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Newspaper
Coatesville Herald
Location
Coatesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1915
Page
1
Danville residents supported prohibition on Tuesday with about 1,000 total votes and a sizable parade of nearly 2,000. Wets threaten action, while prayer meetings and precinct committees mark a campaign period. Parishioners and local clubs host memorials, weddings, and club conventions as notices of deaths and marriages surface in adjacent reports.
Citizens discuss acquiring W T Beck’s Masten tract south of the town to expand the cemetery. The timbered land near the existing burial ground would provide space for future burials, with the potential for a community association to oversee the project. The site slopes suitably though timber removal may delay progress.
A local urges parents to ensure their children attend church urging youth involvement builds character. The piece stresses that churches need young people and that girls who sing in the choir or meet such youths deserve good husbands and that go to church strengthens moral conduct. It calls for immediate action to have all boys and girls attend church next Sunday and every Sunday.
James M. Ogden’s Sunday address urges moving Decoration Day from May 30 to the last Sunday in May. He argues this would curb secular distractions and honor the day’s original reverence, hoping Congress acts to fix the law and promote nationwide observance.
Read at last Sunday's Decoration Day ceremony were names of soldiers buried in the East and South cemeteries including James N. Bourne Civorge Myers Stephen Trampton Squire Headren James McClure Joseph Williams Ira Goodrich William Greenlee bai A. Gainbold Jonathan Phillips Stewart Edward bry Charge Deatley Joseph Lamar William Jenkins John W. Brown Mathias Masten Revolutionary Must Cemetery William Sharp shford Warren Richard Bryant Samuel Olyer.
A horse hit by a fast train near Fillmore after a runaway from a buggy. The incident occurred on Main Street near the Vandalia crossing as a train passed, breaking the animal's neck and leaving it fatally injured within minutes.
A farewell social for Mrs KF A Kennedy was held at Mrs John Stewart’s home on Thursday night May 27 by the Friday Social club. The event featured pine and white peonies, a proverb game, May baskets with flowers, and a ribbon draw awarding a rose bud. Members expressed regret at their president’s departure and wished her happiness in her new home.
Mrs Greist state president and guests from Indianapolis met church and community women Friday to organize an auxiliary. Twelve names were recorded as charter members with two weeks to register. Officers chosen: President Mary Bryant Sharp Vice President Opal My Daniel Secretary Noma Davis Treasurer Mary Vaughin. Meetings on the first Friday afternoon each month.
The Thinble concluded its summer session with Mrs. Ing Archer on May 25. Responses included readings from The Blue and the Gray, and papers by Mrs. Lou Bryant on The Warly Schools of Indiana and Mrs. Ita West on The Homes and Manner of Living of the Pioneers of Indiana. After the business session, refreshments were served by the hostess.
A solemn Coatesville service honors veterans with a candlelit procession to the south cemetery. James M. Ogden of Indianapolis delivers an impassioned address praising freedom and national unity, as Lincoln’s memory and the soldiers buried there are remembered by lodges and Sunday schools.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam in Hendricks county at Danville on January 26, 1915, for rural carrier at Stilesville with possible vacancies on other rural routes. Only native citizens domiciled in the county’s postal district may apply, meeting Form No. 177 requirements. Forms and blanks available from the county office or the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington.
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