City Prepares for Christmas and Union Eve Worship
Seymour and Jackson County residents plan a Christmas observance with crowded stores, late hours, and a union Christmas Eve service at Trinity Methodist Church led by several local pastors. Officials urge cautious driving as many travel for holidays. Last year a fatal crash prompted Hoosier safety patrols and breath tests for suspected drink drivers.
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Seymour
Jackson County
J. T. Moore
Central Christian Church
Ministerial Association
Clifford McDaniel
Annual layoff wave hits Seymour plants this Christmas
Christmas layoffs begin in Seymour with F. Jacobson and Son closing for a week. Arvin Industries three sites shut down for three days with skeleton crews for inventory. Several other plants close Thursday and Friday, with all plants off for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
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Seymour
F. Jacobson and Son, Inc
Shipping Department
Arvin Industries, Inc
Arvin
Seymour Manufacturing Company
Seymour Tool and Engineering Company
H. O. Canfield Company
National Veneer and Lumber Company
Gerwin Shoe Company
Amoco Chemicals Corporation
Kieckhofer-Eddy
Weyerhauser Timber Company
Seymour Council Reports Three Year Progress and Problems
Mayor John C. Isaacs presents a three year review detailing street work including Freeman Drive upgrades and paving plans for Chestnut Second and other streets. The report notes flood drainage aid, new crossings, traffic signals, park improvements, and pool repairs at a cost of about 30 000 dollars, with future lighting and reforestation planned.
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John C. Isaacs
Seymour
Freeman Drive
Walnut
O’brien
Bruce Street
Jacobson Shirt
Pine Street
Seventh Street
von Fange
Broadway
Eighth Street
Kroeger- Crestview
Chestnut
Second Streets
Tipton
Chestnut Street
West Second
West Third
West Tipton
State Health Board
Gaiser Park
List of carriers and names from county routes and towns
A long roster of individuals associated with county carriers and route names. The list mentions many names tied to specific routes or counties, including Medora Freetown Browstown Wallonia and towns like Brownstown and Wallonia. Many entries appear as personal names with occasional place references, suggesting a directory-like or payroll style record.
Brown Cheer Baskets To Be Given Wednesday
Needy families and shut ins in Brownstown and Brownstown township will receive food clothing and toys through the Christmas Cheer Committee. Sponsors have been secured for 26 families and 16 baskets of food 6 baskets of staples and 33 baskets of nuts fruits and candies for shut ins. The program is aided by church civic fraternal social and philanthropic groups in Browns town.
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Brownstown
Brownstown Township
Annual Greeting Edition from Seymour Daily Tribune
The issue features a Greeting Edition with artistic advertisements from world class artists. Messages express appreciation for courtesies and patronage and wish readers a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
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Seymour Daily Tribune Today
Christmas Programs Held In All Arvin Plants Here Today
Christmas programs were held at three Arvin Industries plants in Seymour at 3 30 p m with the second shift attending. Speakers included Rev Kenneth L Swank at the North plant Rev J T Moore at the South plant and Rev Ralph Adkins at the West plant. SHS concert choirs performed Christmas music at each location with student singers and accompanists.
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Seymour
Arvin Industries, Inc
Arvin
North
H. William Prentice
Kenneth L. Swank
First Baptist Church
Shields High School
Sandra Knoke
Connie Hedden
Barbara Knoke
Connie Kriete
Tom Bollinger
Mark Hill
Grover Davis
Jack Hunter
Nancy Ewing
South Plant
E. O. Stark
J. T. Moore
Seymour Ministerial Association
Central Christian Church
SHS
Barbara Tolbert
Nancy Richey
Micki Ashcraft
Betty McDougal
Larry Trimpe
Roger Voss
Jim Brock
Dale Nay
Sharyn McMurray
Ralph Adkins
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
West Plant
Norman Lightner
Madonna Morgan
Joanne Shirley
Sandra Gottfried
Roger Foster
John Terkhorn
Marilyn Reichenba
Mike Kiefer
Don Irvin
Donna Adkins
Post Office Sets Holiday Schedule for Christmas Day
Seymour post office adopts a Christmas holiday plan with special deliveries and parcels, mail dispatch on a holiday schedule, 3 p.m. collection from all boxes, lobby hours 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., no window service, and staff excused when possible to share in the holiday with families.
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Seymour
T. P. Cordes
Hand Injuries From Drills and Door in Local Area
Shelton 30 of Browns Town worked at Swain Industries when his right hand was caught in a drill causing five stitches at Schneck Memorial Hospital. Lewis Speer 10 of North Vernon R3 had the end of his first right finger sutured after finger caught in a door at Zenas School. Mrs Inez Owens 53 of Crothersville injured her right ankle missing a step in Brownstown and received an X ray. all were released after treatment.
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Warren Shelton
Brownstown
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Swain Industries, Incorporated
Shelton
Lewis Leon Speer
Marvel Speer
North Vernon
Chance Of Snow For Christmas In Indiana
Colder weather moves into northern Indiana tonight and spreads across the state by Wednesday with a chance of snow for the northern two thirds and flurries on Christmas Day. Temperatures will range from the 30s in the north to near 60 in the south with highs in the 40s and 50s today.
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Indiana
Man Pleads Guilty To Public Intoxication
Warren L. Schroder a 41 year old Michigan City resident pleaded guilty in Mayor Isaacs court to public intoxication. He was fined 15 dollars plus 15 dollars costs after arrest in the 600 block of East Tipton Street at 8 40 p m by city officers Robert Gill and Walfred J Kleimola.
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Warren L. Schroder
Michigan
City
Ind
John C. Isaacs
Schroder
East Tipton Street
Robert Gill
Walfred J. Kleimola
Eisenhower Proposes 77 Billion Budget Plan
President Eisenhower outlined a 77 billion dollar balanced budget for the next year. Democrats called it unrealistic while Republicans hailed it as a Christmas gift to taxpayers. He proposed higher defense spending and other costs without a general tax hike, with reductions through sunsetting temporary programs and potential increases in postal rates gasoline taxes and new user charges.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Eiisenhower
Soil Bank
Clarence Cannon
DMO
House Appropriations Committee
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Crothersville to Judge Yule Decorations Tonight
Crothersville Improvement Association holds its annual Christmas doorway contest judged from 7 to 10 p m tonight. Carl F Kovener, chair, says judges from Brownstown will select winners. Eligible residents include Crothersville and nearby areas served by the local utility.
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Crothersville
Gas Blast Kills Four in Brownfield Texas
Four men die and about 160 people are wounded when a bottled gas truck collides with a pickup and explodes on the outskirts of Brownfield Texas. Some 45 remain hospitalized as 20 firefighters and local volunteers rush to aid victims. The Rev. James Tidwell aided rapid relief as ambulances from surrounding towns responded.
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Brownfield
Tex
West Texas
Terry County
James Tidwell
Levelland
Yule Fund Drive Closes After Successful Campaign
The American Legion Seymour tri bune marked its 40th annual Christmas basket drive with 837.13 raised to supply food and gifts for needy families. Campaign chair Thomas A. Plunkett's team will assemble and distribute baskets, with a toy truckload from Santa's Toy Shop at the Seymour Boys' Club to be handed out on Wednesday.
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American Legion-Seymour Tribune
Thomas A. Plunkett
Santa
Seymour
Bob Mathis
Jack Klakamp
Bill Beck
Billy Day
Hubert Gregory
Lindley Ruddick
Harry Cherry
Cloyce Jackson
Majestic Theater
Earl Smith
Charles W. Hawn
Santa Claus
Seymour American Legion Post No. 89
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End
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McDonald
Oak
van Fange
Baltimore and Ohio
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John H. Conner
Martin J. Plump
Charles R. Brown
Raymond H. Hoeferkamp
Alonzo Tuttle Norman R. Wilde
Thelma W. Sargeant
Sara K. Cordes
Gene Garvey
Roland Gregory Robert Runge Thomas Hennessy
James Osterman
Thomas Gill
Thomas W. Conner
James L. Diehm
Helen A. Joest
Mary J. McKain
Cletis Torpey Fletcher McKinney
Clifford H. Righthouse
William L. Hammett
Charles T. Carter
Robert EF. Hinton
Harry Thias John H. Smith
Roger Ruefer
Pat Garvey
James Schneider
David Pollett
Ronald Smith
Seymour Carriers
Donald Runge
Ronald Conway
Michael Shade Allen Snyder
Jerry Milroy
Jerry Woolf
David Torpey
Lynn Rascoe
Harold Wieneke Berkey Weller
Richard Runge
Larry Kamman
Michael Tormoehlen
John Disque
Glen Paul
Wallonia
Dennis Johnson
Inez P. Knoke
Doris Arnholt
Medora Talmadge Reynolds
Freetown
Robert Beaver
eEntire Tripane
Frank E. Whitsett Cayton T. Blizard Harvey E, Dixon
Robert W. Sculley
Ralph R. Creen Lewis C. Hansen
Crothersvilleerry Owens
Billy Colewell
John Scott
Brown
Ruth Everhart
Rockford
sAgePine
Ike
Rep
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
House
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
GOP Policy Committee
Meade Alcorn
C’ville
Robert H. Lucas
Vernon Abbott
Janet Brunow
Albert Swearey
E. J. Banta
Pat Kane
George Hart
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