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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
3
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday school at 9 20 a m and preaching at 10 79 a m with a 7 30 p m service. Junior League meets at 1 30 p m and evening services address topics of special interest to the young. Prayer meeting Thursday night and League Friday night. Pastor C C Lowther invites the young to Sunday night sermons.
A tribute poem honors Uncle John Burrell, aged about eighty, who for fifteen years served as sexton at the M. E. Church. It notes his long service, the bell tolling he masters, and foresees his forthcoming retirement as July 24 1908.
Odon prepares for August 13 to 15 Old Settlers celebration with expanded premiums. Donors include W T Alexander Sears Bros Danner Diefendorf Pickett and others. Entries range from livestock to essays and art with prize values up to 3 dollars and more. The Southern Indiana Band backs the event and local merchants boost support.
The column reports residents and visitors around St Josephs church, with trips to Jerre Haute and Washington, teacher exams in progress, and several households hosting relatives. Names include Grace Jackson Emma Spaulding Agnes Alice Pate Tillie Wadsworth and many local families. Community updates note farming work in Illinois and mines employment in Bicknell.
Church at Union Chapel Sunday night by Rev. F. Potts invites all. J. Baile recovered from heat moved threshing machine and is able to work. Mrs. E. Taylor on sick list. H. M. Connell family with Henry Porter in Martin county. Will Courtney family visited Col Kinnaman. Walter Herron has new telephone. Richard Dyer family from Odon visited Edgar Ward. Lon Lane from Odon passed through. Sherrie Howard family visited James Herron. Mrs Charley Herron visited Liman Haverstock. Col Kinnaman visited daughter Mrs Obe McNabbb in Linton.
Attorneys C K Tharp and J W Ogden represented the plaintiff while M S Hastings and Thos J Brooks spoke for the town of Odon. The preliminary examination occurred Tuesday at the Messick home, with legal teams traveling from Washington Elnora Bedford and arriving by train and automobile.
Program for the Women's Missionary Society meeting at the church on August 4 with hymn Jesus Lover of My Soul scripture Ezekiel 47 read by Mrs J A Burrell prayers by Mrs PLA Winklepleck readings by Mrs Minnie Cooper and Mrs Chas Breden including Young Ladies Here Young Ladies There by Miss Oma Callahan Philanthropic missions discussed by Mrs E T Laughlin roll call on favorite hymn reading minutes collection and business disinfection planned.
A reminiscence by WM. BAIR describes a Sunday School outing to Blankenship. Highlights include fishing, dinner on the ground, swimming, and the long return to the station after teasing the operator girl about her beau. The piece captures simple pleasures of a day spent with family and friends.
The School Town of Odon Indiana invites sealed bids by August 8 1908 for furnishing 1500 bushels of lump coal to be delivered in August 1908 to the school basement. Bids opened between 7 and 8 PM August 8 1908. The board may reject any or all bids. A A Lane Secretary.
The Old Settlers picnic gathers Odonites and Daviess Countians for a homecoming with stock exhibitions. Judges, both men and women, promise fairness in departments while former pioneers’ legacy lives on as a new generation continues the event.
Jos Chestnut returned from Illinois Thursday as rains boost a big corn crop. Farmers threshing across the neighborhood share in the yields. Isaac Salyards suffered a painful accident with an ax, breaking a rib but recovering. D W Resler improves from illness. Henry Sanders and wife of Martin County visit their daughter Mrs Heshelman. Amy Overton visits Loogootee friends. Roy Bauserman goes to Edwardsport to work. Clark Lamb and wife visit Wm Christenberry. O O Hinkle and family visit relatives in Bedford. Arisson Overton and Dale Sears make a business trip to Toogootee. Bethel Burress visits Ethel Lamb.
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