Opening of New School Building
Opening night featured a formal program and a large audience dancing as the new enlarged public school building was lit. The auditorium is spacious enough for a sizable future high school and the Odon area shows strong school spirit and growth potential. The Journal offers local history on early schoolhouses dating to 1848 and a 1907 addition, noting eleven rooms and nearly 400 pupils.
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Odonisd
Odon
Mgr. Z. M. Garten
D Sclotha Callahan
Daniel Ketcham
Clarksburg
Midison Township
Joseph Sears
D . Andy Sears
Z. W. Garten
Howard Crooke
Andy Sears
Miles Reynolds
Garten
Crooke
Andy Shaffer
P. S. Ward
O'Dell
Little Green
Spring Street
Codon
Change in Judicial Districts Affects Pike and Daviess
Washington Herald reports Republicans support uniting Daviess and Pike in a joint circuit and splitting Pike from Dubois. If approved, Judge FB A Ely would stay with Daviess and Pike, while Judge Houghton would oversee Martin and Dubois. Travel time and new rail links drive the plan but raise connectivity concerns for Dubois and Martin courts. Shoals News notes mixed local stance and potential loss of direct routes between Dubois and Martin counties.
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Washington Herald
Pike County
Daviess and Pike
Dubois
Martin
Petersburg
FB. A. Ely
Fifty Seventh Judicial Circuit
Pike
Daviess and
Houghton
Jasper
Daviess
Washington
French Lick
Huntingburg
Oakland City
Southern Railway
Evanaville & Indianapolis
Shoals News
Indiana
Wallace and McKernan Marriage License Prank
County clerk Alf Wallace pretended to arrange a marriage license for "John Riley of Harrison township" to "Miss Delaney" after a phone prank by Mickey McKernan. Wallace, home to rest, was drawn into the joke and nearly caused a disturbance at the courthouse before realizing the ruse reported by the Washington Herald.
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Alf Wallace
J. Elbert McKernan
McKernan
Mickey
Alf
John Riley
Harrison Township
Delaney
Jake
Court House
Washington Herald
Odon Library Association Reelects Officers for The Year
The Odon Library Association reelected Pres Dean M. Taman Secy Treasurer J E Ramsey Librarian D O Williams and Chairman Library Com Wwm Bair for the coming year. A new book case will be purchased and new books added as the library, housed in D O Williams jewelry store, remains well patronized.
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Odon Library Association
Dean M. Taman
Sec’y.Treas
J. E. Ramsey
D. O. Williams
Library .Com
Wwm
Bair
Ancient Vincennes claim to state for university land
The coming session will push the long standing Vincennes University claim for equitable settlement against the state. Since 1855 the university seeks compensation for land conversions in Gibson county once set aside by Congress for Vincennes district. A 1901 commission and a 1903 audit supported $120,000 plus interest, but delays continue until the next general assembly.
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Friends of
Vincennes University
Gibson County
Congress
Vincennes
General Assembly
Mount
Senate
Roosevelt poised for Indianapolis visit and Lawton monument
President Roosevelt plans a Memorial Day stop in Indianapolis to deliver an address at the Lawton monument unveiling in honor of General Henry W. Lawton. He then heads to Lansing Michigan for the agricultural college anniversary, with no Indiana University visit on this trip. The invitation came from the Lawton monument commission and was backed by the vice president and state congressional delegation.
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Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Henry W. Lawton
Washington
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Agricultural College
Indiana University
Indiana
Lawton Monument Commission
Congress
Tomey Keller Wedding in Bogard Township
Miss Rosa May Keller and Edward Irvin Tomey were married Sunday at noon at the bride’s parents’ home in Bogard township. About thirty guests attended with Eld C. H. Buchanan officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Keller. The groom is the son of Josiah Tomey of Cornettsville and is described as industrious.
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Bogard Township
Rosa May Keller
Edward Irvin Tomey
Eld C. H. Buchanan
James Keller
Josiah Tomy
Cornettsville
Elnora Woodman Initiation Forms County Battalion
A class of twenty five joined the Modern Woodmen of America in Elnora Thursday evening with the Washington team aiding Odon Hinora teams. About two hundred attended as teams from Odon Newberry Plainville and Raglesville gathered. Joshua Evans of Washington named head of the new county battalion and Fred Kirby of Elnora as second in command.
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Order of the Modern Woodmen of America
Elnora
Washington
Odon
Hinora
Newberry
Plainville
Raglesville
Strack
New Albany
Montgomery
Eaglesville
Alfordsville
Joshua Evans
Fred Kirby
Oil at Elnora Possible as Field Growth Studied
It is considered possible that El Nora may develop into an oil field. Over the past week several oil men have been busy working in and around the area.
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Elnora
Robinson, Ill
Loogootee
Einora
Riley Field
Neeriemer Resigns From Odon Board Of Trustees
W R Neeriemer resigned as a member of the Odon Board of Trustees at Tuesday night’s meeting. The resignation was accepted and will take effect at the next regular meeting. He gave no reason, but it is believed he may sell his local lumber business and relocate.
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W.R. Neeriemer
Odon
Neeriemer
Notice to keep off rock roads with heavy loads
To all whom it may concern you are hereby notified to keep off of the rock roads with heavy loads when the ground is soft. If not you will positively be prosecuted.
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University of Vincennes_ Vs
Tomey—Keller
al Pocket Book
First National Bank
Odon, Indiana
Lowry Cooper
Pres
W. C. Garten
C. H
Pickett & Morrison
Elnora Woodman
Joe Callahan
Spence Brown
W.S. Bunch
John Sims
Edward Lester Cummings
Elmer Sears
Walter Callahan
Pike County Field
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