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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1917
Page
3
Miss Elia Burch and many locals visited friends in town Saturday and Sunday. Numerous calls, calls on relatives, shopping trips, and Sunday school attendance noted. several families moved or traveled to Bloomfield, Cincinnati, Clifty, and Sylvania.
An eight-pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Taylor on Saturday. Loren Dexter is named for the newborn. Various local residents visited relatives and shared Sunday and Monday gatherings, including John F. Arthur, John Loffland, Sun Tinker Campbell, Paul Britton, and others.
Farmers sow oats this week as locals note visitors and travels. Mrs. Sam Flater loses a valuable cow. Robert Denman makes a Park visit. Mrs. Walter Lowder and son Earl shop in Park. Frost warnings urge earlier cucumbers and garden goods. Hazel and Helen Floyd return home near Lyons after a week with locals. Mrs. Hattie Perkins and Mrs. Etta Pirtle attend flag pole raising in Newberry with Sallie Brown.
Solsberry resident T. S. Baker of Elwren and Frank Foddrill of Worthington visited relatives here last week and Sunday. John C. Crane of Bloomfield spent the day with family. W. F. Cook made a business trip to Bloomfield last Saturday. Ross Dugger and wife of Bloomington visited Sunday. After a very successful term our school will close Wednesday. H. S. Bullock and wife of Bloomington visited Sunday. Mrs. Alice Walker of Palestine and Mrs. Nettie Foddrill of Worthington were at the bedside of
Mrs. J H Johnson who broke her hip last week is not expected to live. John Welborn and family guests included Joseph Pool and son John of Bloomington. Frank Welborn of Bloomington visited his ailing father. George Sullivan of Bloomfield visited his farm. Jasper Holtsclaw of Hendricksville passed through en route to Center township. Troy Britton and mother visited Jasonville to see his aunt injured in a fall. I C R R freight haulers Owen Welborn Roy Johnson and Luke Shute returned for a Sunday visit. Harry Ruth and Leone Bridges wed at the bride’s home. They honeymooned in Monon. Rev T A Cox and Marion Dugger of Bloomfield inspected a church near dedication in early May. Residence phone No 84, town phone 218. Fred Gray.
The record lists visits among residents of Indian Creek including William Garsnett and wife at Popcorn Friday and Emma Garsnett with Marl Weaver in Cincinnati for graduation. Mills and family members frequent Danver Carmichaels and Tom Burch households as well as Martindales. The local school at Martindale ends Tuesday with a short pupil program. A local ice supply advertises service by phone 84 and residence 218 town.
LINTON Charles Robinson had his thumb torn off at the mine this week. Mrs. Harley Craig returned to Ko komo after visiting relatives here. Miss Marie Lewis of Chicago has returned home after a visit here. Herbert Tincher spent Sunday in Terre Haute as the guest of his mother. Mrs. Jack O Grady of Terre Haute spent Sunday here with her parents. Mrs. Herman Miller and Mrs. Geo Lemon of Bicknell were here Friday. Mrs. Chas Nuckles of Anderson is here visiting her brother, Mrs. M McGauley. Mrs. Lawrence Johnson of Indiana polis visited her father, Curtis Dittemore, Sunday. Mrs. Dell Vaughn of Bicknell spent Sunday here visiting her sister, Mrs. Clarence Hurt. Mrs. Roy Pope and son of Indiana polis spent Sunday here as the guest of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Brown. Mrs. Beryl Campbell has gone to St Louis where she will be joined by Mr Campbell and they will make their future home. Miss Mary Schloot of I U at Bloomington spent Sunday here with her parents. Miss Ethel Nice of Lafayette accompanied her home.
News notes record a busy week with planting corn underway. Several residents and relatives visit or call on neighbors including Fred Halderman plowing for David Sharp and Olive Warren calling on Mrs W W Duvall. Bryan Blaker leaves for Missouri to enlist in the army.
The community wishes him success as visits and social calls are noted. Mr and Mrs Ida Smith visited her brother Clark Terrell and family. Mr and Mrs Riley Shertzer were guests of Mr and Mrs Curtis Combs Sunday. Mr and Mrs Willard Blaker and children visited John D Blaker Sunday. Mrs Clarence Sparks and Grace Hamlin were guests of Mrs Freel Vandeventer Monday. Delmer Sample and daughter Hazel visited Wm Budd's family. Jessie Goben funeral attended by locals. measles and pneumonia noted. Wm Sparks family, previously homebound due to smallpox, traveled to Bloomfield Monday.
A long list of residents and visitors includes Evert Spinks in Bloomfield on Thursday and Henry Hudson visiting Bloomfield Monday. Several families spent Sundays with relatives at Pruitt’s and Beaty’s, with visits to Bedford Owensburg Switz City and Rockwood noted. many joins for medical, work, or ore mine travel are listed.
Ilene Morgan and Esther Jackson visited in the region last week while S J Sparks traveled to Bloomfield. Andrew Rogers spent a night in Bicknell. Oscar Turpin and family visited Lyons and Martinsville. the Piercy family motored to Martinsville. Several relatives were ill, with Carl Hostetter and Mildred Mullis reported very sick.
On May 1 the Colonial theater will feature Gibson Raiders of Indiana and Illinois in a film about the raid on Willys-Overland in Toledo Ohio. The show includes a Knight sleeve valve motor demonstration and is aimed at automobile owners rather than engineers.
A general view of the vast Overland factory acreage, eight years after it was an Indiana polis concern, adds local interest to the reported spread of attention across the United States.
Citizens State Bank offers prompt loans on farm and town property with no red tape or commissions. Flexible payment options allow $50 or $100 at six month intervals and stop interest, suitable for home occupied farms and other plans.
Lew Fields stars in Old Dutch a five reel comedy drama shown Tuesday with vaudeville and four reels of pictures each night. Children ten cents adults twenty cents. Thursday opens with souvenir for attendees. ROBT ALLEN Mer.
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