Gerstmeyer Tech crowns Queen in Jan coronation
Miss Marie Ann Atlegic will be crowned Queen of Basketball for Gerstmeyer Technical High School for the 1955 56 season at a 2 30 pm ceremony Friday January 6 in the Memorial Gymnasium. Her attendants include four ladies in waiting and four escorting captains from the basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Ann Atlegic
Gerstmeyer Technical High School
Tech
Miss Atlegic
Gerstmeyer
Second Avenue
Y-Teen Club
Mary Jane Lawson
Loren Lawson
South Seventh Street
Roberta Mae Eagle
Erma Nasser
Elm Street
Arminta Ruth Cooper
Arnold Cooper
North Eighth Street
Barbara Frances Hatfield
Bernice Hatfield
Third Avenue
Robert Hickman
Howard Dardeen
Robert Mann
Crane salesman wins Miami trip for Orange Bowl
Todd Rockstroh, a Terre Haute Crane Co. salesman, won two tickets and an all expense paid trip to the Orange Bowl in Miami on January 2 after being named top man in Crane Co.'s midwestern sales district materials contest. He will attend with his wife Helen and seven other salesmen received awards to four bowl games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Todd Rockstroh
Terre Haute
Crane Co
North Ninth Street
Rockstroh
Wallace Avenue
Helen
Terre Haute Rings In 1956 With Citywide New Year Parties
Terre Haute clubs and posts plan gala New Year Eve celebrations across the city. Dinner dances at the Country Club and Phoenix Country Club lead into late night dancing with multiple orchestras. Post homes and lodges host floor shows, dancing, and breakfast services past midnight, highlighting local entertainers and veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre
Elks City Club
Phoenix Country Club
New Year’s Eve Party and Watch Night Service at First Baptist
The B Y F groups of the First Baptist Church sponsor a New Year’s Eve party in the church gym at 8 30 pm and a watch night service in the sanctuary at 11 15 pm Kenneth Dodgson will speak at the service Members and the public are invited Those unable to attend the party may join the sanctuary service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Columbian Room
Jess Knowles
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
el Melville
Moose Lodge
Wabash
Lowell Tennis
Eagle Lodge
B.Y.F
First Baptist Church
Kenneth Dodgson
Vigo County Board Reviews Seven Liquor Permit Petitions
The Vigo County Alcohol Beverage Board reviewed seven petitions with no objections. They were sent to the Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission in Indianapolis for final action. Petitions listed include Bird Club Inc, Hubert Sullivan, Andrew and Amelia Baltesu, Louis H. Jones, Ortenzie Carosi, and Randall Keiser. A refinery project worth 30 million dollars is under construction at Mamonal on Cartagena Bay in Colombia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Board
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Indianapolis
The
Bird Club, Inc
Maple Avenue
Hubert Sullivan
Wabash Avenue
Andrew and
Amelia Baltesu
North Fifteenth Street
Mamonal
Cartagena Bay
Colombia
Record Holiday Traffic Toll Hits New High in 1955
Safety experts label Christmas as Black Christmas as 629 Americans die in Christmas crashes. A.P. reports additional 34 fatalities from injuries over the next two days. The council predicts 420 more deaths during the New Year weekend amid states deploying National Guard and increased patrols. Texas orders arrests for all moving violations through Jan. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.P
The
Safety Council
Arizona
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
National Guard
Texas
Former Ambassador Josiah Marvel Dies at 51
Josiah Marvel, former U S ambassador to Denmark, died in Delaware Hospital at 51. A Democrat and longtime Delaware party chairman, he ran for governor in 1940. Appointed minister to Denmark by Truman in 1946, he became ambassador in 1949 and led the International Claims Commission from 1950 until ousted by Eisenhower in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Josiah Marvel
U. S
Denmark
Delaware
Marvel
Truman
International Claims Commission
Eisenhower
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Marie Ann
Dionne
North Bay
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Yvonne
Cecile
Annette
Oliva Jr
Montreal
L. M. Edwards
Trust Company
Marie
Emilie
Latin America
West Indies
Canada
United States
Hotel Deming
Miss Nancee South
Terre Haute, Ind
Wayne Newton Post
Reece- Williams
Shrine Entertainment
Zorah Shrine
Marty Gould
Chicago
Fort Harrison
Kriefenstein
Wayne Newton
American Legion
Mark Richardson
Madonna Rowe
Krietenstein Post
K. of C
First Baptist
First National Bank
John Cleary
Terre Haute First National Bank
Emma Wilson
Leonard B. Marshall
Charles
Louis H. Jones
South Second Street
Ortenzie Carosi
Lafayette Avenue
Randall Keiser
Ehrmandale
Anchor & Indiana Furn. CO
Lincoln
Wabash Ave
Baxley Appliance and Furniture CO
Jensen’s Appliances
Wood Furn
S. Main St
Linton
Crawford
Main St
Farmersburg
Willis Gas and Appliance CO
South 8Th St
Herman Criss
Jasonville
Rockville Furniture Store
Ohio St
Rockville
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