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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
10
Milledgeville area social roundup reports numerous visits among the Williams, Eaton, Shirley, Campbell, Goodnight, Swope and Coy families. The piece notes guests from Lebanon, Brownsburg, Noblesville, Kirklin, Frankfort and Sheridan, plus a forthcoming ice cream festival at the Christian church and a Burma missionary lecture.
Miss Alpha Cavin improves after illness. Miss Bessie Hall of Dallas and James Hall visit Priscella Shaw family. Henry Cavin and kin host John and Matt Cavin for Sunday dinner during haymaking. Doll Fooher’s children visit Oral Cavin family. Ola Spriggs stays with Robinson and family.
Mrs. Geneva Rash hosted the Larkin club with attendees including Mrs. Mamie Neal Floy Neal Carrie Anderson and others. Several families from Indiana Ohio and Lebanon visited relatives in Elizaville and nearby towns. Dewey Akers joined a picnic at Antioch while Warren Neese from Indianapolis visited the Whitlow family.
Miss Lovell Utterback visited. Judie Wood and daughter with Mrs. R. B. Moore. Charley Lacey and children visited John Venard. Venard began carpentry on Salem M. E. church last Monday. Cornerstone laid Sunday with many attendees. dedication planned for late August. Church organized 1834, rebuilt twice, third remodeling. Venard and families visited Indianapolis relatives. others visited. Clover hay making noted. crop light due to dry weather. Carnaphis damages corn. Prof. Lon Burgin seen. Burgin named supervisor of East Chicago and Indiana Harbor schools with thirty-two teachers.
Zionsville residents Mabel Gregory and Nathan Swain attend the University of Chicago. W D McGuire has gone on a fishing trip. E W Davis, whose house burned recently, has begun the foundation for a new residence. Mrs Ora Hoover was guest Saturday of Mrs Minnie Letts and family. Mrs P M Lumpkin visited Sunday with Mrs Harriet Spear. Miss Non Davidson attends Mrs Eliza Blaker's school in Indianapolis. Mrs William Smithrapen visited Sunday with her son Orin Smith. Frank Roark of Indianapolis appears in town notes.
Dover Station Miss Ethel Titus of Thorntown visits A L Titus and family this week. Lyde and Edna Jaques of Brookville Franklin county Bertha Jaques of Progs Glory Mrs Harry Henry and John Jaques of Thorntown called on Mrs Nova and Lotta Bratton Wednesday. Walter McDaniel in Lebanon Tuesday. Lotta Bratton and son Charles visited George Crims Stop 123 Thursday. Charles E McClain and family and B L Sumpter in Lebanon Thursday. Gladys Kincaid visiting Curtis McClain and family near New Ross. William Smith of Lebanon visited A M Smith and wife Friday night. A T Jones shipped hogs to Indianapolis Thursday. Newton Jaques of Thorntown purchased cattle from A E Martin Friday. Charles E McClain and Walter McDaniels attended Horsethief Detective Association picnic at Ghas Young's near Dover Friday. Charles E McClain bought a new buggy in Lebanon Thursday. George Kincaid visited Saturday with Omer McClain. Mildred Emmert and family note the sick list. Clair Bratton and family visited in Indianapolis Saturday and Sunday. Mort Martin of Indianapolis visited Sunday with Adrian McClain. Carl Caldwell slowly improving.
Mrs. Carrie Bookerpent and others visited Providence for homecoming. Dale Shera and family attended Brunswick children exercise. Several groups hosted Milford Hedge and wife and others in Sunday gatherings. Rex Shera injures foot from nail. Edits include visits from Indianapolis and Ward area guests. Roy Russie's brick house under construction. Charles Dale buys mule after illness. Clyde Powell party returns from Columbus with good weather and roads.
Mrs John Ernest and daughter Stella and grandson visited Mrs Pete Shelly Sunday. C T Hopkins and family attended an ice cream supper at old Union Saturday night. Milford Hedge's visitors included Raymond Faulkenberry and sons Carl Hershel, A M Lucas and sons Howard and Howard, Sam Graham and Ardis, Silas Hall, Nancy Graham, Ellen Sloan Mattie Ida Graham Margarette Sloan Ruth Brookshire. James Wall and Ruth Brookshire visited with Sam Caplinger. Lebannon's Ruth Brookshire staying with grandmother N A Graham. Esther Lucile Hopkins with Edith Spencer Mable Lucas Hershel Richardson Ota Creasy, Will Johnson and son Lyle visited with James Wall Friday.
Mrs Margaret Beck built a veranda at her home. M M Edrington and family visited Indianapolis with Albert Ker Cheval and wife. An ice cream supper is planned at Max on Saturday night June 21. Everyone is invited. M M Edrington was in Lebanon Saturday. George McClain and wife with Stella Mommie and Moga Clain and John McClain and family plus Mr Bounty and family and Jeff Shelby and families and Sam Caplinger and families, all of Johnson county, were listed among attendees.
Erskine and wife Gay Morrison and family with R. D. Billingsly and eight others shared a Sunday visit with Lon Caplinger and family. The gathering included extended kin and neighbors in a casual social outing.
Jamestown area notices recount extended visits among friends and relatives along the route. Families including Bailey Scott and Coshow appear, with cars described as a Studebaker Maxwell and a Ford. Henry Wilson improves slightly from illness, and Stewart Pritchett bought a gasoline engine pump and washing machine from Verne Shockley.
Frank Huffman and family visited Raseel Huffman and wife Sun Maud Glendenning and children of Lebanon, spending a few days with Henry Glendenning. Mrs Thyria Yates and daughter Abbie and son Minnis visited Scott Dewitt and family Sunday. Riley Beatty and family dined with Smith Wilhoite and wife. Calvin Casey and wife dined with Mrs Elizabeth Bohannon Sunday. Miss Fay Quick of near Elizaville is staying with Mrs Rhoda Hine.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Fall Clarence Fall and Mrs Alice Fall of Mechanicsburg spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Carl Kersey. Mrs Mose Beck visited Art Beck and family at Shep ardenville. Charles Taylor and family attended the annual picnic at Antioch. M W Lane and family attended Providence church Home-Coming. Mrs Lane was formerly a member. Mrs Carl Kersey visited her niece Mrs Walter Shumate. Thursday Miss Viola Church and Jeanie Butler attended a Sunday school class at the home of Misses Lillian and Corrine Stephens on Tuesday evening at Lebanon. Miss Edith McCann of Indianapolis spent the weekend with her aunts.
Betty Kergey and Mrs Leas Campbell and Dwain Bratton of near Beckville visited cousins Lowell and Estel Denny last week. A. J. Fall and wife traveled to Jefferson for a grandmother's funeral. Otis Gray and wife, and Harry Comfort with family from Indianapolis spent Sunday with George Adams. Mrs. Ethel Staten and baby, visiting Thomas Gray, left for Indianapolis then Reno Ind. Charles Rader and family visited Thomas Gray. Audra and Ruth Slagle of Lebanon visited Cecil Sparks near Dover. Marian Burtner and family stayed with Jerome Rader. Mrs. Jerome Rader and Mrs. Ira Bradley with baby visited Thomas Gray. Mrs. George Adams and son Robert returned to Morgan county. Daisy Smith of Otterbein visiting Jerome Rader.
In Fairview the Sunday school attendance was 83 with a $6 collection. Various residents visited relatives and friends in Lebanon Zionsville Joliet Center Gadsden and Mechanicsburg. Twenty five church members were baptized near Elizaville at McDonalds woods.
Mr and Mrs Logan Woodard hosted a Sunday gathering with Albert Cragan and family from near Waugh. Miss Sylvia Mayfield Fern Quick and Fay Quick connected with Vande Cragan and Mrs A E Hines Heath Station. Beech Grove Sunday exercises drew locals. Tauss Quick plans to open a gravel pit next week with Will Updike taking on the work.
Sidney Cook and wife receive details from son Lyle stationed near Glenbrook Nevada. He describes a camp with five people, cabins and a tent, outdoor cooking, and frequent summer visitors who fish and earn money. He reports a four pound trout, a seven pounder nearby, and multiple motorboats. He may work in a machine shop or run a launch for Glenbrook hotel, likely staying until early August. The lake sits amid snow capped mountains, 23 miles long and 13 wide, with Carson City 14 miles away and nearby hot and cold springs en route.
A Darlington dispatch reports Walter A. Burgin cashier of the new State bank and Miss Madge Cox daughter of the late Justice E. H. Cox were secretly married by Rev. William Appleby at Pine Village on Thursday. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Willard Craig, Mrs. Craig a sister of the bride. The Burgins are prominent local residents with many friends.
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