Exhumation of Melton Involves Infection in Johnson Township
Dr. L J Weir and Coroner Haslitt exhumed the body of Melton in Johnson township on the 8th and examined it, with Weir contracting an infection that left his hands seriously damaged for days. The article also notes social events including the 1912 class picnic at Blizzard Ford and multiple local visits and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Weir
Haslitt
Melton
Johnson Township
Blizzard Ford
Samuel Prevo
Mary Greenough
Fullerton
Calif
Mary Mitchell
Geneva
John Mundorff
Wilbur
San Pierre
Ind
John L. Hawker
Nelle Keys
Girard
Mary Jones
Independence
Kan
Nathan Wright
Jones
Marshall
Margaret Howard
Terre Haute
Fannie Andrews
Joseph L. Setzer
Dennison
Ruby Popp
Paris
Order of the Eastern Star
Marshall Masons
Samuel M. Fitch
Chicago
Martinsville
Frank Kelleg
W. M
John L. Whitesides
W. P
Nora Whitesides
A. M
Frank Lupher
Sec
Stella Smith
Treas
Lizzie Sullins
Moble Smith
A. A
Maude Murphy
Mae Lupher
J. I. Whalton
C. E. Taylor
D. D. Burt
Ben T. Baird
Roy Danner
Roy Lloyd
Mar
Frank Kell Mogg
Sen
Arthur Hurst
J. I. Whallon
C. M. Sullins
W. T. Platt
Drowning Fatality Near Blizzard Ford Recording Ten Years Past
Ten years ago Arle Pegis Dowling aged 46 drowned Sunday afternoon at Blizzard Ford north of Marshall after diving from a diving board. Dowling was a civil engineer with The Ohio Oil Company based in Marshall and had been living at the National Dixie Hotel. Visiting that day were Dan Fawley and his wife from Decatur, former Millikin College graduates, along with O K Allen and son Jimmy from Washville Illinois, visiting Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arle Pegis Dowling
Blizzard Ford
Marshall
Dowling
Ohio Oil Company
National Dixie Hotel
Dan Fawley
Decatur
Herman Fawley
Fawley
Millikin College
O. K. Allen
Jimmy
Washville
Mlinois
Lloyd Pulver
Tyler Darwin News Roundup of Local Residents
Local diary notes list visits and travels of DARWIN residents including doctors Wier and Highsmith and nurse Pearl Baynes during typhoid immunizations. Military and family movements involve Lt. Joe Turman at Fort Knox and Major D J Paddock on the California desert. Weather warm, floods behind farmers, and social calls among Paddock Hunt Wernz and Hardin families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wier and Highsmith
West Union
Pearl Baynes
R. N
Wm T. Hollenbeck
Marshall
W. R. Turman
Joe Turman
Ft. Knox
Larry Gene
Robinson Hospital
Martin Wernz
Terre Haute
Chas, Hillbert
Emmett Clough
Prairie Creek
Ind
Geo. Paddock
Bro
J. R. Wilson
Mr. Paddock
Anne Douglas
Woodrow Hardin
Hardin
North Africa
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Louisville
Paris
Major D. J. Paddock
Major Paddock
Camp, Young
California
Marion Garner
Maud Paddock
Hattyt Cushman
Donald
Jean
Gerald Wedell
John Frakes
Prairleton
Ted Lawrence
Tommy
Gary
Clarence Hunt
Ida Johnson
Fern Prevo
Ray Renshaw
Eure Ty
Community notices from Martinsville area
Homer Patchett left for military training at Great Lakes last Wednesday. Mrs. Hattie Fraker was taken to Paris hospital for several days of treatment after a period of declining health. Fraker family members visited in Paris and Martinsville over the weekend. Fred Fraker Jr. in the service at Corpus Christi, Texas visited his family Friday. The Zollners from Wheeling Illinois and Martinsville relatives attended a Linn family reunion at City Park in Martinsville. Mrs. Lee Kelley is a patient at St. Anthony hospital Terre Haute after a major operation. Mrs. Alice Bennett hosted a gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Patchett
Great Lakes
Hattie Fraker
Paris Hospital
Johnson
Harry Fraker
Paris
Fred Fraker, Jr
Corpus Christi
Texas
Fraker
Maxine Zollner
Wheeling
Zollner
Mabel Linn
Martinsville
Clara
Beachout
Linn
City Park
Lee Kelley
St. Anthony Hospital
Terre Haute
Alice Bennett
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Funeral Notices
Sunday dinner featured guests including Harry Gill of Grandview with his daughter Mrs Beulah and others from Fort Wayne Kansas Ill Westfield and Evansville. Funeral attendance included Charles Strohm near West Union and Otto Bell near Marshall with local families noted among the gatherings and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gill
Grandview
Flenner
Celia Gilbert
Cornwell
Westfield
Clarence Beachout
Charles. Strohm
Oliver
Harry Tingley
Harold Walker
Shirley
Mr. Walker
Reba Deahl
Evansville
Ind
Jess Shaffner
ALLRIGHT By Mrs. Lucy Chambers
John Carpenter slowly improving. Families and friends share meals and visits with Mrs. Lucy Chambers Effie Jane and John Carpenter plus Oscar Tuesday and Friday gatherings. Attended funeral of Charles I Strohm. Ter e Haute trip for furloughs and train departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carpenter
H. A. Serwise
Haran Serwise
Lucy Chambers
Effie
Oscar
Dean Chambers
Rose Mary
Effie Jane
John F. Carpenter
Charles I Strohm
Olen Wells
Stevie
Melrose
John Poorman
Near Robinson
Tom
Earl Jackson
Donna Jean Poorman
John
FE Carpenter
Rosemary
Allen Taylor
Serwise
Terre Haute
Goldie’ Bandy
Richardson
Decatur
Mr. Sand
Foster
France
Frank
Warren
Bandana
Dwight
Preaching at Choctaw by Eld W A Fuson Sunday
Mrs Maude Miller notes Eld W A Fuson will preach at Choctaw Sunday and Sunday evening. The column lists local visits and social gatherings including Norma Ruth Hinkle staying with her aunt in Martinsville and several families visiting Maude Miller. Walter and Betty Garner have mumps.
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This Place
Eld
Jefferson Booker
Paris
Alvin Miller
Maude Miller
Lydia Forbeck
Flossie Huffington
Bertha Higginbotham
Eugene Higginbotham
Larry Gene
Eleanor Barkalow
Terre Haute
Lorene, Sims
Evansville
John ‘Blizzard
Frank Combes
Grace Blizzard
West Union
Ben Carpenter
Herschel Cline
John Garner
Mable Renner
Auburn
Geneva
John
Martha
Golda Blizzard
Roy Hinkle and Sons
Tough Rangers Train for War
U S Rangers, being prepared for Allied invasion of Europe, train in Scotland under British Commandos. Maj Gen Hartley notes potential of forming a large combined operations command. Training covers amphibious assaults, night drills, speed marches, hill assaults, and knife sparring as they endure a long day from 6:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
U. S
Europe
Russell P
Combined Operations Command
Hartle
Leonard T. Gerow
R. W. Barker
Norman D. Cota
War Drives German Debt Up to 203 Billion Marks
Berne Switzerland reports total warfare has raised Germany's debt to 203.5 billion marks. Estimated December 31 1941 debt was 128.5 billion marks. 1942 43 revenues and borrowings expected to total 49 billion marks, with most debt internal and foreign obligations about 10 billion marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Reich Ministry of Finance
Wire by Censors Is Duck Soup for Flier
In Brooks Field Texas a filer held overnight in New York due to rain tried to wire his wife in San Antonio Texas. A telegraph clerk cited weather censorship causing delay but a later message stated staying overnight even the ducks are grounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Field
Texas
New York
San Antonio
Sunday Gatherings Show Local Family Visits and Travel
Green Moss and Mrs Roe E Davis hosted and attended with many relatives visiting from Danville Indiana Redman Ohio and Detroit. Households shared meals and church attendance while others prepared to travel home for the summer leaving for Detroit and visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Moss
Roe E. Davis
West Union Happenings Include Visits and Death of Local Leader
Mrs. Demna Williams and sons Billy and Jackie of Springfield returned from vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Robt Prust and son George Morton visited A S Coryell and Lou Prust. Susie Hilbert returned to Springfield to work. Rozella Yargas of Marshall spent weekend with grandparents Chas Yargus. Elder Harry G Kaye preached Brownstown. Baptist Church closing voca tion Bible School with a Sunday program. The community mourns Rep Chas Strohm a prominent citizen. Mason Musgrave of Hutsonville attended to West Union business Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demna Williams
Billy
Jackie
Springfield
Robt. Prust
George Morton
Decatur, Sr
A. S.coryell
Lou Prust
Susie Hilbert
Rozella Yargas
Marshall
Chas. Yargus
Harry .G. Kaye
Brownstown
Christian Church
Baptist Church of
West Union
Chas. Strohm
East McDay and Miss Frances Drake Honor Service Members
An East McDay service flag program at Mt. Olive church honored boys in service with 22 stars during Sunday morning services. Visitors included Sgt. Clarence Wells of Fort Lewis Washington who spent a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wells and family. Families from Robinson West York and Snyder shared dinners and visits with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Mt. Olive Church
Juanita Swope
Donna
Dale Miller
Clarence “Wells
Fort’ Lewis
Washington
Cecil ‘Wells
May Hoskinson
Lu Drake
Bryce
John Phillipp
Polly Wells
Buell Millis
Maurice Wells
Robinson
Jur
Noble Canaday
Julia “Sackrider
Mabel Melton
West York
Clarence Wells
Fort Lewis
Rabbit Ridge Community News and Visits
A report from Clarksville notes a large Sunday school and church gathering with farmers busy planting soybeans. Local families including the Willifords from Georgetown and multiple Harbors and their relatives attended services and visits at Green Moss and Clarksville, with emphasis on community ties and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
John Williford
Georgetown
Everett Harbor
Harry W. Harbor
Donald McDaniel
Harry E. Harbor
Abe Babcock
Katherine
Green Moss
Goldin Harbor
Lafe Marrs
Joe
Audrey
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Harry Stover
Hershel Knowles
Clarence Smith
Bernice
Findlay
Ohio
D. D. Doll
Louis
Robert Lovett
Carnegie Institute
T. R. Lovett
Helen Baird
Vaughn O'Neal
Indianapolis
Irene Stewart
Louise Lickert
Mary Cole
Louise Stout
Frank Huddleson
Arcola
F. G. Stout
Creal
Mary
Virginia Allen
Elijah Crossley
Wm Rector
Darwin
George Paddock
Homer
Mrs. Etta Shaffner
Allright
Mrs. Lucy Chambers
Hitler
Ophir Claypool
Morris
Danville
Wayne Toman
Redman
Sarah Davis
Mary Kesler
Ernest Reeley
George Buschemeyer
Audry and
Wilda Buschemeyer
Mary Jane Reeley
Turman Ross
Roe Davis
Stanley
Blue Grass Church
Loren Lee
Baby
Foster Propst
Will ‘Walters
Detroit
Michigan
Chancellor Montgomery
David Montgomery
Velod
Mrs. Mac Plety
East McDa
Frances
Drake
Rabbit Ridge
Mrs
Harry Harbor
Kroger
Club Ci
Saratoga
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