Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 4

LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER 4 Tuesday Evening December 22 1942 2 Gets Purple Heart used i eery dirty guagcs A i I 4 LAST 2 DAYS ONLY Merry Christmas i YOUNG AMERICA MOBILIZES on the Home All Mill Toys Reduced 80 watt transformer with 2 North Third St Phone 4039 Lafayette Ind OR GIRLS AND BOYS PT 123 1 Was $1095 SPECIAL SALE! Gen MacArthur Doll ian church Sunday evening was presented in three parts A group of selections by the adujt choir in charge of Mrs John Klepin ger and' Mrs Edith' Retherf ord organist was given The choir consisted of Mrs' Clara isher Mrs Dale Maxwell Miss Ruth McCormick 1 Mrs Ray Orr Mrs Paul Quick Mrs Robert Brad shaw Mrs Watson McCormick Mrs' George Obear Mrs 'Howard Bradshaw Mrs Harry Baum Mrs A Denk Mrs Luthur Grant ham and Miss Virginia Pletcher A Nativity play was then pre sented by Willa Catherine Bowen Billy Duff Jack Carney Sharon Carney Carolyn Ann Johnson and THAN SINCERELY IN THEIR BEHAL The total population of India is 388800000 there are 34 lan Story House Play Books 45c Colorful' bouse shaped box with 2 rooms to house story book characters 2 die cut' pages of furniture and in ures 7 popular stories Sixty miniature professional in attractive case Complete realistic MANY VISIT DELPHI CHURCHES OR CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES irmH rnnnnmn' and in appreciation of their earnest effort we are giving them the benefit of this eventful day week end in which to rest up We feel sure that you will bear us in forgiving this one day pf shopping and 4 XS 4 a 6 unit freight train Heavy gauge steel 5 freight cars 12 pieces of track forming 120 inch oval 50 watt transformer with 2 speed control and reverse proach to an important water hole Most mines are of the pancake or flowerpot variety the most dangerous of all On contact the springs into sthe air throwing its frag ments sideways The are set to explode whenever suf ficient pressure is elements of the British eighth army learned quickly to fill all vehicles with sandbags which metal fragments rarely penetrate The truck or automo bile may be destroyed but the men usually escape uninjured ICMU 9 flripn Rvprv Nitrhf Ymas Store Closes at 6 Thurs Eve THE ASHION employes have gone all out in an effort to help you maxe this a YOUNG AMERICA MOBILIZES on the Home ront with Mili Toys and here is the Recono Peeprso much like those i fascinating cars real soldiers use most every boy is going to want one This Inspired series of 1942 xtoys recently won na tional attention in Life Magazine The series includes mini ture battleships and tanks and planes all built however for action with the Junior Army on the Home ront only Recono Peep Was $2495 trick imaginable" a sergeant ma jor from Aberdeen declared went up the road west of El Hr ga with some sappers in a truck: A military policeman was direct ing traffic around a crater he stepped off the hard surfaced' road he was killed instantly by a mineSome tank corps men and infantry were resting nearby andJ all were peppered by hundreds of pellets which burst from th 4' t' CHRISTMAS TOYS vanea programs presented Jury Commissioners Ap pointed Court Vacation Students Home DELPHI 'Deq Christmas I programs in the various churches here Sunday were 'largely attend ed Children' of the Methodist church presented miscellaneous program of recitations and songs in charge Mr and Mrs Clar ence Eyer'and superintendents of the five departments Mrs HazelSides Mrs Powell Mrs Woodrow Whiteman Mrs Glenn Dubes and Mrs Marie Wall The program at the Presbyter BOX 10 ACTIVITY BOOKS Big colorful box coflUuoine lo differeor A activity enough to occupy any child wt I Ilf for hours Each book had about 12 pagaa IvV They re worth much more In recognition of meritorlnnx ice in inventing a new fragment '1 tion bomb Gen MacArthur has awarded the Purple Heart Medal to Lt Gen George' Kenney (above) commander of the Allied air force in the southwest Pacific The new bombs effectively broke up a Jap landing attempt at the mouth of the Mam bare River in New Guinea (CtntralPreia) I M3MeS5SBa9R3SSaBaBS9eS stationed at Peru' and Blanche Irene De Buck rank 1 Vu aVUlv Carroll circuit court will close Wednesday Dec 23 for thia term and wilt re convene Jan 11 TWO RE APPOINTED Judge William Smith of cir cuit court has appointed Roscoe Shelley and Earl Page as jury commissioners for another year xne courtnouse win be closed riday for Christmas and will remain closed Saturday It will be open again Monday who had been em ployed at 5 4he Camden market has been transferred to the Del phi market where he had been formerly employed Carolyn Pearson who attend Wesleyan college at Delaware has come to spend the Christ mas vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Clay Pearson Alaska is well supplied with ex press and mail service including parcel post The telegraph system is operated by the Army Signal Corps providing radio com munication SPECIAL SALE! or Last Minute Shopping Comnlete Dr and Nurse Kit Was SPECIAL ELECTRIC TRAIN Commodore Vanderbilt Locomotive PIUW knobs' and behind pictures cur tains and windowshades One' patrol of five meh behind the German lines was wiped out instantly when a plane dropped flares in the open and they dived into a shellhole planted with 'ex plosives Later a rescue party at tempted to reclaim the bodies An officerand three more men were killed when mines placed under the bodies of the original Every Youngster Likes to Read! SEARS HAS A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT Bookf that keep the children interested a4 amused are indeed an ideal gift Year cheice irf ent auts paint tracmgvrcelering hooks things to do etc Priced so low yott can bay several Dorothy Newell (soloist) Mem bers of the angel' choir were Bud Bartley Betty Bartley Dorothy Newell June Newell Marilyn Mc Cormick Willa Bowen Kath leen McGuire Joan Bradshaw Bill Bradshaw Jesse Wilson Wal ter Wilson Helen Allen LoraLee Henderson and Sybil Sum row A Christmas tree held gifts for the smallerfchildren A cantata 'Shepards was presented by mem bers of the Young Married Peo class of the Christian church Sunday evening Mrs Ray Miller and Mrs Jack Bloyd were co chairmen Recitations and songs were given by the children in charge of Mrs rank Rodkey and Mrs reeman Redding There was also a tree with gifts Children of the Baptist presented a Christinas program Sunday evening at the church and RevE Ainslie of Lafayette delivered a sermon BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs Carl Hargrave entertain ed 11 children at a party at her home celebrating the sixth birth day of her son Charles' Mrs John Ratcliffe who un derwent a major operation at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette has returned home Mrs Stella Butler of West ront street ha gone to ChP cago to spend part of the winter with her daughter Mr rank Hoan and family STUDENTS HOME Among the college student who have already returned home for the Christmas holiday are Vir ginia Denk Mary Clawson Bill raser Dick Coble Carl Shaeffer Sarah McKinley and Mary Leo Zinn of Indiana university Dor othy Jean Bowen University of Illinois Howard McCain rank lin college Rosemaryi 'Smith college Terre Haute Joseph McKinley will come this week to spend Christmas with his parents SILVER WEDDING Mr arid Mrs Austin Martin of Delphi will celebrate their silver wedding on Christmas day at their home A co operative din ner will be served Their three daughters Mary Louise Powell Mrs rances Tear and Mrs Mae Metzger and their families will be with them They have 'i two grandchildren Mr and Mrs Lou Brock and son Byram Bently who have been visiting Mrs mother MrsT Catherine Easter have left for their home in Stafford Kans KILLS SIX OX Six red fox pelts from foxes killed along Wild Cat creek' near Cutler were brought to the coun i ty office by Blanchard Quinn to collect bounty i A marriage license was Issued 1 to Russell McCoy naval re i Tisket Tasket Basket Books 1 9c 39 book at tbi pnc think of it! Picture ptint itory tracing and color book Each book col orad cover Popular New Games or Hours of un 19c Choice of skeet shooting lucky bounce bowlomatic or double snuffle Strong fiberboard UP TO 50 REDUCTION MILI TOYS GERMANS SET DEADLYTRAPS Ml Vp CAIRO Dec Bleak stories of the German technique in planting mine field and 'death traps to slow Gen advance on Tripoli have filtered back from the front Some mines were 'concealed un five exploded der bodies some in clusters of Near El Brega northeast of El fruit on trees Others were in Agheila allied sappers removed gasoline and water kegs on door 1096 mines that blocked the ap fc vxr Il WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY Dec 26th Xmas Tree Stand Lights and Accessories Glass Ornaments Reduced 50 a tri Hir Saldfer pnitirml SI 19 19 inches' tall Sturdy and faith fully reproduced copy of a na hero Khaki uniform of ficer's belt and cap 'p' Jr I nrMMMiMiii Ill' 111 hl 1 1 mil III' i 1 ninr a i 5 EKhL'KIB 1 1 'Ur 4 4 AY a if 1 I I 1 ISKir at fears for A IMS 4 'fraaMk wfa 1LTl 7 Ip 'll: '4 fc fc 5 1 JA KW HkiiMtM mor 7 Mmmii 5 iemj MWW IBlWiMliBiiliMii '7' 4' rr i 51 ebacAtv jt YV 'vwv XK mr rjocnai VS Ljm a BMmPi jl? 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