Local notes of visits and movements around Bloomfield
A collection of brief mentions shows residents visiting relatives and friends across Bloomfield and nearby areas. Names include O P Thomas, Reuben Borter, Harley Strauser, Lola Walls, Clarice Miller, Wayne Gilbreath, Susie Stafford, Helen Barter, Margaret Autrey, Minnie Jolliff, Doris Barter, Charley Skemp, W R Cravens, John Miller, Dobbins, Etna and Mary Brown, Celia Bruner, Lizzie Frye, George Coley, Lum Brown, Everett Maners, Homer Cox, Retta Cox, Mamie Camden, Loran Burks, Albert Noel, and others as they travel, host, or visit over recent weeks. The entries note hospital trips, farm duties, cattle pasturing, and social gatherings across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Etna
Mary Brown
Enoch Brown
Celia Bruner
Lizzie Frye
Rockford
Ill
George Coley
Lum Brown
Everett Maners
Charles Brown
Homer Cox
Indianapolis
Ben Cox
Retta Cox
Mamie Camden
Loran Burks
Albert Noel
Adel
Church Event and Social Gatherings Around Nebo and Newberry
Charley Emery was at Newberry on business. Several attended the singing at Nebo Thursday night. There will be church at Nebo Sunday night May 6 at 7 30. Mrs Julia Anderson and son Guy were at Newberry Tuesday. Mrs Raif Walls spent Saturday with Mrs Thomas Townsend. Millie and Alice Barker spent Tuesday with Lillie Graham and Chloe Kern. Dr John McNabb of Elnora is visiting his daughter Mrs Mollie Henderson. Mr and Mrs Lewis Eaton and family spent Sunday with James Graham and daughter. Mrs James Graham and son James are visiting her son and daughter at Jasonville this week. Robert Denny returned home Tuesday after visiting relatives at Jasonville. Misses Minnie Denny Nora Plummer Golda Townsend and Chloe Kern spent sturdy night with Lillie Graham. Mr and Mrs Wilbert Henderson and son Lavern spent from Sunday until Monday with Mrs Hendersons parents. Mrs Raif Walls and son returned to Indianapolis Sunday after visiting her mother Mrs W M Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Emery
Newberry
Nebo
Julia Anderson
Guy
Raif Walls
Thomas Townsend
Millie
Alice Barker
Lillie Graham
Chloe Kern
John McNabb
Elnora
Mollie Henderson
Lewis Eaton
James Graham
James
Jasonville
Robert Denny
Minnie Denny
Nora Plummer
Golda Townsend
Wilbert Henderson
Lavern
Indianapolis
W. M.townsend
Wiley Ray
Bloomfield
Taylor Holtsclaw
John Bays
Logan Fuller
Sherman Hash
David Bays
Henry Holtsclaw
Verma Burch
Park
Ogdon Burch
Pleasant Ridge
Newt Holtsclaw and Son
Freeland
Isaac Bingham
John Burch
Herman Andrews
Coen
C. C. Sizemore
Milton Linthicum
Harrodsburg
Dock Linthicum
Riley Ray
John Anderson
Solsberry
James Henson
Elijah Hamlin
Ogden Burch
Albert Holtsclaw
Plummer
Newt Holtsclaw
Jonas Aland
John Flynn
Social Roundup in McVille Area Strikes Local Winds
McVille residents recount a windstorm last Monday night while neighbors visit relatives in Spencer and Hendricksville. Events include Miss Faye Sims visiting Mrs. Guy Gibson and multiple Sunday calls among local families such as the Coles, Livingstons, and Malicoats.
Sunday and weekday calls thread Ridgeport community notes
Ridgeport residents report visits by Wiley Ray Taylor Holtsclaw Logan Fuller and others to friends and relatives around Bloomfield Pleasant Ridge and Solsberry. Churchgoers attended Sharkey and Pleasant Ridge services. a mad dog incident led to a fatal shot and rabies tests in Bloomfield.
Local Social Roundup Notes From Linton Area
Sunday visits and stays light up Linton as Ona Stareup, Jewie Frye, Marguerite Heaton, Edith Banard, Irene Heaton and others share calls with relatives. Family travel includes Floyd Heaton with Robert Denman and a carpentry task by Abner Casner for Walter Lowder.
Furnace Church Events Mention May Dates
Malissa Pafford visiting Bedford home folks. Furnace church preaches Saturday night May 5 and Sunday. Furnace school house hosts a debate Friday night May 4. Grace Bynum Mary Ockerman Sarah and Belle Coppin Nelle Riddle took teachers' exam at Linton Saturday. Neighbors hosted dinner for Mr and Mrs Sam Pafford Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malissa Pafford
Bedford
Furnace Church
D. M. Bynum
Sampson Terrell
Furnee School
Grace Bynum
Mary Ockerman
Sarah and Belle Coppin
Nelle Riddle
Linton
Sam Pafford
Anniversary greetings and social visits noted
In honor of their thirty third wedding anniversary Grace Bynum and Norvell Ocker visited at the home of George Blackmore on Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Sampson Terrell entertained a number of friends and neighbors Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Bynum
Norvell Ockerman
George Blackmore
Mrs
Sampson Terrell
Local notes of travels, weather, and town events
L H Killian visits Indianapolis Tuesday. Lightning killed six hogs for W T Hasler Monday. Eph Inman goes to Saline City to run the RR station. Jas E Wesner returns from Evansville to visit family. Taxes due May 7 or delinquent. E W Edington of Sandborn hopes for Newberry people. Charles Herron mill smokestack blown down Monday night and rebuilt. Sopho and Juniors Seniors banquet Friday night. Jack Inman leaves for Indianapolis then Mississippi with sister Lila. William Richardson new marshal in Newberry. Cromwell Deck surprise party for his birthday at Emil Slinkard’s. Mrs Lulu Pitman, Maggie Quackenbush shop in Terre Haute. Dr Otha Dobbins from Wheeler visits for sister Mrs John Miller. Elmer Killian family visit W D Killian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Killian
Indianapolis
W. T. Hasler
Eph Inman
Saline City
R. R
Jas. E. Wesner
Evansville
E. W. Edington
Sandborn
Newberry
Charles Herron
Jack Inman
Lila
Roy Owen
Mississippi
William Richardson
Cromwell Deck
Emil Slinkard
Lulu Pitman
Maggie Quackenbush
Terre Haute
Bennett
Howard
Everett Quackenbush
Otha Dobbins
Wheeler, Ind
John Miller
Elmer Killian
W. D. Killian
Local Visits and Church Notice From Camp Branch Area
Camp Branch area residents made visits to relatives in Solsberry Bloomfield and nearby towns on Monday and Sunday. Households includes Messimore Ferguson Britton Bland Cox and Dailey families. A Gaston church gathering is announced for Saturday night with speakers End.
Campground Visitors and Neighborhood News
Mrs Angie DeVilbiss and son Fred of Bloomfield visited Emery Neidigh and wife Sunday. Mrs Tara Warren attended the Larkin Club meeting. Ralph Taylor and Mr and Mrs R Hays of Bloomfield attended a funeral Sunday. Mr and Mrs James Moses moving into Milford Green house. Mollie Taylor visiting daughter Mrs Claude Grounds at Bicknell returned home Sunday. Walter Blaker of Terre Haute visited his parents and his son Ray accompanied him for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie DeVilbiss
Fred
Bloomfield
Emery Neidigh
Tara Warren
Larkin Club
Bernard Workman
Ralph Taylor
R. Hays
James Moses
Milford Green House
Mollie Taylor
Claude Grounds
Bicknell
Walter Blaker
Terre Haute
Dave Blaker
Ray
Local notes and visits in Bloomfield area
SHARKEY Mrs John Abrams is on the sick list. Rainy weather continues. Fern Combs trip to Bloom. Fred Combs ill but improving. Mrs Alice Fuller visited Bloomfield Monday. Cary Fuller traveled through Saturday. Olivena Bradley called on C C Henderson Monday evening. Miss Eva Wright stayed with Fern Combs Sunday. Troy Fuller visited his sister Mrs William Wright Saturday. Miss Lucinda Wright visited Esther Gwinnup Saturday evening. Olivena Bradley and Eva Wright
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Abrams
Fern Combs
Bloomfield
Fred Combs
Alice Fuller
Cary Fuller
Olivena Bradley
C. C. Hendren
Eva Wright
Troy Fuller
William Wright
Lucinda Wright
Esther Gwinnup
Social visits fill Bloomfield and surrounding homes
Sunday and Friday social calls tied together by families in Bloomfield and nearby farms. The record notes visits to Wrights and Shipmans, along with a Bloomington accountant couple visiting their son Curtis Hendren. An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bland died Tuesday evening with funeral held Wednesday at George Frye’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Shipman
William Wright
Lucinda
Bloomfield
Alvin Gwinnup
Fanny Wright
Eva Wright
Fern
Grace Combs
Mildred Sparks
George D. Shipman’s
Fanny
Wright
Jennie Bunch
Olivena Bradley
Edith Hash
Johnnie Inman
Wm. Wright’s
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Guests
Antioch Chester Hamlin visited Tulip to see relatives. Edgar Hayden and Joseph Cullen stayed with Wendell Emery on Sunday. Mrs P F Frey and daughter Neva spent Sunday night with kin at Bloomfield. Mrs Charles Cullen returned after a visit at Linton and Bloomfield. Mina Foster visited her aunt Mrs William Byers in Richland township. Harrison Floyd and family visited his brother Everett Floyd in Richland township. Mollie McGinnis went to Linton for a few days with daughter Mrs E V Mitchell. Mrs Wallace Taber and children left for Greene Bay Wisconsin. Mr Taber located there. Mrs Charles Cuthrell and Mrs Alfred Faucett called on Mrs A H Mantell near Mineral. Mrs William Murphy celebrated her fifty seventh birthday with a dinner for about twenty five friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hamlin
Tulip
Edgar Hayden
Jospeh Cullen
Wendell Emery
P. F. Frey
Neva
Bloomfield
Charles Cullen
Linton
Mina Foster
William Byers
Richland Township
Harrison Floyd
Everett Floyd
Mollie McGinnis
E. V. Mitchell
Wallace Taber
Greene Bay
Wis
Taber
Charles Cuthrell
Alfred Faucett
A. H. Mantell
Mineral
William Murphy
Local residents and visitors trail through Eagle Nest and surrounding towns
A sequence of brief notes records Bennie Allen George Frye and others passing through Eagle Nest Solsberry Newark and Bloomfield across Thursday to Sunday. Visitors include the Bland, McDaniel, Wells, Turley, Hoke, and Hamilton families along with several named hosts and families visiting relatives and engaging in shopping, photography, or dining.
Community Notes From Newark and Surroundings
Residents and visitors in and around Newark shared a weekend of family visits and social calls. Names mentioned include Ruth Ferguson, P. C. Camden, Frank Hanson, Barbara Dugger, Susie McDaniel, Verna Bowersock, Laura Camden, and Helen Sparks. A gravel road petition was presented by L R Cagner to extend toward the township line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Ridge
Ruth Ferguson
P. C. Camden
Frank Hanson
Newark
Ivan Wells
Eliza Heaton
Coen
Luther Frye
Mildred Kenneth
Bernice
George Frye
Verna Bowersock
Laura Camden
Susie McDaniel
Barbara Dugger
Orpha Bland
Frederick
Stella Padgett
Sherman Wells
Henry McDaniel
Ollie Wells
L. R. Cagner
Social Notes From Indiana Towns
Mrs Dan Page visited in Midland and Mrs Mary Watson visited in Terre Haute Tuesday. Okie Gabbard and family moved to Jasonville. Mrs W A Barton of Jasonville was here Tuesday. Miss Helen Sahms guest of friends in Jasonville Tuesday. Mrs Will Davidson hosting Clarion Club Friday. Mr and Mrs Harry Lawrence visited friends in Indianapolis Monday. Mrs Ralph Crews and Miss Blanch Smith spent Sunday in Bloomfield. Mrs Thomas Shouse to host College Hill Club Thursday. Mr and Mrs Hostetter and daughter Pearl of Midland were here. Grace Moss visited her parents at the county jail Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Page
Midland
Mary Watson
Terre Haute
Okie Gabbard
Jasonville
W. A. Barton
Helen Sahms
Will Davidson
Clarion Club
Harry Lawrence
Indianapolis
Ralph Crews
Blanch Smith
Bloomfield
Thomas Shouse
Camp at Brink of Volcano in Hawaii Draws Army Praise
Hawaii Topics notes the proposed military camp near Kilauea atop 4000 feet, praised by US army officials as ideal. Officers design the layout, several buildings completed, tents for crews, stores delivered daily, with opportunities for rest and recreation. A health and vacation station is also proposed to relieve monotony at barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilauea
Hawaii
United States Army
Hawaii National Guard
Navy
Recovery of coal from ashes used in Dutch war fuel Shortage
In Holland wartime fuel scarcities prompt a ash recycling method. Refuse is ground and sieved into four sizes, then separated in basins with heavier liquid where lighter coke and unburned coal rise to the surface. Recovered fuel is dried and used. heavier material may be repurposed for concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Proved Fuller-Thazzo Honest After All
A terse claim asserts Full-I admitted to no intention to repay a ten-spot borrowed two years ago. The comment labels Old Hardupp as honest, with a contrasting claim about Fuller-Thazzo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardupp
Fuller—Thazzo
Spring fever and creative energy in the season
The New York Medical Journal argues spring fever is natural and to be cultivated not suppressed. It notes lassitude is expected and that energy shifts elsewhere, urging vigorous creative effort to sustain vitality year round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Medical Journal
Battle flag of Cortes arrives in San Antonio
The San Antonio Light reports the battle flag of Hernan Cortes is now in San Antonio. The flag, a rare historical relic, is owned by Senor Ernesto Fernandez y Arteaga of 520 West Euclid Street, a former Mexican minister to Honduras. It has rested in his family for nearly a century and is documented in private papers and Mexican archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Cortez
Mexico
Tenochtitlan
San Antonio
Senor
Ernesto Fernandez Y Arteaga
Euclid Street
Honduras
Madero
Umbrella Hunt at Vanderbilt Hotel Turns Comical
An elderly man caused a scene at the Vanderbilt hotel in New York over a coat check and an umbrella. After a long search through 26 umbrellas, the man finally realized his umbrella was on his own coat sleeve, and the hat flew off as his hat hit the floor and rolled away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt Hotel
New York
New Peas and Beans Showcase Keeneys Stringless Beans
In New York a 60 year old dynamo, C N Kee ney, is credited by World's Work with evolving finer peas and beans for America. He created the first stringless bush beans over thirty years ago and has since introduced nearly twenty varieties, all without strings in varied colors and shapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
C. N. Keeney
Pavements From Straw Patent Pitches Durable Surface
A Toronto inventor J E Clark claims a resilient dustless sanitary waterproof pavement made from straw corn stalks sugar cane and wood chips boiled with water pressed to remove water and heated with asphalt bitumen or binding material then compressed and sun hardened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E. Clark
Toronto
Proof of the Fact in Court Keeps Motive Questionable
A defendant testifies he stole a complainant's watch to save time, claiming an economy motive. The judge questions the justification as the court weighs intent and character in the theft case.
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. P. Thomas
Reuben Borter
Dr. Bowman
Odon
Roy Borter
Harley Strauser
Frank Woodhouse
Henry Barter
Lola Walls
Clarice Miller
Wayne Gilbreath
Illinois
Susie Stafford
Helen Barter
Margaret Autrey
Joe Wier
Minnie Jolliff
Scotland
Julia Anderson and Son
Simpson Chapel
Doris Barter
Washington Township
Charley Skemp
Thomas Jolliff
W. R. Cravens
Dobbins
MT. Nebo
McVille
Melvin Sims
Spencer
Charley Burks
Oscar Sims
Faye Sims
Guy Gibson
Sunbeam
Salem Church
Claude Livingston
Jay Brown
Eph Bruner
Rassie Malicoat
Charles Minks
Owen Eller
Charley Eller
Edna Brown
Hendricksville
Hade Cox
Vesta Smith
Johnny McHaley
Oliver McHaley
John
Virgil
Nellie Coley
Ridgeport
Ed Minks
Floyd Heaton
Oaklens
Carl Heaton
Near Mineral
Inez Pirtle
K. O. Campbell
Taylor Pirtle
Will Laughlin
Wilter Louder
Earl
Kenneth Campbell
Clyde Dale
Elmer Messimore
Fred Arthur
Theo. Ferguson
Walter Ferguson
Earl Britton
Elwren
Lebert Hamilton
Roland Bland
Ona Campbell
Cuma Britton
Paul Britton
Orpha Frye
Lizzie Dailey
Baby
Anna Ferguson
Daisy Ferguson
Clifford Ferguson
Lem Cox
Minnie Bland
Chas. Jett
Herbert Stanley
Gaston Church
Elmer Watkins
Jake McDaniel
Joe Arthur
John Watkins
Sharkey
Antioch
EAGLE
Bennie Allen
Ivan Hoke
Francis Turley
Wayne Bland
Terrence Hoke
Jacob McDaniel
Hygia Wells
Ella Hamilton
John, Jacob
Dan McDaniel
Tinker Campbell
Martin Bland
Roscoe Long
T. C. Ferguson
Eva
Jewey Bland
Luther Bland
John R. Sullivan
Friend Resler
Cora Watkins
Barbara Arthur
Cliften
Fern Wells
Hurston
Helen Helms
John W. Watkins
John F. Arthur
Even Helms
Edward Wells
Jot Helms
Ellen Helms
John F. Arthur’s
Curtis
James Shaffer
Cortez
San Antonio, Tex
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