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Newspaper
Franklin
Location
Franklin, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
4
Mrs. Wallace Bruce of Chicago visited her sister Dean Stella Morgan for a few days last week. Misses Viola McClusky and Thelma Ervans will spend the weekend at Crawfordsville and Bedford.
The Hawaiian melodrama The Bird of Paradise headliners at Shu bert Murat theater in Indianapolis for a week starting November 3. The story centers on Luana and a drifting American doctor, with a climactic volcanic eruption and Luana sacrificed for her people. Five Hawaiian singers and ukulele players promise added charm. Lieutenant Harold Overstreet arrives Hoboken and heads to Franklin November 10 after twenty months overseas.
The Webster Literary Society hosted its annual Hallowe en party Friday night at the Conrad Hamilton home ten miles southwest of Franklin. About seventy five attendees rode two large trucks to the farm where the barn was festively decorated and four consuls performed as features.
A Franklin compilation catalogs excuses used for missing classes. Sickness dominates, with many variations such as out of town preaching, illness of mother, went to see my girl, married, and other quirky reasons like dental work or attending events.
The Franklin College Quartet debuted for the year at Edwin Ray Methodist Church in Indianapolis. A banquet for fifty soldiers followed. Esther Berryhill, a Metropolitan School of Music student, performed readings as the program feature. The group has not yet organized formally, with completion likely soon. Members include Royce Kinnick, Pleasant Huffman, John Barnett, and Russell Spear.
Franklin College press clubs for men and women will meet in Periclesian hall on Tuesday for the second regular meeting. The men’s club will run the joint social program and has invited Eugene Pulliam, editor of The Franklin Star, to speak. Pulliam is a veteran journalist formerly with the Kansas City Star and other major western newspapers.
The College Minstrel rehearsals are complete for the Thursday night performance directed by Vernon Terrill to aid the athletic fund. The two part program features a forty voice chorus six end men and a vaudeville section with new songs and jokes. Guests over the weekend include Miss Thada Houser and Miss Caroline Kirkpatrick with her sister Miss Gladys Houser.
An English club for Juniors and Seniors majoring in English plans to organize soon. It will follow the Language Club, hold more than one meeting, and feature informal programs. The English department sponsors the new society.
A larger audience attended the second college movie series event featuring Bill Appersons Boy with Jack Pickford and John Barnett on piano. Barnett sang Lonesome That's All and Oh What a Pal was Mary as fans cold see a reel treat. The Valley of the Giants is planned for the next show.
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