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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1921
Page
1
The article argues that road construction gains value only when repairs keep them passable. It calls for nonpartisan maintenance by public officials, noting substantial funds spent on roads and stressing the duty to prevent further deterioration.
About 95 percent of the roughly 10 000 eligible employees on the Pennsylvania Railroad system in Indiana have cast ballots in the election for representatives to handle labor questions. Balloting began two weeks ago and will close around June 16, with votes counted at regional headquarters in St Louis by both employee and management representatives.
A children’s week pageant is set for June ninth with a rehearsal last night at Wall Street M E church and another slated for Tuesday night at the Dream Theater. The organizing committee includes Mrs. A J Howard Presbyterian church Mrs. Hiram Heaton St Luke’s church Miss Clara May Denzler Maple Street church Mrs Walter Anderson Christian church Miss Ada Frank Wall Street M E church and Mrs Jas Marra Morton Memorial church. Mrs Marra will oversee costumes and the Christian church choir directed by Miss Lois Beeson will provide all music.
Samuel Kendall, Township Trustee, notes many delinquents work at the Government Depot and will be paid this afternoon so the dog tax books remain open until this evening.
The W F M8 on Wall Street announces a church meeting for next Tuesday at 7 30 o clock. An international program is planned and Allen will preside.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian Church met on the lawn at Mrs. J. N. Clem's home yesterday afternoon. Officers for the new year were elected: Mrs. J. N. Walter president, Mrs. Earl McClintock vice president, Mrs. Arthur Talkington treasurer, Mrs. Cecil Beeson librarian. Prayers songs short talks and a year study review by Mrs. Walter Scott followed. About forty members attended and the group swelled when husbands and children joined. A hearty picnic supper was served then games and community singing closed the afternoon on a happy note.
The Junior Girl Scouts Daisy Patrol went on an afternoon hike about three miles out on Middle road. Chaperone Miss Ruth Bottorff joined the group as they picniced outdoors. Members included Ethel Jackson Dorothy Young Dorothy Rodgers Dorothy Kirk Wood Lorene Hawes Elizabeth Fin ter Helen Culp Anetta Wilcoxson Lorene Bolly Corene Bolly.
George Moore and Nola Barnes fined 25 dollars and jailed 30 days for adultery by Mayor N H Myers. B J Groarke fined 25 dollars for assault and battery on George Rogers and appealed to Circuit Court. Frances Eastman injured in bathroom fall at grandparents home required two stitches after cut by door facing.
The Glass church schedules a 9 a.m. Sunday meeting with 9:30 Sunday school for all ages. A 10:30 divine worship sermon will cover Family Religion. A 2:30 mass meeting features Wall Street orchestra and Judge Houston Quinn speaking on The Child and the Church. Evening services follow with Youth Using the Telescope and Our Slavic Immigration slides. Thomas Cox, visiting from Oklahoma, injured after a stair fall.
Rev F J Mallett rector conducts Holy Communion Sunday morning at 8 30 oclock and again Wednesday at 9 30 am Sunday School gathers at 9 30 am for instruction at St Pauls Episcopal Church.
W L Munday is pastor. Sunday school at 9 30. Sermon at 10 49 The Child in the Midst. Senior Epworth League at 6 45. Evening service at 7 45 with sermon The Trial of Christ.
Fire safety notice indicates church repairs while Bible School begins at 9 30 a m and Friendship Bible Class meets at 9 45 a m The Men's Bible Study Class is suspended for the summer with Morning Worship at 10 30 a m.
The city celebrates a new ice cream parlor behind Citizen's Drug Store by Mr Mason. A tanbark floored pergola fronts a courtyard entry on Court Avenue with a brick base fence and central fountain. The parlor seats two dozen couples and offers outdoor tables for those who prefer to stay outside.
Sunday School and Bible study at 9 30 a m Morning Worship and Sermon at 10 45 Subject The Need of Religious Instruction for our Children Evening service at 7 45 Theme The Gospel Draw Net Children’s Day observed next Sunday Church joins Children’s Week Public invited to all services
Maple Street Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m with full attendance desired. Preaching at 10 20 am and 7 40 pm. Morning topic Wheat and Tares. Evening topic Gratitude. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 05 p m. All these services open to the public.
Evening service at 8 o clock titled Your Wage. B Y B U program at 6 45. All are invited to worship and attend.
Luke McLuke, famed newspaper man and humorist, died at midnight in a Cincinnati hospital. His character Bits of Biplay broadened his fame nationwide. Born in Lowell Massachusetts, he influenced eastern county trolley line agitation from Charlestown to Aurora Indiana linking Jeffersonville and Louisville with Cincinnati.
S. J. Wilcox has opened a Dodge service station at Spring and Eighth streets. He is doing a good business and is a competent man.
A series of church events for Children’s Week begins Sunday June 5 with morning sermons on the church child relation and a 2:30 PM Mass Meeting at Wall Street M E Church led by Rev Black. Friday June 10 ends with ERA. Tuesday June 7 features an institute and addresses on religious education with group conferences for pastors superintendents and parents led by Dr G A Joplin and Mrs Geo A Joplin. Wednesday June 8 includes a prayer service hour to present local Sunday School needs. Thursday June 9 features a pageant at the Dream Theater. The schedule includes various teachers superintendents and assistants and mentions specific names in committees.
The downtown crowd watched the Gentry Bros parade featuring elephants from Africa and India, camels, monkeys, and dogs. A blue calliope led the march as clowns and musicians added color, with two shows slated at 2 PM and 8 PM on Walnut Street.
The article notes Curtis Byrd facing an indictment accusing him of desertion of wife and child with a plea to the tailor. A jury of fourteen was reported to select a panel of twelve to hear the damage action of Jacob Eller against the Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company. Also mentioned are divorce filings by Mrs. Jesse Be Broyles against Robert W. Broyles, and a creditors’ claim settlement in the Charles A. Schimpfi & Son book and stationery firm case, with a wind-up trustee reporting valid claims totaling 3,980.25 and creditors to receive 62 percent.
The Good Roads meeting held yesterday forenoon featured the road superintendent defending his road work. In the afternoon, attendees listened to explanations of the big law as part of the program.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Wall Street church met last night at Mrs. Ben Clegg's home on West Front Street with devotions led by Hie. Jeteo. Officers elected include President Miss Bertha Poindexter first vice president Mrs. J. T. Scull second vice president Mrs. Chas Pelange and Mite Boxes leader Late Myers. Reports showed the best year of work since organizing. A porch party and refreshments followed.
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