago as part of a series of procedures aimed at separating them. The operation began at 8 am and by five hours later the doctors remained at work. Previous statements indicated a final operation would be attempted before Christmas.
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Chicago
Roger Lee
Rodney Dee Brodie
Infant Son of Wallonia Couple Dies in Hospital
John Hess Burcham three and a half months old son of Mr and Mrs Howard Burcham of Wallonia R1 died at Schneck Memorial Hospital Seymour Tuesday afternoon. Born September 1 1952 at Schneck Memorial Hospital funeral Friday afternoon at 2 from Johnson Funeral Home Wallonia with Rev Robert Martin in charge burial Wallonia cemetery. Survivors include two sisters Nancy six and Jane four paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Burcham Wallonia maternal grandparents deceased. Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home after 6 tonight.
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John Hess Burcham
Howard Burcham
Wallonia
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Seymour
Burcham
Jackson County
Nancy
Jane
John Burcham
Johnson Funeral Home
Robert Martin
Driftwood
Eisenhower and MacArthur Meet at Dulles Home
President elect Eisenhower and Gen Douglas MacArthur discussed Korea at the Dulles home after MacArthur stated a clear solution to the war, following their joint departure from Eisenhower’s Commodore Hotel headquarters.
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New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
MacArthur
Dulles
Commodore Hotel
Far East
Truman
Motherless Boy's Christmas Flight Delayed by Passport Hold
A 2 1/2 year old motherless boy named John Price Booth awaits clearance for a Christmas flight to Germany to his father Lt. Col. Maynard Booth in Frankfurt. He arrived from Indianapolis, but his passport lacked a written flight request. a request from the father was expected. The boy's mother died last September, and he has been living with his aunt in Indianapolis.
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New York
John Price Booth
Germany
Maynard Booth
Frankfurt
John
Indianapolis
Europe
Roberta Price Booth
Gordon MacLennan
United States
Trans World Airlines
Rites Conducted For Francis C. Biddle
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Cincinnati for Francis C. Biddle a Cincinnati schools music supervisor. He had visited Seymour and was cousin of Mrs. Harley Gruber. Survived by widow and four children. Also noted were the deaths of George C. Wehstage and Edna Biddle.
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Cincinnati
Francis C. Biddle
Biddle
Seymour
Harley Gruber
George C. Wehstage
West Sixth Street Road
Edna Biddle
Jeffersonville
Francis M. Biddle
Schricker Wins Stand on 1953 Auto License Start Date
Indiana debate over when to begin 1953 license plate sales ends with Governor-elect Schricker announcing January 2 as the start date after a meeting with Secretary Parker. Republican George N. Craig had proposed January 26 to ease the transition, criticizing the move as politically motivated amid the planned transfer of the Motor Vehicle Bureau after January 12.
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Indianapolis
Henry F. Schricker
George N. Craig
Crawford F. Parker
Schricker
Parker
Craig
New York
Secretary of State
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First Cavalry
Caroling Shields Concert Choir
John C. Pere Ai
Patty
Pamela Kay
Walter Schierling
NEA
DiSalle
Harry S. Truman
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
Roger S. Putnam
White House
Charles Killingsworth
Roger L. Putnam
Henry H. Fowler
Joseph Freehill
Bohall
Sie
Green
B’rown School
Ike and
Craig Cenfer
New York City
Gop
el- Turn
Rocket Space Ship
Toy
University of Illinois Research and Education Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
Brodie Twins
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