The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 September 1946 — Page 2

THE DAILY BANNER, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1946.

Peak Passed In Polio Epidemic

i One theory is that the disease is I carried by Insects, hut there if ; no evidence that insects are th( J carriers.'' Dr. Armstrong said the service had received no reports new WASHINGTON'. Sept 4 j practical methods of combatting (UF) The nation's worst infan-j t . a y.s ( >.s of the baffling malady, t ic paralysis epidemic sinfe 19- g,, f ar the most progress has 16 has apparently reached its ytoen made in minimizing its peak and is on the down grade ct jpp|ing effects. One of the newtwo weeks earlier than expected. ( . s ( developments is the use of

The IT. S. Public Health S rvice said nation-wide statistics showed a slackened rate of increase in the last few weeks. The total of new cases for the week ending Aug. 24 was slightly tcMw the previous week. Generally, Labor Day marks the peak ant'd the decline comes about

mid-Spetember.

Hetilth service officials warn-

ed that new cases wild con .inner l*** 4

to crop out until cool weather | sets in. They pointed out that 17 states reported an increase j in new cases during the week of Avgust 24, the last for which complete national figures are

available.

"The apptoach of cool weather is a factor in the pole myelitis; cycle," said Dr. Charles H. Armstrong. head of the public health infectious disease section. "But why this is a peculiarity of the

pressure breathing devices developed by the army air forces in treating bulbar p lio, the most

deadly variety.

I’p to Aug. 24. state health departments had reported a total of 10.548 polio cases, the largest number for this perio.d since 1916 when the all-year total was

27.:i6X

The next highest year was

with 19,05:1.

This year’s total to date Is more than double the entire num-

ber reported last year, there were 5,239 cases.

The total of new cases for the week -if Aug 24 was 1806, a slight drop from the previous

week's 1815.

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Peiisokai And Local News BRIEFS

Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wright are at home ft m a fishing trip

to Minnesota,

SOCIETY

IMerJI.V Sewing Circle

Holds Meeting

, The Friendly Sewing Clrc!.'

The new address of Elmeri lts regular meeting WclTharp is Pvt, Elmer E. Thai'i;,!, ,|_,y August 28. at the honv 15244211, Sqdn. S B-l. Fit, 885. | ( j- Ruoy Lobdell with niiv 3543rd A A F B. IT. M. T. C.. San! lcl)lU ,j s and four guests presAntonio, Texas. ( Mt The day was spent in quilt-

ing and piecing quilts for th' hostess. The picnic expenses v. , re taken care of and the meeting ;i dg lined at 4 o'clock to meet with Mrs. Ethel Eggers in

September. *!• •!• *'* •}

Golden IJ"d Club To Meet Sept. IS | The Golden Rod Club will j meet Sept. 13 at the home of I Mrs. Minnie Underwood. Members please bring gifts for prizes.

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Tri Kappa Names Officers For New d ear Active chapter of Tri Kappa j met’ with Mrs. Kent Lenaen, I j Tuoylay evening. Officers • for j the earning year are as follows:

Frof. Charles F. Kraft '.v.a:

yuest pre scht r at the Sunday morning service, September 1st

it tho Enwartli Euclid Methodist Church in. Cleveland, Ohio Mrs. Charles MeCul'-nigh, 10

East Berry St., won prizes in the Domestic A,ftp Division at the Indiana State Fair. She won second prize with her entry of a wool dress and her house dress

placed third.

Mrs. Fred V. Dunkin of Alhambra, Calif., is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Roby. 15 Beveridge street, Greencastle, while Mr. Dunkin is at the National Rifle Shoot at

friends f or ^

hanks his

Mrs. Grace| g lf t s

as spent in to him on hi s birthday

D ""* Smyth, A

word of the birth of,

Caroline Rene, t (

Montp,

!auf

A, igust picnic of the Fillmore joyed. Secret Sisters presented Service Club met with Mr. any! a birthday giL to Cecil Miller in Floyd town- Wright. Afternoon was

; hi p Members present were, a serial time. All left at a late Mils Mary Burks. Mrs Laura hour thanking the hostesses for

Owens Mrs. Maggie Ellin.t. Mrs. their hospitality and a delight-. t5 c - mile Clift. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis lul time. Kenneth Smyth of 4

O-le, Mr. and Mr*. D. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jackson arc | Ala. yi\ and Mrs. W. L. Heavin. Mr. a t home from Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Walter Wright. Mr. and where they spent five weeks with

John Day, Mr. and Mrs. t h e ir brighter, Mrs. Doris Roark

and family and Mr. Jackson’a brother and family at Freeport.

111.

Mr. and Mrs.. Marshall Irving. Marshall, 111., Mr and Mrs. Horace Irving, Indianapolis; Mr.

children, Anna, Martha, Clark and Mrs. Ernest Shonkwiler. and Jimmie. All did justice to the Greencastle; were Labor Day bountiful and delicious pitch-in visitors of Mrs. Etta Irving and

chicken .dinner and all other good grandsons.

eats. For dessert they had angel Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. food cookies and ice £ream. Robert Shuck, was their grandMeeting called to order, response daughter. Mrs. Dorothy Veach to roll call, A G.->d Deed Given of Bainbridge, Mrs. Lizzie King r Received. Readings were giv- of Indianapolis, Rev. Meredith, I has rente !

Mrs.

Harry Martin, all embers present except one, Mrs. Hazel Tli mp • a who was sick. Guests present were Mrs. Alice Minter, Mrs. Glen Frv, Harold and Harry Martin Jr., Mrs. L”na Bryan and

Friday night visitor. Mary Burks and Mr,. ^

ter were Mr and Mr, ; Burks, Mr. and Mr, , Burks of Villa Park, m *

Mr. and Mr Willi am j, who had r„.,ms fo r threr al Mrs. Clara Hubhrnj,

have n • v .1 to Mr, y.-J

i.aror: J , M

nei. Mr. >

have to go to the Veten

pital.

on by Miss Burks which all en- Greencastle. Mr. Shuck sincerely bard.

' an ' 1 Mrs . LeonaijJ; man have purchased tV

V/'' . ' ^Cuncaa, Mrs. O. L. Bridge, lived

rooms of Mrs.

Camp Perry, Ohio.

O. H, McNary and family who Mis toe M Cord, President. Mrs. i j liave hi n attending the State .linns Hughes, Viee-Fres.: Mrs.

disease Is not known. Reasons

advanced so fa.r are theoretical, diana Slat, Fair Monday

The Spanish War

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Horn,' will meet Thursday evening Mr. am' Mrs. Lona Smith. Mr. I 7:30 in the City Library,

ar I Mrs. Charles McOillough. Mr and Mrs. Dennis Jones and) Maurice Jones attended the Ini ter In Fillmore over the week*

! end.

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CANNONS The Men’s Store

Auxiliary | Bair and visiting i.datives in Lu; Mis. Gorge F. Parker, Corros-J a t (county will return to their home pending Secretary; Mrs. Wallacej ' at Vevay Thursday. Mrs Maude Martin, Recording Secretary:; ' McNary will return with them Miss Lenore Williams, Treasurer.

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Burks c f; l0I . a v j s j t During the meeting it was vot-

Villa Park, 111., visited their sis-•

HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Eva Scott of CoutesviHt was admitted to the hospital

yesterday.

Mrs. Nell Custis. Roachdale, R. 2. was admitted to the hospital

’ | Tuesday.

Professor and Mrs. Robert ■ William Dailey of Cloverdale Williams and daughter, Dorothy, W as dismissed from the hospital

have returned to Greencastle af- y eH teiday

ter a vacation in, Madison, Ind. Mrs. Howard Brown and inElder Gene Hurst returned fant daughter of Roachdale were home Sunday from the Patoka released from the hospital Tues-

Primitive Baptist Aiwciation day. held at Bethel Church no;

Mr and Mrs. Marion Crawley | and son. Mike, spent Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Craw-

i ley, North Indiana St.

! ed to give a cash donation to the

Teen Canteen.

'* ANNIVERSARIES *

Birthdays

Shirley Ann Harvey, daughtei of Dorothy Harvey, 2 years old

today.

Timothy O’Conner, 84 years today. Sept. 4. SK)( K MARKET REPORT NEW YORK. Sept. 4— (IN'S) —The stock market encountered better support today after a fur-

Petersburg.

Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Yuneker have gone to Urbana, 111. for a year’s residence, where Dr. Yuneker is doing special work in

Illinois University.

Mrs. Nettie Seller and grand-

Mrs. Virginia Sayers and in- tier sham “Xtenslion of yesterfant daughter. 101 South Co'- day’s break at the opening, hut

lege, were discharged from th;

hospital yesterday. IIOOSIER VOTING

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Sept. 4

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persistent selling on the bulges made for a generally lower level of prill's in the sp"P0lative leaders. I Dealings enntiniied at a boiling pare with the lieke- lane falling behind actual floor transactions lime and time again. Volume in Hie first In Ur totaled 820,000 shar-s, rr al better than a f;/i;rj million share trading pace, large initial blocks of stock

Springer qi.' ted figures show- c hanged hands at the start fea-

tured by a 12,000 share t ran sac-!

lion in t'nited Corp.

The "dangerous

dr.aghter. Miss Martha Seller and apathy” of Hoosier voters toMrs. Juliet Elmore are speiylinig ward the off-year 1946 fall electhe week in Indianapolis attend- Bon was attacked today by G. O. ing the Fair. P. state chairman Clark Spring-

er.

Jesse Stanley of Fillmore and

Horace Shields of Hagerstown jng that Indiana voters will elect . turned to their respective 5 909 public ( , m cial.s this Novemhomes after spending their vacn- b r> as ( .„ m p tin . d lo K . ss than lion at points of interest in Can- i ofg) two years ago when both 1K,a . i presidential and gubernatorial .. .. . 1 selections were made. The Re-

Mrs. Harriett B. Torr, former- , ,

. . ,, , publican chairman declared:

lv of Putnam County, is critically

• j, . , u . « . , . . ’ ' "Actually', there is more at

ill at the home of her daughter. . ,

„ „ ,, stake in these 'off-year ele. tions

in Corvallis, Oregon. Mrs. Torr ..

... . . .. , than in the so-called presidential

suffered a severe heart attack ,

, , , elections,

last week.

‘This fall Hoosier voters will | Colorado Springs, Grand Canyon,:

Mr. and Mrs. R. R. F"ley. Mr. elect 5.909 men and women to Puebla. Boulder Dam and Bad i and Mrs. L D. Rimes, former public • ffires, two-thirds of them | Lands S. D., Yellowstone Park, residents of Greencastle, and Mrs. in the townships where the gov-j Lrs Angles, Calif., visited with, Dewey Credtcott of North Balti- J ernmci.t is closest to the people. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cline, Rosej more. Ohio, were week end Next year, when our cities will berg, Oregon; Robert Nicholson] guests of friends in Greencastle. choose their mayors, 2,574 of- and son, Jr., Burnt Branch, Cal.; j

I flees will be at stake, but in 19-

48. a Presidential year, only 899

officials will be selected." Spring r said that of the 8,-

758 public offices in Indiana, 6.486 are held by Republicans; 2.265 by Democrats and seven are either vacant or filled by officials listing themselves as

Independent.

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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ragan and Jean returned home last week fioni a 58 day pleasure trip ^ spent at the following places:

Edward Brookshire of Roachdale and Mr. an<i Mrs. Delias Brookshire and sons, Phillip and Robert were Sunday evening gu sts of Mr. and Mrs. Lee

Brookshire.

Rose Marie Remsburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Remsburg, entered Nurse’s Training at Indiana University Medical Center at Indianapolis on August 26th. Miss Remsburg spen.t the week end in Greencastle visiting

her parents and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brookshire, 1 Mr an,1 Mrs. James Harris and j daughter, Sara Ann had as! guests over the week end Mr. j | and Mrs. Frances Brookshire and daughter, Sherry Lee and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lynton of

Cincinnati.

Mr. and Mrs. Dannie Craft and son, Gale, and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Craft of ReelsviUe have returned from a trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Other points of interest visited were Norris Dam Tenn., Hiawassee Dam N. C. and Rocky City on Lookout Mountain. The following people attended the State Fair on Monday; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brookshire, Mr. a and Mrs. James Harris and .laughter, Sara Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Biookshire and daughter, Sherry Lae. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lyntcn of Cincinnati, Edward Brookshire of Roachdale and Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Brookshire and sons, Robert

and Phillip.

Dr .and Mrs. Arthur A. Burks visited recently with their aunts, Miss Mary Burks and Mrs. Alice Minter of Fillmore. Mr. Burks received his A. B. degree from DePauw and his A. M. and doctor’s degree from Ann Arbor. He has recently resigned his professorship in the Uriiversity < f Pennsylvania to accept n pr > fessorahip of philosophy at Aril Arboi, his ulnia mater.

Mr and Mrs. Harry Ragan, Port-j lane 1 , Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nkbdson. Jean stopped at Aurora, 111. where she will re- - ime her teaching. Th >y visited iheir son, Robert ar 1 family In Chicago. Also visited a short time with Mrs. Frank Peterson of DeKalb, III. A wonderful trip

to be long remembered

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