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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
8
Mrs. Gilbert Dougherty returns from Boonville to visit E. S. Taerber and family. Florence Vote hosts Sunday school with about twenty members. Vern Fortune sustains head injury on a moving freight car and recovers. Mrs. Ranger joins church at home. Parish events include baptisms and church programs. G D Ely suffers paralysis but improves slowly. Farmers report heavy barley threshing as harvest continues.
Samuel Clements of Oklahoma City returned home last Friday. Beatrice Koenig and her children visit grandmother Mrs. Jennie Lamar in Evansville. A daughter born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. James T. Mattingly and a son Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hartz. Wheat harvest active though overall quality uneven. John H. Bays, wife and son visited his parents. Bertha Heidelbech from Dal¢ visited family. Mrs. Bertha Bornhauser of Evansville visits Mrs. O. L. Walters.
Anton Schnellenberger returns from Iowa to spend summer with home folks. William Neu visited Ferdinand last Sunday. Oscar Vaal of Rockport spends week with relatives. Louis Meier moved to a new residence. Francis Becker of Jasper visits relatives here. John Ballis family leaves for Louisville to visit relatives. Joe Fischer attends brother John's funeral in Ferdinand. Ed Ringeman and family from Rayne La spend summer with relatives. College and seminary students leave for homes for vacation. Brass band picnic drew a large crowd despite a shower. all enjoyed the event.
Funeral services for Rucker Talbott who died at his Huff township home last Tuesday were conducted at New Hope Baptist Church Thursday by Rev. Clarence Shake with help from Revs. Stevens and Little. He was about 27, a county schoolteacher, and survived by his parents wife and one child. Mrs. Wilzareth Harter, age 91, died Friday night at her daughter Mary Lynam's home. She was widow of William Harter and member of the Methodist church. Funeral was at Highland church Sunday. Others noted: Hurst Fetcher Lloyds visited Kivansville. Hinkle family from Indianapolis visited a grandfather here. Ben Selby with Evansville trip. Emma Woodward of Clinton visiting relatives. Dr. Adye improves after illness.
Miss Laura Bergman traveled to Logansport Indiana on Monday for the State Sunday school convention this week. Rev F G Piepenbrok conducted business in Kivansville last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Carl Schnuck were guests of Wm Tableman and family near Liberal Sunday.
Sunday report notes Miss Emma Haase of Missouri arrived here last Wednesday to spend the summer with her sister Mrs. F. G. Piepenbrok. Wm. Babn conducted business at Tell City Saturday. German services are scheduled for Sunday morning with English services in the evening. All are welcome.
Farmers are busy cutting wheat. Miss Florence Kanzler of Rockport returns home for summer. Mrs. John Hartman of Tell City visited her brother August Frey and family. Rev. Piepenbrock spent last Wednesday at Evansville. Kenneth and Mary Kennedy attended the ice cream social at New Hope. John Frey of Owensboro visited relatives here. Frank Wetzel and family and Katherine Wetzel visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wetzel near the G M campground and attended children's day exercises.
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Mrs Adaline Arensman and Mrs Minnie Fromm of Huntingburg visit their brother A F Brown and relatives. Elmer and Ernest Brooner of Cleveland Ohio visit their mother Mrs Millie Brooner after riding a motorcycle. A F Brown and son Frank Jeff Monday to attend the Worlds Fair in San Francisco. Mrs Lula Crow and children visit Mrs Emma Hammond and Miss Jess Williams. Prof Albert Wedeking of Lincoln Nebraska, UMN teacher, visits Dale folks and will go to Bloomington next week for a Master of Arts degree. Roland Wallace returns from Decatur where he attended college. U B Sunday school picnic postponed one week. Wheat harvest begins. farmers busy. Some citizens go to Jasper for court. all return.
Miss Oma Sampson and others picnicked at Rocky Branch while Miss Mina White visited Miss Nora Pierson. A Sunday school program drew a large audience and an ice cream supper is planned for June 26 at Midway Grove. A miscellaneous shower honored Walter Abbott and his wife after their recent marriage.
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