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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
3
A roving reporter spoke with 1956 Soap Box Derby entrants in Akron about their hopes and plans. Local rivals like Chuck Taylor and Jerry Albin described chances to win, with many racers starting work months earlier and eyeing Rose Poly or national glory.
A muggy period with scattered thunderstorms is forecast for the next five days. Temperatures will run near to slightly above normal with highs from 84 to 88 and lows from 61 to 64, then warmer midweek before cooling toward the north portion on Saturday. Rainfall expected 0.5 to 1 inch overall with some locales exceeding an inch. Sunday night totals varied by area. Scottsburg led with 1.61 inches, Martinsville 1.45, Seymour 0.95, Greencastle 0.62, Williams 0.53, Bedford 0.43, Indianapolis 0.18, and Fort Wayne near 0.5 inch.
Felix Grimes 29 of Rockford pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 64.75 with a one year license suspension. Two passengers Max Hoopengarner 29 and Lehman McKee 28 pleaded guilty to public intoxication and were fined 14 each. The trio was arrested after a Prairieton motorist complained of reckless driving on State Highway 63 south of Terre Haute. Other pleas included Francis Brazzell 25 speeding 15.75 and Frank Maples 25 running a red light 3.75. Theodore Hauer 42 Princeton and John E Keller 26 R R 7 pleaded guilty to running stop signs and were fined 2.75 each.
Marjorie DuBois aged 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Napoleon R DuBois of 10 Sumner avenue West Terre Haute was injured about 925 am Monday while riding her bicycle on U S Highway 40 near Sumner avenue struck by a semi trailer truck driven by William H Dean of Arthur Illinois She was rushed by Bedina ambulance to Union Hospital West Terre Haute Chief of
British judge Bernard Shaw was seriously wounded near the Nicosia courthouse steps by two gunmen who fired point blank as he left for lunch. The attack followed Shaw’s recent death sentences on two Greek Cypriot youths for shooting at British soldiers.
Rudolph E. Anthony was introduced as executive secretary at the Vigo County Association for Mental Health during the June board meeting at Hotel Deming. The Terre Haute resident since 1931, he previously worked as a purchasing agent and buyer for the Wabash River Ordnance Works and at Portsmouth, Ohio, for an atomic energy plant project. He retired this month from the American Standard Corporation where he served as salesman and purchasing agent.
Billy McKee, age 12, won the Class B soap box derby with racer No 8. He weighs 87 pounds and the car scales at 243 pounds, seven pounds under the limit. His mother and brother Russell, 19, cheered as Billy set sights on Akron and the All American Derby on August 12. Walter Barcus, 14, Class A runner up and Derby entrant, is set to start Schulte High School in September.
The 1956 Soap Box Derby in Central Falls Indiana crowned winners after a day of parades and race heats. Russell Howard credited volunteers and sponsors Downtown Chevrolet and the Tribune Star for a successful event with 71 participants and a winner’s party to follow at Coca Cola Bottling.
Fort Wayne Indiana June 25 The Fraternal Order of Eagles of Indiana concluded its 49th annual meeting with Earl Young of Princeton elected president Other officers include Earl New Shelbyville Donald Stewart Lebanon Cliff Lewis Elwood Karl Kreiger Huntingon G R Bender Logansport Morris Insley Columbus Harold Holmes Richmond new trustees Robert Thornburgh Evansville Ralph Hileman Lafayette Roy Hamilton South Bend Roy Brunner Aurora Francis Ross Columbia City Lafayette lodge won first place in ritualistic drill competition
The Rev. Harold Boyer of Springfield Ohio was re elected chairman of the general ministerial assembly of the Church of God Sunday in the assembly's closing session.
Floyd Van Trum aged 73, co-owner of the Rochester News Sentinel, died Saturday night from a heart seizure in Rochester Indiana. He began as a printer's apprentice in 1900 and later owned and merged papers including the Rochester Sentinel, Fulton County Sun, Rochester Republican, and Rochester News, with the News Sentinel formed in 1924 under co-owner Hugh A. Barnhart. Services will be held Tuesday afternoon.
Doctors label warts as tiny benign tumors fit for removal. A new compound, developed by a famous medical laboratory, dissolves wart cells at home without surgery. Tested by a New York skin clinic under supervision, it proved highly effective with minimal application.
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