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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
5
Miss Catherine French purchased a Victrola for the school. Numerous families including McKee Hickman Linville and others shared Christmas visits and dinners. Attendees traveled to Batesville for Quarterly Conference and church programs were well attended.
Local residents visited relatives and neighbors over the weekend including Mary Beinke in Fred Marticke’s home and Anna Beinke heading to Indiana polis. Numerous calls among the Marticke, Beinke, Schone, Bosse, Holle, Bergman, Fruchtricht, and Westerfeld families occurred Friday to Sunday.
Pleasant Park residents send New Year greetings then list visits among Dieckman Weber Goertemiller Starke Wisman Ahring Dieckman Kops Bultman Meyer families. Indianapolis visitors Gertrude Leona Starke and Sophia Dieckman are noted among extended home visits and weekend gatherings.
Ed Hart visited John Wicker and Mon Fred Kress played caller. Todd Alexander is visiting relatives. Elma Norwold called on Mrs Breeze and Mrs Clara Miller called on Mrs Alexander. L P Hart spent Christmas in Newpoint with her sister. E Norwold and wife called to see.
Families gather across Ballstown as Logan Alexander and relatives visit Ward Williams while Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Caster call on Virginia Thackery. Loren and Russell Hart return to urban jobs after holidays. Allen Breeze hosts son Earl Breeze and family from Connersville. Church elects new officers with L. P. Hart as Sunday School Superintendent Anna Mc Hugh as Secretary and Bernice Brown as Organist.
Happy New Year greetings mark a rumor of an upcoming wedding. Community updates list local visits and gatherings including Christmas dinners with multiple families, a Xmas entertainment at Hayti, and a dance at Menke's Hall with the Game Center Jazz Band.
Neighborhood notes report corn shredders finishing up last week and a sequence of Christmas and holiday visits. The Karl and Narwold families, Charles Harvey, William Menchofer, and William Miller households are listed with multiple relatives visiting across Ballstown and nearby areas.
NEWPOINT Harve Griffin and family spent the week's end with relatives in Madison. Norton Goode of Indianapolis is visiting Mrs. Rose Starks and daughter Cora. Mrs. FB Kuert has returned home after Christmas with her son in Indianapolis. Robert McKee, wife and son of St. Paul, were guests of Dr. McKee and wife. Miss Anna Herbert of Springfield Ohio was guest of Miss Margaret Swango over Sunday.
Mike Hoff started for Mascotte Florida on Monday for a stay of two months or more. Mr. and Mrs J J Puttman visited John A Hillenbrand and family in Batesville Sunday. Elmer Siefert and son from Indianapolis spent the weekend with Charles Meyers and family. Mrs Charles Stilwell of Indianapolis visits her parents James and Mrs McDermott for several days.
Adam Huber and August Richter served as callers at Sun Man and Spades on Monday. Henry Baas and his son from Pipe Creek visited Adam Baas Sunday. Alma Baas of Batesville stayed with relatives here last week. Henry Pohlar and wife from Cincinnati visited relatives here last week. Hazel Hutson Amelia Miller and Alice Schomber spent Sunday with Edythe Baas. Chester Schomber and wife of Pipe Creek visited Henry Schomber and wife on Sunday. Fred Rennemeyer and Carrie Richter from Lawrenceville visited August Richter and family Thursday.
Advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and offers a $100 reward for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot cure. It explains deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous surfaces, cures via blood action, circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
Frank F. Wildman sheriff of Ripley County Indiana will sell at public auction on Saturday January 17 1920 between 10 am and 4 pm at the county courthouse doors the rents and profits of several tracts in sections 3 4 5 and 33 township 6 north range 10 east totaling 170.25 acres the sale covers multiple parcels and may include the fee simple if needed to satisfy the decree with costs and interest Arthur E Hutton and J L Swarthout are plaintiffs Charles I Williams and Susan B Williams are defendants John Clerkin attorney for the plaintiffs confirms the notice December 18 1919.
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