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Newspaper
Boone County Progressive
Location
Boone, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
10
Community notices list Sunday preaching by Rev. D. C. Coy and many local visits among families in Stewart's Chapel Center and Rural Route 1. Neighborly greetings, funeral attendances, visits, and announced children day services frame a snapshot of small town life with churches and schools preparing events in June.
Mrs Zlonsville and Mrs Duncan of Greenfield visited Mrs Harriett Spear while Mrs Elias Tomlinson and Mr Cook hosted gatherings for several ladies. Notables include Dr G W Woolen and wife attending a Jersey cattle sale in Indianapolis and Dr A M Hall lecturing on Fraternity at Zion Park. Memorial services were held at the M E church.
Jamestown items recount visits and illnesses among residents. R24, Haffner stayed with Aunt Ann Hedge who has rheumatism. Huldah Gillaspie and Edna Ashley attend Terre Haute school. Herman Scott at Danville. William Snyder and Ralph visit Robert Bennett’s family. Mable Henry stays with grandmother Mrs Gibson who suffers nerves. Mrs Coshow Ida Bennett and Mabel Wills called on Mrs Chas Haffner. Aleck Gillaspie suffers from a set of illnesses.
RR It S R Grimes and family from near Thorntown visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ora Brown. Mr and Mrs Claude Wall spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ray Davis near Advance. Mrs Bert Neal from near Sheridan spent Monday night with her parents W H Stafford and wife. Miss Orpha Cook and Mrs Sarah Bymaster visited Sunday with Walter McDaniel and family. Mrs Elizabeth Anderson of Lebanon is visiting W H Stafford and family. Mr and Mrs Earl Cross and Moreland Crose of Indianapolis visited Saturday and Sunday with Atley Crese and wife. Mr and Mrs Carl Stark have returned to Indianapolis after a week with Frank Stark and family. Mr and Mrs Will Stafford from near Crawfordsville and Mr and Mrs Otis Stafford and children from Linnsburg spent Sunday afternoon with W H Stafford and family. Mr and Mrs H P Stephens entertained guests Sunday: Mr and Mrs M M Routh, Mrs Charlotte Wilson, Rev Sleethe, Miss Fern Graham and Mr and Mrs Robert Cox. Those who spent Sunday with E Bruce and family were Mr and Mrs EB M Coons, Mr and Mrs B L Sumpter and son Dee, Mr and Mrs Charles Booker and daughter Helen, and Richard Wail, Mr and Mrs Elza Bowen of Lefees spent Sunday with Basil Stewart and wife.
R R 5 Armenius Hine and wife visited his brother Will Hines and family at Pike Sunday. John Adsir and wife dined south of Whitestown with Frank Huffman and family. John Glendenning and Lebanon family spent a few days with Henry Glendinning and wife. William Beatty and wife of Leba, Friday with Riley Beatty. Frank Thompson and family of Lebanon visited Harry Thompson and wife Thursday. Mrs Elizabeth Bohannon George Bohannon and family and Riley Ottinger and wife dined with Thomas Shaw and wife Sunday. Miss Esther and Ruth Huffman spent Thursday evening with Mrs Ruth Thompson.
Fairland and Lebanon residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend. A. N. Wells and family joined Charles Day’s household for Sunday, while Arthur Monroe of Lebanon stayed with Curtis Shore. Various couples and families from Bethel Kirklin Zionsville Parksville Kirkline and Mullen exchanged visits and shared time with neighbors in the area.
Local residents hosted and visited extended family and friends including Higbees Morelands and McRoberts in Elizaville and nearby towns. A Decoration Day service is announced for Saturday at 2 00 with music by the Whitestown band and an ice cream supper hosted by Baptist and Christian churches.
W M Mellwain and FOUR CORNERS along with Albert McAfee of Los Angeles spent Wednesday to Monday with James Smith. Matthews siblings from Crawfordsville visit grandmother Mrs. Smith. Cunningham, McGuire, Williams families host and travel between Lebanon and Indianapolis area. Mrs. Mayes ill. Lutz family heads to Crawfordsville to visit Mrs. Harry Matthews as her husband recovers from illness.
Local notes recount weekend visits among families in Elizaville and surrounding areas. Reuben and wife hosted Hash. Ed Whitlow and Cecil Weber households shared time. Cogeland children with Byfield family. Raymond Lawler welcomed a baby girl Helen. Helen Copeland returned from Concord. Lester Byfield visited Earnest Hiland near Hazel College. Stephen Rash attended Shelbyville high school commencement where nieces Faye and Freda Rash graduated. Forest Hancock visited Rosston. Byfield hosted Paul Gilbreth in Lebanon. Catherine Blinn and Robert Aughe of Frankfort spent Friday with J. W. Marsh family. Lucy Clampit of Indianapolis stayed for an extended visit with Carl Edwards. Madaline McKinney of Whitestown spent time with Pansy Akers. Catherine Marsh visited Charles Luddell in Lebanon.
A round of visits and greetings spans Lebanon Thorn Town Crawfordsville and Danville with A E Martin Hannibal Abell Ed Martin and many Brattons McClains Gordons Emmerts and Kincaid family members listed. A birthday surprise for Mrs Lon Bratton and a Central Normal College student Florence Proffitt highlight the social calendar with multiple family visits and a fishing trip north of Thorntown.
Cream and cake were served as Carl Caldwell remains very low. Charles E. McGlaine and family visited Sunday evening with Evert Caldwell and family. A. E. Martin was in Lebanon Monday.
Bethel defeated Ratsburg 6 to 5 in their first ball game Sunday. D. D. Cohee and wife visited Rinard Click near Milledgeville last Friday. Ivan Cohee with wife and daughter spent weekend with Wilbur Cohee family in Michigantown. Mrs. Roy Lister and son Leo visited her mother Mrs. Sarah Graham part of last week.
Hazelrige Andrew McCoy of Cloverdale visits his sister Mrs L Byers. Mr Mrs T J Crane travel with daughter Mrs Effin Howard. Mrs Tom Shultz of Watseka NL visits C A Taylor and family. Theodore Neptune visits relatives near Bainbridge. Andrew Bratton and family and Geneva Clark attend funeral of Mathias Van Haas and others. Helen Lawrence Taylor spend Sunday on Sugar Creek with Lawrence Beck family.
In Fayet te attendance at Sumnilay school Sunday was 78 with a collection of 1.06 dollars. Mrs Delpha Pennington visited with friends. William Shirley and family spent Monday with Tom Smith. Mrs Girt ill with Mrs Smiths mother. Ray Linton visited with Mrs Alice Sullivan and daughters Effie and Lusa. Rev Albert Abston to preach Sunday June 7. Ona and Georgia Haley entertained relatives from Clermont and Ora Smith and family visited from Trad ers Point.
Mrs Mary Ann Cavin of Bear Pond and Miss Alpha Cavin visited and fished with the Hardestys and related families across several households. Numerous Cavin, Cunningham, Weaver, Groover, and Kibble families from Lebanon, Holmes Station, Mt Zion, Salem, and Whitestown spent Sunday or Saturday visiting, with a death in the Adair family recalled and a few neighbors hosting gatherings.
Rev Sleethe held his regular appointment at Dover and had dinner with H P Stevens. Ed Riley returned from Martinsville after treatment and is not much improved. Loren and Johnny Sanders visited Clarence and Clayton Gray. Mrs Helen Gray of Indianapolis visited Thos Gray. Edgar Bruce and family were with EB MM. Coons and wife visited by B L Sumpter and wife and Charley Booker and family. EX Brown and wife spent Sunday with John Holstein and family.
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