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Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1956

Page

8

Open house follows Garfield High graduation festivities

Mr and Mrs Arch Dunbar and their son David plan an open house party at 2507 North Eleventh Street after Garfield High School’s graduation and Senior Farewell Dance. About 100 guests expected with Garfield purple and white decorations. David graduates this evening.

Arch Dunbar David North Eleventh Street Garfield High School Garfield

Easy Carpet Cleaning Discovery Hailed

A new cleaner named Blue Lustre is advertised as the easiest rug cleaner after extensive research. It claims no residue, fluffy pile, and vibrant colors, safe for all carpets and usable on full rooms or spots. One gallon cleans three 9 x 12 rugs according to the ad. Root's Downstairs.

Engagement party honors Miss Osmer and shower for Miss Ogden

On Sunday afternoon a party honored Miss Jane Osmer engaged to John Chinn. Hostesses Miss Suzy Temple and Miss Phyllis Wolf. Shower in the Green Room Terre Haute House. Osmer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Osmer Deming Place. Chinn son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gard Shelburn. They plan to marry June 16 with aqua and white decorations. Also a bridal shower for Miss Helen Ogden given by Mrs. Fred Shepard and Mrs. Millie Mechling at 916 South Fifth Street. Ogden daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Waldrop will marry Clifford Ross Simpson on June 16.

Mary Elizabeth McKibben R. G. Nunn P. E. Allen Allen South Sixth Street Miss McKibben Joseph McKibben South Center Street Philip Allen Whitesell Louis Allen Whitesell Indianapolis Sue McDonald Mary G. Caughlin Hannah Eller Jerry E. Purcell Miss Eller Cleo H. Eller South Eighteenth Street Mr. Purcell William E. Purcell Chestnut Street Miss Fleming West Terre Haute Jane Osmer John Chinn Suzy Temple Phyllis Wolf Terre Haute House Miss Osmer Walter L. Osmer Deming Place Mr. Chinn Fred Gard Shelburn Mary Jo Atchley Eleanor Wall Mary Rundell Shirley McKinsey Lucy Crowe Kathy Smock Dojie Wampler Jean Spigler Winifred Ray Mabel Legg Kay Laybold June Breckenridge and Mines Jack K Helen Ogden Fred Shepard Millie Mechling Central Presbyterian Church Jane Katherine Osmer John Sidney Chinn Osborne L. Schumpert Frederick L. Black Charleston W. Va Chinn E. I. du Pont Company Osmer Hanover College Madison Ind

Church group notices on church events

The Ladies Aid of Otterbein E U B Church will hold a covered dish dinner Thursday at noon with hostesses Mrs. Bess Anderson and Mrs. Maggie Bunch and devotions led by Mrs. Talitha Jones. Priscilla Class of Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church meets June 12 at 1 pm with hostesses Mrs. Hazel Hamilton and Mrs. Helen Favre.

Ladies’ Aid Otterbein E.U.B. Church Bess Anderson Maggie Bunch Talitha Jones Priscilla Bethany Evangelical and Reformed Church Hazel Hamilton Helen Favre

YWCA Sponsors Free Swim Week for Small Girls

The YWCA will run a free swim week for fourth to sixth grade girls who have not had lessons and cannot swim. June 11–15, with daily times by school groups and qualified instructors plus Red Cross lifeguards. Each girl provides her own swimsuit cap and towel.

Young Women’s Christian Association Red Cross Crawford Rankin and Sandison McKeen Montrose Sugar Creek Youngstown Cruft Honey Creek Ft. Harrison Maple Avenue Greenwood Lincoln St. Ann Deming Fairbanks Laboratory Rea Thornton and Weldele Fairview Lange Otter Creek Warren Collett Maryland South School of West Terre Haute

Vigo County Historical Society to view film Yesterday Today and Tomorrow

The June meeting will be held at 7 o'clock next Tuesday evening at Fairbanks Memorial Library. A film titled Yesterday Today and Tomorrow will be featured. Board members will meet Saturday noon for a luncheon at Hotel Deming with reservations due Friday noon via Miss Juliet Peddle.

Vigo County Historical Society Fairbanks Memorial Library Hotel Deming Juliet Peddle Colonial Room

Newcomers Club to Install Officers at Banquet

Newcomers' Club members will install officers at tonight's banquet in the Mayflower Room. Mrs. Fred McCrea will preside with officers Mrs. Robert Dingle, Mrs. Richard Conley, Mrs. George Hennessey, Mrs. Arthur Lauer, and Mrs. Edward Paine. The group will sing before the candlelight installation and discuss plans for summer and autumn meetings.

Mayflower Room Terre Haute House Donald Lafferre Fred McCrea Robert Dingle Richard Conley George Hennessey

St Patrick Forum Ends Tonight At Parish School

The information forum at St Pattick's School ends tonight with a complete explanation of the Mass. Slides will illustrate phases of the Mass as the 7:30 pm session is held. The program is open to the public and parish members are urged to attend with friends.

St. Pattick’s School

What Women Are Doing What Women Are Doing

Mrs J E Hulme president of St Anthony Hospital Guild hosts a Saturday breakfast at Cranehurst south of the city for about 35 guild gift shop volunteers. A follow up discussion will plan next season operations. Zeta chapter of Triad Inc presents spring concert Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Job's Daughters Bethel 88 West Terre Haute meets Thursday at Masonic Temple with a retirement rehearsal at 6 and Miss Jane Ann Fleming presiding.

J. E. Hulme St. Anthony Hospital Zeta Chapter of Triad, Inc Westminster Presbyterian Church Job Bethel No West Terre Haute Masonic

Free Chest X-ray Drive Continues on Wabash Ave

The mobile X-ray unit offers free chest X-rays to residents over 15 who have not been scanned in the past year. No charge, funded by the Vigo County Tuberculosis Society Christmas seal sale. Units operate at Sixth and One-half Street and Wabash Avenue, with hours listed through Friday noon.

Wabash Avenue Vigo County Tuberculosis Society Tuberculosis Society City County Boards of Health Vigo County Medical Society John Taylor City Food Sanitarian

Berber Children Wear Pigtails for Heavenly Aid

North African Berber children with shaved heads grow pigtails from the crown as part of a tradition. The ritual pigtails are said to help angels lift children to heaven after death.

North Africa

Local residents plan trips and visits across three states

Mrs. Erdman and relatives depart for Chicago and a Black Hills vacation to see the Passion Play and Mount Rushmore. Mrs. Tait visits Columbus Ohio. Gerdink hosts Cavoll family from Puente California for a month. Dennis returns home from Union Hospital. Miss Miller graduates from Lindenwood College. Several families take a Florida trip, while others attend a Nile convention in Omaha and a Kiwanis luncheon in the Mayflower Room.

Paul Erdman College Avenue Floyd Boyer Indianapolis Chicago South Dakota Black Hills

Kiwanis Program Showcases Sigma Alpha Iota at ISU Teachers College

A musical program by members of the active Sigma Alpha Iota chapter at Indiana State Teachers College will be featured by the Kiwanis Club. The event highlights student musicians and college arts involvement.

Sigma Alpha Iota Indiana State Teachers College

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