Dale News, Volume 6, Number 17, Dale, Spencer County, 18 June 1943 — Page 1

THE DALE NEWS

VOLUME VI

FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1943

NUMBER 17

EVANGELICAL & REFORMED YOUTH AT CAMPGROUND

DISTRICT HEARING ON SOIL CONSERVATION HELD AT CHR1SNEY LAST THURSDAY

WM. HAROLD SIMPSON INDUCTED IN U. S. NAVY

The Evangelical and Reformed churches of southern Indiana are sponsoring a camp for young people at Santa Claus campground from June 20 until June 24. Rev. H. H. Peters, Tell City, will serve as dean of the camp; Rev. Robert Briggeman, Lamar, registrar; Mrs. Robert Bockstruck, Henderson, recreation; Charles Bray, i;Mt. Vernon; Mr„ and Mrs. Albert Fenneman, Evansville, handwork. Study classes will be taught by pastors and w’orkers of the participating churches.

William Harold Simpson, 19, son ,of Mr. and Mrs. Commodore Simpson, Dale, Indiana, recently inducted into the U. S. Navy, has been assigned to the U. S. Naval

L. E. Hoffman, Associate Director of Agricultural Extension and a member of the state Soil Conservation Committee, conducted a legal hearing at Chfisney last Thursday night on the proposed Spencer County SoiJ Conservation District. He was assisted by Kenneth Welton,, sec’y. of the Soil Conservation Committee. E. F. Downen introduced the committee, after which Bruno Held of Huff Twp., Francis Lue-' ken of Harrison Twp., and Paul Schaus of Huff Twp., pointed out ithe advantages of the program and the need for technical assistance. Willis Reinke,. county surveyor, told of the need for work on public drains, and Harry Shrode, Karl, Kramer and others testified of the demand of farmers for assistance.

Training Station, Great Lakes, 111., where he is now undergoing

a period of recruit training. He will be given eight weeks of instruction stresssing physical conditioning, the fundamentals of seamanship, and an indoctrination into Naval customs and procedure.

Figure It Out Yourself. How can you effectively join in saving all the little children of the world from human slavery, death and injury from the Nazis and Japanese? Put more and more of your pay into war bonds every payday. Your savings will go to war in the form of war equipment and other munitions. How much more should you put into war bonds? The only ones who can answer that are—you and your family. It’s up to you to decide just how much more you’ll do to win the war.

Upon completing recruit training he will-be granted a nine-day

Counselors for the camp are Miss Ida Berger, Fort Branch; Mrs. Robert Bockstruck, Henderson; Mrs. Dorothy Bray, Mt. Vernon; Miss Pauline Schearer, R. N., Tell City; Rev. Edwin Riske, Caninelton; Rev. Robert Briggeman, Lamar; Charles Bray, Mt. Vernon. More than 200 campers will attend.

leave, after which he will be assigned to a Navy service school for specialized training, or be sent directly to active duty at sea or at a shore station.

If you were fighting in the Solomons or in Africa or forcing a landing in Europe you’d like to feel that the folks at home were back of you —all the way—you’d be proud of your family and your friends if you knew they were buying war bonds not at 10 per cent or 15 per cent, but with every cent beyond that which they need for necessities.

Selection to attend a service school is based upon a series of

aptitude tests and a personal interview given to each Bluejacket. Service school students are eligible for promotion to petty officer ratings upon completing a course, usually 16 weeks in duration. Some men who have had sufficient experience in civilian life in a skill needed by the Navy are given petty” officer ratings upon completing recruit training and assigned to active duty immedi-

Fifty-three Spencer County farmers were in attendance and Mr. Hoffman stated that while he could not speak for the entire state committee, he was well pleased with the interest shown. He said he would recommend that the petition be accepted, and that a date be set for the referendum —probably August 21st.

The most patriotic Victory garden is the one that carries on right through the fall, says E. F. Downen, County Agricultural Agent. Between 15 and 20 different vegetables may be planted after the middle of June and yet mature before cold weather.

DATA ON PRISONERS

American soldiers officially reported as prisoners of war in enemy countries to date total 17,083, the War Department has announced. Of these, 11,307 are held by Japan; 3,312 by Germany nad 2,464 by Italy. However, these reports are incomplete. Information in the hands of the War Department indicates that the basic diet of an American soldier in German prison camps is largely potatoes, cabbage, fish and an indefinite amount of meat.

When the early plantings of peas, radishes, lettuce, green onions, spinach, beets, or the old strawberry bed, have passed on, the soil may be reworked and replanted. Transplants of cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and cauliflower may be set as late as June 25. Late celery may be set in July, and head lettuce transplanted as late as August 15.

GAS COUPONS CHANGED

A new “TT” gasoline coupon, which replaces the present “T” coupon, will become valid for use on July 1. The old type of “T” coupon will be invalid on and after July 1. OPA expects the change in design to help take up “slack mileage and remove potential sources of black market gasoline.

LOWER MEAT PRICKS GO INTO EFFECT JUNE 21, SAYS OPA

Effective June 21, meat prices at retail will be lowered from 3 cents to 7 cents a pound by order of the OPA. New prices for cured and processed pork will go into effect on July 5. Reductions in price are smaller on cheaper cuts and larger on the more expensive. As in the case of the rollback of prices on butter, the lowering of meat prices will not directly affect the farm producer. Subsidies, which begin June 7, will be paid to anyone who slaughters 4,000 pounds of meat or more per month.

Kohlrabi, kale, sweet corn, bush green beans, and cucumbers may be seeded direct as late as July 15 according to Purdue Horticulturists. The first seeding of Chinese cabbage also should be made early in July. For the last of July and early August, winter radishes, endive, another seeding of Chinese cabbage, and turnips may go into the garden, in the order named. The last vegetables to plant are fall spinach, leaf lettuce and the button type radish, which may be seeded in August and some time as late as September 1.

Mr. and Mlrs. Amos Weitkamp entertained at dinner Sunday evening, Mrs. Ray Weitkamp and baby and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser, all of Huntingburg.

The wedding of Miss Fayola Weitkamp and Billie Winkler will take place Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church. Details of wedding next week.

Pvt. Ralph Seifert was home last week on furlough from Camp Crowder, Mo., visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seifert.

Mrs. Helen Matthews of Grinell, Iowa is here for a visit with her sister Mrs. Paul Knott and Mr. Knott. Mrs. Knott, who has been quite ill, was taken to the hospital in Louisville, Ky. Sunday for observation.

Mrs. Kenneth Walker left the first of the week for Murphysbore, Tenn. where she will join her huband, Lieut. Walker, who is stationed there.

Mrs. Bertha Fuller of Chrisney visited her father C. W. Wedeking Sunday.

State vs Sylvester Wahl and Dennis Medcalf. Malicious trespass. Plea of guilty. Fined $5.00 and costs.

Dr. A. D. Smith of Corydon was the dinner guest of Rev. and Mrs. 0. A. Beanblossom Sunday.

C. W. Wedeking has been quite ill the past week.

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