06 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
1
Rapid preparations for a new motion picture theatre by the Odon Amusement Co proceed this week. Carpentry work focuses on lobby booth and raised floor while a modern ventilating system and incandesent light projector promise cool comfort and steady pictures. The venue will show high grade films with an educational summer program on agriculture and poultry.
Indiana state board of tax commissioners announces total assessed value for 1,050 banks and trust companies at 95.495 million dollars, about 25 percent higher than 1918, due in part to new tax law taxing excess dividends. Daviess County banks listed include Elnora 14900, Montgomery 17600, Odon farms 14500 and 80300, Plainville 19400, The State Bank 53600, Citizens Loan and Trust 14460, People’s Bank 187300, with R F Myers noted in Washington.
Miss Fay Inman visits relatives in Linton this week. Harvey Plummer returns to Camp Sherman after furlough. Decoration day address given by Wiley Hastings of Princeton. Large crowd, farmers busy with corn planting. Ingram Williams and family visit the Lambs. Frank Jackson and wife from Indianapolis stay a few days. Claud Bowman and family from Elnora visit. Boy Scouts host an ice cream supper Friday. Miss Angie Toon visits Loogootee friend Georgia Toon. Mrs Ella Kutch visits Washington. Moses Thomas visits from Indianapolis for Decoration Day. Nellie Toon travels home with him. Ben Schull family visits Kirby Kutch family. Funeral of Mrs Miranda Bricker in Scotland attended by locals. John Maryfield family visit Tilford Kutcher and Mrs Chris Holt. Wanda Lee Holt guest of Jasper Williams family.
The Odon Band takes charge of the annual Old Settlers gathering after a re organization meeting last week. Officers elected include Pres C A Breden Secretary J Ralph Gantz Treasurer Wm Bair with directors to handle events and a plan for a major homecoming in the city. Edley Rogers of Carlisle visited Friday and offered support from the Carlisle News.
Chas Caress and Miss Gladys Hannah joined in marriage at the bride’s sister home last Saturday evening. The bride is a popular Elnora young woman with many friends locally and in the city. The groom, a progressive local man, recently returned from overseas service in World War I. They will live in Elnora.
The funeral for Willard Kidwell was held at St Josephs church on Saturday forenoon with many relatives and friends in attendance. He formerly lived in east Van Buren township and his death brought sorrow to Daviess and Martin counties. Decoration services were observed, followed by a procession to Kilgore and Liberty cemeteries to honor the departed.
Local notices include visits from Miss Magdeline Winklepleck and Mrs Homer Cunningham, Miss Doris Bloomer from Terre Haute, and Miss Amy Hill visiting Washington. Classified items advertise a pedigree O I C boar for sale, money to loan on farm loans, shoes from J H Callahan Co, and clothing from Odon Clothing. Also mentions visits to relatives, Decoration Day at Riverside, and Whitney Treatment for Piles with Des Moines address.
A meeting of interest to Daviess County farmers is set for June 7 at Purdue Experiment Field in Worthington Greene County. It explains soil fertility, rotation, lime fertilizer and manure practices with field results and practical money returns. Worthington is about a three hour drive for area farmers.
Dale Boyd and Miss Edith Ballard were married at the bride’s Terre Haute home Sunday May 25 in a ceremony by Rev. Berry of the First ME church. Only families and a few guests attended. The couple will reside in Terre Haute where Boyd works, with plans for their future home.
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