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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
5
Monticello and White County items note travel to Aurora Chicago Kokomo and Gary for business visits and family gatherings. Residents attend socials, visits with relatives, and weekend trips to Lafayette Columbus and Denver with several births and moves among local households.
Rural society items recount visits and travels of residents including Ek E McCauley’s illness in Lansing and Mrs Monroe Anwiler returning home from Mansfield Ohio. Other notices mention trips to Gary Chicago Huntington and Delphi with relatives, and several families hosting guests or traveling for illness or funerals.
FE. 0. Teach, employed in an elevator in Del Ray, Illinois, spent Sunday with his family there and expressed satisfaction with his work. The family may establish the town as their permanent home.
S. E. Koontz of Walkerton visited his brother-in-law Z F. Hornbeck and family at Walkerton the first of the week and returned home with him Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Turner travel to Indianapolis after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs J M Turner and Mr and Mrs C Dr Mecker of this city.
An insanity inquest convened in Brookston yesterday on Joseph DeWeese a 34 year old farmer living nearby Present were Justice of the Peace John Rovers and Judge Palmer from the city Also noted DeWeese is father of two children.
Train Behrens stationed at Camp Grant Rockford Hlinvis returns to duty after furlough with his mother Mrs Nick Walem and family Miss Lucille Phillips returns from short visit at Rensselaer taught there two years Miss Hazel Hodshire Leta Gardener Eva Friend to Terre Haute for twelve weeks of teachers training William Duffey Burnettsville enlists in navy after goodbye visit in city sons of J C Duffey
Miss Margaret Bluff leaves for Freeport Illinois after陪 visiting Miss Gertrude O Connor at St Marys of the Woods Terre Haute. Dr J D McCann returns from Detroit after attendance at the National Eclectic Medical Association meeting. County Recorder Coonrod spends week on his Liberty Township farm. Roscoe Fraser and Leslie Paschen travel to Chicago for a pure bred stock sale. Floyd Rickey aids local livestock judging and serves as cook trainee for Indianapolis duty. Mr and Mrs L C Harris host Chicago automobile party at South Bluff street over Sunday.
Harry S. Meredith joined harvest work at Sheila Gardner’s urgent call and described a scorching sun. Truman Holdridge of Walcott reports county residents expect to attend Monticello Fourth of July events. Wolcott stores plan to close. Washington visitors Mr. O P Stamats and Mrs. Charles E Tracewell, guests of Stamats, visited Mrs. Stamats’ mother Mrs Anna Megahan in Winamae.
Miss Hazel Telfried and sisters Tilda and Vivian Sparks enroll at Terre Haute State Normal for a twelve week teachers' training course. Ray Harrison, living north of the city, also attends. Reed Van Weorst leaves Mon day night for LeRoy Illinois to join Lincoln Chautauqua as assistant manager, assigned to the northern circuit covering Wisconsin and Michigan.
Marion Van Voorst spends a month with his parents, a vacation granted cadets between the second and third years at West Point. A canning demonstration was held at Mrs. C. W. Baker’s home with Miss Nelle Flaningham assisting. A new drinking fountain was installed at the National Bank corner and fountains are now placed in key business areas. Indiana’s school enumeration shows 174,868 children ages six to twenty one enrolled in the state.
The Ladies Social Auxiliary of the Christian church hosts a Thursday afternoon gathering at 566 South Main with hostesses Mrs. McElhoes Doctor Mik sell and Ashley. Families Roy Sherrick and Perrigo family connect with health and military letters and visits across Indiana and the Philippines.
Dennis Teeter informed of his father William J. Teeter’s critical illness at Canton Mississippi home. William J. Teeter is eighty four with doubtful recovery despite a slight improvement noted yesterday morning. Benjamin F. Carr served as special judge in a Bentley County ditch case in the Benton Circuit Court while campaigning as Republican candidate for Judge of the Thirty ninth Judicial Circuit of Indiana.
Sergeant Fred Bracker left Saturday for Newport News Virginia after a brief furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs W F Bracker who had not seen him in fifteen months. He has been stationed at Newport News for a year and expects to be sent to France soon.
Mr and Mrs J D Timmons visited Seabey Montana to join their granddaughter Estella Hughes in marriage. The event fell on the forty eighth anniversary of the Timmons couple, whose own wedding was celebrated decades earlier.
FL FEYoung former Reynolds superintendent accepts Royal Center schools post. He will move his family. known in White County for successful school work. He also served as Walkerton schools superintendent the past year.
Benjamin F. Carr of this city joined a group of Indiana men initiated into the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis on Tuesday. The occasion welcomed Imperial Potentate Eiias Jacoby who had just returned from Atlantic City where the convention at which he was elected was held.
Mr and Mrs Don Cochran and daughter Regina Donella plan a late week visit to relatives. Mr Cochran just returned from Newport News Virginia where he aided Dr W F E Biederwolf in religious work with soldiers for six weeks. Mrs Cochran stayed with her parents James and Flora Cree in Flora.
Miss Della Gochenour hosted a theater party last Thursday for Mrs Charles KE Tracewell of Washington DC who is staying several weeks with Mr and Mrs Oscar P Stamats. Mrs Tracewell also attended a theater party Friday evening hosted by Miss Grace Daugherty.
The Indiana State Council of Defense published its calendar year 1917 report prepared by the Publicity Bureau and approved by the Council. It details actions of each section and the work completed over the past year.
A Lafayette area gathering of Retail Coal Dealers and Fuel Administrators was held Tuesday. Evans Woolen led the meeting with State War administration supporters. Monticello local attendees included Fred P. Biederwolf D. Meeker Richard Hinshaw and WK O Connell. War Mothers from the county plan to attend an organ zation meeting in Delphi Thursday with State War Mother Mrs. Alice M. French of Indianapolis and County War Mother Mrs. George W Julien of Delphi.
W A Bryan came back from a combined business and pleasure trip to Lawrenceburg Tennessee. He is a native of Tennessee where his parents still reside. The trip aimed to sell a carload of second hand pianos and organs he had purchased and shipped there for sale to residents of the community.
Mrs Bert Burns and daughter Beat rice traveled to Upland for Tay lor University commencement exercises. Mr and Mrs Focht, nephew and niece of Mr Burns, completed the class and plan to start ministry work in Maine soon.
Mrs. Lloyd Kingsbury of Sioux City is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clarke and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbury previously lived here and have many friends. Mrs. Kingsbury reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Earp L. Stockton of Redlands California on June 8. Stockton is Kingsbury’s daughter.
Miss Georgiana Morrison of Canada visits Mr and Mrs J T Graves and other relatives in the city and Delphi. She has just completed her first year at Indiana University and is the granddaughter of Capt George Bowman, a longtime prominent figure here who enjoyed viewing former scenes of his activities. Her sister is married to an Indiana University instructor.
Relatives receive a letter from Fred N Lasley of Cloverdale written at Camp Merritt N J stating he will soon depart for overseas duties He is a member of Battery C and has been stationed at Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi The letter notes three other Cloverdale boys were transferred from Battery C and Lasley has been promoted to Mess Sergeant since arriving at the eastern camp.
Mr and Mrs W H Robinson George Lowe and Miss Faye Davisson depart Friday for a motor trip to Camp Custer Battle Creek Michigan to visit Corporal John Lowe stationed there Cor. Lowe expects overseas reassignment soon and cannot obtain a furlough before departure George Lowe will also travel to Detroit for car repairs
George L. Andrews of Liberty Township becomes the first farmer to accept Monticello citizens proposition to save the crop. On Tuesday he selected Harrison C. Smith, who left Smith Repair Shop to work on Andrews farm and will stay as long as needed, returning to town Saturdays.
Mrs. M. T. Loomis and infant of La Fayette stay a week with her parents Dr. and Mrs. M. T. Didlake. Mr. Loomis joined them for the weekend before returning home. Prof. Loomis has served as assistant instructor in chemistry at Purdue University.
The university governing staff member resigns to accept a post as ether chemist for Standard Oil in Alton Ilinos. Mrs Loomis remains with her parents until goods reach Alton. Ruth Vogel daughter of Mr and Mrs Vogel is elected by the local school board to fill the music and art vacancy created by Miss Louise Miller. Vogel is qualified and has succeeded in Culver schools and Notre Dame graduate.
Dr Blickenstaff establishes a dental practice in the new Trust Co Bank Building. The brief notes the office location and professional designation.
An ad lists loan services with notes purchased and funds advanced for battle mortgages. Contact box 755 in Monticello Indiana for details.
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