Many Changes To Take Place Jan 1 In Seymour Area
New year brings a roster of local government shifts. Seymour will inaugurate a new city administration for a four year term with Mayor John C. Isaacs and City Clerk-Treasurer Gaynelle Moritz starting January 1. New town trustees take office in Crothersville and Medera, and a new county commissioner will attend his first meeting Monday, marking Jackson county’s only elective change on January 1.
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Seymour
Crothersville
Medera
Jackson County
John C. Isaacs
Donald L. Herwig
C. Wurkart
Burkart
C. E. Miles
Isaacs
Gaynelle Moritz
Medora Sets Swearing In For New Town Officials
Medora residents will see new town officers sworn in tonight. Alva Early Ray Love and John R Jackson join the town board with Noble Louden named clerk treasurer. Walter Beck to administer the oath as retiring clerk treasurer. The board will organize by electing a president and naming a town marshal to replace William Butler who recently quit to return to rail work.
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Medora
Alva Early
Ray Love
John R. Jackson
Noble Louden
Walter Beck
William Butler
Virgil Watts
Watts
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Marshal Butler
Scouts To Ring Bells Early In Paper Drive
Scouts of Boy Scout Troop 2 at First Baptist Church start a January paper drive in Seymour's northwest. Collections begin Monday at 8 30 a m under Scoutmaster Waldo Judkins as residents are expected to be awake after the holiday season.
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Boy Scout Troop 2
First Baptist Church
Seymour
Waldo Judkins
Week of Prayer Services Planned in Seymour
The Seymour Ministerial Association announces a five night Week of Prayer at Seymour Church of God starting Monday at 7 30 with a different speaker and chairman each night. Rev Ralph Adkins opens the series and Rev Emery Parks chairs. An offering each night funds the association treasury to aid needy transients.
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Seymour Ministerial Association
Seymour Church of God
Ralph Adkins
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Emery Parks
Ministerial Association
H. Nathan Frederick
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas G. Scott
Trinity Methodist Church
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
Thomas Pickens
Edgar F. Maddox
Bethel A.M.E
Homer J. Hunsinger
St. Paul Congregational Church
Clyde S. Black
Surprise Methodist Church
Parks
Ministerial Association Treasury
Droege to Lead New Year Service at Immanuel Lutheran
Thomas Droege son of Mr and Mrs Walter H Droege of 325 Calvin Boulevard will conduct the New Year's Day service at Immanuel Lutheran Church Walnut and Oak streets at 9 am Announcement today by Pastor Rev Victor A Mack The young man is a student at Concordia Theological Seminary St Louis MO His father Seymour is the postmaster
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Walter H. Droege
Calvin Boulevard
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Walnut
Oak Streets
Victor A. Mack
Droege
Concordia Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Seymour
Bells Ring In 1956 With Joy Across Seymour Night
Citizens in Seymour welcome 1956 with bells and songs as 1955 ends. Police and fire services stay ready while post office operates with no mail delivery until Tuesday. Schools reopen Tuesday as residents hope for safety and happiness in the new year.
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Seymour
Indiana
Fire Department
the Tribune
Jackson County ASC Sets 1956 Allotment For Conservation
Jackson County’s ASC budget for 1956 is set at 81 908, with total funds about 104 000 available this year for farmers meeting conservation practices. Signups began in Owen and Brownstown townships, with meetings planned across Jackson County from 8 am to 4 pm at several locations. Township committees manage signups, and other meetings are scheduled for Salt Creek Carr Hamilton Washington Driftwood Grassy Fork Pershing next week.
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Jackson County
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Owen Township
Brownstown
ASC
Farmers’ Club
Jackson Township
K. of P. Hall
Reddington
Redding Township
Densford’s
Crothersville
Vernon Township
Salt Creek Township
Carr
Hamilton
Washington
Driftwood
Grassy Fork
Pershing
Jackson Circuit Court Docket Opens Under Heavy Schedule
Jackson Circuit Court begins a 51 day January term with Presiding Judge John M. Lewis calling the docket. A 40 member petit jury is to be impaneled Tuesday at 8 45 am and the grand jury will be summoned in the first week. The term runs through February 29 with a six day work week and the first trial set for Robert E Lauster on DUI charges. Dockets include 62 criminal 36 divorce 56 civil 88 administrator 117 guardian and 20 trustee cases.
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Jackson Circuit Court
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit
Robert E. Lauster
Weather Record Summary for Seymour Day
Official maximum and minimum temperatures reported for Seymour. Downtown thermometer unofficial reading noted. Readings from Mrs. Ruth Everhart government weather observer, with river level at 2.5 feet recorded at 2 p.m.
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Seymour
the & Co
Ruth Everhart
Forty and Eight Plans To Award Nursing Scholarship
Forty and Eight announces a three year nursing education scholarship for a Shields High School June graduate. Robert H. Lucas will chair a fundraising committee to sell ornamental automobile plates to fund the project. The plates will promote Seymour at “the Crossroads of Southern Indiana” and be blue with gold lettering.
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Shields High School
Robert H. Lucas
Lucas
Seymour
Indiana
Bernard Head
Clarence Brethauer
School of Nursing
Car-Truck Crash Injures Driver Near Reddington
Louis J. McGuire 25 of Indianapolis was injured when his 1948 convertible collided with a southbound tractor trailer on U S 31 north of Reddington. The truck, owned by H and H Metal Co of Louisville, was driven by James Marshall 31 of Louisville. McGuire was treated and released. he was fined 14.75 dollars for driving to the left of the highway center.
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Reddington
Joseph H. Normington
Seymour State
James Marshall
Louisville
H. & H. Metal Company
Normington
MccGuire
McGuire
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Seymour
Justice of the Peace Court
Scottish Rite Holiday Dinner Highlights Magic Act
Jackson County Scottish Rite Club and guests filled the Elks Club dining room for the annual holiday party featuring magic by an international illusionist. The program included piano and vocal numbers, a Ben Franklin style solo, and a sword card trick finale.
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Jackson County
Scottish Rite Club
The
Elks’ Club
Harry H. McDonald
James L. Diehm
Governor urges sane driving as Indiana starts New Year weekend
Gov. George N. Craig calls for sane driving and orders state police to arrest drivers committing hazardous acts. He points to 1954 ending with 18 traffic deaths and notes early weekend tolls show at least 24 deaths since Friday 6 p.m. CST with victims in Indiana Ohio New York and other states.
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George N. Craig
Craig
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California
Louisiana
Massachusetts
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Washington
Ilinois
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Maryland
New Jersey
New Hampshire
South Dakota
National Safety Council
French Election Near as Algeria Scandal Roils Campaign
Campaign in Paris heats up as Monday vote nears amid Algeria violence charges. Premier Faure condemns gendarme shooting of an unarmed Algerian prisoner last August and retracts bribery claims about a cameraman. Chassagne defends his newsreel firm. officials say no bribery evidence exists.
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National Assembly
Edgar Faure
France
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Interior Ministry
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U. S
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Faure
Dole
Ike Faces Decisive Year With 1956 Outlook
President Eisenhower ends 1955 hopeful for health restoration and a possible bid for a second term. He faced a September heart attack, the Geneva Big Four talks, and Khrushchev's Christmas blast. The White House affirmed ongoing U S aims for peaceful liberation of satellite nations.
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Fla
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
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Khrushchev
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Europe
Russia
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White House
County Officials To Meet Monday On Appointments
Jackson County board of commissioners meets at 10 a m at the county courthouse for its organization session New member Thomas Eather Fountain joins with holdovers Everett Lutes and Earl Singer A series of appointments to county posts for 1956 will be made includingcounty attorney road supervisor highway clerk veterans service officer courthouse custodian county fireman and county health nurse Bids will be received for fuels gravel lumber and other supplies for 1956 and for an outside hauling contract and for food and other county home purchases for the first quarter ending March 31
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Thomas Eather Fountain
G. Roland Kasting
Everett Lutes
Earl Singer
Eventful New Year For Rose Bowl Teams In Pasadena
The weather forecast calls for clear dry and chilly conditions for New Year’s Day in Pasadena as Michigan State and UCLA prepare for the Rose Bowl after earlier rain raised questions about play. The Weather Bureau says the storm has blown away and won’t return, easing post season concerns for the 142 million viewers expected for the Tournament of Roses parade.
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Pasadena
Calif
Michigan State
UCLA
Weather Bureau
Holiday Weather Sees Moderately Cold New Year Outlook
The region endures moderately cold conditions with a 34 degree high Friday and 17 degree low in Seymour. Forecasters expect 35 to 42 degree readings on New Year Day with rain or snow possible over the weekend and lingering chill through Monday across Indiana cities including Indianapolis Lafayette Fort Wayne and Evansville.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Seymour
South Bend
Indianapolis
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Four Leaders Confront Key Tasks as Congress Reopens
The four top leaders Sam Rayburn Lyndon Johnson Joseph Martin and William Knowland return to Capitol Hill for a new session. They face a presidential election year with Democrats controlling both houses and Republicans holding the presidency. Each faces party pressures and personal tests as they guide legislation and balance compromise with party unity.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Sam Rayburn
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
Joseph W. Martin Jr. Tl
Massachusetts
William F. Knowland
GOP
White House
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