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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
5
Charley Herron and family receive Sunday visitors while Rev Bash Alford and relatives tour local areas. Families including Howard, Saylor, Connell, Brock and McNabb share visits. several attend Uncle Isaac Boyd's funeral. The high school opens with 30 students as community shares picnics, repairs, and a wreath of social rounds.
Edith Andes visited friends in Washington last week. William Chambers and wife spent Sunday with Alfred Chestnut and family. Several local residents attended birthday dinners at Milt Bowman and Emery Fiskey’s, and visits occurred among the Byrer, Wilkey, Chestnut, Arney, Hatfield, Mallette, Chestnnut, Wade, Chandler, Turk, and Arney households near Shiloh, Liberty, and Washington.
Mrs Ward and daughter Narion of St Louis visit Mrs Abs Haaler. Miss Inez Jameson stays with grandparents near Lyons. John Richardson Jr leaves for Terre Haute to study veterinary work. Dan Campbell travels to Illinois for broom corn work. Paria Taylor and wife of Farlen visit Dawson Odgen and family. Abe Hasler and wife attend Isaac Hoyd funeral at Good Hope Charness. Asbell and family spend Sunday together.
This brief reports church festival proceeds of 32 dollars for the present pastor, visits from residents and relatives in nearby towns, and locals moving, traveling, or hosting guests. It notes high school baseball plans with Plainville and various regional movements including coal sales at Ketchem bank and a local merchandise sale by Nugent Cox Shufflebarger.
John Healy and wife have returned to Washington. Cooper Bros and Reason Vennett of Odon demonstrated a Reo car here Wednesday. Ruby Groves visited with Mattie Snider Saturday night. Corda and Ethel Grove visited with Ruby Groves Sunday. Myers Bros resumed work at their saw mill Friday. Farmers begin wheat sowing this week. Catherine Jones of New Haven arrived to visit her brother August Seegers. Stephen Parker of Epsom lured the ting tribe on the creek Saturday, injuring malaria and refreshing mosquitos. Sarah Miles, previously crippled, fell Saturday and sustained a double fracture of the lower limb.
Buren and Madison teachers at Odon. Miss Agnes Pate spent Friday night with friends at Elnora. Garland Wadsworth went to Elnora Saturday to spend a few days with relatives. The rain of Saturday night was very acceptable to farmers. J. A. Overton returned to Hillsdale Saturday after spending most of the week here looking after his mining interests. Louis Holland and wife, southeast of here, went to Loogootee Saturday to attend the funeral of a sister in law, Mrs. Vester Smith of Indianapolis.
Clida and Ethel Aishe entertained at dinner Sunday with a long list of guests including Dorothy Ads Lena Bolding Dovie Kitty Bessie Smith Lula Lilly Millie Long Thelma Liza Skomp Iva Baile and Grace Callahan Gladis Flinn visited Pearl McClellan Raleigh Callahan spent Sunday with Orville Wikle Tom Sears visits his father Luther Sears family Tom Rarden and near Good Hope spent Sunday with Walter Rarden family Arnold Holsteine from Washington visited Clarence and Bill McClellan Josie Richardson returned to Scotland Dutch Swartz near Bellview passed through George Arney and wife visited Harve Chestnut and family Roy Callahan and daughter Nadene visited Harve Aishe family Sam Kinnaman and wife visited Fred Kinnaman Odon Virgil Long and daughter Marcella of the Marsh with Lew Cunningham and Clarence Weaver and wife at Dan Sauls Sunday meetings well in progress.
Willow Lick residents including aura Sears Spencer Kern and family Leo Sears Mrs Ada Hendren Luther Calvin and Tom Sears of Bailes Mrs Frank Boardman Grant Overton and Adolphus Sears spent Sunday with J T Sears family Wim Seneff and sons Harry and Ira attended the O Taylor sale Wednesday Wm Spragne and family visited Claude Sprague and wife John Sears went to Shoals Bertha Overton visited sister Mrs Rose Myers near Burns City Robert Zeigl and family Sunday visit Leonard Ramsey and Grant Sipes with Philip Miller and wife Bertha Overton and Pam visiting near Newberry this week several social visits noted with neighbors and kin
Farlen C Harp and wife from Old Salem were here Saturday. Mrs Phoeba Cobble of Hahn Mo visited W N Sanders and Jeff Richardson near Odon was here Saturday. Jessie Carr from Antioch also passed through. Srl Bechtel and Julis O'Donald spent Saturday in Scotland with friends. ae B Phipps and Ot Taylor traveled to Linton Tuesday on business. Young people attended the fair at Newberry this week.
A surprise birthday party was held Friday evening south of here in honor of Miss Ruth. A large crowd of young people attended and had an enjoyable time. G W Resier and family east of here spent Sunday with his parents, Dan Resler and wife near Shiloh.
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