Bud Stover Notes Hoosiers in Oklahoma Letter from Medford farmer
Albert Stover known as Bud writes from Medford Oklahoma April 6 1920 detailing visits with Harrison County Indiana families now in Oklahoma. He praises A J Brower for farm management and notes relatives Walter Walter Jr Ludlow Sharp Pitman Breeden Stover and Stover families and local oil activity in Blackwell. He mentions Easter storm and invites Hoosiers to a big dinner at Blythe Ludlow's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Stover
Bud
Medford
Oklahoma
Mr. O'Bannon
A. J. Brower
Albert Stover Jr
France
Texas
Luther Stover
Hal Pitman
Corydon
Stover
Walter Stover
Walter
Mr. Ludlow
Bie
Mr. Sharp
Ludlow
Indiana
Mr Sharp
Charlie Fitman
Harrison Co
George H. Haas
Perry Kintner
Breeden
Elden
First National Bank
Denver
Colorado
Blackwell
Henry Taylor
Fay
Tankawa
Cemetery Improvement Committee OKs Cedar Hill Work and Fees
The Executive Board of the Cemetery Improvement Committee held its annual meeting in April and voted to continue caring for Cedar Hill Cemetery for 1926. They raised lot rates from 1.50 to 2.00 per season, retained Robert F. Sims as caretaker, and urged owners and friends to cooperate as solicitors prepare to call on lot owners. work starts April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemetery Improvement Committee
Cedar Hill Cemetery
Robert F. Sims
Cedar Hill
Rainbow Sale at Miles’ Variety Store Offers Bargains
Miles' Variety Store advertises a Rainbow Sale with a 18 qt rinsing pan priced at 69 cents as a cheaper alternative to mending. The note emphasizes affordability for kitchenware.
Between Two Lives Vocational Play Shown at Corydon High
Corydon High School's Vocational Department staged the play Between Two Lives at the Corydon Public School Auditorium last Friday and at Modern Woodman Hall New Middletown Saturday. The drama about changing rural life showed parental child tensions ending in a square dance finale to cheering crowds. Local students provided music and acting under Madeleine Connor and Father A Wicke with several named performers and a notable solo by Miss Cleon Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon High School
Corydon Public School
Woodman Hall
New Middletown
Madeleine Connor
A. Wicke
Corydor High School
Herman Sims
Clifford Hurst
Louise Bottorff
Mary Sample
Jand Earl Shireman
Molle Keller
Henry Wilson
Clarence Engleman
Sarah
Fern Grable
Betty
Sarah Kathryn O’connor
Silas Watson
John Davis
Lillian O’bannon
Will Jefferson
Herbert Hershman
Trueletta
Ruth Jordan
Washington Lincoln
Sam Snipes
Weeeae
Frank Turley
Donal Brooks
Max Devolvileness
Katherine Jones
Olin Grable
Cleon Miller
Misa Cleon
Corydon
Jack
Carl Hauswald
Gertrude Bowers
Kenneth Reas
Abagailt Jones
Commencement Season Opens Across County High Schools
The countywide commencement season began with DePauw High School and New Amsterdam High School conducting ceremonies on April 3 and April 8 respectively. Graduates included Anna Wilcox and Amis Richards, with addresses by notable educators. Other schools in New Middletown Elizabeth Mauckport Laconia and New Salisbury staged exercises April 9 to 17 under County Superintendent A O DeWeese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. DeWeese
DePauw
Anna BE. Wilcox
Bernadine R. Simon
Beulah M. Thevenot
Daniel C. Radcliffe
Frances P. Sieg
Harley Routh
William Pinaire
Pres. W. P. Deering
Oakland City College
Rev. c. 3
Chapman
Treble Cleff Club
Corydon
Vernia Kennedy
Joe Erb
Montie Seacat
George Rudolph
Hazel Stevens
Arlie Trowbridge
Pearl Agan
Blanche Berkshire
Carmen Stevens
Nellie Wolfe
Herman Bigler
Sylvia Wenning
Arvine McCutcheon
Thomas McCutcheon
Laconia High School
Salisbury High School
Deweese
Reconstruction as the Soldier Sees It at Corydon
Rev. Walford Lindstrum of Northern Indiana spoke at Corydon Methodist Church on the Church in Reconstruction. He detailed wartime chaplain experiences and urged active Christian work, criticizing greed and politics, and noting thirty denominations uniting for international reconstruction and gospel spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walford Lindstrum
Indiana
Inter Church World Movement
Corydon Methodist Church
Lindstrom
America
Congress
Spring fertilizer offer from O. D. Stark advertising
O. D. Stark promotes Indianapolis Rendering Co high grade 16 percent acid phosphate at 327.50 per ton. Order now at Electric Shoe Repair Shop second door east of Post Office Corydon Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Stark
Indianapolis Rendering Co
Electric Shoe
Corydon
Ind
Daughters of American Revolution Host April Meeting
The Daughters of American Revolution met in regular session on April 1 with Miss Clara Williams as hostess. Mrs. James L. Morris presented a program on Public Health, outlining its 1842 origin, progress, and the roles of Education Legislation and Prevention in advancing the cause, followed by a vocal solo by Miss Alice Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters American Revolution
Clara Williams
James L. Morris
Alice Williams
Cor
Kellems Buys Evans Blacksmith Horse Shoeing Dept
Barney Kellems of Corydon Indiana announces the purchase of the horse shoeing department from C M Evans blacksmith and repair shop and notes two years of prior employment in the shop. Thursday marked the last day of school at Moberly with a community dinner and a ball game held in appreciation of teacher Tylee Burgees, who was praised and urged to return next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Evans
Barney Kellems
Corydon
Ind
Moberly
Misa Tylee Burgees
Dr W M Casper to Practice in Grandenburg and Leavenworth
Notice that dentist Dr W M Casper will be at Grandenburg Kentucky on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday each week and at Leavenworth Indiana on Thursday and Friday starting Thursday April 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Casper
Grandenburg
Leavenworth
Ind
District High School Discussion League Contest Held at Bedford
The High School Discussion League district contest took place in Bedford on April 9. Harrison County was represented by Arlius Richard of New Amsterdam High School, who won first in the county and Bedford took first in the district. The New Amsterdam school claimed second, with Jefferson High School earning third. Stella Hisey was mentioned in connection with the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Bedford
Arlius Richard
New Amsterdam High School
Bloomington
New Amsterdam
Jefferson High School
Rainbow Sale Set for April Week at Miles' Variety Store
Rainbow Special runs Saturday April 10 through Saturday April 17 at Miles' Variety Store. Early buyers can get good hose for the whole family at low prices.
State Board of Tax Commissioners Withholds Bond Approval
The board will not act on approving county road bonds under the County Unit Law until the Supreme Court rules on the law's validity. After a recent upholding by the court, a 60 day period to seek a rehearing begins, and the board will likely pause further steps until that window closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Commissioners
County Unit
Supreme Court
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East Side Public Square
Corydon, Ind
Bud” Stover
Ford, Okla
Jessie Wallace Miller
Vocaonal
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John
DeePauw
Elizabeth and
Manckport
DePauw High School
Roy Sieg
Milltown
Harry Morge
Meta Shuck
Blue River
Spencer
Stevens
Wm. Nolot
Amis Richards
Mildred Montgomery
Floyd Dooley
Daisy Montgomery
Carl Cotner
Lucile Funk
F. S&s. Boxardus
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William Kirkham
Oral Kopp
Jack Bickel
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Violet Wolfe
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Charles L. Best
Mary Glaze
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Mary E. Clark
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Herbert Prage
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G. Edwin Wolpert
Stanley Keen
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Marcella Foreman
Paul Flanagan
Paul McElfresh
Edward Lansbury
Carl Stewart
Alliene Guenther
Boyd Boman
John Payton
William Beeler
Lorrel Rhodes
Lillian Wilson
Kenneth Johnson
Mary Cooper
Casper Tabler
Doris Farnsley
Joseph Schulmiller
Harry Rush
Paul Glaze
Elmer Sandbach
Elizabeth High School
Mauckport High School
Rev. Whitman
Seymour
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Castle E. Faith
Jack E. Miller
Bessie F. Miller
Alice F. Flora
Maud E. J.ohmeyer
Beulah C. Shireman
Beesie P. Watson
Bessie Faith
Edith Miller
Ira Bandy
Gracie Wiseman
Helen Amy
Martha Neely
Edgar Frank
Theodore Faith
Vessie Watson
Alfred Foster
Mellie Lohmeyer
Chieffa Kirk
Beatrice Timberlake
Joy Best
A. l L. Fogal
Maud Hays
Zetta Miller
Warren O'Hara Lopp
Orchestra of
New Albany
Elizabeth
Mauckport
Geo B. Wahl
Methodist
D. A. R. Meeting
Kellems Boys
Stella
Hisey
Rainbow Sale
Miles’ Variety Store
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