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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1917
Page
3
Correspondents record weekend visits and church activities across several families. Names include Aaron Combs Ruth Bland and Hun ter sisters. trips to Linton Salsberry Lyons Newark Worthington and Elwren. Y M C A meetings noted at Beech Antioch and Pleasant Bethel churches with multiple visitors.
Carl Hanson went to Bloomfield on Tuesday and Mr and Mrs John Flynn visited friends at Robison on Sunday. Ben Holtsclaw is doing carpenter work for Millard Dilley this week. M T Porter visited Ivan Hoke near Newark on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Harvey Wright visited Torrance Hoke and family on Wednesday. Theodore Ferguson John Ausman and son and D E Combs and wife were Sunday visitors at Angdon Burchs. Mr and Mrs Riley Ray visited Daniel Workman and family at Rev Angdon Burch who will preach at Don Fraters near Coen Saturday night Dec 1. Revival meetings here are well attended with growing interest and all are invited.
Gladys Loffland visited relatives at Park last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson visited relatives at Newark on Tuesday. Finis Mitchell and son of Linton spent Sunday night at Freel Bullock’s. Rev. Elrod stayed with John Loffland’s family from Sunday to Tuesday. Gladys Lewis of Solsberry stayed with Olive Crane from Friday night to Sunday. Tinker Campbell and family stayed Monday night with Paul Britton’s family. Mrs Ona Campbell and Mrs Paul Britton visited Mrs John Loffland Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs J W Johnson of Bloomfield stayed with Freel Bullock and Ed Crane families from Friday to Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Groomer visited daughters in Bloomfield on Saturday.
Mrs James Fiscus visits Mrs Nelson Martin on Thursday. The Falk children have scarlet fever. Walter Dyer attends church at Dutch Bethel Saturday night. Peoria Spangler visits Peoria Hubbell over weekend. T L Franklin begins shredding corn for farmers on Monday. William Britton and family call on Walter Dyer Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Simon Spangler visit William Smith and family. Fern Powell stays with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Powell Saturday night and Sunday. Lloyd Mitten visits his grandparents Calvin and Mrs Falk Saturday and Sunday. Henry Stinebaugh rents the Ogle farm west of Worthington and plans to move soon. Mr and Mrs Thomas Franklin and son Wilbur visit nephew Geo Coffey and family of Spencer last William Hickam and family attend grandmother Workman’s ninety second birthday at Spencer Sunday. Mrs Clarence Day and son Dwight of Elnora visit her parents in Arney vicinity. Several Spencer men canvas the township Friday night and Saturday for the election.
Social notes list numerous Sunday calls by SHARKEY and Eva Wright to Fern Combs and George Fuller, with visits by Mr and Mrs Porter in Bicknell, Mrs Doc Hardesty to her son George Fuller, and other family gatherings. Pupils visited George Carpenter's coal bank. Alvin Gwinnup built a kitchen for William Fuller and Fannie Wright visited with her sister Mrs Milton Bogard. Walter and Oscar Briles husked corn on the river west side. The Fullers and relatives called at Cal Holtsclaw's Saturday evening.
Miss Cleo Graves and several neighbors were in town this week visiting family and attending church. Box suppers and a Thanksgiving program at Coen and Frater schools were announced with invites to the community. Several extended family visits and travel through West Bloomfield, Jasonville, and Linton were noted.
A series of Sunday visits across Freelands ville and nearby towns shows a network of families and friends gathering at homes from Deans to Lyons. News includes a house fire at Perry Benefiel with a severely burned child and uninsured losses, and a community program featuring songs, recitations, a little play, and the honor roll honoring soldiers.
Residents report visits among families in Vincennes Lyons and Plummer while church services and school events frame weekend life. A Park and Walnut Grove box and pie supper raised over thirty dollars. Sunday school attendance increases as open missionary meeting draws a full house.
Mrs Alfred Faucett called on T C Lester last Tuesday. Lizzie Lester visited Mrs Clyde Kent. Rebecca Lester, recently ill, shows improvement. Staggers spent Sunday at Frances Lester's. DeMosses shopped at Bloomfield. Ed McElroy and family visited Raymond Lester. Pearl Irene and Irene Lester called on Leona McElroy. Clara Emery Maud Hayden visited Street school. Thomas Mackall and family visited Virgil Wesner near Newberry. Francis Jamison and son Van visited Sadie Clark. Lawrence Lester and Edna May visited Charles Lester. Geddes and Stone attended Henry Field sale near Lyons. Lee Stone and family spent Sunday with Dawson Stone at Newberry.
Mrs. Sarah Crabtree visits her son in Clay City while Riel Taylor and Harry Tryon suffer illness. C H C meets Thursday with Mrs. George Stafford. Miss Gertrude Pennington visits Terre Haute relatives. Mrs. J A Myers returns from Albany Illinois. Captain Roy Cooke heads to Camp Taylor after a brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. J Clinton return from Sullivan. William Page returns to Camp Taylor on furlough. Mrs. A A Thomas returns from Gosport. Moose Legion auxiliary to be organized here next Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Winders and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Archer visit Jasonville friends. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Travis and Maude return from Dana. Mr. and Mrs. K O Campbell and baby visit Bloomfield.
Friendship residents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Keller visited Linton last Tuesday amid wet fields delaying corn. Reuben Barter headed to Illinois to visit relatives. Bloomfield’s Charles Boswell and sons Curtis and Harry were in town. Cisco Clark of Coalmont spent weekend with family. Mrs. Mark Elsick of Newberry came to visit Mrs. Eva Hathaway. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson of Dog Island visited Elza Clark’s parents. Oliver Thomas attended Zack Garten’s funeral at Good Hope church. Cleve Clark and family spent Sunday with Lusta Waggoner and Frank Neff in New.
Families from Newberry, Evansville, and nearby communities visited relatives in town this Sunday. The gatherings included Mr and Mrs John Miller with Neat Tally, Edna Guthery and her two children visiting Clarence Westmorland, and Dr Joseph Wier with Edna Farnham and two children stopping by the farm. Also listed are visits from George Benham, Clyde Kent family, Jesse Page family, Zelma and Otha Page, Arthur Maddox and family, Parker Fankboner and wife, Ed Stalcup family, all of Worthington or Lyons, to dinner hosted by Eliza Thomas and her mother.
A legal classified note by MINOR F. PATE advertises abstracts as a way to avoid the cost of an action to quiet title. The message invites readers to call for more information about abstract services and title records.
Mrs. Lewis Wilkerson visits son Roy at Camp Taylor while Grandma Phipps returns from Linton. Grandparents Pirtle visit Halstead home, Mrs Mila Harrah and Mrs Henry Abrams see their parents J. B. Thompson. The Thompsons host Harvey Pearson while he works in Illinois. Workman families from Bloomfield call on Margaret Workman as Emery Neidigh and Eli Hollars urge neighbors to assist Henry Sparks whose home burned last week. For sale two milking cows Holstein and Jersey fresh January 1 L. H. Jones.
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