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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1921
Page
6
M E Church in Denver lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m with C B Stockdale. Epworth League at 6 30 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 p m First quarterly conference at Chili Saturday May 28 at 7 30 p m All official members urged to attend H W Park Pastor
Cunn M EB Caoren invites attendance at Sunday School in Chili at 9 30 a m with London choir and supervision by Supt.
The Baptist church lists Sunday School and B Y P A prayer meeting for Wednesday at 7 30. Baptismal services set for Sunday May 29 at 2 PM near the river bridge south of Denver. Public invited. Pastor C F Goupen signs the notice.
The Brethren Church invites the public to Bible Study at 9 30 a m led by N B Brower superintendent and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m.
The Marine Corps will accept 18 to 19 year old recruits at all stations for a chance to win one of 100 annual appointments to the United States Naval Academy. Applicants must be under 20 on April 1 and have at least one year of service by August 15. Washington, D.C., is cited as the starting point for the program.
Thomas Davis, southwest of Denver, reports loss of sixty to seventy five chickens in the last two weeks. The incident suggests chicken thieves are active, and growers are urged to guard flocks amid a nationwide rise in poultry thefts.
The Womans Missionary Society of the Brethren Church will meet next Thursday afternoon June 2 at 2 o clock at the home of Mrs. Mattie Smeltzly for devotional and business. Helen Smeltzly will lead. A good attendance is desired.
The Women’s Baptist Missionary Society plans a Thursday afternoon gathering led by Mrs Flora Benedict’s group and invites all members to attend and help.
Local notice directs readers to the Tribune Office to obtain sale bills. It emphasizes availability for those planning auctions and real estate transfers in the coming week.
State game wardens under the department of conservation arrested eighty-one violators in April, up fourteen from 1920. Netters and seiners led with twenty three offenders, while ten were caught fishing without licenses, ten for short bass, eight for possession of spears, and seven for illegal fishing. Wardens have recently targeted Starke, Marshall, and Kosciusko counties.
Carl Hay of the Albright farm one mile west of Denver reported three dogs entered his hog field Saturday. One hog was killed and several others injured before Hay captured one dog, tracked the others to Denver, and had two dogs returned home. Township dog fund paid for dead and injured animals per state law.
Members of the Denver I QO O BF and K of P Ledges hold Memorial and Decoration Day services Sunday June 12 at 10 30 a m in the Methodist Church with Rev Park delivering the address All members urged to meet at the Halls at 10 o'clock and the public is invited to attend
Reverend Burl M Beedolt of North Manchester will deliver the memorial address at Chili Baptist Church Monday at 2 30 PM. Afterward soldiers in the nearby cemetery will be decorated. Ex soldiers are urged to attend and take part. Arthur Borcourt Chairman.
The Denver M. E. Church Ladies' Aid Society will hold a meeting on Wednesday June 1 at Mrs. Claude Bridegroom's home. Mesdames W S Carson Charles Powell and Carl Haines will assist Mrs Bridegroom in entertaining.
Denver Garage Co announces a livery service between Denver and Peru. Jay Cornell is listed as driver and contact for schedule information. Customer patronage is appreciated.
Mrs Daniel Baker spilled a pan of hot starch while washing on Monday and singed her right foot. She endures considerable pain as a result.
Senator Charles W. Lantz of Bedford led a delegation to Peru to appoint county representatives who will enforce a new law requiring a 50 cent certificate of title for all motor vehicles and motorcycles. The certificate shows car and engine numbers and must be kept in a provided 50 cent container. A 25 cent notary fee goes to local officials. Funds support theft detection and prosecution. The law, effective once printed and proclaimed, will require owners to obtain both certificate and container, aiding sales validation and proving ownership in theft cases.
On a Wednesday afternoon the Baptist Sunshine group and Alta Zook's class of the Baptist Sunday School organized a Junior Missionary Society at Mrs. Ray Bramble's home with Bramble as president. They spent the afternoon making picture postals for foreign missionaries. The group will meet monthly in summer and report to the Women's Missionary Society in the fall.
Members of the Good Samaritan Class of Brethren Sunday School organized a surprise house warming at Mr and Mrs Shoemaker s new home on Yorick Street last Wednesday. Twenty three couples attended and enjoyed ice cream cake and crackerjack. Dwight and his wife were praised hosts.
Mrs Skiles Rebuck goes back to her Elwood home after spending several days with Ed Benedict and family.
The Denver Knights of Pythias Lodge reports growing spring membership with four new Knighthood initiates and one Page rank candidate. Attendance runs forty to sixty at each meeting, and several Pern members attended impressed by the initiation teams. Four applications for membership were passed with more anticipated.
Decoration Day Services will be held Monday May 30 at 10 o'clock at the Brethren Church. Rev C F Golden of the Baptist Church will deliver the address. Veterans and Spanish American War and World War soldiers meet at 9 45 on the church lawn for a 10 o'clock entry. They will then go to the cemetery to decorate graves.
Grimes Derek recently enlisted for four years in the U S Navy as a fireman after a year in the regular army. He traveled to Indianapolis last Thursday to enlist and returned to Denver on a ten day furlough before reporting to Philadelphia. His past service and aptitude are expected to hasten his promotion, with a likely assignment to a U S battleship.
Memorial Day Services will be observed Sunday May 29 at 10 45 at the Denver Brethren Church. Rev H W Park of the Methodist Church will preach. It is a union service of all Denver churches and citizens with seats reserved for soldiers. All are invited to attend and honor the living and dead soldiers.
Mrs. Edward Benedict reports receiving a letter from her daughter Mrs. Frank Rody dated at Cheyenne Camping Grounds Wyoming. The message describes a great trip traveling through Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska with many wonderful sights seen along the way.
Mr and Mrs Blythe Delp of Huntington and Mrs Ed Benedict were seen shopping in Fort Wayne on Friday.
The Ladies Aid Society Section A presented a varied program of music readings and a playlet at the Denver Methodist Church on Tuesday evening. Performers included the Stockdale children Bernice Curtis and Leon with pianist Mrs. Walter Hikenberry, whistling solo by Mrs. Vern Conner, vocal by Mrs. Walter Hikenberry, readings by several ladies, and a final piece A Missionary Clinic. Door receipts topped thirty dollars, aiding the missionary call.
The United States Marine Corps will open an officers training school near Washington this summer to fill over a hundred commissioned vacancies. In World War II enlisteds were commissioned in France and the U S. Only meritorious men aged 21 to 27 with at least one year in any armed service and six months in the Marine Corps are eligible.
For sale or trade offering three good farms in exchange for town residences with small cash down and long mortgage terms. Also trading city mercantile stock for a farm. Property representative L H Dic Real Estate and Insurance, Denver Indiana.
The annual assessment on your lot for 1921 is due by June first. Delinquent lots may be sold for nonpayment. Dues payable at Citizens State Bank Denver Ind. Fall lots 1.50, half lots 1.00. By order of Trustees Lorenzo Mohler Secretary.
Mrs. Emma Tharp attended the South Whitley High School commencement with her granddaughter Ruth Howes among the graduates. Ruth Howes, daughter of Mr and Mrs W E Howes, is praised for her unusual talent and ability.
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