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Terre Haute Tribune

Location

Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1959

Page

5

Church Property Won By Defendants

A Vigo Superior Court verdict favors three defendants in a dispute over Bethel Pentecostal Church property at Thirteenth street and Washington avenue. The jury found Halton, Ingram, and Davis, trustees of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World PAWI, acted properly regarding the deed removing property from PAWI. PAWI officials indicated an appeal may follow.

Bethel Pentecostal Thirteenth Street Washington Avenue Stanley Halton North Twenty-third Street Andrew Ingram South Thirteenth John H. Davis The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc Halton PAWI Harold J. Bitzegaio Robert Lee Brokenburr Indianapolis Earl M. Mann Terre Haute George E. Tobias Kokomo Charles K. McCrory PAWL Superior Court Jack R. Dempsey West Terre Haute David N. Manson North Sixth Street Kenneth Bauers Leo J. Ellsworth Wayne B. Langman Robert W. Jarvis Fourth Avenue Donald B. Hamilton North Twenty-fourth Street Julia Walker Terre Halle Virginia Clines

Rev Mitchell to Attend National Congregational Meeting

Rev George E Mitchell of Terre Haute will travel to Los Angeles for the annual meeting of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. He will represent First Congregational Church and Prairie Creek congregation, with the event running Tuesday through Thursday and a local pastor opening the session. He serves on several association boards and committees and returns home Friday.

George E. Mitchell Terre Haute National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Los Angeles Calif Mitchell First Congregational Church Prairie Creek

VFW Post Hosts Open House Dance Tonight

John Miller adjutant of Law ton-Byrum Post 72 announces an open house at the post home 31 South Thirteenth street. The public is invited and Tony Nasser's Korvets will provide music from 9 30 p m to 1 a m tonight.

John Miller Lawton-Byrum Post 72 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post South Thirteenth Street Miller Tony Nasser Korvets

YCAC Picnic and Hayride Planned Tonight

Members of the Young Catholic Adults Club gather for a picnic and hayride starting at 7 30 this evening. Attendees meet at St. Joseph's Church and proceed to the Clark home Stop 25 on U S 41 north for the event.

Young Catholic Adults Club St. Joseph’s Church Clark Home U. S. 41 North

Cat on Hot Tin Roof Opens Strong at Community Theater

A full house at Community Theater Playhouse saw Tennessee Williams drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof praised for strong performances. Paul Small as Big Daddy led a notable cast including Mary Ann McQuillan and Rosemary Small with Max Clifton directing. The Riviera production runs again at 8:30 p.m. at Talley Memorial Playhouse.

Tennessee Williams Community Theater Playhouse The Mercury Max Clifton John Landgrebe Big Daddy Paul Small Williams Margaret Mary Ann McQuillan Hugh McQuillan Brick Joe Hedges Big Mamma Rosemary Small Mae Maude Thomas Lookey Small Father Cat Talley Memorial Playhouse

Children’s Day Marked at Methodist Temple Sunday

The Methodist Temple observes Children’s Day with a 9:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday. Herman True Love will deliver the children’s message in Pastor Rev. Ralph Moore Jones’s absence. Special music and scripture verses by the children accompany the program as graduates from primary to junior receive Bibles.

Methodist Temple Herman Truelove Ralph Moore Jones

Ohio man sentenced in multi state check theft case

John Thomas Vlahos aged 54 of Springfield Ohio was sentenced to four years in prison by Federal Judge William E Steckler in Indianapolis for four counts of transporting stolen checks across state lines. He was arrested by Terre Haute police on indictments from federal grand juries in New Mexico and California.

John Thomas Vlahos Springfield Ohio Terre Haute New Mexico California Indianapolis William E. Steckler

Seven Bordentown inmates certified to umpire leagues

The Bordentown Reformatory announced that seven inmates have been certified by the National Baseball Congress to umpire baseball and softball games in semi professional and industrial leagues upon their release.

Bordentown N. J Bordentown Reformatory National Baseball Congress

Fatal Accident At Casey Ruled "Avoidable"

A coroner's jury in Casey Illinois ruled an auto-truck crash near Casey an avoidable accident. They found the semi-truck driven by Charles J Strasburger Berkley Missouri could have avoided the collision with the rear of a car carrying Orville O Stover 67 of Miami Florida and Barbara Anne Marshall eight of Dayton Ohio.

Casey Ill Here Charles*j. Strasburger Berkley Orville O. Stover Miami Fla Barbara Anne Marshall Dayton Ohio Pauline Marshall U. S. 40

Letters Issued to Settle Martha Smith Estate

Probate Court filings reveal the estate of Martha Smith who died March 25 with $3,500 in real property and $500 in personal property. Willard Moody Sr. qualified as administrator with a $1,000 bond to oversee the inheritance by grandchildren Robert M. Martin Barbara Jean Tucker Consuela Minor Leon Minor and Joseph E. Minor. Attorney Daniel E. Kyle represents the estate.

Martha Smith Willard Moody, Sr Tippecanoe Street Robert M. Martin Danville Ill Barbara Jean Tucker South Fifteenth Street Consuela Minor

Miner Injured at Green Valley Mine

Ralph Flemming, 53, of West Terre Haute, was injured Friday night in a fall at the Green Valley Mine around 8 pm. He was reported in fair condition at Uuson Hospital after lacerations bruises and abrasions. An ambulance rushed him to the north side hospital.

Ralph Flemming West Terre Haute Green Valley Uuson Hospital Flemming Bedino North Side

Christian Science Service Emphasizes God and Meaning

A Sunday Christian Science service centers on the theme of how understanding God enriches life. The lesson sermon uses I Peter 1 25 as golden text and reads selections from Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, including lines about thinkers and truth beyond old systems. Isaiah 50 4 is also featured for its voice of learned speech and morning awakening.

Christian Science Peter Mary Baker Eddy

Compromise Tax Bill Approved By Conferees

Washington June 27 A compromise tax bill approved by Senate and House conferees preserves wartime tax rates for another year and would cut the 10 percent communications tax for local phone charges by mid 1960 while delaying broader cuts. The measure, aimed at keeping the budget in balance, would not affect long distance or other telecom charges and faces swift passage toward the President’s signature. House Speaker Sam Rayburn rejected any immediate gasoline tax increase to fund the highway program, saying no 1.5 cent tax hike.

Washington Senate House Congress Senate House White House Sam Rayburn Dtex Eisenhower Rayburn

Ex-T H Man Dies in Washington

Richard H. Hippelheuser of Terre Haute Indiana native dies in a Washington hospital. He studied at Indiana University and the University of Illinois and was on the Associated Press staff in Chicago and New York from 1925 to 1929. He served as special assistant to Secretary of Commerce Henry A Wallace in 1945 and 1946 and later worked for several government agencies. Recently he was a freelance writer.

Washington Richard H. Hippelheuser Terre Haute Ind Indiana University University of Illinois Associated Press Chicago New York Commerce Henry A. Wallace

Clinton driver fined for speeding and permit violation

Alfreda J. Pippin, 40, of Clinton, was fined 21.50 after a city court found her guilty of speeding and driving without a permit. Also fined was Helen Kasis of North Terre Haute, who paid 2 for parking in a taxi zone.

Clinton, Ind Alfreda J. Pippin Clinton Helen Kasis North Terre Haute

Scouts Start Second Week At Krietenstein

One hundred twenty Boy Scouts left Camp Krietenstein after the first week of the season. Wabash Valley Council announces 126 Scouts will participate in the second week with participants from Terre Haute and nearby towns for training in advancement skills archery rifle boating canoeing handicraft swimming hiking and nature study. Vesper services will be led by Rev George Hunt Casey and medical rechecks by Drs Voges and Strecker. Scout headquarters in Terre Haute still has openings for the final five periods.

Krietenstein Art Freudenberg Wabash Valley Council BSA Terre Haute Porterville Paris Greencastle Cloverdale Casey Brazil George Hunt E. C. Voges William Strecker Scout South Twenty-fifth Street Jack van de Vorde Henry van de Vorde James Higgins John Foster Allan Holt John Loveaul Donnie Chisler Ronnie Lenson Mike Readinger Tom Asbury Jimmy Reynolds Ben Schull Cecil Halleck David Yunker Dick Matherly Darrell Jones Charles Crews Don Blair Richard Kehoe Stephen Little Danny Pfleging Thomas Simon William Denehie John Hoffman John Williams Phillip Ulrey Dick Shull J. Richards J. Johnson B. Goben Byron Chrysler Gary Elexson Charles Cottrell Mike Coldren Arthur Chandler Terry Ankrom Bennie Rue Claude Coats D. Biggs All of Casey Eugene Johnson Charles Cash Max van Gilder Jim Eads Herb Whitlock Don McClure Bill Kelly Bill Cavins Richard O’hair Eugene Sunkel Bill Dick Richard Sanders Tommy Morris Don Seeley Mike Drake David Hampsten Richard Hanson Ray Kidwell Robert Murphy Robinson

Sullivan Couple File $50 000 Suit Over Crash

Roy Leeders of 330 North Fourteenth Street named as defendant in two damage suits filed Friday in Vigo Superior Court No. 2 by John F. and Jean L. Golden of Sullivan seeking $50,000. They allege a July 19 1957 automobile crash on U S Highway 41 two miles south of Farmersburg caused serious spinal injuries. Seeders allegedly negligent. Each suit seeks $25,000.

Roy Leeders North Fourteenth Street Vigo Superior Court No. 2 John F. Golden Jean Sullivan U. S. Highway 41 Farmersburg Wendell Tennis Jack N. Cochran Golden U. S. 41 Seeders

Marshall Accident Hurts Four Youths

Two Robinson county youths are listed in fair condition at Union Hospital Terre Haute after a one car crash near here. Judith Mikeworth 18 and William Downs 17 suffered lacerations and other injuries. Robert Bartram 19 and Wendell White 21 both of Marshall were treated and released. Bartram was driving south on a county road when the car struck a bridge abutment. Moore ambulance transported all four to the hospital.

Here Bartram Moore Terre Haute Hospital

Reverend Thomas Saygers Named Pastor at Two Local Churches

Rev Thomas A Saygers has been appointed pastor of Liberty Avenue and Grace Methodist Churches. He will preach first on Sunday at 9 30 a m at Liberty Avenue and 11 a m at Grace. Saygers hails from Toledo Ohio and is a University of Toledo graduate, recent attendee of Asbury Theological Seminary. Mrs Saygers is a registered nurse from Grace Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Ohio.

Thomas A. Saygers Liberty Avenue Grace Methodist Grace Methodist Church Saygers Toledo Ohio University of Toledo Asbury Theological Seminary Grace Mercy Hospital School of Nursing

Communion Announcement for Terre Haute Knights of Columbus

Dr. John King announces that all members of Terre Haute Council 541 Knights of Columbus will receive Holy Communion at the 8 o clock mass Sunday morning at Sacred Heart Church.

John King Terre Haute Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Church

Shrine Circus At Stadium For Two Shows

The 1959 Shrine Circus at Memorial Stadium offers two shows at 2 15 P M and 8 15 P M with acts by Tom Packs Circus including clowns aerialists trapeze artists lions tigers bears elephants and more The event supports the crippled children fund with free admission for children of local charitable institutions and area residents via merchants and professionals.

Shrine Circus Memorial Stadium Tom Packs Terre Haute Zorah Shrine Wabash Valley

Montezuma Man Seriously Injured In Turned Car

A 22 year old Montezuma construction worker Deane Delph was injured when his car overturned on State Highway 36 near Montezuma about 12 15 a m He suffered a possible skull fracture and other injuries and was taken to Union Hospital in a Brown ambulance His condition was listed as serious State Police Detective George Kerns said Delph was likely traveling too fastAccording to Cpl Rufus Finney the investigating officer Delph worked at the Mansfield Reservoir construction site

Montezuma George Kerns Deane Delph Union Hospital Rufus Finney Delph Mansfield

Helen Keller Turns 79 In Easton On June 27

Helen Keller who has been deaf and blind for most of her life is 79 years old today in Easton Connecticut. She plans to spend the day as usual reading and writing and continuing her work.

Easton Conn Helen Keller

Court entries list various cases and marriage licenses

Superior Court entries include actions: Kintz vs Quinn on promise in writing. Dunlap quiet title. Conklin v Hasse possession. Beecher Jr. damages. Allen vs Jeffers for damages. Heath vs Richards surety on promise. Golden vs Seeders damages. Rogers v Winters damages. Jeffers divorce. Vinegar Co. v Halberstadt on account. Marriage licenses issued for Stanley Keegan, Barton Baumgartner. Real estate transfers show multiple parcels and grantee names with nominal sums.

Vivian Kintz James E. Quinn Irene Quinn Charles A. Melton Wabash Valley Superior Court No Emerson Allen Maye Jeffers Berry Kincade Allen Harley Heath Raymond Richards Jr Surety Jean Golden Roy Seeders Wendell Jack N. Cochran Sullivan John F. Golden Wendell Tennis George E. Rogers Kathryn Rogers Guy M. Winters Robert H. Duffy Earl D. Jeff

Steel Union Ready to Resume Talks Amid Deadlock

The United Steelworkers union signaled willingness to reopen negotiations with a four man industry team, denouncing a farcical filibuster. McDonald sent letters to 12 major steel companies' leaders, seeking face to face talks, while industry heads refused. Gates of shutdown loom as mills plan to bank furnaces and coke plants, with no wage increase demands met.

McDonald Roger M. Blough U. S. Steel Corp Fourman Team James F. Finnegan Eisenhower Pittsburgh U. S. Steel Chicago Youngstown Sheet & Tube USW

Gunmen rob two parked cars on Ridge Avenue

Adkins brothers report a Green Buick with five to six youths, ages 17 to 21, robbed them of a small cash haul near Ridge Avenue. The vehicle fled west on Maple Avenue. Police suspect connection to another robbery. investigators include Officer Kellett and deputies Foltz and Barnes.

Maple Avenue Adkins Brothers Kellett Raymond Foltz James Barnes Roberts

Boys Conservation Camp at Shakamak State Park

Vigo Conservation Council plans the annual Boys Conservation Camp at Shakamak State Park from August 17 to 20. One hundred boys ages 12 to 16 will participate with an expanded activity list and improved award program. A fish fry and awards ceremony close the camp on August 20 for boys families and sponsors.

Vigo Conservation Council Wabash Valley Shakamak State Park Joe Junker Garfield Avenue Terre Haute Jim Gaston South Fifth Street

Methodist Pastors Appointed to Area Churches

Bishop Richard C. Raines of Indiana Methodism announced assignments for two circuits. The Rev. James W. Niell, a retired minister since 1951, becomes pastor of the Kingman Bloomingdale circuit. The Rev. Thomas Saggers serves as supply pastor at Liberty Avenue and Grace churches in Terre Haute. The Rev. Harry H. Allemany, formerly at Helmsburg, moves to Fillmore as supply pastor, succeeding the Rev. Wayne Stork.

Richard C. Raines James W. Niell Kingman-Bloomingdale Raines Thomas Saggers Liberty Avenue Grace Methodist Terre Haute Harry H. Allemany Helmsburg Bloomington Fillmore Wayne Stork

Austrian court acquits Johann Gassner in postwar murder trial

An eight man jury in Vienna splits 4 to 4 on Johann Gassner's guilt or innocence in the rape and killing of Iloma Faber in a Vienna park in April 1958. The court freed the 30 year old suspect in Austria's biggest postwar murder case.

Vienna UPI Johann Gassner Austria Gassner Iloma Faber Vienne Park

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