Kokomo visitors and local social notes
Burtelle Platt and Harry Hayden visited Kokomo Sunday. Fred Wininger returned from Rochester Minnesota. Mildred Cornell visited Art Goldsberry and family. Misses Carl Hubler and Cora Mose to Bloomington for school. Orville Scott and family Zeke and Gladys Scott visited Friday. Robert Lenon of Kansas visiting sister Mrs John Burrows. Bertha George and Cincinnati visitors with grandmother Mrs Amanda Brown. Nick Wood Eva Stanley Floyd Estey Bel in Logansport Saturday. Fickle Cook Laird families visited Ft Benjamin Harrison to see Paul Fickle. Mrs Montell Mink returned home near Geetingsville. W C Robinson family drove her home. Frank Laird Kokomo Owen Laird Logansport Nick Wood visit Curt Laird Lucerne. Elizabeth Deeds Noblesville Wm Sprinkle family Sunday supper with A M Scott. A D Obear and Deer Creek family evening guests. John Lenon daughter Young America S D Lenon daughter Flora brothers of Mrs Burrows travel to Ohio to seek birthplaces of their father born 1818. Anna Woolley Wm Walker Addie Hicks delegates from Old Glory Circle to G A R Encampment Logan sport. Woolley chosen among ten delegates for Grand Encampment next year at Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Woolley
Wm. Walker
Addie Hicks
Old Glory Circle
Logansport
Woolley
Portland
Oregon
War Letter From France Praises American Women
Alfred Borchert of Supply Co. 304 Field Artillery writes from Am. Ex. Forces in France to Mrs. Rhoda Yoder. He thanks her for knitted socks, notes admiration for French and American women aiding the war effort, describes camp life, climate, and distant home in Brooklyn, and asks for a reply. He cannot reveal exact location per orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Yoder
Field Artillery
France
Brooklyn
New York
Alfred Borchert
Careful Guardians For Alicia's Children Arrive
A scene unfolds as a couple learns Alicia's letter announces her husband will travel to China with Alicia and the three children arriving tomorrow night. They worry over two pages of care instructions for Norbert Willie and Marjorie and debate following them or relying on common sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia
China
Orient
Norbert
Willie
Marjorie
Torbert
Alivia
Soldiers find welcome at neighborly home after long mission
Two English territorial soldiers, hungry after a distant mission, enter a house through the back door. A kindly old woman offers beef and plans to cook potatoes and cauliflower. They enjoy a pleasant meal while the hostess shows her curios. When asked for payment she replies the home is the house next door, not an inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Tipton and Indiana visitors noted in Galveston and Kokomo
Local society notes list residents and guests visiting from Tipton Indianapolis Richmond Kokomo and Purdue Training Camp. Individuals include Mrs Tom Davis Mr Wm Polk Mrs Jas Mayne M H Thomas Clark Lenon and families Dora List Eth el Berssie Norris Verbryck Willard Lawrence G W Harness Oliver Harness Allen Woolley Everett Williams Emma Cameron Paul Woolley and others during Sunday Monday events and Wednesday commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora List
Ethel
Mat Cree
Berssie
Norris Verbryck
Kokomo
G W. Harness
Oliver Harness
Allen Woolley
Everett Williams
Emma Cameron
Paul Woolley
Purdue
Grandson Questions Ownership of Grandfather’s Motorcycle
A well known man lent his grandson funds to buy a motorcycle with ownership remaining with the grandfather until final payment. While riding, the boy asked who owns the bike. The grandfather explained the agreement, and the boy noted the tire needed replacing.
Local residents and visitors noted in Logansport area social roundups
Willard Burrows and wife visited Logansport on Sunday. Numerous residents and guests from Dayton Ohio Green town Galveston Tipton Kokomo Seymour Indianapolis and other places spent weekends with local families including the Wilsons Wood Thompsons and Chandlers. Church musical events featured during Sunday services with several locals hosting guests through the week.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burtelle Platt
Harry Hayden
Fred Wininger
Rochester
Minnesota
Mildred Cornell
Art Goldsberry
Carl Hubler
Cora Mose
Bloomington
Orville Scott
Zeke
Miss Gladys Scott
Robert Lenon
Kansas
Mrs
John Burrows
Bertha George
Cincinnati
Amanda Brown
Nick Wood
Eva Stanley
Floyd
Estey Bel
Chas. Fickle
Dave Cook
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Paul Fickle
Montell Mink
Geetingsville
W. C. Robinson
Frank Laird
Owen Laird
Curt Laird
Lucerne
Elizabeth Deeds
Noblesville
Wm. Sprinkle
A. M. Scott
A. D. Obear
Deer Creek
John Lenon
Young America
S. D. Lenon
Flora
Ohio
Tom Davis
Tipton
Galveston
Taylor Hubler
Indianapolis
Wm. Polk
Jas. Mayne
M. H. Thomas
Clark Lenon
Pipe Creek
O. A. Crisler
Richmond
Willard Lawrence
Willard Burrows
Geo. Schwartz
Dayton, Ohio
Philip Davis
June
W E. Armatrong of
Greentown
Lena Wood
Norma Weaver
Cyril Wood
Camp Taylor, Ky
Harley Wolff
Marion
Chas. Chambers
Walter Chambers
Kappa
Chas. Wilson
J. B. Morgan
Josh Robbins
Wm. Gentry
Calvin Thornburg
Frank Storms
Greensburg
Baptist Church
Lawrence McDonald
Terre Haute
Mia
Jas. Grier
Wife
Burlington
John Jones
Seymour
Ed Shook
Wm. McComas and
Wan. Walker
J. W. Bevington
Elsie
Bid Wininger
Sam E. Thurston
Clarence Davison
John Burris
Cy Norman
Sheridan
Dottie Nicholson
Will Redwald
W. A. Frick
Helen Wells
Ruth Pritchard
Dayton, C
May
Dennsylvania Lines
Penny Club
Turner
Heth
Navy
Axminster Rugs
Bugs
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