Dear Abby: Neighborhood schemes and sharp retorts
A reader seeks advice on a jealous husband plot involving four children. Abby cautions against staging scenes and suggests genuine, levelheaded steps. The column also addresses rude readers and a reader’s request for a personal photo, with standard replies and contact info.
Yule in Norway Features Feasting
Oslo reports a Christmas blend of ancient heathen custom and Christian celebration with commercialism. Aquavit travels the world before sale in state shops as Norwegians feast from early December with 15 dishes including herring, smoked salmon, pork, and regional specialties. Christmas Eve services and family reunions mark the holiday, with rural traditions like not chopping wood and feeding animals.
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Rippy Couple Celebrates 50th Wedding Anniversary
Olen S. Rippy and his wife Mrs. Olen S. Rippy marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their RR 1 Linton home. They wed December 24 1916 in West Terre Haute at the Huntley home. Mr. Rippy is a retired coal miner of 42 years. They have three children Mary Mendenhall Betty Cline and Billy J. Rippy plus eight grandchildren.
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Olen S. Rippy
Linton
West Terre Haute
Warren T Hunts 25th Wedding Anniversary
Warren T Hunt and Mrs. Hunt of RR 2 Terre Haute will mark their twenty fifth anniversary with a 1 PM family dinner and an open house from 3 to 5 PM on Sunday January 1 at their home. Virginia Keegan is the former Mrs. Hunt. They have two sons David and Gerry and two daughters Lila Drake and Bonnie with one grandson Darrin Drake. Hostesses will Lila Drake and Miss Drake and daughter in law Mrs. Hunt.
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RR 2
Terre Haute
Hunt
Virginia Keegan
David
Gerry
Lila Drake
Shelburn
Bonnie
Darrin Drake
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Mrs. Hunt
Golden Wedding Anniversaries Noted in Local Notices
Neal P. Davis and Kathryn Whitcomb Davis of 615 N Center St celebrate their fortieth anniversary on December 29 marking their 1926 Terre Haute wedding at St Josephs Church. They have one foster daughter Wanda Hodge. Oral E Laughlin and wife celebrate their golden anniversary with family at their Riley home after a December 24 1916 Jacksonville ceremony. They have three daughters Imogene Brady Moyhe of Terre Haute Marietta Louise of Indianapolis and Russell. plus five granddaughters and two great granddaughters.
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N. Center St
Terre Haute
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Wanda Hodge
Oral E. Laughlin
Riley
Russell Laughlin
Huntworths to celebrate golden wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Harley Huntworth of Farmersburg will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house on January 1 from 2 to 5 o clock in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church. Gifts are omitted. They have two children Harold of Farmersburg and Mrs Marjorie Hogan of South Bend, and five grandchildren.
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Farmerburg
Fellowship Hall
First, Presbyterian Church
Farmersburg
Huntworth
Harold
Marjorie Hogan
South Bend
Forty Fifth Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Rogers
George R Rogers and his wife mark their forty fifth wedding anniversary with a Sunday visit at 4312 S 111th St hosted by Mrs Bob Flowers. The couple wed December 24 1921 and have five children James Richard Rogers Mrs Tom Meneely Mrs Bob Flowers all in Terre Haute and Mrs Gertrude Harris of Tampa Florida. They are also grandparents to 15 and a great grandchild.
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George R. Rogers
Bob Flowers
S. 111Th St
Rogers
James
Richard Rogers
Tom Meneely
Terre Haute
Gertrude Harris
Tampa
Fla
Haddon Homemakers Club Enjoys December Gathering
Carlisle Indiana report notes Haddon Homemakers Club met at Henri's Restaurant in Terre Haute for December with Sue Ott Mary Koenig Wanda Bennett Darlene VanMeter Janet Page Delores Bolenbaugh Beverly Bennett Ruth Ann Robbins Mary May Bowen Margaret Koenig Kaye Gilham Helen Arnett Norma Phegley Patricia Sheffler among attendees. Also pre Christmas family dinner held by Rush Enochs near Pleasantville with relatives present. Carlisle CES chapter hosted a Christmas program and carry in lunch at the dining room with The Christmas Story read by Dorothy Smith. Lions Club held dinner and gift exchange at Sullivan Elks Club with many local families attending.
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Carlisle
Ind
Haddon Homemakers Club
Henri’s
Terre Haute
Sue Ott
Mary Koenig
Wanda Bennett
Darlene VanMeter
Janet Page
Delores Bolenbaugh
Beverly Bennent
Ruth Ann Robbins
Mary May Bowen
Margaret Koenig
Kaye Gilham
Helen Arnett
Norma Phegley
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Rush Enochs
Pleasantville
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Danny James
Doug
Cindy Jones
Ricky Jones
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John Bailey
Mike
Jeff
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Indianapolis
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Nelle Y. Johnson
McCormick Creek Inn
Norma Hamilton
Order of Eastern Star
CES
Dorothy Smith
Donita Sheffler
Lions Club
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Sullivan
Morris Faris
Medford Trimble
Tom Doane
Leland Anderson
Ralph McCann
Jack McCoskey
Wayne Anderson
Walter McCommon
Wayne Carrico
Bill Burr
Philip Bolenbaugh
Arthur McKinley
Glen Berry
Federal student aid kit helps navigate programs
The HEW released an information kit titled financial aid for students guides to federally supported programs. It aims to help high school students seeking college entry and college students needing funds to stay, clarifying the many federal aid programs now available.
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Wayne Tennis couple marks sixteenth wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Wayne Tennis celebrated their sixteenth wedding anniversary at the home of Mr Tennis relatives in Hymera. The celebration occurred on December 25 which was also Mrs Tennis birthday.
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Mrs
Wayne Tennis
Mr. Tennis
Hymera
Mrs. Tennis
Bernard Morris fifty ninth wedding anniversary observed
Bernard Morris of Prairieton and his wife celebrate their fifty ninth wedding anniversary today at the home he built 52 years ago. They have three daughters three sons and several grandsons and great grandchildren.
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Bernard Morris
Prairieton
Mr. Morris
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