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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1914
Page
4
Local society notes list Williams Graham Nell Lovett and Kate Lovett in Indianapolis for business and leisure. Several residents travel to Terre Haute Danville Cloverdale Kokomo and Lena for legal medical and educational purposes. A wave of relatives and former residents visit Greencastle as school terms begin.
A note from DePsew School of Music reports Mrs. Degner, wife of Mrs. Marthe Geyer Degner, arrived in New York aboard the steamship St Pasl and will travel to Indiana to begin the new school year. The item mentions accompanying notes on her travels and a literary verse.
Amos W Neier transfers land in Cloverdale township to Cartel Huber. John H Hester and others transfer land in Adams township. Adron Cook transfers land in Marien town to Jesse Lebman. Oscar Stevenson transfers land in Floyd township to Robert Heeser and wife.
Attendees at the Wilson reunion included Pring Zola Hancork and Miss Josie Smith with families and friends. Services and a picnic are announced for September. a Sunday school picnic near Reelsville with dinner on the grounds is planned. The Ladies Embroidery Club met Aug. 26 at Mrs. Huffman’s home for an all day gathering with dinner and embroidery work.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ransom and relatives from Nebraska and Illinois visit Mrs. Alice Ransom. Roachdale and Indianapolis travelers join various family reunions including the Campbell and Miller gatherings. Several locals attend the Henderson reunion in Franklin and Elliott reunion at James Elliott’s home.
Poplar Grove Mr and Mrs John Trout Fred Lasley and William Williams attend the bean dinner at Fountainette Indiana Saturday. Mrs M D Lasley visiting relatives to Kvanes Indiana has returned home. D P Sutherlin and Oscar Trout of near Putnamville visited Mrs Mary Bales Sunday. Several from here attended the Unity meeting Sunday.
Robbers entered Everett R. Roberts' general store in Stilesville Tuesday night and took $20 from a rear money drawer after breaking four glass panes. About $24 in pauper money remained untouched. no arrest or decisive clue has been found.
Rex Rafferty of Greenfield visits friends for a few days. Mr and Mrs Jerry Steele of Bainbridge travel from Indianapolis for ten months visiting relatives. They join the Company B Sid Indiana Regiment reunion on the west college campus Thursday.
In Greencastle area a good rainfall fell over the past week. Elbert Graham visits Richard Baird near Brick Chapel. Peach canning is the day’s focus. Local residents visit friends near Filmore and Greencastle including the Shoptaugh and Clark households. Miss Letha Graham stays with Mrs. Glenn Clark near Filmore.
Miss Gertrude Terry of this vicinity and T L Terry of Ludlow Ky were married Saturday. Mr and Mrs the F Brothers called Mr and Mrs Low Lookabill Sunday afternoon. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Cleve Lowers and others in Roach Isle and nearby towns. Several locals visited friends and family around Roachdale Russellville Carpentersville.
Dallas leaves a family including his father mother three sisters Delpha Bonnie Lucile and one brother Cedric. He was educated at Belle Union High School and the normal school then studied government service before farming. He joined the Mission Baptist Church at New Providence and his funeral was held there with burial in the New Providence cemetery.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Sutherlin in Bainbridge include Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilson Mrs. Albert Gardner and children and Mr. and Mrs. James socnga. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cope is quite ill Alma Cope stays with Aunt Lizzie McGaughey Minnie Cope returns home to help care for her ill sister.
Notes from Maple Hill include Bro. Kirk’s Long Branch service, Nellie Cantowine staying with the Quinlisk family to attend No. 5 School, and neighbors visiting James Dillinger after a bountiful dinner. Reports mention rainfall boosting pastures, Madison township teachers meeting with County Superintendent L G Wright, and Andrew Thomas visiting grandparents.
Somerset notes mark school start on September first Monday and the Epworth League box supper at the Simpson O Hair home. Local socials include visits among Jackson, McVay, Reising, Brackney, and Garrett families. The William Ferrand sale is set for September fifteenth and Ruth Wells will attend Greencastle high school. Frank Childs funeral followed his death by burn injury. Several local families join gatherings and a driving mare sale is noted.
James Gardner Hebron returns from Chicago after attending an auctioneering school. Hillis and Shoptaugh of Greencastle drill wells for Harvey Webster. Ed Clodfelter remodels his residence with a second story and concrete porch. Milford McGaughey completes a concrete basement as carpenters begin framing. Norman builds a new barn. Paul Goff constructs a silo. Mr and Mrs Paul Peery visit Mrs Susan By. Claude Jarvis visits Will and Mrs Everman. George Hart’s charter appears at Hebron cemetery. Jennie Leonard stays with a relative in Indianapolis and visited Mr and Mrs George Gardner. Mrs Shilda Goff in Martinsville for treatment.
Jacob Binta of Waterloo Iowa and Alma Beals Gobin of Greencastle are named in a local engagement notice. The couple’s families announce plans for matrimonial ceremonies to come.
The Asbury Conservatory of Music expects a bigger winter term than last year with registration starting one week from next Monday and first classes two days after. Director J E Norris notes growing inquiries for catalogues and promises of attendance, with new faculty joining early next week including Blanche Statton and Jessie Luther.
The Hinkle family reunion will be held at Bainbridge on Sunday September Sth. All relatives are cordially invited.
A public sale of the personal property of the late Joseph Moler will be held at the Moler home three miles northwest of Clinton Falls on Wednesday September 23. L. F. Moler will oversee the sale.
Mark Tully Trook a 22 year old mechanical engineer for the Public Service Commission died in New York from blood poisoning and pneumonia after surgery for tonsillitis. A native of Greencastle and Purdue alum he was the son of Mr and Mrs Q H Trook and survived by four sisters. He had visited his sister in Greencastle often and was a Delta Delta Delta member. Susie Talbott left for Anderson to resume teaching duties.
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