Farewell Party at Montezuma High School Building 1920
An alumni farewell was held Tuesday April 27 1920 at the Montezuma High School to bid adieu to the old building before its demolition for a new facility. Alumni from 1860 era to 1920 attended with 130 graduates listed, recalling school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma High School
Kelso
Alumni Association
Commissioned
United States
Emma Aikman Ford
Bono
Harold Noble
Indianapolis
Local Club Membership Roll Through 1917
A dated record lists members and responses from a club in Decatur with yearly tallies from 1898 to 1917. Names include Mary Hill, Ethel Bipus Montgomery, Chas Vestal, Bert Cook, Clarence Cook, and several who responded across years such as Nannie Bradley Cook Minnie Pantney Cook May Ver tal Ann Iva Blue Linehar er Elmer Garrard Ethel Newton Bowman Carrie Manwaring Bertha Featherston Woodard Edward Hancock Chas Garrard Frances Broderick Hu pert Featherston Luther Newton Louise Bord Mae McKeown Beulah Smith Fred Newton Melvin Mathas Ester Holmes Goldie Pickle Raymond Holmes Silva Pickle Kay Frank McCord Alta Broderick Pearman Bar Pearlman Berneice Cook Maude Math as Pressler.
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Mary Hill
Ethel Bipus Montgomery
Chas. Vestal
Bert Cook
Clarence Cook
Nannie Bradley Cook
Minnie Pantney Cook
May Vertal Ann
Iva Blue Lineharer
Frank Adams
Rockville
Elizabeth DeMotte Aikman
Jennie Dunlap
Asbury
Elmer Garrard
Ethel Newton Bowman
Carrie Manwaring
Bertha Featherston Woodard
Edward Hancock
Chas. Garrard
Frances Broderick
Hupert Featherston
Luther Newton
Louise Bord
Mae McKeown
Beulah Smith
Fred Newton
Melvin Mathas
Ester Holmes
Goldie Pickle
Raymond Holmes
Silva Pickle Kay
Decatur
Til
Frank McCord
Alta Broderick
Warning on Montezuma Driving Law Enforcement
Public advisory urges drivers in Montezuma to observe traffic rules. Officials report rising carelessness with speeding and unnumbered cars. Citizens are warned arrests will follow for unsafe driving actions.
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Montezuma
Main Street
Homer Shumaker Secures Carpet and Drapery Dept Post
Friends of Homer YT learn Mr. Shumaker has a salesman position in the Carpet and Drapery Department at Aulman & Putnam Co. in Massillon. He began at King's Dry Goods and is progressing upward, with best wishes for his future success.
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Lear
Shumaker
Aulman & Putnam Co
Massillion
King’s Dry Goods
Homer
Mothers Day Program at Christian Sunday School
On Sunday May 9 1920 at 2 30 P M the Christian Sunday School presents a Mothers Day program featuring the Brownies Orchestra and Primary Class tunes Singers include Helen Asbury Sylvia King Frances Naylor Virginia Bowman and Mary Higbee with John Bowman Goldie Pichel Ester Hann Jack Sutton and Conrad Hann Also listed are Make Runnion and Just A Wearyin For You. parental attendance is urged.
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Orchestra
Helen Asbury
Sylvia King
Mrs. Rhoades
Frances Naylor
Melody of Love
John Bowman
Virginia Bowman
Jesus Lover
Goldie Pichel
Mary E. Higbee
Conrad
Ester Hann
Jack Sutton
Runnion
Mary E. Hi
For Sale: Several Used Cars at Montezuma Garage
Montezuma Garage offers multiple used cars at reasonable prices with flexible terms for responsible buyers. Contact the shop for details on available models and financing options.
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Montezuma
E Closed Junior and Senior High School Graduation Report
The Junior and Senior High School closed last Wednesday April 28 with Mis ses Lucy Dean Bertha Manwar ing and Faye Maclin graduating Nearly all promoted to the next grade and carrying their work creditably Several students had excellent grades and some teachers plan summer school after repairs and a hoped for instructor photo fails.
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Lucy Dean
Bertha Manwaring
Faye Maclin
End of School Year Reflections and Staffing Notes
The school year ended with overall success despite some hindrances from building conditions. Some faculty were re employed for the coming year while others may move to teaching positions elsewhere. Teachers departed for summer vacations, with Prof C C Kelso and wife visiting southern Indiana and H M Derby returning to Crawfordsville.
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C. C. Kelso
Indiana
H. M. Derby
Crawfordsville
L. GC. Lundgren
Danville
Ind
Baker Resigns. Dan Reels Appointed Town Clerk
Mr Roy Baker has resigned as clerk and treasurer of Montezuma. The Town Board met Friday night and appointed Mr Dan Reels to take the position. The write up notes Baker’s credit to himself and the town’s improved financial condition, attributing it in part to his efforts, and endorses Reels as a capable successor.
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Roy Baker
Montezuma
L'Own
Dan Reels
Baker
Reel
Notice to clean premises and alleys for health
Notice to all property owners or residents to clean up rubbish ashes and trash from premises adjacent alleys and streets. If ditches or drains are blocked open them. A scavenger will be in town this month and closets must be cleaned and put in sanitary condition. The Town Board issued this health notice.
For Sale Modern 5 Room House With Options
Real estate advertisement offering a modern five room house with basement and one to three lots, barn and garage. Nicely located desirable property at a right price. Contact P. F. Mc Namee at Enterprise Office. Subscribe for the Enterprise.
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P. F. McNamee
Enterprise Office
1913 Flood Gauges and High Water Marks
A historical note cites an Enterprise table from March 28 1913 detailing Wabash River high water marks. The gauge data, provided by Dr. B F Hudson, notes 1913 readings are approximate due to pier modifications, with 27 feet used to compare to recent floods.
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Wabash River
Enterprise
B. F. Hudson
M. E. Church Notes Sunday Services and Topics
The notice invites attendance at the M. E. Church with Sunday School at 10:00 and services at 11:00 on the topic Our Debt to Motherhood. The evening service at 7:30 discusses How Long Hall Ye Between Two Opinions with a midweek prayer service to follow.
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M. BE
Montezuma church announces May 9 special service
Montezuma M E Church invites all to a memorial service on Sunday May 9 beginning at 11 o'clock. The pastor Co. W Fisk asks attendees to come, wear flowers, and remember the deceased in a blessed memory.
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Wear Flowers
W. Fisk
Box Supper Benefit for Hillsdale Ball Team
A box supper will be held Saturday evening at 7 30 P M in the Van Sickle building Hillsdale Indiana. Proceeds go to the local ball team.
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Hillsdale
Indiana
van Sickle
Hillsdale Baseball Opens Season This Sunday May Ninth
The Hillsdale team launches its season with the first game set for Sunday May ninth. Enterprise Office lists available used cars from Overland Montezuma Co and invites inquiries. Barry Montgomery manages the operation. Wim Norris transported people to Shepherdsville for Mrs Pitman’s birthday. A work horse is for sale through the Enterprise Office. Paul Thomas of Dana Indiana offers to pay for dead animals and telephone charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Norris
Shepherdsville
Fred Pitman
Mrs. Pitman
Enterprise Office
Paul Thomas
Dana, Ind
Pythian Sisters Convene at Terre Haute Temple
Lizzie Branson Martha Doggett Minnie Lindley Ioah Thompson and Leatha Skeeters attended the annual Pythian Sisters Convention at the K of P Temple Terre Haute Indiana last Thursday. A noon luncheon served to two hundred sisters followed by a six o'clock dinner with over three hundred participants. The gathering voted thanks to Hyacinth and Fidelity Temples for their role in the successful convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Branson
Martha Doggett
Minnie Lindley
Ioah Thompson
Leatha Skeeters
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Temple
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Hyacinth and
Fidelity Temples
Eight candidates to enter temple announced
Announcement urges every Pythian Sister to attend tomorrow night May 7. Eight candidates will be taken into the temple led by Mrs Bert Skeeters M of R and C.
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Bert Skeeters
M of R and C
Some Thoughts Never Published in the Woman Suffrage Era
A fragmentary opinion piece expresses mixed views on woman suffrage and social change. The writer speculates about post suffrage society, gender roles, and political influence, cautioning about defilement and unintended consequences.
Train schedules for C1 W East West and C BE I
The notice lists train times for C1 and W East with morning and afternoon runs. It also includes C BE I South and North departures and Brazil division timing. South and North times are provided for a regional schedule.
Edith Lundeen to Join Montezuma Garage as Bookkeeper
Mrs Edith Lundeen of Rockford Illinois will spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs L Wheeler and take a bookkeeper post at the Montezuma Garage The Dunlap Hotel which has long served travelers and drummers will be missed for its fine accommodations It has rebuilt the former dining room into bed chambers to house a limited number of lodgers in the future
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Edith Lundeen
Rockford, Ill
L. Wheeler
Montezuma
Dunlap
Jy. Dunlap
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Hallie Miller
Horace M
Vies Gate
Kelly
Glinton, Inc
M. E. Church Notes
BOX Supper
Overland Montezuma Co
Barry Montgomery
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Brazil
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