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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
8
Sunday preaching day reported. Local residents visited and hosted guests including Miss Alice Abernathy Mayme White Walter Sherwood and Orval Hood. Illnesses and visits noted with Inez Post Anna Eshelman and others. A party hosted by Alford Corbin Wednesday drew many attendees.
Local column notes Uncle George Kinder ill and Willie Limbert regains strength with crutches. Farm visits include Jack Roysdon from Connersville and John Kidd with new shotgun. Insurance after lightning burned Mr. O’Brien’s barn. Wiley Chapel events plus travel to Indianapolis for family visits. Sunday school and preaching welcomed. basket meeting set for July 8. Aunt Polly.
A birthday surprise for Mr. Stanley as Laet Bundayell and relatives visited with seasonal treats. Rufus Davis and wife welcomed a newborn, and Ethel C. Stewart plans a Boise visit to stay with grandparents. David Flaunt recovers slowly from a recent runaway injury.
Dr. Fred White and daughter from Connersville visited friends in Everton last Friday. Joe M. Taylor and wife arrived from Indianapolis yesterday with their father R. T. Taylor.
Relatives visit and social events fill Everton area life with church meetings and teas. Mrs. Bell Lake hosts a Ladies Aid session, and a Javanese Tea supports a good cause. Residents travel to Brookville and Dunreath while neighbors report illnesses, weddings, and community work at lodges and stores.
Dr T J Paxton and wife return from Dayton visit. Eva Mingle operated on for neck tumor by Dra Sexton and Sipe. Louisa McCrory funeral drew large crowd. Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Sizelove of Bentonville visited Jack Hall. M E church ladies plan strawberry and ice cream festival at John Link's home. Mrs Al Dunham returns to Maron after visit.
Alpine Miss Grace Neal from Metamora visits grandparents E P Garrison and wife. Miss Mattie Stephen from Connersville stays with Emory Pike family. Mrs Sherman Stevens and Miss Carrie Stevens call on George Horton and wife. Lillian Pike visits Gertie Elliott of Everton. Charles Thomas with wife and son Ben visit relatives. Mrs Will Thomas and Mrs Fred Perin from Connersville spend days with Wm Seal family. Harry Foster and wife from Connersville spend Sunday with Joel Foster family.
Alpine church hosts a township Sunday school convention next Saturday with workers urged to attend. Report shows Alpine Sunday school total attendance 638, average 29, total collection 11.29 dollars, average 51 cents. largest attendance 49 and largest collection 97 cents. Local residents visited include Cliff Manley and families, Sherman and Wm Limpus, Scott Willams and Rev Pattison preached Sunday.
South Orange residents Louis Matney and Jasper M. Coon traveled to Benton Harbor last Sunday. Mrs. Julia A. Cox of Connersville and Mrs. Mel Gilmore visited relatives here. Capt. W. F. Limpus and his daughters Vona and Laura visited Mrs. H. E. Stephen last week. Fred and Roy Coon fished with Lewis Beaver Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Moor of near Rushville visited H. E. Stevens and family Sunday.
Miss Gladys Osborn of Mays Station and others from Falmouth and Owenton visited Miss Dessie Ellis and Myrtle Swift last Tuesday. A campus of invitations, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Miller hosted, the Missionary Society met at Val Curtis home, and a large gathering of Cummins and Swift families enjoyed refreshments and party games into midnight.
East Connersville residents helped Mr. E. Jones harvest strawberries last week. Harry Harlen served as juryman. Frank Welch bought a span of horses from Mr. C. E. Davis. R. Wildredge rove a barn for Stephen Stoops. Mr. Mke Frank began haymaking. S. Wildridge, jeweler of Andersonville, visited. W. F. Harlan had a minor collision with a westbound freight train.
Pickling cherries occupies the town as residents share a social bulletin. Mrs. Sheets visits her father Mr. Crawford. Aunt Lizzie Read has been ill for a week. Mrs. Beckle Decker of Bentonville attends local church. Louise and Ella Huber return from Cincinnati. Mrs. Fred Fisher goes to Richmond for a nephew’s death. Fisher attends Hamilton burial. Dr. W. S. Tagley and wife from Indianapolis visit sister and attend church events.
Miss Barbara Florea hosted a Sunday gathering with prize games featuring a star on a large flag. Winners were Ruby Leffingwell and Mary Caldwell, who earned a china plate and a toy dog. Attendees included Helene Thomas Cecil Suttles Hazel Lucy Maud Neff Bertha Campbell and Hester Leffingwell.
The Bay View club held its opening meeting at Misses Della and Mattie Fiant's Friday afternoon featuring papers by Mrs. McMullen and Mrs. Dickson a duet by the Fiants and piano solos by Leota Watt and Miss Stevens of Rushville. Delicate refreshments were served and guests praised the hospitality.
Earl Painter and wife rejoice at the birth of a son. Mrs Olivier Garrison tends thirty seven young turkeys. Chas Mummert and son along the traction line Sunday. Mrs Norwh Hood and sons and daughter visit Omer Garrison. Housewives busy canning cherries. Farmers sold hogs and hauled to Glenwood last Tuesday. Ed Freeze aids Chas Holand in hay making. Clayton Stevens visited his farm last Monday.
Mrs Salile Robinson of Connersville supervises repapering at Fairview ahead of Frank Warrick of Mays who will teach in Glenwood next term. Reunion attendees include Mike Brown Alex Kinder Harley Wikoff E W Caldwell Carey Jackson Elmore Thomas and families. Social planned by Fairview Christian Church Ladies Aid for strawberry and ice cream night on Thursday the 21st. John Darnell and family visited Milroy relatives. Mrs John Cohen improving after surgery. Mrs J P Thrasher visiting Cincinnati guest Mrs Doty to accompany home. Christian church remodeling continues. Bert Thomas and wife note their daughter born with anniversaries to be dated June 6.
Amos Clifford and wife of Indianapolis stayed with Mrs. Louise Lewis. May Stevens and daughter returned to Richmond after visiting her parents. Clarke family to begin meeting August 14 as successful evangelists. Mary McMillin visited Rushville grandparents Dan Shortridge and wife. Sorrel’s thrashing outfit arrives. farmers expect quick work. Mrs. Charles Ross in critical condition. Sam McClure remarks on stork visit. LeRoy Saxon family at Center meeting and with relatives. Prof Hall W S Saxon visit sick Mrs. Margaret Robinson in Connersville. H L Ludlow guest of son Ross at Fairview Park. Alf Saxon ill but improving.
Bentonville residents report cherry harvests and a county picnic at Brookside Park in Indianapolis with Ray Thornburg and Peteras from Rushville attending along with Porter Myers and others. Local ball results show Bentonville defeating Alquina 9 to 9.
NULLTOWN and Connersville locals plus travelers like H L Porter and Mrs Beil Zattmeister appear in a stream of social notices. Families such as the Hoppwoods attending a wedding in Indianapolis, and residents like Mary McIlwain and Ruby Norrie visiting relatives are listed among exchanges of visits and housekeeping.
Riverside brief mentions harvest approaching and local residents traveling. Carl Elliott visited Louisville over Sunday. Neff Ashworth returned home Friday. Lucile Neff visited family to see a new sister. Ed Hood and sons noted. Walter and Harry from West Side visited Orville Hoods on Sunday. Milton Trasler returned to Connerville Friday after a two week visit with his daughter.
Alpine residents share family news, births and visits. Mrs. Wamsley lies dying. A. Y. Neff becomes grandmother and reports a healthy baby girl. Mission Circle and Sunday school events unfold at Everton and Mt. Zion with planning for future talks. A family reunion at Everett featured a large dinner. cherry picking and school projects fill days. residents muse on the unfinished Nalitown bridge and potential auto dangers nearby.
Harrison Township hosts a June 27 Sunday School program with music devotional by Rev. Wilson and activities led by Wiley Chapel. The piece also lists visitors and locals, including A. Y. Neff returning from Dayton, Dr. L. D. Dillman’s Oklahoma trip, and Miss Lee Murray visiting after the San Francisco earthquake.
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