Community Photograph Noted In Local Report
A caption lists individuals including Mono Galbo of Indianapolis and Wesley Booher of James town along with Mary Black and Mabel Booher from James town and Elnora Perry Brownstown Norris Folk Walter Perry and Louis B Elmore director Kneeling left to right are James Black Frankfort Frederick Perry Retha Folk Charles Rigg Jack Nelson Ralph Pinkerton Gladys Menges and Vern Pinkerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mono Galbo
Indianapolis
Wesley Booher
Jamestown
Mary Black
Frankfort
Mabel Booher
Elnora Perry
Brownstown
Norris Folk
Bluffton
Walter Perry
Louis B. Elmore
James Black
Frederick Perry
Retha Folk
Charles Rigg
Jack Nelson
Lafayette
Ralph Pinkerton
Hammond
Gladys Menges
la Porte
Vern Pinkerton
Odd Fellows Launch Month Long Drive for Indiana Petitioners
Indiana Odd Fellows lodge members rally for the Sovereign Grand Lodge convention in Indianapolis on Sept 15. W W Zimmerman urges many petitions by the date, with degrees and the Golden Harmony class to be featured. Prizes of gold and a past grand’s jewel award high performers as 10,000 members expected for five days of sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Indianapolis
W. W. Zimmerman
Connersville
Zimmerman
Golden Harmony
Golden Harmony Lodge
Chicago
Indiana
Grand Lodge
Order
Patriarchs Militant Department of the
Association of Rebekah Assemblies
Fiddlers Tune Up for Red Men's Picnic Contest
Whitestown Indiana sets stage for the twenty sixth annual Red Men picnic with a fiddling contest and a full amusements program. Arch Hobbs of Indianapolis will address attendees as Zionsville faces Fayette in a Saturday baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitestown
Ind
Arch Hobbs
Indianapolis
Indiana
Zionsville
Fayette
Hoosier to Be Named Eagles President in San Francisco
In San Francisco the Fraternal Order of Eagles opens a national convention with Indiana prominently featured. For the fourth time a Hoosier will be elected national president, Elkhart attorney Robert E. Proctor. The Indiana delegation led by William A. Stoehr will push a resolution urging creation of a federal unemployment commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Indiana
Order of Eagles
Robert E. Proctor
Elkhart
William A. Stoehr
Connersville
Moose System Sees Social Advances Under Brandon Rule
Rodney H. Brandon, newly elected supreme dictator, is expected to push social welfare in the Moose order. Born near Monroe County Indiana and a 1901 Indiana University graduate, he has twenty years of social welfare work and studied care for dependent children and the aged in France and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Rodney H. Brandon
Brandon
Monroe County
Indiana
Indiana University
Sanlgred
France
England
Orphans
James Davis
United States
Secretary of Labor
Five Die In Mountain Cottage Fire Near Johnson City
A blaze that razed a summer cottage near Johnson City Tennessee is believed to have killed five people and seriously burned two others. The dead are Ira Witt Hugh Lee Witt Hugh Lee Witt Jr Marie Witt all of Knoxville Tennessee and Paul Reeder of Elizabeth Tennessee.
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United Press
Johnson City
Tenn
Here
Ira Witt
Hugh Lee Witt
Hugh Lee Witt Jr
Marie Witt
Knoxville
Paul Reeder
Elizabeth
Drill team and firing squad organized by Police Post 36
A drill team of thirty members and a firing squad are organized by Police Post 36 American Legion. Captain Otto Ray and Sergeant Harry Smith were elected as delegates to the state legion convention to be held at Ft Wayne from August 23 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Otto Ray
Harry Smith
Ft. Wayne
American Legion State Convention Planned for Ft Wayne
Pleas F. Greenlee announces arrangements for the annual state convention of the American Legion in Ft Wayne from August 23 to 26. Registration Saturday afternoon starts events including a World War veterans entertainment, rifle tournament, golf tournament, religious services, and city tours with officer elections Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ft. Wayne
Pleas F. Greenlee
Paul Baer
Voiture Post 37
Moose Hall
National Guard
Memorial Park
Legion and Auxiliary
Trout Named as M. W. A. Deputy
J Raymond Trout of Indianapolis appointed district deputy for the Eleventh district of the Modern Woodmen of America. He succeeds M T Wright, who moves to the Ninth district with headquarters in Hanover. Trout begins organizing lodges for the fall meetings. the Eleventh district includes Marion Hancock and Hendricks counties with several large Indianapolis camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Raymond Trout
Indianapolis
M. T. Wright
Woodmen of America
George E. Hopkins
Indiana
Wright
Hanover
Trout
Marion Camp
Marion
Hancock
Hendricks
Cedar Camp
Ironwood
Maple Camp
Oak Camp
Park Camp
Capitol Camp
Brownsburg
Beech Grove
4-H Club Concludes Five Day Camp At Merom College
Four hundred or more 4-H members from Sullivan Park Vermillion Clay Vigo and Putnam counties completed a five day camp on the Merom college campus. The event gathered youths from multiple counties for hands on activities and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preea Merom
Ind
Merom College
Sullivan, Park
Vermillion, Clay
Vigo
Putnam Counties
Memorial Services Held For Eden Rebekah and Whitewater Members
Joint memorials honored seven Rebekah lodge members and fifteen Odd Fellows from Eden lodge and Whitewater lodge 41 in Richmond. Mrs Mary Christopher led the meeting with a tribute, a reading titled Crossing the Bar, and an address by Rev William J Sayers of the First Friends church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Eden Rebekah
Whitewater Lodge
Eden Lodge
Mary Christopher
William J. Sayers
First Friends Church
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellow Lodge
Public Service Panel to Meet on Farm Freight Rates
Chairman John W. McCardle of the public service commission calls a Wednesday conference of railroad freight agents to discuss cutting intrastate rates on farm products following an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling. Drought relief reductions apply to hay straw and stock feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. McCardle
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eagles Outing Plans Prepared for Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis Eagles aerie outlines annual outing set for August 24 to 31 at Broad Ripple park with Indiana Eagles day on August 31. The Aerie Messenger announces guest clubs from Connersville to Clinton and lists 100 prize contests funded by local businesses. Ernest A. Fuerst leads the weekly meeting as outing chairman while J Pierce Cummings is away on a motor trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eagles Aerie
Broad Ripple Park
Aerie Messenger
Eagles
Indiana
Connersville
Richmond
Brazil
Columbus
Greenfield
Martinsville
Bloomington
Rushville
Seymour
Anderson
Frankfort
Alexandria
Batesville
Brookville
Terre Haute
Clinton
Ernest A. Fuerst
J. Pierce Cummings
East
RITE BANQUET SET IN BOONE COUNTY
Practically every Scottish Rite Mason in Boone county attends a meeting and banquet in Lebanon to drum up interest in fall exemplification ceremonies for the Indianapolis jurisdiction. Charles C. La Follette Thorntown is Boone county chair with Charles D. King Lebanon and Elmer D. Johns Zionsville assisting. Indianapolis officers will discuss Rite purposes and club advantages at the new cathedral. Plans for the next Rite degree exemplification will be announced. William H. O'Rear Jr. Lebanon handles other arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Charles C. la Follette
Thorntown
Indiana Grand Lodge
Charles D. King
Elmer D. Johns
Zionsville
William H. O’rear Jr
Patrolmen suspended over alleged desertion of posts
Two patrolmen Charles O. Taylor a Republican and Nolan A Hill a Democrat were suspended Sunday night pending charges of conduct unbecoming an officer. The suspension followed an alleged desertion of their posts while assigned to watch a blind tiger and they reportedly left without authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Taylor
Nolan A. Hill
Parish Groups Appointed for K of C Work in Indianapolis
The Knights of Columbus in Indianapolis appoint 115 parish committee members for 1939 to sustain council activities led by John A. grand king. Appointees across St Anthony, St Bridget, St Catherine, St Francis de Sales, Holy Cross, Holy Name Beech Grove, Holy Rosary, IvoOurdes, Little Flower, St Joan of Arc, St John, St Joseph, St Roch, Holy Angels, St Philip Neri, SS Peter and Paul, St Patrick, Sacred Heart, and others focus on candidate recruitment for fall initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Council
Knights of Columbus
John A. Grand King
St. Anthony
Walter Buchman
Edward Holloran
St. Bridget
R. E. Handlen
Jerry Kinney
Bill Kinney
St. Catherine
Hank Toner
Jim Dorsey
Dave Bierberich
Harry Weirhage
Louis Wendling
Cletus Bunker
St. Francis de Sales
Tom Neidhamer
Charles Catellier
William Geory
William Cosgrove
William Lannon
Holy Cross
Jim Lynch
Erwin Egan
Joe Moorman
Joe Hess
Bernard Burkhart
Jerry O'Grady
Chester Ehrich
Holy Name
Beech Grove
Edward Wakelam
Bert Wilhelm
Edward Dux
Holy Rosary
Mike Cairo
Peas
Oemerd
Carter
IvoOurdes
Gus Jonas
Clarence Beidelman
Charles Herman
St. Joan of Arc
Dan Moran
Francis Ohleyer
John Rice
William Clark
al Koesters
Joseph Gerard
A. E. Irwin
Tom Lenahan
Maynard Mathews
George McAllister Jr
William Durkin
William Dorgan
Robert Wilson
Paul Mansfield
St. John
Mike Reddington
John Finneran
Dan Scanlan
St. Joseph
Fred Craig
Robert Minta
James Shea
St. Roch
John Smith
Edward Boren
Emil Kerner
Joe Klee
Joe Wachtel
Holy Angels
Joe Courtney
John Moran
Harry Schopp
William Dalton
Roy Cavanaugh
St. Philip Neri
John Ward
Tom Jones
Pete Hickey
Edward Kelly
Harry Doyle
Ray Keogh
Virgil Akers
Frank McHugh
John Kistner
John Kilcoyne
William Sargent
Peter and Paul
Tom Gillespie
Joe Eisen
George Potts
Joe Raser
Gus Kamphause
William Devers
John Carroll
Bernard Jeup
Harry Calland
Jack Langan
Arthur Meunier
Charles Scheefers
T. P. Sexton
C.E. Hadden
He St. Patrick
H. J. Fullerworth
Edward Green
Walter Bennett
Walter Hurt
Pat Sullivan
Walter Kervan
Leo Hurley
J. J. Murphy
Sacred Heart
Fred Schleimer
Nick Noe
Frank Lauck
Edward Schroer
Basil Vanier
Lawrence Weimer
150 Attend Luncheon and Drill Exhibition in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana about 150 people attended a luncheon honoring past noble grand officers of the Columbia Rebekah lodge. The Pocahontas drill team performed a drill exhibition and Mrs F A Hall hosted readings for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Columbia
Rebekah Lodge
Pocahontas
F. A. Hall
Odd Fellows Homecoming At Greensburg Set For Aug 24
Annual Marion county Odd Fellows and Rebekahs homecoming at the Greensburg home on Sunday August 24 draws about 3500 members. J Edward Dean serves as general chairman with delegates arriving by auto and inter urban cars. Morning assembly at 10 includes tours by degree staffs and a basket dinner for orphans and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Greensburg
J. Edward Dean
Cc. E. Travis
Mary I. Mater
Rockville
Rebekah Assembly
W. J. Zimmerman
Rochester
H. G. Schank
Dora Grabe
Hazel Sensee
Degree staff prepares rites for Puritan lodge events
Puritan lodge No. 678 I O O F Indianapolis plans initiatory ceremonies including a Brotherly Love degree on Friday and Truth on August 22. Invitations invite participation in greensburg drill Aug 24 and dedication of Washington lodge Kentucky. A large summer picnic prompted a social gathering at King avenue and Michigan street Saturday night with band music drills and races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Peru
Ind
Ft. Wayne
Wabash
Elkhart
Logansport
Otto Johnson
Nellie Finley
Cora Phillips
Sharon
Order’s
George Banning
Carrie Horm
Lena Baddell
Indianapolis
John W. Murray
Myrtle Davis
Marion
May Binker
J. L. Allison
Grand Sentinel
Alice Lund
Puritan Lodge
Greensburg
Washington Lodge
Kentucky
King Avenue
Michigan Street
Marion County Odd Fellows
Regional American Legion junior baseball series set in Battle Creek
The director regional series will be played in Battle Creek Michigan on Thursday and Friday. Stanley Feezle of Indianapolis was appointed commissioner of the series by Russell Cook director of the national Americanism commission of the Legion. State championship nines from Kentucky Ohio Indiana and Michigan will compete in the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Battle Creek
Mich
Stanley Feezle
Indianapolis
Russell Cook
National Americanism Commission of the Legion
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Indiana Knights of Pythias diplomats at Tampa session
Five representatives from the Indiana grand lodge Knights of Pythias attended the supreme council meeting in Tampa Florida led by Carl Mitchell keeper of records and seal from Indianapolis Mitchell chaired a two day Grand Keepers of Records and Seal Association session before the council opened and was secretary of the association Attending were John W Craig Greensburg Nathan J Lane Darlington Dolph E Farr Edinburg and Louis B Elmore Lafayette
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Carl Mitchell
Keeper of Records and Seal
Indianapolis
Order
Supreme Council
Tampa
Fla
Mitchell
Grand Keepers of Records and Seal Association
John W. Craig
Greensburg
Nathan J. Lane
Darlington
Dolph E. Farr
Edinburg
Louis B. Elmore
Lafayette
Erie tribe to host Red Men festival with Marion I O O F band
The Erie tribe 198 Improved Order of Red Men in Clermont Ind engages the Marion County I O O F band of Indianapolis for concerts at the annual Red Men festival August 21 to 23. Merchants donate fifty prizes. fraternal delegations from nearby towns and Indianapolis are expected. Comanche degree team from Indianapolis will exhibit in Indian costumes. Patriotic Order of America led by Mrs Lydia Whaley will present fancy drills. Old fiddlers and harmonica contests are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Ind
Erie Tribe
Order of Red Men
Marion County
I. O. O. F. Band of
Indianapolis
Patroiic Order of America
Lydia Whaley
Maple camp seeks games for Indianapolis team
M. W. of A. baseball team of Indianapolis announces two open dates this month. The squad played in London, Indiana on Sunday. E. D. Smith of 328 Peoples Bank building will arrange forthcoming games for the team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Camp
M. W
A. Baseball Team
Indianapolis
London
Ind
E. D. Smith
Peoples Bank
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Gerald Butler
Robert Goff
Burl Garris
Straughn
Richard Goff
Ralph Rabb
Attica
Walter Manges
William Rigg
Hoosier
Mountain Home
James Martin
Yandes Street
Mary Martin
Legion
Convention OF Legion
D. Bell Agency
Meyer-Kiser Bldg. LI
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Life Accident Health Group
Repeenenbetprens
A. Ottman
L. Donahue
EB. H. Young Warren A. Rose D, M. Baker
A. Walkemeyer
CALL
Boone County Masons
Old Dog Track
Noblesville Rd
Mike Dunde
Joe Lynn
Jackie’ Purvis
Kid Kauffman
Bill
Clark
Cade
Pythian
Bon O. Aspy
Guaranty Bld
Engage
NEW Amsterdam Casualty CO
David Layton
Mgr
Meyer-Kiser Bank
Indiana d ' Ance
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Indanapolis
Continental Bank
Empire Bldg
Empire Life and Accident Insurance
C. S. Drake, Pres
Fithian
John R. Thompson
P. G. Ross
Middle West
Omaha Bee-News
American Mutual Liability Ins. Co
Lumber Insurance
Lincoln
Indiana Union Mutual Insurance Co
Illinois
Riley
Indiana Mutual Cyclone Insurance Co
Ilinois
Fidelity Mutual Insurance Co
Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Guaranty
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Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of
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American Mutual Insurance Co
N. Meridian St. Talbot
Mesa Ype
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City Ticket Office
Union Station
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