EVISTON, Charles A.
Source: Indianapolis News Tue 16 Dec 1952 p 17
Attica, Ind – Charles A. Eviston who served three terms as mayor of Attica died Sunday night in a Veterans’ Administration hospital at Hines, Ill, it was learned here yesterday. He was 73 years old. Mr. Eviston was Attica’s mayor from 1935-1947. He was a Republican. During the last several years, he was personnel director of Harrison Steel Castings Company. Funeral services will be held here at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Eviston residence. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ruth Nave Eviston; three brothers, Albert Evison, Cleveland, O; James Eviston, Miami, Fla and Frank Eviston, Kansas City, Mo. And a sister, Mrs. James Claitor, Galveston, Tx. – kbz
Source: Richmond, Indiana Palladium-Item 15 Dec 1952 Mon p 1
Attica, Ind – Charles A. Eviston, three-times mayor of Attica, died Sunday night in a Veterans Administration Hospital at Hines, Ill, after a long illness. Eviston, a Republican, served as mayor from 1935-1947. He was personnel director of Harrison Steel Castings Co.
Note: Under his administration, the Girls’ Club (Dec 1938) in Attica was modeled after the Boys’ Club and Mayor Eviston organized it, with Anna Mary Knapp, PE teacher in Attica schools helped him