Beans and Bacon Bean Dinner At Fontanet
Fontanet community hosts the 73 year old Bean Dinner August 23 to 25 in Halloway Grove. The three day event includes dances, a baseball tournament, pony pulls, a carnival, and political visitors from Democrat and Republican parties. Major turnout last year exceeded 8 000 with free beans and coffee Saturday. The event honors veterans from Civil War to Vietnam and features leaders of the Bean Dinner Association.
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Fontanet
Ind
Wabash Valley
Halloway Grove
James van Hook
Harold Harbrueger
John McDonald
James Crooke
Robert Beshaw
Bill Madison
Merl Stabler
Knightstown Amusement
Indiana judges set second annual Judicial Conference
Judges from across Indiana will attend the second annual Judicial Conference at Indiana University September 4 through 6. Seminars cover civil disorders defense services for the indigent and mental health in the courts with Harold H. Greene as keynote speaker.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Indiana University
Harold H. Greene
District of Columbia Court of General Sessions
Illinois Dairy Princess Named at Pekin Contest
Judy Schafelberger a 19 year old University of Illinois sophomore from Greenville was named Illinois Dairy Princess at Pekin in a two day contest by the American Dairy Association of Illinois. Leanna Rice 17 a SIU freshman from Du Quoin was first runnerup and Peggy Jane Niedermeier 18 of Rock City was second runnerup. Eighteen dairy farmer daughters competed and Phillis Stremming of Dietrich crowned the new princess.
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Pekin
Ill
University of Illinois
Judy Schafelberger
Greenville
Illinois Dairy Princess
American Dairy Association of Illinois
Dale Schaufelberger
Leanna Rice
du Quoin
Southern Illinois University
Peggy Jane Niedermeier
Rock City
Highland Community College
Freeport
Illinois
Phillis Stremming
Dietrich
Rockville couple sets open house for golden anniversary
Mr and Mrs Henry L Robertson Sr celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house August 25 from 2 to 5 at 409 West Elm Rockville Indiana. The couple, who wed years ago in Edgar County Illinois, have nine children and ask guests to omit gifts.
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Henry L. Robertson Sr
W. Elm St
Rockville
Ind
Robertson
Flossy Stableton
Joppa
Edgar County
Henry L. Jr
Clinton
John
Terre Haute
Ray
Indianapolis
Richard
Orleans
Fred
Fort Wayne
May Frost
Ethel Maiden
Mary Davis
North Carolina
Patricia Kingsbury
South Carolina
General Phone Named in Injunction Plea Over Recording Calls
Vigo Superior Court No. 2 hears injunction suit by Mann firm against General Telephone Co of Indiana. Plaintiffs allege charges for calls ending in a recording are uncompleted and seek refunds plus attorney fees. A hearing will be scheduled.
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Vigo Superior Court No
General Telephone Company of
Indiana
Mann, Mann, Chaney, Johnson and Hicks
Charles K. McCrory
Hansford Mann
General Telephone
General Telephone Co
Clothes Change Leads to Free Walkout in Jail
Samuel Bryant held for Louisville on armed robbery charges changed clothes with another prisoner in Wayne County Jail, paid a $10 fine, and walked out free. The incident drew police attention and raised questions about jail procedures.
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Detroit
Samuel Bryant
Louisville
Wayne County
Teachers Plan Music for First Meeting
Vigo County teachers and administrators along with wives and principals join a 60 member ensemble named Vo destra for two rehearsals at Sarah Scott Junior High School. They plan to perform Star Spangled Banner themes from The Sound of Music and the Pro log to Mefestofele boito before the opening Vigo County School Corporation and Indiana State University sessions. Arthur D Hill Jr coordinator can be called at 234 4886 ext 48 day or 235 0314 evening for those who wish to join. Rehearsals are 2 00 p m Saturday August 31 and Sunday September 1.
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Sarah Scott Junior High School
Vigo County School Corporation
Indiana State University
Sound of Music
Boito
V.C.S.C
Ordestra
Arthur D. Hill, Jr
Sarah Scott
Transfers Denied for Florida Township Students in Indiana
The Indiana General Education Commission denied transfers sought by Florida Township parents to send their children to out of township schools. Eight Wabash Township families were approved to attend Rockville Consolidated Schools. The decision followed ongoing transfer disputes with local trustees Elmo Chaney and George McArty, amid discussions of Mecca lacking a high school and Rosedale’s upgrade spending to keep enrollment local. Tuition for cross township transfers last year amounted to 660.91 per elementary pupil and 279.75 per high school pupil in Rockville.
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Rosedale
Ind
Florida Township
Indiana General Education Commission
Wabash Township
Rockville
Elmo Chaney
George McArty
Clinton
U.S. 41
Lyford
Bill Williams
Division of Inspection
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Commission
Wabash
Florida
IGEC
Teens Pelt Police Cars After Tennis Clinic Incident
About 75 teens threw rocks at two Indianapolis police cars near School 60 after a tennis clinic. Officers arrested two youths ages 12 and 15 on taunting charges and handed them to juvenile authorities. The Upswing 68 program sponsored the clinic at the elementary school.
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Indianapolis
33Rd St
Bobby H. Dorris
Travis L. Findley
Car Crash Leads to Two Drivers Injured in City Intersection
Carolyn Frye aged 22 of 1819 Blaine Avenue was treated at Union Hospital after a two car collision Thursday night at 19th Street and 2nd Avenue. William Grosbach, 17 of 125 Gardendale Road, was treated and released. Police cited a blocked view from a tree and a truck obscuring a stop sign. both vehicles and the sign were demolished.
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Carolyn Frye
Blaine Ave
Union Hospital
19Th St
2Nd Ave
William Grosbach
Gardendale Rd
Grosbach
Four Suspects Arraigned in Counterfeiting Case
A Terre Haute man and three Clinton residents faced U S Commissioners on charges of possession of counterfeit currency. Lionel Benoit and Gracie Benoit along with Donna Morse appeared in Clinton. Fred Perrine Jr. also involved was taken to Indianapolis for a preliminary hearing. Police seized 31 counterfeit $20 bills from a Clinton mobile home raid. Bonds were set and prior holds existed in Vigo County Jail.
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Terre Haute
Clinton
U.S
Lionel Paul Benoit
Gracie Mary Benoit
Donna Jean Morse
S. 7Th St
U.C
Robert H. Duffy
Benoit
Indianapolis
Miss Morse
Fred Perrine Jr
26Th St
Perrine
Tere Haute
Vigo County
Officers Burst Into Mayor Yorty’s Office After Alarm
Three police officers with revolvers drawn charged into Mayor Sam Yorty’s office when the door opened. Painters nearby had accidentally tripped a silent burglar alarm Thursday night.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Man’s Body Found Shot in Head in Indianapolis Woods
The body of a man shot in the back of the head was found today in a wooded area on Indianapolis west side. Marion County deputies say he had been dead about two weeks. A woman reported two bodies in the area but a 4% hour search by 20 deputies found no second body.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Sheriff's Deputies
School Advance Registration Scheduled for Vigo County
Vigo County School Corporation urges juniors and seniors who changed districts or moved into the county since last June to contact their resident district principal to schedule classes. Advance registration can be by appointment and should occur by the week of August 26 to ensure proper class arrangements.
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Vigo County
Oberlin College Admits Women in 1837 First in U S
Oberlin College in Ohio became the first college to admit women to its classes in 1837 marking a landmark in higher education. The move established Oberlin as a national pioneer in coeducation and expanded access for female students.
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Oberlin College
Ohio
Gospel Church Plans School Vacation Bible School
World Gospel Church at State Road 46 and Gardendale Road will host annual Family Vacation Bible School at 7 30 p m nightly Monday through Friday next week. Mrs. Robert Myers directs with Harold Johns assisting a staff of teachers. The study will cover How We Got Our Bible.
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World Gospel Church
State Road 46
Gardendale Road
Robert Myers
Harold Johns
Job's Daughters Bethel No 79 meeting Saturday
Regular meeting at 2 PM at William Penn Masonic Temple. A miniature golf party follows. Members bring consent slips and a sack lunch. Miss Ann Harmon will preside with Miss Jeanne Dempster as guardian and Dave Morgan as associate guardian.
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Job
Bethel No. 79
William Penn Masonic Temple
Ann Harmon
Jeanne Dempster
Dave Morgan
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