City Plans Sealed Bids for Street Improvements
Seymour board of public works and safety will accept sealed bids for road materials and application on city streets. Bids due by 4 PM DST Tuesday June 19, with public opening then. Contracts may be awarded per item or groups, bids require 5 percent bid bond and 100 percent performance bond, work due by September 15. Estimated cost 11975.20. Streets listed include O'Brien Second to PRR, East Tipton North Fork, South Park Drive, West Jackson Chestnut to Easting, and others.
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Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Ralph J. Lucas
Lucas
State Board of Accounts
O'Brien
Second
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tipton North Fork
South Park Drive
PRR
Walnut
West Jackson
Chestnut
Easting Road
West
Brown
Buckeye
North Park Drive
South
McDonald
Oak
Poplar
Laurel
Vine
Walnut Brown
South Broadway
Lynn
Carter
Bruce
East
Tipton
South Vine
South Park
Blish
Arven
North Blish
North Park
North Broadway
North Mill
West Seventh
Pine
Pekin Prepares Its Biggest July 4 Celebration
Pekin plans the towns largest Fourth of July event with a Gill's Grove picnic as a highlight. Guest speakers include Judge Morris Wilson of Corydon and Rev. Paul Ofer of St. Mary of the Knobs. A parade, magic show, bird and dog show, bands, and a Jeffersonville Depot exhibit round out the day with Victor Green as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Gill's Grove
Morris Wilson
Corydon
Paul Ofer
St. Mary-of-the-Knobs
Jeffersonville
Rotarians to Tour Texas Eastern Pumping Station
Seymour Rotary Club members will tour the Texas Eastern Transmission pumping station near Reddington after a 6 15 p m dinner at the Elks Club. The visit marks the first such tour and is arranged by Glenn H Seward with D S Patton and other Texas Eastern officials expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Board of Review Ends First Week
The Jackson county board of review closed its first week of the 30 day annual session at Brownstown. It reviewed real estate and personal property assessments for 1951 taxes due in 1952 and invited objections during the period. Members include O R Emerson and T Volney Carter with officials Zickler Cummings and Tinch assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Seymour
George H. Gossman
John E. Zickler
Jackson County
James E. Cummings
Max Tinch
Mailbox Painting Kicks Off Community Service Day
Jackson county 4 H Junior Leaders and assistants start painting rural mailboxes today. Teams depart Brownstown courthouse in multiple cars with a junior leader requesting owner permission. No charge, donations accepted. boxes to be labeled with holder names later. They meet at Jackson County State Forest near Brownstown for a wiener roast, led by Paul J. Stahl and Altamae Heckman with 104 senior members enrolled.
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Jackson County
Brownstown
Jackson County State Forest
Paul J. Stahl
Grassy Fork Township
Altamae Heckman
June Receives Mixed Weather With Late Week Clouds
After a sizzling start June cooled to cloudy and chilly days. Rain saved local strawberries from heat damage while southern crops face drought. Temperatures ranged 50 to 85 degrees. White River fell from 4.3 to 3.2 feet by Friday.
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Deep South
Damocles
East
Mississippi River
White River
Outdoor Series Of Services At Brownstown
A Brownstown Ministers Association sponsored outdoor series will run Sundays from tonight through September 2 at Brownstown High School lawn daylight saving time 6 to 7 pm. A union choir from Baptist Christian Methodist and Presbyterian churches will lead singing under Robert M Broddecker. Each church provides ushers. Rev C W Taylor opens July 1 speakers include Rev John A Phelps June 17 Rev George Clayman June 24 and Rev Linwood Horne July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown Ministerial Association
Brownstown High School
Union
Robert M. Broddecker
C. W. Taylor
Brownstown
USWV Convention Opens Sunday in Indianapolis
Delegates from Ralph B. Applewhite Camp No 74 and other Indiana units join about 1000 attendees for the Indiana United Spanish War Veterans encampment in Indianapolis. Indiana commander is Voss Cox of Bloomington. A joint session at Hotel Severin opens Sunday at 2 pm with remarks by national commander Harry E. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Applewhite
John A. Watkins
Donald E. Bowen
Cox
O Val M. Colvin
Indianapolis
Elizabeth A. Gwin
Indiana Auxiliary
Dora Stimson
Bloomington
Cornerstone Laid for Brownstown Baptist Church
The Brownstown Baptist Cornerstone was laid this week by F. C. Foster and John Hamer of the congregation. Rev. Linwood Horne led the dedication service. The cornerstone contained church membership lists history of the building plans a church bulletin a three cent stamp pictures from the last service in the old building four silver dollars a 1951 penny two 1951 dimes an 1873 penny a 1903 penny and a 1899 nickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown Baptist Church
F. C. Foster
John Hamer
Linwood Horne
Weather Records Show Narrow Range This Week
Official maximum reached 85 degrees and minimum 60 with a 10 am reading of 73. River level at 3.1 feet.
Arraignment Expected in Wheeler Burglary Case
Edward Wheeler Jr., 24, of Brownstown, charged with second degree burglary in Jackson Circuit Court, is slated for arraignment next week before Judge George H. Gossman. He was in custody after being captured in Lima, Ohio, with a stolen car tied to various burglaries including C. M. Robbins shop in Tampico May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wheeler, Jr
Brownstown
Jackson
George H. Gossman
Jackson County
Lima
Salem
Wheeler
C. M. Robbins
Tampico
Illinois
South Bend
Michigan
Ribbon Winners Are Announced at Seymour Girls Club
The Seymour Girls Club closes clubhouse for most of summer after Achievement Night. Outdoor projects planned with a summer schedule to be announced. Mrs. Joe D. Gill reports a successful year with more members and activities. Ribbons awarded in Homecraft Sewing Cooking Knitting and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Girls’ Club
Joe D. Gill
Ior
Betty Ann Bobb
Sharort Combs
Judy Kay Kamman
Nancy Jean McCulley
Joan Rebber
Beth Sullavan
Sandra Vogel
Patty Klosterman
Coleen Klosterman
Donna Mae Grisham
Sandra Rebber
Joan Kendall
Diane Borcherding
Peggy Aiken
Mary Jane Mitchell
Janet Sutherland
Marilyn Klakamp
Mary Carol Fettig
Carolyn Otte
Beverly Pettigrew
Sandra Reed
Patricia Stockhoff
Suwanna Donnells
Linda Waddell
Diane Yeakle
Frances Pettigrew
Judy Hawkins
Brenda Haws
TB Clinic Set for Brownstown Tuesday
The first free tuberculosis chest clinic in 1951 will be held Tuesday June 12 at the American Legion clubroom in Brownstown. Hours are 10 to 12 morning and 1 to 3 afternoon with Dr. C. J. McIntyre of Indianapolis leading the clinic for the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
American Legion Clubroom
C. J. McIntyre
Indianapolis
Jackson County
Eva M. Frost
County Association
Florida crime probe widens as Senate team eyes Sullivan
Washington reports say the Senate crime committee advances a narcotics inquiry and reviews Miami Sheriff James Sullivan amid Warren’s controversial reinstatement. The panel reopens a Florida investigation, with Downey Rice returning for further talks as hearings loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Florida
Senate Crime Committee
Miami
James Sullivan
Fuller Warren
George Martin
Downey Rice
Rice
Martin
Warren
Sullivan
Senate
Capone Syndicate
Miami Beach
Joseph Enzinger 92 dies at White Creek Bartholomew
Joseph Enzinger 92 longtime Bartholomew county resident died at his home on Columbus Road Friday afternoon after eight weeks of bed confinement with a complication of diseases. Funeral services set for 1:30 p.m. Monday from the residence and 2 p.m. at White Creek Lutheran Church with Rev. O W Linnemeier officiating. Burial will be in White Creek Lutheran Cemetery. He was born February 4 1859 in Ripley County Indiana. He is survived by two daughters Amelia Diggs Seymour and Anita Noblitt Columbus R8 twelve grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Four sons William Otto Richard and Albert preceded him in death. He was a member of White Creek Lutheran Church. Burial arrangements by Tower and Burkholder Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Enzinger
Bartholomew County
Columbus R
White Creek Lutheran Church
O. W. Linnemeier
White Creek Lutheran Cemetery
Tower
Burkholder Funeral
Mr. Enzinger
Ripley County
Indiana
Mike
Anna Marie Warner Enzinger
White Creek
Ida Brinkman
Enzinger
Seymour R
Anita Noblitt
Columbus
William
Otto
Richard
Albert
Office closed until June 18 for Dr Gillespie
The office of Dr. Cc E Gillespie is closed until June 18. Access to services will resume after the specified date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. E. Gillespie
Jed
Marshall, Ridgway confer in Tokyo amid Korea war rumors
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall and General Matthew B. Ridgway held a long, secretive session at Ridgway's headquarters and later at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Officials gave no statement on the purpose, while South Korea's Syngman Rhee warned of drastic action if UN moves threaten national security.
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NEA Radio-Telephoto
George C. Marshall
Matthew B. Ridgway
Haneda Air Field
Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Marshall
Secretary of
Defense
Ridgway
U.S
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Korean Republic
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Red North
South Korea
MacArthur denies coalition talk with Chinese leaders
General Douglas MacArthur denounces as prevarication any claim he supported a coalition between Chinese Communists and Nationalists. In a telegram to Senator Knowland he says U S 1944 45 efforts to form such a coalition were a great diplomatic blunder causing blood and disaster. The telegram was released by Knowland after State Department material suggested U S aid to China as a negotiation basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Knowland
Acheson
MacArthur
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Nine Die in Air Accident Series
Nine airmen from the Air Force and Navy were killed in a sequence of crashes Friday. The worst was eight F-84 Thunderjet jets crashing within a 25 mile area near Richmond Indiana. Three pilots died there and six others perished in three separate incidents. A B-25 trainer from Reese AFB crashed near Lubbock Texas, killing three. A Navy attack bomber exploded near Albuquerque New Mexico, killing two with a survivor minorly injured. An F-80 from Williams AFB Arizona crashed near Bagdad Arizona, killing its pilot. A Navy Hellcat crashed near the Pennsylvania Maryland border. pilot status not immediately known.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Navy
Richmond
Ind
Lubbock
Tex
Reese Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N. M
Bagad
Ariz
Williams Air Force Base
Pennsylvania-Maryland
Norfolk
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Mrs Dunlevy to Finish Her Husband's Term
Mrs Ethel F Dunlevy widow of Walter W Dunlevy Clark county treasurer and former Seymour resident was named by the Clark county board of commissioners to complete her husband's unexpired term He died Tuesday in Nichols Hospital Louisville after a 10 week illness He had served a second term and lived in Seymour while a conductor and motorman on the Indiana Railroad interurban line between Indianapolis and Louisville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel F. Dunlevy
Walter W. Dunlevy
Clark County
Seymour
Clark County Board of Commissioners
Dunlevy
Nichols Hospital
Louisville
Indiana Railroad
Indianapolis
Communists Fortify Iron Triangle Front in Korea
North Korean troops dug in to defend the Iron Triangle as Allied artillery targeted Chorwon and Kumhwa. U S Eighth Army reported gains east of Kumhwa and around the Hwachon reservoir while Red resistance remained stubborn on multiple sectors amid ongoing offensives and reported executions of some officers.
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Tokyo
Iron Triangle
North Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Chorwon
Triangle
Kumhwa
Chipo
Eighth Army
Hwachon Reservoir
Inje
Yonchon
Yongpyong
Biggest Manhunt After Diplomats
Thousands of detectives and intelligence agents across western Europe search for two British diplomats possibly defecting with top level Anglo American secrets. Scotland Yard's L. E. Wilkinson joined the hunt in Paris, while officials say there is no proof they fled to Russia. The missing are Donald D. MacLean and Guy Burgess, members tied to the British Foreign Office and Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
L. E. Wilkinson
Scotland Yard
Special Branch
Paris
Russia
Donald D. MacLean
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Washington
Mass F-84 Crash near Richmond Kills Three
Eight F-84 Thunderjets crash from a 34‑plane formation near Richmond Indiana killing three pilots and injuring two others. Air Force secrecy surrounds the incident as crews prepare for a thorough investigation at Wright Patterson and Selfridge fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright-Patterson
Three Tired Kids Found Safe After Night in Hollow Log
Santa Fe New Mexico June 9 4 Three hungry adventurous children wandered from a family picnic into Sangre de Cristo canyons were found after 28 hours missing They were located by Air Force personnel near the mountainside and rescued by sergeants Morvee de Dubuque and Nelson The parents McGee and Cross cried with relief over the reunion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollow Log
Santa Fe
N. M
Sangre de Cristo Mountain
Larry McGee
Janet
Stevie Cross
Larry
Stevie
Preston McGee
Charlotte Cross
McGee
Morvee
Sergeant Nelson
Myron Scroggs
Kirtland
Albuquerque
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Texas Eastern Station
Board of Review
June
Shakespeare
USWV
Brownstown Baptist
Sunofficher
Perature
Ruthhart
Government Weather
Florida Crime
Mac
Mrs. Dunlevy
Fred Musser
Texas
Boston
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Selfridge Field
Mich
Wright- Patterson
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