Fruit Growers Hold Meeting At Scottsville Schoolhouse
Floyd Knobs Fruit Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at Scottsville schoolhouse in January. Officers plan to elect a new slate, receive year end reports, and discuss placing members in major markets. Hugh Graham of Bowling Green will speak. current officers include Goss Luther and Sarles. The group oversees about 500 acres of berries and tomatoes with 92 members.
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Floyd Knobs Fruit Growers Association
Scottsville Schoolhouse
Jan
Scottsville
D. L. Goss
Gus Luther
Perry Sarles
Peter Anders
William Stumler
Thomas Fenwick
John Parsons
French Leuthart
Williams Receives Four Year County Recorder Commission
The commission signed by Governor Ralston and Secretary Jackson confirms Melbert Williams will serve as County Recorder from January 1, 1919, to January 1, 1928. Williams was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Frank Spellman’s death and his name appeared on the Democratic ticket in November. The uncertainty over the start of the term is settled by the commission.
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Melbert Williams
Williams
Samuel M. Ralston
Edward Jackson
Board of County Commissioners
Frank Spellman
Secretary of State
Wedding Surprise Unites Bertha Strack and Benjamin Wolfe
Miss Bertha Strack of this city wed Benjamin Wolfe of Indianapolis quietly last night. Magistrate H Padgett officiated at his East Street office. The couple, a surprise to friends, plan to reside in Indianapolis. The bride is daughter of George Strack and Mrs Strack. The groom, formerly of Georgetown, works as a fireman on the Pennsylvania Lines.
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Bertha Strack
Benjamin Wolfe
Indianapolis
H. Padgett
East Spring Reet
George Strack
Strack
Oman
Georgetown
Pennsylvania
Gansport
Merchants Welcome Community Santa Clauses in New Albany
The New Albany Ledger depicts Joe Brett as Santa Claus delivering a community event in front of the public library on Spring Street on December 16 1916. The paper notes this merchant driven stunt promoted Christmas shopping, with Santa visiting multiple stores and schools to boost local patronage and store traffic. The Ledger credits the scheme as a pioneering, city wide effort in advertising and will expand for 1917.
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NEW Albany Ledger
Santa Claus
OANTA
Riddle
Al‘sy
Joe Brett
Spring Street
Santa
New Albany
Ledger
Soe Kraft
Public Library
Floyd Knobs Fair and Farmers Club Officers Listed
Floyd County clubs and associations, including Floyd Knobs Fair Association, Jacobs Chapel Farmers Institute, Floyd Knobs Fruit Growers, Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co, and Floyd Knobs Shippers Association, are named with officers and directors. The Ledger invites correspondence to promote news and meetings from local clubs and aims to strengthen community development and social welfare.
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Farmers’ Clubs
Floyd County
The
Ledger
Jacobs Chapel Farmers Club to Elect Officers in December
The Jacobs Chapel Farmers Club will hold its annual officer election at the club quarters in Jacobs Chapel school on Thursday night December 28. A program includes William Utrech speaking and Harry Lohéide presenting a clover reading. The Ladies Auxiliary will join the men for the election, then its own. President Marion Brim, secretary treasurer George Ware, and Auxiliary leaders Mrs. Frank Ackerman, Mrs. James Stickler, and Mrs. John Linnert are named. The club lists 150 members with about fifty active attendees.
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Jacobs Chapel Farmers’ Clubs
Jacobs Chapel
William Utrech
Harry Loheide
Farmers’ Club
Marion Brim
George Ware
Frank Ackerman
James Stickler
John Linnert
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co Expands in Southern Indiana
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Floyd Clark and Harrison counties is a leading farmers cooperative success. Membership spans every community and grows monthly. Officers report unusually good conditions with George B. Harrell as president H B Stoy vice president Clarence Beley secretary and Raymond Gresham treasurer. (Continued on Page 8.)
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Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Floyd, Clark and
Harrison Counties
George B. Harrell
H. B. Stoy
Clarence Boley
Raymond Greshman
Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Floyd, Clark
Indiana
Farmers’ Mutual
H. B Stoy
Clarence Beley
Raymond Gresham
Frank Tea
Loesch Penn and Cappenfield Win Xmas Prize Contest
Winners in the short term contest divide cash prizes from ten dollars to one dollar. Miss Mildred Loesch of Floyd Knobs District 1 claims first prize and Miss Julia Penn of New Albany District 3 is second. J R Sappenfield of Georgetown District 2 takes third while other contenders include Miss Clipp Georgetown Miss Hossfeld Jacobs Chapel Kenneth Wells New Albany and Miss Nannie Hanger Edwardsville in the final decision.
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Loesch
Miss Penn
MR. Cappenfield
Stotsenburg to Leave Office for Stansbury
Evan B. Stotsenburg announces that upon turning over the Indiana attorney general office to Ele Stansbury of Williamsport the state will have completed all possible business before January. Briefs in ongoing cases will be filed to February 4 with no left overs expected.
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Evan B. Stotsenburg
Indianapolis
New Albany
Stotsenburg
Ele Stansbury
Wiliamsport
Indianapolis News
Eli Stansbury
Williamsport
Stansbury
Floyd County End-Year Board and Council Meetings
Floyd County finishes year end business at a Board of County Commissioners meeting tomorrow and a County Council semi annual meeting Friday. Commissioners will review outstanding county bills filed by Wednesday per Emile Duparmier County Auditor to ensure payment under the 1916 appropriation. The Council will consider additional appropriations to cover 1916 deficiencies.
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Floyd County
Board of County Commissioners
County Council
Board of Commissioners
Board of County
Emile Duparmier
Second District Readers Name Winners in Ledger Contest
Miss Mildred Loesch of Floyd Knobs won the Christmas Cash prize of 10 dollars for most Ledger subscriptions in December in the Second Short Term Contest. Miss Julia Penn of New Albany took 7.50 dollars as second prize, with others in close competition for fourth and fifth prizes. Postmaster L R Sappenfield of Georgetown earned the 5 dollar prize, Kenneth Wells of New Albany won the fourth prize, and Miss Irma Clipp of Georgetown and Miss Irma Hossfeld of Jacobs Chapel shared the fifth. The Ledger notes this proves public interest grows and promises a final Grand Overland Automobile Subscription Contest after the holidays.
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Mildred Loesch
Floyd Knobs
The
Ledger
Julia Penn
New Albany
L. R. Sappenfield
Georgetown
Sappenfield
Kenneth Wells
Miss Irma Clipp
Irma Hossfeld
Jacobs Chapel
Miss Loesch
Penn
Locust and Indianapolis Figures Return After Christmas
Mr and Mrs Quy Smith and daughters Mary Elslada and Emma Emily from Locust Clark County and Mr Maurice F Horn from Indianapolis return after spending Christmas with their mother Mrs John Horn on East Third Street.
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Quy Smith
Mary Elslada
Emma Emily
Locust
Clark County
Maurice F. Horn
Indianapolis
John Horn
East Third Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren County, Ky
Fruit Growers Association
Spelman
Ralston
Jackson
Pea Ledger
Floyd County Farmers, Clubs
Clubs and Officers
Floyd Knobs Fair Association
R. L. Fenwick
Lafayette Keach
H. W. Loesch
Jacobs Chapel Farmers Club
Geo. G. Ware
Duncan Farmers Institute
Wm. Hanger
C. E. Hessing
Nannie Hanger
Geo. B. Harrell
the Ledger
Bers
Jacobs Chapel Farmers Institute
Emil Linnert
Chas, Leach
Treas
Floyd Knobs Fruit Growers Ass'n
Floyd Knobs Shippers Association
Marshall Atkins
Edwardsville Strawberry Festival Association
Jacobs Chapel Farmers’ Club and
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Fire Insurance Association
J. R. Sappenfield
Clipp
Hossfeld
Edwardsville
the Weekly Ledger
Taree
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