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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
1
A veteran recalls a 13th Corps encampment near Roanoke during a rest period. He details guard duties, a court martial scare, a whiskey fueled officer, a tomatoes haul in the woods, and a brief trip to town for pay and ice water.
Local notes report a brand new motorcycle officer on the direct road to Webster Lake and nearby lakes, said to be stopping all travelers at high speed. The town collects assorted items from distant history and headlines include draft evasion arrests and a mysterious skull discovery near Lagro.
Hugh Nicol longtime baseball player and later athletic director at Purdue University died of diabetes and gangrene in a local hospital on Monday. Born in Scotland he moved to the United States as a child settling in Rockford Illinois where he learned marble cutting before rising to the major leagues.
At Tuesday’s school board meeting Miss Madelaine Wolfe of North Manchester was chosen for the domestic science instructor position in the local school.
The Sunday school begins a quarter studying the life of Paul with lessons at 9 45 in Highlands N Mh led by Miss Florence Smith. The pastor Rev F B Feighner preaches 10 30 and 7 30. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Woman's Missionary Society meets Tuesday evening with Mrs Ernest Welch. G F Byrer is pastor.
The Epworth League of the M. E. church elected officers during a party at the Mahlon Hathaway home. Pres Emery Gillespie. 2nd Vice Blanche Hathaway. 3rd Vice Mrs Zola Scobey. 4th Vice Mrs Grace Hathaway. Sec Ethel Lawrence. Treas Clark Shatter. Pianist Beth Hatter. Assistant Pianist Lrpile Hathaway.
The Community Club picnic at Elmer Slaters grove on July 4 features a 1:30 PM bag ball game and 3:00 PM races plus horseshoes and other activities. Open to everyone with no charges. attendees pay only for their supper. Water and children’s amusements provided.
In Smyth County near Devil's Nose Mountain Virginia Superintendent B E Copenhaver revisits a five year old promise to verify literacy and finds generations unable to read or write. He recalls old petitions listing twenty two men nine illiterate and notes a farm visit where locals learn to read and write. The journey follows Hungry Mother Creek and Devil's Nose Mountain revealing rural schooling hunger.
Indiana farmers and citizens will testify at county hearings by July 11 as part of a national Farm Bureau initiative. County agents and farm bureau officers will organize sessions to present agricultural conditions to the congressional joint commission, with data from producers dealers and bankers to compare farmer prices and consumer costs.
S J Douglass closed a deal earlier this week to acquire the Grim building now used as a furniture store. He plans several improvements on the property in the near future.
Sunday School worship with Epworth League evening service led by S G Emery. 9:30 service time noted.
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