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Tuesday, April 6, 1943 Page Six. THE FRANKLIN (INDIANA) EVENING STAR GMDEM-VICTORY ML SENIOR PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT w'Vitamiru. a BANKING BY HAIL In these days when gas is being saved and time is at a premium, many men and women find it convenient to BANK BY' MAIL. This is a time-saving, patriotic way to transact your banking business. All correspondence receives our prompt, careful attention.

Johnson Gounty National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve System Trafalgar Grads To Present FRESH BULK GARDEN SEED AND ROSE BUSHES! Now is the time to sow Grass Seed. We have it for your lawn and shady places. VoWuKUchettDooiy 'W ypf MEN SERVICE Iris Kelly talked to his moth (Editor's Note. This Is one in a series of articles on "Victory Gardens" offered to The Star readers to help steer amateur (and experienced I gardeners in the 1913 all-out home front food production program. Read these from day to day, clip them ont and study them carefully and jour garden should be a good one.

These various articles are prepared and submitted by the Turdue News Service of Lafayette or the National Garden Bureau of Chicago.) The Week -In-Frank 1 i er. Mrs. Ece Kelly, ever long dis- nu.ee Sunday evening from Pitts-J l.u! h. where he has been t'ansferred from Harrisburg, PaJ He said the weather was fine and that he was well. Cpi.

as home cn furlough in February. His new- address is: Co. 797 M. P.I Mt. Olive Stat.on.

Pittsburgh. I Pemisv lvania. "Calling All Girls," A Three-Act Comedy Trafalgar, April G. 'Calling All Girls," a three-act comedy directed by Vonda Pctro, will be presented by the senior ciass of Trafalgar high school in the gymnasium here Friday night at 8 o'clock. The ccmedy is woven around the luany complicate ns which arise ith the attempt of a rich uncle, played by Lloyd Utterback, to get his nephew married.

The nephew's characterization is taken by Keith Miller. Twelve rf the 14 seniors in the school have parts in the play, others including Ralph Trisler, Damon El-lttt, Dorothy Donahue. Annabel Sanders, Etta Fay Willard. Jean Campbell. Liken Miller, P.o fccrta Lockhart.

Mary Bitrgett and Eimal Smith. The other two seniors also have active parts in the production, Margaret Anderson serving as business manager and Douglas 3urris ar stage e'ectrician. Varied entertain v. ill be presented during the evening. Pir.no selections preceding the plav will be offered by Lois Utter-bnek.

Between the first and se-- TUESDAY' Psi Iota Xi with Mrs. Ruth Jones Ilanell, 810 North Walnut, 7:30 p.m. PRESBYTERIANS MEET Oil WEDNESDAY NIGHT Mem ors cf In; First Presbyter-hn church will hold their annual congregational meeting Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the church. There will be a pitchin dinner fcl lowed by a business session. Thos: who have joined the church thi.j vear will be special guests at the dinner and will be introduced as new members of the congregation.

A nursery will be provided for the little children. Included cn the program are sin ting election of officers, prer-cntalion cf repoits and adop- come liom onion sets pl.mted in September. The winter cnion patch should re located alon; the ed of thf paicien. or in a bed the fence. A winter cover of straw may tc used, tut leaves mat )vn and tend to smcther, unless held up first by covering the pitch w.th brush.

Varieties rrcemmend-eu are the Egyptian. Y'ellow Potato, and White Multipliers. All onions should be pulled nd allowed to cure for several days o.it of the direct 'sunlight, and being topped and placed in bats or slit-teed crates. I hey should be sto.ed Ah. re it i dark.

cjcI and drv. Although onion-; thrive test on; the lich. black muck soils of north-; trn Indiana, the aie easy to grow from even on coils of only av-oirge fertility. Cne ounce of seed is required fo. a 100 fcot row of onions, and not over o.ie-hali inch of soil should tc used in eo.eiin.

Onion seed must go into tlr garden with the tirot planting of, lettuce and ruuishcs. Lecdlnigi should be thinned to two or tine? inches. Pur-1 due Ltihersity frcciadsU adcis pl.m;ir.g the Southport Yellow GIo'-c, Lbeiuzer, itrassbarg, end Swee vjiiciies. Green eniens. or winter onions WEDNESDAY Friends of Pie.

Kenneth Wheeler of Edinourg have received oi that he ill in a Denver. Col' hospital. His address is Ward B-ll. Buckley Field Lucklev Field. Denver.

Colo. Rotary club at Hillview Country club at 12 neon. St. Rose of Lima Altar Guild in recreation hall following devotions. Matinee Musicale with Mrs.

Aus- MORTGAGE EXEMPTIONS INSURANCE NOW is the time Tor HI INC. VOI MORTG AGE EXEMPTIONS We Wil! Re Glad To Do This Tor You! Check your INSl ANl POLICIES and if jou are r.r.t properly protected see us at We write all Kinds except Eife Insurance. UNION TRUST COMPANY AND TRAFAl.CJAR IJRANCH Deposits Insured By Fedfral Ilepo-it Insurance Corporation The address of Sit. Paul P. Dim-lap, cr.

of Mr. and Mis. J. It. is r.ow Co.

T. 53th Armored AFC. 2cG. Camp Cooke. Cd.f.

tin Flinn, 2:30 p.m. iicn of the budget. A memorial will Grace Methodist Gleaners class be held for members who have pars- with Mrs Paul Baker. Graham and Robinson streets, 7:30 p.m. SCHOOLS' WAR Dinner Honors Four WORK PLANNED J.

Byron Miller er.tertaine.i eu way during the year. The male! quaitet w.ll s.ng and the Rev. How- aid W. Stone will speak. The nominating committee for lie election of officers is composed Piu.h Miller.

A. D. Harb. Roy i CHRISTIAN CHILDREN TO SHOW THEIR WORK Parents and friends of the chil THURSDAY. Mary Thompson class with Clarence Doty, 2:30 p.m.

Mrs. cr i acts, accoidion selections will Sheek, LeRoy Cooke. Mrs. William presented by Nolan Mitchell. Old- v.

Lemphill, Mrs. E. O. Lagle, Jack Just Arrived Another Shipment Poultry Litler Glean, Economical FRIDAY Franklin Home Ec club with Mrs. John Cole, 199 Herriott, 2 p.m.

Andrews and Ragsdale, Constance Mrs Lon McConnell. time music will be offered between the second and third acts by Owen Duckett, guitarist, and Maurice Euckett, violinist. dren cf the church sthcol of Tab-esnacie Christian church will be (quests at rui ur.ust al in tlie church Wednrciay evening at 7:30 The pupils have ananged interesting cxhiciti cf their work so that their families may know what has occupied their time. There is a i complete Indian village showing th; 28 Attend Needham Farm Bureau Meet Mrs. Robert L.

Wright and son. Bctkv, cf Forest City, Arkansas, is visiting her parents Major and Mrs. F. P. McQueen.

sw Baker Presides At New Castla Meeting Of 120 Principals, Superintendents In Area Ctts.cr Eaker. super inttr.dont of the Jchr.scn rountv schools cn -ided Mor c'cv as Ih? lirst of a series of six conferences of school iatcrs was held In New Castle. Mere than 120 it v. town and rcr.niy school supeiintendenls and soliocl piimipals from Johrt-tn and Sunday at dinner at her home, east i in i.u. it.

'iiie clli'uu wjs in lienor of the birthday anni. ei of Mr. Miller and their niece. Jean-: r.ette Milier. and the 53rd wealing anniversary of Mr.

and Mrs. J. L. Miller. included Mr.

and Mrs. William R- berts and daiuhier, Sha- rcn. cf Rtishville; Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Miller of Franklin.

Mr. and Mrs. Noah W. Beck. and son.

Billy, of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. .1. L. Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. Wari Miller. Mr. and Mrs.

Fritz Miller and daughter, Jeanette. and Mrs Durward Miller, all of Morgar.town Twenty-eight persons attended Wanted Girls! Mrs. Walter Ed Cobt, of Indian the first April Farm Bureau meet- ing. in the county Monday night at Needham township school building. Motion nict.nip.s were shown and i 1 apolis, spent the weekend with Mr.

and Mrs. Walter A. Cobb and family, at Nineveh. For Telephone Operators I Cf unty Agent S. B.

Scctt talked on agriculture in th war effort. 15 ot: No. 4 counties in re; Experienced girls arc preferred but experience is not necessary. Plese AT FIRST SIGN OF A Neighborhood leaders met with Loren during the meeting to discuss the house-to-house canvass Madison Frank Office, 49 lin, Ind. work of the Disciples in the south vvest.

The junior children have planned a dramatization from life to introduce the new library cf their de-partmei made pcsslble by a pener-ous gift from a United States marine. Also thoie will be a "radio panel discussion" by several parents who will be seeking the solution of some ommon problems. The evening is The people of the community are cordially welcome. Miss Adda Wy-rivk. Miss Margaret Hunt and Miss Erma Forsythe are the committee in charge.

for Sunday afternoon. Tnitnrl TlnnVmn Inn i Leaders of the neighborhood sys- Kzs rr IHlV.ll 1 VIV.1IU1IV iut tern also met in Hencley tow nship WANTED, GIRLS Lloyd's Laundry II. Jessup, Dist. Manager atruoed. Ih cf the war emeigency pro-: last fell in all Indiana school? were revived and plans were discussed for continuance and expansion on the basis of experience, r.uti ulc.v cons.

deration given establishing summer schools on the -a me basis cf credits and stand-aids as the regular schools. A lesclution was areptcd requesting Dr. C. T. Malan to petition the USE for the same purpose Tuesday eve- 1 ning.

666 TABLETS. SALVE, NOSE DfiflPS 0 HJ Kit 11. Jefferson St. rhtme Wing Over Munda Inlernationalite CE DELKU Linton a. sistcd the Suiiican tire department trinin the flame? under ccr.trol after a three hour battle.

PI it IT state board cf cducaacn for "tuition support to be granted to summer, schools cn the basts as it is now! civen to the local school unit in thej 1 regular scliool year." It was pointed cut that with thej acceleration of hih scliool stu-i because of the draft it isj expected that a large number will: wish to enter simmer schools. All junior and senior hhh school! i. RESIDENCE DELIVERY IN FRANKLIN All that part of franklin east of Home Avenue will receive ice delivery Monday, Wednesday and Friday. AH of Home Avenue and west of that itrect will receive delivery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. If you are net using Ice now, call our XI Churchill Says Eden Mission Successful I April 6 iINSK Forean IS.

i'-J SULLIVAN NEWSPAPER PLANT RUINED BY FIRE ilh an INS' Free ot uncc tei oiicit'. e.u".y today v.e-M;ced the bciidut; ar.i ntachinery cC the D.uv camaae ted at several thou-aitds o' de.I.irs. A toai estate firm ar.ci a grocery jaccr.t to r.cA.-paper olfUc suffered camace fire and water. The blaze was discovered at ant. by Mrs.

Florence Haddon. ho ir. an abe the real estate office. Proves aiui Itnotvpo machines of the voce destroyed. Tlte or.ly prcperty saed was furniture.

Joe Adams, publisher of The Times, said re would attempt tore! cut a paper in the calces of The' Union. county weekly newspaper. Firemen from Torre Haute and i students have been giten health examinations by doctors before en-, tci ing the physical fitness program I designed as pre-induction training. Students also have had the engi-' neoiina and physical science apti- tude tests: the Mver-Ruch achieve-i Men And Women! APPLICATIONS ARE NOW REING ACCEPTED FOR EXTRA AND STEADY WORK. Applicants Must Be Over 35 Years Of Age.

SCvtetar; Ar.tlunty Eden's lecent ii issicn to the United States was most successful. Prime Minister Churchill told the Houe of Commons today. "Mr. Eden vtll t.ive an account of his mission on the third sitting of the the Prime Minister said. It will not be of a controversial character.

I Announcements cfl'icc by 8:00 a.m. of the djy that our trucks pass your iiume so that our ice man may step and leave a card for vcu. No special or return trips may be made under present Office of Dtfcnsc Transportation rulings, so be sure to have jour ice card up in time for our regular run. Instead of hanging your ice card on a post or on the outside of your wc would like to suggest that you place it in a window inside your house so that it will not blow away. ment test, the Otis I.

Q. test and the Stanford arithmetic test as a part of the war emergency setup. Extensive testing has aLso been done in hearing and sight, it was reveal- v. i ed. and in some counties an i.r.mun- izaticn program has been caried i.sNws:vv.v;i.s ss mofwvWl i OUt.

Hopewell society wil Thursday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock with Mrs. Elmer Henderson FILL YOUR COAL BIN NOV ALEXANDER IGE GOAL GO. NOTCE! We have a limited number of re-i treaded front tractor tires which I may now be purchased without a certificate, if a retreadable carcass is traded in. I FRANKLIN GRAIN CO. Looking down across the wingtip of an American dive bomber you can see the runway of the much- i bombed Jap airfield on Munda Point, New Georgia, in Solomons.

354 E. Monroe Street Phone 791 Members of the Franklin Home Ec club who have temperature thermometers are asked to bring them to the Franklin Home Ec club meeting Friday at the home of Mrs. John Cole. Miss Kathleen Murphy, county health nurse, will speak. A good attendance is urged.

New screen star Rita Corday, born in Tahiti of French mother and Swiss father, escaped to America fiom Shanghai when Japs attack ed that city. Landis Appointed to Producing Committee Representative Gerald W. Landis cf Linton, congressman from the Seventh district, has been chosen Indiana's member of a Republican committee appointed at Washing-ten, D. C. to study the problems of producing, rationing and distributing food ith a view to determining how the nation may best be assured of an adequate food supply.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brown and Jchn Edward entertained at dinner Sunday at then heme in the Union Community, Mr and Mrs. Milas Drake, Mrs. Mabel Brown of Mor-gantown, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sanders and daughters. Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd Graham and son and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Barnett and daughters. Veil BRIGHTEN-UP EVENTS Misses Annette Snoke and Bessie Ma? Neiven are suffering from measles at the Franklin College dormitcrv.

The Philathea class will meet at the First Baptist church Thursday at 2:30 p.m., instead of at the home cf Mrs. Clark Owens. Please note change of place. Sea Lightning FREE SEEDS! 1 i A pitchin supper and family night Mi BUY Vrl 1 STAT! fffj twci if rJUlOND will be held at the First Baptist church Friday at 6:45 p.m. Allies Gain 4-to-l Aerial Superiority (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, in bi mmWooo The Glade comm ity cn be entertained Wednesday at the home of Mrs.

L. M. Peck. The meeting was to have been held at the heme of Mrs. Earl Leper.

Miss Lorretta Biggerstaff of Beech Grove is spending her spring with Naomi Ellen Parsley of Clark township this week. We're now celebrating our big "Brighten-up Days" Event with a free gift of a package of famous Burpee Flower Seeds to adults purchasing any item in our store. Come in early and get yours BRiGrfTEN-UP WITH Sherwin-Williams Psi Icta Xi members arc asked to bring needles, thread and scissors to the meeting this evening at the home of Mrs Ruth Jones Harrell. Sewing will be clone fcr the Red Cross. Eddie Wayne, son of Mr.

and Mrs Bruce Morris of Franklin R. R. 3. is ill with measles. SCKtLX LNVMLL For frames as well iis.

screens. Biai.k. Qt. 69c The Silver Trail club will meet Wednesday at 7 p. in.

with Mrs. Bet-; ly Jane at the home of her Mr. and Mrs. Ivan aTraggs Whueiand. i Mr.

and Mrs. Long were dinner quests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cobb and children. and freight volume are now double their 1939 level, that job is being done-thanks to the wholehearted cooperation of shippers, Army, Navy and Office of Defense Transportation.

When you realize this double job is being done with limited additional equipment we believe you will see why occasionally you may not secure just the accommodations you desire on the particular train you had in mind, or even on the day most convenient to you- By travelling during the week instead of the week-end by cancelling reservations immediately, when your plans change, so someone else may take your place you, as a civilian will contribute to the full utilization of available accommodations and immeasurably aid America's transportation system in carrying out its assignment of primary supply line to a nation at war. tary of the Navy Frank Knox. He reported the Germans are concentrating more U-boats in the Atlantic in an attempt to cut vital supply lines to England and Africa and admitted that sinkings of Allied ships increased "considerably" last month. Scbs Change Tactics The Nazi subs have changed their tactics, he said, and while community life at submarine bases like Loricnt and St. Nazair; in France dcubtless has been disrupted by Allied bombings, the U-bcats still are a major threat.

A new word of warning came also lrcm an offiical spokesman at United Nations headquarters in the southwestern Pacific, who said the Japanese apparently are preparing for a new offensive. The Japanese north of Australia, he said, are putting mote time and effort into their activities than ever before. "We are not sure exactly what they are getting ready for," he said, "but we are confident it is not defensive." Few major changes were reported on the Russian front, where Soviet troops pressed steadily toward the rtKiii r.MNi KancL-onie, auracle, J- cc'cnonucal. Qt 1 1 Mr. and Mrs.

Albert Kennedy and dr. and Mrs. Ed Pierce have returned from a visit in Casey, 111. The Halcyon club cf the Union trmm.ur.ity will meet Friday afternoon at the lie me cf Mrs. At land Saunders.

1LOOII KNAMLL For all of us who hare boys in the armed forces, the two happiest words we can hear or read today are these Safely." We on the New York Central salute the men of the Merchant Marine who, day in and day out, in peril of bombs above, torpedoes and mines below, are so gallantly performing their mission of carrying your sons and daughters and ours overseas. We know how heavy is that responsibility. For in addition to the 16,834 employees of the Central now in the armed services, the sons and daughters of more than 9,500 other employees have gone to war! And we know how great that transportation task is. Because it is our job, as part of America's great transportation system, not only to help carry these millions of men and women from home to camp, and from camp to embarkation port-but to bring to the dock-side, on time, an average of 16,000 pounds of supplies and equipment for every soldier! Yet. America's transportation system has still another vital responsibility tha: of carrying essential civilian freight and essential civilian passengers, and despite the fact that both passenger 51.15 Made to walk en." tjl.

Miss Helen Doming will entertain group of friends at her home Tuesday evening. Phil.uhca class of the Baptist church will meet with Mrs. Clark Owens at 2:30 Thursday afternoon UOlL PAIN1 SWP Americas lavorite house patnt. OC Gal O.CtO Women's Bible class of the Presbyterian church will meet at 2'30 dock Thursday afternoon at the church. Miss Helen Spaulding had learned to her home in Washington, after a visit here.

GLOSS LXAMLL Quick-drying, for furniture wocdworK, tovs Pint 53c Clevj Yorf Centa Black Sea naval base of Novorossisk GRAHAM MFG. CO. "To Serve ou" under cover of heavy artillery fire. LOANS or More Material has been received at the Red Cross surgical dressing room and workers are needed. The room is cpen on Mondays from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

and the remainder of the week through Friday from 9 to 12:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. The room is closed all-day Saturday and cn Monday ivorr.inc. or or excss xauxoad? i (wrEDFORwcroxy Lightning-shaped band of burning oil trails this Jap transport after allied bombers blasted it astern in Bismarck Sea. Army Air Corps Photo.

HOME SECURITY (0 VThe little daughter born to Mf and Mrs. Delbert Johnson, Friday evening has been given the name of Shirley Kav. Inc. 5 North Main St. Phone 849 -BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS-.

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