Local and Personal notes from Ridgeport to Worthington
Curtis Combs of Ridgeport Simp Thompson of north Richland and other residents are listed here as visiting towns or staying for business. The column records dozens of names including former trustees Amos Ashcraft William Squires and Henry Barter, plus farmers and relatives in Highland Cass Jackson and Taylor townships with notes on visits, farming activity and a few military enlistees.
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Simp Thompson
North Richland
J. G. Clark
Fairplay Township
Grant Tibbitts
Pat Tetrick
Jackson Township
Lewis Kidd
Indianapolis
Amos Ashcraft
Simon Ashcraft
Samuel Blackmore
Taylor Township
William Squires
Stafford Township
Homer Lowder
Vincent Hoke Grove
Daniel M. Bynum
Richland Mills
Samuel Spinks
Clifty Church
Henry Barter
Cass Township
Andy Autrey
Jerry Johnson
East Side
Samuel Sparks
Lyons
Walter Booze
Hichland Township
Charles Faucett
Oscar Smith
Tulip
Jacob Flory
Calvin Figg
Parker Thompson
J. T. Sharr
Highland Township
Mason Aldridge
Theodore Carmichael
Hobbieville
Thomas Henry
Washington Township
W. M. Holland
Old Point Commerce
Elmer Yeoman
Sandborn
Thomas Vandeventer
Leone Heaton
Oakley Heaton
Centralia
Frieda Shertzer
Chicago
Alfonso F. Wilson
Worthington
Zack Rubottom
Newberry
Linton
Newton Bogard
Thomas Bogard
George Bogard
F. R. VanMeter
Carl VanMeter
F. B. VanMeter
Robert Hendren
C. C. Hendren
W. R. Cravens
Helen
J. B. Heaton
Amelia Henderson
Lou Gunn
Springville
A. G. Gunn
Bedford
Emil Riley
Fort Benjamin Harrison
John Riley
Louisville
Daniel Stantz
J. B. Dillon
Garrett Bovenschein
Switz City
William
Atto
J. D. Smith
Union
Smith
W. T. Brown
Fred DeVilbiss
Battery
National Guards
France
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Sunday Meetings At M E Church Report 116 In Sunday School
The Churches M E Church reports 116 in Sunday school last Sunday. No sermon next Sunday due to the pastor J D Smith’s vacation. On Sept 2 the pastor will preach at 10 30 a m for the old folk and a great all aged meeting is planned.
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M.E. Church
J. D. Smith
Epworth League
Dorothy Dean Hosts Dinner Guests At Six OClock
Miss Dorothy Dean entertained at a six o'clock dinner Friday evening with Dr. and Mrs. D A Rinehardt of Little Rock Arkansas Mrs Charles Bushfield of Columbus Ohio visiting relatives here and Miss Nota Harrah as guests.
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Dorothy Dean
D. A. Rinehardt
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Bushfield
Columbus
Ohio
Nota Harrah
Additional men called for examination for conscription
The local draft board orders a second call for 400 men to appear for medical examination in the Bloomfield Masonic club room on August 23 24 and 25. The list shows names and units from Linton Lyons Jasonville Switz City Worthington Solsberry and others with many residents of Vigo and Greene counties slated to report for the draft.
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Greene County
Masonic Club
Bloomfield
Loma Fauze Gabbard
Linton
Roy L. Grounds
Lyons
William Goodman
Newberry
William F. Bovenschen
Switz City
Thelbert Godfrey
Jasonville
Noah Phipps
Thomas Wall
Gleason Johnsorg Mineral
Calvin Halderman
Worthington
Samuel Henry Muterspaugh
Roy Sherl Carter
Charles Gilbert Galss
Vicksburg
Claude Martindale
Rudolph
Carl Raymond Ogden
Ira A. Marsh
Marco
Charles Hart
Guy P. Watkins
Solsberry
Francis Mason
Harley Aden Johnson
Cincinnati
Embree R. Rose
Claude Warnick
Lou Rodenbeck
Silas R. Hays
Harlen C. Hutchens
Freedom
Frederick Hendricks
Michael William Marten
Worthing
Ton
George Ertle Harris
Frederick
Hines
Benjamin Harrison Snyder
George E. Bogard, Jr
Markham Churr
Wakefield
Virgil Asrey
Hank Brown Thompson
Salsberry
Paul Ivan Halstead
Elmer Silas’ Frye
Elmer Elias Edwards
John Edward Friend
Midland
John Turner
Arlie O. Riggins
Marco Warren
Cisco Hubbard
James Curtis
Otto Koester
William Franklin Thompson
Charlies Barnard
Sinders
Hiram Thurman Ray
Ora Dedrick Haseman
Fernand Passenan
John F. Keplinger
Vernon
Leo Robinson
Elvan Martin
Guss Clarence Gadberry
Harley N. Edington
Lucien Roy Bach
John Baptiste Pol
Gania Kirkpatrick
Everett Justin Sheehy
John
James Hunter
Walter H. Wakefield
Eric Dishman
Springville
Hugh Vandeventer
Clifford L. Baughman
Herschel Ross Myers
Peter Beaman
Ottie Padgett
John William McCamman
Robert Guy Bonham
Chester Owens Bedwell
Bruno Tomzik
Floyd Allen
Greenwood
Guy Blaker
William Clayton
Ralph McElroy
Hurley
Troy Bert Hannum
Elza Gibson
Calvin Marshall
Harley Sparks
Morgantown
Huber Butler
Ormond Orlo George
Dresden
Aden Cavins Torr
Clement’ William‘Leveque
Verdie Osborn
Owensburg
Sherman Bledsoe
Arthur
Ray Palmer
Omer Louis Driskell
Thomas Roscoe Christenberry
Vint Duncan
John Mackall
Earl Bedwell
Roy George
Otis Worth
Gilmour
George Milton Mc
Jesse Abrams
Bruce Ketchum
Martin O. Bonham
Orman Hasler
Odon
Claude Bowman
Elnora
Theodore Rush
Vern Smith
Oscar Jones
Cather Wright
Herbert Raymond Skemp
Quiet Indianapolis Wedding Unites Bennett and Coerper
Miss Bonnie Bess Bennett and Second Lieutenant Carl F. Coerper wed at the bride’s mother’s Bloomfield home in a small ceremony led by Rev. J. D. Smith. The couple, Indiana University graduates, left for Indianapolis and Milwaukee after the reception with several relatives from Indianapolis attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Bess Bennett
Carl F. Coerper
Indianapolis
Jennie Bennett
Bloomfield
J. D. Smith
Methodist Church
Lucile Herold
Jessie McCracken
Coerper
Indiana University
Delta Gamma
Phi Delt
Fort Benjamin Harrison
France
Milwaukee
Henry J. Coerper
Roy C. VanHorn
Hazel Coerper
Henry Coerper
VanHorn
Cecil Stalnaker
Allen C. Greer
Capt
Clem ‘Cristy
Laporte
New Suits in Court and Kern Death Remembrance
John Worth Kern dies at 67 in Ashville North Carolina after a career in Indiana politics. Funeral services held in Hollins Virginia with memorials at the Indiana Democratic Club. New circuit court suits filed include nuisance abatement actions in Linton and various foreclosures and divorces. A Sullivan County shooting near Liberty church left Harry Haupt critically wounded. John Borders jailed amid conflicting accounts.
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John Worth Kern
Ashville
N. C
Mr. Kern
George B. Lawson
Roanoke
John W. Kern
William Kern
Indiana
Kerncliff
Kern
Battle Creek
Mich
North Carolina
Senator Kern
United States Senate
Wilson
Senate
Alto
Howard County
Ind
Jacob H. Kern
Nancy Liggett
Kokomo
Ann Arbor
Law
Anna Haggard
Supreme Court of
Indianapolis
William J. Bryan
Hollins
Indiana Democratic Club
Committee
Liberty Church
Sullivan County
Harry Haupt
Terre Haute
John Borders
Harry Houpt
Borders
Jack Lambert
Houpt
Marriage Licenses in Greene County Official Notices
Lieutenant Carl Frey Coerper of Indianapolis wed Bonnie Bess Bennett of Bloomfield. Adria G. Hixson an undertaker of Linton married Kate M. Fritz of Linton. Harry Wilson farmer of Spencer wed Lena L. Wilbur. Emil Roy Clogston lineman married Freeditch Mitchell. Each couple listed Greene County residence.
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Carl Frey Coerper
Indianapolis
Bonnie Bess Bennett
Bloomfield
Adria G. Hixson
Linton
Kate M. Fritz
Harry Wilson
Spencer
Lena L. Wilbur
Emil Roy Clogston
Freeditch Mitchell
Greene County
Canning Rush At Hoopeston Two Factories Expand Corn Acreage
Hoopeston Illinois hosts two large sweet corn canning plants expanding acreage this year. Canning starts around August 23 to 25 and runs until frost. Government urges maximal food packing with a large male and female workforce. Work conditions are pleasant and wages good. Board offered at actual cost.
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Hoopeston
Illinois
United States
Asa Mater
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Curtis Combs
Ridgeport
Fred Neal
Mattoon, I
Lavern Laughlin
J. A. Faucett
Elizabeth Osborn
Jessie Payne
Crawfordsville
Don Sims
John Jones
Vincennes
Nat
Circuit Court
State of
Paul Y. Davis
Curtis C. Hendren
Belle Stiff
Kate Cassasa
The
Home Loan and Savings Association
Harry E. Pope
James Rector
Burt Burnett
Evansville Improvement Company
Lydia Verne Bennett
George Murphy
Margaret Parker
S. I. B. Savings and Loan Association
Roy Smith
Ethel Merriman
Isabel Raines
Catherine Nugent
Mary D. Tandrum
Robert E. Lee
Alma M. Robertson
Mary Smith Watson
George O. Barge
I. C. Railroad
Abe A. Masser
Charles Oeffler
Creigler & Creigler Co
Ingalls Bros
S. I. M. B.S. & L. Association
James Cornelius
Lottie Tucker
John Tucker
Anna C. Summers
Joseph S
Summers
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