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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
5
Farmers in the vicinity stay busy with favorable weather likely to finish rush work soon. Local notes mention visits among families from Bramble to Van Buren and Martin counties, along with several residents returning from Illinois and Bicknell.
Mr and Mrs Ma Flinn and family of Elnora visited John Hendersons Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Grace Neboit and daughter Louise of Indianapolis stay with sister Mrs Alla Muller. Will Sears and wife of Odon spent Sunday with sitter's parents Mr and Mrs Stephen Isenogle. Oris Osborn of Bunkum passed through Sunday. John Richardaoz Jr and Misses Edith and Freda Stone joined Foamie and Clarence Asdell Sunday. Oral Laughlin returned from Elnora where employed. Little Grace Ogden ill with erysipelas. Hendrick Haywood is very ill Josie Richardson visiting home folks.
The notes record multiple visiting guests including Mr. and Mrs. Blomer Thurman with Alf and Mrs. D W Resler, Amy Overton staying with Jno Riggins in Raglesville, and gatherings at the Coyle and Lamb households. A large crowd attended Sunday night children's exercises. Other visits include Overton, Hinkle, Curtis Overton, Alva Callahan, Stover Calishar, Homer Pershing, Andrew Williams, and Ethel Lamb among local families.
Mr and Mrs Otis McKee and Florence visit near Plainville and Mr and Mrs Oliver George with Okie McKee of Allerton join. Families attend Shiloh children's day. Frank Overton of Baglesville visits Rezia Overton. Dungan returns from Sullivan. Grants Overton with Luther Sears visit Bailes. Arlington Overton passes to Burns City. Wm Palmer travels from Elnora. Filmer Ramsey heads to Linton. Homer Pershing visits Alva Callahan. Pearl Brown returns to A F Stoy’s after visiting Wesley Brown. Amos Dungan visits Milo Aishe. Bertha Overton visits Verna Sears. Spaulding family from Bramble travels to Odon. Adolphus Sears visits his father Luther Sears.
Alvin Colbert seven-year-old son of Asel Colbert of Veale township was injured Friday evening when he hopped into a buggy driven by Charles Veale and fell from the moving vehicle on a grade near the Barber home. He was unconscious for a time, later taken to his home in critical condition, with doctors reporting a possible skull fracture.
William Dearmin and Son, who opened a cash grocery on East Third Street in Washington last spring, plan a second store at the corner of Main and Mill streets. The room will be handsomely fitted and painted snow white. Mr Dearmin was formerly a local resident.
A sequence of Sunday visits and church gatherings are noted among residents of Indiana towns. Families including Burress, Howard, York, McClellan, Shultz, Carp, Osborn, Haverstock, McCarter, Kutch, Jackson, Connell, Baile, Baile and others are mentioned visiting relatives and attending services at the log church and other nearby homes on Sunday. Multiple small gatherings reflect a quiet weekend social pattern.
Farlen Jno Hart of near Epsom and Mrs. Kemper of near Culpper were seen traveling through the area en route to Odon. O. B. Sanders and family visited Loogootee on Wednesday. Will Jackson led a road crew Thursday and Friday. Raymond and Roath Ledgerwood visited their uncle in Linton last week. Alfred Stout and family spent Sunday night in Odon with Hewitt Stout and family. H. Lee of Bloomington and Geo. Brown of Indianapolis were seen in the area this week visiting relatives.
Miss Helen Melsheimer from Indianpolis visits relatives in Ellnora while Aliss Agnes Pate of Eaglesville stops by with Miss Pearl Brown on Thursday and Friday. Several residents travel nearby towns including Sherman Weaver from Terre Haute and James Caylor returning from Martinsville and Yorktown. Others head to Washington and Linton, with Ruth McCown Plainville and Osear Booker Plainville noted among the Friday and Thursday movements.
They report Adam Ingalls, brother-in-law of Harman, is in serious condition after injuries from a railroad accident. His daughter Miss Irene Ingalls is improving rapidly after surgery. Both Harman and Neeremer rushed to Springfield to be with the family during the illness.
Delbert George Singleton aged 19 of Plainville wed Amy Nowling aged 17 of Steele township in a marriage license record. Frank Blackwell James Howard and Frank Trainor of Washington traveled to Odon Sunday to witness the Odon Elks ball game.
Murett Willard traveled to Indianapolis on Monday. Ina Kinneman returned from Burns City on Saturday. John Sheepherd, Bloomfield blind musician, visits friends nearby. Atty and Mrs F Clay Sims came Monday from Elnora. Mrs Sam Kinneman ill. Mr and Mrs Neal Nicholson hosted a gathering Saturday night for their son Guy’s twenty first birthday.
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