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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
7
Local brief notes list residents visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns. Names include Minnie Christensen E B Lockridge Mike Hoffman and many others with travels to Monon Peru Indianapolis Chicago and Rochester plus troop activities and home moves in Monticello White County.
The guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Pierson Miss Lilie Bailey who has spent her vacation with sister Mrs E F Austin at LaCrosse Wisconsin will arrive home the last of the week and resume work in the ready to wear department of the Big Store.
Mrs Bernie Goodman and daughter Sara head to Chicago for a two month Lake Wawanetta camp. Mrs Martha Hamilton and Mrs Lilian McCurry visit Ruth Hamilton in Lafayette as she recovers from peritonitis and awaits surgery. Mayor Thompson and Lewis Dellinger return from fishing at Dorsett Minnesota. Several families travel from Indianapolis to visit in town and some depart for Lake Maxinkuckee and other trips.
Mrs W N Loughry left Monday for Chicago for a short stay then will travel to Seattle for an extended visit with her sister. She plans to visit Portland before returning home. In Portland she will stay with Mr and Mrs C W Taylor, sister of her husband. Also visiting Delphi friends include Mrs and Mrs Frank Rees Glenn Rees and Miss Florence Rees who stayed with Mrs Bertha Davis and daughters at 205 North Bauff street. Florence Rees recently returned from Boston where she worked in a lunch room. Cleo Davis accompanied them back to Delphi returning Monday.
Miss Louise Hughes returned from Anderson where she attended several days of the state convention of the Christian Endeavor. She was active in meetings and reported on sessions attended and discussions held.
Miss Hughes presides over the Society of the Christian Church and heads a delegate to the state convention. Mrs. George Biederwolf returns to Monticello with her daughter after months in Sandusky while Mrs. Spore shows health gains. Indianapolis man John A. Shafer visits for Norway dam work and meets bankers in New York to discuss the Tippecanoe river project. Marion Miller and family tour from Penn with Kraning family and their daughters Ruth and Naomi. A large Loganport group and many other locals are listed visiting Chalners and Mt. Zion Baptist Church gatherings with Rev. Renn at Sitka and Winona Lake.
Mrs Margaret McCollam and daughter Mrs Gales Helm of Greenville Ohio visit Chicago staying with W F McCollum's family during the McCollums and Stuart McCollum's lake trip. Guests include Mrs Cora Yoh and family, Mrs Ida Dorsey, Mrs Mary Ale Connahay, Mr and Mrs Purles McCloud and others. Thalia Club hosts porch party at Mrs Ralph Davis home with Marguerite Davis winning hunting prize. Dr J D McCann returns from Denver trip noting flood impacts. Purdue University offers home demonstration agents. Carroll and Noble Counties are prioritized with about 1300 needed to start the project.
Two Chicago booster parties and two motorcycle police toured Indiana, visiting Monticello last Friday noon. They travel from Logansport to Wolcott and beyond to promote Chicago’s Pageant of Progress at Municipal Pier in Chicago from July 30 to August 14. Mayor Thompson of Chicago sent an invitation read by a town crier. The event aims to bolster Chicago’s claim as a central market through a business show with entertainment elements.
The first union church service in July will be at Presbyterian Church next Sunday evening July 3 at 7 30 with Rev Elvin Daniels of the Christian church preaching. The services rotate among three churches and feature a sermon each week. Earl Daniels preached at Sunday morning service on The Victorious Life and plans to continue studies for the ministry at Butler College this fall.
J. T. Graves receives a letter from his wife in Chippewa Canada describing Mrs. Margaret Johnston’s sister Mrs. Johns ton’s slight improvement. It notes Mrs. Mary D. Bowman’s broken thigh from a fall and her steady, though seaborne, recovery with limited prospects for bone setting. Bowman, nearly ninety, remains active but dependent due to the injury.
Walcott marshal James Pemberton earned a 100 reward after identifying and recovering an Indianapolis car and helping arrest two mobile thieves. The suspects, from Indianapolis, came to Wolcott with two young women after car trouble. the car was recovered by Indianapolis authorities. The girls were questioned but released.
Willard Hornbeck will succeed Luther Hobaugh as Strand Theatre manager next Monday July 4. Hornbeck is brother of H H Hornbeck owner of the Hornbeck Amusement Company of Lafayette, which owns the Strand and Lyric Theatres. Hobaugh and his wife have been popular with patrons. their future business plans are undecided.
Royal Center and Wolcott are named among Indiana towns where the Post Office Department asks the Civil Service to hold postmaster examinations. The date is not fixed yet but will be posted at the affected offices in the near future.
Dr J Gochenour dentist in Monticello marks 25 years in one office and reports financial success after decades of practice.
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