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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
5
The Brethren Church announces Bible study at 9 30 a m led by Sam Clingaman superintendent and Christian Endeavor at seven o clock. The public is invited to all services with A T Wintex as pastor.
You are cordially invited to attend these services. Sunday School and B Y P U meet. Prayer Meeting at 7 30 Wednesday evening. Pastor C F G Open invites all.
Sunday School sessions listed at Denver and Chili with 9 30 a m start times Amos Long as superintendent and H W Park as pastor for both locations Morning and evening preaching services announced in the records
Despite Sunday rain more than 150 members of the Friend and Cress families gathered at City Park for the annual reunion. The event featured a large picnic dinner with baskets of spring chicken potato salad corn fruit salad ice cream and cake. Officers elected were M. C. Friend Peru president Charles Cress Mexico vice president Eva Kanada Ridgeview secretary and Eugene Mills Deedaville treasurer. Out of town guests included William Friend Frankton Ira Pontius Marion Edward Pontius Miami and many others from Denver Huntington Twelve Mile Mexico Akron Silver Lake Chili Macy Perrysburg and more.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Brethren Church will hold a devotional and business meeting next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mrs. Sam Berger's home. Members meeting at 1 30 at Mrs. Albert Eikenberry's will carpool to Ang. officers will be elected.
Fragmentary note suggests aDerekee to Indianapolis Hospital for treatment and health improvement. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Four people were hurt in a head on crash just south of the Mexico bridge on the Peru Rochester road Wednesday forenoon. Ray and Court Stroud drove a Dodge touring north. Fred Eisenbrenner and John Swartz rode a motorcycle with sidecar south after a fishing trip. Eisenbrenner died later while Swartz and the Strouds suffered serious injuries. Witness accounts differ on fault.
A family gathering Sunday honored Aaron B. Berger of near Gilead with seventy-two relatives attending. Guests brought baskets for dinner and music by the Willie McColly family. Gifts included a rocking chair and a hat rack from Lewis Gustin. Many Berger and local families attended, including Alfred Runkle, Am brose Moore, Hart Butler, Henry Robertson, Grandma Berger, and Otis Crowl.
Through the columns of the Tribune we express appreciation and thank all who assisted in our Decoration and Memorial Services Sunday. I. C. C. F. LODE.
Mr and Mrs C V Graft and daughters Edith and Marjorie of Winchester entertained at dinner Sunday at the home of Mrs Ina Fouts in Denver.
Community Chautauqua opens July 19 for five days with music lectures and entertainments. Season tickets allow all sessions at low cost, including Chimes of Normandy opera on final day and acts by the Boston String Quartet, Roland A. Nicholas and others in a wide program.
Cheston Long and family from Peru visited Ott Murphy and family north of Denver on Sunday. Their son Forest stayed on for a few days.
Perry Cover aged seventy nine died suddenly at his Washington street home Tuesday morning due to heart trouble. A Maryland born Civil War veteran and farmer, he lived in Miami County and Denver and served in the Twelfth Indiana before transferring to the Fortieth. He leaves a widow, a sister in Chili, and a niece in Peru. funeral at the Denver Methodist church with burial in the Denver I O O F cemetery.
The Husband's Meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Long south of town on Wednesday evening June 30 at 7 30. Mrs Long's assistants are Mrs Acel Dukes of Peru Mrs George Musselman Mrs Charles Long and Mrs L H Dice. Plans promise an enjoyable evening and attendees should not be disappointed.
Mrs Emily Fetrow is critically ill at her East Washington street home with little hope of recovery. She previously fractured her hip in a fall months ago and, despite slow healing, complications have led physicians to abandon hopes of improvement.
Ross McHenry traveled to Toledo Ohio for a weekend visit returning with his wife and children who had been in the city two weeks visiting Mrs McHenry's father Will Robbins. Social events included an Ice Cream Social at Skillman Chapel with Mr and Mrs Stockdale and Miss Stockdale providing music and several local households hosting supper gatherings.
Large Denver crowd for a Thursday concert fills streets with parked cars as the Denver Merchants Band showcases a program of skilled musicianship. The lineup includes A Jolly Cop, Thelowa, Two Step and more with George Rosenkraus and R. B. Hall among the featured performers. TO RECEIVE M. A. DEGREE.
Donald Greer son of Mrs T M Greer graduates from Harvard University this year after earlier earning a degree at the University of Illinois last year He will receive his M A tomorrow June 25 in Cambridge The family plans a visit to Denver before he starts new work and his friends praise his long academic record
John L. Dewald, living north of Denver, is slightly improved after two weeks of critical illness from blood poisoning. He remains in danger but the outlook is brighter, with the disease having spread from his left arm to his right side and arm. His age and prior health have made the battle difficult, but hopes for a full recovery grow.
Mr and Mrs Claude Haines and James Staller families and Ross Troxell visited at Lewis Shafer’s east of town Sunday. Monday marked Mrs Shafer’s birthday anniversary with baskets and a bountiful noon dinner. Joseph Warren and wife arrived in Denver after a four week visit in Parsons and Galesburg Kansas and returned home earlier due to smallpox in the region. Helen Sellers, student at North Manchester college, was recalled to attend Mrs Henry Eckelberger’s funeral at the McCoy home Peru with Rev Thornburg officiating. Mrs Eckelberger is Mrs McCoy’s mother.
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