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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
11
Community members from Dover and nearby towns attend gatherings at Hazelrigg, Bratton, and McKern homes. Many relatives and friends share dinners, birthdays, and church events. Limned are illnesses, farm updates, and a new church bell installation amid a busy social week.
ELIZAVILLE and surrounding towns showcase family visits and gatherings as ELIZAVILLE residents host relatives from Lebanon and nearby areas. A ten pound girl Edith Gertrude arrives for Mr and Mrs William Sadler of Pri day July 10, with neighbors and kin sharing meals and calling on families throughout the week.
Mrs Neva Rash and daughter Martha from Holmes Station spent Friday with Mrs Arthur Powell. Mr and Mrs Asbury Williams were Saturday guests of Harry Howard and family. Mr and Mrs T W Dooley of Bilzaville and Horace Ransdall and family visited John Dooley and family Sunday. John Brown and wife took dinner with Charles Kora and wife.
Local notes list Miss Bessie Hall Dallas Mrs Anna Glendenning and baby Evelyn Rosalind Shepardsville James Hall and family dining with Wesley Lawrence and others. Several residents including Mrs Mary Cavin Miss Belle Ross and Ellen Ross are mentioned alongside outings with families in Lebanon Elwood Holmes Station Bear Pond and Cent er. A.Dair and Cavin relatives visit. many social calls and a family death noted.
Around the station lists social visits through Sunday with Mr and Mrs J W Marsh and children Brian Arthur and Dorothy visiting John Shanks in Frankfort. Numerous families from Indianapolis Lebanon and Euzaville are noted visiting relatives. Mrs Florence Moberly of Shelbyville and W C T U host events. Rev George Jones and daughter Doris are mentioned with Labor and Ming households.
Zionsville headlines include the July 9 nuptials of Clyde Oliver Sanders and Hazel May Stultz officiated by Rev. Homer Dale and plans to reside near J. W. Brendel's south of town. Indianapolis figures Ralph Carter, Isaac Norwood, Dr. J. H. Deer, and M. C. A. band among visitors and events, with social gatherings at the Christian church and multiple familial reunions across Trader's Point Clermont and Sheridan.
R Bell and Mr and Mrs Oscar Sparks attended the funeral of a relative at Frankfort on Saturday. Miles Helen Booher is mentioned in association with the event in a fragmentary line.
Mrs. Mose Beck has recovered from illness. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Maze visited east of Lebanon with Emory Maze relatives. W Lane family attended Mrs. Jane Bowman funeral at Advance. Steve Beck of Indianapolis visited Mose Beck family. Mrs. Ira Scott of near Thorntown spent time with sister Mrs. Ernest Edrington. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kersey were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Long.
Clayton and Harold Gray attended the ice cream supper in Dover Saturday night and spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Cecil Sparks. Elmer Dinsmore and wife were guests of Mr and Mrs Ira Bradley. Charley Rader and family and Isaac Isenhour and family stayed with Jerome Rader and family. Grandma Silver of near Blizeville is ill. Mr and Mrs Fred Cooper visited Thomas Gray and family.
Emery Profits was in Lebanon on business Saturday. S. Z. Billingsly and family and R. D. Billingsly spent Saturday in Lebanon. Rush Billingsly visited his grandparents J. D. Knox and wife near Stewart's Chapel. Jonathan Cox and Charles Hammond and wife of Frankfort spent Sunday with B. M. McClain and family.
Misses Pearl Sanders and Letha Bramslett spent Sunday with Cube Caldwell. Merle Smith and family of Frankfort visited Sunday with Sarah Graham and family. Shas Merrick and family of Indianapolis visited James Proffitt's Saturday night and Sunday. Opal Coulson of Indianapolis visiting this week. A J Rader visited his brother Joe Pyles near Seymour from Friday until Sunday. Bethel boys won their game at home Sunday.
The report notes the largest purchase ever placed in Jamestown and addition of up-to-date machinery as the company anticipates big business. Dr. Leslie Harlan, a recent graduate from Indianapolis Dental College, opens a Jamestown dental office with an excellent college record tying for highest honors. George Piersot and family spend two weeks at a cottage on Lake Manitou near Rochester after renting one.
Payette residents Elva Marsh and her sons Francis and Alonzo from Indianapolis visited recently with Mrs. Etta Marah and children Elza Fedigo and Mrs. Margaret Shirley who are listed as ill. Rev. Gill of Crawfordsville preached at Old Mt Taber last Saturday and Sunday and exchanged pulpits with Rev. Watkins. Mrs. Dan Ross's sister Mrs. Demott has been visiting. Susie Sullivan spent Sunday with her folks.
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