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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
1
As Christmas nears the city anticipates bustling shopping with slow but steady sales and improved displays. Merchants tout value and new gifts while shoppers, including visitors from afar, browse holiday goods and plan ahead with the Journal’s upcoming Christmas number and subscription guidance.
Ernest W. Dorries writes of near graduation at the Aviation Mechanics School at Great Lakes. He placed second in a class of 61, wins a silver medal to be engraved for graduation on December 18, and expects a seventy two hour leave before commuting to new assignment at Quantico. The Marine Corps urges parental encouragement as recruits transfer.
Alonzo M. Overton and Miss Effie Flinn were married last Saturday in Eaglesville at the A B Parsonage with Rev. Ernest Roberts officiating. The bride, daughter of Flora Flinn, is an Odon High School graduate and public school teacher. The groom, son of J A Overton, is an Odon High School graduate and works with his father at the Overton mines. They will reside in Eaglesville.
A suggestion highlights giving Keck brand eyewear as a practical present paired with a presentation certificate. The note frames the gift as both useful and commemorative, implying a formal acknowledgment accompanies the glasses.
The group plans regular winter Monday meetings with new applications and calls for broader parent support. Odon Troop has trained five boys eligible for the Veteran Scout Merit Badge, showing the value of Scouting even when some drift away. Miss Pauline DeMotte hosted a dinner for Claudean Correll before her move to Lincoln, with music and games and a menu of peach snow, oysters La made, fried chicken, and desserts.
Marley Aishe and Miss Pearl Flexter united in marriage at Paris Illinois last Monday. The bride is an Illinois resident who has visited friends in this city. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Cleme Aishe of Odon and served overseas in the last war. They will reside in this city for the rest of the winter.
The Calf Club of the vicinity will display ten registered Shorthorn calves at the Stock Yards barn on December 18. Prizes totaling 70 dollars will be awarded by judges including Prentiss Ruble of Vincennes Interstate Shorthorn Association.
A town initiates a revival campaign with committees for Prayer Meeting Music Membership Finance and Survey. Prayer meetings will be held on Friday afternoons in local groups and extensive advertising and neighborhood prayer gatherings are planned. The Membership committee oversees sustaining results beyond mere services.
A two day program plans a musical opening with an orchestra solos readings and novelty numbers followed by Sterioptican slides. On night two the Southern Indiana Band a twenty piece group performs forty minutes of standard popular and classical pieces then an illustrated lecture on a vital community subject. The event is set for December 16 and 17 with heavy advertising and strong local interest.
The first half of the school year ends with semester tests on December 23 and 24. A program Friday afternoon will close the term and parents are invited. A statewide educational meeting in Terre Haute on December 18 will be attended by several local teachers. The O H S basketball team struggles for practice space, losing 35 21 at Loogootee while visiting Elnora for workouts. New physics and botany apparatus and about thirty books have been added to the library. A holiday three act comedy My Awful Dad is being prepared with fifteen cast members. County Superintendent James E. Gilley and inspectors have visited to review improvements, with future school visits planned for county efficiency. Lost small red pig in a sack between Roy Rosenberry and Ol Hinkle residences. Call Roy Rosenberry.
Special notice states the troop will reorganize on Monday night December 13 with patrols arranged. All scouts must attend and pay past dues immediately. Bringing registration fee next Monday saves 25 cents as dues rise at year start.
The message urges every member of two cooperating churches to contribute to the upcoming campaign. It stresses not waiting for the official start and asks individuals to review their personal prayer lists and consider why they have not yet arranged one.
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