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Eastern seniors graduate
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
EASTERN HEIGHTS ---- Eastern Greene High School conferred diplomas to 61 graduates of the class of 2003 on Saturday. Valedictorian Jon Edward Weimer told his classmates and those attending commencement exercises, "From an early day, the Golden Rule has guided us ---- treat others as you would want to be treated," he said...
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Lanis Earl "Buck" Sipes
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
NEWBERRY ---- Lanis Earl "Buck" Sipes, 60, of Newberry, passed away at 10:20 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2003, at his residence. Born Oct. 12, 1942, in Greene County, he was the son of Lanis Edward and Margaret Louise (Anderson) Sipes. He was an independent owner and truck driver. He was a member of Newberry United Methodist Church, 25-year member of Switz City Masonic Lodge; the Bloomfield American Legion Post 196; and the Washington Moose Lodge. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
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Marjorie L. Wampler
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Marjorie L. Wampler, 80, of Bloomfield, passed away at 11:20 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2003, at Cincinnati, Ohio Vista Medical Center. Born Feb. 22, 1923, in Bicknell, she was the daughter of Wilbur and Mary (Anderson) Stiles. She was a homemaker, and a member of Bloomfield United Methodist Church...
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Baseball sectionals start this week
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
Will this week mark the start of another long state tournament run by the Shakamak baseball team? Will playing at the Eastern Sectional be good news for Linton like it was two years ago? Will Eastern be able to take advantage of their home diamond? The answers to these questions and others will begin to be answered starting tonight when sectional baseball actions begins...
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State fire marshal's office to investigate fire
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
The Indiana State Fire Marshal was expected to be at the Curt Evans home this morning to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed the inside of the home Friday. According to Kallie Rehmel of the Wright Township Volunteer Fire Department, a motorist driving by the residence on State Road 59 just north of Midland reported the fire...
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Bloomfield threesome part of winning team
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
More than 385 golfers teed it up in the annual Friends of Phil Harris Scholarship Golf Tournament Saturday and Sunday in Linton. Overall team winners in the scramble event was a squad captained by Sid Pierce, who handles the sound board chores for country music legend Roy Clark's stage band...
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Clark back for a 'homecoming'
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
It doesn't take country music industry kingpin Roy Clark long to say he's glad to have been "back home in Indiana" for the past 11 years to participate in the annual Greene County Foundation Festival weekend. And, he really does mean it...
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Celebrities enjoy spending time in Linton
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
With warm embraces, it was like the end of a three-day family reunion as the big bus pulled from the Elks' parking lot Sunday afternoon. Once again, the stage curtain had dropped at the high school gymnasium and the excitement had waned at the Phil Harris Golf Course as Roy Clark and his band headed for I-70 on their way to Branson, Mo...
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Cody Cadets to start up again
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
Remember seeing those little girls with pom-poms and cute little costumes dancing through Linton's Freedom Festival Parade each Fourth of July? The Cody Cadets were always a popular and lively part of the parade and several area festivals. Linton-Stockton High School senior Natalie Cody plans to reorganize that group. She is the daughter of Missy Cody, a Linton woman who organized and directed the original Cody Cadets...
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Wilbur Page
(Local News ~ 06/02/03)
JASONVILLE ---- Wilbur Page, 75, of Jasonville, passed away Sunday, evening June 1, 2003, at Sullivan County Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Welch & Cornett Linton Chapel.
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