Open House Sunday at Ball Porter Funeral Home Headquarters
Mr and Mrs Francis Porter announce an open house Sunday from 12 noon to 5 pm at the new Ball Porter Funeral Home located at 605 S 25th St Terre Haute. The modern single level facility replaces the former site due to urban renewal and features a brick design, ample parking, a chapel visitation rooms and a full staff ready to tour guests.
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Francis Porter
Ball-Porter Funeral Home
S. 25Th St
Terre Haute
Third and
Swan Streets
Denehie
Twenty Fifth Street
Twenty Fourth Street
Porter
William Bousman
Isaac Ball
Frank
Albert Hollingsworth
Hubert
Ball Funeral Home
Wiley High School
Ball- Porter Funeral Home
Vigo County Historical Society
Mrs. Porter
Kew Ball-Porter Funeral Home
Vigo County seals drive ahead of last year's drive
Vigo County Christmas seal campaign shows progress with receipts reaching 18 752 45 dollars to date, about 700 dollars more than last year. Fund chairman David Dunbar aims for a 25 000 dollar goal and lists township and additional donors from Prairieton Lost Creek Nevins Otter Creek Riley Sugar Creek and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
David Dunbar
Wayne Livengood
Nevins
Herbert Lamb
Otter Creek
Bessie Richey
Pierson
Ernest Frederman
Riley
James Kuykendall
Sugar Creek
Elmer K. Baumann
Robert G Green
Walter J. McGahan
John McDaniel
Paul Nichols
Terre Haute Casket Co
William Mahalek
Robert F. Houndell
Robert Miller
W. E. Danner
Alfred F. Cuvelier
F. W. Means and Co
Don Touloose
James W. Barnes
Carl Haas
J. Henry Strassler
Dale Kitts
Rachel Ballard
G. A. Forsythe
Louis Hoffman
Ray Schoffstall
David Hendrickson
John Fry Sr
Reuben Milner
Roy J. Ault
Fred S. Bender
Joseph R. Cloutier
James J. Jenkins
Edward M. Johnson
Burton E. Scherb
Mildred Wills
John
First artificial snowstorm falls on Mount Greylock
About twenty years ago three scientists released dry ice into clouds over Mount Greylock Massachusetts creating the first artificial snowstorm in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mount Greylock
Massachusetts
Honor Students Named at Gerstmeyer High School
The Gerstmeyer High School honor roll for the first semester lists 103 students with Senior Stephen J. McDaniel leading by earning 6 As. At least two As and no below B qualified students, with 49 earning at least a B average and no below B.
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Gerstmeyer
Stephen J. McDaniel
Judith Decker
Susan Felstein
Debbie Hadley
Cheryl Havener
Martha Hupp
Karl Matlin
Molly Matlin
Janet Staggs
Mary Thompson
Mary Wailly
John Wedding
Cheryl Weddle
Sandra Baker
Ralph Bonar
Diana Cottom
Leanne Criss
Frank Cowen
Larry Erwin
Peggy Erwin
Patricia Fagg
Freddie Fox
Mary Falk
Antha Harris
Theresa Jennings
Hope Johnson
Barbara Karshner
Katherine McBride
Marsha McCullough
Kent McDaniel
Marsha Nichols
Buffalo Man Sentenced for Early Christmas Shoplifting
Solomon Tubbs 42 of Buffalo received six months in jail after a shoplifting arrest on Oct 27. He claimed the purse was for his wife and was taken to inspect it in sunlight. Judge Joseph S. Mattina imposed the sentence after a probation report noted his separation from his Alabama-based wife.
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Buffalo
UPI
Solomon Tubbs
Tubbs
Joseph S. Mattina
Alabama
Christ Lutheran Program Sunday at Christ Evangelical
The Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church at 24th and Poplar hosts a church school Christmas program titled Gods Gift on Sunday December 18 at 7 pm. The event features prophecies from the Old Testament leading to the Messiah, with recitations carol singing Junior Choir selections organ and violin accompaniment. Proceeds benefit the Wernle Children's Home in Richmond Indiana.
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Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
Poplar Sts
Wernle
Richmond
Ind
Two Charged in Clinton Burglary Case
Two men, Junior Harold Presley and Cecil Mitchell, were charged with second degree burglary in Vermillion Circuit Court after a Clinton theft of copper wire tubing plumbing supplies. Bond set at 2500 dollars each. Vehicles and bags bearing Kanarata Plumbing aided the investigation at 336 North 9th Street site.
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Clinton
Ind
Vermillion Circuit
Harold Presley
S. 10Th St
Cecil Mitchell
N. 9Th St
Kanarata
Communist Party Founding Member Alexander Trachtenberg Dies
Alexander Trachtenberg founder of the Communist party in the United States dies at 82 after a stroke at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. He helped establish the party and remained a prominent figure in American leftist circles.
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New York
UPI
Alexander Trachtenberg
Communist Party
United States
St. Vincent's Hospital
Miller Floral Co. Brilliant With Poinsettia Display
Miller Floral Company, a major Midwest grower, showcases a large poinsettia display in its greenhouses with about 20,000 plants produced annually for Christmas. The firm touts the Mikkelsen variety for hardiness and longer shelf life, offers a wide range of plants and arrangements, delivers to hospitals, uses FTC and Teleflora services, and will stay open until noon on Christmas Day.
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Miller Floral Company
Midwest
William Miller
William Miller, Jr
FTC
Teleflora
Free World
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James Cook
Australia
Seal
Ronald F. Lantz
Stanley Chipper
Philip Milliren
Bill's Market
Jon R. Plaas
Douglas M. Ehlers
Premium Sales, Inc
Frederick Bauer
R. Rutledge
Leon Sackrider
Wilbert McIntosh
John E. Fitzsimmons
Floyd Huey
Earl Goetz
Daisy Fischer
The
Visquesney Co
Kenneth P. Jones
Conrad Allen Jr
Co. G. Richards
George David Kintz
Frank R. Morris
George J. Quinn
Richard A. Marge
Herman Hartmann
Delbert Turner
Lloyd B. Deutsch
Becker's Jewelry Store
James E. Bradley
James Higgins
Joseph Donnenhoffer
David A. Dunbar
Mildred M. Andrews
Esther's
William G. Mitchell
Charles B. Gorby
Albert Bai
Louis Foli
Louis F. Keifer
Siesta Motel
John S. Thompson
Jim M. Twiggs
Homer D. Cloud
Woodrow J. Wilson
O. Keith Owen Jr
Rene Gottard
Ted Bauer Jr
Paul E. Henderson
Fred A. Salmon
Robert D. Seltzer
Frank Schrobe
Floyd B. Stoneburner
Edward T. Turner Jr
Frank J. Ve
F. E. Caplan
George H. Moench
Catherine Kk. Nail
John A. Dillon
Richard L. Gough
Don R. Martin
Frank Manderino
Vesper D. Moore
William H. Riggs
Alirea E. Shopmeyer
Stanly Humphrey
M. Oscar Huntwork
Ben King Jr
Dennis Latta
G. E. Motz
Robert R. Pease
William Turner
Westwood’s Paint Co, Inc
Frank MecGlone
United Auto Electric Co., Inc
C. R. Wiram
Roy Daugherty
Marvin J. Mucha
Byron Walker
Clyde Parish
Harry Eaton
John Phelps
Kathry Coppage
William R. McKeen
Inez Shelley
Homer N. Jackson
John E. Carpenter
Charles E. Kline
Linzy Studer
Arthur DeWitt Hill
Jo Ann Rogers
Ed Moats
Aller C. Boyd
John Miklozek
Eugene Snow
Robert Lee Ash
Patricia Breault
van G. Miller
Christ Lutheran
Commie
Foursquare Gospel Church
N. 13Th and
Elm Sts
B. L. Howse
Wabash Valley
CME Fint Co
Poplar &T
John J. Madden
Eastside Furniture and Appliances
Third Ave
BA Inc
Monninger’s, Inc
18Th St
Whol Loan Corp
Wab. Ave
Celieve
Bauermeister
Hegeman, Inc
Hissem
Sunocom
Sun
Mon
Motorola
Atwell
Sul Hardware Co
Johns - Manville
Owens-Corning
Reiman Building Material, Inc
Miller Floral CO
Terre Haute Home Improvement CO
Wab
Ave
Aluminum
Bidford Const. CO
S. 13Th St
Ulrich
South 7Th St
Terre Haute, Ind
Tickner Optical Lab
Ith
Hufcor
Princeton
Laughrey Bros. Roofing & Siding CO
Cunningham’s Beer—Fine Foods
C.R. Mayfield
Deep Vein Coal CO
Poplar ST
Tappan Gas and Electric
International Harvester
CADET
Farmall Tractors
N. 9Th
Daniel's Appliance CO
Hobart
Distributing Co
Hobart Arc Equipment
Victor Gas Equipment
13Th St
Complete Auto Machine Shop
Hoosier Auto Parts
N. 2Nd St
Terre Haute Glass, Inc
Moore-Langen
Pittsburgh Plate Glass CO
Cromwell Furniture Co
Wabash
Window Glass
Table Top Glass
Rietenstein’s Glass & Paint CO
N. 4Th St
Wabash Ave
United Electric and Machine CO
Harry's Radio
Washington
Terre Haute Carpet Cleaning & Rug CO
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