Death of Albert Watterson in Milton Ind
Albert Watterson aged 61 died at his Milton home January 16. He was a United Brethren church member from Franklin Indiana. Survived by his wife Elizabeth and a son Dr Gerald Watterson of Connersville plus three brothers and other relatives. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 PM at the home. Burial followed at Westside Cemetery in Milton.
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Milton, Ind
Albert Watterson
United Brethren Church
Franklin
Ind
Elizabeth
Gerald Watterson
Connersville
Westside
Ayreses Visit Winchester Friends and W R C Notice
Mr and Mrs J H Ayres were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Coats in Winchester. Coats and guests visited Mrs A B Basher and others in Saratoga. Stated meeting of W R C No 151 at Red Men hall Friday at 1 30 pm. Members urged to attend.
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J. H. Ayres
Walter Coats
Winchester
W.R.C. No. 151
Red Men Hall
Local Social Notes Mention Bloomingon Visit and Modoc Guests
Mrs Richard Thorton of Bloom ington returned home after two weeks with Mr and Mrs Jacob Ingermann and friends. Mr and Mrs Clifford Howard were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs A E Connroe in Modoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Thorton
Bloomington
Jacob Ingermann
Clifford Howard
A. E. Connroe
Modoc
Local Social Notes From Dublin and Nearby Towns
Sunday services at M E church featured Rev Dudley from Lewisville. Residents attend art exhibits in Richmond and quilting at the Ladies Aid meeting. Health updates include Mrs Louisa Hayden and Mrs Esther Hunt visiting relatives. Local families host visitors from Indianapolis Cambridge City Pittsburgh and Dayton as weekend visits and dinners are reported.
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Dudley
Friends Church of
Lewisville
M. E. Church
A. M. O’connell
Indianapolis
Logan Rozell
R. D. Covell
Mary E. Champe
Richmond
Ladies Aid Society
Bert McBride
Louisa Hawden
Leonard Dean
George Smith
Fred Herbst
Ohio
Everett Gray
Chas Fagan
J. Clyde Huffman
Carrie L. More
Margaret Wilson
J. W. Sands
Dayton, C
Gertrude Foster
Cassie Sullivan
Charles Fagan
Will Riser
Amy
Will Shrawder
Pittsburgh
Ed. Heywood
Marie Shrawder
Chester Morse
Cambridge City
Frank Clark
Logan Roszell
Barney Roszell
Margaret Smith
Charles Wadman
Frank Retz
Mercer
Sheets
van Crawford
Lawrence
Cliton Fread
Roosevelt Birthday Observance and Warm Springs Fund
A historical poem features Roosevelt as a symbolic guardian of a pool scene and notes January 30 as the President’s birthday with nationwide parties. Proceeds support the Warm Springs Foundation aiding children with infantile paralysis, an effort the President endorses due to his own past illness.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Germantown Pershing Branch to Adjust Hours
Germantown Items Library will shift hours to align with the new school schedule. The library opens 3 15 p m to 3 45 p m for country pupils, then serves town pupils and the public until six o clock. Local social notices follow, listing visits, dinners, clubs, and illness among residents of Germantown and nearby towns.
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Pershing
Gertrude Rush
Charles.Tout
Liberty
Ella Beard
Cambridge City
A. E. Ehle
Harvey Bertsch
Omer Neff
Malinda Bertsch
Lewis Semler
B. F. Sourbeer
Everett Rodenberg
Richard Whirley
Whirley
Harry Wooeds
Winchester
C. B. Evans
D. C Elleman
Holston Tome
Ralph Taylor
Edward Crowel
Beverley Holliday
Viola Chase
Robert
Richmond
Edna Ohmit
Dublin
Lola Hoel
Ruth Lowry
Willie Chase
John Kinsinger
John Holcomb
Mother’s Club
Stanley Gehr
Henry Secrest
Howard Secrest
John Crater
Cleveland
Ohio
Clara Secrest
Frank
Jacksonburg
Evangelical Church
Paul Whitley
Arvelia Kaiser
Miss Lamott
Carrie Lamb
Melvin Rodenberg
Floyd Lamb
Leslie, Lowel
Edwin Lamott
Laura Vance
Greenville
Mary Kocher
Harlan Hauck
Connersville
John McKee
McKee
Richard Whitley
Mesdames Park
Alice
Spiceland
Lee Hartman
Celestine Sackman
Geo. Jones
Indianapolis
Charles Winter
Russell Behr
Carthage
Cora Behr
Samuel
Raymond Riser
Harry Doll
Suday
I. J. Bishop
Ralph Miller
Banco Club
Ed King
Winfield Ellison
Clyde Endsley
Centerville
Edward Scates
Elizabeth Boughner
Bernice Kellam
School Board and Citizens PlanNew Grade School Building
The local school board selects ten taxpayers as an advisory committee to plan construction and financing for a new Central school to replace the condemned building. Richmond law firm connections assist, and the abandoned Pennsylvania station may house two classrooms at a rental of one dollar per year. The current grade locations and church room arrangements are listed, with community activities noted.
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Bruce Henderson
R. B. Grigsby
Earl Whipple
Alvin Bertsch
Voyle Martindale
Lindley Baker
H. L. Smith
Charles Kerlin
Sumner
Pennsylvania
C. H. Kerlin
Pennsylvania Station
Central School
Baynes
American Legion
Scheidler
Bentonville Social Roundup Highlights Weekly Visits and Meetings
Community and family gatherings fill a Bentonville week with ice cream suppers and euchre parties. Notable events include the Happy Hour club dinner and officer election, a cooperative Sunday dinner, and a W C B C meeting featuring talks on Primitive Homes and Spiritual Values.
Local social notes and gatherings across Jacksonburg area
Numerous visits and family gatherings reported across Jacksonburg and nearby towns. Notable items include guests from New Castle Indianapolis Manchester Richmond and Rushville. club meetings at Cambridge City and Friday penny supper at the I O O F hall. a heart attack illness of Mrs Joe Davis. and various family visits to Warnings of upcoming Home Economics and Ladies Aid events.
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Leo Myers
New Castle
Clarence Jones
Dolph Personnett
Minnie Vickrey
Lewisville
Help One Another
Clifford Howard
Cambridge City
Lola Clark
Indianapolis
Gerald Murphy
Roy Shephard
Dorothy
Manchester
Paul Worland
Herman Kichingrey
Fred Worl
George Fagan
Marguerite Wenger
Richmond
Hugh Fagan
Vern DeHays
Fred Scott
John Walters
Rebekah Lodge
Pershing
Santford Ellison
A. L. Stamper
Springport
Home Economics Club
Edith Endsley
Ladies’ Aid Society
I. O. O. F. Hall
Clayton Dougherty
Maxine
Fountain City
Scott Hosier
Rushville
Rebecca Hosier
Mary Jean Dougherty
Wilma Wisehart
Hagerstown
Wayne Clark
William Clark
Joe Davis
Howard Bower
William Fox
Lewis Clawson
Connersville
Clarence Taylor
George Sharp
Richard Houseworth
Doddridge
Will Taylor
Rebekah Taylor
Lincoln tumbling show highlights long dive and shuttle roll
The Lincoln boys physical education class under Mr. Dorsett staged a half time program featuring the long dive by Raymond Borah to thunderous applause and a shuttle roll. Participants included Edwin Boyer Joe Browning Norman Creger Ernest Fisher Dick Ginn and others.
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Raymond Borah
Edwin Boyer
Joe Browning
Norman Creger
Ernest Fisher
Dick Ginn
Robert Hutchinson
Kenneth Huntsman
Virgil Jordan
Neal Lawrence
Robert Leapley
Bobby Linginfelter
Corall Meyers
Charles Myers
Marion Pentecost
Donald Renfro
Maurice Runyon
Mark Sanford
Charles Smalley
Robert Ulerich
Walter Waddell
DeWight Wissler
Elmer Jordan
Dayton Guests Visit Mar tindale Family
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wilmore and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Snyder of Dayton were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Martindale.
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Herbert Wilmore
Mrs. Snyder
Dayton
A. R. Martindale
W. R. C. No. 50 Installation Held In Local Hall
The W. R. C. No. 50 held its annual installation Friday with guests Mrs. Bernadine Kellum from Indiana and her mother Mrs. Ada Mercer of New Lisbon. Mrs. Bird installed officers, assisted by Mrs. Graves and others. New officers include President Mrs. Albert Lingo and Secy Mrs. Louise Brown with several posts to be installed at the next meeting February 2. The corps will meet the first and third Fridays at 7 30 PM and Mary Morse plans a McKinley program.
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Bernadine Kellum
Indiana Dept Senior Aid
Ada Mercer
New Lisbon
Geo. W. Leonard Corps
New Castle
Thos. Bird
Bird
T. J. Graves
Kellum
Mercer
Brown
Morse
Albert Lingo
Sr. V
Pearl Evans
Lenora Cartwright
Emma Weber
Treas
Sarah Stombaugh
Emma Graves
Hazel Ginn
Beulah Lamberson
Edna Fay
Louise Brown
Edna Farmer
Mary Morse
Reynolds Hosts Forestalls Guests in New York Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Reynolds are on a business trip in New York. Mr. and Mrs. David Banta of Indianapolis are staying at the Reynolds home during their absence.
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Franklin S. Reynolds
New York
David Banta
Indianapolis
Reynolds
Winterses Visit Stones Near New Lisbon
Mr and Mrs Dan Winters were Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Stone near New Lisbon.
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Dan Winters
Mrs
Charles Stone
New Lisbon
Bridge Club Hostess Dines at Mrs Stannahs Home
Mrs Harry Stannah acted as hostess for the Bridge club gathering at her residence on Church street on Wednesday afternoon.
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Harry Stannah
Bridge Club
Church Street
Old Central School Remembered by Oliver Isom
A nostalgic poem by Oliver Isom laments the closing of Old Central School. The speaker fondly recalls sixty eight years of memories, the bell that rang, and the building that sheltered generations, now condemned.
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OLD Central School
Oliver Isom
Old Central
First National Bank Receiver Sets 100 Percent Stock Assessment
James W. Carpenter, receiver of The First National Bank and Trust Company of this city, follows Comptroller of Currency orders to impose a 100 percent assessment on stockholders. Notices mailed. terms due by February 26 and May 26 for final payment. Depositors to receive dividends after May 26 as funds from restricted balances and conservatorship period are collected. Also, James Muckridge of Chicago dies after illness. funeral in Howard Funeral Home with burial at Riverside Cemetery. survivors include wife Julia and daughter Mrs Richard Arrhein, sister Mrs Wilce Shaw.
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James W. Carpenter
First National Bank and Trust Company
Comptroller of Currency
Washington, D. C
James Muckridge
Chicago
Julia
Richard Arrhein
Wilce Shaw
Hamilton
Howard Funeral Home
McCormick
Riverside Cemetery
Hodsons Visit Oldhams Amid Richmond Weekend
Mr and Mrs Herbert Hodson and daughter of Richmond spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Wm Oldham.
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Herbert Hodson
Richmond
Wm Oldham
Community Notes Reflect Visit, Club Events and Ditch Work
Straughn items include visits by Mr. and Mrs. Cassius Jenkins of Hamilton to Mrs. Minnie Jenkins and other locals hosting dinners and gatherings. CWA workers finished cleaning two large county ditches aiding farmers ahead of potential wet spring, while revival meetings closed with good attendance. The Womans Home Institute club elected officers and heard reports from the county club institute. several guests attended and a luncheon plan was announced for the next meeting.
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CWA
Franklin Howell
Pennsylvania
Mid-West Casket Co
Richmond
Lucille May
P. F. May
Angie Plummer
Ernest Benjamin
Kenneth Gauker
Nellie Reynolds
Methodist
Womans Home Institute Club
Russell Lamberson
Don Edington
Pres
Ruby Butler
V.P
Thos. Woodward
J. E. Ball
Secy-Treas
Elmer Fryman
Royden Gilbert
New Case
Walter Henley
Spiceland
Fred Hayes
Candace Himel
Frank Crosson
Harry Henry
Community Remembers Evaline Hammond 85 in Dublin
Dublin resident Evaline Hammond died at her home on January 14 at age 85. The item also notes prize winnings by Joe Moore from a Richmond poultry show and updates on local organizational officers and Sunday school staff.
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Evaline Hammond
Dublin
Joe Moore
Richmond
Milton Area Social News Highlights From Last Week
Milton and nearby towns share a busy slate of visits and gatherings. Notables include Paul Caldwell's re election as president of the Wayne County National Farm Loan Association and multiple family visits from Indianapolis Somerville Findlay Dayton and Richmond.
Mrs Mabel Symons Straughn Dies After Illness
Mrs Mabel Kiser Symons aged 44 died at her Straughn home after a three month illness. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon with burial in Lewisville Cemetery.
Sturgis Family Hosts Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs Arthur Sturgis of Richmond hosted and entertained weekend guests Mr and Mrs Harry Sturgis. Mrs Lillie Carson of Dublin is visiting and staying with the Sturgises for several days.
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Arthur Sturgis
Richmond
Harry Sturgis
Lillie Carson
Dublin
Sturgis
Robert Lowe Leaves Waynesville After Visit
Robert Lowe of Waynesville North Carolina returned home Monday after spending three weeks in the area with relatives during a visit that brought together family in a warm reunion and travel back plans were completed.
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Robert Lowe
Waynesville
N.C
Mrs Clarence Whelan Visited Relatives in Richmond
Mrs Whelan spent Wednesday with relatives in Richmond visiting family and taking a brief respite from daily duties.
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Clarence Whelan
Richmond
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