Buy at Home Week Roanoke Plans A Big Local Push
Roanoke announces Buy at Home Week from August 29 to September 3 with manufacturers and jobbers joining merchants. Displays, demonstrations, samples, and a Wednesday band concert and Odd Fellows picnic are planned. tickets are free with no purchase required. Local firms from Fort Wayne to Huntington support the effort and a full list will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington County
Slater’s Park
Roanoke
Rebekah
George E. Hershman
Bippus
Roznoke Fire Department
Lees, Fire Department
F. Z. DeLong
DeWitt
Ora Garretson
Melvin’ Rith Cn
Yohlford
Paul Thompson
Don Haley
Geo, Landis
Pearl James
Vern McCloskey
Robert
Hoanok& A
Humdinger
The
Odd Fellows
Slater’s
Town
Mystery Names Appear in Fragmented Receptions List
A fragmented OCR fragment lists numerous names associated with Mt Etna and Huntington subordinate encampments. The garbled text includes references to William King R A Hall Frank Ray Alexander Casey Ben Robbins Rebekah Emma Alexander Rosa Thompson James Leverton Will Sam Weber Vern McCloskey Howard Williams Will Widner Andrews Charles Stephone Tete Billings and others, with unclear roles or affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etna
William King
R.A. Hall
Frank Ray
Koontz Family Holds Sixth Annual Reunion near Aboite
The Koontz reunion met in Clarence Swihart s grove one mile north of Aboite station on Sunday August 11 with 75 attendees. Out of town guests included Hover Kodute of Gothen May Mrs Teanders Koontz Ed Koontz and families of Fort Wayne, C Cluff S Swihart and families, Eudora Swihart, Robb and family of Kendallville, John Myers and family, Chafee Koontz, Chas Koontz, H Broxon and families and Fred Chenounen of Fort Wayne. The afternoon featured officer elections, letters from absent members, and a Florida trip talk by Aaron Koontz. The seventh meeting will be the second Sunday in August 1922 in Goshen Indiana. Visitors welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koontz
Clarence Swihart
Aboite Station
Hover
Walter Kodute
Gothen
May
Teanders ‘Koontz
Ed Koontz
Ebelhaner
Fort Wayne
C. Cluff
S. Swihart
Eudora Swihart
Robb
Kendallville
John Myers
Chafee Koontz
Huntington
Neva Chopley
H. T. Kilpatrick
Wm. Straushimer
St. Louis
Chas. Koontz
H. Broxon
Fred. Chennouer
Aaron Koontz
Florida
Goshen
Indiana
Arick Family Holds Fourth Annual Reunion at J J Arick Woods
The Arick reunion met at the J J Arick woods on Sunday August 14 with about 150 attendees. A bountiful dinner followed featuring twenty gallons of ice cream and ten large watermelons. Officers elected for the coming year include George Arick as president and J J Arick as secretary treasurer. next reunion set for the second Sunday in August 1922 at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arick
J. J. Arick Woods
George Arick
J. J. Arick
P. B. Settlemyre
Pond sells Roanoke Bakery to Fred Goodwald
H A Pond sold the Roanoke Bakery on Tuesday to Fred Goodwald of South Whitley who took possession Wednesday. Goodwald is a practical baker who has been in Whitley two years and recently sold out. He has moved his family here and intends to locate permanently. Roanoke will remain his home for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Pond
Roanoke
Fred Goodwald
South
Whitley
Goodwald
Roanoke Remembers Civil War Aftermath in New Orleans
A reader recalls events sixty five years ago in New Orleans near Clay Street and River Street with General Jackson statues guiding a city scarred by secession. He describes discharges from hospitals, scarce rations, and dock labor as veterans sought work amid hunger and scarce pay.
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New Orleans
Clay Street
River Street
Jackson
Caps Have Sounded for Robert Mayne
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Robert Mayne son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Mayne in Roanoke with a large crowd at A B church and at Huntington Mt Hope cemetery. The American Legion sent color guard and ex service men to escort the cortege with a firing squad and taps ending the solemn rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mayne
Arthur Mayne
A. B
Huntington Mt. Hope
Huntington
American Legion
Maple Grove Road
Frank McClelland
Roanoke
United Sorethern Church
Byrers
Melvin Rindchen
Elwood Hughes
Dean Wygant
Bayles Settlemyre
Arthur Travinger
Clark Haines
Donald Richards
Eldon Richards
Clyde Baker
Eldon Withrow
Max van Arsdel
Leslie Hathaway
Nellie Wilson
Agatha Settlemyre
Lucile Hathaway
Charles Langston
State
Byron Streets
West Park Drive
Oak Street
Donald Brown
Frank
McClelland
Bod Oy
Borla
French Bride Weds Local Roanoke Man in Evanston Ceremony
Miss Jeanne Isabelle Hascoet daughter of Ives Hascoet of Clohars Carnoet France and Ansel A. Richards son of N D E Richards Roanoke were married in Evanston Illinois on Thursday August 18. The couple, both well known locally, plan a honeymoon on the Great Lakes then visit the East before returning to Roanoke to reside in the R E Zent property after September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Illinois
Jeanne Isabelle Hascoet
Monsieur Ives Hascoet
Clohars-Carnoet
Finistere
France
Ansel A. Richards
N. D. E. Richards
Richards
Simon Reunion At Eli Simon Home North Front Roanoke
A Simon reunion is planned at the Eli Simon home north front Roanoke on a Saturday in August. Calven Simon serves as president and Mrs Gust Kline is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Eli Simon
Roanoke
Erth, Calven “Simon
Gust ‘Kline
Chiropractor Kirkland Establishes Fort Wayne Practice
Dr. Kirkland, the chiropractor who has traveled weekly from Fort Wayne to visit the office at Biascen hotel, has decided to relocate permanently and establish his practice there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort. Wayne
Kirkland
Fort .Wayne
Lozas
Biascen
Mrs Jennie Matthews and guests visit Henry Kress home
Mrs Jennie Matthews of Cincinnati Ohio and Mr and Mrs John Kline of Fort Wayne plus Mr and Mrs John Shank and Grace Dubbs with daughter Anna were guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Kress on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Matthews
Cincinnati
Ohio
John
Kline
Ft. Wayne
John Shank
Illinois Visit Recorded in Fragmented Clip
A fragmentary OCR snippet notes a visit last Saturday with a reference to Illinois and former associates. Details are incomplete, leaving core names and context unclear.
Roanoke Car Fire Suspects Sought After Monday Incident
Four men sought a ride from Roanoke garage owner at 1:30 am on a Monday night. When refused to use the firm’s service car, the nearby frame garage caught fire. two trucks and a frame building suffered about 7500 dollars in damage with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbaugh
Roanoke
Huntington
Allen County
Huntington-Alen County
Carbaugh & Helm
Mrs Chester Martz Dead at Whitley County Home
Mrs Chester Martz aged forty died Wednesday afternoon at her Whitley county line home after illness since December from tuberculosis. Born July 31, 1881 in Jackson township, she was the daughter of J M and Malinda Hoover. She married Chester Martz September 25, 1908 and is survived by her husband, her parents, and one adopted son Melvin Hoover. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 o'clock at Simons church with Rev D Walter Zartzman officiating. Burial will be at the Lutheran Cemetery half a mile west of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester. Martz
Whitley County
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C.F
Slater
PARK
Brown’s Corner
Roy Strouse
J. A. Whitman
John Roberts
Frank Reber
Lem. Davis
Otto Bruebaker
Miss. Lahr
Jessie Henderson
Daisy Crud
Warren
Charles Barns
Geo. Penfold
Elmer Keller
Harry Bonifield
Ernest McCord
Silbert Pribble
Stella Barnes
Grace Hart
J. M. Long
Delmer Miller
T. J. Thompson
Jacob Schoeff
Bert Spohnhauer
Don DeWitt
G. E. Dennis
James Young
Flora Hefner
Mary Goff
Robert Fryer
Mr. Carroll
Sylvester Stults
Mary E. Carroll
Heek
Mrs. Stults
Markle
J. H. Porick
B. W. Wright
C. D. Motz
J. O. Kelsey, E. E. Erhart and
E. A. Myers
Elizabeth Rouk
Emely Rogen
Ida Wersserse
G. E. Bursley & Co
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Cook-Welker-Hire Co
Copps Bros
Zook
Nappanee
Ditzler Poultry Co
Double Fabric Tire Co
Auburn
Fred. Eckart Packing Co
Emerick Baking “Co
Globe Stove & Range Co
Kokomo
Hoosier Paint Co
Charles
Huntington Grocery Co
Huntington Milling Co
Huntington-Collins' Ice Cream Co
S.eh
Lippinsky Co
Moon & Moon
North Manchester Milling Co
North Manchester
Northside Bakery
Perfection Biscuit Co
Alexander, Casey, and
Ben Robbins
le Sey Press
Ada “Galvert, Rosa “Thompson and
Emma ‘Alexander
Jjames
Leverton
Oliver
Will and
Sam Weber
Vern’ McCloskey
Howard ‘Williams
Will’ Widner
Ness
By DE. S. Koontz
Hascoet—Richards
Tlinois
Proprieto
Chester Martz
United’ Brethern Church
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