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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
3
Individual notices of visits and gatherings fill the page. People like John Haywood Anna Foster Fay Allen and more are listed with neighbors and relatives. A baptism and church services are reported alongside a scrap iron sale at 60 cents per cwt.
Mr and Mrs Frank Gilpen visited at A L Gwinnups Tuesday. G H Hendren Jr spent last Thursday night with his brother C C Hendren and family. Miss Bertha Pearson returning from Bloomfield to stay with her uncle Jim Hash. Mrs Homer Combs and children Dale and Mary Gale of Newberry visiting at Aaron Combs. Robert D Hendren left for Indiana polis for a high school commencement. Sunday visitors at H Hashs included Mrs Sam Flater and children George Ruby Van Slyke and Marie Shipman.
Miss Leora Blaker attended a gathering at Linton Monday and Miss Grace Killinger entered a show at Bloomington the same day. Visitors include Miss Eva DeVilbiss to her aunt Mrs Fmery Neidigh on Friday and Mrs Tara Warren with her son Chalmer of Coen over Sunday. James Taylor visited Bloomington relatives Sunday. The Larkin Club met Tuesday at Mrs Cree Carroll’s. Mrs Josephine Wilkey of Bloomfield visits her son Charles and wife. Mrs Mary Taylor attended Bloomfield church Sunday and visited sister Mrs Hays. John Killinger and wife with David Seward and wife were Sunday visitors at Will Killinger’s. Margaret Workman and Claude Workman and Grandma Phipps dined with Bernard Workman. Mr. and Mrs. Guy H Humphreys and children visited Cree Carroll family. Hulda Carroll visited then left Monday. Mrs Winnie Newsom of Mattoon and Mrs Winnie Drake of Worthington visited Emery Neidigh and wife Monday and stayed overnight with aunts Rachel, Margaret and Cass Neidigh. 60c per ent. J H Woodhouse.
Reports from Dutch Ridge note extensive corn replanting. The day’s arrivals include Troy Mood visiting Hobhieville and Claude Combs transporting spokes to Bloomington. Other locals Ira Parker, Hubert Sparks, and families visited Mood or Combs, with several passes through the area.
John W Mood visited Stanford on Monday. John A Hawkins conducted business at William Sparks' on Friday. Mrs Marion Johnson and Mrs Ava Johnson traveled to Cincinnati on Monday. Ensley Weaver and Ethel passed through town Sunday en route to Stanford. Alain Scott Miss and Ada Faucett with children attended a Stanford children exercise Sunday night.
Tulip Elza Watson visited Bloomfield and several locals were here Monday. Coen residents Harley Conder and Riley Lucas called on Ira Corwin and Mary Bland with others. Bloomfield visitors included Mrs Verda Flory and Mrs John Flory and Mrs Anna Shertzer with her daughter Bessie Shertzer.
Mrs H D Slinkard and Winifred travel to Clay City. Chris Thomas and family from Linton visit. river remains at a seventeen foot stage for weeks. Obituary details burial in Illinois. Bloomington summer plans for Winifred Slinkard Ruth Quackenbush. various relatives visit and attend graduation. Deck brothers plan Oklahoma summer with mother. J Woodhouse notes 60c per entry.
Local residents frequent Bloomfield and nearby towns with visits, homecomings, and errands. Notable movements include Harve Laughlin and Irwin Long visiting Bloomfield, Henry Jackson and Mrs Jackson traveling to Dresden, and Everett Spinks purchasing a cow from Henry Jackson. The community reports a rusty nail injury to Mrs. Samuel Wright, a revival by Rev. H C Collins from Freedonia, and Emma Stultz recovering from diphtheria. An overflow from Plum mer creek disrupts farm life, while Fern Ashcraft attends Kirby High School graduation.
Blanch Ferguson mentions a class member. Edith Corbin Murphy leaves Saturday morning to join her husband in Flint Michigan where he works. The community expresses sorrow at her departure.
Local residents report visits and movements from Ridgeport to Bloomfield Switz City Linton and Cincinnati. Bible agent O L Hackmay sold books Tuesday. Rev Ogden Burch to preach Saturday night June 16.
Sunday and Saturday visits crowded local life with Charles Dumond and Albert Noel dropping in, churchgoers from Liberty and White Hall gathering, and many families sharing dinners and outings. Neighbors from McHaley, Minks, Burks, and Browns joined relatives across Vilas and Linton in a busy period of travel and visits.
Moses Stancombe and family visited Oron Foster on a Sunday. Mrs. Nelson Frey and Miss Nellie Thompson traveled to Bloomfield on Thursday. Gene Hayden did carpenter work for Clina Hasler near Lester last week. Hazel Thompson stayed with Maude Hayden last Sunday. Charles Cullen returned to work at Linton after a short absence.
Delbert Denny and Ray Jamison of Scotland were in the area Sunday morning. Miss Mary McGinnis visited her sister in Linton, Mrs. E. V. Mitchell, last Sunday. Mildred Faucett spent the weekend at Bloomington with Miss Frances Huffman. Hazel Hartt of Fort Wayne arrived Monday night to see Miss Mina Blackmore. Red Men lodge members from this locality attended union memorial services in Bloomfield last Sunday. Leon Anderson and wife and their young daughter from near Aledo, Ill., stayed with William Murphy’s family for a few days. Mrs. Clifford Easter and two children returned to Terre Haute last Sunday after a two-week visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard Dowden.
Mrs Blanch Holt spends vacation with local relatives. Sydney Catron and niece Lois visited Newberry Sunday. Floyd Hartling family and Hazel Hartling spent Sunday at T C Lester’s. Hazel Hartling Ellen Hartling and Blanche Holt visited Mrs Sarah Creighton Monday. George Lester, wife, Jason Huffman and family attended the Odd Fellows and Red Men Decoration service at Bloomfield Sunday.
A stream of short notices lists residents and visitors: Hoke in Bloomfield, Carl Johnson and W J Vandeventer in Bloomfield, Verna Bowersock in Newark, and others like Ruth Ferguson, Hazel Wells, and Sherman Wells. Weekly social calls, church attendance, and small trips between Bloomfield Newark Calvertville and Ridgeport are recorded.
The column lists names of residents and visitors including the Bland, Arthur, Wells, and Livingston families, preaching services scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, and notes on farming for tomatoes. Also mentions visits to Bloomfield and Calvertville, and community gatherings with Baptism and church attendance details.
George Morrison was arrested in Vincennes and sent to Greene County Sheriff for skipping a bootlegging fine. A Greene Circuit Court notice asks non resident Willard Grounds to appear September 3, 1917, in a divorce action under Daily Grounds, with clerk E. Kirby Ashcraft issuing the summons.
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