Dale News, Volume 6, Number 6, Dale, Spencer County, 2 April 1943 — Page 3

WLLIS MEDCALFE

CUBS AND SOX TRAIN AT FRENCH LICK SPRINGS

Word was received here today of the death in Crescent City, Calif, of Willis Medcalfe, former Indianapolis and Washington linotype operator.

Medcalfe was born in Washington and began work as a printer on the Washington Democrat. He also had worked on the Brooklyn Eagle. The body was taken to Bellflower, Calif, for burial. Survivors are his father, T. C. Medcalfe, and a sister, Mrs. Edith Stalcup of Bellflower; a brother Roy Medcalfe, of Odon, and another sister, Mrs. R. C. Miller, of Washington.

Ten per cent of your income in War Bonds will help to build the planes and tanks that will insure defeat of Hitler and his Axis partners.

RESTRICTIONS ON SEED POTATOES ANNOUNCED

Seed potatoes cannot be sold by retail stores for any purpose other than planting, OPA has announced. OPA has also ruled that seed potatoes must be tagged as such in sales at Retail and can not be sold by retailers in quantities of less than 50 pounds. Similar steps were taken by OPA on March 18th, 1943, at the country shipper and other distributor levels. The amendment became effective March 25th.

FRENCH LICK, IND.—Because of wartime restrictions on travel major league clubs are training close to home this year. The Chicago Cubs and White Sox will do their conditioning at French Lick Springs Hotel in Southern Indiana. Putting their approval on the swimming pool at the spa are, left to right: A hotel attendant; Joe Barry, White Sox traveling secretary; Bob Lewis, Cubs traveling secretary, and Bobby-Dorr, Cubs groundskeeper.

KEEP HEATING RATION STUB

Miss Florence Elliott hast resigned from her position as clerk at the Dale Postoffice and Mrs. Merlyn Elliott has been appointed to take her place. Miss Elliott has made a very accomodating and efficient clerk. Her plans for the future have not been made.

Oil-rationed householders have been cautioned by OPA to preserve the identity stub of their heating ration as it will be required when next winter’s rations are issued. The stub is the remaining part of the coupon sheet after all the individual coupons have been removed. Local boards will require the consumer to present the stub when the 1943-44 rations are distributed.

Corp. Eugene Dellar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dellar was promoted to the rank of sergeant (152nd Indiana infantry, “Cyclone division), at Camp Livingston, La.

PRINTING Our plant is complete for everything on you need in the line of printing and we can assure you first grade work on Hammermill stock. Ask us.

Richard Edward Carroll, Leo John Gogel and Willis Waldo Heady are the boys from Dale who have been accepted in the armed forces of our country recently.

M,r. and Mrs. C. Bumm attended the funeral of the former’s cousin, Mrs. F. X. Bumm of Troy last Friday.

Mrs. Wm. Muth and Mrs. Frarn Schaaf of Evansville visited reallives here Sunday.

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