Ice Cream Supper Draws Neighbors and Visitors
Local social notes recap a Saturday ice cream supper attended by residents including Lois Patterson visiting grandparents, families visiting relatives in Bloomfield, and a hay wagon load of Bloomfield youths. Several traveling to church events, plus wedding news for Hate Hawgood and Eli Hawgood, and Mary E. Borter funeral in Antioch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Patterson
Deloris Barker
Everett Stone
Inez Jackson
Allen Chapel Workers Repair Mrs Gordon’s House
Charles Goben and Riley Shertzer are repairing Elizabeth Gordon's house. Mrs Pearson and her visiting family returned from Ohio last week. Warren family and Miss Olive Warren spent Sunday with William Sparks at Tulip. Local youths attended George Warren's birthday party for his son Ared. Games were played then ice cream and cake served. All report a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goben
Riley Shertzer
Elizabeth Gordon
John Pearson
Ohio
Ray Warren
George Warren
Olive Warren
William Sparks
Tulip
Near Here
Ared
Community Visitation Notes from Local Families
Plummer Will Richardson and family visited Ed Schantz and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs Walter Squires of Bicknell visited relatives here last. All teachers in this vicinity attend institute at Bloomfield. Clyde Meredith of Koleen passed Friday en route to Odon. Mrs Will Woodall of Bloomfield spent Sunday night and Monday with Mrs John Woodall. Bessie Edwards of Lyons visiting the Misses Fordyce and attending institute this week. Mrs John Woodall and three children went to Washington Sunday to visit Don Woodall and family. Thelma and Violet Drake of Worthington came Saturday to visit Bernice and Blanch Bates. Mary Rollison, Victoria Holmes and Herbert Henry and Alvin Keller went to the Old Settlers' reunion at Odon Friday. L B Shepherd family and others went to Odon Friday for Old Settlers meeting. Lena Stone of Metcalf Illinois, visiting Edith and Arlie Myers, went to Jasonville Tuesday to visit relatives.
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Ernest Merritt
Teachers’ Institute
Bloomfield
Ethel West
William Allen
George Foster
Bicknell
Clinton
Cora Crabaugh
Worthington
T. V. Hutchens
Hate
Eli Hawgood
Terre Haute
Will Richardson
Ed Schantz
Walter Squires
Clyde Meredith
Koleen
Odon
Will Woodall
John Woodall
Bessie Edwards
Lyons
Fordyce
Washington
Don Woodall
Thelma
Violet Drake
Bernice
Blanch Bates
Mary Rollison
Victoria Holmes
Herbert
Henry
Alvin Keller
Old Settlers
L. B. Shepherd
Dencil Shepherd
Delbert Shepherd
Lena Stone
Metcalf, Til
Edith
Arlie Myers
Jasonville
Russel Hindman
Plainville
Wm. Cronke
Joe Hasler
Holiday
Kansas
Edna Tague
Thelma Sipple
Clay City
Lulu Pitmen
Winifred Slinkard
John Owen
Paris
Oliver Thomas
Wiley Wesner
Murryville
John Hindman
W. K. Wesner
O. F. Musselman
Frank Deck
Merom
W. J. Bryan
Ray Wesner
Kiah Hert
Jim Wesner
Evansville
Cromwell
Marietta
Okla
Indiana
Monroe City
Wm. D. Bynum
Dixon
Indianapolis
D. H. Slinkard
Bynum
Newberry
Jane Killian
Local residents report moves and meetings across farms and towns
Friendship resident Oscar Keller built a new barn on his farm. Ezza Layman visited Washington township with his parents. Amanda O'Donald sold cattle to Ed Dobbs in Scotland. Locals attended the Old Settlers meeting at Odon. Earl Barter and wife plan a new home nearby. John Macfarland and wife traveled to Ohio for a job. Ezza Laymon and wife have moved.
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Oscar Keller
Ezza Layman
Washington Township
Amanda O’donald
Ed Dobbs
Scotland
Old Settlers
Odon
Earl Barter
John Macfarland
Ohio
Ezza Laymon
Teachers attend institute in Bloomfield this week
Newberry reports teachers attending a regional institute in Bloomfield. Several residents, including Russel Hindman of Plainville and Miss Winifred Slinkard, plan a Friday recital at the Lutheran church. Family visits and local outings feature among week’s news across multiple towns.
Community Visit In Solsberry and Nearby Towns
Mrs Beard of Solsberry visited her son Victor Beard and wife, in town Mrs Belle Leavitt of Lyons visited sister Mrs Al Workman. Herchel Workman of Linton visits uncle Al Workman. Ice cream party at George Warren's drew locals. Various visits by Edwards, Heaton, Gilpen, Workman, and Hayes families reported through the week.
Annual Meeting at Old Sylvania Church
The Sylvania church holds its regular annual meeting next Sunday September 2 at the Old Sylvania log church. Rev. Brown will preach in the forenoon and Elder J A Spencer in the afternoon as worshippers join in song and social fellowship at the historic site.
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Sylvania Church Organization
Old Sylvania Log Church
Old Log Church
Brown
J. A. Spencer
Indiana Areas Report Local Notables and Accidents
Across Indiana towns, officials project courthouse yard tomato plants. Elwood buys new lodge building. infantile paralysis in Muncie. trains collide without injuries in Tipton. drownings, injuries, and deaths occur in multiple cities. Notable appointments, resignations, and community events also noted from Richmond to Marion.
Death's Toll Recalls Two Local Citizens and Their Families
Obituary notes John W. Pryor of Freedom and Mathias Sharr of Highland Township. Pryor, 56, died after a prolonged illness connected to diabetes and blood poisoning. buried in Worthington after services at his home. Pryor left a wife and daughter, active in Greene County bar and local politics. Sharr, a prosperous farmer and stock raiser, died August 29 and will be buried in Cincinnati, where his parents rest. he is praised as a model citizen from Center township.
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John W. Pryor
Web
Freedom
Worthington
Greene County
Owen County
W. R. Cravens
Guy Dyer
Mathias Sharr
Highland Township
Cincinnati
Center Township
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Richmond
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Lawrenceburg
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Monon Road
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Princeton
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Randolph
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Southern Railway
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Alexandria
Bertis Bartram
Lafayette
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Columbia City
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Indiana Methodist Conference
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Decatur County Teachers’ Institute
Wabash
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Thomas Paine
Ciizen
W. Fr. O'Brien
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Sutow
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William Krise
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
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Red Cross Society
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