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Page Three Friday, March ll, 1955. News Items Of Local Interest ENTERS HOSPITAL Louis Zimmerman. East Eighth, has entered Rush Memorial Hospital for surgery and treatment. RALEIGH LODGE A stated meeting of the Raleigh Lodge No. 640, F.

it A. will be held Saturday evening at 7:30 ORANGE SCHOOL ENTERED The Orange School was entered by burglars sometime Wednesday night, it was reported Thursday. Nothing was taken except for some food, it was stated. SPECIAL CONCLAVE There will be a Special Conclave of the Rushville K. to confer the Order of Temple on Monday evening at 7:30 All members are urged to attend.

ANDERSON FARM BUREAU The Anderson Township Farm Bureau meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Milroy School. The session had originally been scheduled for Wednesday night. 4-H Objectives Being Stressed During National 4-H Club Week, attention is being called here to some of the objectives of 4-H Club work. It is pointed out that 4-H Club work is designed to hep rural boys and girls develop desirable ideals and standards for farming, homemaking, community life and citizenship, and a sense of sibility for their attainment; to give the boys and girls technical i instruction in fanning and homemaking, that they may acquire! skill and understanding in these fields and clearer vision of agriculture as a basic industry, and of homemaking as a worthy occupation. Other objectives stressed are: To provide rural boys anc girls an opportunity to learn by doing, through conducting certain farm and home enterprises, and demonstrating to others what they have learned.

To train rural boys and girls in co-operative action, that they may increase their accomplishments, and, through associated efforts, better assist in solving rural prob- lems. FAIRVIEW DAMAGE The Oris Humphrey farm, east of Fairview. was badly damaged by Friday tornado. Shown here is the bam. the roof of which was carried away, and the entire scene is littered with debris.

The house, too, w'as badly damaged. HOOSIER DAY- Effort Being Made To Preserve Copies GAS WELL IS 881 FEET The gas well this week on the J. W. English farm southwest of here was drilled to a depth of 881 feet. It was erroneously stated in paper that the well was drilled to 88 feet.

REPORTED IMPROVED Mrs. Mary M. Carr of R. R. I.

is reported improving in Rush Memorial Hospital where she has been since January 29 after being injured in an auto accident. She is in room 241 and now has a cast on her right arm. WOMAN DRIVER FINED Louise Donnnell, 59, R.R. 6, was fined $1 and costs in Justice of Peace Court Thursday for driving on an expired permit. Rushville police, who arrested her at 11:53 a rn at lith and the New York Central Railroad, said her license had expired last December 12.

(Continued from Page One) ringed With bases from which the, Of Old Milroy Press To develop in rural boys and U.S. could mount atomic attack An attempt is being made in girls habits of healthful living, to They include: Britain, Greenland, the Milroy community to preserve provide them with information Europe, Africa, Turkey, Saudi- the last remaining copies of the and direction in the intelligent Arabia, Alaska, Japan, Okinawa, 0id Milroy Press, a weekly and use of leisure time and to arouse the Philippines, Guam, Spain and semiweekly newspaper which in them worthy ambitions and a the U.S. We likewise can mount served that area for many years desire to continue to learn, that atomic and missile attack from before it was discontinued in the they may live fuller and richer flattops at sea lives. Zhukov of Russia knows we have i Bound copies representing 24 To demonstrate to rural boys 10,000 atomic bombs and more. years of the Presses have been and girls methods designed to im- Above all, we have the industrial gathering dust in the basement of prove practices in agriculture and capacity.

Russia has one out of the Masonic Building in Milroy homemaking, to the end that farm every two farming and is having for several years, and it was re- incomes may be increased, stand- difficulty providing starvation ported that many of the issues are ards of living improved, and the foods for 200.000.000 people. The deteriorating rapidly. Most of the satisfactions of farm life enhanced. I U.S.A. has only one in 14 farming, bound sections, each representing We feed 160.000,000 people and a papers, are in need of know what to do with sur- new covers.

pluses. It takes $200 a person in Gilroy Research Literary the U.S. to make the A. strong club recenyy voted to pay for the enough militarily to prevent or binding for two of Press win any war that Russia might foment. That is a small sum for each of us to pay for securi'y.

No shooting war of magnitude Low Marks In School Lead To Boy's Death RACINE, Wis. UPI A 12-year- old boy who ran away Monday in shame over his bad grades was found dead late Thursday on the rocky shore of Lake Michigan. Kenosha County Coroner William Rauen said Richard Bentz Jr. apparently fell into the lake and drowned. His parents said he had left a note in his desk at Holy Name School saying he loved them but want to come home because of low marks.

Vacancies Exist In Local Medical Reserve I nit Vacancies still exist for sergeants, six corporals and other recruits in the 535th Medical Detachment, U. S. Army Reserve, which is being formed here. Those interested in the organization may contact Dr. Harry McKee, the commanding officer.

The medical unit is in the same battalion with the other two reserve units which are being organized here. Dr. McKee pointed out that service in the medical reserve is an excellent way for young men to get training for an eventual commission in the Medical Service Corps. Those joining the unit must be between the ages of 17 and 35. Medical corps veterans will be given preference.

The medical unit now meets on Thursday nights at 7:30 ith the battalion at the Legion, however when an armory is set up here the unit will meet on Monday nights. $10,000.00 CLOSE-OUT SALE Items for Every Room NOW AT Joe Pike HOME OUTFITTERS 107 NORTH MAIN TWO DEAD- TORNADO- I Hospital News RUSH MEMORIAL New patients: Mrs. George Fessler, R. R. 6, Shelbyville; Mrs, Fem Vredenburg, 1412 Park Boulevard; Jerry Mathews, 1314 seems in sight now.

North Cherry: Howard Zimmer Qne charily man. 306 2 has! highth street, aru, Or Many, Issue Rufus Pettiford of Carthage Tan The proprietor of my favorite Dismissals: me croxon, et McCorkhill, Kevin Lacey. Mrs hamburger emporium really un- lhat much historical data of the Richard Rice and Mrs. Herbert limbered to me last night about community be lost Morris being to death by so forever the old newspapers are copies. Members of the club said they hoped to interest other organizations, as well as individuals, in the project.

Donations to this fund may be left with Mrs Betty Scott, Research Club president, at the Milroy Cafe. Sponsors of the project point out Daisy M. Crist, grand secretary of the Eastern Sur of Indiana, will be the week-end guest of Mr and Mrs. Charles Brown and Mrs. George Keisling, Mr and Mrs Cecil Angle and Mr and Mrs.

Leo Keisling attended the wrestling at Hagerstown Wednesday night. Pitman has returned to his home in this city after spending the past three months visiting in San Diego and other points in California many drives soliciting funds for to disintegrate. worthy causes. He jumped onto theory of one united drive, juch as the Community Chest parents of a daughter bom Thurs- drive as not stopping the small day. Births Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence H. Clark lhe of 812 Sorth Oliver Street are the Trustee Forbids Square Dancing RICHMOND, Ind. OB be no square dancing at Whitewater School while Robert Burgess is trustee of Franklin Township. Burgess turned down a request by the township Mothers Club for permission to hold a square dance drives.

Here we have just come through a Heart Fund and Red Cross Ancient Elm's Age Refutes Legend PROVIDENCE, R. I. The Roger Williams elm was felled KILLED BY TRAIN ZIONSVILLE, Iud William F. Threewitt, 79, Jamestown, was killed Thursday when a New York Central System freight train struck his automobile State police said he drove off the end of a street into the path of the train. Rushville Lions Fans: Make the Russet Your Semi-Finals Headquarters In Indianapolis Every basketball season is a wonderfud story, with the past as dead as a dodo bird: We congratulate this great team for its 21-5 record and its championship of the South Central Conference.

At the same time, however, we want to tip our hats again to the great teams of the past which were contenders in the Semi-Finals no less than ll times. Another look at the past will reveal that when Rushville Lions fans came to Indianapolis, more of them ate at the Russet than anywhere else. They prefer the old-time southern Indiana type of cooking and baking which made the Russet the best known restaurant in tho Hoosier State. a tip! Have dinner at the Downtown Russet! Saturday night You can PARK REE in the Meridian Parking Inn. a block south of the Russett at 125 South Meridian St.

for 2 hours between 4 and 8 pm. when you dine at the Russet GOOD LUCK, LIONS! RUSSET PARKING 2 HOURS FREE WNtlf DIMING IWF EN 4 P.M. 8 P.M. KC sat sp Ar Russet UNUSUAL Cafeteria 37 S. Meridian, Indianapolis being given to worthy causes than Mrs Wardell, a member of it a dnve Jt the club committee, said a petition will be circulated rtext week asking parents whether they want Funds Help Conquer square dancing for pupils in the Many Deadly Diseases school The trustee said Thursday he Overall, my reaction is, we are will resign if a majority of his iust happy that we can give, hv- constituents sign the petition.

this land of plenty My Burgess, a farmer and a mem- friend, Edwin Neal, publisher ber of Whitewater Methodist Hagerstown Exponent, rn Church, said it never had been his column expressed necessary for any of his six chil- my views. drive and are getting set for the Dutch elm disease Thursday. Easter Seal drive. My G. W.

sees xjje huge tree long had been as- nothing wrong in a number of seriated with Roger Williams, the small drives. She points out that colonial divine lived nearby we are not forced to give, can se- on what is now North Main Street, lect what we wish to give to, that But an examination by Brown sometimes in the year we have a University botanist Dr. Walter A. dollar or two we can give, and Snell who measured the that this situation results in more annual growth rings disclosed an age of about 200 Continued from Page One town area 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis. Wrecked barns and killed livestock were reported across Fayette County, in a line slightly north of Connersville.

The tornado damage in that area extended from Fairview and Harrisburg to Springerville and Waterloo. The storm at Union City, about 45 miles northeast of Connersville, hit shortly before the tornado at the Philco plant, but the Weather Bureau said they were part of the same storm pattern. The Union City storm tore a chimney off the East Side School there, forcing it to close. Gas and electrical service were eut off. Firemen from Winchester, 1 and Greenville and Ansonia, Ohio, joined the Union City firemen in 1 fighting the wind-whipped fire.

Biggest single loss was at the Frazier auto supply store, where damage was estimated at $320,000. Windows broken by hail were reported at Carbon and Lena, north I I of Brazil, about 55 miles west of Indianapolis in western Indiana. Torrential rains came with the storms but they were so brief that overnight accumulations did not 1 amount to much. A drive-in theater was reported wrecked at Fountaintown. (Continued from Page One) Also knocked over was the tower station of radio station WLOA in Braddock, Pa.

Firemen and police were swamped with emergency calls throughout the states hit by the heavy winds. At New Philadelphia, Ohio, heavy winds described by police as a whipped through the community of New Commer- stown demolishing one school and causing serious damage in the business district. Winds up to 98 miles an hour were reported in the greater Pittsburgh area and up to 65 m.p.h. at the Columbus, Ohio, airport. BOY, 3, KILLED BLUFFTON, Ind.

Three- year-old Joe Neal Lockwood suffered fatal injuries Thursday when an automobile driven by his mother skidded in loose gravel and hit a tree. The mother, Mrs. Barbara Ann Lockwood, 21, was injured seriously. The accident occurred 1 near Poneto. SEE US FOR HOG HOUSES CUSTOM BUILT amp FOR A UVV GOOD HOUSE Cypress Floors, Fir Siding.

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WAGGONER CO dren to dance. LOCAL STORM- (Continued from Page One) He said: solicitation is necessary to obtain funds for research and care of individuals who have been victims of numerous maladies. We can choose to what we wish to He pointed out that through our North Side Square Phone 3445 Township School, damage to house contributions we have been able roof, brooder house destroyed. to makc great gains in fighting Margaret Kraus farm, Center tuberculosis, polio, cancer, mcn- Towiiship, house and barn dam- aged Bethel Hmchman farm, six miles north of Rushville, barn and house tai diseases, and other human maladies. He added: of us know' when we might have to call upon such agencies for assistance.

Americans should contribute CARAVAN- damage, implement shed destroyed. William Waggoner farm, north of Rushville, damage to house roof, Minnie Gwinnup farm, near Fairview, half of barn roof blown away. Jesse Stout farm north of Ar- Continued from Page One iington, barn roof damaged. Oris Humphrey farm, one mile from tho music department of the east of house unroofed, high school, and the cheer leaders garage demolished and blown down will lead the crowd in some song on automobile, and barn unroofed, and yells. AUTO SALESMAN WANTED Due to increasing volume of sales of Dodge and Plymouth cars, w'c need more salesmen.

Experience not necessary. We train you. Phone 2425 for Appointment 0. F. BUSARD, Inc.

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