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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
11
Mrs Faye Perkins and family visit Carrs of Sullivan. Church social duties and numerous guests fill weekends in Lebanon Kirklin Sheridan and Frankfort areas. Family visits, picnics at Salem, and community events mark a busy period across Madison and Clinton counties with many local residents hosting relatives and attending services.
Clair Bratton and A. E. Martin attended socials in Jamestown and New Maysville while families from Danville Indiana and Pleasant View visited. Threshing ring at No 8 elected Sumner Owens of Advance as next year’s thresher. Several residents traveled to Thorntown and Browns Valley for visits and medical care at Williams Hospital in Lebanon.
Mr and Mrs John Doiley and Horace Ransdall with Thomas traveled to Minnois to visit Charles Robertson and family. Ivan Hancock from Rogaton visits L M Hancock and family. Sunday guests with Mrs Louvina Eaton include Willie Eaton and family Asbury Williams and children Helen and Oren and Miss Mary Lemon. Mrs Fern Matthews and son from Indianapolis spend a few days with sister Mrs Horry.
Sunday dinner guests at Rev. D. C. Coy and others are listed with many families visiting Lebanon and Russiaville circles. The record names include Brindle, Straughny, Faulkenberry, Hedge, Hopkins, Creasy, Graham, Beck, Hunt, Lasley, Richardson, Martin, Adams, Forbes, Truitt, Beck, Campbell, Love, Coolus, Stephenson, Evans, Marlow, Phillips, Perkins, and Mounts among various towns and weekends away.
Sylvester Cunningham and family spent Friday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Thurman Groover of Whites Town. Grant Stevens of Danville Indiana and Mary Ann Cavin with Henry Cavin and two sons visited James Hall and family Sunday. Mrs Laura Hardesty and daughter Sylvester stayed with John Hardesty near Marion. Elijah White and wife from Indianapolis visited Elias Lees for a few days. Mrs Carrie Cavin and two sons Moncil Pelaski and Lawrence Eugene Bal Hall spent Wednesday at Jim I.
THORNTOWN R. R. No. 18, OU McDonald and family visited Sunday with James Spencer and family at Sewarts chapel. John Grizzle and family of Montgomery county were the Sunday guest of Henry Shelton and Bidd Shelton and family. Earl McDonald of Frankfort spent Monday night with his brother Op pill and family. Albert Miller of Lebanon visited his brother Will and family Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Mathew Strong and daughter Lette went to Crawfordsville Saturday. Several from here attended the ice cream supper at Shannondale Saturday night. Mrs. Cloe Butler and son Donald were the guest of John Butler and wife Friday night. The new Lutheran Matthew Strong and family spent Sunday at Beckville the guest of Arthur Buscott and family. Matthew Strong and family and Lyle Miller attended the party at R. M. Kaye's of R. R. No. 17, Monday.
Center Grove and others spent weekends visiting kin and friends in Darlington and Lebanon. A Tennessee reunion invites attendees on August 16 in Darlington, with many locals hosting or visiting relatives and attending social gatherings at Tom Jones’s and with neighbors and church groups.
Glasgow and nearby towns share a busy week of camp meetings and family visits. Regular services are planned in Cynthiana next weekend while residents travel to and from Indianapolis, Liberty, and Carterville. Notables include T B Van Sweringen, Samuel Whitemore, Lizzie Murphy, Florence Burton, and the Norwood clan.
Mildred Stottler and Corinne Green visited Mrs Ellen Hill near Hazelreg on Sunday. Lafollette and family with John Randel spent Sunday with W H Staffords. Lou Dinsmore and children Myrtle Russel and Ernest of Milledgeville visited with Ol Caldwell and Lon Taylor and family. Albert Cox Bruce Cox and families spent Sunday with Ray Taylors. Rev Homer Dale of Lebanon preached at the Christian church Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Swisher of Crawfordsville spent Sunday with Edgar Brace.
Miss Winona Atherton of Indianapolis spends a few days with cousins Doris and Dorothy Beck and John Johnson and wife of Hendricks county. Tuesday last week she joined W. A. Shirley and wife. Red Ace Picnic at Whitestown drew many locals, with Carson and family from Shelbyville visiting Charles Herr and Will Slagle and wife near Fayette. Miss Catherine Sheridan also appeared with John Herr and family.
fragmentary note records that a person named Gansley Slaton from Copta ville Indiana visits her parents Morf Allen and family in Gadsden Indiana and Orear Sparke involvement remains unclear.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Gray host Cecil Sparks and wife for a weekend visit while a baby stayed with Otis Gray and wife of Indianapolis and Mr and Mrs Clair Staton and son Irvin Leon visiting the Latters minor courts.
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