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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
4
Notice appears in Rockport Indiana indicating mail matter entered at the local post office as second class and forwarded for public distribution.
Indiana now owns Lafayette Spring near Canton in Perry county after bequest by Mr and Mrs J C Shallcross. Richard Lieber states the property includes an acre plus, with a tablet to honor Perry county men who died in World War I. The spring lies in a cliff.
The site marks a place by the Ohio River where General Lafayette stayed during his 1825 visit to the United States after a shipwreck on his voyage down the river.
Miss Olive Roberts will depart next week for Chicago to attend the university there this summer.
Misses Alberta and Edna Mae Ansterley return to St Louis after wintering here. Miss Elsie Partridge and Miss Helen Motteler were guests of Miss Ruby Lloyd of Richland on Sunday and Monday.
Mr and Mrs T W Savage traveled to West Baden on Tuesday and Mrs Savage will stay for a month while Mr Savage returned on Wednesday.
Charles H. Miles of San Francisco California spent last Saturday and Sunday with his mother Mrs Miles in Williamson street, detailing a family visit in the local social notes.
Miss Helen Adams undergoed an appendectomy at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis last Thursday morning and is reported to be recovering nicely.
George Stevenson and Wiford Wells, Purdue University students, spend the summer at the Purdue civil engineering camp near Maple City, Michigan.
The Elite ball team fell 4 to 3 to Degonia in a six inning game at Rockport last Sunday. Rain halted play before completion. Rockport batteries were Schoenfeld and Milner.
Whitney Rise of Indianapolis spent last Sunday and Monday in the city visiting relatives. The trip focused on family time and local connections.
Mrs. Ethel Barricks and her two children from Danville Indiana are visiting for several weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs Ed Roberts near Mt. Zion.
Misses Charlotte Pyeatte and Margaret Sargent are visiting Chicago and Galesburg Illinois as guests of Mrs Donald Dunstall. They traveled by car with Miss Sargent at the wheel.
A. J. Rhodes, merchant prince of Lincoln City, conducted business in town Wednesday and was noted as a longtime trustee of Carter township until two years ago, regarded as one of the township’s best.
J Lawrance Cadick returns to Bloomington Indiana after a week with his parents Mr and Mrs D BE Cadick to attend the summer term at Indiana University.
George Wells, William Wells, John Rimstidt, James Rimstidt, Lester Yeager, William Jacobs, and Robert Montgomery, students of Purdue University, have returned to their homes here for the summer.
J. N. Atkinson of Oklahoma City has been the guest of Max V. Bosier and Dr. and Mrs. F S Bosier last week. Atkinson was connected with the Daily Oklahoma in Oklahoma City as Bosier’s associate.
Mrs C D Ehrman entertained last Friday at her Fifth street home in a farewell card gathering for her sister Mrs J Allen Armstrong of La Junta Colorado who returned home after a several week visit with the Ehrman family and relatives.
A motor party led by Dr. and Mrs. Goldman with children and friends left for Gull Lake Michigan for a two week cottage stay. James F Alley of Lincoln City, a WWI veteran who saw months in France, attended the American Legion banquet Tuesday evening and, though gassed in the Argonne Forest, still suffers from its effects.
Rockport delegates Ollie Bottenfield Vena Kopp John Gilbert Spayd Taylor Pyle Milburn Kopp and Mary Bryant selected for the Epworth League convention in Petersburg Indiana on June 13 1415. The league will oversee Sunday church services June 19 at 7 30 pm with a convention report and a large crowd expected.
A list of marriage licenses shows Felix Nickels Jr and Pearl Smith both of Owensboro. Herman Lance and Maria Denis of Newburg. John J. Thoss of Evansville and Annie Jane Scheurer of Evansville. Iran Mount and Katie Musgrave of Kentucky. Elias A. Dean and Mary Zona Mills of Owensboro. John Carman and Ethel Jones of Kentucky. Fred Carman and Eva Jones of Kentucky. James Fred Jackson of Owensboro and Mary Malcolm Wise of Owensboro. Thomas Corum of Madisonville and Alberta Whitfield of Kentucky. Emil W. Vogel of Lamar and Marie Kleiser of Evanston.
The American Legion thanks all who contributed to the success of their first annual banquet last Tuesday evening. Hans contributed to the grand success, with Harry Fatherer serving as Comdy.
Miss Ida Shrode daughter of Mrs. Laura Shrode of Chriseny married William McDaniel of Little Rock Tuesday evening at the Methodist parsonage in Little Rock Indiana and Illinois trip planned June by the new couple. They reside in Little Rock and Mrs McDaniel has stayed with her brother Porter Shrode.
The Elite ball team will travel to Baskett Kentucky next Sunday for a scheduled game there.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Frank died last Sunday morning and was buried in Shiloh cemetery.
Mrs Walter Brown hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Allan Mohr last Thursday evening at her home on Williamson Street.
Mrs M Weil sails for London next week to visit her son Herbert Weil and her brother Louis Schoenfeld, continuing a family visit abroad.
The Maxwell touring car belonging to Samuel Laird was destroyed by fire last Thursday night near Sun Set Hill cemetery. Occupants Laird Phillip Eigenmann and Edwin Ehrman escaped without injury.
Mrs Flora Klotz Ruth Dawson and son Harry and Miss Callie Thompson of Richland attended a birthday dinner for Mrs Leonard Phillips last Sunday at the home of Mrs Emma Dawson near Grandview.
Union Chapel Church hosts an ice cream supper Sunday June 25 organized by the Ladies Aid Society to benefit the church. The event invites all attendees to support the parish fundraising effort.
Orville Sanders, who was jailed several weeks ago on the Rock Road project near Chrisney, has returned to his work last Monday.
A Legion banquet feature urged young men to lead community progress and accept civic roles alongside women voters. Col. Wright called on marriage and leadership, while W. C. Mason framed civil war veterans as a living link to strength and service, insisting the country owes heroes everything.
L. N. Savage closed the program urging marriage and big families as a hobby. He stressed legion duties to the organization and said it backs only moves benefiting all people. The post adjourned planning a Fourth of July drill team at the fair grounds with volunteers signed up and practices to begin.
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