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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1917
Page
7
A stream of brief items covers visits to Fremont and nearby towns, theater notices, church and school events, and personal updates. Residents like Mrs. Charles Sheets and Miss Mabel Wolfe are mentioned along with travel to Angola Fort Wayne Hicksville and Quincy. Local businesses offer ads and service notes including electric iron schedules and farm loans.
Mrs Abia Michael visits relatives in Grand Rapids Michigan. Mr and Mrs Chas Chapin visit Howe Indiana relatives. Arla Clark dines with Dr and Mrs Dunkel. Star Theater to show Charlie Chaplin film The Bank next Tuesday. Berea Bible Class meets at Mrs S W Duguid home, lunch served. Harry McCleery visits Duguids. Gier and Graham return home from visit. Star Theater features Willys Overland factory film about Knight sleeve valve motors alongside regular show. Indiana Utilities Company unloading poles for local electric system rebuild. Poles for line to Angola mostly distributed. Pythian Sisters hold meeting. Anna Hanson chosen delegate to Goshen district convention May 24. Lunch served after meeting. April meeting of Methodist Brotherhood set for April 24 at M E Church. Rev Allen A Stockdale of Toledo to speak on Getting By. program of music and refreshments. Large attendance hoped. Steuben County men enlist in Co B 3rd Indiana Infantry since war declaration: Ralph E Ewers, Samuel A Pence, Bennie E Conklin, Wm B McCauliff, Henry F Wells, Edison A Martin, Mott Ferguson, Russell R Roberts, William A Hornaday, Harry W Willer, Sam F Johnson, Conway E Yockey, Lowell M Major, Robt L Chadwick, Spencer Coppes, John G Coppes, Ezra D Leland, Victor Riblett. Local painters noted. Bert Caswell praised as good painter.
Vera Hufnagle and Leta Pifer are on the absent or tardy list. A junior boys’ parliamentary law drill featured a barnyard serenade with dogs, roosters, hens, ducks, and calves heard in the background. Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities was finished. Freshman news notes a wienie roast at Eaton Creek. May include sickness note for Miss Straw returning to school. Dale Williams and Wade Foster were absent. Nettie Boor visited. Mrs Albright, Dorothy, and Mrs Williamson visited grades.
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