The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 18 August 1947 — Page 2
JW OMIY BANNER. GREENCASTIE. H DIANA. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1947.
Vets’ Center At 1947 State Fair
Takes Issue With Committee
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The 1947 Indiana State Fair WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 boasts of a Veterans’ Affair (UPi A consumer cooperative Center in the Manufacturers', at the government's Greenbelt. Building at the State Fairground Md.. housing project took sharr •in Indianapotis wheR-e Hoosler) issue tr/day with a House small m terans of all wars and their business committee charge that families are welcome to stop in it was a "monopoly.'
for information and assistance, and which all those interested in veterans’ affairs will want to
visit.
The small business committee lit into the cooperative in an announcement that it would open | hearings on the project Friday
This Veterans’ Affairs Center It said it would investigate the Fair (open everv “monopoly” of Greenbelt Con-
Reckless Driver
CHICAGO, Aug. 18 -(UT) (UP i An unknown reckless driver who challenged another motoritg to a race was blame 1 today for starting a series of freak accidents which resulted in the electrocution of three per-
sons.
The driver pulled up yesterday beside the automobiRe of Sol Silvey. 48, who was returning from a picnic at Hake Zurich, 111., with his wife, Thelma, •».'$, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ornstain, and the
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flay am! evening from August sumer Services, Inc., a coopera | ,Q rriS ^ e i n ,' s n jno-ycar-old daugh20 thinugh September 5) is live which serves the communi {er p ranc i n . Both families are ,sponsored by the State of Indi- ly- from Chicago. ana Department of Veterans’ Af- Green beit Consumers Services, As the two cahs moved side by i fairs in cooperation with the [nc camp back with the a3fler . side down Rand road toward Chi- j United States Veterans Admini- tion that its "record of service to eago, the unknown man laughed I stmtion and the Indiana Employ- thp commun jty is clear.” it de- and waved his arm forward, ment Seeurity Division. On nieJ a mhm> p 0 i y an d said | challenging Silvey to race him. duty to assist veterans at all the assumptions in the com- The motion threw his car toward times will be a VA contact re- mittep . s announcement "indicate Silvey's forcing him to swerve s presentative and a State vete anything but an impartial ! to avoid a collision. | ran.**’ official. study ” i Silvey’s car crashed into a A a special feature of the Thf , conlm ittee said an Import- | wooden power pole, dislodging a •
Cnter’s week-long activities. a nt phase "f the hearing will be the regular weekly radio broad- .. a t tise.ussion. of the advisability cast—VETERANS’ AFFAIRS—j of i 0 ,. k i nK up a whole community Will emanate from the Center jn cooperative enterprise by act over WIBC, The Indianapolis of jj,,, federal government.” News-Mutual Network station. ‘ But Greenbelt is not 'locked United States Senator William u p- ln cooperative enterprise and E. Jenner, of Bedford, also a other free entreprise can come to World War II veteran, will ap- Greenbelt if it wants to,” conpear guest speaker on the novel sumer services said, broadcast to discuss veterans’^ T be Greenbelt housing project legislation. was established in the early days In charge of the Veterans’ 0 f the new deal under the perAffairs Center is a Lake County sonal sponsorship of Mrs. war veteran and official of tne Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was
TODAY’S BIBLE THOUGHT With God as our backer and defender fear is wholly out of place.- Gen. 15:1: Fear Not I am thy shield and thy exceeding great reward.
Statu Department of Veterans’, considered a model community Affairs , Theordore L. Sendak. designed to supply well developof Gary. Sendak is Public Re- ,,d low-cost suburban housing lotions Director for the State during the depression, agency and is also Editor of the - Greenbelt Consumer Services, “Indiana Veterans’ Review." Ir.c., was granted a contract for State Fair officials anticipate shopping services by the Federal n record -breaking attendance Public Housing Administration.
live wire which fell across the hood of the automobile. None of the occupants were hurt in the
crash.
Silvey got out to help
others from the car. As ho moved j around the front of the auto- j
Personal And Local News BRIEFS
Miss Helen Black and Mrs. i Vera Blanchard have gone to
Chicago for a week.
daughter Betty to Eu- ell F.dv in White, on Saturday. August '-18 at 4:.'50 p.m. in the First Chri - tain Church. All friend'; Invit-
ed.
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Reed-Myers Reunion
Held Sunday
Reed-Myers reunion was held Sunday at Robe Ann Park. The pitch-in dinner was enjoyed by forty-two gmests. It was voted to retain the old officers for the coming year with Carl Myers as president and Mrs
secretary an
Anniversary -Aug. 19
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Norwood, well known residents of -Belle Union, will quietly observe tneir fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday, August 19. Mrs. Norwood was the former Maudie Buis and they have lived in the Belle Union community all their married life. They have one daughter, Mrs. Retha -Dunn, of Greeneastle, and three grand-
children, James Dunn, of Gib- j Edith Murrell, son City. 111.; Cpl. Harol.l Dunn, j treasurer.
Harrisburg, Pa., and Miss Coleen i H was a ' so vo t er * f° ^°‘ 1 1 1
I reunion again n, ’Xt year at the
| same time and place.
si.AMSTRLSSS SLAIN CHICAGO. Aug. 18 — (UP) — A red-haired woman and a brunette were sought today to help solve the murder of a lonely seamstress whose beaten and stabbed body was round with her ihymed marriage proposal to an unknown man lying nearby. A witness told police she saw two women in Miss Leda Duty’s
bltle dress sir.,, F liUay
fore the 57-year-old stabbed with her
beateen with a la oie. toD
stand.
spinst*.
nwn shoarj] a tabip-f.
HOG MARKET
Hogs weignmg up (o slumped on the Indianapy, ket today with the ton
$27.00. Other a, _
in keeping with the
l, ’P pr.ctl
Dunn, city.
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Beta Sigma Fhi»* Hold Initiation
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ANNIVERSARIES * Eleven pledges were initiated
this week in Beta Sigma Phi. •+4 + r- + *+ +** + -fr ^ cultural and social sorority, at I Wedding two candlelight ritualistic cere- Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Gor monjes. The chapter was insti- ham, 20 years today, Aug. 18th. tuted Friday August 8th, with Blrtbdnya the installation of officers fol- Frances Mae Robinson, Filllowing the initiation. Mrs. Jean more, 20 years old, Monday Aug.
Brassil from the sorority’s nead- 18.
quarters in Kansas City, Mis- Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wallace, fiouii, was in charge. The Char- Greeneastle R. 3, 22 years, to-
ter was completed last night day, August 18. with the initiation of four pled- :: 1 ges at the home of Miss Freda FIRST VACATION
Steegmiller. J ALVARADO, Tex.. (UP) — M.ss Mary Louise Templeman Herb an( , f>orfrp p ark ha ve
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Miss Marjory Hardy of 1.
tripped over his b^Kiy, and died • with h i s fnend, David Woolman.
the high voltage
instantly as
Silvey’s body
Dr. D. W. Killinger has gone to Denver, Colorado, to join Mrs. Killinger who is visiting her
coursed from through hers.
Ornstein climbed from the ear
to help the Silveys. As he step- parents,
ped to the ground, one of his , legs touched Mrs. Silvey and he I
fell dead across the bodies of . , , ,
Mrs. Richard Hurst and family',
the couple. 1 j n Rennesslaer and Chicago.
Mrs. Ornstein, afraid to touch .
the door handles, broke a d:;or j Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Garrett spent the week end with Mr. an'!
this year at the Hoosier Fair an I The House Committee contended • without injury. Both were treat-;attended the 10th Repair Sqd.
at all its many eluding the new fairs Center.
attractions in Veterans’ Af-
F.l 1F( T1VE FBI DAY
this contract is unpopular with the tennants and keeps free enterprize out of the community. "It is reliably reported that less than 2.000 of the 8.000 population favor the cooperative movement,” the committee said. •'The ‘reliable’ reporter apparently failed to point nut that about 4,500 of the 8.000 Green-
(/'ontinued from Page 1) The Taft-Hartley law revers-
es this tiered by imposing for the first tune strict controls on
thi> conduct of labor organiza- belters are children; that the cotions. operative has 2,400 members, all It sets up a list fo unfair labor of whom have joined it volunprnrtices for unions to counter- tarily.” Consumer Service re-
ed for shock at a nearby hos- Reunion held at the Billniore pital. Hotel in Dayton, Onio over the The motorist who had caused week-end.
the accident drove on without
looking back.
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recording secretary; Mrs. Mary^ had takn in 57 ypars . Belle O’ Haver, corresponding - -■
secretary; Mrs. Allen E. Feld,' Treasurer. Other members iniated are: Miss Donna L. Coffin, Mrs. Dan Hanna. Miss Mary Katherine Parker, Mrs. Robert O Patton Jr., Mrs. Burnace Pritchard Jr., and Miss Freda Stcegmiller. Miss Betty Allen, member at large, will also be trans-
fer ed to this chapter.
Assisting with the ritual were Miss Mary Louise Templeman ami Mrs. Paul M. Pruitt, at the initiation last night. Miss Freda Steegmiller was hostess to the
Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Stoner' chapter, and presided at til?
and Mrs . and Mrs,
Keith Hah buffet’ supper table, which was
have returned from a week’s v:i- beautifAlly decorated with light-
balance these established for employers in 1935, gives the government power to settle jurisdiction strikes, makes unions usable in federal courts for breach of contract and requires union officials
cation trip to the Smcky MounNEW YORK (UP)— When a taills -
strike at the Brooklyn Trust j Mr and Mrg willard gunM Company entered its seventh a nd family have gone to Denver, day, 25 pickets were on hand.; Colorado, where they will spend Twenty-five policemen also were ' a vvppk bpforp driving through
on duty. There was no trouble, the western states.
The strike had started with a |
plied. f
"Townspeople have complain- pitched battle between police and j ^ r - an< * Charles Smith
ed there are many essential pickets.
services lacking in Greenbelt— services wheh would be promptly BOYS SEEK LIGHT furnished the inhabitants if the
ed candles and flowers. Beta Sigma Phi has over 100 chapters in Indiana, and 2200 active chapters in the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Scotland, Nova Scotia and England. With an active membership of over 60,000 young women, ranking the largest sorority in
chapters.:
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High Chair Pads Bed Bumpers . . Plastic Bassinptte
Liners . .
Bottle Holders .
$1.98 $2.45
Glo-ette Rattlers . . 5( (They Shine at Night) Nursery Nook 9 East Walnut Street
• and son, Mr. and Mrs. Harold! the world in point of j Eastham and son spent the week-1 + + 4* + end in Nashville, Tenn. They at- ] Entertain With
tended the Grand Ol’ Opry.
EPHA with GSI could be broken," the committee said. •
to register financial information, monopolistic agreement of the and swear they are not communsts or Communist syin-
imthizero.
Top personnel to administer the new tasks created by the law have been selected. The new ERA will begin without formal cere-
monies.
HELENA, Mont., (UP) As the Helena police department can
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, Jr. and daughter, of Lawrenee-
Children are the most frequent
victims of fire, with children under five accounting for 20 per
cent of all fire fatalities.
tell you. the thirst for knowledge , Kansas arrived Sunday to spend knows no hounds here. A patrol a week’s vacation with Mr. and car was dispatched when, a Mrs. Harry Brown, Sr. N. Jackhome owner reported: “There are son street,
some small boys sitting on top of the light posts reading funny
books."
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All foods at Kroger are priced as low as possible every day in the week. These prices and hundreds of others help lower cost of living.
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POTATOES
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2 LBS 19c 10 LBS 42c
Mrs. William H. Barrett and
i Stove left this morning for their
home in Fort Collins, Colo., after
! spending several weeks with the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mis. James B Zeis and family. Donald W. Jones, College representative for Prentice-Hall Inc. in Indiana and Kentucky returned Saturday from a vacation trip to Nassau in the Bahamas. He left by piano Sunday morning for three weeks in the
New York office.
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Birthday Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pursell and family held a family birthday dinner in honor of ‘Mr. Pursell and son Johnnie’s birthdays on Sunday, August 10. Those present wore Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Christy of Greeneastle; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broadstreet and son. Gary of Coatsville, Mr. and Mrs. I Paul Siddons of Greeneastle, Mr. a red Mrs. Ivor McMains and son Randy of Greeneastle; Mr. and Msr Harry Beck and daughter of Fillmore and Mary Dickey of Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beck of Amo, Mr. and M.rs. Wendell S.mtherman and family of Amo, Mr. and Mrs. Hersehel Seobee and son Gerald Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Hansell of Fillmore, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra
Says the Food Editor of McCall’s, HELEN McCULLY
Arnold and family of Fillmore.
Mrs. Cora Skimmerhorn and* ^ Cox of Fil,rnore and Mr an< l Mrs. Mabel Evens, Mr. and Mrs 1 Mr *' Carl Pursp11 a "d family of
Greeneastle.
Ice cream was served in the afternoon. All the young folks went to Lake Holly Brook in the afternoon and went swimming.
she and Mrs. Fidler will return' Everyone left at a late hour to Greeneastle on Monday. Mrs j w l 8 hl n {j Mr. Pursell and Johnnie
Skimmerhorn, Mrs. Evens and Mr. Fidler will attend the five
Ray Fidler left Sunday for Columbus .Ohio to attend the 1 National Moose lodge Convention. Miss Kathleen Lewis accompanied them on the trip and
day session.
Mrs. E. R. Bartley, Miss Minnie Mae Bartley and Mrs. John Boyd, have gone to New York City, where they will attend the national convention of Delta Kappa Gamma. The convention will be held at the Commodore Hotel, August 19th and 20th. Speakers will be Mrs. Mary Beard, eminent historian and Dr. Agnes Snyder. Mrs. Boyd is national program chairman of the
organization.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shoi)!<wiler, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Carmichael of Greeneastle and M.'. Rockville have returned from their vacation trip through Kentucky, Tennessee over the Great Smoky mountains into North Carolina through the Indian ReCarolinn, Copper hills, and over over Lookout Mountain. TViey
1 uany more happy birthdays.
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Kappa Delta Phi To Hold Ptenlc The Kappa Delta Phi Sorority will have a picnic for their families, Tuesday evening at 6:30, at Robe Ann Park. Bring dish of food and sandwiches.
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Porter-Ha rhinon-Hpencer Family Reunion Tuesday - The annual reunion of thPorter, Harbison and Spencer families will be held at the Smith Bros., Grove north Portland Mills Tuesday. There will be games for the kiddies, volley-ball and contests for all. There will be a basket-dinner at the noon hour, followed by the usual business
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Mothers Servtoa Chib Meeting Tuenday Putnam County Mothers Service club will meet Tuesday,
also spent some time in Georgia Au * u,t at 0,6 home of Mrs. seeing Chlckamanga and Chatta-’ ^T Ro '' Cal1 w11 a nooga National Military Park,! hamMlerchief ®*<*ange.
and other points of interest
, . g Mina Betty Lee To '*t Vun. ^ ‘ Be Married Aug^tM
RanitAr kAts Dawa I Mr8 ’ Nellle Lee announces'the OilflflCl AQV« ■By# approaching nirflriage of her
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