Local notes on visits and a windstorm damage
Mrs Ben Livingston and Miss Mollie Wilson visited Sunday with Miss Mabel Kessler and Miss Josephine Cochenower. Several residents spent Saturday with relatives in Terre Haute and Kohler. Mrs Isaac Kessler returned from Gary and Dewey King will work for Martin Deh this summer. A high wind Sunday toppled John Bennett's old log barn with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Ben
Edith
Mamie Lingafelter
Dewey King
French Bick
Ind
Martin Deh
Sylvester Crandall
Ada
Ella Thompson
Ella Shanks
Oole
Chas, Nash
John Bennett
Vague civic event noted in fragmentary report
A fragmentary line mentions people of the vicinity and a Friday night gathering, but no clear details on place, purpose, or participants are readable.
Social notes from Terre Haute and vicinity
Mrs. Joe Taylor and others are recorded spending weekends and Sundays in Terre Haute and nearby towns. Several visits include families of Volkers Kuykendall McFarland and Wells with relatives in Martinsville Asbury and McKeen. Multiple residents are listed without events beyond social calls and dinners.
Insurance on Farm and City Property by Cole and Cole
Cole and Cole Marshall NL advertise strong companies and low rates for farm and city property insurance. Mrs Will Glenn from Greenup visited Wednesday. Mrs West from Oakland attended a birthday dinner Sunday. Marshall visitors tried buying horses Tuesday. Charles Mariner's family returned to Ohio Saturday. Rev Gilbert leads Baptist church meetings. Mrs Homer Haun visited her parents from Kansas last Monday. John Hutchings notes a neighbor finished digging potatoes. About twenty five relatives celebrated Grandmother Cleaver’s 83d birthday Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Glenn
Greenup
West
Oakland
Marshall
Charles Mariner
Ohio
Gilbert
The
Baptist Church
Homer Haun
Kansas
John Hutchings
Cleaver
T. H. Bennett
Martinsville
Frank Dehl
Wm. Keith
Richard Kellere
Ova Chapman
James T. Staley
Tom Geff
Henry L. Smith
Jacob Kannamacher
R. E. Deverick
Elias Blankenbeker
Advance
Lucy Custis
Thomas Cooper
Butternutt
Ellen Blankenbeker
Tilly Cox
Willis. Elliott
Roe Frederick
Rhea Bennett
Roy Custis
Posey
Richard Keller
John Melton
Peter Blankenbeker
Mr. Meltons
Kibby
Walker Elliott
Stephen Custis
Blanche Ping Boyd
West Harmony
Rand
Stephen_Royal Custis
Willow Creek
Firmin Bennett
Peter Gray
South Side
Parker and Martinsville
Shouse
Baird Cemetery
Otho Tarman
M. E
St.Pauli
Tarman
Warren
Jesse Stout
John Stout
M. E. Church
James Rush
South Washington Street
Rupp Cemetery
Rush
Moat
Parker Township
Roadside notes and local social updates in Moriah locality
Local news from Moriah reports chickenpox cases, eyed crops, and community activity. Ed Bennett and wife shopped in Moriah. George Tyhurst visited. tax collector Ed Gross passed through. Lillian Green to teach spring term. Lloyd Lingafelter to work for Cam Crandall. Jesse Thompson and others called on neighbors. a telephone meeting occurred. James Staley Neadmores moving to a Tom Geffs farm. Glen Nelbarger to work for Chas Tyhurst. several youngsters spent time with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Bennett
Moriah
George Tyhurst
Ed Gross
Lillian Green
Lloyd’ Lingafelter
Cam’ Crandall
Wm. McDaniel
Wm. Misner
Jesse Thompson
Casey
Cora Tyhurst
John
Switchboard
James Staley
Neadmores
Tom Geffs
Joe Boldrey
John Bennett
Glen
Nelbarger
Chas
Tyhurst
Local Notes From Martinsville Area Show Movements and Obits
Fragmented items record residents moving to farms and new homes, obituary notices for Blanche Ping Boyd and Lucy Bennett Custis, church and Sunday school attendance, family visits, and a moving sale at John Melton's with auctioneer Peter Blankenbe ker. Also mentions births, illnesses, and kinship ties in the Martinsville region.
Martinsville and Comrade Vanarédale in town
Ed Miller and wife visited the county seat last week. Comrade Richard Keller and wife wed recently. Revival services at the Baptist and Christian churches draw large crowds. Mrs. Peter Gray and Mrs. Otho Tarman die, and funeral services held. Local deaths include Mrs. James Rush. community notes recount neighbors visiting, pestering weather, and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Vanarédale
Orange
Ed Miller
John Pertine
Lillie
Bair
Ina Fasig
St .Louis
Richard Keller
Roy Custis
Christian Church
Pierce
Mr. Croslin
The
Baptist Church
Samuel Scholfield
Marshall
Jas. Rush
Local residents share visits and family gatherings
Ed Satter and wife spent Sunday at his parents' home. Mrs Henry Kuhn and Lena Hauéisen also spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Chas Sweitzer. Hazel Getsert and Mrs Will Satter were among those noted visiting Henry Satter's household on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel’Getsert
Henry Satter
Will Satter
Henry Kuhn
Ed Satter
Lena
Hauéisen
Chas, Sweitzer
Community Notes on Local Visits Games and School News
Local residents visited relatives in nearby towns while others planned a high school basketball game at 8 o clock versus Paris High. The February school month closed with improved attendance, a record enrollment, and two Illinois College scholarships for a senior boy and girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris High
Lada
Marshall
Paris
Wek
Richard ‘Mount
Hurst
Illnois
Washington
Lincoln
Phvates
Hallouer
Also Mentioned on This Page
New, York
Lenox
Joe Taylor
Terre Haute
Sara Lurber
Maud Higgins
Ruby Volkers
Mr. Holland
J. A. Page
Orville Taylor
Ora Kuykendall
Frank McFarland
Nettie
Viola Taylor
Swinford
Nellie Aaylor
Verne Finkbiner
Ruth Volkers
Will Vickers
W. D. Rollings
Cole & Cole
Marshall, NL
Homer
Children Cry
Fletcher'’S.castoria
Cottonwood
Children Cry For
Fletcher
Roy Davis
Vern Davis
Homer Shank
Charles Spaugh
Annapolis
Mrs. Della Spangler
Louis Spaugh
Chas Spaugh
Willis Elliott
Hugh Frederick
Earl Baxter
Louis Stephens
Joseph Davis
Harve Bowman
Hunt
Homer. Shanks and
Robt
Chapman
Norman ‘Davis
Westfield
Kannamacher
Ransom Deverick
Mervin Chapman
Portersville
John Chapman
Cyrus ‘McDaniel
Frank
Saiter
Herman Fawley
Jim ‘Snider
Ruth McDonald
Blanche ‘Goodwin
Oak
Grove
Beulah, Maurer
Ransom Goodwin
Joe
Fenton
Allen Taylor
Otto Crumlin
Blanche “Goodwin
Oak Grove
Anna Hill
Bertha Beltz
Dan Beltz
Roy Beltz
Herbert _Stoelting’s
Katherine Fairgrief
Pleasio
Irwin
Lere
Parvichs
Fishback
Plessale
Ethel Weaver
Black
St. “Louis
W. H. Elliott
Vergie
Hans
Lulu
Hazel Elliott
Ruey, Irwin
Lillie Beltb
Myrtle Black
Messra
Clyde
John Elliott
Fred Beltz
Earl Irwin
Mings
William’ Migs
St. Louis
Baptist
Hicks
Magic
Kirk’s
White Flyer
Maple City
Cruikshank
Chile
Union
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