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Newspaper

Boonville Enquirer

Location

Boonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1923

Page

4

Beulah Alfultis Birthday Party Attended by Friends

Beulah Alfultis celebrated her sixteenth birthday Thursday with a group of friends at Mr. and Mrs Abe Alfultis home. Guests included Marie Purdue Anna Gertrude Stacer Mable Held Enid Held Beatrice Cain Thelma Caine Edith Briody Marie Taylor Helen Briody Blanche Horum Harold Alfultis George Held Frank Roby Harold Bell Elden Comstock Carl Jones and others.

Abe Alfultis Beulah Alfultis Marie Purdue Anna Gertrude Stacer Mable Held Enid Held Beatrice Cain Thelma Caine Edith Briody Marie Taylor Helen Briody Blanche Horum Harold Alfultis George Held Martha Youngblood Edna Roberts Evansville Elmer Roberts

DeGonta and Weyerbacher Family Gatherings

Mrs Lana Weyerbacher and Mrs Frank Veeck host visits with Mr and Mrs James Berkhart at Wesley Heughls. Guests at Wm Weyerbachers include P G M Brashears Lucille Adams Alma and Raymond Weyerbacher and Arthur Barnhill. The sick list names Lula Winsor and Cecil Burns. John Motwater and Theodore Dimmitt butchered Monday. A Christmas entertainment at Baker Chapel Christmas Eve. Everyone invited.

Frank Veeck Fred Siegel James Berkhart Wesley Heughl Wm. Weyerbacher P. G. M. Brashears Lucille Adams Alma Raymond Weyerbacher Arthur Barnhill Lula Winsor Cecil Burns Walter Broshears Dale Fr.iday John Mo

SELVIN By Mrs Flora Dougan

Miss Helen Marshal spent Sunday with her cousin Miss Ruby Springston. Misses Murrel and Inas Phillips visited Miss Ima Dougan. Wm F Fark made a business trip to Holland Saturday. Mrs Mary Fark stayed with her brother Wayne Dougan and family. Ora Garrison and family and his mother moved into Claude Woods house. Homer Leiisey and family visited Ed Powers and family. Miss Winona Wright of Chandler joined Boonville Chapter No 450 Order of the Eastern Star. Strangers Rest Lodge No 250 to jointly install with the Eastern Star on Decem 27.

Helen Marshal Ruby Springston Murrel Inas Phillips Ima Dougan Wm. F. Fark Holland Mary Fark Wayne Dougan Ora Garrison Claude Wood Homer Leiisey Ed Powers Winona Wright Chandler Boonville Order of the Eastern Star Strangers Rest Eastern Star

Mrs. Williams Sides Ill Mother in Evansville

Mrs. Emma St. Clair was at her mother s bedside last week in Evansville where she remains very ill. Delmar Connor visited Boonville while Purtle Abshire moved to N S Hoskinson s farm. Wm Dowdell s son ill with pneumonia. Mr and Mrs John Prince called at Abb Williams s Saturday night. Several attended the funeral of Mrs Berton Dimmett at Tennyson Tuesday morning. P W Ward and wife visited John Elison Sunday. Prayer meeting Sunday night drew a large crowd.

Emma St. Clair Evansville Purtle Abshire N. S John Elison

Midway notes from Willis L. Baker column

Rev Day of Vincennes preaches at the Presbyterian church. Mr and Mrs W O DeGarvno welcome a baby girl. Mr and Mrs W J Baker spent last Wednesday in Richland. Mrs Edward Meyers returns to Evansville after visiting her mother Mrs Sue Gourley who was ill. Willis L Baker in Boonville Saturday. Sick list includes Wiley Gunn and Mrs Sue Gourley. Mr and Mrs Charley Veeck of Evansville visit Mr and Mrs J G Loyd recently. C I Gunn in Boonville Saturday. Mrs Elza Perison calls on Mrs Cecilia Orsey Monday afternoon.

Day Vincennes Presbyterian Church DeGarvno W. J. Baker Richland Edward Meyers Evansville Sue Gourley Willis L. Baker Boonville Wiley Gunn Charley Veeck J. G. Loyd Gunn

Garrison Chapel Community News

Mrs Myrtle Powell attended the hog killing at Mrs Buck Seiffert's last Tuesday. Les Ladal of Heisman spent Sunday with Carl Phillips and wife. Miss Inette Byers stayed with Lotta Byers. Ira BZ traveled to Dale. Helpers for corn shredder cooking included Nana Byers Mary Hart Fiona Seiffert and Inette Byers. John Jones of Illinois visited sister Corda Lamar. Marie Byers motored to Evansville. Frank Ikner called on Floyd Powell.

Myrtle Powell Buck Seiffert Les Ladal Heisman Carl Phillips Inette Byers Lotta Lotta Byers Ira BZ Dale Nana Byers Mary Hart Fiona Seiffert John Jones Illinois Corda Lamar Marie Byers Evansville Frank Ikner Floyd Powell

Man Arrested For Pocketing Money At Chandler Mine Owner

Robert Rout, 25, of Chandler, took cash from a table at Arthur Day's Chandler coal mine home. Day summoned Sheriff Williams who arrested Rout. Rout returned $10 of the $25 he took. He was jailed in Werrick County after Justice S. Clair set bond at $500.

Robert Rout Chandler Arthur Day Day Sheriff Williams Rout Werrick County Justice S. Clair

New Cave Found Near Bald Knob Near Folsomville

Earl J. Nester claims discovery of a large cave near Folsomville and Bald Knob. He plans an exploring party when roads clear. Snakes from the cave go to the Smithsonian. The cave reportedly holds crude implements, rooms, and a bottomless pit. Stalactites and stalagmites resemble a forest when lit. The find excites Warrick County. local lore includes ancient curios and cold springs on Bald Knob.

Folsomville Bald Knob Earl J. Nester Nester Evansville and Boonville Smithsonian Institute Washington, D. C Warrick County W. S. Austil Tennyson Dillingham, Jr Earl Murray

Salvin Collins dies in Warrick County pioneer Civil War veteran

Salvin Collins aged 80 and a noted Warrick county citizen died at his Yankeetown home last Thursday. A Civil War veteran of the 65th Indiana Infantry, he married Mandalay Haines in 1873 and had eleven children, seven surviving. Funeral services were held Saturday with large attendance, songs by Mrs. E. E. Hoskinson, Rev. Dawson officiating, and a flag presented by the G A R.

Salvin Collins Warrick County Yankeetown Jonas Collins 65Th Indiana Infantry Mandalay Haines Larry B Ft. Worth Tex David S Drummond Okla Herman S Robert E Cherokee S.G. Rogers St. Louis O. W. Caswell Americus, Ga Flora Belle Newburgh E. E. Hoskinson Evansville Rev. Dawson William Warren

Strangers Rest Freemasons Elect Officers for Next Year

Strangers Rest No 240 F and A M elected Herbert D Meyer worshipful master Pan Hewins senior warden Charles A LaMar junior warden W W Doane treasurer William Dillingham secretary and Edward Kelley trustee for three years. A Christmas tree party of Judge Roscoe Kipers Sunday school class at the M E church was held Friday night with Judge Kiper receiving a reading lamp. The class has 193 members and is among the county's largest.

A. M Herbert D. Meyer Pan Hewins Charles A. LaMar W. W. Doane William Dillingham Edward Kelley Roscoe Kiper M. E. Church Judge Kiper P. N. Hoover Chas. Powell Homer Jeffries Cliff Julian

Popular young couple united in marriage here

Burton Hauselmire son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Hauselmire of the St Charles hotel and Miss Mabel Fay daughter of Morto Fay, a mail carrier, were married Saturday afternoon in a Methodist church ceremony. The bride, a schoolteacher at Beeler, and the groom, a Sunlight Coal Company worker, will reside at the St Charles hotel.

Burton Hauselmire Samuel Hauselmire St. Charles Mabel Fay Morto. Fay Menev William Elisha Brown P.s.croc Methodist Beeler School Boonville Hauselmire Sunlight Coal Company

Bill Julian Charges Bribe Attempt Over Whiskey Spring

The speaker accuses Kenneth H Weyerbacher of offering money to reveal the location of a famous Whiskey spring on his farm near Disney Hills. He describes his police experience and denies any bribery, insisting he is honest and will not reveal the spring's location.

Kenneth H. Weyerbacher Mr. Weyerbacher Disney Hills

First Christmas at Hemenway Memorial Church

The Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church reports the First Christmas service with heavenly choir, short sermon, and shepherds urged to Bethlehem. Next Sunday’s Divine Human Christ sermon at 10 30 AM followed by evening service on What Think Ye of Christ. Bible school 9 15 AM. A welcoming pew awaits.

Christ Bethlehem Christ the Lord Presbyterian Church Bible School

Farm for Trade Near Boonville and Evansville

West Side Realty and Loan Company offers 120 acres on Improved Road near Boonville with a six room new bungalow, furnace, tenant house, three barns and 150 fruit trees. Will trade for a time in Boonville or Evansville. A genuine farm opportunity.

West Side Realty and Loan Company Boonvlle Boonville Evans Ville

Meeting of W. G C T U Moved to Friday Night

The W G C T U meeting scheduled for Tuesday night was changed to Friday evening December 21. It will begin at 7 30 with the program on Law Enforcement. Judge Caleb J Lindsey will speak and an offering will be taken for a Christmas treat for infirmary inmates.

Caleb J. Lindsey

Boonville Enquirer Gift: A Christmas Postal Surprise

A reader mails a Christmas gift idea to share the Boonville Enquirer with a distant friend. The note explains sending hearty holiday news and local features as a keepsake, hoping to brighten the recipient’s season with familiar pages.

The Boonville Enquirer

Hog killing and social gatherings in Scalesville

At Rice McKinney’s hog killing on Wednesday attendees included Mr and Mrs T O Hunsaker Mr and Mrs Dan Laslie Mr and Mrs Archie Laslie and baby Mr and Mrs E H Head Miss Grace Laslie and Truman Scales George Fark of Stendal and Miss Grace Laslie wed in Boonville A surprise dinner for Mrs Laslie’s forty sixth birthday drew her mother Uncle Dallas MelIntire and many neighbors including Homer Powers Rice McKinney Enos Miller Archie Laslie and Hollis Smith

Rice McKinney T. O. Hunsaker Dan Laslie Archie Laslie E. H. Head Grace Laslie Truman Scales George Fark Stendal Boonville Frank Bradshaw Fred Hutchin Dan Siebe Mrs.Laslie Mrs. Laslie Dallas MelIntire Homer Powers Enos Miller Ed Head George Fork Hollis and Marignette Smith

Florence purchase sparks winter heat not needed

No fires to build the entire winter when you buy a Florence. Kinder manns.

Florence Kindermanns

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Oklahoma Mrs Degonta Lana Weyerbacher Rinda Williams Elza Perison Cecilia Orsey Garrison Chapel Til Ernest W. Owen Bill Julian Corn Knife Fame Hemenway Memorial Presbyterian Church R. Washington Burton Frank Taylor Bert Hart S. W. Hart Beatrice Sullivan Prof Otis Back Lexington North Second Street J. D. Brashears Bucket Brigade Roscoe Hay Woman's Relief Corps Mary LaMar Anna Jenkins Hannah Roberts Walter Meece Martha Bryant Mary Armstrong First Baptist Church Frank Martin Caleb Lindsey Charles M. Harris Levi Barker Pearl Brown Frank Cady Wm. Veeck Albert Trimble Viola Kohlmeyer Floyd W. Traylor Boonville, Ind Scalesville Farmers & Merchants
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