The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 16 December 1944 — Page 2
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THE DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1944.
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TODAY'S BIBLE THOUGHT Maybe we are fortunate not to be too successful and powerful: tut when he vfras strong his heart was lifted up to his destruction. 2 Chronicles 26:16.
Personal and LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
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GREENCASTLE COUNCIL or CLUBS
SOCIETY
Chrltitnui* Party Enjoyed Friday
NEXT WEEK’S EVENTS Monday Modern Priscilla Club postponed indefinitely. Tuesday Washburn Chapter, D. A. R.— Mrs. N. L. Hammond- 7:30 p. m Wednesday Federated Reading Club—City Library—1:30 p. m.
Remember the next regular meeting of the Greencastle Council of Clubs is to be held on Wednesday, January 3, 1945.
Otto Hicks, Fillmore, is a patient in the Putnam county hos-
pital.
Anna Marie Moff, Olive street, was admitted to the Putnam county hospital Friday evening.
morning for a visit with O. H. McNary and family at Vevay
Ind.
“Hospital Life StrenllOUH’ , (Science News Letter for December 9, 1944.) You’d think that a wounded soldier would get plenty of rest in an army hospital. Even too
much rest.
Reconditioning is so strenuous at Northington General Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Ala., that this story is going the rounds there: “Doc. how about me signing up for the paratroopers,” said
w , ., ». i i one GI bed patient, “I want to
Mrs. Maude McNary left this ‘
get some rest.”
But it is a strenuous life with a purpose, which is to keep them happy and get them well fast. When a man gets out of an
Mrs. Ida Belle Knoll, Clover-
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A" (TeUghttul Christmas party was enjoyed by members of the Young Adult class ot Gobin church Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Boatright. Decorations were in keeping with the Christmas
season.
A short program was given by the children after which Santa arrived with a treat. Dr. Hildebrand gave a timely and importunt talk to the class entitled “Fitting Yourself To Help the Returning Serviceman.” The rest of the evening was spent singing Christmas carols. -I- -1* -I- -IMiss Betty ( hadd Honored At Birthday Party A surprise party was held Wednesday night at the home of Miss Ann McMains in honor of Betty Chadd, whose eighteenth birthday was Thursday. Refreshments of cake, fruit salad, sandwiches and cokes were
served.
Those present were, Anita Handy, Harold Dunn, Claire Griffith, Louie Hirt, Patty Ruark, Bob Blue, Virginia Kersey, Mary Grac*j Wright, Janet Hammond, Marian Bittle, Wayne Shonkwiler, James Dunn, Bob Flannigan, Stub Thomas, Jimmy Black, Herschel Hammond, Norman Handy and Glenn Monnett. Betty received many lovely gifts. Dancing and games were playvd.The party adjourned late
Wartime,’’ was given by Mrs. Durbin OHatr. There was an exchange of home-made gifts and games were played during the social nour. The January meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Clifford Earley.
100 HOSPITALS DESTROYED IN ROBOT BOMB BLITZ CLEVELAND (UP)— During the 86-day robot bomb blitz following the invasion of Normandy,, 100 hospitals in London and South England were destroyed, Dr. Harold O. Hofmeyr, liaison adviser in med.cina to the British Commonwealth scientific office, revealed here recently. Dr. Hofmeyr, speaking to the third war conference of the American Hospital Assn., also d i s c ! o se d Britain’s postwar health plan, which includes three drastic changes: All medical schools not connected with a university will be eliminated: women students will be admitted to medical schools, and medical education will be placed within the reach of those who are fit for it, regardless of the indiv.dual’s ability to pay.
MAKE SUNDAY A DAY OF REST
Mother and all the family deserve a rest on Sunday ~ Why not make the suggestion that you have Sunday din. ner here. CAFER0YALE
to the enlisted man nominated i'y the War Bond officer in each activity, as contributing the most toward the War Bond sale. This trip will be awarded on tha basis of the amount of work, time, and effort expended by the enlisted men and not for the highest purchase of war bonds.
dale, was admitted to the Put- army hospital bed, he does notj W ith everyone wishing Betty the
nam county hospital Friday have the weak-as-water feeling best of luck,
evening. I we civilians get after a seige in ! 4- 4- + •!• Walter L. Poynter, R. 2, und-' the hOSpita1 ’ He haS been hav ’j T”<'™lay Social Club ,
ei went a tonsil operation at the ^ caltatrenics twice daily to He,M Meeting
„ x ^ . keep his muscles hard and his The December meeting of tne Putnam county hospital Satur- .. . .... , I , „ . ,
b.ood circulating vigorously. Thursday Social Club was held
ay morning. | iThat | ast j^jpg S p eet ] healing of a t the home of Mrs. V. L. BowEarl Cox. S 2 c, has returned his injury too.) ' erSi w jth Mrs. Carl Moellar as-
to Great Lakes after spending a The man with the broken neck sisting.
9 day leave with his parents, Mr. 1 does “squeezing” exercises with a very delicious Christmas and Mrs. Harold Cox and other hands and feet. They strength- dinner was served at neon, with relatives and friends. j en arches and leg muscles, in- a gift exchange afterward which
crease the power of his grip. W as enjoyed very much by all.
Mrs. Louise Skinner R-3, re- j The man w ifb a broken leg The children were very surprisceived a phone call h Mday even-, , jWur ,g U p jn traction can do e d with a visit from Santa Claus, ing from her husband, Forrest i weight lifting. Until he can get w ho brought a well packed bag H. Skinner, E 1/c, who has just t o the gymnasium the “muscle of toys and games for the child-
arrived in New York after | wagon” brings pulleys and other re n.
spendd.ng the past three months p XeIc j a j n g. devices to his bedside. Those members who attended in France. S 1/c Skinner is ex- NP patients, the men who were, Mrs. Alsbaugh, Mrs. Boyd, pected home in the next few | have broken mentally or emo- Mrs. Carnes and son, Mrs. Jackdays to visit relatives and tionally, are not left to brood in son and children, Mrs. Poynter,
their wards. I saw a group of Mrs. Stienkamp and daughter, them shouting and laughing as Mrs. Tennis and children, Mrs. they batted a volley ball back slack, Mrs. Johnson ond daugh-
GI CAN WIN TRIP PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad iUP)—To spur personnel at this No. 1 U. S. Caribbean base, Commodore C. C. Baug^rrtan, U. S. Navy, commander naval operiting base, has announced a week-end trip via air to one of the best-known pleasure resorts in the West Indies as a reward
SANTA CLAUS BLUSHES SHREVEPORT, La. (Ur 5 ) — South of the Mason-Dixon line they’re turning Santa Claus into a Southerner. Instead of the traditional reindeer and sleign, Santa Claus in a Shreveport shop window ts riding astride a desert mule.
CHEKOKEES SENT BIBLE FREMONT. Neb. (UP)- Midland College’s rare Bible collection has been enriched by one of the least-known tomes in the
country. It is a copy 0 f the fw translation of the Bible into .i? Cherokee Indian language v came from the Cherokee, d North Carolina. |Make roomy | Christmas i 1 Clean up those l | TIN CANS i & and put them on \ n the curb before 9 j NEXT TUESDAY 1 morning.
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friends.
There will be a penny supper with entertainment at the Putnamville school house Tuesday
and forth over the net at one end fio r , Mr*. Miller and children, !
a gymnasium while another Mrs. Scobee, Mrs. Layman, Mrs. i veiling, December 19, sponsored ^ I0U P a game of bas- Mieller and the hostess Mrs. I y the Putnamville Boy Scout ketba " going on at the other Bowers. The guests were Mrs. | Troop 91. The proceeds will go •’-‘"d- Neurotic? Washed up? Gray, Mrs. Hanland and Mra
They looked and acted like any Grunholtz.
other group of healthy young .j. Americans you would have m,-,,. Cox Hostesa lound in pre-war days at an to Thursday Club
j athletic club or Y.M.C.A. gym- The Thursday Club was en-
nasium. : tertained at the home of Mrs. Mrs. N. C. Alspaugh of this Actually, of course, the soldier Harold Cox. The morning was city, has received word that her patients do get rest, not only at spent socially. At noon a degrandson, James Alspaugh, who night but for an hour or an hour liclous Christmas dinner was
was previously reported missing and a half after the noon meal, served.
the Those meals are good incidental-
to the Putnamville Methodist church and the Scout troop. PRISONER OF GERMANS
in action, is a prisoner German government.
JAl* RESISTANCE
After noon the club was called
ly. You do not hear the usual to order by the president, Rospetients’ complaints about the alie Allen by the club singing
lood in army hospitals.
No man gets more recondi-
“America.” Roll was called by j the secretary with fourteen
Uoning than his medical or sur- members responding with Bible 1
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lodged only by a costly frontal °‘ l * betl * n *° class m an( l then attack. I ’ n *° c * ass II an d I where he does Before down Friday, however, I lbose push-ups and the 15the enemy gathered their forces m *' e * li,{e8 are 1°° much for
unexpectedly gmd charged ! you and nle ‘
screaming down the river bank J
•n an attempt to crack through' Recreational equipment as the Chinese lines and escape j World War II memorials will
the south.
The attack failed completely, and Maj. Gen. Li Hung’s troops moved in immediately to wipe out the few remaining Japanese hiding in the network of trenches and log-covered bunkers on
the river edge.
A few Japanese still were believed concealed In cellars and trenches dug In the center of Moslem graveyard, but when this correspondent entered The town with the Chinese the only sign of life was a block of vultures waddling through the piles
of enemy dead.
The fall of Bhamo eliminated the last important Japanese position north of Mandalay and augured an early resumption of allied military traffic over the entire Burma road from India to
Chungking.
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row pockets along the river f’C 8 * condition allows. Individ- verses. After a short business shore under murderous Chinese ual P rescri P tions are written for session the meeting was turned cross-fire and almost incessant eaeh soldl cr patient by his medi-' over to the hostess and tht attack by American dive-bomb- caI offi ccr. As he gets better, president who played Santa ^ era, the Japanese had held out he ® ets a new P rpsc ription call- ciaus from the prettily decorated for four weeksf in positions from ing for more and more activity Christmas tree, all receiving which they could have been dis- *° hel P s P ee(1 him from class IV gifts from their Secret sisters.
I he hostess gave four contests which were won by Myrtle Parker, Hallie Rumels, Gertrude Ziegleman and Olive Harcourt. Edna Allison was a guest. The next meeting will be at the home ot Mrs. Ida Cradick in January. Those present were Mrs. Ester Cradick, Mrs. Olive Harcourt, Mrs. Gertrude Ziegleman, Mrs. Effie Parker, Mrs. Myrtle Parker, Mrs. Averil Allen, Mrs. Rosalie Allen, Mrs. Hallie Rumels, Mrs. Ida Sinclair, Mrs. Marvel Berge, Mrs. Georgie Miller, Mrs. Stella Vicroy, Mrs. Lula Cox and tbe hostess, Mrs. Edna Cox.
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Priscilla Club Meets Monday The Modern Priscilla Club annual Christmas dinner meeting will be held with Mrs. J. C. Brothers Monday, December 18th, at 12:30 p. m.
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Brick Chapel Home Ec Club Met The December meeting of the Brick Chapel Home Economics Club was held Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 12, at the home of Mrs. Earl O’Hair with eleven members and four guests pres-
ent.
The song of the month was sung after which the pledge of (Jleglance to the flag and the club creed were given In unison. After the regular business meeting the prasldent-elect appointed committees for next
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. W. H. LeMasters, pastor Bible study 9:30. Mrs. Ward Mayhall, Supt. Classes for all Morning worship 10:30, Dr. J, M. Horton, guest speaker. Basket dinner at noon with services at 2:00 o’clock. An address by Dr. Horton and burning
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+ ANNIVERSARIES i* V -I- 4- 4- 4- 4- -I- 4- 4- Q}
Birthdays
Mrs. Luther Ester, 85 Sunday, December 17th. Mrs. H. C. Perkins,
December 16.
Mrs. Esther Dillinger, 35
years, Dec. 14.
Weddings
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Inman, Greencastle, 9 years today, Dec.
16
[ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Geabbes
years
today,
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (UP) -George W. Pittsley, 17, of New Bedford is going to get plenty of exercise walking In the next
year. A district Judge recently' 28 years today, December 16 sentenced him to a year of no Mr. and Mrs. Alva Chadd. bicycle riding after he pleaded Greencastle R. 2, 33 years today'! year,
guilty of stealing a bicycle. December 16.
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