Big Victory Celebration Draws Massive Local Parade
A huge crowd gathered Monday as a grand victory celebration filled Plainville and nearby towns. Delegations from Plainville and Elnora joined in a long parade to Washington, with the Od on and Washington bands, floats, and the old Walnut Hill cannon. A courthouse program followed the procession and citywide festivities continued at night with music, speeches by Rev. Edwin Shake and Chas. Sims, and a singing of Keep the Home Fires Burning led by Bonnie Sommers.
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Plainville
Elnora
Washington
Qdon
Washington Band
Kaiseri m
Court House
Walnut Hill
Odon
Edwin Shake
Chas. Sims
Bonnie Sommers
Local Notes From Epsom Area Social Visits
EPSOM J. E. Grave plans to move to town. Louie Sett to El- Cet nora Thursday. A C Myer and W A Bogher went to Arkansaw. Rev Settle of Eaglesville visited Epsom Wednesday. D L Myers drove to the county seat Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Pruett of near Odon visited their son J T Pruett and family Sunday. Theodore McCall and family visited with F Poindexter. Cora Cary Vern McCall visited Cra and Mary McCall Sunday. Ernest Keller Elmer Hardy Nelson Ernest Myers and Warden Eaton reportedly have the flute. Ed Scott and family were guests of W Hagar Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rey O’Brian were guests of J C O’Brian Sunday.
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Mrs. Pruett
Near Odon
J. T. Pruett
Card of Thanks for Delphia Richard’s Loss
Card thanks neighbors friends and Mr G W Henderson for aid and sympathy during the death and burial of Mrs Delphia Richard. The notice mentions a bereavement and a period of about 31 weeks until Christmas and advertises holiday goods at the Drug Store On the Corner.
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G. W. Henderson
Delphia Richard
Mrs. Delphia Richardson Dies After Illness
Mrs. Delphia Thacker Richardson, a longtime East Odon resident and Baptist, died Thursday November 7 at her home from age related illness. Born January 22, 1841 in Virginia she had three marriages producing nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at her residence and burial followed at Walnut Hill.
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Wm. Richardson
East Odon
Delphia Thacker Richardson
Virginia
R. R. Jones
P. P. Jones
Wattersburg
Conn
Jnc. Hartley
Tennessee
Rosamer E. Parish
Bedford
Ind
Robert Hartley
Coal Grove
Ohio
Wm Richardson
Martin County
Indiana
Octon
Walnut Hill
The
Baptist Church
Local Social Visits Mentioned Across Kilgore Area
Mrs Harvey Faith and Mrs Oral Riggins host and visit kin across Kilgore Thursday and Friday. Anne Wadsworth and Gladys Smiley spend Thursday with friends. Stella Smiley visits Catherine O Connor. families in Faith, Dean, Broush, Suntley areas share weekend moments.
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Harvey Faith
Neva Smiley
Graf Riggins
Letters From Home Describe WWI Camp and France Service
A long wartime letter from Corporal Harold McCallian of Holy's Company 27th Field Artillery details hospital illness with pneumonia, quarantine, and fear of being left behind as troops move. He recalls his brother Russell in the Marines and mentions church support, plus a later letter from Corporal Luther Sutton in the 93rd Aerial Squadron describing front experiences and varied duties in England and France.
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Bru
O. K
Russell
France
Marines
Tania the Holy
Stad
Vade Sum
Amiy
Holgs
Harold McCallian
Holy's
R. A. Setton
Kurtz
Luther H. Sutton
Community Notes From Raglesville and Surrounding Areas
Miss Elsie Wadsworth and Miss Eulala Guthrie of Odon visited in Raglesville with the Wadsworth and Clark families. Local schools reopened after a four week shutdown. Corn husking and shredding are the current farm labor tasks as Maehfrost appears Tuesday.
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Elsie Wadsworth
Eulala Guthrie
Odon
Jane Wadsworth
Mollie Clark
W. H. Clark Sr
M. C. Pate
Wadsworth
War ends shift to citizenship education in Daviess County
The War ended and the ban lifted, urging renewed dedication to peacetime schooling. Ray York and Benjamin Ritter are tied to education work, while 32 teachers took October licensing exams. Enrollment goals aim for 100 percent countywide, with plans for revised history chapters and postwar teacher institutes.
Christmas Label Drive for Overseas Boy Shipments
Notice urges sending Christmas labels to Washington Red Cross HQ by 5 PM Wednesday or arrange own delivery. Labels for cartons due this week. last chance at Washington Wednesday. Chris Weaver of Elnora visiting. Justin Carlead of homing hearts Odon Milling Co ad. for sale Scotch Collie pups black sable white males 3 each from John A O Connor Eaglesville.
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Washington
Justin Carlead
Homing
Odon “Milling Co
John A- O'Connor
Eaglesville
O Bryant Dies in Terre Haute After Illness
Wm T O Bryant a former resident died in Terre Haute last Monday from incipient pneumonia brought on by Spanish influenza. He resided east of town on the Gingrich place before moving to Terre Haute two years ago to work in the Railroad Shops. Survived by wife and two children. mother Mrs Kate O Bryant lives at Epsom. Body shipped to this city. funeral at Walnut Hill cemetery with Rev Denbo of Jasonville assisted by Rev Bedwell of Plainville.
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Wm. T. O’bryant
Terre Haute
O’briant
Walnut Hill Cemetery
Rev
Denbo
Jasonville
Bedwell
Plainville
Little Girl Dies in West Odon
Dorothy Elanor Overton, two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Overton of West Odon, died last Wednesday of spasmodic croup after a sudden illness. Funeral arrangements had not been announced at press time.
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Dorothy Elanor
Homer Overton
West Odon
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Epsom
J. E. Grave
Louie Sett
Myer
el- Cet
A.C. Myer
W. A. Bogher
Arkansaw
Settle
D. L. Myers
Theodore McCall
Cora, Cary
Vern McCall
Cra
Mary McCal
Ernest Keller
Elmer Hardy Nelson
Ernest Myers
Warden Eaton
Flut
Ed Scott
W. ‘. Hagar
Andrs. Rey O’brian
J.C. O'brian
Delphia Richardson
Kilgore
Thomas Faith
Thomas Riggins
Palmer Dyal
Oral Riggins
Faith
Glen Dean
Anne Wadsworth
Gladys
Charney Smiley
Sarah Broush
Odo
Glen Deane
Laura Strange
Mattie and
Ruby Fard
Mrs
Palmer Duval
Charley Suntley
Gladys Oval
Anna Wadsworth
Stella Smiley
Catherine O Connor
Fritz
England
Camp Mills
Lusland
U. S
Heber
Hazel
Will
Raglesville
Frank M. Dant
Logan Dant
Francis Kidwell
J. A. Overton
Prof
Ray Crane
Here
Lealdes Wadsworth
Near
Jas. E. Gilley
County
Sup’t
Ray York
Madison Township
Benjamin H. Ritter
Epsom Schools
Blue Ridge North Carolina
Schoo
Daviess Coun
State Teachers’ Association
United Effort
Teeacher
M. O. Pate
Chas
Dennis Riggins
F. G. Winklepleck
Grover Jackson
Martin Co
Daviess County
Chris Weaver
Odon Man
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