Oldest Illinois farmer to ride to Aurora fair at 98
George Elkins of Buncombe Illinois, nearly 98, has farmed 75 years on seven acres of corn. He is recognized as the oldest farmer in the United States and will receive $50 in gold plus Pullman travel for himself and his daughter Mantell Elkins to the Central Illinois State Fair in Aurora. An attendant will accompany him in Chicago with limited driving speed. President Harding may greet him at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Illinois
United States
Johnson County Farm Bureau
Fair Association
George Elkins
Elvira Township
Elkins
The
Fair Association of
Buncombe
Ill
Mantell Elkins
Mantell
Chicago
Vienna
Springfield
Illness and visits noted in local column
Helen Snyder child ill from lye exposure. Mrs Martha Litchenberger visiting Indianapolis relatives. Ed Lovell family from Terre Haute spent Sunday with Bert Wallis. Roy Dickerson teaches as school opens to large attendance. George Hilbert and Bert Walls in Marshall on business. Mrs Sarah Hollenbeck and children visit Georgetown due to ill daughter. Camp meeting closed with 12 conversions. Layman Holwick and kin visit Collier and Holvick families. Zau dry Wells family hosted at Frank Holvwick home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Lawrence Hollenbeck
Martha Litchenberger
Indianapolis
Ind
Ed.Lovell
Floyd
Geraldine
Terre Haute
Bert Wallis
Roy Dickerson
George Hilbert
Bert Walls
Layman Holwick
Gon
Marlon. Collies’ Ead
Leonard Collier
Fred ~Holwick
Roy Wells
Zaudry
Frank Holvwick
Local Social News from Paris and Surrounding Areas
Friday visitors at Paris include Owen Fishback and McGee with wives while Mrs. John McGee stayed near Grandturn last Thursday. Geiserts and Edward joined Leroy Sears household in Paris Saturday and Terre Haute groups visited Sunday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
McGee
John McGee
Grandturn
Kenneth Geisert
Edward Geisert
Paris
Chas. Cooms
Soules
Terre Haute
Leroy Sears
M. M. Landers
Robert English
Ogden Fraker
Stringtown
Jennie Betty
Darwin
al Fawley
Marshall
Will Travolta
Local residents visit relatives and friends this week
Mrs Emma Alcorn visited relatives in Indiana from Wednesday till Saturday. Mr and Mrs Myles Pulver and children of Upton Wyoming spent Wednesday with R D Weaver and family. Mrs Andrew Kesler visited Terre Haute last week. Miss Mary E Pulver and Clark Pulver spent Wednesday evening with Misses Helen and Norma Weaver. Don Ray Kesler and Walter Sanders spent Saturday and Sunday with Walter Kinder and family of Bedford Indiana. Mr and Mrs Ben Cork spent Sunday with Luther Medley. Mr and Mrs Hal Kesler and child ren were Martinsville visitors Sunday. Miss Helen Weaver spent Sunday with Miss Estella Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles Pulver
Upton
Wyo
R. D. Weaver
Andrew Kesler
Hal Kesler
Martinsville
Helen Weaver
Estella Morgan
Fred S. Reisner
Terre Haute
Inez Pace
Hutsonville
Ona
Frances Bartlett
Floyd Musgrave
Fairfield
Forest McBride
Geo Cline
Martha Crowe
Fred Wernz
Crawford County
Robinson
Clarke County
West Union Bank
Narrows
Ernest Laufman
John Taggart
Rush Dolson
Taggart
Marshall
Mary Jane Lindley
Mabel Poorman
Stella
Clements
Ike Seymour
R. L. Bell
Cecil
Lowell Bell
Paris
G. F. Ashley
Great Falls
Montana
Will
Chas. Adams
Rockville
Ind
John Thomas
Fairbanks
Indiana
West York
Helen
Marian
Bradbury
Okley S. Holmes
Edwin Holmes
Barbara Virginia ‘Ruffner
Luray
Virginia
J. William Ruffner
Mary Holmes
Joe Sims
Mary Walker
Thomas Athey
Viola Smith
G. F. Smith
Alton Blaker
Morton Mills
Annapolis
Aron Reynolds Wenesday
Wm. Blaker
Emery Blaker
Clifford Evans
Charles Butler
Terre ,Haute
Selah Evans
George Ford
Birds Station
Miss Lowell
Bell
Ray Hand
Guy Hand
Ira Hand
Geo, Guyer
Milo Green
Bruce Boyd
Fred Ormiston
James Ormiston
Ella Hand
Florence Scott
West Union Community Notes Show Visits and Celebrations
West Union updates recount visits to Terre Haute by Mr. and Mrs. Reisner and Mrs. Prevo, gatherings with Clarke County bankers, and a Narrows fish fry. Residents attend fairs and concerts, weddings near Hutsonville, and a surprise birthday for Ray Hand with 40 guests.
Casey area social notes flow with visits and travel
Long list of local residents visiting Decatur Paris and Indianapolis, with family trips and school moves. Notes include Millikin University entries, hospital stays, band concert attendance, church conferences, and local teachers departing for positions. Dignified, name-rich snapshot of Casey community life.
Marriage at Hutsonville seals union of Holmes and Baumgartner
Miss Mary Holmes daughter of Edwin and Mrs Holmes and Harry E Baumgartner of Fillmore Illinois wed at the bride’s home with Rev E M Minor officiating. After a family ceremony a wedding dinner followed and the couple will reside in Mt Vernon where the groom has a home. The bride and groom will host friends after October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Schaaff
Hutsonville
M. E
Mary Holmes
Edwin ‘Holmes
Harry E. Baumgartner
Fillmore
E. M. Minor
Universalist Church
Clara
Moore
Irs
Morton
Autapolis
J. N. Lindley
Mrrs
Richards
Fred ‘Guyors
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George OF
George Bikins
Livingston
Emma Alcorn
West Union
Casey
Rosalia McCambridge
Decatur
Millikin University
Clyde Hagan
Margaret
John
Ashland
Ohio
J.F. Emrich
Don
Ping
Ft. Smith
Ark
Glen R. Shinkle
F. L. Shinkle
Muncie
E. L. Shinkle
Delta Youngblood
Ruth Hodgins
Palmer Ewing
Millkin University
Flo ‘Drumm
High Schole
William ‘Richardson
Albert: Stoler
Ww. M Mead
Bolivar
New York
Alvdan, Palmer
Albert, Stohr
J. E. Turner
Edward
Mand Funk
Pittsburgh
David ”. Lee
Pmiss Cums
Methodist Episcopal Church
O Tade
Vincennes
Gladys
Brown
Errs Haute
J B. LeMay
W. R. Snider
J. P. LeMay
Carl Minear
W. C. Slusser
Harry Legget
Orla Fancher
Frank Birnie
Andrew Lee
Flossie Lee
Leona Clem
Josephine Haffley
Frank Slusser
Usher English
Glen Brasel
Hoopeston
Rechel Ruffner
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Effingham
Metta Pierson
C. B. Anderson
Glen Adams
Greencastle
de Pauw ‘University
Verner Gunn
Terre Heute
J. V. Reed
Pine Bluff
Dan Reed
W. A. Fuson
Kentucky
Baptist Church
W. S. Emrich
Tower Hill
J. W. Hall
O. B. Williams
Richard Brooks
Gladys Stonerock
Detroit
Mich
John Hires
Harry B. Phillips
Duncan
Okla
J. A. Stanton
Jarecki Supply Co
Centralia
Lastine Pierson
Olney
Charles A. Pierson
Don E. Sweeley
Westfield
Alva Lundsey
Eagle State Bank
Frank J. First
J. Earl Finney
Ernest Short
First National Bank
Ralph M. Brooks
Casey Banner Times
Clark County Federation of Bankers
Charleston
Teacher's College
Mary Forrester
Oxford
Oxford College
Beulah Bidwell
Crystal Abraham
David P. Morrison
Celia
D. R. Snider
Neoga
Ruth Briscoe
New Lyric Theatre
Elgina Gates
Verleigh Burdette
Helen Grant
Margaret Sturdevant
Maud Boles
Magaret Price
George Hills
L. B. Lippincott
Andrew H. Lee
James S. McMillan
Salisbury
Til
Joe Lee
Lyte
Cook
Allie Lee
St.Anthony’s Hospital
Mary
Elizabeth English
First Baptist Church
Gilbert
L. C. English
Roy English
Kent H. Morgan
L. Moore
G. W. Moore
E. Glen Payne
Casey Township High School
Mery Emrich
Gladys Brown
Jane Henry
Charlotte Poage
Misaea Ruth’ Hodgins
Harriet Cade
Maurine Payne
Matilda Bealcher
Laura ‘Wiseman
Vivian
Helms
Nellie “Pfleger
Ben
Cumberland Baptist
Asta
Poland
Randall &, Stephenson
Milling ‘Company
A. Tell Trimble
Carleton Trimble
of Merit
Jersey
Trimble
BROS
Trimble, m1
Enterprise
D.D. Doll & Son
Side Square, “Marshall
Getta ‘Hart Schaffner’ & Marx
Ron