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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
5
Local church activities include an ice cream supper on the church lawn next Tuesday the 24th hosted by the Diligent Daughters of Trinity Lutheran.
At a Friday meeting of the W C T U Mrs A R Gentry was chosen president to finish Mrs C E Skinner’s term. The annual picnic is set for Tuesday June 24 at Mrs J B Wright’s home with all invited to bring a box lunch.
Unchanged condition for Tom Chinn at his residence on North Lincoln Avenue. Nearby, Orville Martin, John Hall, Guy Burkhart, and Gilbert Sallee have arrived in New York from overseas. Downey Kessner, recently returned from overseas, will resume his position next week at Basye's Bookstore.
Varney Cadick has reached New York following fourteen months of service in France, marking the end of his wartime duty and return to civilian life.
We thank friends and neighbors for kind help and expressions of sympathy during the illness and in the death and burial of our son and brother Egmont Busscher. Cuno Butscher and family.
The family thanks neighbors and friends for kindly assisting during illness and burial services for their beloved father, George Adam Haaff.
Ernest Lovan secretary of the Pacific Canning Company visits the city urging contracted farmers to honor and even exceed their tomato acreage. He advises immediate planting with water rather than waiting for rain. Lovan is converting the old vinegar factory into a canning plant.
Wanted and for sale notices appear with low rates. Wheat sacks sell for 10 cents each from Richards and Martin. A lost oblong flat purse containing a large sum of money was reported on Main Street Rockport between 7th and 8th Streets. Mrs J N Mattingly offers reward and contact at Route B Rockport 28 Y. Lawn mowers and stoves advertised by J S Park claim professed repair expertise at 415 S 8th Street.
The U S food administration will maintain inspecting stations and sack exchanges at all points for the 1919 crop. Millers and grain dealers of Perry Spencer and Warrick counties will purchase wheat under the same conditions as last year. During the summer months private instruction in high school subjects will be offered by Otto Atkinson with reasonable terms.
Advertisement by W. Bretz offers about 40 acres of meadow for lease on shares. A good barn is available with options to bale in the field or store in the barn.
The Rockport Ferry Park invites all to enjoy wading and swimming on the Ohio river beach the big swings and a big fish dinner on the old Kentucky shore. The park offers shade water taps tables and free beaches with special 10 cent round trip ferry rates for beachgoers. F. M. Miller & Son operate the facilities.
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