Seymour Board Delays Action on Sewer Bid and Bond Offers
A Sey mour public works board meets at 2 pm to review two sewer construction bids for the Southside Interceptor and eight bond bids to finance the project. Northern Indiana Construction offers concrete pipe bid at 25100 and tile bid at 26455.10, with 60 day completion. Thompson Construction bids 32041.50 for tile options with 90 days. Bond bidder Raffensperrer Hughes leads with 38.89 premium and 1.75 percent interest, under review against other offers from Cities Securities and Fletcher Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seyveour Board of Public Works and Safety
Seymour
C. Hartwell
Stanley A. Switver
T. Marian Montgomery
Elmer St. Brown
Northern Indiana Construction Company
Tompson Construction Company
Indianapolis
Raffensperon Hughes and Company, Inc
Cities Securities Corporation
Fletcher Trust Company
McNarlen & Hundlman
Indianapolis Bond and Share Corper
Last Interurban Line in State May Soon Be Scrap
Southern Indiana’s last electric interurban rail line between Indianapolis and Seymour faces abandonment after a 999 year lease is cancelled under an agreement with Public Service Company of Indiana. PSC and SEC approvals are being sought. train service has been suspended since September 8.
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Southern Indiana
Indianapolis
Seymour
Public Service Commission of Indiana and Securities and Exchange Commission
Southern Traction Company and Public Service Company of Indiana, Inc
Robert A. Gallagher
Public Service Company
Public Service Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gallagher
Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction Company
The
Public Service
Seymour City teachers to get $5 monthly raise
The Seymour City Board of Education unanimously voted a $5 per month salary increase for all school staff including teachers janitors truant officer librarian and two secretaries starting January and lasting through the 1941-42 school year. An addendum to contracts will lay out the change with no impact on next year's hiring decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour City
City Board of Education
No Plates Yet for 1942 Licenses in Seymour
Residents in Seymour and Jackson County face a delayed license sale as driver and auto license plates remain unavailable until January 2. Only chauffeur and public passenger licenses may be bought before January 1, with the new law setting a March 1 deadline and ending prior sales. Local officials note the change stems from the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Bruce K. Combs
Sunday Mail Deliveries Adjusted for Christmas Load
The Seymour postmaster announced a Sunday delivery to ease congestion from the heavy Christmas mail. Mails, stamp, parcel post, insurance, money orders, and defense bond windows will have extended Sunday hours. A city mail collection from all boxes is at 4 PM Sunday.
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Walter H. Droege
Seymour
Farm purchases tied to proposed army camp in Indiana
Oscar W. Snepp, amid discussions of a Johnson Bartholomew county army camp, bought a farm in upper Nineveh township hoping to stay safe. After papers were signed and the land totaled, rumors spread that much of Johnson county, including his property, would be government taken. He then bought an 11 acre farm in Franklin township near the First Mt Pleasant Church from Nellie B.
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Edinburg
Johnson
Bartholomew
Oscar W. Snepp
Nineveh
Johnson County
Snepp
Franklin Township
Mt. Pleasant
Nellie B
Organize Staff to Purchase Land for Columbus Camp
War Department wires a telegram to the Columbus real estate division as activity quickens toward announcing a Columbus army camp. The land purchase staff is ready. condemnation and settlements could follow if needed. Project manager candidates include Frank H. Wolfe with ties to local officials, while James F. Miller is promoted to assistant zone real estate director.
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Columbus
Ind
War Department
Ralph Fraker
Indianapolis
Frank H. Wolfe
Shelbyville
Ohio
Columbus Cantonment
Richmond
Wolfe
Maurice Wolfe
Decatur County
James F. Miller
Edinburg
Fifth Zone
Miller
Water Shutoff Notice Affects Chestnut Brown Areas
Water service will be off today starting at 12 30 p m for one hour. The outage covers Chestnut from Brown Avenue southward and all areas west of Chestnut and south of Brown, with further details continued on page 2 column 6.
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association Earns A Rating
The Jackson County Tuberculosis Association will receive a Class A rating from the Indiana Tuberculosis Association, based on full compliance with by laws and national standards. The group is wrapping up its seal and bond sales to fund tuberculosis work in 1942, with endorsement from state and national bodies.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Virginia Otto
Assocition
M. A. Auerbach
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Jackson County
State Board of Directors
Committee On Classification
Indiana Tuberculosis Association For
National Tuberculosis Association
Auerbach
Jefferson Proving Ground Featured in Daily Tribune
The Daily Tribune reports from Jefferson Proving Ground near Madison with a representative and Tribune photographer arranging access for the article. The feature appears on page 4 detailing activities and overview of the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Tribune
Jefferson Proving Ground
Madison
the Tribune
Proving Ground
Seymour Boys' Club Christmas Party Set At Shields High
Seymour Boys' Club members will attend a Monday night Christmas party in the old Shields High gym. The Jaycees sponsor the event with Calvert Brand arranging and Marshall Tackett directing activities. Dinner at 7:45 includes sweater and letter awards for top four boys in each age group, then a movie.
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Seymour Boys’ Club
Shields High School
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Calvert Brand
Jaycees
Marshall Tackett
The
Marine Recruiter to Visit Seymour for Enlistment Interviews
A U S Marine Corps representative will be in Seymour next Wednesday, December 24, at the Post Office with Ser Francis Moore conducting interviews for enlistment. Recruits will be sent to Keetch Depot San Diego or Paria Island for training before assignment to duty aboard ships or at naval bases.
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United States Marine Corps
Seymour
Ser Francis Moore
Post Office
Marine Corps
Keetch Depot
Coryea Infant Buried at Riverview Cemetery
Burial services were held Friday at Riverview Cemetery for the stillborn infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Coryea of 404 East Second Street. The child was born at Sekneck Memorial Hospital at 12 16 PM Friday.
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Riverview Cemetery
Ernest and
Louie Jaynes Coryea
East Second Street
Sekneck Memorial Hospital
Santa Fund shows big rise in donor total
A Santa Fund update reports 9255 raised today and a grand total of 8270.05. Contributions continue over the weekend and into early next week as the fund plans to use the money for ongoing relief efforts.
Funeral Services Set For Seymour Businessman Edward Petterman
Funeral services for Edward Petterman aged 54, Seymour businessman, who died suddenly Wednesday morning, will be held at 4 PM from Voss Mortuary with Dr Clyde Black of Trinity Methodist Church and Rev Albert Sehmitt presiding. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward (. Petterman
Seymour
Voss Mortuary
Clyde
Black
Trinity Methodist Church
Albert Sehmitt
Riverview Cemetery
Nome Christmas lighting contest entry deadline nears
Deadline looms Monday for homes in the Seymour sponsored contest. Entry blanks may be left at Seymour banks today or Monday. many displays are being arranged as residents enter to win recognition and prizes.
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Nome
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Seymour
Hong Kong in flames as Japanese advance reported
Cable dispatches claim Hongkong’s capital burned with the Japanese flag flying over Victoria Harbor while British defenses reportedly hold out. Dutch forces strike north Borneo and claim some invaders captured. In Mindanao, U S forces report heavy fighting near Davao as Japanese transports land troops.
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Associated Press
Hongkong
Sir Mark Young
North Borneo
Sarawak
Tokyo
Mount Victoria
Domei
Victoria
U. S. Army
Davao
Mindanao
Manila
Red Cross Drive Groups Listed in Local Campaign
Announcement lists committee members for the Red Cross war relief drive. Seymour’s quota is 5000 dollars, county total 7000, with Lions Rotary and American Legion handling business and other groups covering residential areas. Donation boxes will be placed at two banks for missed contributors and extra gifts. General committee includes Mrs. Martin Steinwedel, Mrs. Hildegarde Montgomery, Mrs. Joe Kuteh.
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Seymour
Glenn Keach
Campany
Kench
Lions and Rotary Clubs
American Legion
Marstin Steinwedel
Hildezarde Montgomery
Joe Kuteh
Weather Records for Seymour Day Official and Unofficial
Official and unofficial readings for Seymour include a downtown maximum temperature and a twenty four hour minimum from Miss Louise Ahlert and government weath eadie Shue records. River level measured by Seymour Water Co at Bache pumping station shows stage one foot above low water mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Weatheadie Shue and
Oecia
Seymour Water Co
Bache
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Works Board
Pearl Harbor
United States
Indianapolis, Columbus
Sunday Mail
Fuehrer
TB Association
Proving Ground Story
Coryea
Santa Fund
Legion
Borneo
Red Cross
Relef Fond
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