Local social notes from Cloverdale and surrounding area
Miss Lida VanHorn of Cloverdale and Mrs. Kate VanHorn near Ward visited Chas. Bean. Mrs. Ammie DeBard traveled to Lebanon. Eliah Meadows and wife visited Mrs. Meadows' parents Wm. Whiteman. Earl Ray and wife hosted George Ray and Joe Dean family for dinner. Sumner Owens and family visited Chas. Bean before four of them, plus Ed Hypes, attended lodge decoration service in Lebanon. Will Debard and wife hosted Mary and Earl Wills near Lebanon. James Swindler and wife Cal Ross and wife Lee Shaw and wife attended Advance children's day exercises. Ed Wright and family visited James Bean and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ray
George Ray
Joe Dean
Sumner Owens
Chas. Bean
Sumner
Ed Hypes
Lebanon
Lodge
Will Debard
Mary
Earl Wills
James Swindler
Cal Ross
Lee Shaw
Ed Wright
James Bean
Local Social Notes Highlight Community Visits and Moves
Advance R. R. 21 Harve Wall and family plan to move near Lebanon. Ruie Broshar visited Indiana polis on Thursday and later spent time with A. R. Dossett and wife of Lebanon. Joe Graves is on the sick list. Paul Imbler visited his sister Daisy Imbler on Sunday. Joe Frazier sold his dogs on Monday. Clair Leeke and wife visited Artie Brown and family Sunday. Frank Riner and family dined with John Nicely and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harve Wall
Lebanon
Ruie Broshar
Indianapolis
Joe Graves
Paul Imbler
Daisy Imbler
Joe Frazier
Clair Leeke
Artie Brown
Pleasant View Homecoming Social Attendees Listed
At Pleasant View homecoming Oakley and Lawrence Riner hosted Friday night. Candies were served to a group including Verna Proffitt Stella Caplinger Nola Slavens Ruie Broshar Olive Bush Verda Bush Opal Hedge Lola Hedge Mona Beaver Daisy Imbler Francis Caplinger Pearl Nicely Oakley Lawrence Orville Riner Walter Edgar Lester Caplinger Cleo Broshar Walter Nicely Virgil Smith James Reed Ottis Estelle Ray Everette Threlkeld Lyle Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley
Lawrence Riner
Verna Proffitt
Stella Caplinger
Nola Slavens
Ruie Broshar
Olive
Verda Bush
Opal
Lola Hedge
Mona Beaver
Daisy Imbler
Francis Caplinger
Pearl Nicely
Messrs
Lawrence
Orville Riner
Walter
Edgar
Lester Caplinger
Cleo Broshar
Walter Nicely
Virgil Smith
James Reed
Ottis
Estelle Ray
Everette Threlkeld
Lyle Johnson
Hazelwood Social Visits and Household Updates
Hazelwood residents share weekend visits with neighbors and relatives. Edna Jones and Kibbey sisters spent Thursday and Friday with Newt Bratton’s family near Cherry Grove. Albert Rightenour and family called on Margaret Beck and son Frank. Oscar Erp improves his house. Nora Billingsly and Edna Edrington visited Sunday with Walter Huckstep and family in Lebanon. Lonnie McDuffie of Indianapolis stayed with Jane McDuffie on Sunday evening. M M Edrington and wife with Grace called on Dorsey Butler and family. S J Edrington visited O M Edrington and Hamilton Co. family earlier last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Jones
Dorothy
Mildred Kibbey
Newt Bratton
Cherry Grove
Albert Rightenour
Margaret Beck
Frank Rightenour
Oscar Erp
Nora Billingsly
Edna Edrington
Walter Huckstep
Lebanon
M. M. Edrington
Grace
Dorsey Butler
Providence Ladies Aid Meeting Lacked Two Comforts
The Ladies Aid Society of Providence met with Mr and Mrs Nancy Bowman Friday afternoon and lacked two comforts refreshments of strawberries cake and bananas were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of Providence
Nancy Bowman
Advance notes from Crawfordsville meeting and children's day plans
The text lists attendees and visitors including Mrs Emma Sanford of Crawfordsville. It notes children's day exercises at Advance Sunday night with Bert Fergus on and family and Charles Mills and family. It mentions visitors N S Carter and wife and Thomas Rohn and family at Chas Mills, plus Steve Miller and wife at Estal Troths. Troth from Owen county visits. Children's Exercises set for Providence on the third Sunday night in June with an all day meeting and invitations extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Sanford
Crawfordsville
Bert Ferguson
Charles Mills
N. S. Carter
Thomas Rohn
Chas. Mills
Steve Miller
Estal Troths
Troth
Owen County
Estal Troth
Providence
Jackson Township plans for State Sunday School convention
Jackson Township works to line up delegates for the State Sunday School convention at Terre Haute June 19 20 21 with Ora McDaniel as chairman and a delegate from each township school. The Disciple Church Advance sends superintendent Chas Farlow and the M E Church Jamestown sends Mr Graham. Patriotic Day planned for the first Sunday in July with each school preparing a program. The next convention at Ward July 8 will address county business. New Brunswick reports strong Children s Day activities with 132 attendees and a $19.50 foreign missionary offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Terre Haute
Ora McDaniel
Advance
Chas. Farlow
M. E
Jamestown
Graham
Ward
New Brunswick
M.E. School
Red Cross Army
Missionary Society Program At Christian Church June Meeting
The Missionary Society of the Christian Church will meet next Wednesday afternoon June 20 at 2 30. The program features song Open My Eyes a prayer in time of war led by Mrs Algie Kincaid business The Red Line Dream led by Ruby Cunningham Here and There Emma Mc Claine Latest news from Home Mission Fields by Rev O V Rector The Standard of Excellence round table discussion led by Maude Melson and Doxology led by Beulah Caplinger with Hazel Caplinger as secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Missionary Society
The
Christian Church
Algie Kincaid
Red Line
Ruby Cunningham
Pres
Beulah Caplinger
Emma McClaine
Recovered Ira Smith Returns to Work in Indianapolis
Jerry Smith reports Ira Smith, living in Indianapolis, has recovered from smallpox and has reported for work. The piece also notes tax figures for Advance and townships, and mentions reelection of E. M. Servies as county superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Smith
Ira
Indianapolis
E. M. Servies
Potatoes Rot as Prices Rise Prompt Harsh Outcry
A Waveland Independent editorial condemns those who let fifteen carloads totaling 900 bushels rot near Chicago while awaiting price increases. It also accuses railroad officials of using their cars as free warehouses and demands harsh punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Waveland Independent
Uncle Sam's Route Change Baffles Rural Town
A historical lament laments Uncle Sam redirecting a rural road, hindering progress and threatening the town's fate. The speaker accuses federal actions of derailing growth, warning of financial and social ruin if advancement stalls and the community laments a lost future.
Homecoming services mark busy Pleasant View day
Visitors from Cloverdale and Lebanon attended the Pleasant View Home Coming with a large morning service and a well spread noon dinner. Rev O V Rector delivered the afternoon sermon on Haggai and the Temple rebuilding as Lebanon guests assisted in the service. The day included the Annual Home Mission Offering and Children’s Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant View
S J. R. Ashby
A. W. Cash
D. O. Coy
Lebanon
O. V. Rector
Temple
Our Choice for Indiana Constitutional Delegates
A Boone County article urges unity to choose a trustworthy delegate to draft Indiana's new constitution. It attacks breweries and political influence, calls for a man of conscience, and nominates E. C. Gullion of Lebanon, noting the sacrifice of delegate pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Boone County
E. C. Gullion
Lebanon
Caplinger and Pryce Take Training School Exam
Carmen Caplinger and Wm Pryce sat for the officers training school examination in Indianapolis on Monday. Mrs Simeon Emmert purchased a Ford and Joe Frazier bought an Overland from Advance Hardware Company. Eli Brown bought a Sun from Albert Kernodie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Caplinger
Wm. Pryce
Indianapolis
Officers Training School
Simeon Emmert
Joe Frazier
Advance Hardware Company
Eli Brown
Albert Kernodie
Deserters Not Prosecuted and Raucous War Talk In 1917 Notes
The item jokes about deserters not being prosecuted and pokes fun at wartime life and shortages. References to Beck's pit and a 1917 flies supply hint at humorous regional chatter. A lawn mower comment ties to army preparation while remarks on money and homecoming mix with social anxieties about clothing shortages and peace.
Local editors visit Wayne Township households
Harry James and family hosted Jim Reed and family on Monday afternoon. John W. Small, editor of the Waynetown Despatch, and H. I. Starnes, Crawfordsville Review circulation manager, dined with Da McDaniel and family. Small praises his country weekly in Indiana. H 2 also publishes the Hillsboro News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Small
Waynetown
H. I. Starnes
Crawfordsville Review
da McDaniel
Family
Mr. Small
Indiana
Hillsboro
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Hk. Vager
Thos
Rohn
Lida VanHorn
Cloverdale
Kate VanHorn
Near Ward
Ammie DeBard
Eliah Meadows
R.R
A. R. Dossett
Frank Riner
John Nicely
Hazelwood
Lonnie McDuffie
Jane McDuffie
S.J. Edrington
O. M. Edrington
Hamilton Co
Blan
Advance Grain CO
Carrie Beaver
Brownsburg
New Ross
Whitestown
Max
Dover
Zionsville
Advance Corporation
the Advance Commercial Club
L.W. Kirtley
1St National Bank Build
Sam
Sammy
Uncle Sam
W.S. Lasley
Clyde Gough
Roy Melson
Rachael Hamilton
Luther Erskine
Mose Riley
Beck
Army
Germany
America
Harry James
Jim Reeds
Royal Fencing
Advance Lumber Co
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