Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: The Palm Sunday Tornado of April 11, 1965 Remembered; Top Artists; Eastern Elementary Fun Night
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Lady Comets Win Second State Championship; "Flipping the Switch" Culmination of Fountain Dedication
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Candidates for School Board Respond to Questions; Voters to Experience Changes This Year; Ag Day Provided for 5th Graders
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Growth On Horizon; Fmaily Dollar Opens in Greentown; Area Churches Plan Special Christmas Programs
Local news depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Scott Comfort is New Deputy [photo]; Historical Society is Place of Activity [photos]
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Howard County Voting Heavy; Open House At New Ford Home; Local Doings; Two Local Firms Change Hands; Death Summons Aubrey Cyphers
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; United States Navy in World War II. War in the Pacific; Indiana Army Ammunition Plant--Indiana--Charlestown; Ohio River; Weather
William is in the Navy in the west Pacific. He talks about the Ohio River flooding and the weather being bad. He mentions the new plant in Charlestown needing workers and he would love to be there. This letter is part of a 37 letter collection...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; United States Navy in World War II. War in the Pacific
William is in the west Pacific. He starts this letter with a long greeting and explains how sailors have an odd way of greeting each other. He asks about the family. He has a new job watching a generator. This letter is part of a 37 letter...
Korean War, 1950-1953--United States; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Correspondence; Roosevelt Roads Naval Station (P.R.); Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (N.C.); United States. Marine Corps--Military life
Carl was stationed at Cherry Point but left there to go on maneuvers in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The weather is beautiful. Sis, Marvin, Jess Richey, and Mary Alice visited Carl in Cherry Point before he left. Carl is on M.P. duty and drives a...
Korean War, 1950-1953--United States; Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Correspondence; Military training; United States. Army--Military life
Francis is sorry he has not written in a while but he has been busy at night school. They have class from 5:30 pm until 4:00 am. The class is 13 weeks long and hopes to get furlough after it is over. The past week of weather was bad. The harvest...
Korean War, 1950-1953--United States; Correspondence; United States. Army--Military life; Basic training (Military education)--Radio Repair; Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
Francis is going to school nine hours every day. It is tiresome but he enjoys learning about telephone circuits. He will study this for three or four more weeks then move to a new subject. Francis got to go home after being away for six months. He...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
