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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1914
Page
11
Country correspondence from Fayette and Jamestown areas reports visits among residents, sales near New Brunswick, hall games at Lebanon, and local gatherings. Notables include births, sickness, visitors from Colfax and Springfield, and multiple social calls. farm sales and hog butchering activity noted amid community life.
Mrs Sarah Pell was Sunday guest of Chas Clossin and family. Mrs Fanny Carrol and children were Thursday guests of Mrs Net Coy and Mrs Gnas Clossen and daughter Margery called on Mrs Daisy Mee Mannis Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Mosees Goodnight entertained Sunday at closer with many relatives. Belle Campbell was Tuesday night guest of Cora Clark. Helen Vandever visited Paulice and Olive Tucker Sunday. Maude Sample and daughter Marjory visited Net Coy Monday. Master Robert Williams visited sister Edith Perkins Sunday. John Silver and family visited Jean Stephenson and family Sunday. Protracted Baptist meetings will close Thursday night with good attendance. Mrs Dalay McManuals called on Mrs Fanny Carrol Monday.
Mrs Frank Huffman hosted Ard Society of the Methodist church last Wednesday. Fannie Berry and daughter visited Kt J Hine’s family. Lindsay Hine traveled to Indianapolis. Newton Hine was home ill last week. Lula Ege of Hamilton Ohio planned a visit to John and Mrs Ege. Thyra Yates family met Fred Killion nearby Fairview. John and Lula Ege and Frank Yates with Mary Bohannon. Wilda Zemor and Mrs Walner attended Ladies Aid with Mrs Heady. Minnis and Abba Yates attended church. John Ege and wife and Lala Ege visited John Groover and family.
Meeting closed Friday with five additions. Clarence Philipps works for Judge Tribbet. Baren Witt visited Leane Beck and family Thursday night. Ralph Neptune of near Lebanon spent Wednesday with Mrs. I M Beck and attended church. Sam Graham and son Ardig attended the sixteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Kendodie near Old Union. Leglto Beck and family, Mr and Mrs James Long and Roy Lucas visited Thursday with A Taylor family. Bert Titus entertained Mr and Mrs Robert Starke of Ladoga from Wednesday to Monday. Newt Beck and Delbert Beck spent Sunday together. Ethel Menning left for Ninots Tuesday after several weeks visit.
Sunday visits and family gatherings across towns. Names include J S McMullen Alfred Bowen Oakes Strain John Cross Vassal Cross L M Smith Carl illness Mrs Duke Merrick Jesse Davis Otto Shepherd Ella Shepherd Frank Mille Martin Loney Eli Rogers Fioella Smith Eli Rogers wedding announced February 18 Rush Umberhine Ethel Umberhine James Pu tinger Mrs James Connalson child death Charles Rogers Chalmer Gray H B Harting Charley Hodgen Rev Day Bunker Hill Christian church services and forthcoming lodge work in I C O F.
William Clark and family along with Aaron Virtue and Rey, George Stainbrook, Tig Hawkins, Srudy Myers, and others were hosted by Henry Scott and family for Sunday visits. Roscoe Pearson and Joseph Hawking hosted dinners. Roy Myers and Roe Hawking hosted guests. Mary Fancher and Titian Batley visited, Earnest Morris from Indianapolis stayed with Aston Virtue before returning home for weeks. Bert Neal hosted a Sunday dinner with William Stafford and Opal Hays visiting Opal Bannon.
Josue Hillock returned Friday from Hendricks county Minnesota after a week away. Mr and Mrs Ira Coupland and Ota Spear visited Artie Coupland and family on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Clark, Paddock, and Mr and Mrs Frank Wood spent Sunday together in a family social gathering.
The report notes a day last week when Gilbert Padgett and Dan Snow dined together and moved to the farm he bought near Horton. Artie Coupland with wife and son, Lowell and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Curnutt with daughter Thelma May visited John Gaddia and wife Sunday.
The Domestic Science club met at Mrs. Will Buntie's home on North Lebanon Street with hostesses Mrs. J R Balt Mrs. Chas Adair and Mrs. Buntin. Mim Buntin presented The Art of Candy Making with a candy centerpiece. Recipes and relish ideas followed including aspic molds spinach relish and cheese salads for household use.
Lebanon boys opened scoring and led throughout as they defeated an independent Zionsville eighth grade team 23 to 11 Friday night. A small crowd mostly Zionsville rooters watched. Lineup included Huskie, Lowe, Devis, Aullery, Geleit, Rosenstihl, Adams, Marsh, Egan, Dawson. Field goals totaled Adama 3, Davis 4, Egan 1, Huskie 1, Lowe 2, Aubery 1, Rosenstihl 1, Paul 1. Huskie 1 out of 3, Rosenauhl 3 out of 7.
Charles P. Drummond of St. Joseph county, a Democratic candidate for the Supreme Court fifth district, spent Saturday in Lebanon calling on local Democrats. Purdue student Miso Zella Morrison visited Lebanon Sunday, visiting cousin Mrs. H. L. Baker.
The state board of pardons will hear new clemency petitions at its March 23 meeting including the case of John James who shot and killed Pawel Beckner near Darlington in 1903. Witnesses say both men were intoxicated. James allegedly took Beckner's purse then fled toward his sister's house after the fatal shooting in the woods.
J P Gray for Hedgecock and Son files voluntary bankruptcy in federal court at Frankfort Indiana. Referee H C Sheridan to appoint a trustee and set a creditor meeting. Liabilities estimated at 12000 to 14000 with assets near equal, weather blamed for sales decline since taking charge in 1912.
Agricultural meetings led by R W Imet and C B Durham discuss spraying orchards and growing corn at Thorntown high school with strong attendance. Meetings continue at Elizaville, Farmers Club, Zionsville teachers, and county court house. The World Famous Colored Jubilee Singers drew a large crowd in Lebanon at the Grand, praised for education and travel. Dot Helms and Ray Helms announce daughter’s marriage to a Shoemaker. wedding held at Farmers Bank building with Rev Homer Dale officiating. The Shoemakers plan to reside on the groom’s farm.
A large audience enjoyed a rich program with splendid numbers and encores. Each singer delivered work suited to the melodies from plantation tunes to operatic selections, with voices praised for beauty and richness. The audience represented Lebanon’s music lovers.
George Houser, a wealthy Fountain County farmer near Wingate, was found dead in a cow barn manger with a broken neck. He had separated from wife Lavissa, who had moved to Lafayette to work at Loch & Hene. Houser lived with tenant William Tenyson. Neighbors and kin were alerted after he failed to return from a visit, and authorities presumed an accidental fall in the barn manger.
A garbage license was issued to George W Osbornns and Miss Anna Vaughn. Vaughn is identified as one of the Afgea girls who ran away from home and was apprehended after a recertification. Osbourne, a Thorntown youth, faced rape charges from affidavits by the girls and was released on his own recognizance. Andrew Arnold, another Thorntown youth, pled guilty to an assault charge and was fined $1 plus costs.
Mary Brown and Charles H Brown transfer pt parcels 2 3 4 and 5 in Jamestown to Kari and Irma Brown for 475 dollars. John H Schooler sells .25 acres in Lebanon to Thomas O Sicks for 2450 dollars. Sam Rank sells 3.50 acres in Jackson township to Jesse B Sparks for 472.50 dollars. Laura Aldridge transfers 99.55 acres in Sugar Creek to Charles R Armstrong. Frances Armstrong transfers 99 508 acres in Sugar Creek to Charles R Armstrong for 7500 dollars. Baron A Armstrong transfers 99 408 acres in Sugar Creek township to Charles R Armstrong for 33609 dollars.
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