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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
4
An meeting was held with men interested in scouting. An address will be delivered by F. H. Zeller of Chicago, Deputy Scout Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America.
The Rev. Charles Tt. Walker has resigned as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Charlestown. He has not set definite plans, but will stay in Charlestown until May 1.
The Rev. W. A. Watkins pastor of the Utica Methodist Church conducts a protracted meeting there with fine results. The meeting has been on for the past two weeks.
Pair of tortoise shell rim glasses lost with a reward offered upon return. Call 1125 F or return to 207 Weems Ave or the High School to claim.
Tonight at 8 o clock St Luke's Church hosts a program with musical numbers by George Groher and others followed by a skit featuring George Washington Giles and Abraham Lincoln Jobs. The event promises entertainment and nostalgia as a local fundraiser.
Sherman Minton Democratic nominee in the Third District suffers a fractured left thumb and bruises after a car accident on Grant Line Road two miles from New Albany. Claude McBride uninjured. Minton and McBride were returning from Clark County when oncoming headlights blinded the driver and caused the overturn into a ditch.
Dr. Ezra Pratt the Trustee of Monroe Township filed his annual report with County Auditor Thomas L. Stoner in Jeffersonville. He carried 1919 receipts of 13861.40 and disbursements of 17402.88 leaving 7134.65 on January 14 1920 with a dog tax balance of 284 on January 1 1919 and 498 receipts making 782 total and 419 disbursements leaving 363 on January 1 1920. 164 of the funds were turned over to the County Auditor as a surplus.
Record shows William H. McKain lost 880 sheep, Louis Lehwein 140 dollars for sheep, Earl Beers 15 dollars for sheep, and 4000 hogs valued at 2 dollars each, indicating widespread livestock predation by dogs in the area.
The fall terms of public schools close this afternoon with winter term starting Monday. A small class remains for the annual commencement in May. Twenty three departmental school pupils will be promoted to the high school entering the freshman class including Louise Goodain Mars Chapman Virginia Dees and others.
State Superintendent of Schools notifies that all public school pupils aged five to twelve must learn America The Star Spangled Banner and The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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