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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
1
The Advance Hardware Co announces a shift to a cash basis starting January 1 1921. No goods will be charged on open account except for unfinished jobs, which will require cash or a note with interest upon completion. Credit remains but customers must pay as they purchase.
Community notices invite residents to attend a big movie program at the Advance Community Building every Wednesday and Saturday night. The item promotes service quality and reliability for patrons.
A notice warns patrons of the Advance Telephone Company that any accounts not paid in full by December 25, 1920 will result in loss of service. All future dues must be paid three months in advance. The notice also advertises a Fruit Bar and Home Made Bakery. A Van Horn Photo Car invites customers to visit for pictures as there are only three weeks until the next Saturday.
The church announces morning and possibly next Sunday services with Wm Bleam and Roy Swindler. The First Quarterly Conference is set for December 21 at 2 30 PM. A short Christmas program by the Sunday School precedes preaching on December 26 at 11 AM and 7 PM with Sunday School at 10 AM.
F. E. Graves, minister, announces a Sunday sermon titled You Cannot Serve the Lord and a message on The Flower of Faith. Six additions were welcomed at the last service and baptism will occur during the morning worship. Come in time for Sunday School and invite friends.
Rev O V Rector leads a 120 attendee service with a $5.69 offering as Big Little Old and Young are invited to a December 26 Christmas observance. Missionary meeting program features songs prayers and Bible study with Emma Riley Emma Claine Carrie Beaver and Jennie Morrison guiding a class on The Church and the Community.
Advance Lumber Company and Advance Grain Company urge all debtors to call and settle promptly, offering cash for products. The note mentions a community scene at Jamestown Lodge with 21 members and nine teams bringing in corn harvested by Gus Schonewer, described as a real Christian service. The item ends with a plug for Premium Soda Crackers at Advance Bakery.
Mrs Bert Eppergan was called to Liberty on Tuesday due to the serious illness of her father. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ernest M stan.
John Underwood and Juanita Hovermale wed in Louisville after a combative voyage from Danville to Indianapolis. An empty purse and a string of misadventures failed to dampen their resolve as friends in Jamestown cheered the couple returning Monday evening.
The following named pupils made an average of 90 or over during the last school month. Fortress Reed Lethi Rohn JUNIORS Pearl Nicely. Gertrude Pratt Virgil Stump SOPHOMORES Georgia Canada Marjorie Bush Ruth Black Roy King Irene Loller Lovere Burris Ezra McClaine 8th GRADE Esther Burrin Hardin Callihan Marjorie Martin 7th GRADE Opal English Elizabeth Swisher 6th GRADE Jda Jane Culley 5th GRADE Lowell Blank Ruth Burris Gereld Hendrix Dorotha Kibbey Clarel Martin Gwendolin McCave Ester Pittenger Olaf Ray Mary Rohn ath GRADE Chester Broshar Lester Canada Noelina Stump Donald Sering Lolita Emmett Margaret Beaver Freda Ferguson James Darnell 24 GRADE Pauline Blank Evelyn Lucas Margaret Thompson.
Carrie Beaver calls on North Jackson Township residents to join the Red Cross for 1921. She urges responding to solicitors, notes half the dollar stays for county relief and half funds national work, and lists membership options from 1 to 100. The message frames support as a Christian duty and highlights past Red Cross service.
The list of 1st grade 1B students includes Nova McCabe George McDaniel Merle Pittenger Doctor Flunkett Nellie Rohn Nondis Stewart Rosa Fine Fred Galvin Alfred Grater Florence Lollar Frances Reed Mary Sering Stella Threskeld but mistakenly excludes Pearl Nicely from last month’s honor roll.
Advance High School invites fans to see its strong team face Wingate High School at the Advance Community House on Friday night December 1. Wingate won last year’s Central States tournament in Chicago and still plays top basketball. Admission is 25 and 35 cents.
Advance won 26 to 22 over Bowers on Thursday with Captain Owens scoring twice late. Friday they lost 33 to 26 to Crawfordsville with Emmert Walker and Owens scoring while Wall Burrin and Yager struggled on defense. Two players were expelled for breaking training rules and others compete for spots after Christmas. County Tournament set for Thorntown Saturday with Advance likely fielding its second team. Sinclair of Crawfordsville to referee.
The revival at North Christian Church in Advance ends with a song fest and reception for new members. Over three weeks Mr and Mrs Dale preached and sang, adding 35 members and deepening spiritual life. The joint effort drew cooperation from Advance and neighboring churches, with social events deferred until church services ended.
The Women’s Missionary Society met with 21 members, three new members joined, plans include observing WM Day with a play, and an anniversary meeting scheduled for January with men from the society leading. The pastor praised recent meetings and visits to New Ross and Jamestown.
An archival note records Mark Wall inviting recipients to “come in and shake hands” and receive a small gift at a future event dated the 15th. The message emphasizes personal greeting and gift giving to each home.
Mr and Mrs John Underwood Mrs O F Hedge and Olin and Harry Hoover male of Jamestown Mr and Mrs Horace Waters of Indiana polis Dora Davis Dora Canada Mrs Minnie Welden and daughter Mary Kathleen ate dinner with Aunt Mary Canada Sunday.
Saturday night features the Bell Ringers in a big movie show. Local theater schedules a special performance with the Bell Ringers on December 13th.
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