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Carl Poe still serving in Iraq
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in February when the 152nd National Guard Unit returned home, safe and sound. The war in Iraq is raging more fiercely than ever and yellow ribbons are still flying, not only for all the troops that are still in Iraq but for the Greene County men and women who are still there fighting for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sergeant Carl Poe is one of those Greene County soldiers...
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Eva P. Collins
(Obituary ~ 04/22/04)
BELOIT, Wis. ---- Eva P. Collins of Beloit, Wis., and formerly of Daviess County, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 4:45 p.m. Born July 30, 1917 in Daviess County, she was the daughter of William and Myrtle (Myers) Hedden. She was a retired seamstress at H.W. Gossard Co., a member of the Bicknell United Methodist Church and also the Cargill United Methodist Church in Janesville, Wis...
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Alva Cox
(Obituary ~ 04/22/04)
Alva Cox, 76, of Midland, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at the Heart Center of Indiana in Indianapolis. He was born in Sullivan County on June 29, 1927 the son of Elva C. Cox and Reva M. Gambill Cox. He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran; a night manager for Ellettsville IGA, and a member of American Legion Post 172 in Jasonville...
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Cletho Summerville
(Obituary ~ 04/22/04)
Cletho Summerville, 87, of Lyons, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 2:50 p.m. at the Lyons Health and Living Center. Born Feb. 27, 1917 in Daviess County, he was the son of Thomas Franklin and Allie Gertrude (Cox) Summerville. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a dairy farmer. He also was a member of American Legion Post 479, and the 8th Air Force 305th Bomb Group Memorial Association...
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Only one bid submitted for Eastern re-roofing project
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Only one bid was submitted for an upcoming re-roofing project planned by the Eastern Greene Board of School Trustees. The lone bid opened during a special meeting Wednesday afternoon was taken under advisement pending review by the Evansville architect/engineering firm of Veazey Parrott Durkin and Shoulders...
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Businessman remembered by his friends
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
Marvin E. Taylor, a longtime Linton businessman who died Tuesday, will be remembered by many for his connection to the Welch and Cornett Funeral Home. He began working at that business when he was a high school student in 1933. Taylor, along with his wife, Freda (Trinkle) Taylor ---- who died on Jan. ...
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Lee May new GOP county vice chairman
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
The Greene County Republican Central Committee has a new vice chairman. GOP party chairman Lavon Yoho has selected Lee May, a Linton businessman who lives in rural Bloomfield, to the new GOP leadership position, effective immediately. Party precinct officials were notified of the change in a letter mailed this week...
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Two Bloomfield School Board seats up for grabs
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
Five candidates are vying in the May 4 election for three seats on the Bloomfield Board of School Trustees. Incumbent school board member Steve Dowden is unopposed for his District 1 seat. However, four candidates are lobbying for selection to a pair of at-large seats. The candidates include: Jack R. Terrell, Route 2, Bloomfield, Robert S. Kirk, Tony J. Fuller and Eric S. Moody, all of Route 5, Bloomfield...
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Documents for Winalta sale filed
(Local News ~ 04/22/04)
Documents for the sale of the former Winalta USA building have been recorded in the Greene County Recorder's office. This is just another step in the long process since the property was ordered into receivership. Housing Management Group LLC d/b/a Winalta USA closed the Linton plant in December. Lester Lee of Mount Vernon was appointed receiver in December...
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Violet Lorraine Miller
(Obituary ~ 04/22/04)
Violet Lorraine Miller, 82, of Dugger, passed away at 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born in Sullivan County on July 30, 1921, and was the daughter of Dale Boyd and Edith Ballard Boyd. She was a self-employed beautician...
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