Neighbors gather for summer visits and family reunions
A long list of local guests and hosts holiday visits across Dugger Sullivan and nearby towns filled Sundays and weekends. Many relatives from Terre Haute Bedford and Indianapolis joined dineing, worded as Heaton and Bedwell families hosting gatherings, park outings, and a large birthday party for Mrs Kramer. A Civil War veteran, Tom Pete Martindale, is mentioned amid illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Titus
Sistor
Floyd Booker
John Hartley
Swatz City
Frank Whitfield
Margaret A. Bedwell
Gambill
Maxine Goldman
Dugger
Pauline Bedwell
Sam Heaton
Lester Heaton
Lyons
Floyd Heaton
Phyllis Loraine
Anita June
Floyd Townsley
Olaf
Mildred
Pleasantville
Dora Butler
Winfred
Jack. Griffith
Gordon
Max
Worthington
Mabel Stein
Floyd ‘Booker
Joe Bedwell
Mabel
Ola
James
Anzel Bedwell
Rose Mary
Vicksburg
John Robson
Nelda
Terre Haute
John J. Robson
Seeleyville
John J. Martindale
Joel Goodwin
Newark
Mr. Martindale
Tom Pete Martindale
Otis Gray
Odes Himebrook
Ermil
Rae Angelo
Samuel Heaton
Heaton
Linton City Park
George Jones
Marion Story
Jesse Bedwell
Bobbie
Ode Myers
Dugger Park
Mary Friend
Nine Mile Social Guests Attend Sunday Dinner
Mr and Mrs Dan Shonk hosted a large dinner with guests from Indianapolis Freedom and Lyons including Mr and Mrs Henry Evans Mr and Mrs James Vanderventer Theodore Riley Noah Shonk and Madenna Bartley also Eva Riley and Ellsworth Riley family members. Hazel Hirth Albert Hirth left for Oklahoma to visit uncle Frank Hirth. Onella Vandeverter and Mildred Gentry from Freedom stayed over Saturday night with Eva Riley. Zeb Strong and two others were noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle
Raymond
Jasonvville
Ellsworth
Riley
D. O. Edwards
Indianapolis
John
Blanton
Iva
Dorothy
Fred Nolting
Henry Gravemeir
Lessie Light
Stella
Edna Blanton
Howard
Bills
John Bohley
Leonard Hoffeditz
Edna
Finis Mitchell
Linton
Clint Bohley
Marion Bohley
Howard Bills
Reed Lucas
Sullivan
Elmer Lucas
Carl
Kramer
Fred Kramer
Henry Kramer
Fred ‘Strietelmeier
Louise
Minnie
Mary
Dorothy Kramer
William Kramer
Switz City
Pearl
Koleen
Nine Mile
Bloomfield
Helen Strietelmeier
Mildred Buck
Gladys Riley
Edna Hoffeditz
Eva Riley
Stella Blanton
Lenabelle
Mody Smith
Clyde Breck
Orlando Breck
Lloyd Lucas
Harold Bohley
Garrett Smith
Claude Smith
Rex ‘Hoffeditz
Harold
Dan. Shonk
Henry Evans
James Vanderventer
Freedom
Theodore’ Riley
Noah Shonk
Onelia Vanderventer
Mildred Gentry
Dock +Riley
Ed Bartley
Otis Bartley
Madenna
Lyons
Brownstown Community News Fragments Mention Local Visits
Mrs Elo Rhodes and baby spent Saturday with aunt Mrs Louis Doublemont. Mr and Mrs Ed Ellis spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Bernard Crichfield. Several Brownstown residents traveled to Indianapolis to visit relatives. Various visits and social calls occur around Brownstown with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elo Rhodes
Baby
Rhodes
Louis Doublemont
Ed Ellis
Bernard Crichfield
Lucetta Brown
Elo Brown
Fred Brown
William Brown, Jr
Indianapolis
Orme
Robert Brown
William. Brown, Jr
Dorsey Crichfield
Paul
Sullivan
Crichfield
Florida
Dan Sparks
Virginia
Most
Raymond Bales
Homer
Perl. Pool
Homer Lewis
Dick ‘Lester
Linton
Robert
Elson
Archibald
West
Yellowstone Park
Will Haney
Virgil Willoughby
Fern
Dale
Mildred
Sam Gambill
Cass
Emery Huff
Terre Haute
Willard Bevenshen
Nan Vaughn
John Haney
Charles Asrey
Pauline Lynn
Fern Lynn
Roy Duncan
Palestine
Ill
John Bledsoe
Charles Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Mary Beck
James Bledsoe
Baker Mitchell
Funora
Leonard Campbell
Brownstown
Ella Crichfield
Grace
Wilson Moidy
Family Ties Highlight Quiet Sunday Visits Across Town
Sunday visitors filled the town with family gatherings as Wright Padgett Goodman and related households hosted relatives from Pat on Pleasantville Linton and Dugger. A newborn weighing 8½ pounds blessed Lester Wright and Eva Bedwell by Friday July 7, with celebrations noted amidst a day of dinners and travel among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Padgett
Earl
Endécis
Lester Wright
Eva Bedwell
Pleasantville
Elva Padgett
Alberta
Helen
Ernestine
Doris
Linton
John Padgett
Lon Courter
Mike
Goodman
Mary Goodman
Nella‘Ellis
Covert
Dola'Pearl
Howad
Spurgeon
Josephine
Alice
Josh Padgett
Lou Fainot
Aden Jackson
James
Eugene
Virginia Ellis
James Padgett
Near Dugger
Jim Goodman
Morris Chapel
George Saucerman
Thead Goodman
Ayid
Hallie Wright
Terre Haute
Xan
B. E. Stevens
Sphine
Moe
Louis Fainotana
Residents Visit Potters and Spencers across towns
Mr and Mrs Potter and son Bert of Worthington hosted relatives including Cruden Spencer family from Bloomington and Joe Spencer clan with Tom Spencer student at Indiana University. Several Bloomington and Bloomfield families traveled to Bedfora Trinity Springs and Grandview, while missionary ladies of the M I church met with Mrs Elizabeth Strausser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
Bert
Worthington
Claude ‘Truitt
Willard Potter
Bedfora
Cruden Spencer
Bloomington
Joe Spencer
Tom Spencer
Cassilda Spencer
Indiana University
Rone Fines
Wesley
Linton
J. W. Beasley
James L. Beasley
Dale
Max
Earl Wilson
Colonel
Bloomfield
Roy Conkin
Houghton Butler
Audrey
Trinity Springs
Nelson Bennett
Bennett
Grandview
Oklahoma
South Dakota
M. I. Church
Elizabeth Strausser
Love Sinclair
Ida Bovenschen
Sinclair
Flora Spencer
Gertie Daubenspeck
Mason
Daubenspeck
Eva Holmes
Brewer
Pearl Miller
Esta Butler
Humphreys Pirtle Reunion Set At City Park Linton
The Hum preys Pirtle family reunion returns to City park in Linton on the first Sunday in August with a scheduled program of games stunts and entertainment. Last year drew over 20 attendees and a large crowd is expected again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys-Pirtle
Linton
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First National Bank
Shady Beach
Ben
Greene County Loan Company
Indlay, Industrial Lenders Association
Filbert
Postoffice
Chrysler
D. G. Sima
Pauline. Eaton
Sims
Frank Welch
Frank Davis
Bedford
William McBride
Dresden
Ind
Manerva Thomas
Clara "Payne
Ann Swaby
Greene-Sullivan County
Swaby
Jane Chilcote
Thomas, Payne
Chilcote
William Martindale
Raymond Ham
Leona
Norman
Joe Goodwin
Joe Wright
Eke Padgett
Paton
Rhodenbeck Bros
North Main St
Ford
TUDOR
Paul Fry
Vincennes Street
Oakland
Sherwood Service & Sales Co
East
Vincennes St
Fender
Linton Sheet Metal
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