Vigo County Students Lead Indiana University 1950 Class
Vigo county will send 39 students in Indiana University's 1950 graduating class. The class totals 3,659 graduates with 2,676 receiving degrees June 12 and 983 in August. 472 had midyear degrees in February. Commencement is at Memorial Stadium and baccalaureate services at 8:15 p.m. June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Indiana University
Charles E. Harrell
I. U. School of Business
College of Arts and Sciences
Memorial Stadium
Marian Martin Pattern Book Ad For Summer 1950
An illustrated advertisement promotes Marian Martin pattern book for summer 1950. It highlights pattern T9173 with sundress and jacket in multiple sizes, pricing for deluxe pattern handling, and a request to mail THIRTY cents plus name and address to Marion Martin in Chicago. An additional Twenty cents buys the complete fashion picture and a free beach bra pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Martin
Terre Haute Tribune
P. O
Chicago
Ill
Marian Martin
Honey Creek Board Aims to Finish Real Estate Reviews
The Honey Creek township board of review plans to finish revising real estate assessments this week. Trustee Buel R. Watson announced the panel has met every evening 6 to 10 except weekends, with members Watson Zimmerman Hutchins Richmond Watkins Brown. He urged owners who did not receive new appraisal notices to contact him immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Creek Township
Wonder Salve offered for skin ailments in Terre Haute
A wartime advertisement claims Wonder Salve helps itching eczema psoriasis infections athlete's foot and more. Described as white greaseless antiseptic safe for children and guaranteed with money back. Sold by local Terre Haute druggists King Miller Hook Gillis Bour Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
King, Miller, Hook, Gillis and Bour Drug Stores
Missions Hold Fort in China Amid Red Suppression
Private religious, welfare, and education missions face tighter controls as communists consolidate power in China. Relief aid is scarce due to a 25 percent import duty, and Shanghai directs all relief through a new committee, limiting independent operation by private organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
America
Europe
Shanghai
Red funds flow to missions despite supervision and terms
The text notes money flowing into missions under supervision terms set by the agency and communists. It claims Reds in Russia welcome American dollars and that Chinese missions write checks on American banks, with funds deposited there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
China
Students honored by music fraternity for Phi Mu Alpha office
Garfield graduate Bill Fread and Wiley resident Joseph Hary were elected to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Gamma Omega Chapter offices. Fread becomes vice president succeeding Robert Meurer and Hary becomes secretary succeeding Gerald Hunter, both of Verre Haute. Fread is a sophomore and Hary a junior at Indiana State majoring in music. Both also participate in the state college band orchestra and choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Fread
Garfield
Joseph Hary
Wiley
Gamma Omega
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Fread
Robert Meurer
Hary
Gerald Hunter
Verre Haute
Freud
Indiana State
Mr. Hary
Indiana State Teachers College Band
Fire destroys chicken coop under Wabash River bridge
Fire caused $100 loss to a chicken coop near the west end of the Wabash River bridge this morning around 12:30. The building belonged to Ethel Richardson and the cause remains unknown. Earlier, scrap lumber fire at Pease-Overton Lumber Co. at 921 Chestnut St. caused a scare but no damage. extinguished by Pumper Companies 4 and 5, Truck Company 1, and Assistant Chief Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash River Bridge
Ethel Richardson
Pease-Overton Lumber Company, Inc
Chestnut Street
Francis Fischer
Derby Film shown at Terre Haute luncheon
Motion pictures of last year's Soap Box Derby in Akron Ohio were shown by Robert Rhoads of the Tribune Star advertising department at a High Twelve Club luncheon held in the Wabash Room of the Terre Haute House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Robert Rhoads
Tribune-Star
Terre Haute House
Bakers End Strike In Downstate Illinois After Wage Pact
About 1,100 AFL Union Bakers return to work across 57 downstate bakeries after a settlement for a ten cent an hour wage boost. The tiered deal followed a statewide vote that initially rejected a broader package, with the pattern covering cities from Alton to Springfield and LaSalle to Champaign Urbana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
Bakers and Confectionery Workers Union
Downstate
Alton
Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Benton
Herrin
West Frankfort
Duquoin
Zeigler
Christopher
Marion
Walier
Illinois
LaSalle
Peru
Ottawa
Streator
Minoak
Bloomington
Dixon
Galesburg
Monmouth
Quincy
Jacksonville
Decatur
Champaign-Urbana
Pana
Springfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vigo
Beverly Lowe Aldrich
Glen Joseph Barnhart
Robert McKane Boyer
Dorothy E. Boyll
Richard Donald Connelly
William Eugene Cook
John Walker Carr
Ralph Dean Forney
Robert Lytton Garrard
Robert Ree Gooch
Robert Donald Gibbons
Wenonah Marjorie Geshorn
Ray Gene Ingram
Margaret Joeanne Keeler
John Ovid Lawrence
Ralph Ernest Laybold
Paul Stanley Lewis
Warren Edward Mayes
Jeff J. Miller
Francis Eugene O’brien
Overton W. Pendergast Jr
Leo George Perucca
Joseph Butler Peterson
Robert Lindroth Petry
Shirley Edwards Simon
Fred Swalls
Cation
John Alexander Templeton
Pauline Mary Templeton
Phyllis Florence Templeton
Guy Underhill
Carolyn Florine van Arsdall
Hugh Emslie Wallace
Jack Beecher Ward
Mary Frances Watts
John Christer Wilson
West Terre Haute
Tianman Masti
Honey Creek
iTc KH
TWA
Crawford
ST. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Los Angeles
William Lemke
Fargo
N. D
Union Party
International
View Derby Films
Bakers End Strike
Rae
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!