Seymour School Trustees Hear Farm Report
School trustees discussed the 240 acre Freeman Field farm serving as a training site for vocational agriculture students. The farm is self supporting and in good financial condition. Transportation for annexation areas remains unchanged for students. only rural school closings and new elementary buildings could affect proximity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Field
Seymour Community Schools
Seymour
Redding Township
Jackson Township
Farm Advisory Board
Legion Officers Assume Positions at Post 89
New officers of American Legion Post 89 were installed in ceremonies at the Post home. Gilbert Sheets presided, aided by several former district and post leaders from Bedford Seymour and others. Taking office were Stanley Garvey commander Russell Thomas first vice commander Stan Brewer second vice commander Robert Clerkin sergeant at arms Harry Thompson chaplain Kenneth Knoke adjutant Jack Hodapp finance officer Karl Hackman reappointed post service officer. Stanley Craig attended as Sons of the Legion head from Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post 89
Gilbert Sheets
Ninth District
Bedford
Reid Beard
Orin Nowlin
Seymour
Forrest Herrmann
Bernard Head
Clarence Brethauer
Austin Easley
Brownstown
Robert H. Lucas
Lucas
James C. Wright
Stanley Garvey
Russell Thomas
Stan Brewer
Robert Clerkin
Harry Thompson
Kenneth Knoke
Jack Hodapp
Karl Hackman
Stanley Craig
Sons of the Legion
That City
Weather Forces Seymour Pool Closure At Shields Park
The Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool in Shields Park stayed closed for a day due to cool and rainy weather. Pool manager Joe D. Gill said he hopes to reopen later in the afternoon as temperatures rose. Attendance was low after a new high of 815 swimmers on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Municipal Swimming
Shields Park
Joe D. Gill
Rain Delays Work On Schneck Memorial Hospital Expansion
Rain and excess moisture at the hospital site on West Bruce street delay construction of the Schneck Memorial Hospital addition. Architect D. E. Compton of Indianapolis visited to suggest methods to speed progress, noting no quicksand and that the issue is a water problem from spring rains. Work will resume when the site dries out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneck Memorial Hospital
West Bruce Street
Hospital Building Committee
D. E. Compton
Indianapolis
McGuire and Shook
Compton
Judge J Murdock Named Chief Judge of U S Tax Court
Judge J Edgar Murdock of Seymour will become chief judge of the United States Tax Court for a two year term starting July 1. He succeeds Judge John W Kern who will step down June 30 after six years as chief and return to regular judicial duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Murdock
T. Harlan Montgomery
Seymour
United States Tax Court
Washington
Murdock
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Kern
Pennsylvania
Weather Forecast Calls For More Rain And Cool Days
More showers are predicted for tonight and Friday with cooler weather on Friday. Clouds and chilly conditions are expected to linger through Saturday. In Seymour, 1.33 inches of rain fell in the last three days, with 0.10 inch on Wednesday, 0.42 inch Tuesday, and 1.00 inch Monday. Wednesday high reached 70, down six from earlier days. temperature dipped to 56 Wednesday night for the second night in a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Seymour
Mercury
Jaycees Promote National Effort to Rebuild Church Attendance
Seymour Jaycees join a nationwide Junior Chamber project titled Freedom Flows From Faith in God Come to Church aimed at encouraging citizens to attend the church of their choice. Posters and bumper stickers distribute locally with Richard Steinkamp leading a committee including Bill Ault Maron Reinbold and Milton Pollett as Seymour’s new president.
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Chamber of Commerce
Seymour Jaycees
Cern
Richard Steinkamp
Bill Ault
Maron Reinbold
Milton Pollett
Seymour Organization
County Civil Defense Workers Prepare for National Alert
Fulton R. Meyer Jackson county civil defense director and staff plan for Operation Alert 1955 a national exercise testing civilian recovery from a simulated atomic attack on Chicago Gary Fort Wayne and Indianapolis with St Louis and ten midwestern cities also in effect local center at 12242 West Second Street will coordinate drills and emphasize sober preparation over fear for survivors within Jackson Floyd and Clark counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton R. Meyer
Jackson County
Seymour
United States
Alaska
Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Mr. Meyer
James H. Hedden
Eugene Burke
Seymour CD
Carl Zett
Ground Observer Corps
Jackson County Civil Defense
Nevada
The
Pacific
Chicago
Gary
Fort Wayne
Gary’s
Indiana
Indianapolis
Evansville
St. Louis
Hedden
Civil Defense Control Center
West Second Street
Floyd and
Clark
First Park Band Concert Tonight
The Seymour Summer Band under Frank D. Cofield will give its first concert of the season tonight at 8 o clock in the shelter house at Shields Park. Four concerts are planned for the summer, alternating between Shields and Gaiser Parks, with next week at Gaiser Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Frank D. Cofield
Shields High School
Shelter House
Shields Park
Shields
Gaiser Parks
Seymour Park
Morrissey
Royal Gorge
Little
Ivanovici
Walters
Frank
Manhattan Beach
Sousa
Carera
Tweedle-Dee
Scott
Dance With
Henry
Rogers
Washington Post
Key
Weather Readings for Seymour Including Official and Unofficial
Official and unofficial weather data for Seymour today. The 2 PM temperature from a downtown thermometer is unofficial while other readings come from government observer Ruth Everhart as official. The Wednesday high reached 70 and the low was not stated. River height 3.5 feet and precipitation 0.10 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Nineveh Man Is Police Districts 12th 55 Victim
A 55 year old man from Nineveh became the 12th highway fatality of 1955 in the Seymour state police district after a one car crash four miles south of Franklin. Leslie Bernard Morris 22 of Nineveh drove the 1948 coach. John Luther Richardson was a passenger and died at the scene from a skull fracture. Richardson’s body was taken to Flynn and McGuire Funeral Home. Morris escaped injury. The crash occurred at 8 10 a m.
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Nineveh
Seymour
Franklin
Deal
John Luther Richardson
Leslie Bernard Morris
Morris
Richardson
Flynn
VFW To Install Officers Saturday
Leslie Arbuckle Zimmerman Post 1925 VFW will install new officers Saturday night at the Eagles Club 122 East Second Street Auxiliary officers go first at 7 o'clock Post officers around 7 30 and Fathers of the VFW at 8 o'clock A lunch and a dance follow at the VFW Home Names include Fred Manion commander Paul Selfridge retiring commander Carl Pollitt junior vice commander Robert Sweet quartermaster Charles Weddle advocate Hubert Spieker chaplain Roy Hoskins surgeon Milton Coombs Jr trustee Earl George Bowman house committee member A lunch and dance follow installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie-Arbuckle- Zimmerman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eagles Club
East Second Street
VFW
Fred Manion
Paul Selfridge
Carl Pollett
Robert Sweet
Charles Weddle
Hubert Spieker
Roy Hoskins
Milton Coombs, Jr
Earl
George” Bowman
Not Guilty Verdict Ordered By Judge
Judge John M. Lewis freed a Greenwood man on a technicality in a beer sales without permit case. Howard Peters previously won a directed verdict of not guilty after excise police arrested him near Wallonia. A 15 minute jury session also brought Lenna Arthur Jackson a guilty verdict for operating a vehicle under the influence and a $75 fine plus costs. Judge Lewis granted Jewell Burke a divorce from Curtis Burke with a two year remarry restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit Court
Greenwood
Howard Peters
Wallonia
Lewis
Peters
Glenn Nichols
Crothersville
Mose Pennyharer
Seymour
Henry C. McDaniel
Salt Creek Township
James G. Acton
Redding Township
Herbert L. Pyle
Jackson Township
Vinna Spurgeon
Pershing Township
Thelma Alberring
LeRoy Pollett
Edwin Thomas
Washintownship
Vernon Abbott
Roy H. Beldon
Robert Speckner
Lenna Arthur Jackson
Brownstown
Jackson
Eugene St. John
Philip Stout
James L. Laupus
George H. Gossman
Jewell Burke
Curtis Burke
British Rail Strike Talks End Without Breakthrough
London negotiators for unions and government met for two hours in the first full talks to end Britain’s 12 day rail strike. Hopes for a quick settlement remained high though no material progress was reported. Union leader Jim Baty said nothing decisive had developed. the strike demands a $1.12 weekly raise on a $27.30 base pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Monthly Chest Clinic Sees Six New Patients
A total of 16 patients, including 12 adults and four children, attended the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association sponsored chest clinic at 10242 South Chestnut Street on Wednesday. Six were new patients. Seven X-rays were read and four patch-tests administered under Dr. C. J. McIntyre with assistance from Mrs. Josephine Richart, Miss Mildred Bullerdick, and Mrs. Florence Ebert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Association
South Chestnut Street
C. J. McIntyre
Indianapolis
Josephine Richart
Red Cross
Mildred Bullerdick
Jackson County
Florence Ebert
The
Tuberculosis Association
Adenauer Open to Meeting Soviet Leaders but Not in Moscow
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer is willing to discuss talks with Soviet leaders but prefers an exchange of views first. The location remains undecided with Paris and Geneva among possibilities, and a Moscow meeting only if consultations with Eisenhower and other Western leaders permit.
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Bown
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Adenauer
Paris
Russia
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Red Cross Life-Saving Classes At Seymour Pool
Red Cross life-saving courses announced for Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool Shields Park by Joe D Gill pool manager and water safety chairman. Junior class starts with about 12 enrollments, age 12 needed. senior class requires age 16. Enroll at pool cashier. Instructor course July 18 requires senior pass and 18 years.
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Red Cross
Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
Joe D. Gill
Jackson County
American Red Cross
Mrs Ethel Farrar Dunlevy Dies at 60 Funeral Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Farrar Dunlevy 60, former Seymour resident and widow of Walter Dunlevy, Clark county treasurer, will be Friday at 10:30 from Coots Funeral Home Jeffersonville with Arthur Eisman in charge. Burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery. She died Wednesday at St Joseph's Hospital Louisville after a week as patient, after three months illness. She taught art at Wabash grade schools and belonged to the Christian Science Society. Survivors include son Richard Kelley Jeffersonville, brother Lynn Ball New York City, and a sister.
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Ethel Farrar Dunlevy
Seymour
Walter Dunlevy
Clark County
Coots
Jeffersonville
Arthur Eisman
Christian Science Reader
Walnut Ridge
Dunlevy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Louisville
New Albany
Wabash
Christian Science Society
Richard Kelley
Lynn Ball
New York City
Local Man Fined and Given Six Months Term
Seymour man Elmer Leslie Richardson Jr 39 pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was fined 100 dollars plus 13 dollars costs and received a six month term at the state penal farm. Arrested Wednesday by city police. Marion A Cook 76 of Paris Crossing R R also fined 10 dollars and 13 dollars costs but unable to pay was jailed at Brownstown after pleading guilty and arrest Wednesday by city police.
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Seymour
Elmer Leslie Richardson, Jr
State
Marion A. Cook
Paris Crossing
R R
Donald L. Herwig
Cook
Brownstown
Office Closed for Two Weeks in June
Notice states the office of Dr. R. J. Miller will be closed from June 1 to June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Miller
Jelid
Burglary Probe Into Speer Service Station Theft
Detective Don Winn and Sheriff Lester E. Greathouse continue the investigation into the Speer service station burglary on U S Road 50 near the Jackson Lawrence county line. A pane was broken and a metal frame pried. about $24 in dimes and pennies was taken from the station by the operator W R Speer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Winn
Seymour
Senate subcommittee recalls Chicago hatmaker in graft probe
The Senate Investigations subcommittee recalls Chicago hatmaker Harry Lev for further testimony amid probes into graft in military clothing procurement. Air Force charges and Army suspensions surface as Lev faces questions about ties to Marvin Rubin and Leon Levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Chicago
Harry Lev
McClellan
D-Ark
Lev
Air Force
Raymond Wool
New York
Wool
Dayton
Ohio
Army
Ferdinand Tartaglia
Quartermaster Corps’ Clothing Purchase Division
Philadelphia
Leo
Tartaglia
Natick
Mass
Mid-City
Marvin S. Rubin
Sen. Bender
Robio
Leon M. Levy
TB Association Election Tonight in Jackson County
The Jackson County Tuberculosis Association will hold its annual officers election at 7 30 tonight during the June board meeting. W B Everdon, the president, will oversee discussions on the organization’s operations at the association office 10242 South Chestnut Street. new board members elected last month are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
South Chestnut Street
W. B. Everdon
Auto Workers GM In Secret Contract Talks
Detroit reports negotiators from General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers are in secret talks ahead of a Sunday midnight strike deadline. About 25 000 GM and 5 000 Ford workers remain idle as the union presses for wage and benefit upgrades alongside income protection and holiday improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auto Workers
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Collins Resigns North Wea School Position
Vance B. Collins, longtime North Vernon superintendent, resigns to take a similar post at Clarksville. The board accepted his release. under his leadership the district expanded with Scipio Butlerville Zenag pupils, added eleven classrooms, started a band program, added junior high, and introduced football. North Vernon High School joined the North Central Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance B. Collins
North Vernon
Clarksville
Jenenings
Scipio
Butlerville
Zenag
Collins
Queen Elizabeth II Opens New Session Of Parliament
Queen Elizabeth II opens a new parliamentary session in London amid Britain’s severe industrial crisis. She notes the railway strike but pledges Commonwealth resources for peace and a continued close US partnership, while seeking peaceful talks with the Soviet Union and Formosa Strait settlement.
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Queen Elizabeth II
London
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
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J. Murdock
Jaycees
NEA Telephoto
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Dearborn
Mich
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First Park
Heinrich von Brentano
Bonn
Geneva
Ethel Dunlevy
TB Association
UAW
Reuther
Pittsburgh
Linden
Trenton
N.J
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Parma
Big Rouge
Dearborn Mid
North Wea
Tinue
Formosa Strait
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