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ixperieoced.NYMPHAS BASSETTto Point Six Miles Distant—Calvert CootnctB ffew Awarded.The descendants of Nymphas Bassett held a family reunion Sunday af-ternoou on the county fair grounds. For various reasons many of the family, better known as the “Bassett family, were unable to be present As It was almost two hundred of the direct family of that good man enjoyed the pleusures of the day. One of the bright features of the day was the address of Mr. Elmer Bassett, son of Mr. James M. Bassett. Mr. Bassett's address was not a “speech”—it was a sermon—a sermon of such high quality that any minister might feel proud of being the author and the deliverer. In these days of progress there are many laymen who are preaching on special days and at gatherings such as this one was. They are men of bright minds by nature, well polished by education, hard work in various fields, with a wide line of observation and varied experiences. What these men have to say is well worth listening to. They have not given theology the close study that many ministers of the Gospel do; they may not be so well versed In creeds but they have a range of vision on practical subjects that reaches a very large class of individuals.Mr. Bassett took for his text the sixth commandmnt: “Honor thyfahter and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”Nymphas Bassett came into this section when it was a wilderness. What impelled his coming only his heart• could then tell. But he came bringing a young wife who accorded with him in all that they desired to accomplish. They raised ten children, eight of them boys. The boys grew to manhood, each and all sound in body, intellect and grounded in the thought that “honesty is the best policy.” Abraham was promised if he would do certain things that the righteous would never be forsaken and that their seed would not be found begging bread. Nymphas Bassett was the Abraham ol Sbelbp county. He was a God fearing man, as was his wife. They lived to ripe age. At ninety-one he was fired with the ambition to go to the then far away Arkansas to enter land. His ambition was unlimited. He placed his honesty, his integrity, bis courage on all his descendants. God had created him for a purpose.There is not an epoch In the world but what the Creator found Just such material as He desired to carry out and to fulfill the promises be had made to His children. Here was a wilderness full of great possibilities.: It required men and women of high 1 character, of great endurance towork -. out the early problems, to prepare* I the way, to blaze the path for future r generations. There can be no doubt I: that Nymphas Bassett honored his I father and bis mother. For this hereceived a blessing; his seed has -1 blessed the land.Tbe county council, at their regularmeeting in September, will be askedlt;■to make an appropriation covering the cost of oling the roads of Shelby county next season. The county commissioners at their session today decided to make the request of tbe county council, after discussing the inai-ter for aome time with Fred Hack, ot Sugar Creek township, superintendent of the highways of the county.According to present plans ot the county commission ere, all ot tbe main roads leading to Shelbyville would be treated with oil six miles out of the city. The oiling would bo done in all directions. It Is estimated that under this plan, between seventy-five and one hundred miles of the county roads would be oiled. Two or more coats of the oil would be needed before the roads would be in shape for travel.The commissioners and the superintendent of highways, in their discussion of the matter this, afternoon, came to the conclusion that the roads would last a great deal longer if treated with oil. The cost of oiling, they figured. woullt;f in the long run, save the county money on the cost of road Improvements.Ross Llnville, one of the county commissioners, recently contracted for a supply ot the crude oil produced In the Shelby county oil field. He has used a great deal of the oil this year on roads in the north part of tbe county. Should the council decide to make the desired appropriation, without a doubt, Mr. Llnville would make a big effort to secure tbe contract. County Line Bridge Contract.The commissioners of Johnson county were here this afternoon holding a Joint session with the Shelby county commissioners to confer on the matter of awarding the contract for the county line bridge. The bridge will be about 400 feet long. Several bids were submitted for the work, which includes the painting of the structure. They ranged from $282 to $1,900. The great variance in the bids puzzled the commissioners.Following are tbe bids of the contractors on the bridge: Ora Barton,91,900; Winona Construction Co., $687; Haymond Howard, 91,345; Hooton A Son, 9660; CharlCB Klein, 9282.Culvert Coatracts Awarded.The commissioners at their morning session awarded the contract for the building of the following culverts: Huffman culvert lo Moral township, T. L. Milner, $137; Fountalntown culvert, Van Buren township. Ora Barton, $109; Morphy culvert, Washington township,'Ora Barton, |84; Hinkle culvert. Noble township, Ora Barton, $78; Chauncey culvert. Van Suren township, Ora Barton, $109.1Looking this family over at a glance, peace and prosperity has come to them in wonderful abundance. They are marked by high intelligence; they have materially prospered; they own farms and live in splendid homes, they are endowed with bright minds. At this gathering one child after u-J; other took part in a program with enthusiasm and spirit telling the story of brain power, self confidence, high breeding. The spirit of Nymphas Bassett is there. He honored hie father and bis mother.As w*8 so truly said by one of the* speakers of the afternoon if the spirit ot Nymphas Bassett was present it would rejoice with them. There was marked in faces ot all contentment, happiness, independence, pleasure, merhy. The history o! the Bassett family is one of which the county ! may well be proud. It has not sprung from half a dozen brothers hut from one God loving man. A man who kept the commandments, who was kind, gentle, working for the good of all about bint He had not poaseasod the advantages of wide and profound schooling hat he carried in his soul what was better—the promise of God that the righteous would not be for-gotten and that their seed would not be found begging bread.This promise has been and is being fulfilled. The family will live and prosper in this community for generations yet to cost(From Tuesday's Daily.)A number of persons living in Waldron and this city are making the first movement for the building of a Christian church at Waldrou. Plans have. not been made or formulated but if ideas he can be carried Into execution the church will be built.Charles E. Pblliippi, of Noble township, has filed a claim of 92,863 against the estate of the late John Dawson Wasson. Hord 6 Adams are tbe attorneys for Mr. PhilllppL He is claiming pay for caring for Mr. Wasson during the latter part of his life and pay for work which he says he did on the farm.ItMr. John A Young, the veteran cashier of the First National bank, and Mr. William Nadlng, the grato dealer, will leave this evening for Northern Michigan on a vacation. If Mr. Young makes up his mind to get Into tbe water on a fishing expedition Lie will show the young fellows bow an old timer can pill them out Mr. Young is a fisherman of experience, May he catch a thousand pounds anti then some.J. Frank Wright, of North Carolina, who has been visiting his brother, George M. Wright, of North Miller street, this city, returned to his home today, Mr. Wright is well known here, having been bom and reared In the neighborhood of Shelbyville. Mr. Wright Is superintendent of the North Carolina Children's Home Society and is doing much gxd work for the institution In tha. capacity. He was formerly engaged in the rescue work in Indianapolis and gets much helpful information from the officials of
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 05, 1915
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