Seymour Fire Chief Frank P. Colemeyer Dies at 62
Frank P. Colemeyer longtime Seymour city fire chief died at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis at 11 35 p m after a nine week illness that included an operation and multiple transfusions He was 62 and had led the fire department for twelve years after joining the force as a volunteer officer Services set for Saturday at St Ambrose Catholic Church burial in Scottsburg Cemetery He was a lifelong Seymour resident and husband of May McAdams Colemeyer a former mayoral appointee and veteran fireman who served during the Burkart and Switzer administrations with plans for continued service if he had lived to year end.
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Frank P. Colemeyer
Seymour City
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
C. W. Burkart
Scottsburg
South Vine Street
Colemeyer
Burkart
Stanley A. Switzer
Seymour
Mr. Colemeyer
Charles
Theresa Olinger Colemeyer
Brownstown
May McAdams
Christmas Pageant Set At St Pauls Lutheran Jonesville
The Christmas pageant The Sweetest Story Ever Told will be performed at St Pauls Lutheran Church Jonesville Sunday night December 21 at 6 and again at 7 30 p m Pastor Rev Edward Hoeferkamp announced about thirty characters will appear in the fully staged presentation with the choir directed by W M Brenner The public is invited to attend and crowds are expected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesvile Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Jonesville
Sunnight
Edward Hoeferkamp
W. M. Brenner
Indiana colleges report 4.9 percent enrollment drop nationwide
Fifteen Indiana colleges show average 4.9 percent decline versus 1940 while national enrollments fall about 9 percent. Purdue remains top in full time students, with Indiana University second. Notre Dame and others follow as shifts occur across the state's campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
School and Society Magazine
Rose Poly
Valparaiso University
St. Mary of Notre Dame
Hoosier
Indiana University
Purdue
Notre Dame
Butler
Indiana State
Ball State
Purdue University
Five Trials Scheduled in Jackson Circuit Court December Term
Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown set five cases for trial in the December term which began Monday. Among them Prudential Insurance Company of America versus Bessie L. Fish to cancel policy and Carson T. Kidwell versus Rey E. Miller for damages. The State of Indiana on the relation of Gertrude Elston versus Glenn Ralston et al seeks a mandatory injunction to reinstate tenure status for a teacher. Also Osmar Christopher versus Duane Thomas on a note and Paul Boaz et al versus Hope State Bank et al set for January dates. Eight divorce cases were dismissed from the docket.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Bessie L. Fish
Carson T. Kidwell
Rey E. Miller
State of Indiana
Gertrude Elston
Glenn Ralston
Svrett County
Osmar Christopher
Duane Thomas
Paul Boaz
Hope State Bank
Nora Stout
Joseph Stout
Edith Hammitt
Guy D. Hammitt
James H. Waddell
Marjorie Waddell
Samuel Lester Emily
Viola Mae Emily
Ifie L. Anderson
Francis J. Anderson
Fannie Collingsworth
Speed Collingsworth
Mary
Defense Bond Group To Hold Meet Tonight
Wray E. Fleming of Indianapolis deputy state administrator Defense Saving staff will address a library meeting at 8 o clock. Committees connected with the sale of defense bonds and stamps will be present. Increased demand has caused stamp outlets to run out in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wray E. Fleming
Indianapolis
Defense Saving
Infant Rites Held For Milan Couple's Stillborn Daughter
Burial services were held today in Milan Indiana for a stillborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter A Krick. The infant weighed nine pounds at Coleman Hospital Indianapolis. Mrs Krick formerly Miss Genelle Sutton of 639 West Second Street, is well known here. She had been in Sehneck Memorial Hospital before Coleman.
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Milan
Ind
Walter A. Krick
Coleman Hospital
Indianapolis
Krick
Genelle Sutton
Wallace Sutton
West Second Street
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Coleman
Juvenile crime wave in Seymour reportedly broken up
A Seymour report says at least eleven youths aged fourteen and older robbed about 3000 parked cars over several months, stealing items from seats and glove compartments. Police have names of the offenders and continue questioning them, with more suspects possible near the Shiels Memorial area.
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Seymour
New Shiels Memoria
Funeral rites for Edward Petterman in Seymour
Edward Petterman 54 prominent Seymour businessman dies suddenly at home on 211 South Poplar. He led Graessle Mercer Co and Home Savings and Loan Assn. Funeral 4 pm Saturday at Voss Mortuary with Dr Clyde Black and Rev Albert Schmitt officiating. Burial at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary anytime. His wife Elizabeth Graessle Petterman died six days earlier.
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Edward
Petterman
Seymour
Voss Mortuary
Clyde 8
Black
Trinity Methodist Church
Albert Schmitt
Mooresville
Riverview Cemetery
Graessle-Mercer Company
Home Savings & Loan Association
South Poplar Street
Elizabeth Graessle Petterman
Ten Die In NYA Bus Wreck Near West Union
Ten youths died when a National Youth Administration bus ran off Illinois Highway 1 near West Union and overturned. The bus burned, and initial reports said seven trapped. the wreck was opened with torches, revealing ten bodies burned beyond identification.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Ill
National Youth Administration
West Union
Three Pedestrian Auto Accidents Reported in Seymour
Three recent auto pedestrian incidents in Seymour involve Harlan Hull of Austin who died after being struck by a car on Tipton Street, Mrs. Anna Campbell injured near Tipton and Walkout, and Harlan Hull’s death linked to a 1936 coach driven by Chester Cockerham of Freetown.
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Anna Campbell
Seymour
Seymour City
Freetown
Harlan Hull
Austin
Tipton Street
South Lynn Street
Tipton
Walkout Streets
Campbell
Hall
St. Joseph's Hospital
Louisville
Ona. 8
Chester 8
Cockerham
Ace Twenty-One
Russian fighting seen as important factor in Pacific victory
Washington dispatch argues Nazi reverses in Russia weaken Germany and Japan’s war effort. Analysts say Soviet success strains Axis resources, aiding Allied defense of Hawaii, Philippines, Singapore and Hong Kong, and potentially deterring Tokyo’s pushes in Asia. Continued discussion on page 6.
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Hong Kong
Asiatic
United States
Pacific Islands
Russia
Europe
Japan
Siberian
Hawaii
Philippines
Singapore
Germany
Africa
Asia
Good Will Bag Drive Sets Records for Clothing and Funds
The Seymour Lions Club with Shields High School Hi Y Club aided by Rev R B Wilson reports an unusually large collection of clothing shoes and some money in the winter drive. The campaign yielded what is believed to be the largest collection ever handed to the Seymour Welfare Association for winter use. Several homes were unattended during the drive.
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Seymour Lions Club
Shields High School
R. 8. Wilson
Wilson
Lions Club
Seymour Welfare
U S Plans First Wartime Rubber Rationing System
Washington reports the government is setting up civilian rationing boards in every community to decide who gets rubber ration cards as over the counter rationing takes effect January 4. Henderson notes the plan could extend to other civilian goods as wartime needs rise.
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Washington
Esteng
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Pacific
Paper Drive at Shields High for Christmas Baskets
Citizens asked to leave waste paper and magazines at Shields High School for pickup. The collection, led by Kenneth Warbritton, will run today and again Friday and Saturday to fund Christmas baskets for Seymour families in cooperation with local distribution agencies.
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Shields High School
Main
Kenneth N. Warbritton
Seymour
No News Good News From Hayden Couple About Son
Mr and Mrs John Whitcomb of Hayden report their son Lieut Whitcomb a navigation officer in the United States Army Air Corps is safe during the Japanese attack. He recently went to Scott Field in the Philippines for duty with a contingent of Army bombers, leaving the United States about seven weeks ago.
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John Whitcomb
Hayden
Liewt Baegar Whitcomb
United States Army Air Corps
Liewt. Whitcomb
Scott Preld
Philippine Islands
U. S S. Army
United States
War Bulletin Signals Turning Point in Global Conflict
Britain says North Africa front has collapsed while Russia reports Axis retreat in chaos. Soviet broadcasts claim German Romanian forces clash in retreat and combat erupts across fronts as Allied high command discussions consider a supreme war authority. Salazar calls for extraordinary assembly in Lisbon.
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Europe
Britain
North
Africa
Russia
Adolf Hitler
New Commanders Named for Pacific Fleet in War Update
The United States assigns new leaders to the Pacific defense as Admiral Kimmel and Lieutenant Short are replaced by Chester W. Nimitz Delos C. Emmons and General C L. Martin s successors. Across Asia Hong Kong endures bombardment while efforts to delay Japanese advances in Malaya and Luzon continue.
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Associated Press
United States
mid-Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Frank Knox
Hawaii
Depa
Husband E Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
A Walter ©. Short
Ment
Frederick N. Martin
Hawaiian Air Forces
Chester W. Nimitz
Cifie
Delos C. Emmons Ree Short
C. L
Martin
Pacific
Mark Young
London
Lord Moyne Young
Hong Kong
Hongkong
Far East
Malaya
Thailand
Kedah
Manila
Luzon
Vigan
United States Far Eastern Command
Pilipinas
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Frank Colemeyer
RITES
Wray E Fleming
Defense Saving Staff
Mrs. Krick
Jack Curry
Harold P. Lewis
Seymour State Police Post
Charlestown
Doncan Robertson
Ewing
Louis Summers
Hols
Hals
Justice of Peace Court
Mto Miller
Crothersville
James Hall
Curry
U. S. S. Arizona
America
Arizona
California
Kenneth Earl Cockrum
Kenneth Karl Cockrum
Mel
Charles Cockrum
East Second Street
Pay East
Tokyo
Lions Campaign
U. S
British Press Association
Lisbon
Portucali
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
National Assembly
War and Navy Departments
Louise Ahlert
Pelogue
Sebmue
Wolante Pumping Enc
Rockford
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