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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
6
Arrangements are being perfected for observing Decoration Day with services expected to draw attendees. Edgar Tharp departed for Ft Wayne Monday to start a new position. Karl Haines left Monday for Hammond to work at Simplex car shops.
The Brethren Church outlines a Sunday program with Sunday School at 9:30, Mothers Day service at 10:45 led by the Sisters Society of Christian Endeavor, 7:45 preaching and a communion later, plus Monday men’s meeting at 2:30 at the Methodist Church. A cordial invitation invites all.
A church program lists items including a Doxology prayer and several songs such as When I Knelt At Mothers Knee My Mothers Bible and Tell Mother Ill Be There. It also notes a sermon The Ministry Over The Crib by the pastor and a benediction.
Miami County Sunday School workers plan a May 22 session in Peru at the Presbyterian Church. Indiana S S Association Secretary Geo N Burnie will be the principal speaker with local participants handling parts. Morning, afternoon, and evening sessions run 10 00, 130 and 730. County Chairman Rev C P Maas oversees the program.
Little Ethel Trent, the severely crippled girl helped by seventh and eighth grade fund, underwent surgery Wednesday at the city hospital. Doctors fear the foot may require amputation to prevent spine curvature. Miss Trent had attended Denver schools two years ago.
The final eighth year examination is scheduled for next Saturday. The Jefferson township exam may be held in Mexico.
Rural Route 23 area residents share Sunday visits with relatives including the Guise, Fisher, See, Berger, and Lantz families near Ebenezer Enterprise and Deedeville. Attendees include Peruvian and Mexican connections with Mary Berger’s group and a Will Lantz funeral gathering listed among the attendees.
A Commercial Club meeting Wednesday appointed a committee to organize an old fashioned Fourth of July celebration in Denver. With the Fourth falling on a Friday this year, organizers hope to arrange a genuine community picnic if possible.
The April graduating exam saw more eighth year pupils succeed with Honor Maus scoring 78.5 and Jessie Bridewater 84.6. Three pupils failed in one subject and will retake it next exam: Donald McGuire, Zora Guyer, and Helen Millikan. Several seventh year students passed in Physiology or Geography or both.
The group expresses deep thanks to several donors who lent horses and carriages since Bell disappeared. At least six were provided, some hitched to deliver goods to the door. The kindness will be remembered by all who benefitted from the assistance.
Miss Kathryn Balsbaugh joined Vern Graft Cliff and Charley Shepler of Nead as guests of Misses Anna and Mildred Gustin on Sunday evening in a social gathering hosted by the Gustins.
The family expresses deep gratitude for the generous donations raised after the death of their beloved horse. They say the act surprised them and that in forty years of hardship they never asked for aid, and now feel bound by the kindness shown.
Memorial Day events include a service at Denver Methodist Church Sunday May 25 at eleven o clock. Veterans groups gather at Public Square at ten thirty and march to the church with all churches and orders invited.
A men only gathering is set for 2 30 PM at the Methodist Church with an invited speaker. Miss Mary Alderfer returns home after visiting her parents and family in Churubusco Arcola and Roan Oak with the Freed Show. They plan to perform in Poneto Indiana next Saturday May 17th.
Ek S Kline was bruised when a scaffold broke and threw him to the ground on Wednesday. A chin cut from the trestle edge and a badly bruised arm were noted injuries.
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