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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
Mrs. Peter Smith of South Clear Lake grows weaker while Prof. J. F. Thompson visits Richmond. Numerous local families visit kin, attend weddings, and hear Rev R C Wylie preach. Earl Carpenter dies in Boston Harbor after enlistment. funeral held in Jonesville.
Kinderhook residents report several health concerns and visits. Mrs Wm Rex is very poorly. Clifford Abbott has the measles. Lee Bordt traveled to Defiance Ohio and works for Dr Dunkel in Fremont. Estelle Hammond visited friends. Dick Turner from Coldwater fished in Kinderhook. Clela Lint returns home after Coldwater schooling. Guy Abbott family and Ralph Brettin in Fort Wayne. Ray Burch and family with Ben Evard at Huyck's Lake. Mrs Walter Adams visited her parents Reuben Seller. John Elliott and wife visited daughter and son in law Alva Allen. Carlotta Stover returns from Fremont. Bart Jordan family with Bailey Taylor's. Fred Eggleston entertained relatives from near Angola. Fred Strong and family from Algonnee attended church. Charles Gleason and Ben Sommers at Sam Smiley's in Batavia. Children's Day at Baptist church drew large crowd. Harry Hamilton and wife from Huntington guests of Reuben Sellers. Mrs Hamilton is his aunt.
Harry Penner drives a new car as local residents share social visits. Lena O Keeffe visits Dean Jordan and wife for a Sunday gathering with Grace Sunday and Ava Hanson. Mrs H Jordan visits daughter Mrs Charles Bailey, Virgo Goodrich and wife from Cleveland Ohio visit Morris Hanson family. Marshall Sunday and wife from Reading Michigan visit David Sunday and family last Thursday. Dyrea Shupp and wife with Mrs Penner spend Sunday in Ohio with Paul Taylor and family. Mr and Mrs Bart Jordan and daughter spend Saturday night Sunday with Bailey Taylors at Mansies McClow and Miss Nors.
News notes from York Items and vicinity report weddings and illnesses. Hurd of Chicago and Miss Forsythe wed on Sunday June 10 and plan a summer at McClew cottage Lake James. Other items mention deaths, funerals, visits, and a measles case among Grace Forsythe.
East Fremont notes list visits among Strunk Hobson Dally and Hitt families in Angola Fort Wayne and Bryan Ohio. Attendees include Mrs Withington ill Mrs Mason and son, Goldie McNall, and granddaughter Goldie McNall. A Bethel quarterly meeting with a cold night drew a well attended ice cream social raising 8.71 by the Loyal Workers.
In Lester Michigan the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ezra Purdy lies very ill. Mrs Blanch Loose and Lena Ogden are ill with measles. Mr and Mrs Frank LAmoreau are also mentioned in the report.
Last Saturday June 16 1917 Miss Bessie Marie McTaggart daughter of Dr and Mrs Duncan McTaggart and Walter Vern Straw son of Mr and Mrs George Straw were married at the bride’s parents home in a ceremony led by Rev McCreery. The couple with attendants posed before ferns and flowers as Ruth McNaughton played. Guests included out of town friends from Ontario Ohio Illinois and Michigan. The newlyweds planned to honeymoon in Chicago and other cities and will reside in Coldwater after July 6.
A June 14 wedding at Mr and Mrs Peter Herls home joined Iva Fern Herl and L Dean Steffey son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Steffey of near Bronson Michigan. Rev O S Martin conducted the ring ceremony before about twenty five guests then a four course dinner followed in the dining room with birthday decor.
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