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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
3
W O Mitchell made a Bedford trip on Sunday and multiple residents including Frank Brooking Noble Reynolds and wife and Miss Lela Crawford visited Bedford or Indianapolis. Numerous visits to relatives and friends noted. wheat threshing underway and a protracted meeting concluded with good order.
John Glassee and children went to Bedford Tuesday. Edith Clark sp ent Sunday with Mrs. McVike and family. James Fowler of near Liberty visited his father last week. Edward Bledsoe visited his sister Mrs. Sarah Ritter last week. Isage Ritter’s cellar completed by Node Branamien. Win A Fowler guest of Kate McPike for several days. John Gio and wife attended church at Axsom Branch Sunday. A daughter to Mr and Mrs Morton A Litchall Wednesday night. Joseph Snow, sick for some time, is now better. Omer Pendergrast of Stonington and Dr Sanders of Mitchell were here Friday with Noble Rexnolds and Antbrose Crawford.
Marion Allen and sisters Mary and Ellen Allen of Brown County visited in the town last week with relatives and friends. Indianapolis visitors Dudley Hunley and Vernon Worthington joined Gay Dixon and family for a hunting trip returning Friday. Farmers plow for wheat after late rains as Flora Thurman returns home sick. Onis Honeycutt dies. funeral at Gilgal. Protracted meeting at Old Union by Rev. T Sears ends. Various relatives from Bedford Indianapolis Seymour Terre Haute visitations noted.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Arthur visited Bedford on Wednesday. Mrs Brada Turner visited sister Mrs James Kinser on Tuesday. Men work on covering the Deckard school house. Virgil and Thomas Turner cut wood for Isaac Deckard. Wilodrville formerly Goatrun is mentioned in local notices.
HNO Frank Young reports a Bedford shopping Friday with J K Sink and wife and others attending fairs and institutes in nearby towns. A Campbellsville business trip, a Louisville visit, and Greensburg and Paoli work are noted. Wheat thrashing finished, crop yields reported, and a Chapel Hill reunion planned with social visits and family gatherings in Washington county.
Dwight Todd reports a good rainfall Sunday as sick residents improve. Mrs. Frank Wallace of Indianapolis visits Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Speer, while Mr. Henderson near Owensburg recovers.
Mancis Craig sold his store to James Williams last week and Dennis Mayfield and wife welcomed a 11 pound son Burl. Absalom Bowden of Martin county was here on business about the new school building. Several visitors from Plainville and Bee Hunter joined local residents for church attendance and picnics.
Tunnelsington attendance to funeral of Isam. Flora Mathis reports. Uncle Billie Simpson improving. Ora Baugh at Mitchell. Dennis A Mahonery at Mitchell Tuesday. Homer Ingle and wife at Bedford Tuesday. New Church house south of town near completion for Saints with services Thursday night. Robert N. Dixon improving after illness. Joseph Crawford and wife of Pinhook in town Tuesday. John Johnston and wife of Valonia visit Oscar Fooper and family. Gordy and Fern Guthrie of Bedford visit Nina and Fern Guthrie’s aunt and uncle R N Dixon and wife. Verlie Flinn, Flavie Flinn and brother Noble visit grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton.
Bartlettsville dispatch reports Grant Blackwell illness. visits by Pred Wisely Mir and Green Meadows. Mrs. Win Lamb of Oolitic visiting relatives. Laura Gyger of Teltonville visiting her children. Stanley Craeraft and Opal Adamson traveled to Bedford on business. Trustee Wm. H. McCleery and Fred Bartlett moved between Bedford and Norman Station for work. Coal supplied to Needmore and Torphytown schools Tuesday.
Thomas Albright visits Shoals as the Torphytown school returns to operation after repairs. The town hosts the Annual Soldier's Reunion at Chapel on September 3 and 4 while residents engage in day to day travel, family visits, church events, and community notices across Shoals and nearby towns.
Harold McCallum seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Archie McCallum sustained a deep head gash when a rock thrown by a playmate struck him Tuesday afternoon. He received surgical care and is progressing well toward a normal recovery by Wednesday.
The Free Methodist church on 7th Street will conduct a baptismal ceremony at Leatherwood Creek east of the city Sunday afternoon after regular services. Several new additions to the church will be baptized under the direction of Rev. Bailiff, the pastor in charge.
Wm. McClury and his daughters Ruth and Mrs. Stanley Anderson attended the Cummings reunion in Zelma on Saturday. Miss Blanche Thompson and ladies McCoy of Orleans had been visiting in this city and returned home Friday morning.
Miss Louise Crawford travels to Salem to be honored at a house party hosted by her grandmother Mrs. Maggie Zink.
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