Local Clubs Host Holiday Dinner Parties and Bridge
Kibitzer Club members from Findlay and Robinson hosted a Wednesday dinner at the American Cafe with a bridge game at Mrs Handy’s West Main Street home. Prizes went to Mrs Handy and Edith Cole. Other gatherings included a Christmas dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John Saiter with guests from several nearby towns and families, plus several student visitors and travel notes involving the Potter family.
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Kibitzer Club
American Cafe
Mary
Cole
Marjorie Lewis
Florence Hodge
Fenton Cole
Ham ’Alwood
Howard
Classified notices and sale announcements from West Union
A collage of local notices including a Christmas greeting from Mrs. Jacob Buehler, rowdy farm sale details by Buell Morris, and real estate loan offers. Also an auction listing by Kesler & Knowles, a notice on shipping association meeting in West Union, Illinois, and a December 19 1997 date.
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Ymere
Buell Morris
Kesler &, Knowles
Shipping ’Association
West Union
Ill
Shipping Agsociation
Banklat
Ivan Cline
Secy
Treas
Ooian
Social Gathers and Visits Highlight Holiday Week
Mr and Mrs J I May hosted a Monday evening soiree with guests including Mr and Mrs Will Mathews and daughters Mrs Minerva Edens of Anaheim Calif Mrs John Snedeker and Mr and Mrs Russell Craig. Henry Reynolds received Florida fruit from son Frank. Judge and Mrs Conrad Schull left Mt Vernon after visiting daughter Mrs Leon Cox. Silas Claypool and son Gene of Bridgeport spent Christmas with the Knipe and Claypool families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. l. May
Mr. and
Will Mathews
Harry Mathews
Minerva Edens
Anaheim
Calif
John Snedeker
Russell Craig
Henry Reynolds
Florida
Frank
Judge
Conrad Schull
Mt. Vernon
Leon Cox
Silas ‘Claypool
Gene
Bridgeport
Wm. Knipe
Mrs
Allen Claypool
Mrs Bertha Carpenter Readmitted for Pneumonia in Danville
Mrs Bertha Carpenter was taken back to the hospital in Danville Sunday with pneumonia and complications. She had just returned home last Wednesday after several weeks’ absence.
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Bertha Carpenter
Danville
Loraine Nelson Visits Parents During Holidays
Miss Loraine Nelson private secretary to B E Ramsey principal of Normal Training school Terre Haute came Friday noon to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs C R Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loraine Nelson
B. E. Ramsey
Normal Training
Terre Haute
C. R. Nelson
Christmas Travel Recap for Local Residents
Russell Daniel and Don Heidbreder left Friday evening for home to celebrate Christmas. Daniel heads to Bloomfield Iowa and Heidbreder goes to Quincy Illinois. Mr and Mrs Harry Handy of Robinson and Miss Sue Turner of Indianapolis visited parents Mr and Mrs J M Turner and family for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Daniel
Don Heidbreder
Mr. Daniel
Bloomfield
Iowa
Mr. Heidbreder
Quincy
Harry Handy
Robinson
Sue Turner
Indianapolis
J. M. Turner
Miss Helen Baird Visiting Parents for Holidays
Miss Helen Baird from Tower Hill arrived Friday evening to spend the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Baird.
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Helen Baird
Tower Hill
Mrs
Ben T. Baird
Mrs Edens Returns to Anaheim After Father’s Illness
Mrs. Minerva Edens of Anaheim California returns home Tuesday after being summoned by the illness and passing of her father John Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Edens
Anaheim
Calif
John Mathews
Marshall Area Family News and Holiday Visits
Local residents report arrivals and holiday travel. Dorothy Ann Daley born Sunday to Edwin and wife of Indianapolis with Gertrude Cole of Marshall as former name. Several families, including Mathews Cox and Smiths, visit relatives in Urbana Champaign Detroit Findlay and Chicago. Patricia Louise born to Robert Smitley. Christmas gatherings with Batson Hanse Meehling Hollenbeck Batson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Daley
Indianapolis
Dorothy Ann
Daley
Gertrude Cole
Marshall
ChristmasVisitors And Program At Grand Turn Church
Mrs Louise Booth Moyer of Washington DC visited the Purdums Monday and Tuesday. The Grand Turn Sunday school plans a second Christmas program at Grand Turn church Sunday evening January 1. Carson Purdum of Chicago and James and Rose McKeever of Chicago spent Christmas with their families. Mrs Everett Taubeneck and son Harris of Stuttgart Arkansas visited the Ralston home. Miss Helen Mayer of Springfield came for several weeks. Everett German of LaGrange left after Christmas with his parents the Germans.
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Grand Turn
James McKeever
Miss Rose McKeever
Chicago
Mrs
William McKeever
Everett Taubeneck
Harris
Stuttgart
Arkansas
W. W. Ralston
Christmas Visit Notes From Decatur Area Houses
Miss Margaret Smith of Decatur visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. English. George Metsch of Cleveland spent time with his sister Mrs. C. E. McMorris. Frank Kenzer of Terre Haute shared Christmas with the Forbeck family. E. McMorris and Martha traveled to Washington Missouri to see Dr. W. T. McMorris. Hiram Wilson of Gary spent holidays with relatives. Gay Spittler of Detroit visited his parents. Everett Smitley moved to Washington DC for a job. Mrs. Smitley will join later. Burdette Emerson left for Springfield for New Year with his brother Dan. Henry Reynolds hosted Christmas Day dinner for guests. Eva Jones of Chicago spent time with the McMorris. Hubert Leonard and Otto Dobry of Detroit were guests of the Spittlers. Margaret Bryant of Louisville came to visit Dreucilla Deaner. Harve Wood and Mrs. Sidell visited Elston family for Christmas.
Two Boys Charged With Violating the Dyer Act
United States Commissioner bound over Blaine Cobert alias James Whitesell and Noble King on Dyer Act charges for driving a stolen car across state lines from Spiceland Indiana to Marshall Illinois. Bonds set at 1000 each. jailed in Vermilion county awaiting grand jury action. Also noted are listed land transfers and a bank sale in Martinsville and Marshall with modest sums.
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Paris
Ill
United States
T. E. Carer
Blaine Cobert
James Whitesell
Noble King
Marshall
Vermilion County
Danville
Spiceland
Ind
Marriage Licenses Listed in Local Record
A batch of marriage licenses shows couples from Marshall Martinsville Robinson Orleans and nearby towns. Names include Everett Smitley Lucille Sockler Ozro Nichols Catherine Crampton and many others with ages ranging from 17 to 68 across multiple Indiana communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Smitley
Marshall
Lucille Sockler
Ozro F. Nichols
Robinson
Catherine Crampton
GE. Miller
Martinsville
Bertha Bridgett
Michael Baker
Helen Smith
Marshall William E. Priest
Greencastle
Hazel Bunten
Fillmore
Ind
Francis C. Kritz
Mattoon
Alice Hepner
Casey
Charles Cox
Eugene Hammond
Darwin
Edith Berry
Charles Smittkamp
Emma McKee
Terre Haute
Claude Davison
Paris
Elizabeth Geiling
Clifford Cork
Bessie Tapscott
Kenneth Tumey
Bargesville
Mary Anderson
Brazil
Plant Grows Extensively Clematis Native to Britain
The text notes traveler's joy Clematis as the only native species in Great Britain with its southern presence and rarity northward, scarce in Scotland. It mentions about 20 North American Clematis species, including Clematis virginiana, widely distributed.
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Great “Britain
Scotland
North America
Sign of Youth's Passing Middle Age and Insurance Agents
A fragmented reflection on aging and the inviting strange allure of talking with insurance agents as people grow older. The piece hints at evolving attitudes toward life stages and the social rituals of planning for the future.
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John Saiter
Mr. Rand
Harry “Ogle
Rovert
Mts
Russell Haddix Sand Famitly
Ollie Saiter
Bon
Lawrence
Effie
Aidtaars
Albert Sockler
Mr Sand
Mriland
George Farris
Pat Rose
J. S. Strohin
Ands
Ison
Paul
Lovington
Nyérot
Champaign
Liavona
Millard
Peoria
Eli Seville
Don
Pern’ -Craig
Nina Kammacher
Ruth “Noland
Rosanna Gunder
Marguerite Wallis
Dorothy Machlan
Louise Foley
Alberta
Hemminghouse
Marié McDaniel
Lois Traviolis
Univerity
Minois
Ah Jooth
Fern
George
Taabeneck
Virweitithnes
Ralph’ ‘Knipe
Doris Wallis
Porties
Hurst
Roy Baira
Deaner
Dréuelifa
Earl Elishoff
Hester Shipe
Alma
Shipe
Warren Shipe
Harry
B. Potter
Willard
Miriam
New Orleans
Potter
The
Alpha Zeta Fraternity
Ted Perdue
Toledo
Ohio
Delia Archer
Beans
G Villeyim
Aetna
Mark Stewart City Rfllé
Insurance
John Weir
Johnson’s
H. M. Dewey & Co
Wood
B. F. Johnson
Cole & Cole Leang and Insurance
Illinois
Elfehl
Dilt
Black
Bert Mathews
Nelson Cox
Urbana
Loral Mathews
Mr. Sockler
Harry Davis
Lavona Millard
Gay Spittler
Otto Gobry
Detroit
Michigan
Florence Forbeck
Clara Forbeck
Clarence Smith
Findlay
Mrs. Smith
Daniel Fawley
Millikin College
Herman Fawley
Donald Cox
Betty Lou Bach
Frank Anderson
Earl Gunn
Carmel
Ada Jones
Sue
Neal Hollenbeck
W. T. Hollenbeck
Adam Gard
Washington, D. C
Robert Smitley
Patricia Louise
Thaddeus Batson
Detroit, Michigan
J. A. Batson
Joseph B. Hanse
Henry Meehling
Judge Feston Booth
Justin Harlan
San Antonio
Texas
Stella Smith
Springfield
Fenton Batson
South Bend
Fannie Andrews
Irene Stewart
W. H. Moore
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Louise Booth Moyer
Washington,d. C
G. ‘“A. Purdumn
Carson Purdum
Mrs. C. A. Purdum
Helen Mayer
Will Mayer
Everett German
LaGrange
George German
Margaret Smith
Decatur
Charles T. English
George Metsch
Cleveland
C. E. McMorris
Frank Kenzer
John Forbeck
E. McMorris
Martha
Washington, Mo
W. T. McMorris
Hiram Wilson
Gary
Indiana
Phillip Spittler
Mrs. Smitley
Burdette Emerson
Brother
Dan
Mrs. Henry Reynolds
Eva Jones
Hubert Leonard and
Otto Dobry
Detroit, Mich
Margaret Bryant
Louiisville, Ky
Dreucilla Deaner
Harve Wood of
Sidell
Mrs David Elston
Martha C. Lambdin
W. C. Jeffers
Alpha Claypool
Sperry Claypool
John BE. Barbee
Bruce L. Daughhetee
Martinsville State Bank
Clark
Flapper
Pythian Theatre
Marshall Camp of
Royal Neighbors
Frances Griffin
Atlanta
Georgia
Herman R. Huffman
Gertrude C. Morrill
Loyie Dudley
New Lebanon
Gertrude Thompson
Merom
George W McClure
Ethel M. Baker
Everett Clark
West York
Cordelia Monk
Mack Harris
Geleah Haines
Walter Melvin
Westfield
Lucy Centers
Johnson
He Cacy
E. P. Hill
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Johnston
Louise
Marcels
Louise Lickert
Main Marshall
Lois Wilson and
Geo. K. Arthur
Tom Tyler
His Pals
Sally O’neil
Owen Moore
Gertrude Olmstead
Becky
Herald
LeSeure
Stanfield Grocery
East Main Street
Red Men’s
Fischer’s Meat Market
Enterprise
Ben Fawley
East Dulaney Bank
Avondale
Country Club
Holland
Country Club ' Oats Farge