Street Improvements Estimated By City Council
The common council heard 14 proposed street projects with an estimated cost near 7 dollars per front foot. Engineer George Crowder said the higher price buys better streets for Seymour, while East Third and O’Brien streets are classified as industrial streets with heavier base and surface.
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Common Council
George Crowder
Crowder
Seymour
Glen C. Manion
First Ward
John C. Isaacs
Millard F. Topie
Manion
Isaacs
Athos P. Woolls
Indianapolis
East Third
O'Brien Street
East Side
Farmers Production Credit Association Moves Location
The Farmers Production Credit Association at 324 West Second Street will relocate to the corner of Second Street and Kessler Boulevard. Moving starts this week with a July 2 opening at the new site. The building, bought from John K. Eglen, will be brick veneered and finished in mahogany with full air conditioning.
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Farmers Production Credit Association
Second Street
Orville W. Thompson
Kessler Boulevard
Thompson
John K. Eglen
William Kautz to Join Jaycee Orientation Panel
William Kautz former Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce president will join five outstanding Jaycees from across the United States on a panel about orientation at the Jaycees national convention June 25 to 28 in Kansas City Missouri. Also attending are Carylon Killion Kautz and panelists Robert Leinman of Huntington national orientation chairman moderator William Kutchey state president elect of Lansing Michigan Rod Gurganus North Carolina and P J Cole national orientation vice chairman and Ohio state vice president.
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William Kautz
Columbus
Robert Leinman
Huntington
William Kutchey
Lansing
Mich
Rod Gurganus
North Carolina
P. J. Cole
Ohio State
Farmers To Get Soil Bank Base In Jackson County
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee mails notices of Soil Bank base to farmers with corn allotments. Base is about 18 percent above farm allotment. 50 percent set aside allowed. minimum 5 acres or 10 percent. final signup July 20. Wheat reserves use allotment. three, five, or 15 year Conservation Reserve terms differ. Wheat cards ready at county office.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Soil Bank
East Second Sewer May Be Laid in Street
City officials and East Second street property owners debated the sewer route for weeks. Plans favored laying the line in the street from Broadway to O'Brien, with the alley option abandoned as a storm sewer. Council approved proceeding with the street construction, despite added costs and engineering concerns.
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East Second Street
Henry B. Steeg and Associates
Indianapolis
Broadway
O'Brien Street
Board of Works and Safety
Glen C. Manion
First Ward
Common Council
Richard Nelson
Steeg
Millerd F. Topie
Arthur R. Jones
Optimists Install Officers and Name Optimist of the Year
The Seymour Optimist Club installed officers for the coming year in a meeting at the Seymour Country Club Hibiscus Room. Walter Grote became president with Irven King as vice president John Day secretary and George Bowman treasurer. Directors Merrill Nichter Russell Shouse and Glenn Marion began three year terms. Dick Hansen of Citizens Gas and Coke Utility presided. E Mike Kreshka received the first Optimist of the Year award as a surprise, following Henry Cole’s request for him to state something.
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Henry Cole
Seymour Optimist Club
E. Mike Kreshka
Seymour Boys’ Club
G. W. Russell
Seymour Country Club
Ion
Dick Hansen
Optimist Club
Citizens Gas and Coke Utility
Indianapolis
Mike Kreshka
Seymour Boys Club
Kreshka
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Maurice Haper
Wolter
Wiethoff
Seymour
Elks’ Club
George Graessle
Cans Furniture Plans August Opening In Seymour Store
Cans Furniture of Madison Indiana closes on a lease for the Mrs Martha Droege Building on South Chestnut street and will open a new store in Seymour. Jack Gans, already managing the Madison shop for five years, will run the Seymour location and move with his wife and four children. An August opening is tentatively planned.
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Cans Furniture
Madison
Ind
Martha Droege
South Chestnut Street
Droege Furniture Company
Gans Furniture
Jack Gans
Seymour
Weather Records Log Shows River Levels and Precipitation
Official maximum and minimum temperatures recorded for Monday with 2 pm readings and river height at 6.8 feet. Trace precipitation noted in the report.
Fire Destroys Crothersville Home While Family Is Absent
A Crothersville home belonging to Lummie Fields was destroyed by a morning fire estimated to have started between 2:30 and 4:00. The Fields family, visiting relatives in Cincinnati since Monday, was unreachable. No injuries reported. cause under investigation with theories including faulty wiring or stove-related incident.
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Lummie Fields
Crothersville
Conner Street
Fields
Cincinnati
Florida
Cummins Engine Company
Columbus
Sampson Mitchell
Alva Burns
R. Wayne Hall
Seymour State Police Post
Five New Troopers Assigned to Seymour Post in Indiana
Five new troopers who completed the Indiana State Police Academy at Indiana University Bloomington are assigned to Seymour Post No. 7. They will begin duties July 1 and some will join Bloomington Post 7 A, operating under Seymour. Names include Charles William Mead Joe Gastineau John Clifton Ashby Clyde Monroe Roberts and Donal Lee Kuster.
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Indiana State Police
Indiana University
Bloomington
Seymour
Robert L. Bennett
Seymour Post
Charles William Mead
Morgan County
Joe Gastineau
Greene County
John Clifton Ashby
Vanderburgh
Clyde Monroe Roberts
Crawford County
Donal Lee Kuster
Perry County
Scott
Washington
Charlestown
George M
New Officers Installed By Seymour Rotary Club
Seymour Rotary Club installed new officers at the Elks' Club during Officers Night. Dr C A Wiethoff was named president for the coming year, with Dr C J Klemme vice president, Elwood Switzer secretary, and Phil Cordes Jr treasurer.
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Seymour Rotary Club
Wiethoff
The
Elks’ Club
Welsh In Indiana Democratic Convention Leads Start
Paul Butler, national Democratic chairman from South Bend, warned against factionalism at the Indiana state convention and denied backing S Hugh Dillin. He urged unity and criticized newspapers for sowing division while predicting a Democratic statewide win if the party stays cohesive. Denton of Evansville delivered the keynote address.
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Indianapolis
Paul Butler
South Bend
Butler
Charles E. Skillen
S. Hugh Dillin
Petersburg
Dillin
Skillen
Governnor
Former Seymour Woman Named Democratic Nominee for State Office
Mrs. Doloras Elsner Johnson of Indianapolis widow of attorney Alvin C. Johnson was named without opposition as Democratic nominee for Reporter of the State Supreme and Appellate Courts at the Indiana state convention in Indianapolis. Her Seymour roots and Indiana University background are noted along with her political activity and civic service. Also, Albert A. Steinwedel of Seymour was nominated without opposition for Indiana state treasurer in the November election.
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Doloras Elsner Johnson
Indianapolis
Alvin C. Johnson
Johnson
Seymour
Edward P. Elsner
Sunset Parkway
Shields High School
Indiana University
Indiana
Jackson
Brown
Albert A. Steinwedel
Office Closure Notice From Dr. Gillespie
The office of Dr. C. E. Gillespie will be closed until July 15. Contact details or rescheduling may apply through the clinic.
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C. E. Gillespie
Candidates for nomination at Indiana Democratic convention
Indianapolis lawmakers list nominees for state offices with eight unopposed, including Wickard for U S Senator Caughran Branigin Welsh Dillin and Tucker plus Bratton ONeal Zandstra Leach Lemon Brogden Steinwedel Wolf Wampler Barton Bunner Martin Schurger Combs Johnson Ritterskamp Utterback and others with many unopposed.
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Indianapolis
U. S
Claude R. Wickard
Camden
B. Howard Caughran
Roger D. Branigin
Lafayette
Matthew E. Welsh
Vincennes
S. Hugh Dillin
Petersburg
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Thomas R. Johnston
von A. Eichhorn
Uniondale
Robert A. O
Senate To Act On Defense Budget Faces Liberal Plan
Senate Republican leader Knowland of California defended the Eisenhower defense budget amid Democratic efforts to add one billion dollars for the Air Force. He said a rival Republican proposal to boost Air Force funding by half a billion would be more acceptable. Speaking after a White House conference with Sherman Adams, Knowland noted Eisenhower was in the hospital and referenced page 3, column 7 for more.
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Mr. Nelson
Nelson
Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Sherman Adams
Second Ballot Likely Key To Final Ballot In Indiana Convention
Indiana Democrats nominated Earl Utterback for Congress and Warren Martin for Supreme Court judge, with Thomas Lemon for secretary of state. First ballot tallies favored Utterback 1,502 to 351 and Martin 887 to Bunner 277. Governor and U S Senator still to be chosen as eight minor offices were acclaimed.
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Indianapolis
Earl Utterback
Kokomo
Utterback
Paul Ritterskamp
Warren W. Martin, Sr
Boonville
Indiana Supreme Court
Martin
John G. Bunner
Evansville
Thomas L. Lemon
Bloomington
Lemon
Mahlon Leach
Gary
United States
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tornado Warning Issued for Southern Indiana
The weather bureau issued a tornado warning for southern Indiana from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. The line from Terre Haute to Muncie marks the threshold south of which activity is warned. Local severe storms and gusty winds expected. showers and thunderstorms to ease by Wednesday forenoon with a slight Wednesday afternoon cooloff outside the southwest pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Indiana
Terre Haute
Muncie
U S Air Force Chief Sees Soviet Bomber and Jet Transport
Gen Nathan Twining, U S Air Force chief of staff, viewed a new Soviet twin engine light attack bomber said to fly faster than sound during a tour of Kubinka near Moscow. His party also inspected a TU104 jet transport at Zhukovski Academy amid restricted access.
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Moscow
Nathan Twining
U.S
Kubinka
Zhukovski Air Engineering Academy
Kubinka Air Base
Twining
Pavel Zhigarev
Sergei Rudenko
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