Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 51, Number 176, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 6 September 1949 — Page 1

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VOL. 51 No. 176

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SULLIVAN DAILY TIMES TUESDAY, SEPT. 6. 1949.

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE SERVICE PRICE THREE CENTS

commissioners Meet Monday At Court House

The Sullivan County comriris

Eisners met in regular session Monday September 5th at the

commissioners' room in the Court lLouse. , . Permission was granted to the committee of, American Legion Post No. 139 and auxiliary to erect a stone flag memorial in memory of Sullivan County mer who died during service in Worlc Wars I and II with their name: inscribed thereon. The board executed a 60 daj lease for oil and gas to Walte; Cooper on 31.50 acres of south side of S. E. y4 of N. W. Vi o'Section 14. township 8 North Range 11 West. Well is to b completed in 60 days or lease is null and void. Clerks of circuit court report for June, July and August 194! examined and approved. Repon of Supt. of County Home for August 1949 examined and approved. Report of the County Treasurer for August, 1949 examined and approved. Supt. of County Home fila requisition for supplies for 4th quarter of 1949 and same examined and approved. Board executed deed of correction for mineral lands purchased by Boyd Walters showing detailed description. Bids for highway equipment of Auto Finance Co., Cleotus Foliowell, Stockberger-Seastrom Inc. and A. F. Deaney Co. were apjproved. Purchases delivered and checks ordered returned to Autt Finance Company, Cleotus Foliowell, A. F. Deaney Co. and the Stockberger-Seastrom In-c. Bid of Ervin Mayfield for coal delivery and ash hauling approved and bond filed, examined and approved per contract.

Policy M. L. 14,776 ' American States Ins. Co. premium No. 643.95 examined and approved for Public Liability Insurance per

nolicy. . .

(Request of C. H. Broshar for ; portion of future county insurance approved lor futm-fc- concif elation. Board authorizes County Attorney to take such steps as necesi.ai v at law for recovery of dam-

Apply Now For Wheat Insurance

Sullivan producers in Sullivan

County who would like to plant seed that is guaranteed never to return them less than the major

part of their investment in Dro-

ducing a wheat crop should ap

ply for Federal Crop Insurance

protection, Clair E. Merrill said today.

Sullivan County's wheat grow

ers plant good seed, but none of

it is so good that those who sell

it are willing to return the far

mer enough wheat to return his

nvestment. That's because it

takes more than good seed to

roduce a wheat and more than he best methods of production.

Without the cooperation of Moth

er Nature,, the best seed planted

on the best land in the county by its very best farmers can be a

complete failure.

"The farmer who carries Fed

eral Crop Insurance protection on his wheat ' in . effect plants seed that is guaranteed to return the major part of his crop in

vestment if the seed fails to produce a crop due to unavoidable

hazards such as weather, insects

ind plant diseases," Mr. Merrill

says.

The cost of this all-risk pro

tection means planting seed that

is a little more expensive in or-

ifr to protect the money and

labor required in farming wheat.

With a Federal Crop Insurance

premium, the farmer adds just a

tile to nis operating cost to in

sure himseil against loss trom

causes which he cannot control.

"It is just a sound business ""roiosition when you think it

through." Your premium buys

rotectian. There is nothing to be

given away with a Federal Crop

Insurance policy. You collect

when you have the misfortune of suffering a crop disaster. Insur

ance that protects what you have against unavoidable loss is good business whether you've got more than your investment in the bank or whether you've borrowed it, Mr. Merrill points out.

ennett Defends iF,ure1Ag &en,s Asf May Aid

w ui:ii: 'tiaies fire Announieu

vaugiian; (fining

fo Testify

In the following copyrighted Interview with The Holland (Mich.) Sentinel, David A. Bennett for the first time gives his impressions of the Senate "five per center" investigation in which his name has been mentioned frequently. Bennett i the Chicago perfume manufacturer who sent the now-famous deep freeze units to Maj. Gen. Harry II. Vaughan and other White House personages.

County Entries Win Blue Ribbons

Eighteen Sullivan County' 4-H Club girls are bringing home

ribbons from the Indiana Fair, having won them on

excellent projects which they

aee to the bridge on the Hiram exhibited

Drake road occurring January 6

1949 in keeping with facts ana

HOLLAND,. Mich., Sept. 6.-

(UP) David A. Bennett, perfume

manufacturer whose name has

figured prominently in the "five

per center inquiry, said today

that "cheap partisan politicians

are using Jviaj. uen. narry n. Vaughan to embarrass President Truman.

In a copyrighted interview with

The Holland Sentinel, the ailing

tenders and a couple of 100 to 1 Bennett said Senate investigators

are "trying to Use me the same way, but they aren't going to get away with it."

Nothing To Hide. "I've got nothing to hide, but

they aren't going to push me

around," he told Sentinel Report

ers R. J. Collins and Ken Allen at

his 480-acre estate at Saugatuck,

Mich. .

Bennett, who paid for the seven

gift deep freezers that were sent to White House intimates, said the sooner he is called to tell his side of the story the better. A physician, who is treating him for a heart condition, said he would be able to testify in about two weeks. Bennett, president of the Albert Verley Co. of Chicago, said Congressional investigators are

Several dates of future agri

culture events over the state have

been announced by the Agriculture Extension Office. Most - of these events are of such a nature that they should be of interest to

many Sullivan County farmers.

MIUIII IIUIII

With Russians

Noland Touring Seventh District

By Edward M. Korry

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia Kent.

The Annual Purdue Swine Day 6 (UP) Reliable reports inwill be held Friday, September dilated today that the United 16 at Purdue University. Several states and Britain soon may prointeresting demonstrations rela- Vide Marshal Tito with svome of

tive to pastures and swine breed- the suppies denied him by Rusing work will be observed. The $ja JffLTE The supplies, mostly heavy

IrUUlO VI bill. Abl llllbUldl

located north of West Lafayette,

ma-rich

equipment, are expected to be A cn nil nnrt :

Thf State Artificial Brepdinff ,vvucu "uuu6" ine state Artmciai Breeding .. . 1n!ln. eo nnn nnn frnm th

Field Day will be held Monday, FxpoVrimpor BanI and September 19 at the Stud Farm, t,ft nnn .

located north of Indianapolis. ' ' Sullivan Conntv sont a rhnrtprprf The American loan Will be

bus of men last year and it is used ioT the Purchase of hnn that conomi ,.,;n chinery to modernize the

again this year. jcopper, lead and zinc mines in

Other important dates coming igvw. ine loan prooaoiy

up are: September 20, "Soybean i"" "c Field Day at Frankfort; Septem-these m.etals. which the U. S. is

ber 24, Tri-State 4-H Calf Show,8""""'-

at Evansville; October 8-15, In- '" une neason ternational Dairy Exposition at1 Refusal of Russia to supply the

Indianapolis; October 24 to No-'neavv Industrial equipment to vember 18, Poultry Short Course Yugoslavia was one of the rea-

at Purdue University; November sons tor lltos dispute with Josef

1, Indiana Hereford Breeders' As- araiin. Kussia wanted yugosiav-

sociation meeting; November 4-6. ia to remain an agricultural naHorticulture Show at Purdue Uni- tionversity; and November 5-13. 4-H I The $36,000,000 British credit

Achievement Week.

US Should Aid In The Far East, Britain Believes

By A. L. Bradford United Press Vice President For Europe LONDON, Sept. 6 (UP)

High diplomatic quarters reveal-

Congressma:i Noland is bark in Indiana making a county-by-county tour of 'he 7th District. The Congressman is spending

one day in each courty whe-3 he is available to answer questions on legislation and to aid the peo pit1 of the Di3.vt in expediting any transactions which they may have with government agencies. Congressman Noiand opened his tour in Johnson County, Sept. 6th, and will completi in tour 'n Sullivan County, Sept. 17. Following the completion of the tour Noland will return to Washington where the House wiil go back into session or. Sept. 21, ! following their three-Week vacation.

c?i'ib-inf of Prociilont Truman

over the shoulder of Gemif1 that Britain will blunt-

Vaughan, who is being used by a bunch of cheap partisan politic-

to file any suit necessary for recoveiy of damages. There being no further business, the board adjourned until after the meeting of the County Council subject to -jail.

Crane To Reduce Civilian Force ' Official information received Monday, August 29, by Commodore J. H. Jacobson, Commanding Officer of the Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane,, con- " firmed earlier reports of a new personnel ceiling of 2100 civilian employees. This is a reduction of approximately 225 - from the 'number presently employed Commodore Jacobson announced that in Jine with the announcement by Secretary of Defense, Lewih Johnson, surveys woulc commence immediately 'toward? the reduction in force, and that it would be completed and the Depot reduced to its new ceiling by the target date of November 1, 1949. All separations will be made in strict accordance with rules and regulations governing reduction in force. Affected employees will be given adequate notice and explanations of their rights and privileges.

It is anticipated that while

some phases of the Depot's

operation will v$ affected by these personnel cuts, the Depot

will continue, in reduced opera

tion, most of the production

plants that are presently in st;r vice.

DeDot officials consider the

relatively small enforced reduc tion in the nature of a com

mendation for the high state of efficiency and morale existing

among the Depot employees.

Low production and operatirg costs are considered responsible in keeping the Crane Depot operating while other stations of similar type are being inactivated.

In baking, the following girls

won ribbons; Nancy: irvih, plain loaf cake, red;' Barbara Johann-

ingsmeier, cookies,, bjue; Martha

Whalen, clover leaf rolls, : blue; Maxine Case, cup, cakes, red; Jacqueline Crew,,'' angel fooa cake, red; and Sharon ,Sue Pheg-

ley, white1 cake, blue.The following won ribbons in clothing: Frances Dix. cotton dress, blue; Rosalie Rhodes, cord dress, red: Jacqueline Crew, green - suit, blue; and Pansy Chambers, blue taffeta dress,

blue.

In canning, these girls won

ribbons: Marjorie Thompson,

prries and tomatoes, red; Gayle

Meurer, mulberries, blue; Dorothy Woodard, corn, blue; and

Barbara Willis, carrots, blue.

Placings in handicraft were as

follows: Judith Bell, leather belt,

blue; Judith Bell, linen- towel, red; Lula Cazzell, ink drawing,

white; and Marilyn Sproaat,

picture, white. j

lly tell the United States at the

i Washington conference that Am-

ians Inokine for free nublicitv." CI1La musl oe reauy lo UKe a DlS

"Sure 1 talked to Vaughan,", .of .Bntain s resPnBennett told The Sentinel report- "bihties in the Far East, ers. "I've known him since about! Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev-

five months before the end of the ln ls said, will tell Secretary

war. 1 know Truman," too. I was btate. Uean.Acheson that JBritin his office one hour before he ain's" severe " economic crisis

State became President. manes it impossible tor her to

their "Vaughan helped me see the continue single handed her stop-

right people so I wouldn't be Communism expenditures in the pushed around by clerks. Every-wide areas of the troubled Far body does the same thing. If you East. t want something, you ask someone --Bevin, it. was recalleeV'made a like Vaughan 'or your Sefjator'similar appeal to President ;Tru-

who to see." , ". iman in .1947- when he said Brit-

U aih coufd no "longer af ford tQ. arm-

Got On Plane.

'.Bennett insisted that, the only Greeje-.ani Turkey. The''-result

favor .'Vaughan;;' .-the- .-President'siwas the Tr.uman dootrine'' '-.lid military aide, ever did fqji- hinf billions'" in Americans economic directly was to get him aboard a and military aid to the 'two.c'!punplane from the Azores to tthe tries ' "''-''" ,-

United States shortly after thei Talks -To Begin - '

war. He said he had been strick- with' tho Wn'chSnitnn ait !Bt:

en ill and had to Stop over in the 4n hPfrin tnmn'rrow it was ahnnd-

A P J il

uies iot a lew aays. , -antlv clear that the British del

ne vaugnan; neipeo me

on a

gold and dollar reserves. It can be stated that in Bevin's

Miss Fylura Foutz Funeral Sunday

Funeral services were held

Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at

the Union Chapel Church for Miss Fylura Foutz, 53 years old, who died Friday at the residence near Graysville. Services were in charge of the Rev. Lynn Johnson. Burial was in the Union Chapel Cemetery.

Miss Foutz was a member of the Union Chapel Church. She

had planned to wed Herschel Huff of near Sullivan.

Surviving are a sister, Miss

Mary Jane Foutz of near Sullivan, and six brothers,, the Rev.

T. C. Foutz of Marietta, Indiana Jacob, William, and Pearl Foutz.

all of Sullivan, Durham Foutz of near Merom, and Byron Foutz of

near Sullivan.

The DeBaun Funeral Home

Prairie Creek was in charge the arrangements.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Ted Belzowski an'

nounce the arrival of a son, Stephen Lee. Mrs. Belzowski is the former Virginia Bledsoe.

bucket Plane," said Bennett rather than wholl Conomic ar as sick but I slept on mail nts in an effort t0 ease the

eyes, Britain makes a major contribution to , the United States

Cub Pack 55 To Meet Thursday

were four other passengers and it

wasn t free. I paid and I paid plenty, don't think I didn't."

The Sentinel reporters said

Rpnnptt HiH nnt plnhrtrotA nn Vita

statement that he paid plenty for aefense by us support 01 me ec0"

his air trip. .nornics or India, Pakistan, cey-

lon and jviaiaya, principally Dy the releases of blocked sterling balances, and the maintenance of Hong Kong. Bevin will say that if the United States accepts a share of these responsibilities commen-

September is the rounH.m with her world position,

month for the Cub Scouts, bothUruain W0U1Q De aDie 10 aevoie old and new. There will be a greater attention and energy , to meeting of all former Cubs 0f.tackling the dollar shortaeePack 55, prospective Cubs and Bevin, it was emphasized here, their parents on Thursday night, lnas no cut and dried ideas on

will be part of a five year trade pact between Britain and Yugoslavia calling for an exchange of trade of about $500,000,000 in goods each, way. ; Some sources believed that the recent Russian maneuvers and propaganda blasts were designed to scare otf Western invcsu.i.i in Yugoslavia. The American a i British loans in effect will be an answer to the Russians. Simultaneously, a . member of the Yugoslav Communist party Politburo, Milovan Djilas, charged that Russia was milking profits from Eastern Europe through

its system of joint companies. . Unequal Relations . '"Lenin was the last who could bpve foreseen that the first country in which the proletariat took power in its hands would impose unequal relations on new socialistic countries," Djilas said in an article in the Communist party paper Borba. ' VHow could Lenin for example. . even imagine that the U.S.S.R., through joint companies and by

other means, would draw extra

profits from Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,, et cetera, and exploit other countries under the guise

of 'support?' '

Six days ago Yugoslavia liqui

dated ..two Ij-Qint Yugoslav-Soviet cSmpahieJ established in 1947 for flofSiiKo. ciiifirifna ifnH irivi1 nvia.

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Joseph" Goodman

Rites Sunday '

Funeral services were held

at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Burris Chapel Church for Joseph Goodman, 81 years old, who died at 3:30 o'clock Friday after

noon at his home on Linton, R.

2. He was a member of the Burris Chapel United Brethren Church. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery.

Surviving are two sons, Welker

Goodman of Dugger, R. 1, and

Huddle Goodman of Linton, R. 2: a sister, Mrs. Mattie Bennett of Linton, . and a half-brother, Charles Goodman of Linton.

The Newkirk Funeral Home

was in charge of arrangements

Sept. 8, at 7:30 p. m. in the base

ment of the First Baptist Church. It is primarily a parents' meet

ing and boys are not expected to come without at least one

parent. However, all boys between 8 and 10 years of age, with their parents, are invited to at

tend and become a part of Cub Pack 55.

Francis Wilcoxin, field executive for the . Wabash Valley Council office, will be present to

show a sound Cub movie and help with 'the reorganization.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dudley Brooks of Green Lake, Wis., are the parents of a son, Steven

Dudley, born August 25th at Green Lake. Mrs. Brooks is the former Miss Dorothy Hutt, who

taught in the Sullivan schools.

how the United States could

share responsibilities in the Far East.

1 Shelburn School Bids Received Glen North, of Terre Haute was the low bidder on a contract

to rebuild the Shelburn HigV School, Walter Thompson, Curry Township trustee, has announc

ed.

The work on the rebuilding will start by the middle of September, and according to the bid, must be completed within 120 days, about the time for tbe

second semester of the schotl year at Shelburn. ' Three bids were receivel. Opal Pirtle, of Sullivan, submitted a bid of $85,766.81, ard Thomas Little and Sons, of Tere

nual model airplane show at De-i Haute, submitted a bid of $10',catur, 111. His plane reached a j 119.75. The winning bid wis

speed of 139 miles an hour. I $81,092.

Richmond Wins Another Contest

James Richmond, of .Sullivan

won another first place with hi? model jet airplane. He received a check for $30 for winning first.

His placing came in the . con. tact line jet open at the third an

Mason Fund Is Distributed At Shelburn

The committee of three Master Masons from the Shelburn Masonic Lodge No. 369, have comnietPd the distribution of the funds they collected for the relief of the Shelburn tornado victims. The committee said today that the total of $10,244.69 was collected and that $10,200 was distributed to victims and the remainder, $44.69 was used for ex

penses. The committee was composed of George McCrocklin, Vernal Powers, and Earl Howard. All together eight Master Masons assisted in collecting the fund. They got it by soliciting from motorists who passed through Shelburn shortly after the torm. The books have been submitted to the county auditor's office to be audited and when the job is completed the books will be available at the office of Charles Thompson in ' Shelburn for all who wish to see them. In addition, the committee said, a list of all persons who received money from the fund and the amount they received will be listed. -""MrrMeCrocklin explained that a total of $7,500 was distributed to twenty-five persons in $300 lots. These persons were the ones who lost everything they had in the storm. The remainder

of the fund was distributed in allotments of ,-$100 and $50. The committee said that mosl of the. persons whowere. given

m&iey from the fund were grate-J

fulfor the,, assistance, but ;t hat there were a few who " seemed disappointed that they werm'i going to get more from the fund.The committee express; 1 its heartfelt thanks to all those who made' the fund possible.

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v. (By Uir.ted Press) Almost 500 persons were killed in accidents over the Labor Day week-end and the nation suffered its worst toll of traffic deaths for the holiday in history. A total of 479 persons died violently, 365 in highway accidents, 47 by drowning, 19 in air crashes and 48 due to miscellaneous causes. The National Safety Council had predicted that 280 persons would die in traffic.

Council officials said the actual number of deaths set a new re-

Odom Crash May Change Course Of Race

cord for Labor Day. Although their records were not complete, they believed the highest previous toll for the holiday was 312 in 1937. "This is babaric," one official said. Last year, only 302 persons died on the highways during the Labor Day week end. But the total killed in all types of accidents was 492, chiefly because of 62 deaths by drowning.

Buses tile Up One of the worst highway accidents occurred near Kenosha, Wis., when two chartered buses piled up in a collision with an automobile. . . Thirty-three women, on a pilgrimage to Holy Hill Shrine-

near Milwaukee,' from the .Whiting, Ind., area, were injured andofficers said it was a "miracle" none was killed. The Kenosha County sheriff's office said the car made a sudden turn in front of the leading bus. which struck it. The second bus ploughed into the first. .

Capt. William P. (Bill) Odom,

State Fair Has Big Labor Day Attendance INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6 (U.fi) Indiana's nine day long State Fair started the second half of its 1949 edition today after chalking up a Labor pay attendance

of more than 128,000.

Harris Comments On Publicity

Judge Norval K. Harris commented this morning on the publicity he received because of his appointment as co-chairman with Paul Robeson Xo a committee to protest the trial of eleven Communists in New York. He read his statement at the opening session of the September term of the Sullivan Circuit Court. A copy of the statement was not made available immediately for publication, but it is expected that The Times will be able to print the statement in full in tomorrow's edition.

I Entertainment highlighted by I Wayne King's orchestra, Grand

Circuit racing, a style show and judging of open classes in livestock competition were on the sixth day program.

Meanwhile, Newton L. Halter-

man,

state corn king by virtue of his sweepstakes victory in the grain show. Halterman won the world corn king title at Chicago last winter.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 6. (UP) The crash which killed round-the-world flier William P. Odom, a housewife and her baby threatened today to end highspeed closed course racing over suburban areas at the National Air Races. Odom, age 29, holder of six post war speed and distance flying records, was killed yesterday while rounding the third pylon in the 225-mile Thompson race, final event of the air show. Favored to win, he lost control of his green F-51 Mustang while traveling at more than 400 miles per hour. The plane smashed into the small shingle home of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley C. Laird at Berea, O . eoine ..almost all the way

through the structure. Odom and; famed round-the-world pilot, was

Mrs. Laird, age 24, were killed instantly in the explosion and fire that wrecked the house. The Lairds' 13-month-old son died four hours later of burns, and the dead woman's father, B. J. Hoffman of Minneapolis was hospitalized with second degree burns. Friends said Odom carried with him his "good luck" rosary. But it was not found in' his - flying jacket which was hurled into a neighboring yard under a pear tree. His body, identified by a wrist watch, was not located in the debris until five hours after the crash. ' The crash set off widespread speculation that this may mean the end of closed course racing psnpriallv over DODulated areas.

7 But Cook Cleland, who won,0"11' helping to hold down the the $40,000 Thompson race and its I number of deaths due to drown$19,100 prize money flying an . lng-F-2G modified Navy Corsair, im- The Labor Day week ' end meSiately " began "planning for ; brought death to at least 14 pernext year in hopes of equalling sons on Indiana highways. Roscoe Turner's three-victory re- . Hcosiers Die cord. Winner of the trophy in ' The worst accident was a 'train 1947, Cleland won yesterday's 15- truck collision near North Terre lap feature hands down in the Haute Saturday. Raymond Clark, record time of 397.071 mph. jage 55, Rosedale, another man Odom, who began his record- and a small boy were killed as breaking spree to. aviation fame Clark drove his cattle truck- in only two years ago on a world front of a Chicago and Eastern flight with ball pen manufactur- Illinois passenger train. The er Milton Reynolds, was in third j other victims were Robert E.

place as he piyoted around the 'Smith, age 77, Rosedale, and his

one of the air 'crash victims. He met death when his speedy fighter plane crashed into a house during the Thompson Trophy race at Cleveland. The plane set the house afire, burning a mother and her 13-month-old son to death and injuring the chili s grandfather. , Sea Scouts Safe Fifteen Sea Scouts, reported two days overdue on an ocean' cruise, were ' found safe aboard"" their boat near Colonial Beach, Va., where they had put" in because of engine; trouble. Most of the nation ' enjoyed fair and . pleasant weather, although severe, wind ' and rain storms hit at Portland, Ore., and in sections, of West Virginia. Temperatures were somewhat

pylon.

Shirley Quits Channel Swim

ABOARD PILOT BOAT PROVIDENCE, English Channel, Sept. 6. (UP) Shirley May France protestingly abandoned her attempt to swim the English Channel within seven miles of her goal today on orders of her fathertrainer. The 17-year-old Somerset,

Rushville, reigned" as 1949 Mafs- hiSh school girl-youngest

swimmer ever 10 auempi tne channel was taken from the water at 4:05 p. m. (9:05 a. m. CST). She had been swimming for 10 hours and 39 minutes. Only 15 minutes earlier, she

had complained that the water was getting too cold for her. She

was given a drink of hot grog.

grandson, Bobby Lawson, age 4, Brazil.

Two persons were killed in an

other accident Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Reichert, both about 30, Fort Wayne, died when

their car collided head-on with a car driven by D wight Maier,

age 60, Fremont, on Ind. 427,

north of Fort Wayne.

Asa M. Biddle, age 56, Vin-

cennes, was fatally injured when

his bkrycle was struck by a truck

near Brucevllle Saturday.

GIRL SHOT

ACCIDENTALLY

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6. (U.R)

Mettie Ann Evans, age 7, Toronto, was shot accidentally by a

pistol while rummaging in a bureau drawer yesterday at the home of an aunt she was visiting here. The shot penetrated her left hand. She was taken to a hospital.

An overflow crowd filled the grandstand around the racetrack yesterday to watch the opening

of Grand Circuit harness racing.

But 12,000 spectators were dis

appointed when Miss Tilly, winner of the Hambletonian, was scratched from the feature race. The holiday " attendance was far below the record 162,000 set in 1946. But it was 44,000 better than the 1948 Labor Day admission total. Fair officials also were pleased, at Sunday's 88,500 admis

sions, best crowd ever admitted on a Sunday in fair history. Crowds were expected to fall

off from today until the fair

closes Friday, chiefly due to the iact schools are starting after the summer vacation.

Singleton Child

Funeral Monday Funeral services were con

ducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Sarah Jane Singleton, week-old daughter of Mr. and

Mrs. Omar Singleton, who d:ed at 3 o'clock Saturday morning at the residence in Dugger. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery. Surviving besides the parents are a brother, Delvain, and a sister, Yolanda, both at home. The Newkirk Funeral Home

Neilson Infant

Rites Monday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Evans Funeral Home for William Richard Neilson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Neilson wh( died at the Mary Sherman Hospital Sunday afternoon. Besides the parents he is survived y two sisters, Shirley Ann and Reba Geraldine, and the grandparents. .

ORGAN CHILD BREAKS ARM Mary Evelyn Organ, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Organ, suf

fered a broken arm this morning when she fell off a slide at the City Park. She was attending a birthday party for Janet Thayer.

MARRIAGE LICENSE The county clerk has issued a marriage license to Joyce Murdock of Graysville, and John

wah in charge of arrangements. Richard Monk of Graysville.

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