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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
1
Community notes show a revival at the Friends church starting December 23. Danville may gain a locally run canning factory. Local residents include Mr and Mrs James McGrath of Davenport and Elmer McClelland who died of tuberculosis at 25 with interment in South cemetery.
A Danville meeting of Civil War veterans unanimously asks voters to petition county commissioners to build a memorial hall in Hendricks County. The plan would honor Union soldiers with a tablet listing names and service, provide rest rooms, and serve as a community meeting place. The surplus county funds support the project without raising taxes. Hendricks, population about 16,000, sent 2,200 men to the war.
At a Monday meeting the Commercial Club read communications on Sendleton and Middletown electric light plants. Otto Lakin and Frank Brown were appointed to inspect Pendleton plant with James Davidson and report. Guy Masten to confer with T. H. I. and FE Traction on power proposals. Gasoline street lights not yet considered due to pending electric vote on the 19th. A milk condenser idea and public library postponement were discussed.
Obituary notice honors Mrs Martha McClure with sentimental tribute as she dies, describing autumn departure to a peaceful afterlife. The niece or friend laments the loss, invoking religious images of heaven and rest. Dated in New York City.
The Red Cross Seals sale in Coatesville will be run by the Ladies' Aid Society with one representative from each local organization. The effort aims to boost stamp purchases to aid tuberculosis relief and to fund local society programs, with stamps selling in a few days. The history notes how Red Cross Tuberculosis Seals grew from charity stamps in 1862 and expanded nationwide, raising substantial funds in earlier years.
The Aid Society Calendar club of the Methodist church met at Mrs. Lawrence Smith's home on November 29 with about thirty attendees. Five new members joined. Red Cross Christmas Stamp sales were planned, to be run by chairmen and sub chairmen from various churches and organizations.
A head-on collision on the T H I E line west of Greencastle last Wednesday damaged a work train pushing two flat cars. Joe Steers and Duff were aboard the train and many workers were hurled along the car length. One man was injured seriously though not fatally. Fault is under investigation with conductors and dispatcher offering differing claims.
At the annual church meeting on Tuesday evening Sun day school officers for the coming year were chosen. H. F E. Trathaway is Superintendent with C D Knight as assistant superintendent. W C Gilbert serves as Secretary and Miss Bonnie Greenlee as Assistant Secretary. Mrs G W Hughes is Treasurer and Miss Mary Hunt the Organist. The new officers assume duties at year start. Knight plans to continue assisting the school. Coatesville freight is busy as Vandalia arrivals unload cars and stock merchandise.
The Rev J G Campbell of Greenscastle will preach Friday at 7 PM and lead the first quarterly conference after the service. Friday prayer meeting is canceled. Sunday schedule includes school at 9 30 Epworth League 11 30 evangelistic service 7 16 song and praise, pastor sermon Some Lessons from Noahs Dove Miss Smock will lead violin. C O Smock pastor Frank Davidson Clay and Ralph Phillips returned to Bloomington after visiting home folks.
The Hendricks County Teachers Association adopted resolutions thanking officers and authors of the report. They urged paying the third day’s wages for attending the State Teachers’ Association and approved merging the Hendricks Institute with the County Teachers Association to form a county institute with department meetings. The association elected chairs for High School, Grammar, and Primary, and elected a general secretary. The county map project will place a new map in schools by year’s start.
The excerpt blends moral maxims on faith and character with a brief court note. It highlights a rapid divorce decree in a case involving Mrs. Boyd and Mr. Boyd while referencing faith, patience, and ethical living amid everyday trials.
Plainfield residents Edna Merritt slipped on a banana peel and broke her arm. Plainfield families go to Florida for pecan work. A North Salem revival added twenty one members. Brazil farmer David Modfitt suffers severe arm injury in corn shredding accident. Cloverdale revival hosted by Rev. Merrell O. Lester. Former Putnam sheriff F. M. Glidewell dies at 65. Judge grants divorce and alimony to Evangeline Craven from Jacob Craven. Orpha Maud Smith marries Rev. Manfield Wright at College Avenue church. Mary Wyant files $10,000 damage suit over a fatal traction-car crash. 73 year old Mary Wild Frank, honored as oldest Rebekah, dies in Lebanon. Mouldy corn and fodder pose stock risks. notes on horse disease and weather proverbs. Farmers discuss winter forecasts based on squirrel activity and onion skin sayings.
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