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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
1
Siiss Louisa May Shipp of Indianapolis spoke to a group of ladies at the Misses Scott home about the French Relief Work. Mrs. P H Culbertsen was appointed supervisor as volunteers sew items funded by the French Relief Fund. The first meeting was held Monday afternoon with many present.
The New Addition Mission requests clothing canned goods furniture and other donations. Donors should place a red flag on their house to guide the Mission wagon. Items will be sold at the Mission store for a small sum to support the Mission church. Collection dates are Thursday and Friday June 14 and 15.
In memoriam for our dear son Louis Meret Wino seven part this life six months ago today June 8th. As the days go on we miss him more each day. Friends may think the wound is healed but they little know the sorrow that lies within our hearts concealed from a mother and children.
Local page itemizes rooms for rent and dwellings for rent, names residents visiting Indianapolis and Greencastle, purchases a Crow Elkhart car, and lists missing spectacles. Contains social visits at Indianapolis, DePauw student homecoming, and several notices of rental houses and apartments.
Dr Jot Comer will practice medicine alongside duties at the sanitarium. Commencement at Irvington College of Missions drew a few Christian church attendees. Local updates include visitors, car sales, farming notes, rent, mite box drive, and a potato bug spray tip.
Leo C Calvert a fireman of Dugger weds Mary Tresslar a Mooresville school teacher. Orval O Donnell a farmer wed Theresa Mae Dillon daughter of W O Dillon. Ernest Bradford a machinist of Indianapolis weds Georgia Green Brooklyn telephone operator daughter of Sylvester Green. John B Page a Covington sales engineer weds Grace Baker daughter of W A Riddle Wim. Howard Giles a land inspector of Greenwood Miss weds Margaret Moddrell Eminence school teacher daughter of J W Moddrell. Thomas Sacks a Paragon farmer weds Iva Brummett daughter of Simeon Brummett. Alvin Cradick a Owen county farmer weds Mary Carpenter daughter of Jas Carpenter. Earl W Willard a Brownsburg garage man weds Ruth Henderson daughter of Alexander Henderson Monrovia. Charles Robert Hovis a farmer weds Zella Hacker.
Elisha Kidwell of near Waverly suffered severe burns when a big Rev truck he was preparing for a trip was ignited by gasoline and a lantern left on the garage floor. The truck and the garage were completely destroyed by the explosion and fire.
The Chautauqua association met last week and elected officers for the coming season. President J. W. York and first vice president B. E. Alderson were chosen, with second vice president W. H. Williams, secretary Emsley Roberts, and treasurer Dr. Jot A. Law. A recent legislature requires towns to appoint their marshal by town boards rather than by voter election.
A refined wedding united Mary Helena Tresslar to Leo Calvert of Dugger on a June Wednesday evening in the Tresslar residence with Rev. J. W. J. Collins officiating. Music by Mrs. Ralph Tresslar Estelle Rinker and others accompanied the ceremony as guests celebrated with Neapolitan cream and cake. The couple departed for Dugger to establish their home, receiving many fine presents.
June schedule lists Children Day programs and sermons for children at 11 a.m. Music by a quartet. Evening services include a C. E. on Sins of the Mind led by Wallace Hadley and a Christ discussion. June 17 features a men and religion sermon with a men's chorus. June 24 marks Old Folks Day.
The board met with all members present and elected V D Macy to replace John Ti Mills whose term expired. They kept license terms for skating rinks unchanged and awarded the High street oiling contract to Coland & Dolen at $4.72 per barrel.
Poignant note from husband H. M. Smith dated February and June 1917 recalls Jennia Smith who died four months earlier. The verse speaks of an angel host and awaiting friends in a bright heavenly land.
Epworth League members held a social at F K E Carlisle’s barn on Saturday evening. Fines were levied for jewelry or jewelry theft. The event featured games and ice cream cones for attendees.
After the recent election of officers the Christian Endeavor Society of the Friends church held new leadership. The report notes updated roles and member participation in the society’s activities.
Enrollment by precincts numbered Nec. 1 with 53, No. 2 with 55, No. 3 with 71, totaling 179, and the scene remained quiet and orderly.
Topics for the next three months of prayer meetings were decided to be appropriate and engaging. Sunday night June 10 will be led by Wallace Hadley on Sins of the Mind with a promise of something unique and interesting. All the young people are invited to attend.
All children who earned money for the little French boy pledged by Mooresville are asked to gather in the library assembly room Saturday at 2 30 pm. A speaker will attend and a medal will be awarded to the top money earner.
A note from Clarence Rari fen expresses pride in starting a personal drag line and requests any available work to support his craft.
Mrs J A Shufflebarger spent weekend in Johnson county aiding her daughter in law Mrs Frank Shufflebarker who is ill with rheumatism. Mrs G W Bass and Miss Ruby Jackson traveled Monday to see Mrs Susan Routen who is very sick at her daughter Mrs Harvey Paddock s home near West Newton.
Patrons petitioned by Mooresville Py Service Co. convene to a Public Service Commission hearing next Thursday to consider the company’s requested rate raise. Joseph Wen is named in the hearing context.
The I O O F K of P and Red Men of Mooresville will hold Decoration Day on Sunday June 10 at 2 p.m. in Town park with Rev Jason Tudor delivering the address. Lodges meet at 1 20 p m and are asked to bring bouquets. By order of the Committees.
A farm notice from H B Mendenhall warns that all men or boys found trespassing or swimming in the creek will be prosecuted without exceptions and that the warning will not be published again.
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