Vigo County Extension Renames Blocksom To Chairmanship
Willard Blocksom was re elected chairman of the Vigo County Extension Committee at the annual dinner meeting held at the Golden Pheasant Club sponsored by Terre Haute Clearing House Association. The session heard William Rice from Purdue discuss 1956 plans and praised county extension progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Blocksom
Vigo County
John Zerr
Mary Elizabeth Jones
Agricultural Extension Office
County Council
Farm Bureau
Rural Youth
Fair Board
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Terre Haute Clearing House Association
Home Economics Council
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Production Credit
Farm Bureau Co-op Association
Producers’ Marketing Association
New Trial Ordered in Insurance Case
Indiana Appellate Court orders a new trial in a life insurance dispute over Melvin Mack's death. Hattie Stacker, named policy beneficiary, contested a $4,000 payout to Mack's widow May Bell Mack after the couple, who lived together, were involved in the fatal stabbing in 1952. The court found no proof Stacker fully and unlawfully killed Mack. Judge Bowen dissented.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lake County
Lake
May Bell Mack
Hattie Stacker
Melvin Mack
Miss Stacker
High Court
Wilbur A. Royse
Donald E. Bowen
Muncie editor Clyde Harris dies at 64
Clyde K Harris telegraph editor of the Muncie Star since 1930 died Monday in Indianapolis Veterans Hospital from pneumonia after surgery. A Muncie newsroom veteran of 27 years he previously worked in Hartford City Portland Seymour and Indianapolis with earlier stops in Hartford City.
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Muncie
Ind
Hartford City
Clyde K. Harris
Telegraph
Muncie Star
Harris
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Indianapolis
Portland
Seymour
DePauw Air ROTC to be Discontinued in 1957
Greencastle Ind Dec 6 A letter from the Air Force announces that Air ROTC at DePauw University will end effective July 1 1957 due to decreasing enrollments. The notice cites reduced ROTC participation as the main reason.
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Greencastle
Ind
Air Force
DePauw University
Asst
The
David S. Smith
DePauw
Russell J. Humbert
Auto Crash Damage at Eighth and Swan Streets
Two cars sustained about 500 in damage after a collision last night at Eighth and Swan. Si Mattioda 46 of Clinton drove south on Eighth and collided with Harry Walden 66 of R R 3 who was eastbound on Swan. Estimated damages were 300 and 200 respectively.
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Eighth and
Swan Streets
Si Mattioda
Clinton
Eighth Street
Harry Walden
Swan Street
Your Best Friend! Misses dress pattern 9212 by Marian Martin
Advertisement for pattern 9212 Misses' dress sizes ranging from 12 to 42. Describes reversible casual design with button trimmed pockets and swinging skirt. Includes yardage for size 16 and sewing chart. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents for mailing to Marian Martin Pattern Dept Terre Haute Tribune.
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Marian Martin
Terre Haute Tribune Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
Underground Blast Rocks Detroit on Woodward Ave
A six mile stretch of Woodward Avenue in Detroit rattled as explosions from leaking gas in sewers and conduits, triggered by a short circuit, flung manhole covers into the air and lit roaring flames. No injuries were reported.
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Detroit
North America
Woodward Avenue
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Vigo County Extension Committee
Zenis Nicoson
National Safety Council
National Fire Protection
Underwriters’ Laboratories
Lyle Hutson
Hutson
Miller Drug, Inc
Wah. Ave
Thenian Meart
Merrill
Root’s 2D Fl
Cimier
English
Morocco
Root’s Men's Shop
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