Roy Winklepeck dies at 25 in main street home
Roy Winklepeck formerly of Odon Indiana died April 12 1917 at his parent's home on East Main Street after a week long illness from peritonitis He was 25 years 9 months 2 days and was born July 13 1890 at Odon He had been a church member and worked in several towns before managing a store at Flat Rock Illinois The funeral was Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev J W Trowbridge and others officiating and burial at Walnut Hill summer house expects many friends to attend
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Roy Winklepleck
P. A. Winklepleck
East Main Street
Flat Rock
Odon
Daviess County
Indiana
Couchman
Odon High School
Browns Business College
Terre Haute
A.M Keck
C.A. Pickett
H. L. Chambers
Seymour
Palestine
Ill
H. M. Gullett
M.E. Sunday School
Standard Bearers Society
Orley Pilkington
Washington
Dave Marshall
Hardinsville
Clean-Up Week Proclamation Calls Community to Collect Rubbish
Geo. Goodrich proclaims a public health clean-up week urging all residents to gather trash in a designated place for removal. Vaults must be cleared during the same week or the following week, per J. W. Anderson, secretary of the board of health.
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Geo. Goodrichs
J. W. Anderson
Elmore Township Couple United in Elora Marriage
Otho Lemonds and Miss Ruth Johnson were married Saturday afternoon by Rev. Ernest Roberts at the U B parsonage. The couple plans to reside in Elnora.
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Otho Lemonds
Ruth Johnson
Elmore Township
Ernest Roberts
U. B
Elnora
Crowds Cheer Flag Raising In City Celebration
A large crowd gathered at Main and Spring as the tall flagpole was raised on Saturday. The S I band, Boy Scouts, and local students sang and listened to speeches by Capt Z W Garten and Judge M S Hastings. D W Hayes led the effort, planning and completing the project.
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Main
Spring Streets
S. I
Boy Scouts
U. B. Church
G A. R
Z. W. Garten
Peddock
Riley
Roberts
U. B
Ida Hannah
M.S. Hasting
America
D. W. Hayes
Beatrice Correll Weds Hobart Smale in Bedford Marriage
Miss Beatrice Correll of Bedford formerly of this city married Hobart Smale a Lawrence county farmer. The ceremony occurred Wednesday afternoon. Emale is Ira Correll’s daughter, formerly at the Cornell and Burrell marble shop, and a graduate of Odon High School class of 1914 with many local friends.
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Beatrice Correll
Bedford
Hobart Smale
Lawrence County
Emale
Ira Correll
Cornell & Burrell
Odon High School
Infant Daughter of Cunningham Dies in Akron
Dorothy Elizabeth Cunningham, four months old, died in Akron Ohio on Tuesday from erysipelas. Her body was brought home for burial on Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the family residence on North Spring Street with Rev. J. W. Trowbridge officiating. The family had recently moved to Akron from this place.
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Dorothy Elizabeth
Homer Cunningham
Akron
Ohio
Cunningham
North Spring Street
J. W. Trowbridge
Death of El More farmer Thomas Kinnaman at 64
Thomas Kinnaman of El More township died at his home north of Mud Pike after a year of declining health. Born March 14 1853 in Daviess county he lived here all his life. He married Elizabeth Freed March 29 1878 and had seven children five of whom survive. Funeral services were held at Good Hope U B church with Rev. Ernest Roberts and interment in Walnut Hill cemetery.
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Thomas Kinnaman
Elmore Township
Mud Pike
Daviess County
Elizabeth Freed
Opha Adams
Iva Ketcnem
Tabitha Corya
Leary Kinnaman
Gertie Roberts
Kinnaman
Mud Pike U B
Good Hope
Ernest Roberts
U. B
Walnut Hill
Y M C A Meetings Here at Odon
The Y M C A organization of Indiana plans three church talks in Odon Sunday morning with free sessions led by E M Bowen Gerald K Smith A F Kohlmaier and A W Hanson. An afternoon men’s meeting at Star Theater and a union meeting at the Christian church that night will feature an illustrated lecture using more than one hundred stereoptican slides. The aim is to spark local Y M C A interest and form a chapter. the sequence was delayed due to baccalaureate services.
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Y. M.C. A. Organization of
Indiana
Odon
Star Theater
The
Christian Church
E. M. Bowen
Vincennes University
Gerald K. Smith
Elsworth Overton Dies After Hospital Stay
Word reached here of the death of Elsworth Overton who had been in the epileptics hospital in New Castle. Geo W Henderson left for New Castle to bring the body back for burial. Funeral arrangements were not yet settled as we went to press.
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Elsworth Overton
New Castle
Geo. W. Henderson
Card of Thanks for Baby's Death Burial
We thank friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during the death and burial of our darling baby. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cunningham.
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Homer Cunningham
Marriages Enrich Odon as Cupid Hums Across Town
Fern Neeriemer and George Kemmis wed at the Neeriemer home with Rev. Coleman officiating. Frank Correll and Floy Williams also marry the same day at Williams home with a second ceremony. The brides are noted as prominent local young women. the couples plan to reside in Indianapolis and Terre Haute respectively.
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Dan Cupid
Odon
Fern Neeriemer
East Odon
Hugh Neeriemer
W. R. Neeriemer Lumber Co
Chas. Coleman
First Christian Church
Frank Correll
Floy Williams
Fort Wayne Ave
Kemmis-Neeremer
Miss Williams
Rev. Coleman
Nelle Lane
Correll
Quon
John B. Williams
South Oden
Williams and Lane
O C. Correll
West Walnut Street
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railroad
Terre Haute
Community bids thanks after Roy Winklepleck’s death
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends neighbors Sunday school Rev. Trowbridge singers H Poindexter and Roys employers for assistance sympathy and floral offerings following the death of their son Roy Winklepleck.
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Trowbridge
H. Poindexter
Roy
Roy Winklepleck
Young farmer Calvin Keller Dies of Tuberculosis at 21
Calvin Keller of one and a half miles south of Epsom died Sunday afternoon at his father’s home after a prolonged illness from pulmonary tuberculosis. He was 21, married with a five week old child, and survived by his wife, parents Felix and Mary Keller, two brothers Earnest and Donald, and two sisters Alta Courtney and Bessie Keller. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Tolberts Chapel cemetery.
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Calvin Keller
Epsom
Felix
Mary Keller
Mary Shively
Mr. Keller
Earnest
Riverside
California
Donald
Bogard Township
Alta Courtney
Indianapolis
Bessie Keller
Bogard
P. F. Fouts
Eaglesville
Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
Commencement Honors at Odon High School
A large appreciative crowd filled the Christian church for Odon High School graduation exercises. Dr. Lowther delivered the address to the graduates of the class of 17, with the glee club chorus and solos enhancing the program. Prof. McCarter presented diplomas and offered a brief closing talk as the chorus finished.
Will Organize Camp Fire Girls in Odon
Odon plans to organize Camp Fire Girls in the city with two local societies. A Washington group of Camp Fire Girls will visit Wednesday to present a benefit play at Star Theater, with the Washington Boys Glee Club performing between acts.
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Odon
Camp- Fire Girls
Boy Scouts
Washington
Camp Fire Girls
Star Theater
Boys Glee Club of
Odon School Board Appoints Connell for Enumeration
The Odon School Board appointed Dr Connell to conduct the school enumeration and determine the number of school age children in Odon. He is currently surveying families and records to establish the census.
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Odon
Connell
Danner Undergoes Appendicitis Operation in Indianapolis
W J Danner was operated on for appendicitis in Indianapolis on Wednesday afternoon. He withstood the operation well and though not fully recovered from the anaesthetic at the last report, was in good condition to recover rapidly.
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W.J. Danner
Indianapolis
Community meeting in Madison urges corn test prior to planting
Madison urges every resident to attend a Tuesday night Star theater meeting on increasing crop yields amid food shortages. Governor and Purdue experts promote seed corn testing to ensure only quality seed is planted, with Ball and McWilliams coordinating county tests and support from Odon Chamber of Commerce and civic groups. The event emphasizes patriotism and potential personal financial gain.
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Star Theater
Daviess County
D. D. Ball
Purdue University
Purdue Agricultural Experiment Department
Ball
Bell
McWilliams
Washington Schools
Odon Chamber of Commerce
Civic Clubs
Burkhart Stepp Drive to Washington for Wedding by Mayor
Clyde Burkhart and Miss Anna Stepp were married in Washington by Mayor McCarty. Attendants included Robert Resler Cecil Burkhart and Misses Goldin Maudie Burkhart. Mrs Burkhart is Reuben Stepp’s daughter. Burkhart family from near Farview church. They will live on a farm east of Plainville.
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Clyde Burkhart
Anna Stepp
Robert Resler
Cecil Burkhart
Goldin
Maudie Burkhart
Washington
McCarty
Burkhart
Reuben Stepp
Odon
Mr. Burkhart
Frank Burkhart
Farview Church
Plainville
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Roy Winklepeck
Sec’s
Board of Health
Flnora
Cupid
Madison
Purdue
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