Cicero Man Appointed Hamilton County Food Administrator
John Bert of Cicero, former County Treasurer, is named Food Administrator for Hamilton County Indiana. He will open an office in Cicero and travel the county to consult with food handlers. A February 11 war conference under State Council of Defense is planned, with a meeting to coordinate county participation and a National Council of Defense speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bert
Cicero
Treasuer
Hamilton County
Bank
State Council of Defense
C. C. Carson
County Council of Defense
Coal Shortage Spurs Monday Coal Run In Frigid Weather
Farmers with wagons and other haulers rushed to two coal cars here Monday to secure a days supply as cold spell deepens. A car seized by town authorities was redistributed. Residents report record cold and persistent heavy snow with little relief anticipated. Local efforts aim to cut wood to ease shortages.
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Druys
Bank examiner helps check Citizens Bank in Kirklin
J E Kercheval cashier of Farmers National Bank spent the past week in Michigan City assisting George A Miller a regular examiner. They checked Citizens Bank of Kirklin which has resources over two million dollars as the state banking department hires extra help due to delays in examinations.
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J. E.kercheval
Farmers National Bank
Michigan City
George A. Miller
Kirklin
Citizens Bank
State Banking Department
Noon Trains Dropped From Monon Schedule to Aid Freight
Two trains referred to as the noon trains were removed from the Monon schedule in the past week to facilitate freight movement. The change affected passenger service as freight operations took priority.
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Monon
Meridan Shipments Highlight Banner Day for New Year
Eleven car loads of hogs and cattle were shipped out of Meridan on Thursday of last week marking a banner day for the new year.
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Meridan
Income Tax Man Coming to Sheridan for Help
A special Internal Revenue Service representative will be in Sheridan January 28 29 30 31 to assist locals with tax problems. He began in Noblesville last Monday and will operate from the library basement during his Sheridan visit.
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Internal Revenue Department
Sheridan
Noblesville
Couch
Sheridan Names New Town Health Officer Dr J L Beck
Dr J L Beck appointed health officer for Sher idan for the coming year. Town officials will travel to Indianapolis to attend the Public Service Commission hearing on Sheridan Water Light and Heat company plea to raise certain electricity and water rates. Meeting was postponed from last week.
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J. L. Beck
Sheridan
Indianapolis
Sheridan Water Light & Heat Company
Public Service Commission
New Recruits Join Sheridan Home Guard and Drill Schedule
Recent additions to the Sheridan company of Home Guards are Roy Benson, Robert Bush, Vergil Owens, Earl Thurman, Aldis Bailey and Stanley H. Moore. Four of these are within the draft age. Monday night is the regular drill time, with additional call meetings once or twice weekly at the Masonic hall.
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Sheridan Company
Home Guards
Roy Benson
Robert Bush
Vergil Owens
Earl Thurman
Aldis Bailey
Stanley H. Moore
Masonic Hall
James W. Crooks Dies at Home in Hamilton County
James W. Crooks, a prominent Hamilton county resident and former county auditor for four years, died Monday evening at his home four miles west of Cicero. He was seventy five and well known among older residents for discussions on state and national issues.
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James W. Crooks
Hamilton County
Cicero
Library Hours Change After Notice
The library will be closed on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays. Fridays and Mondays keep 12 to 6 hours. Saturdays run 12 to 7. Sundays open 2 to 5 as a reading room only with no returns or loans.
Potatoes Frozen Supplies Reported Down locally
Local reports show a decline in frozen potato supplies with fewer potatoes available as stock is examined. The Josses anticipate shortages to rise as more lots are inspected.
First heatless day observed in Sheridan
Sheridan marked its first heatless day in line with Dr Garfield's plan. Many facilities stayed open while milk factories elevators banks fuel stations and public service firms remained exempt. Groceries and drug stores closed part of the day leaving some shoppers disappointed in the cold.
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Sheridan
Garfield
Last Of An Old Family
Mrs. Dr. I W Davenport learned Tuesday morning of the death of her aunt Mrs. Frost at the Peru home of a grandchild, A E Cathcart, Sunday night. Mrs. Frost 91 years six months, last of the Jackson family. A B Frost of Indianapolis is the survivor. Funeral was at Westfield Postmaster Alden Baker’s home, a grandson, Wednesday with burial at Summitt Lawn Cemetery.
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I. W. Davenport
Mrs. Frost
A. E. Cathcart
Peru
Alden Baker
Westfield
Summitt Lawn Cemetery
War Notes Report On Stotler Family Navy and Home Guard
Mrs R A Stotler received news that her son Harley W Stotler has joined the Aviation Signal Corps at Ft Thomas Kentucky and will later go to Hancock Georgia Dorval Jessup and Ernest Wilson have been in the navy and are on a fifteen day furlough Broad Ripple forms a Home Guard company with twenty seven members
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R. A. Stotler
Harley W. Stotler
Engi
Aviation Signal Com
Thomas, Ky
Hancock
Dorval Jessup
Ernest Wilson
Navy
Broad Ripple
Hamilton Needs a County Agent For Adams Township
Editor urges Hamilton county seek an agricultural agent with farming, soil and livestock knowledge to boost food production during wartime. State and national councils back sixty five agents. Adams township must raise seventy five dollars this week as part of five hundred dollars total to fund the first year.
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Congress
Belgium
France
Germany
Adams Township
Classification of Young Men Continues in Draft Lists
The local draft board adds extensive Class 1 and Class 2 designations with numerous names named across categories. The list includes A Otha Huffman and Wm E Dunn among many others in Class 1 A, plus numerous others in Classes 1 E 1 G 2 A 2 B 3 B and 4 A with additional surnames continuing onto Page 6.
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Conscription Board
Otha P. Huffman
Wm. E. Dunn
Russel Winslow
Walter L. F. Bardonner
Alva Carey
James W. Wilso
Leroy Kellam
Carey O. Huffer
Roscoe A. Moffit
Walter R. Smith
Wm. E. Pratter
Carl Winslow
Roy Scott
Wm. R. Walter
Roy Reasoner
Darel F. Bolen
Ralph E. Tice
Ralph Winders
Bernard W. Hartup
Thos. B. Fogleman
Chas. D. Small
Geo. W. King
Glenn T. Boruff
Chauncy M. Eller
Dallas Foster
Wm. L. Moffitt
Fred E. Thomas
Chas. A. Weinbrook
Thos. O. Dickey
Frank Newby
Lowell W. Norman
Luther Baldwin
Roy Lowe
Robert R. Caca
Clyde C. Macy
Algit E. McAvoy
Floyd R. Filliam
Geo. Whicker
Victor T. Movity
Albert R. Pickett
Cecil Davis
Frank W. Guilkey
Irvin L. Eller
Howard J. Moore
Geo. Hampton
Ray Bennett
Lorenzo Laakman
John T. Whicker
Gladys McKinzie
Roy Faucett
Ralph S. McKenzie
Thos.f. McGuire
David A. Parsley
Anson Gillewater
Sanford R. Cline
Jas. T. Evans
Otto Shields
Ralph Smith
Clarence Crusemij
Chas Hiatt
Louie J. Singleton
Aaron J. Brown
Wesley P. May
Bront P. Wiseman
Grover Summit
Roy Shive
Wyle T. Ferguson
Paul C. Guerley
Frank Fisher
George Wagner
Henry W. Hawkins
Clinton
D. Davis
Myron H. Seeright
Ralph Artman
Homer Feetwood
Fritz Warman
Orin B. Walden
Vernon R. Creek
Lloyd J. Williamson
W. K E. Morris
Harry Powell
Cecil J. Pritchard
William C. Lamb
Floyd C. Ogle
Shuller L. Earl
Bernie M. Johnson
Charles E. McMurtry
William Davos
James H. Vernon
Walter W. Winders
Chester A. Vogg
Olive A. Myers
Leroy Ehman
Dal Vernon
John J. Rhodes
Edward Heinzmann
Harry S. Caylor
E. Hiram H. Wiseman
G. Emmet R. Fertig
John H. Ross
Chas. C. Devaney
Otis F. Bart
Edward S. Hopkins
Tho
Ralph I. Phillips
Harold Watson
Ross Featherstone
Edgar A. Mosbaugh
John W. Karr
Wm. G. Newby
Lewis G. Heisser
Basil C. Williams
Horace T. Honnold
Ora E. Higbee
Gordon Olvey
Allan W. Cox
Jesse R. Kiste
Leo W. Faulstuck
Chas. R Rogers
Ernie R. Brown
James Bower
Raymond D. Faust
Roy H. Woodruff
Floyd Newby
Don B. Jenkins
Clarence H. Jerrell
Fred E. McDonald
Arthur G. Nuger
Earl Applegate
Virgil C.clark
Wm. J. Watt
Thos. A. Baker
Russell D. Pickett
Myron ‘T. Barrickman
Jas. H. Caylor
Russell Bayle
Bert E. Lacey
Bert
James L Web- McKinzie
County Banks Adopt Shorter Working Hours
New banking hours set by the county shorten daily hours to nine in the morning until three in the afternoon. The measure targets all banking institutions under county regulation and aims to streamline access and service times for residents.
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William T. Wheeler
Charles J. Wheeler
Laura Kaiser
Ella Campbell
Cloe
George Daubenspeck
Elbert Day
Oscar Day
Charles Brown
Union Telephone Company of
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Wiliam O’brye Savage
Union Sanitary Company
Savage
Frank Barmore
Mills Spring Road
Roy H. Culberson
Robert H. Collins
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