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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
1
A roundup of neighborhood notices highlights upcoming events, birthdays, farewells, and social gatherings. Organizers invite participation and residents share suggestions for local improvements and mutual aid initiatives.
Hershell Corbin visits Indianapolis on business. Miss Mamie Brown of Jasonville visits sister Mrs Grant Lehman. Miss Lucile Herold visits her sister Mrs E S Jones in Hammond. Mrs Will Craig of Linton attends Red Cross meeting. Mrs J A Cravens visits Worthington to see Mrs Martha Carnahan. Emma Calkins of Indianapolis visits brother A J Phillips. L P Marshall travels to Terre Haute to visit sister Mrs Walker Schell. George Stancomb takes a job in Akron Ohio with a dredging firm. County Assessor Lilburn Jackson meets State Board of Assessors in Indianapolis. Edith Hendren visits brother C C Hendren and family and Mrs Edward Stein. Mr and Mrs Wendell Phillips of Bedford visit his parents A J Phillips. Cravens and F A Waters drive to Petersburg for races. Mrs C W Adams, Mrs Nancy Lamb, Miss Josephine Adams and Miss Bonnie Bennett motor to Indianapolis, return Sunday. Boy Scouts hike to Cold Springs for several days of camping with Scout master O Q E Cain. Optometrist Harry Stevenson offers eye tests at Elmora hotel. Nell Shirts resigns Bloomfield State Bank post to become bookkeeper in New Albany. Daniel Sommer of Indianapolis to lecture August 5 1917 at 3 pm and 7:45 pm on The Bible. lectures are free.
Mrs Arthena J Wilson aged mother of A F Wilson of Worthington died Friday July 27 in Chicago. A longtime Worthington resident she had lived with her son A F Wilson for seven years and died from apoplexy after a fall in Danville fifteen years earlier. Survived by three sons and two daughters including A F Wilson C H Wilson E C Price Ida Mason and F W Wilson. Funeral held in Worthington on Monday.
The son of Judge and Mrs. A J Fires of Childress Texas earned straight A grades in all major subjects at Baylor Medical College Dallas Texas. A report sent to their friends highlights his academic distinction and achievements.
The father notes this is the first time a student has achieved the top grade in all major subjects. Judge and Mrs Fires are well known locally, with Mrs Fires formerly Miss Maggie Warnick and Judge Fires once a penmanship teacher at Greene County Normal.
The Carnegie library project is halted as contractor N W Pickens fails to sign and begin work. His $7,047 bid is forfeited. next lowest bids include Chas F Duncan at 8587, Walker Caton at 9377, and S A Hickman at 9398. The library committee holds the $200 check. A meeting with the architect and committee will decide the next steps.
The Fourth district conscription board will have headquarters in Vincennes, covering Knox Pike Posey Vanderburgh Warrick Spencer Gibson Sullivan Perry Dubois Daviess Martin Greene Monroe Orange and Lawrence counties. John H Edwards of Washington Indiana is president and John T Oliphant is secretary.
During the pastor J. D. Smith’s vacation there will be no morning sermon or Sunday-school and Epworth League meetings until September 1. Midweek meetings continue. Union vesper will be at the park next Sunday at 7 p m with Rev. Merritt Owen preaching. Presbyterian Church holds Sunday-school at 9 30 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m.
Greene County conscription board to start selecting men for the county quota in the new army on Monday. First third report Monday, next third Tuesday, remaining Wednesday. Examinations to be finished by Wednesday evening at the Masonic lodge with Dr J B Young Kraft and Chambers assisting. E Kirby Ashcraft Jeptha Moss and Dr T Roy Cook in charge.
Two large ditching machines from W. H Jones farm in Wabash bottoms and James H. Riggs tile plant near Shelburn were taken by the government for one month to excavate drainage for the Grassland aviation camp. The government has commandeered twenty ditching machines from Indianapolis to St. Louis.
E. L. Ashbury of Worthingter and Aaron McDonald of Lyons, both Indiana Power and Water Company employees, were injured Monday while stringing a high tension wire into Vincennes. Police and company officials investigated the mishap and treated the injured at the scene.
Correspondence notes the five months old child of Mr and Mrs John Byers is quite sick. Various local residents including Mrs Ida Carmichael Mrs Martha Kirk and sons Shirley and Russel Mrs Alice Weaver and others travel between Cincinnati Allen Chapel and Stanford as they visit relatives and return from work or trips.
Chaley Hord and N. B. Hardisty made business trips to Bloomfield on Friday and Clyde Yoho with family visited relatives there over Sunday. H. K. Collins and James Fod drill were in Cincinnati on business Friday. Mrs. Eliza A. Anderson of Vincennes visited her mother Mrs. Ruth Combs on Sunday.
Ellen Heaton is very ill and not expected to live. Troy Fuller visited his sister Mrs Earl Cook of Allen Chapel. Mrs Boyd Harlan and daughter Virginia traveled to Indianapolis to make their future home. Mr and Mrs William Dailey took children to a Union Valley picnic. Mrs N B Hardisty received a letter from son Paul Fuller who joined the army at Fort Benjamin Harrison and is in the hospital division awaiting furlough.
New Tulip reports Mrs Doe Owen visited Monday. Ernest Bruce stayed Saturday night at Linton. R F Brammer opened a new store here. Mr and Mrs Henry Biand and James Mahan traveled to Bloomfield. Audry Mahan vacationing in Linton. Audry Dorothy Mahan and Ruth Bland picked fifty two gallons of blackberries last week. A church service is planned Thursday before the third Sunday and will run the rest of the week. Mr and Mrs Henry Whitsett and son Donald visited Evansville last week. Mr Whitsett returned Monday.
Mrs. Harley Fuller of Allen Chapel visited Saturday while David Bland of Bloomfield came Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. A J Osburn have returned to their Portland Oregon home. They regret they could not travel further.
Tom Ferguson left Sunday for Rockford Illinois to work in a government aviation camp. Mrs Will Killinger has been to Bloomington to visit her daughter Miss Grace who is in school. Mr and Mrs Evaret Workman of Solsberry visited Mrs Ws parents Mr and Mrs Dave Blaker Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Dona Laughlin Mrs J B Edwards and sons Louis and Edward visited Grandma Phipps and Margaret Workman Thursday.
Noah Harper visited Switz City Saturday while Riley Mansfield Sr. suffers bowel trouble. Charley Robinson and Byron Royal were in Bloomfield last Friday. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Orlo George on Sunday morning July 29. Hiram Baker fell from his porch Monday injuring his knee. Georgie Emery broke an arm and blood vessel burst Friday at Koleen. John D. Brandon visited Bloomfield Friday. Mrs. George Crabbe and Mrs. John McLaughlin of Koleen attended a quarterly Owensburg meeting. An all day basket meeting at M E church in Owensburg Sunday. Quince Ferguson of Kirby preached. Simon Ashcraft and Frank Haydesty were in Bloomfield Saturday. Joe Ashcraft accompanied them as chauffeur.
Robert Rogers returned from Pioneer Ohio after a week away. A Duke student from Terre Haute visited family and joined the Union Valley picnic. Minnie Bingham and three Wisconsin children visited Mrs Sallie Hollars. Ora Fainot and daughter from Linton came to see the Rogers. Mrs Rogers suffers malaria fever. Union Bethel Sunday school joined Union Valley for Sunday services and a picnic dinner with entertainment.
The article describes a successful school event, Rev. Dustan to lead Bethel services Saturday night and Sunday, Miss Ida Duke visiting from Bloomington with Miss Ruth Campbell, and Mrs. Metta Dowden with her daughter Virginia relocating to Toledo where her husband works.
Mrs. Oliver Combs is improving after illness. Walnut Grove hosts church services this Sunday. J. O. Hasler and W. C. Isenogle traveled to Bloomfield on business. Miss Alga Action of Worthington visited grandfather Louis Chaney. George Hill, from the county force, left for medical examination. Mrs. Maddy Workman of Bloomfield stayed with her father Gotlieb Ammer. Ran Well and Ruth Mitchell visited D. H. Mitchell family. Agnes Action of Worthington returned home after visiting Louis Chaney. Etta Chaney accompanied her to Bloomfield. Orville Hasler reports a potato patch heavy with seed pods and plans to save seed for future planting. Belief grows that planting the seeds could yield a new potato variety.
W J Vandeventer traveled to Bloomfield on Saturday while Mrs Eva Bland and Minnie Bland visited Calvertville on Friday. Dan McDaniel reported a lightning killed heifer last Thursday morning. Dewey Ray from Worthington helps his brother Homer with hay this week. Pete Watkins of Litton stayed Friday night with his brother John W Watkins and family. Homer Ray went to Worthington Friday with Ernest Ray visiting home for a few days. Mrs Ophia Bland of Bloomfield and her son Fredrick visit her parents James and Elizabeth Stanley. Relatives and friends gathered at Eliza beth Hamiltons Sunday for a dinner marking her 75th birthday. Margaret Bays of Wichita and Ellen Bays of Carlisle visit Sherman Wells and family and then other relatives.
Iris Crooke returns from Bedford to Newberry while Fred Slinkard visits family in Linton. Indianapolis visitor Mrs. F H Parnell stays with Barker family. Lehman returns to Paris after weeks with Hert parents. Bloomington students strike water sickness. Harold Hilburn quits school. Railway workers strike causes removal of morning and evening trains as town grows with electric lights and active merchants.
Several lawsuits listed include divorce petitions by Joseph and Sarah Fritz and Sarah Cooksey against spouses for cruel treatment. Stella Chaney sues American Assurance Co. over a life policy unpaid after her husband’s death. Foreclosure and receivership actions involve Herbert Y. Greene, James H. Poe, James T. Roach, and J W Harris. Other cases include quiet title by William Webb et al and executor Horace Humphreys seeking sale of real estate to pay debts.
The past week issued marriage licenses include Thomas E. Richardson a miner to Eliza Cook of Linton. Arthur Evans a miner to Beulah Neeremer of Jasonville. David Small a farmer to Anna Adamson of Sandborn. Charles H. Meurer a miner to Verna Edington of Linton. Edington is daughter of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Edington.
The Needle Club meets twice weekly at the Domestic Science room to sew for the Red Cross. Tri Kappas were hosted by Miss Gaynel Bland. A Red Cross session was held at the Presbyterian church with Mrs. Martindale of Indianapolis speaking on the society’s work. She then traveled to Linton for a local meeting. The Christian church group and families enjoyed a Park picnic. Campfire Girls plan a market at Parham bakery Saturday.
Article describes a small bronze badge for men exempt from national army service. Each rejected man receives a button bearing the word Exempt, with the national coat of arms and United States beneath.
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