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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1920
Page
1
Memorial ceremony honors fallen Cass County soldiers with bronze tablets on trees. Each tree bears a fallen name and event details. A large crowd is expected at the High School campus for the dedications, with Utica the only township not yet represented.
The program includes Star Spangled Banner, Rev John Scull address, recitation Trees by Joyce Kilmer read by Willbert Hendren, Children Chorus, Heroes list read by Bernard Sykes, remarks by HH Rose, Dedicatory Prayer by Rev M Vanter, and notes on David Carr who suffered a stroke and is known in Wark County as brother of Elisha Carr.
The Utica Lodge and Cement Lodge will present jewels to Messrs David and Jefferson Prather for their long service as Odd Fellows. Deputations from county lodges will attend a banquet and the Excelsior Degree Team will re confer a degree. Jeffersonville Lodge holds a special meeting with Rev. Reid delivering a lecture on Ireland.
Three nicely furnished rooms for light housekeeping available to a couple without children. Reference required. Phone 999. Adg. 25 26 27.
A ceremony at Port Fulton Schools Friday features seventh and eighth grades in the Adoption of the Flag. A silk flag purchased for the event will be displayed thereafter. The program includes vocal and instrumental music with County Superintendent Scott introducing speaker Prof. N L Collins of Louisville, recitations by Herman Rave Fannie Ellis Deora Legerett and a flag salute.
A Motor Mechanics class for ex service men has been organized at the High School. It will meet Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock under competent instructors. The courses will be free to eligible men and are expected to be very successful.
Mrs Ed Hilton of Midway visited in Watson Friday. Mrs Minnie Friend and her son Homer and sister Mrs Agnes Fox spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Sachteleboen. Emer McCore improves after illness. Myrtle Harbison remains ill. Mrs Michael Hines and Mrs A B Gilligan attended a cousin's funeral in Louisville.
Misses Scottie and Ethel Howard of Bethany were guests of their aunt Miss Marcarel Johnson on Sunday.
Property deeds record several transfers including Lila Johnson to Harry Salzman in Jefferson County Kentucky for 390 dollars on Spring Street part of Lot 20. J M Coots to F M Coots in Shelby County Kentucky for 998-40 acres in survey 3 Illinois grant and 20 acres in survey 10. Also one fourth in No 10 Illinois grant totaling 195 acres for 6006 dollars. Clemmons to Selmier 1700 dollars for ten acres Sec 8 Tn R10. Daniels to Dieterlin 17 percent acres in grant 244 for 400 dollars. Pearl Miller to John W Dixon 1200 dollars for Utica lots 162 163 and part 164. Samantha Fields heirs to Harry Peters 9666.66. Marysville lots 6 7 18 19. Mary Mithen to Barbara Ginther lots 5 and part 4 Temples addition Ohio Falls S84.
City faces a severe housing shortage as population grows with new industries. Builders rush to supply homes while materials cost rises threaten progress. Neighbors Louisville and New Albany share the problem, urging Jeffersonville to act to avoid defeat.
Nearly 500 acres with good roads near Jeffersonville offered for sale. One third cash with long term balance. may trade for city property or small farm. Contact Walter E. McCulloch Camb. Tel. 600-A New Albany. Adv. March 25 26 27.
Newton H. Myers, Mayor of Jeffersonville Indiana designates Friday April 29 1920 as a city holiday from 12 noon to 3 pm requests public places and business houses be closed during those hours. City Clerk W B Thornley attests.
Two games at the High School featured the B2 versus 7 A2 with Tri Rauth scoring key points for the B2 squad and Seven A2 winning. The Jeffersonville Depart mentals beat the Diamonds in another fast contest led by Rost and Cordell in a 6 to 7 score.
Jeffersonville women report Adler i ka glycerine mixture with buckthorn bark relieves gas and sour stomach. One spoonful acts on upper and lower bowel and often cures constipation aimed at preventing appendicitis. A resident claims relief from severe bowel trouble. The Citizens Drug Store.
An Arkansas race track filmed scenes for the Willian Fox special "Should a Husband Forgive" to be shown Thursday and Friday at the Dream Theatre. Miriam Cooper plays Ruth Fitton and rode a real horse in the race with director Bo AL Walsh reassuring her. Cooper won the race by a narrow margin in a dramatic blanket finish.
The Junior High School defeated Chestnut Street School 6 to 6 in a Wednesday evening matchup. Lineups featured Eldridge Works and Whiteside among Juniors with Williams Graham and Campbell leading Chestnut Street, reflecting a balanced, tireless contest.
A movement to combine the three Sunday Schools into four Union School is under way in town. A meeting of teachers officers and interested residents will be held next Sunday afternoon to discuss the plan and set future steps.
Officials of the Ford plant in Detroit state plans are being made to build dirigibles for the Navy. After Ford’s boat contract, the Navy should not turn to him for a new industry. Ford can make automobiles but lacks experience in boat construction and dirigibles.
Mrs Hodell of Indianapolis is her guest of granddaughter Mrs Clyde Huffman and family, joining a visit at their home.
A 12 year old, Paul Little, son of W. R. Little, a Lexington multimillionaire livestock raiser, vanished yesterday. Police in Kentucky and Ohio mobilized a thousand officers to locate him after kidnappers sent a note demanding twenty five thousand dollars under threat to the boy’s life. The note was delivered to his father.
Special From United Dress says in Mayence Germany that reports indicate a final agreement has been reached between the Ebert government and West German insurgents. The dispatch notes the deal reached today, March 25, as claims from Lattes reporting.
Paris March 25. It was learned here that Allied military intervention in the Ruhr industrial district in Germany would follow if the German government troops are unable to restore order. The claim comes as Allied forces monitor the Ruhr situation amid unrest.
Formerity Clerk dolla 2. Sindes. returned from Washington and took a railroad job in Louisville. Mrs Kate Lee mother of Mrs Bazine Applegate is recovering from a stroke at East Chest Street home. Clark County Sunday School Convention April 14 at Henryville with Hobart Hill of the State Association speaking. James W Perry and Mary Allen Hever wed by Justice Abert Fieh this morning. Current Fxvents Club meets with Mrs Lee Black at the Presbyterian Manse Monday afternoon. Plowing begun as farmers work fields. Vera Blevin to Mexico Missouri to help aunt Mrs Anna Myers. Ohio River water level receded allowing River Road travel. Choir of First Christian Church preparing Easter cantata for the night of Easter Sunday April 12.
Reports from Mrs Catherine Meis enhelder stamper at At Edwards Hospital say she is favorable and sitting up in bed. She was run over by a truck driven by Ceert Shuck. Aliss Apna Lee Port Fulton left for Bedford Kentucky to make her future home. The Interurban dine men completed reconstruction of the power lines between Watson and Charlestown with new material. They will reconstruct the line between here and Sellersburg. The John Wessel estate near Charles town was attended to largely and all sales brought top prices.
The death of Martha Loveder of 216 Ooo Avenue was announced and a funeral service led by Reverend Seoul was held this afternoon in Chicago. The notice records her as the wife of Matesare Youngs with the service at the home and burial to take place later.
Readable fragments indicate Vecesvivatt aims to press ahead with vaedis this summer. Early views suggest a housing squeeze for nearby families as the city contemplates new worker housing north of a district, complicating access to homes or rooms.
The text urges President to appoint Charles C. Edwards of Georgia to an Interstate Commerce Commission seat created by the railroad act. It notes former Congressman Ward, ten years in Congress, but says he lacked qualifications for the commission. It criticizes patronage and argues for merit in selecting commissioners.
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