Tyners Station Thanksgiving Notes Reflect Quiet Holiday
Not many hunters out on Thanksgiving Day. Earl Alexander worked fodder nearby last week. Arthur Moffett is building a new chicken house. Josephine Barker and Mildred Barker spent Friday with Louise Moffett. Mrs. Sally Sherwood and Thelma were in Connersville Wednesday. Mrs. Jont Kinder and relatives attended Thanksgiving services at Hamilton school. Mrs. Jont Kinder learned her brother-in-law Fletcher, of Dayton Ohio, was injured in a wreck on the C H D railroad. Richard Burton, returning from John Dubois, was held up by two men who searched his pockets for tobacco. Nellie Moffett and daughter Louise spent Thanksgiving with Minnie Moffett and Myrtle. A snow storm marked the end of the day. County ditch opened across Nickle Plate Road forcing locals to divert by Chicken Foot to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Alexander
Arthur Moffett
Josephine
Mildred Barker
Louise Moffett
Sally Sherwood
Thelma
Connersville
Jont Kinder
Arminta Bryant
Ruby Kinder
Helen Sherwood
Hamilton School
Mr. Fletcher
Dayton
Ohio
Hamilton
John Dubois
Richard Burton
Nellie Moffett
Louise
Minnie Moffett
Myrtle
GARRISON FALLS CANDIDATE FOR ROAD SUPERVISOR
George Leonard seeks the road supervisor post in Orange township Diat No 1 with flattering prospects. The local note also reports illness recovery of Edard Bertha Tate’s daughter from pneumonia and various Thanksgiving visits among area families including the Grays Little and Morris households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leonard
Orange Township
Diat
Edard Bertha Tate
Quincy Gray
J. R. Gray
John Mattingley
Otto Morris
Community Notes From Connersville Church
Several youths attend church at the Christian church in Connersville Sunday night. Mrs. Mary Bibbit, Kansas temperance lecturer, spoke against saloons and tobacco. Numerous local families and guests visited with relatives throughout the weekend and a new nine pound boy was born to Walter Reeves and wife. Several parishioners and friends were noted visiting, with updates on illness and travel among St. Marcus, Bilby, Moffett, Ochiltree, and Alexander families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Connersville
Mary Bibbit
Kansas
Walter Reeves
Beeson and Hankins William Whipple Suffering Wrist
Beeson and Hankins report William Whipple suffering a sprained wrist. Mary Simpkins expected home soon from Ohio. Mabel Moffett ill with a severe cold. Catherine Swafford visiting relatives in Indianapolis. Ethel Brattain spent Monday with Mabel Moffett. Leander Kirtley family attended church at Village Creek. Frank Archey’s friends called before his departure to Texas. Bert Caldwell and Dan Broaddus visited Mrs. William Whipple. Thersia Williamson spent weekend with John Brumfiel and wife. Alfred Sample helping Otho Moffett husk corn. Residents attended Christian church services Sunday. Jolly Ten Sewing club to meet with Mrs. Will Weeds Friday. Dorothy Whipple ill with sickness and missed school. William Whipple family attended church at Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Whipple
Mary Simpkins
Ohio
Mabel Moffett
Catherine Swafford
Indianapolis
Ethel Brattain
Leander Kirtley
Village Creek
Frank Archey
Texas
Bert Caldwell
Dan Broaddus
Thersia Williamson
John Brumfiel
Connersville
Alfred Sample
Otho Moffett
The
Christian Church
Jolly Ten Sewing Club
Will Weeds
Mary Jeannette
Frank Wise
William Semilar
James Tetters
Clara Fread
John Fritz
Henry Shepherd
Mabel
Harrisburg
Lillian
Florence Kirtley
Abner Whipple
Charles Kennedy
Jonas
East Connersville
Jolly Sewing Circle
William Woods
Local social calls linger through a Saturday night
Rosalind Sparks and Hattie Alexander spent Saturday night with Mrs. O H Alexander. Russell Worsham is sick. Mrs Robert Lockhart and daughter Mrs Byron Hughes spent Friday with Mrs O H Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalind Sparks
Hattie Alexander
Russell Worsham
Robert Lockhart
Byron Hughes
O. H. Alexander
Cummins Corner social notes and local visits
Mrs James Freeman hosted guests including Murl Cummins and Grace Ward. The Cummins group visited Nettie Cummins last week, and many attended the I O O F social in Falmouth. Thanksgiving dinners featured oysters and chicken, with hunting in the afternoon diminishing quails and chickens. Eva Heck visited Bentonville and attended the Free Fair social. Emma Kellar and Mayme Kellar visited Connersville area. Amos Miller and Harry French attended Pearl Robinson and Dean’s wedding at Yankee Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ward
Straughns Station
Nettie Cummins
Falmouth
Emma Kellar
Mayme Kellar
Henry Kellar
Connersville
Amos Miller
Harry French
Miss Pearl Robinson
Mr. Dean
Mary Robinson
Yankeetown
Mt Zion Revival Draws Large Crowd in Wilson Creek
Rev Floyd leads revival at Mt. Zion with growing interest. Rev Henry of Dublin preached Sunday to a large audience. Local families hosted visitors and attended services. Additional notes include Mrs Ella Williams visiting parents and several local movements around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Mt. Zion
Rev
Henry
Dublin
Ella Williams
Rube Williams
Steve White
Joe Eshelmen
East Connersville
M. H. Williams
Elijah Myer
J. E. Crandel
Rev. Floyd
Everton Church
White Water Chapel Meeting Series Begins Next Saturday Night
A series of meetings will begin at the White Water Chapel next Saturday night, December 7, by Brother Hoak of Kokomo Indiana. Perry Hail, who has been working for Harry Showalter, returned to his home Monday. Elmer Flant and wife spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Neptune. We had enough snow to start the hunters out Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Water Chapel
Dee
Brother Hoak
Kokomo
Ind
Perry Hail
Harry Showalter
Elmer Flant
Tra Pollitt and family spend Thursday with C. A. Elwood
Tra Pollitt and his family visited C. A. Elwood on Thursday, sharing time and conversation in a casual social call at Elwood's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tra Pollitt
Faily
C. A. Elwood
Thanksgiving Guests and Turkeys Across Town
Fred Carmony and wife from Dublin visited Louis Matney and family last week. Perry Stanton and family from Rush County spent Sunday with A. H. Stephen and wife. Richard McKee and son Frank and their families from Franklin County spent Thanksgiving with Chester and Laura Stephen. Austin Winchell and mother came from Indianapolis to Orange for Thanksgiving. They had ten turkeys killed for Ant and over 200 people attended to see him eat them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carmony
Dublin
Louis Matney
Perry Stanton
Rush County
A. H. Stephen
Richard McKee
Frank
Franklin County
Chester
Laura Stephen
Austin Winchell
Indianapolis
Orange
Riverside Thanksgiving Scenes From A Indiana Community
Thanksgiving spread across Riverside as families gathered in Laurel Connersville Jamestown and Everton. Locals recall visits from Brumfiel Neff Elliott and Worster households while the Riverside Literary Society hosts debates and a program.
Locust Grove Farmers Busy Husking Corn
Locust Grove residents among Sunday activities with neighbors and relatives. Mr and Mrs Wm spent time with nephew Lemual McNutt and wife. Mr and Mrs Loura Scholl visited Poe Hannah, Rollipy and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Lemual McNutt
Loura Scholl
Poe Hannah
Rollipy
Social visit and family notes from Cen treville area
Mrs Wm Lambert and Miss Mary Kuhn visited Mr and Mrs Jesse Lambert Friday. Mrs B F Dangan called on Mrs John W Jebe Monday afternoon. Carrie Gine hurt in a runaway is recovering well. George Roberts attended services at Doddridge Chapel. John W Jobe and Mrs Hannah Rollins hosted Monday evening. Wm Lambert and wife hosted dinner Sunday for Clayton Lambert and daughter and others near Centreville. Lambert Funk and family from Indianapolis and several others were guests of Frank Trusler and family Sunday. Aunt Betty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Roberts
Everton
Samuel Rowe
Milton Brumfiel
Harold Trusler
Bentley Church
Wm. Lambert
Mary Kuhn
Jesse Lambert
B. F. Dangan
John W. Jebe
Carrie Gine
George Roberts
Doddridge Chapel
John Gise
Clayton Lambert
W. B. Lambert
Centreville
Lambert Funk and
Indianapolis
David Funk, Jr
Claude Hamilton
John Retherford
James Hamilton
Florence
Frank Trusler
Betty
Rush County Notes Local Moves and Visits
Glenwood residents report John McKay and wife returning from Minnesota to settle on a Rush county farm in spring. Emery Putman of Morristown visits family. John Reece of Indianapolis and his wife spend Thanksgiving with relatives. Mrs Walton of Hamilton Ohio visits. Florence Elliott visits Oxford friends. Clarence Hall of Dayton calls on home folks. Tom Vandivier of Greensburg visits sister in law Maggie Vandiver. Jimmie Meek travels to Kansas City on business. Ott Winchel and wife of Indianapolis visit friends in Orange this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKay
Minnesota
Rush County
Emery Putman
Morristown
John Reece
Indianapolis
Walton
Hamilton
Ohio
Florence Elliott
Oxford
Clarence Hall
Dayton
Tom Vandivier
Greensburg
Thanksgiving gatherings and farm activity in Mt Garrison area
Thanksgiving scenes include Mrs Will Stagg and Mrs Nancy Hough visiting Mrs Frank Hanson and others. Chas Davis hosted. Will Stagg and family shared meals with George Coffman at Brownsville. Otto Roth from Rushville joined Jessie Retherford. Corbin and Crandle families hosted Everton. Hog butchering underway. hog prices rising as farmers work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Stagg
Nancy Hough
Frank Hanson
Chas. Davis
George Coffman
Brownsville
Otto Roth
Rushville
Jessie Retherford
Everton Thanksgiving Dinner Socials and Local Updates
Everton residents reported gatherings at turkey dinners with relatives and friends including Lizzie Mitchell, Inez Funk, Dessie Lake, and the Lake family. The new meat shop is busy. Joe Castohan resigned as mail carrier on Route 11 due to health issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Castohan
Local Notes On Visits And Home Improvements
R T Taylors house gains shingles and better curb appeal. John Rigor his wife and daughter were Sunday guests of Mrs Sallie Jerman. Miss Isabelle Moore visits Connersville. Mrs Will Duckworth visits Connersville with brothers Winfield and Grundy Veatch. Mollie Whitelock and Inez Lewis report a fine Birmingham trip. Biddy Beckett and daughter Catherine spend Thanksgiving with son and wife at Poplar Ridge. Christmas tree at church and entertainment planned for Christmas Eve. Oros Myer and wife with relatives visit William Myer near Bentley. Lina Hornung of Alquina visits relatives in Everton. Several from here attend Mt Zion meeting last Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Moore
Connersville
Will Duckworth
Winfield and
Grundy Veatch
Mollie Whitelock
Inez Lewis
Birmingham
Alabama
Old
Indiana
Biddy Beckett
Catherine
Poplar Ridge
Beesons and Hankins Thanksgiving Social Notes
Bulletin of local social and family updates. Mentions Thanksgiving visits and sick list including Mrs John Strong and Mrs Simon Ostheimer. Numerous household members from Connersville Metamora Harrisburg and East Connersville are noted visiting relatives and attending church events. Community groups like the Jolly Sewing Circle and Advisory Board held meetings with social activities described.
Waterloo and Nearby Social Notes Highlight Thanksgiving Visits
Miss Carrie Geise and Forrest Caldwell, both injured Friday night, are reported to be recovering well. Lafayette residents Roy and Albert Green and Indianapolis native Clair Jobe spent Thanksgiving at home. John Watt hosted friends, and Oliver Frant and family visited Lyons Station. Ben Vernon and sister Carrie visited John Geise, while Mrs. McCashland and daughter Mrs. Bender called on Fiant's daughters. Connersville guests Mr. and Mrs. Cole stay this week. Several Geise and Caldwell friends called Sunday. The Bay View Club plans to entertain the Milton Club at Mrs. Charles Hurst's Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Geise
Forrest Caldwell
Roy
Albert Green
Lafayette
Clair Jobe
Indianapolis
John Watt
Oliver Frant
Lyons Station
Ben Vernon
Carrie
John Geise
Miss Geise
Bay View Club
Milton Club
Charles Hurst
Our first snow signals a longer winter in Alquina
The town notes the first snow on November 30 and quotes an old saying of thirty snows more to come this season. Jack Thomas and family shared Thanksgiving with Jasper Lemon and wife. Mrs. Lou Lair, visiting her sister in Hamilton Ohio, returned home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clide Martin of Liberty visited grandmother Mrs. Turner. Horace Allison and family spent Sunday with Andrew Young. James R. Carter and family visited his mother Mrs. Poat in Everton on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Nicely
Jamestown
Ind
Clide Martin
Liberty
Turner
Horace Allison
Andrew Young
James R. Carter
Poat
Everton
Thanksgiving Visits And Family Gatherings Reported
A report notes strong Sunday school attendance and farmers finishing corn harvesting. It records several coastal visits and family gatherings including J H Jewell and family with J M Barkley in College Corner, Nora and Alice Brown with relatives near Arlington, and other relatives visiting Milroy, Roseburg, Aron Ohio, and Coffman households during Thanksgiving. John Jewell is ill and unable to teach this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Jewell
J. M. Barkley
College Corner
Nora
Alice Brown
Arlington
Franklin
Aron
Ohio
Lon Sacre
Otto Roth
Milroy
C. W. Widdows
J. M. Widdows
Brookville Visitors and Thanksgiving Travel Noted
Mrs Josie Wilson and Grace shopped in Brookville last Tuesday. Calvin Chambers and Mias Ora were there last Wednesday. Jasper Kennedy and Madge of Connersville visited Mr and Mrs J R Kennedy here last Wednesday. Mr Sout s Miss Stout went to Brougkville Wednesday evening for Thanksgiving with their parents. George Starr of Connersville visited relatives here. Joe Ainsley and children of Connersville spent Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Stolz. Mrs Herman Rose went to Indianapolis to visit her brother Fishback and family. Emerson White and Boyd Lynn spent weekend with Connersville relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Kennedy
Madge
Connersville
J. R. Kennedy
Sout
Miss Stout
Brougkville
George Starr
Joe Ainsley
Stolz
Herman Rose
Indianapolis
Fishback
Emerson White
Boyd Lynn
Thanksgiving Socials and Visits Across Towns
A series of Thanksgiving related visits and gatherings are listed. Emma Sutton spent Thanksgiving with her parents in Dublin. Charlie Thomas shopped in Connersville. Families from here attended a Columbia social. Clyde Adams and wife visited Train Pike family in Connersville. Fred Perin and wife from Connersville spent Thanksgiving here. Sherman Stevens and relatives visited Willard Hadley’s family. Cora and Elsie Straight were in Laurel. Mabel Payne traveled to Connersville. Virg il Chance and E I Chance, with their wife, visited their father Hiram Chance near Oldenburg. Roy Brown and wife from Connersville visiting Lee Pike and Misa Hawking. Dan Bundrant and Lilian Pike hosted a turkey dinner in Indianapolis. Emory Handley and wife with baby visited relatives on the East Side. Will Matney and wife from Orange visited C. W. Farrington’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Clyde Adams
Connersville
Train Pike
Cora
Elsie Straight
Laurel
Mabel Payne
Virgil Chance
Philomath
E. I. Chance
Hiram Chance
Oldenburg
Roy Brown
Lee Pike
Misa Cosie Hawking
Dan Bundrant
Lilian Pike
Dora Scruggs
Indianapolis
Emory Handley
East Side
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May Little
Magpie
Leslie Little
Iowa
Colege
Mary Painter
Bunker Bill
Jacob Hichell
Jaimes Cox
Nat Pike
Fred Prifogle
Wm. Worster
W. C. Davis
Amy
E. L. Bundrant
John Williams
P. T. Bilby
Francis
Chas. Moffett
Wm. Alexander
Will Ochiltree
Sadie Robison
Williamsburg
Kate Moffett
Robert Ochiltree
Cincinnati
Chas
Jane Bundrant
Chester Paris
Carrie Martin
Alice Worsham
Bessie Brown
Curtis Tate
Anderson
Mr. Harmeyer
Indianapolly
Chas. Willis
Gertrude Goler
Ash
Alice Binder
Rothy Banker
Essie
Ray Brockley
Alonzo Binder
John Binder
Marcus Martin
Beesons and Hankins
Dorothy Whipple
Cummins Corner
James Freeman
Murl Cummins
Juanita
M. F. Cummins
LeRoy Saxon
Mary
Frank Cummins
Miss Hazel
Howard Sherwood
Rufus Cummins
Walter Cummins
Eva Heck
Bentonville
Grant Heck
Wilson Creek
South Orange
Riverside
Dan Brumfiel
Oscar Vannatta
Sallie Taylor
John and
Ambrose Elliott
Quincy Elliott
J. L. Ashworth
Charles Neff
A. Y. Neff’s
Laura Backous
Harold
Eldon
Walter Neff
Lillie Chance
Jesse Sherry
George Jackson
Chester Hawkins
Clarence
Jesse Thomas
Alquina
Lon Brumfiel’s
Bertha Campbell
Blanche and
Clara Brumfiel
Nelson Williams
Wife
Ossie Worster's
Carl Elliott
A. Y. Neff's
Charles Worster
Martinsville
Trustee Safe Cokefair
Julius Merman
Elijah Elliott
Metamora
Clarence Jackson
Riverside Literary Society
Ben Brumfiel
Chas. Keeler
Lurton Goble
Olver Brumfiel
Melvin Lake
John Falkert
Locust Grove
John W. Jobe
Hannah Rollins
Glenwood
MT. Garrison
Crandle
Corbin
Jin Lake
Ollie Zimmerman
Sherman Chowning
Vhurman Young
Lon Retherford
Will Remy
Jim Lake
Lizzie Mitchell
Inez Funk
Dessie Lake
J. O. Steele
Cora Goble
Cary Klipple
Elsie Lake
Sam Rowe
Ernest Roberts and Son
Will Franklin
Claire Lake
W. R. Lake
A. J. Britt
Alexander
Riley
Percy Reed
Mildred
R. T. Taylor
Samuel Piper
Miss Pearl Rigor
John Lake
John Rigor
Sallie Jerman
Oros Myer
William Myer
Bentley
Lina Hornung
John Strong
Oma Mochwort
David Wise
William Keene
Muel Moffett
Laura Ostheimer
Alfred and
Joe Sample
William Stoops, Jr
William
Clifford Brattain
George Brattain
Ethel
Irene Halbut
Metaroora
Mr. Pence
Hawkins Farm
Simon Ostheimer
Chas. Kennedy
Waterloo
Jack Thomas
Jasper Lemon
Ross Carter
Roseburg
John Jewell
Huff
Stagg
Blooming Grove
Josie Wilson
Grace
Brookville
Calvin Chambers
Mias Ora
Alpine
Emma Sutton
Charlie Thomas
Fred Perin
Sherman Stevens
Willard Hadley
Will Matney
C. W. Farrington
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