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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
5
Prosperity is indicated by higher savings in Boonville where deposits exceed fifty thousand dollars more than nine months ago. The note urges readers to join this prudent trend, stressing thrift and daily saving as a safeguard for the future.
Eby family and Eva Gore Ed Cottrel with daughters Nellie and Helty May visited relatives near Oakland City on Sunday. Maude Gore and Ruth Ashley spent Sunday with Helen Scales. Charley Taylor and family visited Tom Stephens and his son. Elvis Taylor visited Boonville Saturday night. George Franz spent Sunday afternoon with Joel Cabage. Gilbert Gee of Indianapolis is here tending his wheat crop. Car Eby and family visited his parents Sunday. Gilbert Brooks suffers an ap pendicitis attack. Mrs Bell Eby of Princeton with Aunt Milly Campbell visited W A Eby family Saturday night and Sunday. Virgil Gore spent Sunday with Arthur Cabage. Tom Diek of Plainsville stayed Saturday and Sunday with local relatives.
Mt. Carmel resident Waldo Carnahan spent Sunday and Monday with relatives Charles W. Dougan and wife. D. J. Edwards hosted Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bass and sons Sunday afternoon. Carrie Siebe visited Lois Edwards Saturday night. Lois Edwards and Carrie Siebe visited Ruby and Helen Parker Sunday. Laddie Chapman and children visited Cecil McKinney family Sunday. J. I. Parker visited Mrs. D. J. Edwards Friday evening.
Mrs. Waldo Barr reports East Lane residents hosted and visited across Evansville Boonville Chandler Newburgh and nearby towns. Families including the Oxleys Ambroses Howards Powers Spradlins Raineys Lindseys and Greens shared weekends with relatives and friends. John Lindsey purchased a car.
Mrs Jennie Fisher lists Sunday visits by Herb Bass and wife from Evansville Hilbert Bruce and wife and John Ellis and family near Dale W E Fisher and Mack Wood with Kathleen visited Carl Fisher Louie Spradlin and daughter Wounie visited Clay Barrett and family Pearl Fisher visiting Boonville Frank Beckwith and family Princeton Armadillo topper Selvira Wallace and Francis Posey spent with W J E Fisher family Ebenezer church to hold Children Day exercises Sunday night July 11 and a Sunday school picnic set for Saturday July 28 all welcome
Jessie Walton and family and Willard Walton and wife of Oakland City, Le rigitt Clifford and wife, Harvey Thompson and Wife, Charles Allen and family. Rufus Shelton and family and Mrs. John fiedges spent Sunday with Harve Gentry and family. Simon Gentry took dinner with George Foster and family Sunday. Ralph Edwards and wife and Este Judd of Boonville spent Sunday with William Judd and family. Lucy Hodges and Hazel Shelton spent Saturday night and Sunday with Timothy Sims and family. Mrs. Clarence Gentry spent Saturday evening with John Godfried and family near Molsomville. Mibert Taylor, wife, and son, Owen, and James Leslie and wife attended the birthday dinner at Dan Hudson's Sunday.
Lloyd Dougan returns to Evansville after navy service and Texas work. Local visits include Bass and Dougan families in Holland and Evansville. Obituary notes Lenorel Bailey aged 7 of Spurgeon area, daughter of Eines and spouse, buried Log Creek cemetery.
Mrs J W Harrold of Fort Wayne visits her aunt Mrs Rachel Seeley. She was formerly Miss Josephine Castle of this city.
The Big Boonville Chautauqua runs July 26 through 31 featuring the New York nine-player company in the opening night show “Three Wise Fools.” The wholesome comedy follows three lifelong friends, their loves, a nephew, a crook, a detective, and a housekeeper with heart, humor, mystery, and a strong moral lesson.
Langdon MacCor mick presents The Storm a tale of Burr and Dave in a northwest camp as Manette the French Canadian girl choices love between city culture and forest loyalty. The forest fire tests courage and manhood in a dramatic closing scene at our Chautauqua.
The Chautauqua program features Reddies Instrumental Sextet a fine ensemble with two violins cello bass flute and piano Their playing is described as brilliant and colorful with many unusual numbers and their overall performance resembles an orchestra through individual artistry.
Noted humorist Bill Bone is coming to our Chau tauqua to deliver his lecture The House of Man. The program promises serious and lofty thought with poetic language and humorous presentation.
Rev. Clovis Youngblood of Harrrison county preached two inspirational sermons at the M E church. Work on the school building starts July 2 with Contractor Smith of Oakland City arriving to complete by September. Ottis Perigo and family from St. Louis visit relatives. John Gottfried and his elderly mother-in-law Mrs. Reed, 92, are both very low. George West remains in critical condition.
Miss Imogene Simpson of Evansville has stayed with her aunt Mrs Albert Gee. Mrs Robert Wilson and daughter Charlotte left for Chautauqua New York for eight weeks. Mrs Nancy Lance of Spurgeon visits her son Marion Lance. Porter Rhudy returns to Indianapolis after a week with his parents Dr and Mrs W W Rhudy.
Dr. Gregoryv Zilhoorg, Russian scientist in temporary exile, lectures on history and current war conditions. He studied in Petrograd and held a pivotal role in the 1917 Revolution. Dr. James Shera Montgomery of Washington delivers a talk on The New Americanism tied to his White House and Capitol contacts.
J. He. Aubrey principal speaker on county community work gives a Chautauqua lecture titled The One Mile Town on the final afternoon. Public notice urges attendance and advertising in The Enquirer.
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