Golden Wedding For Sullivan Couple Today
Sullivan Indiana reports Mr and Mrs Stephen Wyatt of Paxton celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 pm. They are parents of two sons Robert Vincennes and George Little Rock Arkansas and four daughters Ivy Winemiller Oak Town Pauline Marcrum Indianapolis Mary Bateman Vincennes Eva Wagner Texas City and eight grandchildren.
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Sullivan
Ind
Stephen Wyatt
Paxton
Robert
Vincennes
George
Little Rock
Ark
Ivy Winemiller
Oaktown
Pauline Marcrum
Indianapolis
Mary Bateman
Eva Wagner
Texas City
Texas
Centenarian Elizabeth Lemen to be honored in Carlisle
Mrs Elizabeth Lemen of Sullivan county reaches 100. Her daughter Mrs Roy McCormick hosts an open house in Carlisle from 2 to 5 p m. Born in Ohio she moved to Indiana at eight with seven siblings. A sister Mrs Kate Cartseright of Sullivan survives. Daughters Carrie French Deborah Campbell and Roys McCormick remain. A niece Mrs Bessie May Held was reared by her.
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Sullivan
Ind
Elizabeth Lemen
Sullivan County
Roy McCormick
Carlisle
Lemen
Ohio
Indiana
Kate Cartseright
Lemon
Carrie French
Exeter
Calif
Deborah Campbell
Flint
Mich
McCormick
Bessie May- Held
Special Sale Notice Announces William R Fisher
Sullivan Indiana June 23 Special Sale William R Fisher son of Mr and Mrs Fred C Fisher mentioned in the notice indicating a forthcoming event with local ties and family names.
Young man seeks registration at post office window
In Norman Oklahoma a youth aged 18 approached the post office window and asked to register. Clerk Ray Green asked for a registration slip and directed him to the Selective Service office after the boy explained he just turned 18.
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Norman, Okla
Ray Green
Green
Selective Service Office
Outstanding Airman Fischer Sr in Alaska on leave this July
Fischer Sr A R 3 has been named Outstanding Airman in his squadron. He is stationed at Anchorage Alaska and will arrive home on leave the last of July. Marriage licenses were issued in Sullivan County Clerk Herbert Watsons office to Brickey Povlin Dutton Close Hopper Sproatt Carlisle and others. Bert Chambers hosted a birthday party for Patricia with a blue and white theme and a white cake.
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Dawn Padgett Ragsdale
Sue Cornelius
Arlene Steves
Nancy Dennis
Judy Mitchell
David Steves
Larry Reynolds
Karen
Rochelle Moss
Sharon
Judy Bedwell
Darla Delph
Brad
Fill Vacancy On Fair Board
Jack Thrasher elected secretary of the Wabash Valley Fair Association succeeding Everett Acree. Thrasher, Wabash Motors owner, moved to Terre Haute four years ago from Huntsville Alabama. Fair opens August 12 to 19 1956 with offices at the Fair grounds open daily 9 a m to 5 p m exhibitors may contact officials by calling C 2810.
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Jack Thrasher
Wabash Motors, Inc
Joseph L. Quinn
Thrasher
Terre Haute
Huntsville
Ala
Everett J. Acree
Fairgrounds
Vigo County
Driver Held After Traffic Death in Lafayette
Claude Duncan a 47 year old resident of Green Castle died from injuries after being struck while changing a tire in a filling station driveway on Ind 43 south of Lafayette. Clifford Lying 25 of Lafayette was arrested on leaving the scene of the accident.
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Lafayette
Ind
Claude Duncan
Rt. 1
Greencastle
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Duncan
Nolice
Cliford
Six Air Force crew rescued after Canadian plane crash
Six men and the helicopter crew are safe at a northern radar base after a fuel shortage forced a landing. The downed craft was located in an undisclosed area miles from Winnipeg and flown back for security reasons. Roger Baribeau of Quebec City was among the Bell Telephone Co. employees aboard.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Air Force
Barrens
Air Force
Air Transport Command
Pas
Minn
Audley Black
Ottawa
Ronald MacKinnon
Bell Telephone Co
Canada
Roger Baribeau
Quebec City
Dutch Refugees Arrive, Settle Across 24 States
A group of 235 Dutch migrants arrived by ship under the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. They will establish homes in 24 states, part of a plan permitting 17 000 Dutch to enter the U S by year end. The Eggink family, largest with eight children, will settle in Indiana where Antonius J Eggink will work as a carpenter in Elkhart.
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Antonius J. Eggink
Eggink
Elkhart
Ind
Bernardus
Mishawaka
Federal beef grading and stamping began under USDA in 1927
The U S Department of Agriculture started federal grading and stamping of beef in 1927 marking a new standard for meat quality. The program established official grades and seals to assure consumers of beef quality and origin.
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U. S S. Department of Agriculture
Two Men Arrested After Seizure of Marijuana in Chicago
Police seized 100 pounds of marijuana worth $60,000 in Chicago on Friday night after a tip from a Laredo Texas woman. Arrested were Juan Ramirez and Joseph Rodriguez described as well known Chicago area drug peddlers. The men allegedly collected the drugs from a parked car following days of waiting by narcotics detectives.
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Chicago
Laredo
Tex
Juan Ramirez
Mexico
Joseph Rodriguez
Ramirez
Rodiguez
Texas
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