New Photostat Machine Installed in Vigo County Office
Vigo county joins 11 of Indiana’s 92 counties with a new photostat recorder’s machine. County Recorder James G. Fagin and deputies can now quickly copy records for preservation, with trained staff following strict verification steps on dates acknowledgments descriptions and stamps.
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Vigo County
Indiana
James G. Fagin
R. J. Fitch
St. Louis
Photostat Corporation
Rochester
N. Y
Recorder
Fagin
Fire causes $100 damage to garage and car
Fire at 2405 South Sixth street caused about 100 dollars damage to a garage owned by James Lane late Tuesday evening. Assistant Fire Chief Francis Fischer attributed the loss. A 1937 automobile owned by Gil bert Smith at 417 Greenwood street was destroyed by fire at First and Osborne streets around 5 pm Tuesday. Pumper Company No 2 extinguished the blaze, with a small boy escaping the burning car unharmed.
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South Sixth Street
James Lane
Francis Fischer
Gilbert Smith
Greenwood Street
First
Osborne Streets
Pumper Company No. 2
Pineapple and Spider Web Crochet Tablecloth Pattern
Easy crochet pattern for a tablecloth featuring pineapple and spider web designs. Includes square sizes 8 and 11 inches with No. 30 cotton and mercerized crochet thread. Pattern 523 with directions. Send twenty five cents for pattern to Terre Haute Tribune Needlecraft Dept. Chicago Illinois.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Chicago
Ill
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft
Blaze kills seven in Brooklyn apartment fire
New York dispatch reports seven people died when a four story Brooklyn apartment house burned in the early hours. A crippled man, his wife and two children were rescued by a neighbor after a dramatic escape on a one and a half foot wide ledge. Dead include Mrs Anna Rodriguez 27 and her children Ferdinand 9 Ralph 1 Alessandra 8 and Mrs Lucy Sento 27 and her 9-year-old son. An unidentified woman boarder in the Sento home also perished.
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New York
Brooklyn
Anna Rodriguez
Ferdinand
Ralph
Alessandra
Lucy Sento
Sento
Plans for stag picnic by 9594th Volunteer Air Reserve
The 9594th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron will plan a stag picnic for the evening of Wednesday June 25 at Hulman Forest Park. The unit will hold its regular weekly meeting at 7 30 in Rooms 304 and 305 of the post office building with 1st Lt Peter A Farmer and Maj Byron L Brown as lecturers.
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Hulman Forest Park
9594Th Volunteer Air Reserve Training Squadron
Peter A. Farmer
Byron L. Brown
Woman Seeks Divorce From Moody Meneely Jr
Sarah Kathryn Meneely filed for divorce against Moody Meneely Jr in Vigo Superior Court No 2 on Wednesday. The couple married December 24 1947 and separated the day before.
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Sarah Kathryn Meneely
Moody Meneely, Jr
Vigo Superior Court
Peterson's Ointment Promises Skin Relief Ad
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment for 44 years addressing pimples eczema piles and irritation from external causes. Claims quick soothing relief and improved skin appearance plus use for tired itchy feet and toe cracks with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Ioo
Vigo County Tax Disbursements Hit Local Units
Vigo County Auditor Everett Acree announced that 135163.28 dollars of Vigo County tax revenue have been deposited with the state auditor and approved for June settlements. Disbursements are under way to townships and towns, including large sums to West Terre Haute, Terre Haute, and Riley Civil Towns, with detailed allocations to each township and school funds.
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Vigo County
Everett Acree
Indiana
Fayette Township
Harrison Township
Honey Creek Township
Linton Township
Lost Creek Township
Nevins Township
Otter Creek
Pierson Township
Prairie Creek Township
Prairieton Township
Riley Township
Sugar Creek Township
West Terre Haute
Terre Haute
Riley
Seelyville
Board of Agriculture
World War Memorial
Town finances show mixed fund collections and proposed allocations
Ray Davis, chief deputy auditor, states that collections were about 55 percent of sums charged to each fund for the year. Fund items include tuition 38449.71, special school 675810.51, school building bonds 646240.45, vocational 60885.99, free text books 41588.76, transportation 795.58, fire 16546.57, library 12642.75, total poor relief 35350.45, corporation 82614.64, police pension 12476.63, park maintenance 8317.75, park bonds 54065.39, and airport 265?6.20. The record lists 778611.30 for corporation and notes overall funding.
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Ray Davis
Bull stops freight train in Vidalia encounter
A 1,500-pound Hereford bull halted a diesel freight train near Vidalia Georgia on Tuesday. The locomotive and eight cars derailed and piled across the tracks after the impact with the bull, creating a dramatic scene in the rural incident.
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Vidalia
Here
Trash fire damages garage at Louis Cutliff residence
Fire in an alley near 319 South Third Street spread from a trash blaze and caused an estimated $50 damage to a garage at the Louis Cutliff residence. Assistant Fire Chief Clarence Scofield reported the incident on Wednesday around noon.
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Louis Cutliff
South Third Street
Clarence Scofield
Bond Set In Vehicle Taking Case For Ragan
Leonard Ragan 23 of Indianapolis was jailed on a vehicle taking charge and placed under $2000 bond by City Court Judge Edward S. Everett. He is held for federal investigation after police said he stole a car at Greencastle and drove it to Marshall Illinois where it was abandoned. The Optimist Club of Terre Haute announced its national convention June 25-28 with Governor William Shaker and other officers attending to discuss juvenile delinquency prevention.
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Leonard R. Ragan
Indianapolis
Edward S. Everett
Ragan
Greencastle
Marshall, Ill
Frank Hatfield
North Twenty-eighth Street
Henderson Badger
R. R
Sullivan
Charles Heady
South Sixth Street
James A. Kern
South Seventeenth Street
Lawrence E. Wise
Centralia
Ill
Lawrence S. Shaw
Columbus
Coates
William Shaker
W. R. Kirk
Squire Banfield
Joe Liehr
Byron Harrold
Pete Frohde
Service Club
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Optimists to Send Delegation to Louisville Convention
A delegation will depart next week for Louisville Kentucky to attend the convention as part of the Optimists club activities and plans.
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Louisville
Harris Airman Returns to Camp Stoneman
West Terre Haute reports Airman 3c Donald Harris reported to Camp Stoneman California after a 30 day fur lough with his parents at 329 National Ave. A farewell dinner was held with relatives and friends including Donald Harris Jr and others. Harris previously was at Otis Field Massachusetts and may be sent to Alaska. Meanwhile local notices announce June events and gatherings at Concannon State Park Bethesda Church and area clubs with plans for picnics banquets ice cream socials and meetings.
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West Terre Haute
William R. Harris
National Ave
Donald Harris
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Alaska
Harris
Donald Harris, Jr
Clara Harris
Smith Park Methodist Church
Concannon High School
Gertrude Bledsoe
Boston Post Sold to Boston Financier John Fox
Boston announces sale of the 121 year old Boston Post to John Fox a 45 year old Boston financier. The announcement was made by Mrs Helen D Grozier widow of Richard Grozier editor publisher 1924 46 and Harry J Gallagher of the Post board of trustees as executors of Groziers estate. Fox to assume control on a date to be announced.
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Boston
Boston Post
John Fox
Helen D. Grozier
Richard Grozier
Post
Harry J. Gallagher
The
Richard Grazier
Fox
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