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Newspaper
Boonville Enquirer
Location
Boonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
1
President Ralston of Indiana calls for removing federal government from high salaried commissions and returning control to the people. He emphasizes reducing centralized power and restoring citizen oversight.
The Legion held a spirited session last Friday endorsing City Park Board plans for Brackinridge Park and a swimming pool. Earl Kelley presided as Albert Trimble Bert Jones and Purley Dreyer formed a committee to arrange tonight's program featuring Warren W. Martin.
Plans were completed for a general encampment and reunion of Civil War and World War veterans in Warrick County on August 8. The Woman’s Relief Corps War Mothers and American Legion Auxiliary will participate with Eph Rowe of Evansville, formerly of the area, as commander. The meeting will be at the G A R headquarters in the courthouse.
Judge Caleb J. Lindsey addressed a well attended Lynnville Farm Bureau meeting on Saturday night and was warmly congratulated on his talk. Blackberries in Warrick county are ripening and the crop is large this year. Mr and Mrs W H Dryer of Quincy Illinois are visiting relatives. Miss Louise Fiebig returned to Evansville after visiting Miss Ad Schreiber. Miss Geneva Samples entered Lockyear's business college in Evansville. Eugene Riley Bridwell of Vincennes married Pearl Hexter Brammer of this city last Thursday, officiated by Squire John A Bullock.
Dr. William P. Dearing president of Oakland City College spoke to the Boonville Kiwanis Club at the St. Charles hotel about building Boonville by what people put into life. He praised Kiwanis achievements and urged continued growth, citing personal examples of effort and persistence.
A cautionary Friday message warns readers to watch their step. The notification references a July 13 date and a double superstition motif, urging careful action amid unclear local dangers.
Mrs Provy A Lamar widow of Forest D Lamar 11th U S Infantry Evansville has been granted a pension and additional compensation for her minor child. Congressman William E Wilson pressed the Pension Bureau to complete the claim begun in 1921. James C Collins Evansville private 442 Reserve Labor Battalion receives a re rating to 65 percent and an amended back pay of about 200 for believed temporary partial disability, through Wilsons efforts.
Carl Myrick of Boonville won a 2000 dollar judgment against Howard Allen in Evansville superior court after a trial over alleged injuries from a motorcycle collision. Myrick sought 50000 dollars, claiming Allen lay beneath and delayed aid after the crash. Allen denied fault and will petition for a new trial through attorney Ora A. Davis.
Gwendoline Hullett ten year old daughter of Roy Hullett of four miles east of Boonville was seriously injured when the horses she was driving ran away. She was thrown from the roller, clothing torn, and part of her body caught beneath the rolling equipment before her sister Laurine halted the horses.
Edward M. Egg of Jasper drove into a concrete abutment on the state highway last Wednesday afternoon. His car demolished, its occupant, Egg’s daughter, was cut about the face as Egg swerved to avoid another vehicle. After the abutment collapsed the car hit a telegraph pole at the fatal corner noted for recent crashes.
The Pigeon township Sunday school convention will be held next Sunday at the Pleasant Hill church in Pigeon township. The Ohio Anderson township Sunday school convention will be held in the Presbyterian church in Newburgh on Sunday July 22.
Mr Mason, manager of the Moses Rosenthal garment factory, will preach at First Baptist Church Sunday. He will first speak at 10 45 a m and again at 7 30 p m. He is described as a deep student of the bible and an able preacher while the church remains without a regular minister.
Local guests include Myrl Weislogel of Lafayette visiting Mr and Mrs Ivan C Henning. Misses Mattie and Laura Alexander spend summer at Bay View Michigan. Henry T Leslie and family return from Oakland City trip. Mrs Charles H Taylor returns from Lebanon visit. The city invites all to attend the Boonville Chautauqua promising a superb program.
Mrs H W Maurer wife of Boonville merchant H J Maurer and her daughter Miss Norma Maurer were in West Baden Ind when Mrs Maurer suffered an acute appendicitis. She was rushed to St Marys hospital Evansville where an operation was performed and described as serious with several days needed to reach a safe recovery.
The ten mile Boonville to French Lick highway section has been repeatedly delayed by bad weather since work began last year. Officials say completion is hoped for later this year, giving auto owners a route they eagerly await.
The twenty piece M. E. Sunday school orchestra from Boonville gave a program at Pleasant Chapel near Pelzer last Sunday. They plan a next performance at the New Jerusalem church in Elberfeld next Sunday night featuring solos by various members.
The Fato Finishing Laboratories hosted a large chicken fry at Locust Grove along the Ohio River near Yanketown on Monday evening. Auto transport carried guests to the river where attendees enjoyed a swim in the calm waters after the meal. Participants included Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Hunton and several young women and one man named Russell Simpson.
The Grandview Chautauqua program for the twelfth annual event has been issued. It runs July 28 to August 5 in Thurman’s Grove with a strong talent line and expected large attendance. William H. Wohler serves as president and Joseph Forsythe as secretary. Programs were printed by the Rockport Journal.
In Vanderburgh county court Judge Phil C Gould sustains the quash of count one in the Effinger embezzlement conspiracy indictment. The ruling leaves the second count intact as a valid felony charge alleging Olsen Halverson and Effinger conspired to steal 89000 from Farmers Bank at Newburgh.
Francis J. Reitz of Evansville turns eighty two as Boonville touts two young bankers. Judge Edward Gough of City National Bank is eighty and on the job daily. S. W. Hart of Farmers and Merchants Bank is claimed as fifty but family records say eighty one. Boonville thus leads in young bankers.
The Warrick county board of finance sues Eugene G. Sargeant receiver for Farmers Bank of Newburgh George Canada Wilson Bradley John C Effinger and Anna M Allen administratrix for James L Allen estate. The suit filed in Evansville superior court seeks 20000 to recover for alleged improper handling of township funds amid the bank’s 1921 failure.
Leonard Coffey of Indianapolis and Myrtle Alma Bailey of Rockport obtained a marriage license in Boonville amid a storm. After their car was pulled from mud they married by Rev. August Doellefeld at St. John’s parsonage with Clerk Ernest Wilkinson coordinating the delay.
Miss Ruth Shriver daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Shriver and Chicago graduate has accepted a teaching position in the methods of teaching mathematics at Illinois State College in Macomb Illinois and will begin work in September. Her friends here praise her as one of Boonville’s best teachers.
Mrs Wilbur Aubrey and her son Wilbur Jr visit Mrs W R Williamson. Mr and Mrs C E Doane and family return from Huntingburg and are joined by Mr and Mrs Carl Frick for a short stay with relatives.
Herman Becker a mail carrier on Route No 3 near Boonville has set a new record by delivering every day since April 1 1922 except government allowed days. For seven years he expanded service and used a Ford car through bad roads rain or snow earning farmer support and local praise.
George R. Murray, newly appointed county agricultural agent, sets up in the courthouse basement with wife assisting. The Warrick county community welcomes the couple as he starts continuing work previously led by professor H. R. Holcomb for the Farn Bureau, promising strong service to local farmers.
The Rev. William Brightmire of Indianapolis former pastor of the Simpson M E church at Evansville spoke at Hemenway Memorial church on Protestism Must Have United Front. He addressed a large crowd from the courthouse steps at night. Brightmire has been active in Ku Klux Klan work and has given numerous statewide addresses for the Klan.
Miss Eugenia Roth hosted a two-table bridge party at her Walnut Street home on Wednesday afternoon last week. Guests included Mrs. Esther Hoover Lewis and Mrs. Stanley Miller of Leland Florida with Mrs. Earl Kelley winning the prize.
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