Community Notes From Linton and Surroundings
Local residents share visits across towns with Mrs. Dearmin and Mrs. Nuégent. Rex yl corn solvent advertised. Osag hosts visitors from Vinccennes and Marco. Fullerton updates include Misses Crooke and Allegra Bowman theater party in Los Angeles. Odon Clothing promotes Curlee Hart Schaffner line. Edw Keck and John Bowman acquire Keck and Laughey hardware in newly formed firm.
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Fullerton
Martha
Edith Crooke
Allegra Bowman
Odon
Indiana
Los Angeles
5. D. Smiley
West Washington Street
Edith
Martha Crooke
West Amerige Street
California
Indigia
Margaret Edgin
Elsie Smith
Dorothy Shaw
Rudolpha Clark
Elizabeth Crook
Duests
Houer
Indiana debated county unit school administration shift
The Indiana Educational Committee proposes replacing township administration with county wide school units. Trustees would be removed and a county board would oversee local schools where needed. The measure, likely to reach the legislature soon, aims to reform troubled educational governance.
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Indiana
Indiana Educational Committee
Horasier
Inust
Passes Away at Bedford Mrs Josephine Toon
Mrs Josephine Toon a former resident died at her Bedford home last Wednesday from a complication of diseases after a period of declining health. Born near town she married Everett Toon and they had seven children. Survived by husband children father and one brother. Funeral from the residence with interment in Burnes City Cemetery.
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Josephine Toon
Bedford
Josephine Keck Toon
Paris
Mary Keck
Everett Toon
Burnes City
Junior Chautauqua Program and Roosevelt Portrait
The Parent Teachers Club will host a Thursday evening meeting in the High School assembly at 7 30. The Junior Chautauqua will present a carefully prepared program and unveil a portrait of President Roosevelt. A discussion on the county unit method of school administration slated for the State Legislature will follow. Madison township teachers are urged to attend. A Freshman program at the High School featured readings, a duet, and a playlet "Darky Wood Dealers."
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L A. Childress
Parent Teachers Club
Chautauqua
Pres. Roosevelt
Buchanan
Madison Township
Injured in Fall Aged Resident Thomas Wirt Hurt in Seymour
Thomas Wirt, an elderly resident, was injured by a fall in Seymour on Wednesday afternoon, breaking a leg. He was taken to the city hospital for treatment and is reported as progressing as well as could be expected. Wirt, in his seventies, is known in the community and active.
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Thomas Wirt
Seymour
Wirt
Indianapolis
Mr. Wirt
Anniversary number recalls Odon town in 1873
Journal marks fifty years as Odon’s newspaper with an anniversary issue recalling its origins as the Clarksburg Spy. The edition features news, town history, and reproductions of old and new buildings and residents, with reduced advertising for a keepsake issue.
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Journal
Odon
Clarksburg
Bank Officials Re-Elected At Directors Meeting
Officials of the Farmers Bank were re-elected at the regular directors meeting to serve during 1923. They include President Reason Bennett, Vice President W. R. Neeremer, Cashier J. A. McCoy, Assistant Cashier Nettie Cooper, and Bookkeeper Jennie Wallick.
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Farmers Bank
Reason Bennett
W. R. Neeremer
J. A. McCoy
Nettie Cooper
Jennie Wallick
Classes Enjoy Rabbit Roast at Luther Boyd Home
The M E Sunday School Classes of Luther Boyd and Mrs H V Merrill met at H V Merrills Tuesday night with 29 attendees. A menu of roast rabbit oyster dressing bread and butter sandwiches pickles fruit salad cookies and cocoa was served.
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Luther Boyd
H. V. Merrill
Auctioneers Return From Indiana Meeting
Aden Long arrived back this week after attending the Indiana Auctioneers Association annual meeting at the English Hotel in Indianapolis.
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Aden Long
Indianapolis
The
Indiana Auctioneers Association
Clarksburg Spy Journal Plans Large Weekly Edition
The Clarksburg Spy announces an eight page weekly with four pages of local news and extensive advertising. Features include farm pages Dairying and Poultry, a magazine section with Julia Bottomley and desert gold serials, and Sunday school lessons. Subscriptions run about 3 cents a week.
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Clarksburg
Julia Bottomley
Zane Grey
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Old Cabinet Shop and Town Churches Highlight Odon's History
The article recalls John Burrell's cabinet and undertaker business, noting his black walnut caskets and skilled craft. It details Odon's church history with United Brethren, Methodist, and Christian bodies, talks of new church on North Spring, and cites concerns over aging school facilities and a planned consolidated system. Twenty two seniors form the current senior class.
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John Burrell
Dearmin
Burrell
United Brethren and Methodist
U. B
Christian Church
Odon
Christian
Wv. B
Methodists
North Spring Street
Limited extra copies of issue available for purchase
The office offers a limited number of extra copies at ten cents each while supplies last. A former Odon resident is suggested as a recipient who would likely value this issue and be grateful to receive a copy.
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Odon
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Russell Dearmin
Linton
Rose Nuégent
Washington
J. L. Cropp of
Loogootee
Mrs
J. L. Seal
James Correll
Jess
Marco
Rexall
E.carr
C.T. Mount
Eva Mount
Vincennes
Curlee
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Odon Clothing Co
Nimrod Salven
I. E. Bowman
S. E. Pershing
R. R. Miller
Star Theater
Exall
Keck
Laughey
Edw. Keck
John Bowman
Bowman
Cau
Parent-Teachers Club
Vivian Helm
Treva Sims
Ruth Malone
Donald Henderson
Walter Raney
Fred Shafer
Mickie
Charles Sugkroe
Wesem
Nour Letle
Yitter OO
A Dead Commercial Club
Gyapigg
Clarks Prairie
Ind
the Spy
J. W. Smith & Co
Clarks Prairie, Ind
Ediior
Roy Alections
Pearsil
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