Memories of Chiefs and Early White County History
The article recalls pioneer William Sill and his son Milton M. Sill shaping White County history. It notes Sill’s public offices, Milton Sill’s unfinished county history, and includes a partial Pottawattomie Indian vocabulary with words for blanket, horse, dog, man, and numbers. It mentions two Indian villages and dates to early county formation.
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White County
Milton M. Sill
Mr. Sill
Washington
Sill
Mrs. Chandler Moody Joins Lakewood School of Music Staff
Mrs. Chandler Moody formerly Miss Selene Graves of this city has accepted a violin instructor post at the Lakewood School of Music in Cleveland. She has concert experience and a growing reputation since moving to Cleveland, and is a daughter of Mr and Mrs. James T. Greaves of North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler HT. Moody
Eveland. Oo
Selene Graves
Lakewood Schaft of Musics
Cleveland
Moody
School of Music
Mars. Moody
James T. Greaves
North Main Street
Roofing sale and service by Geo Loy Roofing Co
Those who have roof work to do will do well to see us before they buy. We have anything that goes on the roof at a price that is right and have experienced roofers to do the work. Phone 207. Geo. C. Loy Roofing Co. Delphi Indiana. June 14, 1946 ad.
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Geo. C. Loy Roofing Co
Delphi, Ind
Delphi
Ind
Winamac plans $300 fireworks display for July 4
The town of Winamac scheduled a $300 fireworks show for Independence Day. City officials announced the display for July 4 with funding allocated to cover the event.
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Winamac
Child Drowns at Maple Grove Beach
Six year old Paul Potts drowned at Maple Grove beach on the Tippecanoe river near Monon while swimming with family. The body was found by Glenn Brown about a quarter mile downstream after a brief search. first aid and Dr Reagan failed to revive him. He was the son of Frank and (mrs) Potts of Monon, with two brothers. Funeral held in Rensselaer at the Catholic church.
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Maple Grove Beach
Tippecanoe River
Paul Putts
Monan
Glenn Brown
Monon
BR. M. Reagan
Frank Potts
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Rensselaer
St. Joseph College
Order Rates Investigated by Indiana Public Service
The Public Service Commission of Indiana orders an investigation into Interstate Public Service Company revenues expenses rates and service in the Monticello district. The utility must prepare inventories reports and statements to aid a potential formal hearing on whether to proceed with further action.
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Public Service Commission of Indiana
Interstate Public Service Company
Monticello
Commission
Brookston Racegoer Injured in Dirt Track Crash
A Brookston man sustained a fractured leg while watching dirt track auto races at Lafayette. Osanofa Brookstern was struck when Indian epochs driver Frazzy Davidson left the track and hit the northeast fence. Rushed to Tome hospital, the fracture was set and he showed rapid improvement. Davidson’s car was wrecked. 16 year old William Walsh of Rantoul was burned on the forehead by radiator water.
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Osanovaf Rbrookstern
Lafayette
Ufazzy" Davidson
Indian Epochs
von Arrow
Fowan
Tome
William Walsh
Rantoul
Davidson
Noted School Men Visit Monticello
Frank P. Bachman and Frank L. Shaw of the General Education Board visited White County Sunday morning to study cooperative buying practices and the county’s records. They planned experimental work to be done in Johnson and Lagrange Counties and noted White County's unique use of cooperative purchasing in Indiana.
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Frank P. Bachman
General Education Board of
New York City
Frank L. Shaw
Oon County
Payne
Boeckman
Mr. Shaw
Johnson and Lagrange
White County
Indiana
Sugar Sale At Gustaves For Six Thirty
Sugar priced at five cents per pound offered at Gustaves Furniture and Rug Store on Saturday June 30 starting at ten o clock. Limit eight pounds per dollar of Fibre Chairs Settees Porch Swings or Ferneries. All seasonable goods. Winamac Fourth celebration note. Kyanite Motor Car Enamel flows without brush marks.
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Gustaves Furniture
County Club Work Planned for Summer Camp and Trips
County township clubs for boys and girls are organized with officers in place and summer plans underway. The county club camp is set for the week of August 6 along the Tippecanoe river at an undetermined site chosen by Farm and Home Bureau members. About 500 youths are expected to complete work and qualify for the camp, with a recreational director and military camp style supervision. Some clubs plan to fund trips to the State Fair or Winona Lake after camping, with boys visiting the fair and girls a week at Winona Lake. arrangements are being made with Winona management. Girls not yet attending a club meeting should contact County Agent Rosco Fraser soon. no new members after July 3. Poultry, pig, potato and corn clubs are urged to keep records ready for inspection.
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Tippecanoe River
Home Bureau
Indiana
Winona Lake
Winona
Roscoe Fraser
Poultry, Pig, Potato and Corn Clubs
Grimmalfalfa
Fraser
County meeting to feature Rev Burnham speaker and large turnout
Plans outline a county church gathering at City Park on Sunday July 15 with a goal of 1,000 in Sunday school. An orchestra from county churches is forming and rehearsing. F J Harbison will direct singing and Rev F W Burnham of St Louis will speak at morning and afternoon services and deliver the noon basket dinner address.
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Christian Churches
F. J. Harbison
F. W. Burnham
St. Louis
Monticello Shafer Lake Realty Company Formed
The Shafer Lake Realty Company reorganized and renamed to the Monticello Shafer Lake Realty Company. A. C. Derr, from Des Moines, Iowa, will move to Monticello and retain active control. The firm plans to buy options on Shafer Lake waterfront sites, develop and sell cottage plots, grow truck crops for cottage residents, and possibly launch a canning factory if acreage proves sufficient.
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Shafer Lake Realty Company
Monticello
A. C. Derr
Des Moines
Iowa
Shafer Lake
Money to Lend on Good Forms at 5 Percent
A lender offering loans on good farming forms at 5 percent with a small commission or 5 1 2 percent no commission. Terms range from five to thirty four and one half years with unlimited option. Address Septimius Water G 28 Lafayette Indiana.
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Mr. Farmer
Septimius Water
Lafayette
Ind
Truly a Good Car Chevrolet at St Nelson Motor Sales
The advertisement promotes Chevrolet as the fastest selling fully equipped automobile today from St Nelson Motor Sales. It emphasizes quality and speed of sale to attract buyers.
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Chevrolet
St Nelson Motor Sales
Monticello Merchants Plan Bargain Feast Next Saturday
Local merchants in Monticello announce the third monthly premium event next Saturday offering honest bargains across the trading territory. Postal rules have limited advertising of the 8200 cash drawing, but news of the drawing has spread, raising public interest with each month’s draw.
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Monticello
Typhoid Fever Causes Death Of 16 Year Old Meadeor
The funeral for Allamia Meadear aged sixteen of Round Grove Township was held Monday at 2 PM from Round Grove M E Church with Rev Heimburger officiating. Interment followed at Pine Grove cemetery. Born in Center County Tennessee in 1907 she attended Otterbein High School and was active in the Round Grove Methodist church. Surviving are her parents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Meadear and siblings Arline and Mrs Harry Dailey of Detroit Imogene Ira Lydia Jean Russell Albert and Laura Meadear all at home.
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Allamia Meadeor
Everett Meadeor
Round Grove Township
Round Grove
M. E. Dhurch
Heimburger
Montmorenci
Pine Grove
Miss Meadear
Center County
Tennessee
Otterbein
Harry Dailey
Arline Meadear
Detroit
Mich
Imogene
Ira
Lydia
Jean
Russell
Albert
Laura Meadeor
Local youths sent to Indiana Boys' School for thefts
Eugene Sweet aged fourteen and Morris Dyer aged thirteen were committed to the Indiana Boys' School at Plainfield until age twenty one after a spree of thefts in the city. They had earlier been paroled from the same institution. The latest incident involved the theft of a handbag from Miss Catherine Logan near Monon station, containing about nineteen dollars. They were tied to the theft of a Ford coupe owned by Gardner Srothers of Idaville and found abandoned, and to fishing tackle stolen from the Edgwater club house belonging to E R Dye. Marshal O A Rothrock took them to Plainfield.
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Eugene Sweet
Morris Dyer
Plainfield
Indiana Boys’ School
Catherine Logan
Anley
Monon Station
Gardner Srothers
Idauville
T. W.connor
Edgwater Club
E. R. Dye
Marshal O. A. Rothrock
Human Fly Disappoints Crowd at O Connor Building
Jack Williams the human fly failed to impress the large crowd as he barely moved from window to window, aided by two men, with several bystanders who funded the stunt left disappointed. Spectators and donors felt the feat fell short of the advertised abilities.
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Jack Williams
O'Connor
George H. Vineyard Dies in Lafayette Hospital
George H. Vineyard of Brookston died at Home hospital Lafayette shortly before midnight Thursday after a long illness. He was 64, native of Indiana and lifelong Brookston resident. Single, he is survived by brother John Vineyard. Funeral held in Brookston with interment in local cemetery.
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George H. Vinyard
Brookston
Lafayette
Indiana
John Vineyard
Memorial Suspension Bridge Dedication at Winamac
Three men Earl Johnsonbaugh Fred Imes and Ollie Black camp on the river south of town. Roof painting completed on short notice at Delphi Ind with a favorable price. Dedication event noted for July 21 1921.
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Earl Johnsonbaugh
Fred Imes
Ollie Black
Winamac
Garrett Household Goods Sale Saturday June 30
Advertisement note announces William Garrett will sell household goods at public sale on Saturday June 30. Details appear elsewhere in this newspaper.
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Wm. Garrett
Benjamin girl returns home after tonsil operation
Majorie Benjamin traveled to Indianapolis for a tonsil removal last Tuesday. She returned home after a few days with her mother Mrs. Cora Benjamin and aunt Mrs. Frank Harrison. She is recovering well.
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Majorie Benjamin
Indianapolis
Cora Benjamin
Frank Harrison
Camden clergymen share bond from McCormick Seminary
Special from Chalmers Rev. Jones of the Presbyterian church of Camden has been the guest of Rev. Raegan for a few days. Both graduated with the same class at McCormick Theological Seminary. Rev. Jones occupied the pulpit at the Meadow Lake church Sunday evening.
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Rev. Jones
Presbyterian Church of
Camden
Raegan
McCormick Theological Seminary
Jones
Meadow Lake
Miss Florence Casto Weds Joseph Wilkenson in Chicago
Miss Florence Casto daughter of Mr and Mrs Clint Casto married Joseph Wilkenson of Fort Wayne in Chicago on Wednesday. She has lived in Reynolds all her life and is a 1921 Reynolds High graduate who attended a Peru business college last winter. Wilkenson is well liked with many friends in Fort Wayne and Reynolds.
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Florence Casto
Clint Casto
Joseph Wilkenson
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Wilkenson
Reynolds
Business College
Peru
Vernal Nethercutt and Guy Williams Married in Logansport
Special from Burnettsville reports the marriage of Miss Vernal Nethercutt daughter of Mr. and Mrs Charles Nethercutt Logansport to Guy Williams of Burnettsville. The ceremony occurred at the Baptist parsonage Logansport last Saturday June 23 Rev Tunison officiating. Sister Crystal Nethercutt and Edward Schlegelmilch Idaville attended. Williams is a foster son of Mr and Mrs Easley Miller.
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Vernal Nethercutt
Charles Nethercutt
Logansport
Guy Williams
Burnettsville
Baptist Parsonage
Tunison
Crystal. Nethercutt
Edward Schlegelmilch
Idaville
Williams
Easley Miller
Lawn Party Hosted by Idaville Youths
Kenneth Girard entertained at his parents home last Thursday with Epworth League and Sunday School members. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Worley and Gertrude Worley, Wayne and John Timmons, Eva and Clara Downs, Harvey Atherton, Roy Vandermlat, Margaret and Edwin Fish, Marie Foust, Edna Turner, Esther Horney, Ray Kepfer, Dwight Suiters, Virgil Brumbach, Ida Townsley, Hazel Mikesell, Fannie Kepfer, Ruth Keever, Grace Cornell, Eugene Zerwick, and Maufre Powell. Refreshments were served and the event described as enjoyable.
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Kenneth Girard
Epworth League
C. M. Worley
Gertrude
Value
Wayne
John Timmons
Eva
Clara Downs
Harvey Atherton
Roy Vandermlat
Margaret
Edwin Fish
Marie Foust
Edna Turner
Esther Horney
Ray Kepfer
Dwight Suiters
Virgil Brumbach
Ida Viola Townsley
Hazel Mikesell
Fannie Kepfer
Ruth Keever
Grace Cornell
Eugene 2Erwick
Maufre Powell
Herald to publish one day late next week due to July Fourth
The Herald will miss its regular Wednesday press day because Independence Day falls on a Wednesday. The paper will be published on Thursday to accommodate the holiday and rural delivery schedules, while correspondents are asked to mail their reports at the usual time.
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Herald
Monticello Band Concert Moves to Tuesday Evening
Monticello plans to hold the regular weekly band concert on Tuesday evening July 3 due to the city not planning a Fourth of July celebration and local stores closing for employees vacation. Stores need not open Wednesday evening.
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Monticello
Sale Notice for June 30 Washers and Walnut Dresser
Sale Saturday June 30 includes a washer with electric motor and a gas powered power washer with pulleys and belts on the Horner lot south of Ackerman’s Music Shop. The old walnut dresser will be sold at Garretts sale 630 S Bluff St. Saturday June 30. The Willard Storage Battery is now on the market from Nelson Motor Sales.
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Horner
Ackerman
Garrett’s
S. Bluff St
Purdue Extension Notes Thistle Threat and Control Plans
An open air meeting in Chalmers led by Albert A. Hansen warned White County faces a looming Canada thistle outbreak similar to historic eastern spread. Farmers agreed to form township committees to map infected farms and launch a county wide campaign. demonstrations on salting and oiling methods followed.
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Chalmers
Albert A. Hansen
Purdue Extension Department
Accident at Springboro injures three in car plunge
Mrs. Hubert Woodard of Brookston drove into an embankment near the Springboro bridge. The car overturned pinning Mrs. Woodard, who was rescued and taken to Lafayette hospital with a broken collar bone and facial cuts. Her daughters Viola May and Ina Belle sustained bruises but were not seriously hurt.
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Hubert Woodard
Brookston
Springboro Bridge
Viola May
Meadow Lake Church Hosts Leo Lake Homecoming
The Meadow Lake congregation invites friends for an all day meeting this Sunday featuring Rev Leo Lake and his family returning from six years as a missionary in Japan. A visiting pastor will speak in the morning and Rev Lake will share his Japan experiences in the afternoon. Chalmers Presbyterian members are invited to attend, with a noon picnic dinner served.
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Meadow Lake
Leo Lake
Lake
Japan
Reagan
Chalmers Presbyterian Church
Chalmers
Garrett's sale lists White Leghorn chick ens at 630 So Bluff St
Four dozen White Leghorn chicks will be sold at Garrett's sale located at 630 South Bluff Street on Saturday June 30. A baseball game is noted to be at Winamac on July 4.
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Garrett
Bluff St
Arctic Mission Letters Share Struggles With Icebound Calm
A letter from Mrs. W. Greist describes life in Point Barrow Alaska with Dr. and Mrs. Greist, missionary work under the Presbyterian Mission Board. They detail cargo shipments by sea, ice jams piling up on the coast, ships unloading through deadly ice, and nurses assisting in hospital food and supplies while enduring extreme cold and isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Greist
Alaska
Point Db.row
Grey
Presbyterian Mission Board
Mari Phillips
Rensselaer
Marthe
Greist
U. S
Reindeer’ Service
Herman
Hershel Island
Mr. Brower
Mr. Nichols
Dr. Griest
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Job
J. B. VanBuskirk
Georgiana Zeynolds
William Sill
Tippecanoe County
Maple Grove
Monon Lad
Public Service Commission
State Fair
Realty Company
Geo. H. Vineyard
News OF the
Herald Readers
Fairview
Special
Sale
Nelson Motor Sales
Springboro
Mrs. Greist
Point Barrow
H. C. Johnson & Son
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