Clergy Conference Attended by Regional Church Leaders
Rev A W Jamison of Rushville and Rev A J McConnell of Kirklin attended a United Presbyterian Church conference Monday evening. John Carson of South Bend visited his parents J Albert Carson. Fretz of Defiance Ohio preached at the Church of God last Sunday. Bea Arnott and daughters Wilma and Margaret of White Pigeon attended a funeral with Wa bash and Bowman families. Victor Rushen of Ft Wayne spent a week at her father A M Price’s home. Mrs Fred Saylor of Burnettsville visited her mother Mrs Amanda Sharpe. Electa Condo returned home after visiting friends in Logansport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Jamison
D. D
Rushville
A. J. McConnell
Kirklin
United Presbyterian Church
John Carson
South Bend
J. Albert Carson
Fretz
Defiance
Ohio
Church of God
Bea Arnott
Wilma and
Margaret
White Pigeon
Mich
Bubble
Will Bowman
Chas. Bowman
Ralph Bowman
Shrader
Wabash
Bowman
Victor Rushen
Ft. Wayne
A. M. Price
Fred Saylor
Burnettsville
Amanda Sharpe
Local Socials and Obituary Notice from Idaville Area
Mr and Mrs C V Hoover entertain guests including Mr and Mrs Frank Leslie of Pike Creek and other couples. Families visit each other across Monticello Idaville and Ockley areas. Mrs Hattie Arnott Bowman dies in Phoenix Arizona and is buried locally. Ira Leslie moves to Jennie Yorks farm. Local residents on sick list. telephone meeting attended at Rockfield.
February birthday dinner and local social notices
Social items from Lafayette area list February birthday dinner guests at Mrs. Ella Clawson home including Amanda Archibald Josephine Morrison Lizzie Love Agnes Brookbank Charles Clawson and Delphi relatives. Other entries note visits by Charles Thompson to Gary and funeral attendance for Eileen White in Brookston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Charles Thompson
Lafayette
Nelson Giles
Lowel
Zoe
Lowell Henderson
Harry Henderson
Robertson
Ella Clawson
Amanda Archibald
Josephine
Jennie Morrison
Lizzie Love
Amanda Davis
Earl Clawson
Frank Quinn
Eileen White
Brookston
W .C. Henderson
Walter Henderson
Agnes Brookbank
John Morrison
As No Man Has Loved at Arc in February
A patriotic big picture on the tale of The Man Without a Country screens at the Arc Monday and Tuesday February 22 and 23. The film promises gripping drama and national sentiment.
Donation frees Winamac church from debt
Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Thompson donated a farm west of Winamac valued at 10 000 dollars to the Winamac Christian church. The church will sell the farm and use receipts to pay the church debt, freeing the church from indebtedness. Both donors have long been active church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winamac
G. W. Thompson
Social Roundup From Woods Corner and Nearby Towns
Miss Bernice Myers spent Thursday night with schoolmate Miss Wanda North. Mrs. Clara Ferguson is visiting in Chicago with cousins Mrs. Samuel Calvin and Mrs. Ida Bryan. Mrs. Lucy Shigley is very low at her daughter Arch McClean's home. Miss Lillian Stout of Lafayette visited with her sister Mrs. Alfred McClean. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nelson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas Boeye in Brookston. Mrs. Clarence Riley visited with Mrs. O. S. Elston and daughter Omega. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Potter called on Clara Ferguson and family Sunday. The McClean couple near Delphi visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McClean, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Woods and son called on Thomas Nelson Friday. Fred Fisher and family and Harry Weiderhart and family visited the Wakelands near Hopedale Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Myers
Wanda North
Clara Ferguson
Chicago
Samuel Calvin
Ida Bryan
Lucy Shigley
Arch McClean
Lillian Stout
Lafayette
Alfred McClean
Joseph Nelson
Chas. Boeye
Brookston
Clarence Riley
O. S. Elston
Omega
Everett Potter
James McClean
Delphi
Alfred Woods
Thomas Nelson
Fred Fisher
Harry Weiderhart
W. J. Wakeland
Hopedale
Community Notes From Rock Creek Township
Messrs Walter and William H Guthrie attended the sale on the Lou Cobl place last week. Frank Hinkle Arthur Little Charles Harvey Larry Mullendere and Hudd Sterrett finished buzzing wood the first of the week. Mr Brady from near Burnettsville has moved on the Parks Groninger farm and will work for Mr Groninger this coming year. Misses Ruth and Ruby Timmons spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Albert Shaffer and family. Mrs John Wingard is very ill and not better. Three hundred rods of old rail fence were torn out and burned into stove wood by Wilson Sterrett this fall. Some rails walnut split by George Koontz nearly one hundred years ago. Wilson Sterrett visited his son Judson Sterrett and wife and inspected a farm Judson recently purchased. Frank Hinkle and family with Samuel Clauser visited Wilson Sterrett last Monday evening. Cards were played and apples were eaten. An enjoyable time was reported by all. Mrs Thomas Williams and Mrs Budd Sterrett were Rockfield shoppers Tuesday. Joseph Salisbury and son Earl, wintering with Walter Foley, moved into a house on the James West farm to work for Mr West this year. Miss Emily Guthrie was a business caller at Rockfield Tuesday. Arthur Hildebrand attended tractor school last week. Roads are nearly impassable with hauling of saw logs, corn and wood keeping the roads full of ruts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
William H. Guthrie
Lou Cobl
Frank Hinkle
Arthur Little
Charles Harvey
Larry Mullendere
Hudd Sterrett
Mr. Brady
Burnettsville
John Wingard
Wilson Sterrett
George Koontz
Judson Sterrett
Deer Creek
Burlington
Samuel Clauser
Thomas Williams
Budd Sterrett
Rockfield
Joseph Salisbury
Earl
Walter Foley
James West
West
Emily Guthrie
Arthur Hildebrand
Ball Brothers gift funds Indiana University Nurses School
Bloomington story reports a 3 500 000 gift from the Ball Brothers to Indiana University Training School for Nurses in Indianapolis. The donation supports the nurses school and home, contingent on a 1 000 000 state campaign for the Riley Hospital. Enrollment rises as the program expands under university hospital growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Ball Brothers
Indiana University Training School For Nurses
Indianapolis
State University
I. U
Agnes A. Wagoner
Delphi
Nurses’ Training School
Indiana University
Indiana University Hospitals
James Whitcomb Riley
Ball
Ethel P. Clarke
Indiana
Riley Hospital
Robert W. Long Hospital
I. U. School For Nurses
My Favorite Stories By IRVIN S. COBB
A Brooklyn bar and its regulars frame a tale of Smitty a Bowery raised man who never left Manhattan’s sight. He tours New Jersey then returns to the city unable to imagine country life or distant towns with different names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin S. Cobb
Park Row
Andy Horn
Brooklyn Bridge
Smitty
Andy’s
Manhattan
London
Cherry Hill
Bowery
Coney Island
Far Rockaway
New York City
New Jersey
Central Press Association
Petition to Improve Public Highway in Carroll County Indiana
On February 2 1926 Vern Wasson et al filed a petition in Carroll County Auditor's office seeking improvement of a two and one half mile highway from the Cutler Gravel Road to the Prince William Gravel Road in Democrat Township Delphi Indiana. A hearing before the Board of Commissioners is set for March 2 1926 at the Court House in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Wasson
Office of the Auditor
Carroll County
Indiana
Democrat Township
Township Twenty Three
Said County
Cutler
Prince William
Board of Commissioners of
Ind
Delphi
R. E. Davidson
Doll County
Omitee Eo. Julien
Attys
Eli C Ritchey
Clay Township
Said
Carroll County bonds planned for bridge over Wabash River
Notice to Carroll County taxpayers states the Board of Commissioners determined on February 8 1926 to issue bonds exceeding five thousand dollars about ninety thousand dollars at 4 3 percent interest The net assessed value of property is forty two million two hundred forty thousand eight hundred twenty five dollars and existing indebtedness is fifteen thousand five hundred forty six dollars The bond proceeds will fund a bridge construction across the Wabash River at Carrollton Taxpayers may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners by filing a petition with the county auditor within twenty nine days from February 11 1926 Dated February 10 1926 R E Davidson Auditor Carroll County Indiana Geo M Smith County Atty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Carroll
Indiana
Carroll County
Wabash River
Carrollton
State Board of Tax Commissioners
R. E. Davidson
Geo. M. Smith
Highway improvement filed in Carroll County Indiana
A filing by Eli C Ritchey and others describes a proposed highway in Clay Township Carroll County Indiana. The route begins near Section 11 and runs south along the section line to a point near Section 14 then branches east and west following gravel roads to connect with the North South roads on the section lines. A hearing was scheduled before the County Commissioners in March 1926 with seals and dates recorded.
Delphi Leads Monticello In Court Action Thriller
Delphi high school defeated Monticello 36 to 20 after a 16 to 11 halftime margin. Ayres led Delphi with five field goals and two free throws, while Dyer scored eight for Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Monticello High School
Delphi High School
Monticello Crew
Ayres
Dyer
Montis
Western Show Promoter Fails In New York Frontier Event
A seasoned cowboy recounts a failed Eastern frontier celebration in New York City. Despite injuries from a roping accident, he won the bull dogging prize two days before the show collapsed and pay was lost. The tale highlights misread audiences and a promoter’s overambitious plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
New York
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pendleton
Ore
West
Arizona
Park Row
World Building
Seaboard
The
Central Press Association
Cultivation of Willpower Through Small Definite Efforts
A quote from the Exchange notes that will power cannot be instantly claimed but must grow through gradual, deliberate acts aimed at clear goals, built by persistent habit and daily discipline.
Sent to His Death Diego de Nicuesa Exiled From Antigua
Diego de Nicuesa, a Spanish commander, angered the colonists at Antigua and was forced to sail in a rotten ship in March 1611, never to be heard from again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diego de Nicuesa
Antigua
W. L
Try Steel Mill Next
A quip from Galety about luck and a comic burglary misadventure ends with a boast about once breaking into a grand piano shop.
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Olam
lebBom
Walter Gochenour
Breining & Wilson
Delphi, Ind
L. J. W. Breining
Wolever’s
A. W. Wolever
Main St
Lafayette, Ind
Roy A. Nelson
E. Main St
Court House
Franklin Street
Idaville
Adams Township
Frank Leslie
Pike Creek
Robert Million
Russel Garrison
Leslie Paschen
Clayton Million
Paschen
Monticello
Ben Shoop
Charles Measles
Charles Farrel
John Arion
Near Ockley
Haines Bunn
Charles Mourer
Wm. Schock
Sleeth
Harry Roth
Amanda Cafghell
Maryetta Gardner
Hattie (Arnott) Bowman
Sam Arnott
Phoenix
M. E. Church
Sates
Ira Leslie
Jennie York
Henry Hasting
Olive Dimmitt
Robert Hanna
J. H. Maurer
Co-Operative
Pittsburg
McCain Tractor and Implement Co
Flora
L. H. Smith
Rock Creek Township
Gift
L. A
Jersey
Luna Coffee
Smith’s Grocery
Carrollton Township
Peru
Converse
Conve
State
Hig School Association
Flora High School
Monti
Reynolds High School
Camden
Camden High School
Reynolds
McCarty
Burlington High School
Wheeling Five
Johnson
Burlington Crew
By Irvin S.cobb
SONOR
Sonora
Logansport
Archover Gate
Farrow
Long Cliff
Sound
P. S
Roy Shively and
George Enyart
E. E. Philips
Paul Meador
Vanchie Crumpacker
E. Howell Dorland
Billy Martin
Robert Meador
Joel Wagoner
Pyrmont
Moss Meador
Hall’s
Kyle Sharps
Harry Pearson
Harriet Pearson
Sargent & Bassett
Adams Township Consolidated School
Guernsey
Yorkshire
Poland
China
Wm. McVey L
McVey
Q. W. Frye
Earl Page
Frank Sanderson
Er’ Baptist Ladies Aid
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