Winnings at Poultry Show at Opera House
A Poultry Show audience saw winners announced at the Opera House with awards for top exhibitor and best fowl. Judges cited quality and variety among entries.
15 Jan 1920
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Newspaper
Plainfield Messenger
Location
Plainfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
1
A Poultry Show audience saw winners announced at the Opera House with awards for top exhibitor and best fowl. Judges cited quality and variety among entries.
Many exhibitors win ribbons and cups at the inaugural Poultry and Pet Stock Show. Judges praised entries and offered improvement tips. A. S. Williams of Clayton won best cockerel and champion bird cups with a Baden Rock cockerel. numerous local breeders plan to enter more shows next year as Plainfield gains recognition.
The Three Arts Department plans its next meeting on January 24 with Miss Jemma Hiss at the group’s venue. The Home Economics Department gathered last Friday with Mrs. Robert McCullough as hostess and Mrs. Ray Briner leading discussion on pots and oils. Chicken sandwiches and coffee were served. The Friday Club will hold an all day meeting with Mrs. Frank Cooper in Irvington tomorrow. The Plainfield Franchise League plans a Library meeting next Tuesday afternoon January 20 with attendance encouraged and visitors welcome.
Mildred Harris Chaplin offers 500 dollars to any Plainfield theater patron who can give the most convincing reason why the world old tradition of man superiority should be shattered. Letters must be addressed to Mrs. Chaplin at 6 West Forty-eighth street New York City.
Symons has secured the latest Columbia Records offerings. The move signals a fresh lineup for patrons awaiting new releases and catalog additions from the label.
P H S notes reveal slides used in art lectures and an upcoming Teachers Institute on January 17. Seniors study Longfellow, Freshman Eng class writes a sequel to The Cricket on the Hearth, and Domestic Science showcases are noted amid a 1920 tragedy joke. Boys basketball results versus Danville and planned Bainbridge clash loom large for next Friday with invites to attend.
The Treasury urges the public to buy Liberty bonds as safe savings, backed by bankers. David R. Forgan calls Liberty Loan bonds unmatched for low risk. Frank O Wetmore highlights government bonds as supreme security with potential value rise. George L. Arnold cites strong demand as weaker holders move bonds to stronger hands.
An executive from a press builder envisions tomorrow’s newspaper plant with no presses and a hub of telegraphs. Subscribers receive a wired, under ground network with home reader boards and nightly news sheets printed remotely.
Rev. W P McKinsey of Lebanon, former pastor here, to preach next Sunday morning with larger attendance expected. Sunday School at 9 30 and 9 36. morning worship 10 45. evening service 7. Family Day at Friends Church next Sunday 10 30 with sermon The Place of the Home in Society. solo by Mrs Emmett Bly. evening service 7 with Mrs Watson on Why We Are Cast Down. Sunday School hour 9 30 A M. 2 B at Y Blox ay will speak. Divine Mission Womenship subject Wom eion.
Rev Willard O Trueblood of the First Friends church Indianapolis preached Sunday night to a mixed audience of Baptists Methodists Christians and Friends. He urged men to face church indifference and general unrest noting lax tax ethic while offering the church as a force for a better world and better business.
The Plainfield Building and Loan Association declares regular semi annual dividends of 4 percent and elects officers Joseph E. Prewitt as president W A Rushton as vice president and G G Cumberworth as secretary treasurer The annual report shows 1919业务 exceeded all prior years with no losses since organization on January 2 1897 and only one mortgage foreclosed.
The Old Bunch basketball players beat the Debonairs Club of Indianapolis 46 to 29 at the high school gym Saturday night. The game featured clean play with only four personal fouls and the local team, a group of high school stars, is gaining a reputation for speed and teamwork. They will face the Mooresville Elks here on Saturday night, January 24.
The Clayton Friday Afternoon Club prints year programs at the Messenger office for distribution at the first meeting of 1920 with Mrs. Sergei Bolen hosting tomorrow. New officers include President Mrs Amzi Flotz and Secretary Mrs Amos Mitchell. monthly meetings are set for the third Friday afternoon.
The officers elect of the Order of the Eastern Star will be installed at the Masonic Temple next Thursday evening January 22. Members of the Masonic Lodge and their families and members of the Eastern Star and families are invited. The event will be followed by informal entertainment.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. G. G. Cumberworth on Thursday January 22 for an all day meeting. All members are invited.
Walter Barlow fell on the fire Tuesday morning injuring several severe bruises. He slipped coming down the steps from his porch at home and sustained a bad wrench in addition to bruises.
A horse belonging to Ray Howard bolted without a driver on Center Street near Main, causing people to scatter and a traffic sign to be knocked over. Rev. Edwin S. Sweeney stopped the animal. Horace Hanna helped by restoring Rev. Sweeney’s lost hair after the effort. No injuries or property damage reported.
Mrs. Cora Zimmermann of Six Points was in town on business Wednesday morning. The ad invites readers to get a complete Columbia Record Catalog at Symons’ today for free.
In the 35th annual Art Association show at the Joiner-Herror Art Institute Indianapolis galleries display American and European masterworks. A notable room presents John F Carlson's Winter Rigor a powerful winter landscape with gray skies and towering oaks creating a vivid contrast between sunlit clouds and somber tones.
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