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Newspaper

Boonville Enquirer

Location

Boonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1923

Page

4

Red Brush By Maude Metzger

Miss Katie Eble visits relatives in Troy this week. Mr and Mrs Elden Frank spent Sunday at William Sly s. Mrs Joe Bertlett of Richland visited Mr and Mrs Clinton Frank Sunday. John Nicks is on the sick list. Miss Loretta Witchbeck visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Soloman Eble for the week.

Katie Eble Troy Elden Frank William Sly’s Joe Bertlett Richland Clinton Frank John Nicks Loretta Witchbeck Soloman Eble

East Lane social notes from local residents

Mrs. Waldo Barr and family host and visit relatives across towns. Delicate reports include Cel o Bass visiting Eldo Ambrose, Hughie Lindsey returning from Chandler, and Ella Brunner visiting ill brother Edgar Simpson in Evansville. Various visits to Joe Roberts and Tuley/Woolsey households highlight a quiet community weekend.

John Lindsey Jessie Dallas McIntire Cleo Bass Eldo Ambrose Waldo Barr Virginia Gilbert Baker Oakland City Hughie Lindsey Chandler Ella Brunner Edgar Simpson Evansville Ella Barr J. W. Tuley L. D. Rainey Gladys Barr Joe Roberts Elmer Woolsey Boonville Thelma and Mildred Wilson Joe Rainey

GOAD SCHOOL By Clova Schick

Gurley Leslie wife and son Lloyd Olen spent Saturday night with Mrs Lane Schick. Jodia Posey visited George West Saturday night and Sunday Lane Schick wife and daughter Clova attended the funeral of their niece and cousin at McCutchinville killed by lightning. Mr and Mrs Ephie Taylor attended the funeral at McCutchinville Sunday. Elmer Posey wife and son Charles Ray took supper with George West and family Sunday evening. Carl Gentry Elsie Foster Lucy Hodge and Clee Fisher visited Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lenight Clifford and attended church at Freedom. Louie Gentry was baptized in C W Goad pond Sunday. Lewis Hall wife and daughter Evelyn visited at C W Goad Sunday. Melvin West and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr George West and family. Moman Fisher and family visited at George West Sunday.

Gurley Leslie Lloyd Olen Lane Schick Jodia Posey George West Clova McCutchinville Ephie Taylor Elmer Posey Charles Ray Carl Gentry Elsie Foster Lucy Hodge Clee Fisher Lenight Clifford Freedom Louie Gentry C. W. Goad Lewis Hall Evelyn Melvin West Moman Fisher

Chandler Notes Local Social Scene Dates and Travelers

Little Miss Kathryn Libbert of Newburgh visits cousin Margie Warren. Dining with Rev. and Mrs. D. W. Noble in Evansville. I O O F district meeting crowd from Chandler. Mrs. Searby at DePauw commencement. Mrs. Brant visiting Evansville relatives. Rev. J. M. Stafford of Washington and Rev. W. R. Thom in from Cincinnati for funeral duties. Ward LaRue arrives Indianapolis for physics studies. June Hammond visits Geraldine Macer in Evansville.

Kathryn Libbert Newburgh Margie Warren D. W. Noble Frank Evansville Wesley A. Hanning Edward Searby DePauw University Brant J. M. Stafford Washington Ind William Hetze W. R. Thom Cincinnati Ohio Ward Ward LaRue Indianapolis June Hammond Geraldine Macer

LITTLE ZION By Clophia Bass

Next Saturday a meeting at this place, and Sunday a basket dinner and baptizing. Everyone welcome. Dan Rhoades family has the measles. Mrs. William Polk and daughter visited Evansville Sunday. Alvis Gentry and Lee Harper families visited Dennis Harper. Misses Mable St Clair Mayme Garrison Rose Hunt Clophia Ida Bass Charles Bass attended Children Day at Tennyson A B church. Mrs Chas Bass visited Emma St Clair.

Dan Rhoades William Polk Evansville Dennis Harper Alvis Gentry Lee Harper Mable St. Clair Mayme Garrison Rose Hunt Clophia Ida Bass Charles Bass Tennyson A. B Chas. Bass Emma St. Clair

Bullocktown Social Roundup Details Quiet Local Visits

Miss Marie Rogers spent last week in Boonville visiting friends. A long list of residents, including Mrs Bessie Stevenson Opal Shelton and family and Delta Powell with Wander Leright, plus Mr and Mrs Cecil Coffey and daughter, attended events and business in Boonville. Birthday greetings marked W B Richardson's 43rd, while many others traveled to Huntingburg Evansville and Lincoln City.

Marie Rogers Boonville Bessie Stevenson Will Hines Opal Shelton Delta Powell Wander Leright James Gunn R. A. Harrison Cecil Coffey Will Potter F. W. Oldham Huntingburg Robert Hess, Jr Atlas Hoagland Lily Hess Florence Jane Mary Rhoades Robert Axton Wyvetta Lee Benton Rhoades Richland Fred Wilhelm W. W. Brown Jesse W. B. Richardson Amos Leright Delta Skelton Dwight Richardson Jocie Gunn Floyd Byers Irvin Ed Byers Forest Guondah Alice Helen Howard Victor Skelton Marie Iva Gunn Richardson Lincoln City Jasper Bullock Evansville Mrs. Brown W. V. Brown

Boon Township Diploma Day Draws Large Crowd

Fifty three students received diplomas at the Boon Township commencement held Tuesday night at Freedom church. Judge Roscoe Kiper delivered the address on Preparing for Life's Conflict and offered guidance for the entering of life’s challenges. The program featured solid music and praise for the teachers, Township Trustee Mundy, and County Superintendent Barker.

Boon Township Freedom Church Roscoe Kiper Mundy Barker

Men With Wide Vision Winners at Kiwanis Luncheon

Kiwanis Club in St Charles hotel heard Rev. Ralph Owens speak on looking to the futures and vision. D. S. Seales praised the talk with wit while guests from Evansville, Rockport, Indianapolis and Chicago attended.

T. D. Seales Kiwanis Club St. Charles Hotel Ku Klucks Evansville Warrick County Kiper Groupe No. 1 Union W. Youngblood Rhody Mel Jarrett Los Angeles San Francisco Kiwanis Rotary Optimist Owens Ralph Owens Lexington E. T. Slider New Albany Ind Salem Parker Rockport D. S. Packt C. G. Alp Indianapolis J. R. Mason Chicago John Littlepage Washington, D. C J. C. Graulich R. Bedford Roscoe Hay Boonville

Local residents take short trips and police caution youths

Mrs. OG. P. Dedman travels to West Baden Indiana for a few days. Chief of Police Lewis Finch caught four boys in the city lake Monday. The lads were lectured and released. Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Cady and son George left for Greencastle Indiana to attend John Cady’s graduation and returned home yesterday.

Lewis Finch J. Frank Cady George Greencastle Ind John Cady

Milersburg Holds Largest Campbell Township Commencement

Thirty graduates from Campbell Township’s Mil­lersburg high school were honored in a 1922 ceremony. The class included Marie Burgdorf Carl Wagner Rosella Memmer Curtis Matthews Emma Wiggers Lydia Klaumeier Albert Eberhard Edward Lockyear Raymond Zehner Amos Fisher Mary Angermeier Mary M Memmer Rudolph Klausmeier Alberta Hedges Wilburn Menke Ruben Roettger Leo Elikofer Cletus Wagner Dorothy Duffy James Brammer Curran Carter Clarence Memmer Elmer Meyer Ralph Ewin Curtis Carter Helen Klausmeier Henry Feldbusch Charles Houchin Wm Schultz Martha Dennis. Diplomas were presented by John M Kohlmeyer.

Campbell Township Millersburg Marie Burgdorf Carl Wagner Rosella Memmer Curtis Matthews Emma Charles Houchin Wm. Schultz Martha Dennis L. B. Barker William C. Kuhlenschmidt Wm. C. Gerich Wm. C. Kuhlenschmidt John M Esther Ahrens Clara A. Heilman Raymond Nicholson Sarah E. Brammer F. C. Heim Mildred Newmaster Marvel Moore Bertha Brammer Floyd Moyer Warrick County

Rockport and Boonville Meet in Sunday Baseball Clash

Rockport hosts Boonville Sunday at the fair grounds at 2 30. Boonville bats Pfau and Ehrman while Rockport fields Glahn and Burgdorn.

Rockport Boonville Pfau and Ehrman Glahn

Fluhrer Claims Ford Record Run Fifty Mile Stretch

Amon Fluhrer of Ford Motor Company asserts a record after driving a Ford coupe from Indianapolis to the races and back, a 450 mile journey on 15 gallons of gasoline. The feat highlights remarkable fuel efficiency for the distance covered.

Amon Fluhrer Ford Motor Company Indianapolis

Only Hoosier to Be Graduated at Lexington

Miss Anna Bess Sargent of Boonville becomes the sole Hoosier and one of two out of state members in the College of Agriculture class of 50 at Lexington Ky. She earns a bachelor of science in home economics at the June 13 commencement announced by Dean Thomas P. Cooper.

Anna Bess Sargent Boonville College of Agriculture Lexington Thomas P. Cooper

Fourth of July Celebration Plans at St Clement's

St Clement's church in Boonville and Warrick County announces a big Independence Day program featuring a Evansville K C. team versus Boonville in a baseball game, an old fashioned barbecue, and horse racing with $150 prizes for harness events and $100 for running events plus entrance fees added to prizes. Music by Prof Darlof's Evansville band and De Jeans Jazz orchestra. Refreshments sold by church ladies. Picnics welcome on church grounds.

St. Clement's Church Boonville Warrick County K. C Evansville Darlof de Jeans Jazz Orchestra

Korb Family Resumes Home From Extended Midwest Trip

Mr and Mrs Charles Korb returned home Saturday after visiting their children. They visited their son P F Korb and family in Pekin Illinois then attended the wedding of their youngest son H A Korb in Chicago and stayed with daughter Mrs Frank Fenton and C R Korb and wife there.

Charles Korb P. F. Korb Pekin, IL Chicago H. A. Korb Frank Fenton C. R. Korb

Old Line Democrat Robert Kemp Visits Boonville

Robert Kemp of Holland, veteran Dubois county legislator and longtime Democrat, called at the Enquirer office in Boonville Saturday and was described as "true blue" by the paper after the cordial visit.

Robert Kemp Holland Dubois County Indiana Boonville Enquirer Kemp

Simpson Family Visits Then Plans Pie Social

Mr and Mrs Claude Simpson of Ferguson Missouri return home after visiting John Simpson. The Fourth street G B church Ladies Aid announce a pie social with cream and cake on Tuesday night June 12 at Reolon Wells residence. Truman Parker and daughters traveled to Oakland City for their son Howard's graduation from the Academic Department. The Enquirer reports Warrick county news via its corps of correspondents with county coverage. Local merchants urged to advertise in the Enquirer to reach countywide readers.

Claude Simpson Ferguson, Mo John Simpson Fourth Street G. B. Church Reolon Wells North Fourth Street Truman Parker Oakland City Howard The Enquirer Warrick County Boonville

Marion Folsom Visiting Strangers Rest Lodge greeting

Gulfport Mississippi resident and Boonville native Marion Folsom, father of local attorney L. A. Folsom, attended the Strangers Rest Lodge of Masons No. 240 meeting last Thursday night and received a warm welcome.

Marion Folsom Gulfport Miss Boonville L. A. Folsom Strangers Rest Lodge of Masons

Boonville Enquirer: Local Events And Appointments

May 30 church fish fry and picnic at River. Howard Parker named delegate to Lake Geneva YMCA conference for Oakland City College. Delegation of eight to depart June 15. Mrs. Earl J. Nester hosts daughter Lana Kathryn’s fifth birthday. George W. Anderson of Evansville visiting local Cleveland Life Insurance office with Clarence Owens.

Main Street Baptist Church Howard Parker Lake Geneva Y. M. C. A Oakland City College Earl J. Nester Hargrave Avenue Lana Kathryn George W. Anderson Evansville Cleveland Life Insurance Company Clarence Owens Owens

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Maude Metzger East Lane Mrs Goad School Clova Schick Little Zion Bullocktown Lillian Gunn Tomato Growers Choice Canning H C. Scharrer Dedman & Rucker East Side Square Louisville W. F. Scheer Southern Railway System Kiwwalnis Club Ernest W. Owen Fluhrer L. Chaver CHIRO OLD Line Democrat Boonville Enquirer Jarrett Consolidated Merchants Syndicate of New York City Association of Merchants Betty Bright Maline Mills Knit Union Salts Val Torchon Cluny Stewart
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