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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
5
Community invites all to gather Monday evening December 26 to celebrate Christ’s birth around a luminated outdoor Christmas tree on the freight depot platform. Nativity play scenes, carols, and a public singing service will unfold with participation by children and families.
Mrs Elizabeth Holwadel died at her Sunman home Saturday morning after a long illness. In nearly 74 years she resided in Sunman area and left four daughters and two sons. Services were at her Sunman home then at St Johns Lutheran Church Penntown. Bruns and Hashagen funeral directors handled burial.
Mrs Sophis Hackman residing with her son Albert and family tripped on cellar stairs Thursday morning. She sustained sprained wrists and multiple bruises but is recovering rapidly and expected to be about as usual soon.
Chrysanthemums assorted colors four dollars per dozen rosen three to fifteen dollars carnations three to four dollars narcissus two to three dollars other flowers in proportion Christmas boxes five dollars and up Phone 112 ED A ZIERER
Community leaders cite Batesville’s strong postal receipts of over 11 000 and steady employment as justification against discontinuing city delivery. They note the service is seen as a necessity by residents and warn loss would pose a hardship, contrasting with broader postal cost-cutting plans.
Batesville Lodge No 868 Free and Accepted Masons elected officers for the coming year at the regular meeting Friday evening. E B Schultz will serve as Worshipful Master with Henry Schumacher as Senior Warden and Frank Behlmer as Junior Warden. Other officers include H F Buck treasurer Charles H Wesler secretary Louis Belter senior deacon Ralph Dieckman junior deacon George Johanning trustee. The incoming Master retains appointive officers Henry Behlmer Tyler John H Behlmer and Neil D McCallum. Stewards praise an excellent year under retiring Master George Schumacher and look for continued growth.
Laughery Valley Lodge No. 255 Knights of Pythias has grown steadily throughout the year with 140 total members. Last Thursday evening twelve converts received the Page degree, six made esquires last night, and six more will be given the degree tonight.
The Purdue Farmers Short Course held in Sunman from Monday to Wednesday ended with a large turnout across morning afternoon and evening sessions. Attendees praised the program and its practical community benefits, with notable participation by local women and strong entertainment and social activities. A fuller report will follow in the next issue.
Harold Eichacker, an expert repairer for the Elliot Fish er Company, and his wife depart Thursday for Duluth Minnesota after several weeks in Batesville with his parents Frank Hichacker and wife. They arrived safely Saturday night to a frigid eight degrees below zero, a sharp contrast to Batesville weather.
The First M E Church hosts a New Year’s Night cantata titled Nature’s God performed by the First M E Choir on Sunday January 1 1922 at 730 pm. Admission is free with a silver offering requested. Bring friends for a meaningful hour of music.
A Euchre and Five Hundred party will be hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary Knights of St. John on Wednesday and Thursday evenings December 28 and 29 in the K of C Hall. All are invited.
Santa Claus will attend the Gibson Theatre Christmas matinee with a full pack to give a gift to every child present. A Christmas tree and a screening of a film with "Little Miss Hawkshaw" and comedy will accompany the show, making a fine afternoon for the whole family.
Big New Year's Dance at St Clair Hall on Saturday evening features the Dillsboro Jazz Band. Come and dance the Old Year out and the New Year in.
A box and pie social will be held at Hubble's Lutheran Church on Tuesday December 27. All welcome. Ladies are asked to bring boxes or pies.
Bon Ami Temple Pythian Sisters held a farewell for Mrs James Meade last Friday as she and her husband prepare to move to Science Hill Kentucky. A luncheon followed at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Irrgang with long tables of food and social hours as attendees bids her safe travels and good wishes.
Herman Kaiser left home for Cincinnati to consult a specialist and entered Christ's Hospital for treatment. He traveled in a closed car with Mrs. Kaiser and Dr. Carney and withstood the trip well. Friends expect his return home soon as his health improves.
The war tax on express shipments will be removed January 1 and G C Taylor president of the American Railway Express Company estimates that the removal will save users of express service about 1 500 000 dollars monthly. The tax repeal will amount to a decrease in express rates of a little more than five percent.
Birth announcements include a son for Frank Metz and wife on Tuesday December 20 and a son for George Bockover and wife on Wednesday December 14.
The Four Horsemen, hailed as the era’s greatest screen production, will be shown at the Gibson Theatre on Saturday and Sunday February 11 and 12 in an Inter. release.
Aged citizen Fred Mackenstedt died Tuesday evening at Christ's Hospital Cincinnati after bladder trouble. A longtime Union Furniture Company stockholder and former shoe dealer, he was 73. Survivors include daughter Carrie and son William. services at home and St. John’s Huntersville, burial in St. John’s cemetery. He was a longtime member of St. John’s Church and the L P A.
The American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting on Monday evening and re elected all officers for the year. Mrs Minnie Wycoff remains president with Mrs Leona Gibson as vice president, Alma Bloomer treasurer, Tara McCallum secretary, Ida Pohlar and Ida Winsor and Anna Vonderheide named to the executive board.
The Madison district meeting of the Knights of Pythias gathered last week. The district includes eleven counties and fifty four lodges with over seven thousand members and reports a significant membership gain.
The First M. E. Sunday School presents a Christmas program at 4 00 P M Sunday Christmas Day in the church. The program features a white Bethlehem hill tree scenes shepherds sheep fairies song recitations and special music. Visitors are invited to bring friends.
At the request of local merchants the city will close all places of business on Monday December 26 for Christmas and again on Monday January 2 for New Year per Batesville Commercial Club notice.
The Laughery Township Farmers Institute met in Gibson Theatre with about forty attendees in the morning and an estimated two hundred in the afternoon despite bad weather. President A H Thie oversaw a smooth program featuring Mrs Deller on home labor saving and nutrition, Mr Luzadder on marketing farm products, and music by H W Terry and Mildred Nickel.
The second installment for the Memorial Building Fund follows the initial subscription. One fifth of the total is due January 1 1922. Trustees urge prompt payment to advance construction work in the early spring.
Farmers organization Adams Township Farmers Federation announces the next meeting on December 29 1921 at 1 00 PM and additional meetings in January February and March on the last Saturday of each month at 1 00 PM in the afternoon.
A public dance will be held at Oldenburg Town Hall on Wednesday evening December 28. The event offers excellent music, refreshments, and a good time for all attendees. Everybody is welcome.
H. W. Behlmer of Sunman intends to buy geese for the New Year market on Tuesday December 27. Walter Schwier arrived Thursday evening from Cincinnati and joined him.
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