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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
5
Sunday gatherings fill the column with visits from several families. Many neighbors travel to see relatives in Terre Haute Worthington Jasonville Newberry and nearby areas while church activities and a funeral draw attendees.
Valley View residents report Ancel Clayton of Lyons visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs William Callahen. G A Cunningham and family of Baile spent Sunday with H O Ketchem. Cleveland Johnson of Mud Pike was in the area early this week. Mr and Mrs John Herron visited relatives at Bunkum Sunday. Mrs Mary A Boyd and Miss Susie Bowman spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Robt Freed who is ill. Flag day exercises drew attendees from the area at Odon Saturday night. Continued wet weather favors hay over corn harvest in local fields. Rev S L Todd attended church services at Bunkum Sunday.
Mrs J B Shielde and Miss Ester Nugent of Newberry spent Monday afternoon with Mrs C W Ayers, sharing time and hospitality in a cordial social visit.
Odeon readers find Adler-i-ka a swift aid for bowel issues. One spoonful clears foul matter and relieves constipation gas and sour stomach. The mix purportedly acts on both lower and upper bowel, with few doses easing chronic stomach troubles. The Odon Drez Co.
Notice announces T M Sears as attorney and Luther Boyd as administrator of the estate of Andrew J Boyd deceased. The estate is said to be solvent. Also notes Ona Summerville and her son William returning home to Vincennes after visiting relatives.
Raulez Lil J D Hackler was summoned to Fisher on account of his son Beruz's death. John Williams and wife attended the funeral of Mrs Williams' brother Bernet Slackler. Miss Ruth Hewitt of Odon visited Miss Pansy Dual. A large crowd attended a flag drill in Odon. The wet weather has farmers discouraged. Mrs Mae Swayze and Hazel Wadsworth were elected school telephone operators for six weeks. Several families visited relatives in Indianapolis.
A sequence of short notices records Albert Bright and family visiting Alfred Daugherty in Plainville, various Sunday and weekend visits among local families, and numerous small gatherings. Names include Mrs Charley Trotter, Rev Samuel Dyer, Elizabeth Borden, James Ritter, Tella Newberry, Goldin, Burkhart, Pruett, Fielder, Meurers, Bright, Teague, and Webber. Mention of Irish potatoes and local produce deliveries to Odon closes the item.
Local residents gathered for flag drill in Odon on Saturday. Many near Newberry and Scotland visited, including Ernest Walls and family, B Ledgerwood, Floyd Willis, Herman Heshebnan and wife, Jeff Richardson and wife, Rev Driskel and wife, and others. Several others traveled through or spent Sunday with local families, with multiple mentions of neighbors from Nebo Culpepter Union Burns City and Pin Hook.
Wesley Brown and wife near Liberty spent Sunday with Levi Resler and family. Thelma Gaham of Indianapolis visited Harold Gaham and daughter. Ida Franklin stayed with Roscoe Franklin and family. Elia Morrison of Sandtown visited Julia Wilkey. Ora Wade stayed with Roscoe Franklin of Odon. John Arney Sr. spent a week with Marsh friends and relatives. John Arney Jr. and family attended a birthday dinner at Wm Arney's. Aaron Hattery and Dan Hatfield and families visited John Kelsey.
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