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Newspaper

Franklin

Location

Franklin, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1916

Page

3

Local Social Notes Mark Holidays and Visits in Indiana

Miss Marion Ross spent Sunday at her Southport home. G C Rhodes of Anderson visited Franklin friends last week. Swan Swenson plans a Chicago visit during Thanksgiving. Prof Merril attended Alfred Hughes’s Moores Hill college inauguration. Florence Sayer traveled through Franklin en route to South America. Margaret Brown, wintering in Hanover, will be at home Tuesday to visit friends and parents. Dramatic club postpones Stop Thief until after Christmas. Ruth Pritchard, 15, of La Porte, guest of Janet Van Nuys and maid of honor in the Van Nuys Abbott wedding. Mrs F S Miller and Mrs N B White of South Bend plan Thanksgiving with Agnes White in South Bend.

Florence Sayer Franklin South America Margaret Brown Hanover Ruth Pritchard la Porte Janet van Nuys F. 8. Miller N. B. White South Bend, Ind Agnes White

Pi Phi Open House At Butler Chapter

Anna Tedford and Mary Elizabeth attend a Butler chapter Pi Phi open house during Thanksgiving in Indianapolis with friends.

Anna Tedford Mary Elizabeth Indianapolis Pi Phi Butler

Students hear Paderewski at Murat with chaperone

Waneta Deer Agnes Brown Clarence Jayne Donald Dunkin Eloise Jayne and Minor Owens attended a Thursday evening Paderewski concert at the Murat under the supervision of Miss Edith Pickerell.

Waneta Deer Agnes Brown Clarence Jayne Donald Dunkin Eloise Jayne Minor Owens Paderewski Murat Edith Pickerell

Paderewski Concert Attendees In Indianapolis

Thursday night in Indianapolis saw Esther Lyons Mae Reynolds Helen Glessner Katherine Book Edna Smith Mary Elizabeth Branham Anne Tedford Mrs Minnie Bruner and her mother Mrs Brown attend the Paderewski concert. In Franklin Miss Mildred Byers hosted Pi Phi pledges and friends with a chicken dinner at her home three and one half miles west, ending with a hay ride back to town.

Indianapolis Paderewski Esther Lyons Mae Reynolds Helen Glessner Katherine Book Edna Smith Mary Elizabeth Branham Anne Tedford Minnie Bruner Mrs. Brown Mildred Byers Pi Phi Franklin Byers

Wabash College to Tear Down Old Gym and Armory

The Wabash College gymnasium and armory in Crawfordsville built in the 1870s will be razed after the building committee condemned it as unfit for further use. A new gym will be built on the site, with demolition starting immediately and construction beginning at once to be ready when college opens next year.

Wabash College Crawfordsville College Building Committee

Close Call For Varsity Alumni Faced Tough Loss

Franklin college varsity defeated the alumni 10 to 7 in a scrappy Goodell field game. Overstreet scored the alumni touchdown and Nelp added a varsity score with a long pass and kick. The contest was paused by darkness at the start of the fourth quarter.

Franklin College Goodell Field Thurber Overstreet Hays Nelp Varsity Lowery Drop Blue Gold Jordan Bailey Ragsdale Lowery C. Hamilton R.E Lash Bowen R.T Payne Roberts R.G Webb Wilson Moore Ross Overstreet Lowery F.B Beeson H. Vandivier Hunt Roberts Hacker

Joint Entertainment by Earlham Youth Groups

The Earlham Young Men and Young Women Christian Associations plan a December 9 program to raise funds for hymn books. The women present a forty minute comedy No Cure No Pay led by Mary Lovell Jones of Milton with Florence Long coaching, followed by a men’s minstrel show.

Earlham Young Men's Young Women’s Christian Associations Mary Lovell Jones Milton Florence Long

Temptation and Examination in Conversation

A quoted exchange shows Dr. Beyl musing about giving an examination to the listeners while Douthitt warns against yielding to temptation. The fleeting dialogue captures a moment of humorous tension between authority and restraint.

Tri Delt Pledges Host Clever Backward Party

Delta Delta Delta pledges entertained active members with a backward themed gathering at Margaret Thompson Payne's home on Friday evening. The event featured inverted invitations and attire, a reversed four course dinner, and transposed songs and décor, followed by toasts from Florence Merrill and Charlotte Cook.

Tri Delta Delta Delta Margaret Thompson Payne Florence Merrill Charlotte Cook Ruth Dwyer Elizabeth Overstreet Hawaii Dorothea Ross Mary Miller Doris Pritchard Dorothy Wright

Sudden kiss surprises woman in brief exchange

He kissed her suddenly surprising her. she did not flinch and replied that it is “one on me,” in a terse moment captured in a clipped newspaper note.

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Marion Ross Southport G. C. Rhodes Anderson Swan Swenson Chicago Merril Alfred Hughes Moores Hill College Dramatic Club Jayne & Bowles R. J. Vandivier Fish W. Jeff. St J. M. Henderson D. B. Kelly Hanna's Quality Grocery M. Tilson & Sons THE Citizens National United States Depository OTT John Farmwald Prather’s Court House Baller Bros.’ Bakery Woods’ Rexall Store Indina Real Estate, Insurance S. A. Wilson Chas. B. Henderson Tres Pole Hege Solid Franklin National Bank James L. Wolff Optometrist Murphy E. Jefferson St J. E. Nash & Son
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