The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 November 1944 — Page 2
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rpirK PILGRIMS brought with them a Jove of free- | dom and a spirit of initiative tliat have iteen [lassi-d ilown toour own generation; ami for almost three-and-a-quarter centuries, free enterprise, backed by this force, has proved its worth. Free enterprise ami free chartered hanking have long gone forward together. They will go even further. Husiness and hanks are now laying plans that will mean new jobs, new and improved products ami a new standard of American living.
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BIBLE THOUGHT FOB TODAY Christian civilization cannot permit permanently submerged classes. We must raise them of low degree. Slavery ruins the master: Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that
he is exalted. .lames 1:9.
•DEWEY SPK\KS
P
ersonal And LOCAL NEWS
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Pvt. John York Is Busy Soldier WITH THE AMERICAN INFAN TRY DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC — Private John W. York, Greencaslle. Ind., has alternated between be ng a combat infantryman and a semicivilian saw i.ill worker several times in one campaign. He isn’t quite sure Just which of the jobs the army considers the most vital. For several years the army had ignored a note on his qiialificaW»>
’ nong dense jungle foliage.
Christmas day, 194J, Pvt. York and 1: s infantry regiment landed on the •lores of Empress Augusta Bay, Pougainville. They celebrated with a in of C rations, then moved in to dieve tile Marines. They secured the rimeter, holding a section of the ne protecting the airfield, patrolng constantly to be sure no Japs
Massed for a large-scale attack.
Mrs. Juliana Woody, 101 south Locust street, is a patient in the
Putnam county hospital.
Mrs. Ruby McCullough and Mrs. Virgil Blue were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dint Larkin Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Hilda Baumunk spent Wednesday afternoon vis.ting with her mother, Mrs. John Blair of Reolsville. 1 ‘ Joan Suthcrlirt left Tuesday for Terre Haute where she will attend Indiana State Teachers’ College flris
semester.
j First Ward 1*. T. A. | To Mfvt Friday The First Ward P. T. A. Meeting will be held Friday evening at the First Ward School at 7:30, [ Mrs. Cully Hostess To Sewing Club The Neighborly Sewing Club met at the home of Lola Mae Cully Friday afternoon, Oct. 27. The meeting was called to order by singing “Bringing in the Sheaves." Devotions were led by Alberta King. The meeting adjourned by repeating the pledge. Contest* were given by Lola Mae Culley and Mrs. Neese and won by Mrs. Sanford and Mrs. Reeves. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Bertha Stites Nov. 24. Nine members and one guest were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Hillis Entertained Guest* Mr. and Mrs. Roscoc Hillis of near Groveland entertained relatives at a weiner roast Tuesday night in honor of their son, Conrad Hillis. who is home from Aberdeen. Maryland, where he is attending Officers Candidate School. Among those present were his wife and her sister from Charleston. S. C. Karl Fisk Auxiliary To Meet Thursday , Earl Fisk Auxiliary No. 54, UnBed Spanish War Veterans will t Thursday, 8:00 in the City Librwv, There will Imj the installation ofjji:-
ticers.
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KindergiVfliin Mother* To Meet The Kindergarten Mothers will meet Friday evening at 7:30 in the
Dewey accused New Dealers of attempting to evade discussion of ComI immistn in the president!#! enm-
paign.
rrnMttnmd I roni I’ner one'
wiio work at their purposes ei^ry hour of the day. Falsehood, decep-,
lion and : near propaganda me pa-t “They smear any discussion of thiv of their technique . . . they place major question of our day,” he said, their memboiat rtrate- c points “They insinuate that- Americans where they can s ize < ntrol of large must love Communism or offend our organizations." j lighting ally, Russia.” Similarly, he argued that th;, He renounced that argument m “New Di al i: not a political party” the grounds that: “In Russia a Combut “has become a collw fion of \v r- munist is a man who supports the ring factti ■! <'• ■ ther only by fourth term so our form of governa consuming pa^ on for pawer.” ment may be more easily changed.’
e ♦ ♦ MIS8I0\.m In ^| GLAPEWATRR^ a membership<*!,40}a* List Church of Gla,Wj 1-6.20 during the ym, 30 to the work of j
VOTE FOR ROY C SUTHERLIN
F 0 R
Prosecuting Attorney ★ An active member of the Putnam County Bar. ^ And practiced law before the Bar for 14 years. Your vote will be appreciated, Nov. 7, 1944.
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card, stating boy had ’been
a : awmill worker. Tti-
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodge, 808
south Indiana street, arc the parents ! Kint l f ‘ ,, 8W te ' 1 room in the Library,
of a son horn Thursday at the Put-1 ‘t* "F * nam county hospital. , Uelilah Miller I*. T. A. Cpl. Chester A. Hamm returned to j ,0 'le«'t Friday
But the army believes in taking his camp at Presque, Maine, Monday j 11 16 Delilah Miller P. T. A. wdl Ivant.v > of local possibilities, after spending a two weeks furlough m<>e t Friday alternoon at 2:.!0 in the! Every hillside was covered with a visiting with his wife and baby, and *Chool auditorium. Mrs. Muriel | ’hick growth of trees, Including some other relatives and friends. Jltoekbill will give a review of th« wood and mahagony. A call went; Mrs. Jam SR S. Ross is visiting ivv . ■ ‘^u*’ 1 '«"d MUi
Mahann
out for experieneed timber
that the Greepeaktla- Gomeonc ivitioed that
itnttun oq Pvt. York’s (jualification
other relatives and friends.
Mrs. James S. Ross is visiting her
men parents, Prof, and Mrs. O.
long-ignored she has been teaching physi
army wraflted fighting men and for \ ard. He found himself living behind many mixitiit trained him ag such, the front lines, working at his old job
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He learned to shoot, to dig a slit trench and to fight in open terrain or
f sawing operating. But the Japs massed again for a
Vtite for BEN l DAVIS FOR TREASURER
Putnam County ★ Election November 7
husband is in the arn}"<l a . . lis now in England. itittsl rfCd«m(r|f,$|pad
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GIRLS-BOYS MEN-WOMEN
fierce assault. ‘Pvt. .York mill, rejoined hi* company, amf i good use of his rifle. Just.as, hefftEL, he guarded defense lines and patroll- ' cd the jungle. This time were driven in,to the tjills The sawmill reopened, sprung up all over the” TSTHira: tables and seats and screens. Bridges were built, iqar* and flora te^U^ie*. quired wooden floors. month the mill reached the peak of
ts activity.
“I never thought we could do it,” said Pvt. York. “Why, we practically had to build all the machinery out of junk piles." Navy, Marines, and !3eabees were generous to the mfanj trymen and supplied them with tools
' and materials.
Another tough problem was the wood; extremely hard, it was difficult to work. A man was kept busy all day repairing wornout saw teeth. 'Shrapnel trees" were the worst. A»,^
Public Welfara «> sprak. Thi n 3k after small
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Phillip LIutcJ- son
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awley's new aa^ees is Pvt. John T. "Crawley, A. S. N. 15346307, Section R, Lowry Field,
Denver, Colo.
Th? address of Pvt. Paul E. Aubrey is Pvt. Paul E. Aubrey, 35908990 Company B, 159th 1. R. T. B. 93rd. Regt. Camp Hood. Texas, He would like to hear from all his friends. Pvt. Viola Taylor A 515224 Co. 9 3rd Reg. Army Post Branch H Des, Moines. Iowa, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. oMH. Estes Danville, * “ and joined t|i-\*W < ACs Sept. 12, j
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VOTER OF PUTNAM COUNTY
ELECT
REXELL A. BOYD
UH iVtlN • 4ftil‘>fU| Hon i • *i
JUDGE
ifUF THp PUTNAM (IHtriT (W
War time conditions and the duties of my office have made a p«fmilwYl In dll voters Fbe courMy Impossible, but yOur iqppoft in t|ijl||fl ifaTudge df'doi Court will be appreciated.
atioj-niy’and legal official of our State and County. In selection of a Judge for our Court I invite the voters of this county to inspect my record and qualifications as an attorney and legal official and to cast their vote upon the basis of these qualifications. REXELL A. BOYD Democratic Candidate for Judge Putnam Circuit Court.
NOW UNTIL SPRING PLANTING Take A Job Where You Can “Continue To Help Win The War” PART-TIME - - FULL-TIME NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. 1. Light factory; essential. 2. Postwar iobs. 3. Permanent; full time. 4 Hign moral standards. 5. Clean: healthful. 6. Dining room; good food. 7. 8 hours plus overtime. 8. Pleacant people.
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From where I sit... /y Joe Marsh
Cracker-barrel versus Dog House
Most of the political conventions In our town are held around the eraeker-barrel—in Sam Abernethy’s store. We were settling how the country should be run the other night when Homer Wataon start* to pat in a word. “ Wait a minute, Homer,” Sam said sharply, “did you vote in the last election?”
cracker-barrel is for them who help protect it—and all the other freedom* in America—by voting. Folks that just talk freedom don’t count here.” make any difference how you vote—the important thing is that you Do vote. Call it a sacred right If you want to, but to me, it Is the bedrock of the whole idea of democracy.
the name indicates, they \Vere full of wnu ' t * llear rrom ' l! 'lj
shrapnel. The pieces had to be pick- , 1 r ' cn< *S- - ' <?d out one by one. An oversight | '
meant a change of saw teeth and h'lRi I HOMA8, Ky., Nov, more work for the mechanic. , Cot pot ul Norman C. Hill of R. ;1
Most of these problems were Iron- ^eencastle, Indiana has been tr
in some degree of comfort. But wood ferrecI from the Arm y Servlce ^6’ rots easily in tropical rain and hea*. *° t he Anny Air Forces and continr\t. York had to keep on cutting ,les t0 ael 've at Fort Thomas, recentlogs. He did so, knowing he would go converted from an ASF Reception hack to the front lines the moment Center into an AAF Convalescent
fcttHi&iivi
ILHAM BOATRIGHT
REPUBLICAN
the Japs threatened again.
Hospital
PUBLIC SALE Of Personal Property 1 will sell the Household Goods of the late Nora Walker at Fincastle, on Saturday, Nov. 4, '44 Beginning at 12:30 P. M. One old-fashion cook stove, 2 heating stoves, 1 oil stove, 6 clothes presses, sewing machine, rockers, straight chairs, radio, 3 beds, 2 rugs, bed clothing, feather beds, clocks, telephone, dishes, canned fruit, lawn mower, step-ladders, garden tools, and other articles too numerous to mention. Quite a lot of antiques in this sale. TERMS—CASH.
Cpl. HIM now is aiding the Fort Thomas staff in preparing for arrivals, about Nov. 1, of AAF convalescents transferred from general or regional hospitals, or other cases sent here from AAF Redistribution tions.LAST OBSTACLE
Ralph McGaughey, Agent. CHAS. HARRISON, Auct. CHA8. MARSTELLER, Clerk.
4 Con tinned ITrom f'njce One> I Walter Cronkite at the front that the j[K>cket “has almost creased to exist.’ I The Canadians were fighting in j the streets of Knocke, 18 miles w.-st [of Breskens and last enemy stronghold in the pocket, and already had cleared the towns of Sluls five miles southeast of Knocke, and Westkapelle, two and a half miles south. CLEM SMITH RESIGNS INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 2.—(UP)— The resignation of Clem Smith, state fire marshal for 12 years and former Terre Haute fireman, will become effective within 30 days when he assumes the second vice presidency and chief instructorship of the Police an 1 Fireman’s Insurance Association, h announced yesterday. Association directors, meeting yesterday, elected William M. Grady, retired battalion chief and former vice president of the Indianapolis fire department, as president, succeeding 1 the late John C. Loucks. Orel Chitwood will succeed Grady as vice president.
CANDIDATE
FOR
COUNTY SURVEYOR
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Licensed Professional Engineer Graduate of Purdue University School of Civil
Engineering
Sixteen Years Experience with State Highway
Commission of Indiana. Veteran of World War II
Your Support on Novemlter 7 Will Ik* Appreciated.
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g Your s
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VOTE FOR D0NUS E. DENNY
FOR
Prosecuting Attornef
★ MEMBER PUTNAM COUNTY BAR ★ VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I-
GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 7TH, I 944
Your Support Will Be
Apprecia^