Community Notes From West York Area Activities
Sunday visitors include Felicia Dean and Helen English with local families. rain brings relief for farmers. residents attend Terre Haute Fourth program. several trips to visit relatives in Fort Wayne Kansas City and Annapolis. many enlistments and news of military calls. church events postponed. Everett Spivey home on furlough with social gathering. quiet Fourth of July observed with field work. numerous local names and family visits noted throughout the region.
Church of Christ Holds All Day Meeting
E G Denny of Farmersburg Indiana preached the sermon as his wife accompanied him. The service followed a day of meetings with members staying for meals, and family members returning to their post last week with S M Baker accompanying them as far as Charleston to visit friends.
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M Baker
Charleston
Church of Christ
E. G. Denny
Farmersburg
Ind
Notable visitors and war era notes from town
Charles McNary of Buford N Dak and George Matkin of Marshall visited town along with Mrs John Watters and Mrs E L Shinkle and Byron Shinkle of Casey. Local residents and visitors traded news as Dr Will James left for Ft Oglethorpe in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McNary
Buford
N. Dak
George Matkin
Marshall
John Watters
Casey
E. L. Shinkle
Byron
Elmer Snavely
Orange
F. L. Shinkle
Muncie
Ind
Roy Custis
Northeast Addition
Will James
Ft. Oglethorpe
Henry Green
John Baxter
Local News Briefs From Snyder and Westfield Area
Alf Huston of Snyder Oklahoma visits his son Harry Huston. Harold and Marian Jones leave for Bradford Pennsylvania for summer visit. Mrs S P Jennings of Quapaw Oklahoma visits Mr and Mrs Bert Miller. Mrs Bessie Greene of Casper Wyoming visits her parents the Dortons. Prof Schlack arrives to begin experimental agricultural work. Mrs Chester A LeMay goes to Cambridge Massachusetts for husband’s Harvard wireless course. Richard Phillips injures elbow in fall with boys. Rose Johnson fractures shoulder after a porch fall. Manford Daniels leaves for coast to board transport as head baker. Westfield Township High School district election yields 1023 votes with 461 for purchase and 505 against. 64 defective. Mr and Mrs Simon Best welcome a nine pound Independence Day baby. W H Berkley farm search aided by J H Parker and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Banner Times
Alf Huston
Snyder
Okla
Harry Huston
Harold
Marian Jones
Bradford
S P Jennings
Quapaw
Oklahoma
Bert Miller
Bessie Greene
Casper, Wye
Frank Dorton
Schlack
Township High School
Chester A. LeMay
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Richard Phillips
H. B. Phillips
Rose Johnson
Manford Daniels
John Bowers
Westfield ‘Ownship
Simon Best
J"h. Parker
Oil well in territory abandoned at 2401 feet
The deep pay oil prospect proved a dry one and was abandoned at a depth of 2401 feet. This disappointed local investors in the oil development. Walter Church, formerly of Westfield and now in the Navy, returned home Monday to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs V V Church.
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Walter Church
Westfield
V. V. Church
Local Social Notes From Hutsonville and Nearby Areas
Mrs Wm Marvin spent Wednesday in Hutsonville. Threshing delays persist due to heavy rains. Mrs Hannah Marvin attended the Marshall chautauqua last week BE. A Snyder, Fred Reisner and wife viewed airplanes in Terre Haute on the fourth. Mrs Harry Marvin visiting her parents near Darwin. Mrs Chas Vargas and children visited Walter Snyders in Robingon over the weekend. Mrs Steve Dickerson of Dallas was guest of Mr and Mrs Reno Shawler Wednesday. Mrs Nora Nichols and Mrs Tresa Dolson visited Niece Mrs Olin Clements in Marshall last week. Edith and Edna Burnside of Indianapolis returned home after three weeks with Glends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicia Dean
Helen English
Harry Tingley
Hall
Will English
James Wright
Oliver
William and
John Norton
Sassafras
Ben Fawleys
Terre Haute
Anna Newhart
Fred Kallansa
Helen
Mae Ashworth
Susie Jones
Phoebe Wright
H C Grisham
Elizabeth Vanderbush
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alvey Romaine Hudderson
Kansan City
Wright
Donald English
Reno Wright
Alta Vista
Iona
Anna Boswell
Harry Sears
Kramer
James Gilbert
Robert English
Leroy Sears
John Thomas
T. W. Richards
Samuel Cullop
Malcolm Bruner
Marshall
Lewis
Myrtle Nicol
Allright
Henry Winters
Murle
Eva Sims
Annapolis
Mygnon Sims
T. C. Bailiff
Indianapolis
Wayne Bailiff
Wm Holiday
Robinson
R. C. Hardin
Marguerite Cullop
Hutsonville
Adam Cullop
Everett Spivey
New York
Hannah Marvin
Etta Harrington
Fred Marvin
West Union
Wm Marvin
Ernest Bails
James Pratt
Maude Lowe
Martin Newlin
Sarah Treadway
Els Baker
Wm. Marvin
BE. A. Snyder
Fred Reisner
Harry Marvins
Hiram Hilbert
Darwin
Chas. Vargas
Walter Snyders
Robingon
Steve Dickerson
Dallas
Tex
Reno Shawler
Nora Nichols
Tresa Dolson
Olin Clements
Edith
Edna Burnside
Glends
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Marshall State Bank
Illinois
Neichdormood
West York
Arthur Motherman
Joseph Sims
Hurst
Chester A. Hatfield
Marshall, Illinois
Martinsville
Will White
Melrose
William Beadle
Auburn
Clacy McNary
Detroit
Otho Fasig
Cyrus Padgett
Philippine Islands
Sam
McDaniel
H. Ishler
Washington Street
Robert Lindsey
Belgium
Aviation Corps
Vador
Bubeck & Gallagher
Paulins
Terre Haute Tent and Awning Company
Hanley-Ruddell Tent and Awning Co
9Th St
Bell
D. D. Dot.in
North Side Square
Marshall, Ilinois
the Herald
Black & Hutchinson, Grocers
Sunbright Cleanser
Layton’s
van Camp
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