The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 February 1957 — Page 2

THE DAILY BANNER SAT.. FT.A. ?. 1957 Pape 2 GRKLNC AS'ILF.. INDIANA

—GOOD OLD DAYS

died young’), and Lticinda who married a Newgent.- Alexander and Amanda Johnson were my grandparents. They first lived in Putnam County, but later moved to SE of Lebanon in Boone County. Around 1S80 they came back to Russell town- j ship, and purchased a farm east of Portland Mills on Raccoon Creek. Thene they died; there my parents once lived, and my sister was bom. Amanda died Dec. 3, 1888, and Alex died on Aug. 20, 1892. Their tombstone is at the north end of the old Johnson row of Union Chapel cemetery. They left 11 children; 1—John (18;>6-1934), who was a policeman for several years in In-

Haute. m. Nora Bradfield and | left Ed(.Andrew), Donald and Eldon. *9—Charley (1871-1942) nevet married. 10 — Dolpha (1873-1936), lived in Iowa. ra. Ellen C. Hamilton, and left Glessie (Parson), Lola (Tracy), and Oliver. 11—Mirta <1875- ). living at Fairfield, Iowa, m. Arthur Whittaker and has Darrell. Hazel (Nelsoni. Leland and Wayne. Note: Only 11 descendants of Alexander bear the Johnson name and only two cousins seem to be perpetuating it."

CUB PACK MEETS

On Wednesday evening Cub Pack No. 99 met at the Christian Church along with their Den Mothers and their parents. An interesting program of skits by each den was presented. The following boys won their badges: Tommy Nelson, Bear

dianapolis; 2-Martha n&57-, bad g e; Randall Hammond, Wolf

1911) m. Alexander Porter. Their children are Chavley, Ora, Elsie (Thompson), and Roy. 3- William (1899-1931) m. Cora Oda Clodfelter and lived in Oklahoma. Their children were Gladys (Edwards), Lloyd, and Ivy (Page). 4—James Oliver (1862-1949) m. but left no children. 5 Andrew (1864^1949) married 3 times but left no living children. 6--George Elmer (1866-1936) m. Cordelia Clodfelter and left Ciateon, Blanche (Griffin( and yours truly. 7 — Albert (1869-1940 twin) m. lived in Missouri, and left Lena and Ruth (Beckman). 8—Alfred (1860-1941 twin), lived in Terre

badge; Dennis Harlan, Wolf badge; Randy McMains, Wolf badge; Bobby Henninger, Bear badge. ANNIVERSARIES Weddings Mr. and Mrs. James C. Hunter, Fillmore, 20 years, Feb. 3. Birthday Kenneth Wayne Lyon, son of Mr and Mrs. Marion Lyon, 3 years old today. Marvin Ray Overshiner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Overshiner, 13 years old today, Feb. 2. Rita Jo Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rogers, 10 years old today, Feb. 2.

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SOCIETY

Holsapple. All members are reminded there will be a Valentine exchange.

TODAY S BIBLE THOUGHT' Seek ye first the kingdom of Uod and His righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you. Matt. 6:33.—Happiness when sought as an end in itself is never realized. Happiness is a side product. Seek to realize God’s will and happiness will .ake care of itself.

Personal And Lcxal News Briefs

The Woman’s Club anniversary tea, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6th, has been postponed until Wednesday, Feb. 13th.

National Guard drill at the Mrs. Patterson

Holland-Bevelery Wedding Announced

Miss Marguerite Bevelery and Ray Holland were united in marriage Saturday, Jan. 20. at 5 p. m. at the home of Mr .and Mrs. James Grider. The Rev. Ray Britton of Roachdale, pastor of the Parkersburg Christian church, read the vows of the

double ring ceremony.

Miss Lillie Britton played a

piano solo,

Hosier ... Barnett Clark Lezerenz

Morning Musk-ale To Meet Wednesday

Morning ?.fusicale will hold its annual guest meeting Wednesday, February 6. at 8:00 p. m. in

the Student Union Building. Stan- TV ... . Those who will appear on the : Brown Busters program are Mrs. Allan Harlan, i Song Shop ... Mrs, Cassell Grubb, Mrs. Donald Renee’s . White and Mrs. Herman Berg. Moore’s Shoes A social hour will follow r the Collins & Co. .

Ah Sweet Mystery j program. The hostess committee Home Laundry

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of Life,” and sang the Lord's

Prayer.”

The bride was lovely in a J white knitted chess. Her cor- ; sage was of red carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Grider were the | couple’s attendants. Mrs. Grider i wore a black dress with a white j carnation corsage. Mrs. Holland is employed by i the Prudential Life Insurance Co. \ in Indianapolis. Mr - . Holland ] formerly lived in Roachdale and j graduated with the class of 1943. j Out of town guests were the i bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Ester j Holland, Miss Millie Badgley, J Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hayes, Indi-

anapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. Holland are at j home to their friends at 1307 North Kealing, Indianapolis.

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A comet, first discovered last j ever, says the man at the next autumn, will come within 30 mil- ;de^k, will come when it give* us lions of miles of the earth in the dope for opening day of the April. That's about as close as baseball season, any careful comet dares approach ! ! ! this fractious old world. An entomologist sar/s mice pre- » » * fer strawberry jam to cheese. Here it is, nearly February, and Hmmm'—but wouldn’t it be kind Zadok Dumkopf still hasn't got- of mefsy baiting a trap with the ten up enough courage to wear! • his Christinas gift tie. ! ! !

Live parrots, we read, are being trained to voice television com-

. . mercials. We've always said mast

Factographs. Especially of <em were for fhe bjrdj the neighbors radio when our ' ! !

windows are open.

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is composed of the following: Singer Sew r . Co. .

Mrs. F. L. Bergman, chairman. Over 850: R, Br attain 523, W. Mrs. Arthur Carkeek, Mrs. Brown 421, S. Domasco 399, A. Frank Donner and Mrs. James Long 385, E. Sutton 385, M. Shaw

Elvis Presley is named by a magazine as the "Business Man

An electronic brain correctly | of the Year” because he made a forecast reasonably good weather million, bucks in 1956. That old for President Eisenhower's sec- hound dog Elvis yodels about sure ond inaugural. The big test, how- > Went the tu'nif fmm hi« rirv*r

Ward.

VALLEY SCORES

Brazil 65; Dugger 49 Gerstmeyer 80; Clinton 42 Wiley 72; Linton 47 Schulte 55; T. H. State 46.

383 R. Scroggin 379, C. Justus 377, C. Ford 375, C. Lear 367, A. | Heavin 559, A. Ford 358, S. Dudley 351.

Armory next week will be held on Wednesday instead of Tuesday due to the Greencastle-Bra-zil basketball game. A memorial fund for Mrs. Horace Askew has been established in St. Andrew’s Episcopal church. Those w-ishing to contribute please contact Mrs. Dick

Steele.

Dr. and Mrs. DeWan Killinger, Dr. and Mrs. Russell Vermillion and Dr .and Mrs. Charles Finkbiner left this morning for Chicago to attend the Mid-Winter

Dental meeting.

Mrs. F. A. Sanders flew from Ann Arbor, Mich., to Honolulu to be with Lt. Col. Sanders for a short time. Mrs. Sanders and daughters will join Col. Sanders

in Japan later this year.

John W. Cole, 19, was arrested by city police Saturday morning

Hostess To Club The Mother s Service Club met Jan. 29 at 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs. W. A. Patterson, with thirteen members answering roll

call.

The 1956 president, Mrs. Iva Hammond, called the meeting to

order. Due to the absence of the | a total of 25.

Reelsville, 86; Russellville, 78 Reelsville's surprising Indians, runners-up in the Putnam county tourney last weekend, scalped Russellville, 86 to 78, Friday evening on the Reelsville hard-

wood court. *

Both squads turned in some fancy shooting, the Indians aver-

aging- .540 from the field and the

Bees hit for a .440 percentage. Reelsville led at all stops, 2418 46-38; 61-55 and 86-78. Purcell dumped in 35 points

for the Bees and Leonard bagged

chaplain devotions were conducted by Mis. Patterson. Business taken car e of was the reading of secretary’s and treasurer’s reports. Report of Christmas gifts given by the club. The auditing committee gave their report and a donation was made to the March of Dimes. The 1957 officers were installed by Mrs. Nelle Blankenship with a very impressive ceremony. The officers installed were as follows: President, Mrs. Wilbur Crawley; vice president.

Danny Hutcheson with points was high, man for Indians.

for failure to have an operator’s I Mrs - M esia GUtz; secretary, Mrs.

license. Police said the youth had a beginner’s permit but was not accompanied in his car by a licensed driver. The Young Mothers Study Club will meet at the home of Louise Brackney, Wednesday, Feb. 6th, at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Ruth Shake will be the speaker. Members are asked to bring a handkerchief for exchange. The annual District meeting of the State Tax Board will be held Monday, Feb. 4th. 9:30 CST at the court house in Brazil, Ind. All the assessors of Putnam county are urged to attend this very important meeting. Last rites will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. from the Steubenville Lutheran church, near Patricksburg, for Henry Adam Kieffaber, 84. He was an uncle of Mrs. Mabel Renner and Albert Kieffaber of Reelsville and Emery Kieffaber of Cloverdale. Dr. John Baughman, assistant professor of history at DePauw, has given his personal collection of John Clark Ridpath books to the university’s history department. A native of Putnam County and 1863 graduate of Indiana Asbury. Ridpath taught at his alma mater, achieved fame as a literary historian and was influential in obtaining Washington C. DePauw's gift to the local institution. In recognition of the fine sportsmanship and ability they displayed in winning the Wabash Valley championship last Saturday at Terre Haute, members of the Greencaatle high school basketball squad have been presented with passes to the Voncastle theater by Manager Jimmy Roberts. The passes are good for any six shows the Tiger Cubs J want to see. Similar passes were also issued to Coach Tom Golds- ^ berry. Assistant Coach John See and the cheer leaders.

Carl Myers; treasurer, Mrs. Fay Weaver. The appointive officers were corresponding secretary, Mrs. Sherman Early; chaplain, Mrs. C. K. Priest. The outgoing president thanked everyone for their cooperation j the past year and the new presi- | dent asked for the same coopera-

tion.

The closing prayer was repeated in unison. The door prize was won by | Mrs. Carl Myers The contest won by Mrs. Sherman Early. The hostess and hei assistants,

Reelsville (86)

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Russellville (78)

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Sinnett

Calvert

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Leonard

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TIGERS ARE FIRST Idle DePauw returned to first place in the Indiana Collegiate Conference last night after Evansville’s 81-72 victory over Butler on the Aces’ home floor. Sporting a 6-2 record in league play, the local Tigers hold a onegame lead over Ball State (4-2), and Butler dropped to third place with a 3-2 mark. Strung out behind the leaders aie Evansville (4-4), Valparaiso (2-2), St. Joseph’s (2-4), and Indiana State (1-6). DePauw ends a three-week layoff for semester examinations here Saturday night, Feb. 9, in an ICC contest with St. Joseph’s and meets Ball State in Murlcie j the following Tuesday. According to recent conference statistics, Cal Luther's Bengals lead the league in defense with a 62.3 average and in field goal accuracy with a .423 percentage. Jim Smallins of Evansville has canned 54 per cent of his field goal attempts, follow^ed by DePauw’s Bob Schrier with 51 per cent, and Schrier is sixth in the rebounding department with 10.6 gr abs per game. Scoring leaders in the ICC are Butler’s Ted Guzek and Bob Plump, who won 22 8 and 22.0 averages, respectively. Schrier’s 81 points in five league games give him eighth place.

TERMITES CAN BE STOPPED General pest control for Moths, Roaches, Ants, etc. PRICES REASONABLE — RESULTS GUARANTEED Reliable Exterminating Company phone coan pharmacy — s*s

BABY CHICK SPCCIAL You can order L-400 Leghorn Pullets now, for delivery, ruary 7, 1957. $20.00 Per Hundred PUTNAM 00. FARM BUREAU HATCHERY

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GRKENCASTLE, IND.

7G to 34, Fr iday night on the I Hendricks county team’s floor. [ Jim Sheese, junior reserve cen- 1

Mrs. Helen Moore and Mrs. Nelle 1 t er ioi ' the Clovers, led his teamBlankenship, served lovely re- in atcs to victory with a 27-point f r eshm e n t s. J p erf c rmance. The February meeting wall be 11 u a - s a rathe r ’unusual g-ame held at the home of Mrs. Iva in that Stilesvrlle failed to regisHammond. Roll call a handker- a s i n ^ e fr’ ee throw.

WANTS CITIZENSHIP

DETROIT (UP)— A Detroit1 i born Catholic priest filed suit - i Friday against the State.Depart7 : ment to return the American . . citizenship he lost for voting in ! the Italian elections and called in ! a Methodist minister and a Jewr jish rabbi to testify in hie behalf. Franciscan father Bruno Dut iI gon. 32, lost his American eitizen-

ship by voting in the 1946 and , , n , c.-i ! 1948 Italian elections when the

Cicverdale walloped Stilesvrlle, i .

, ^ o. ! Communists threatened to gain

control of the Italian govern-

ment.

Cloverdale, 76; Stflesville, 34

IIA N C E SATURDAY NIGHT FEB. 2 At The V.F. W. POST 1550 HOME MUSIC BY THE BLUE NOTES

FOR POST, LADSES AND FATtflRS AUXILIARY MEMBERS.

chief exchange. Harmony Club To Meet February 7th Mrs. Esta Foster will be hostess to the Harmony Club February 7th assisted by Mrs. Wilma

The Clovers were way out in front, 37 to 16. at halftime and easily won going aw^ay. The Cloverdale G team took the curtain raiser by the score of 40 to 22.

TV TONIGHT

WISH-TV—Channel 8

CLUB CALENDAR

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Susie Buccaneers

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Ozark Jubilee Shorty Sheehan Larry Welk Purdue Ball Hoedowm ; On Your Own Hollywood Movie

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Montezuma, 60; Bainbridge, 45

Montezuma defeated Bainbridge, 60 to 45, Friday in a high school net tilt staged in the

Montezuma gym.

The North Putnam Pointers

PEDESTRIAN KILLED MISHAWAKA, Ind. (UP) — I Frank Anthony, 78, was killed Friday night when he was hit by an automobile dr iven by Clarence Silvers, 38, Osceola, as he walked across a Mishawaka street en route to a grocery. CHORUS REHEARSAL Putnam County Home Demonstration Chorus members are urged to attend rehearsal to be held Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p. m. at the honte of Mrs. Russell Elmore 725 East Washington St. This is an important meeting as plans will be made for next rehearsal when Marvin D. Myers of Purdue will be meeting with

the group.

NAMED PUBLIC COUNSELOR INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Deputy attorney general George i^. Diven was named public counselor for the Indaina Ppublic Service Commission Friday. Diven is scheduled to go to work in his new job Monday.

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