Reunions and visits sweep through English area
A long list of locals and visitors from English and Crawford County towns attended reunions and camp meetings last week. Names include George Cummins, Norma Meloy, Miss Hazel Walker, Dan Brown, Jacob Eckerty, Miss Mary Hawkins, Miss Georgia Meriwether, J. Dale Hammond, James J. Smith, Rev. Ammon, Dr. Reed, and many others. Several residents traveled from Louisville, Mitchell, Pr inceton, Leavenworth, and New Albany to join relatives and friends in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cummins
Louisville
C. A. Myler
West Fork
Frank Austin
Nathan Hendrix
Riddle
Norma Meloy
Richmond
T. D. Esarey
Boone Township
George McWilliams
Taswell
Ed. Harrison
Marengo
W.H. Polen
Riceville
J. A. Blevins
Grantsburg
Dan J. Brown
Jesse
W. W. Jones
Ohio Township
W. BE. H. Goldman
Mary Hawkins
Millicent Steele
Washington
William J. Land
Jacob Eckerty
Wickliffe
Hazel Walker
William Brooks
Mitchell
George W. Roberson
Re Union
Five Generations Gather for Lucien Walker Visit
A sappy family reunion Sunday at 628 Cedar Street honored Lucien Walker of Crawford County Indiana who turned 35. Forty one relatives attended spanning five generations including Mrs Fesler, Maude Wallace, Blanche Wirth and Lester Wirth with a group photo taken after a bountiful noon meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Fesler
Cedar Street
Lucien Walker
Grawford County
Indiana
Fesler
Walker
Maude Wallace
Blanche Wirth
Big Chowder Returns with Star Speakers at Union Chapel
The third annual chowder gathering at Union Chapel on September 1 and 2 is billed as a major event of the season with Evangelist F. R. Davies of Charleston and Purdue professor C. I. Christie among speakers along with Congressman W. E. Cox. The Marengo bend will perform Friday for lively music as hundreds attended in past years and organizers expect a larger crowd this time. In other brief news, Charles W. Moore and Lena Suthards wed at Grantsburg on Thursday August 3 1916 with Eld er Wright performing the ceremony. The couple, daughter and son in law of Mrs. Lou Suthards and C. BE Moore, receive best wishes for their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Chapel
F. R. Davies
Charleston
C. I. Christie
Purdue University
W. E. Cox
Marengo Bend
Charles W. Moore
Lena Suthards
Eld
W. H. Wright
Grantsburg
Wright
Lou Suthards
C. BE. Moore
Wickliffe Congregation News and Local Visits
Sunday camp meeting at Eckerty drew attendees from Wickliffe and region. Visitors include Mrs Ida Gottfried of Marengo and Mrs Dora Carnavan with children of Temple. District Supt J M Walker from New Albany preached weekend service and met locals. Other locals visiting relatives and traveling for work or study are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckerty
Ida Gottfried
Marengo
J. M. Walker
New Albany
M. E. Church
Locals Note Regular Appointment and Regional Visits
Rain touched the area last week. Rev A J Oster holds a 5 PM Saturday service. Residents attend the Marengo fair. Chas Cannavan Jr of Eckerty visits. G W Sillings of New Albany visits and attends a reunion. M S Real at the Huntingburg Dubois county fair. Chas Flick of French Lick visits. Mrs Dora Carnavan and daughters Vera and Hattie visit Eckerly. Loyd Gott returns from Kansas. Ray Jones M E Real and O M Toney attend church at Goodman Ridge. Willard Moore visits Huntingburg and the fair. Miss Amy Real returns to Indianapolis after ten days. Miss Gladys Lambdin and Roy Real attend Huntingburg fair. Mrs Martha Longest of New Albany visits Sarah Dooley. Miss Hurce Real visits Eckerty for camp meeting. Mrs Grace Standley of New Albany visits her parents. Dora Sloan at English. M S Real visits son M G Real at Eckerty. Theo Jones of West Baden visits and attends the cauninn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Cannavan, Jr
Eckerty
G. W. Sillings
New Albany
M. S. Real
Huntingburg
Chas. Flick
French Lick
Dora Carnavan
Vera
Hattie
Eckerly
Loyd Gott
Kansas
Ray Jones
M. E. Real
O. M. Toney
Goodman Ridge
Willard Moore
Gladys Lambdin
Roy Real
Huntingburg Fair
Martha Longest
Sarah Dooley
Hurce Real
M. G. Real
Grace Standley
Wm. Geizell
Dora Sloan
English
M.S. Real
M.G. Real
Theo. Jones
West Baden
Susan Key
H. W
Nettie
W. O. Simpson
James Jones
Union Chapel
U. B
Plainville
M. E
John Walker
J.S. Taylor
Ira Eastridge
Flanigan
Mary Eastridge
Anna Alsbaugh
W. H. Miley
Kenneth
M. E. Sevedge
C. W. Weathers
Ladoga
Mas
W. W. Weathers
Vida Findlay
Wallace
Boston
Mass
F. P. Woods
John G. Sloan
Ida Gottfried
Wickliffe
Marengo Residents Attend Camp Meetings and Fairs
Local families from Marengo and nearby towns visit camp meetings in Silver Heights New Albany Eckerty Wickliffe and Paragould Arkansas. Church events include the M E quarterly meeting and a last sermon by Rev W O Simpson before conference in Plainville. Attendees also visit relatives attend the Huntingburg fair and reunions while market notices seek produce veal calves old rubber and wool.
Local residents visit home folks and attend to farms
Victor Everdon returns from Terre Haute to finish the term. Libbie Fox of Greencastle visits Martha Tower and relatives. H. H. Pleasant visits before heading to New Mexico. James H. Shafer visits Boonville. others travel to Marengo and Milltown for stock, silo work, and errands. Dr. Grant attends Ott House. Froman and Beals relocate a crasher to Indian Hollow for Pike work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Everdon
Terre Haute
Libbie Fox
Greencastle
Martha Tower
H. H. Pleasant
The
State University
New Mexico
James H. Shafer
Boonville
William Fesler
Silo
G. W
Jim Landrus
Cleo Bernardi
Roscoe Glosson
Clinton Hilgert
Marengo
Jim Carter
Milltown
Dr. Grant
Ott House
John M. Froman
John Beals
Indian Hollow
Local families visit relatives across towns this week
Grantsburg residents Ott Wright and Mt. Carmel visit Mrs. Cora Benham. Ella Hunt and children from Louisville visit Mrs. James Ferguson in Bloomer. Petersburg’s Ferguson visits his mother Elizabeth Landisge. Hattie Ritchie of Logansport visits her parents John and Mrs. Ritchie. W P Senn family visit D M Seaton in Curby. Freed Pavey is very sick this week. Reunion attendees from here went to English last week. Mrs. Chas. Adkins from Pleasant Hill visited Mrs. Tamela Forgnagn Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Depauw
Milltown
Thomas Belcher
Mt. Carmel
Joseph H. Finch
C. J. Rothrock
Newburg
Fount McMickle
Taswell
Ethel Loughner
Seeleyville
Stephen Kimmel
Lira
Ed. Mathers
Corydon Jct
Jeffersonville
Lee Morton
Lena Baxley
Hampson Baxley
Indianapolis
Ivan Toney
Dana
Toney
James M. Weathers
Marengo
Robert Ashby
William
Evansville
Elmer Daugherty
Bessie Carter
John Sloan
Thelma
English
Sarah Sloan
Helen Milter
Louisville
Elmer Wiseman
Oscar Dickmeyer
Winfred Weight
Leavenworth
Rev. Montgomery
Oriole
Riddle
Geo. Roberts
John McDonald
Valeene
Geo. Wiseman
Jesse Goldman
Union Chapel
Willis Lankford
Nora Wright
Elden Ewing
Aaron Deich
Ossian
Jacob Deich
Fred Reisen
Wm. Snelling
Tippecanoe
James McCarty
Bloomfield
Andy Schwab
Fort Wayne
Ott Wright
Cora Benham
Ella Hunt and Children
James B. Ferguson
Bloomer Ferguson
Petersburg
Elizabeth Landisge
Hattie Ritchie
Logansport
John Ritchie
W. P. Senn
D. M. Seaton
Curby
Freed Pavey
Alton Canning Plant Opens with Record Capacity
Alton canning plant started operation August 5th and stores 25000 cans after a 23 hour run. The tomatoes are praised as the finest yet. growers, many stockholders, ensure sound fruit. A new peeling system boosts wages with a five hour Saturday high of 4154 earned by Mrs. Bell Pearson. Community events, visits, and church plans fill local life as residents mingle at gatherings and excursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Myers
W. A. Brooks
Will
Geo. Harp
Oradelle
Roberta Ky
Mildred Deuchars
Jennie Gaither
Derby
E. E. Parr
Chet East
Alton Sports
Allen Harvey
Little Bend
D. F. Davis
Katherine
A. Rowe
New Albany
T. B. Sonner
Maple Street
Anna
Emma Fullinwider
Mt. Vernon
Maude Emmick
Bruce Peabody
Miss Minnie
Farmersville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tip Wright
Princeton
William Moore
Sam Huff
Sam Dodd
Rose Scanland
T. Bymns
George W. Cuzzert
T. Dooley
J. T. Nichols
Shelbyville
Ollis Apple
Youngs Creek
J. S. Melton
Roscoe McDonald and Son
Kirkwood
Lucy Grant
Wiliam Brooks
A. C. Walker
George Hindle
Beechwood
Cressie Gottfried
Glenn Austin
W. Q
Charles Ballard
Near Magnolia
W. W. Sloan
George Slcan
J. Dale Hammond
Sneriit
James J. Smith
A. C. Leasur
Pennsylvania
A. Leasor
Harley Dodd
Samuel
Sallie Austin
Charles T. Brown
Sam Mann
James A. Hughes
James R. Sloan
Thomas Brown
Long Point
J. Roscoe Stewart
Cantor County
Emma Adkins
Birdseye
C. W. Crews
Cree Fettie
Daviss County
Fettie
Lizzie Denbo
A. J. Oster
John Schoonover
Irvin Oster
Leavernworth
Charley Starr
Battle Creek
Michigan
Mary C. Wininger
C.C. Osborn
Patoka Township
John A. Blevins
T. T. Gobbel
H. W. Mock
Georgia Meriwether
Alexandria
Luckett’s Camp
Dr. Reed
Mr. Pentrich
Alex Muir
Pete Muir
Floyd Fleming
Ernest Brown
Misses May Luckett
Florence Smith
Geo. E. Wiseman
W. B. McWilliams
Southern
al Snider
Dorothy Smitherscamp
J. F. Jones
Misa Mabel Jones
Ammon
Battletown
Robert Cole
Earl
J. M. Wiseman
H. M. Trueblood
Salem
Crawford
John Blunk
Doniphan
Crawford County
Joseph Meloy
Frank Goldman
Keensburg
D. F
Howard Gardner
Minneola
Kans
E. D. Cross
James E. Stewart
Gilbert
Goldie
C. C. Anderson
Atchison, Kan
T. W. Tucker
Effingham
Kan
T. B. Cummins
Overland
A. J. Goodman, Sr
J. W. Bosley
Frank Schlegel
Jack
B. H. Irvin
Powell
Texas
S. A. Beals
A. J. Beals
Tower
Vida Friedly
Jas. R. C. Stewart
Sallie A. Wood
Oklahoma
Stewart
A. S Fesler
Carmel
Republicam
Andy Mathers
Temple
Chas. Dewitt
E. B. Carr
Eve Risen
Family
Roy Sturm
Moore’s Hill
Ira McWilliams
Eaglesville
Amy Real
Noble Fisher
Owen Jameson
Albert Jameson
John Harper
John Brown
Silver Heights
John F. Zimmerman
E. P. Hooten
G. W. Lee
Oliver Archibald
Otto
Sadie Watts
J. M. Tower
Hetten Parkhill
Wm. Everdon
Chas. Adkins
Pleasant Hill
Mra Tamear
Jeserda Sere
Eure Et Cord Coe
Alton
Alton Sports Club
Arthur Johnson
Frank Johnson
Detroit
Mich
P.R. Parr
Cannelton
Str
Virginia
Perry Wilks
Deuchars
Louisa Pearson
Zenor
Nettie Deuchars
F. A. Cox
B. L. Pearson
Moweaqua
Alton M.E
Oi Creek
Joe Myers
Will Purcell
Purcell
Kosmosdale, Kyfr
Percy Fullinwider
Minnesota
Belle
Oscar Myers
Roy Hogan
Bowling Green
Harrison, Jr
Elizabethtown
Hogan
Harrison
Bess Young
Magnet
Stella Parr
Hazel Gaither
Jennie Briggs
Pauline Harrison
Carlyle Grigge
Allan Myers
Burchard McClain
Thelma Deuchars
Detriot
H. F. Purcell
W. A. Deuchars
Marguerite Pearson
Chester East
George Dotson
Harry Morgan
Feisayan Basineyy
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