List of Spencer County men ready to answer country call
Complete roster of young men from Spencer County awaiting military service includes Huff township Precinct No 1 and Precinct No 2 entrants. Names span Allenbaugh to Ziemer with ages from 21 to 36, listing multiple Erdmanns, Leisters, Merta, Polster, and Waninger among many others. The roll covers each precinct with full names and ages as registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huff Township
Elmer Q. Allenbaugh
Arleigh E. Allenbaugh
Joseph G. Boehm
Louis Fred Braun
Pius J. Boehm
Victor F. Boehm
Martin Henry Brown
Willie C. Grass
Louis J. Englebrecht
Frank Epple
Thomas Friedel
Victor Friedel
Albert J. Fischer
Arthur J. Foertsch
Hatsel Huff
William G. Held
Berhard Huebschman
Louis William Huebschman
Martin C. Hessig
Joseph Kleiser
Edwin J. Kleiser
Ernst P. Kiefel
Frank X. Klueh
Marcus J. Kleiser
Arthur Lottes
Edwin L. Leistner
John H. Leistner
Oscar L. Leistner
Henry G. Launter
Edward J. Lautner
Fred John Lautner
Charles J. Mulzer
Irving A. Menier
Herman C. Merta
Herman R. Mulzer
Oscar C. Muilzer
Edward J. Merta
Vernon Earl
Ellis Southwood
Walther H. Storm
Emil W. Vogel
Fred L. Weigel
August G. Waninger
John Weigand
Henry G. Wittman
Adolph G. Wittman
Frank J. Waldhier
Albert L. Waninger
Edward F. Zimmerman
Secret marriage shocks Rockport business couple
Stanley L. Murray, Rockport button factory owner, disclosed on registration that he is married to Elizabeth Powers. The couple secretly wed in Lawrenceville, Illinois, during a two day vacation. Powers worked as a clerk at A. B. Branch store and resumed work after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Stanley L. Murray
Elizabeth Powers
William and
Paulina Powers
Lawrenceville
Ill
Vincennes
Mrs. Murray
Towboat Hauls 18th Century Vessel to Evansville Museum
The Stack Barrett towed the three masted schooner Success, built by Britain in 1790 and once used to ship convicts to Australia, up the Ohio River to Cincinnati for a museum display but could not pass Louisville canal. The vessel is now moored at Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Success
Australia
Louisville
Evansville
Schaub and Vogel Seek Pews for St Bernard's Church
Reverend F E Schaub and Jos Vogel sang in LouisvilleTuesday with the aim of purchasing pews for St Bernard's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Vogelsang
Louisville
St. Bernard's Church
Red Cross Drives Support Across Spencer County
Red Cross workers press through Spencer County with Rockport leading in donations. By Wednesday Rockport reached 2400 dollars toward an anticipated 3000, while the county aims to raise its full share for wounded soldiers and humanitarian aid. A dollar may save a life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Spencer County
Rockport
National Red Cross
M E G A Meeting On Red Cross And College Fund
The M E G A society held its regular monthly meeting at Miss Bun Jones’s Seminary Street home. Guests were welcomed on the lawn and veranda as talks on Red Cross work and Moore’s Hill college fund drew applause. A $100 donation to the Red Cross fund was unanimously approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. C.A. Society
Bun. Jones
Seminary Street
M. O. Robbins
Red Cross
Dunham
Lima
Moore’s Hill College
F. A. Huering
U. S
Lindsey
Red Cross Fund
Helen Posey
Gertie Mason
Mesdames L. ©. Smith
Arnett Richards
Lillie Peckinpaugh
Ethel Stateville
Downy Kessner
Learn to Drill for Bluff City Rifle Club Rally
County conscripts are invited to drill with the Bluff City Rifle club at city hall. Regular drills occur this week and next on Wednesday Thursday and Friday from 8 15 to 9 00 PM with additional Thursday sessions 8 00 to 9 00 PM. The note urges fall in line and military spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff City Rifle Club
City Hall
Conservation 18: Rooster Week Promotes Food Preservation
A 1920 era plea urges conservation nationwide with emphasis on egg preservation and rooster control in Indiana. A Boonville Enquirer item cites five percent loss of eggs to fertile roosters, costing Warrick County about 8 977.50 dollars annually, and calls for turning in roosters June 18 23 to boost prices for farmers and aid the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Red Oreks
Democrat
Indiana
Boonville Enquirer
Warrick County
Spencer County
the Enquirer
Boonville
Wollner Elected Spencer County Schools Superintendent
Carl C. Wollner of Grandview won the Spencer County superintendent post on the second ballot after a deadlock among trustees and the county auditor. He received five votes as Republican trustees joined Trustee Wilkinson to break the tie. Wollner is a former Indiana University graduate and longtime high school teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer County
Carl C. Wollner
Grandview
J W. Strassell
U. S. Lindsey
Edwin Howe
Mr. Strasrel
Howe
Wallner
Wilkinson
Luce Township
Waller
Wollner
Sampson
Grass Township
Rhodes
Carter
Halter
Harrison
Bender
Jackson
Strassell
Indiana University
Boonville Day Again Ends Boonville Liquor Case
Special Judge E L Boyd ruled Thorn burg vs Franz for the drys, finding the county commissioners violated Boonville election by issuing licenses after a prohibition majority. He ordered a record showing the election legal and licenses issued afterward void. Appeal unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonville
E. L. Boyd
Thornburg
Franz
Boyd
Board of County Commissioners
Hatfield Doctor Joins Medical Reserve Corps
Dr. J. C. Glackman of Hatfield is awaiting call for training in the medical corps after being accepted as a member of the American Association of Military Surgeons in Washington. He received his commission as first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps this Thursday morning and passed the Mt. Vernon examination as fit both physically and mentally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Glackman
Hatfield
American Association of Military Surgeons
Washington, D. C
Glackman
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Grand Patriotic Event Staged by Rockport Township
Bluff City Rifle club outlines plans for the Fourth of July celebration at Rockport fairgrounds with a large parade, military drills, athletic events, and races. County townships assign organizers for each area, band performances from Vyepa Fasces, and a program of speakers and decor. Committees cover parade, decorations, sneakers, music, transportation, advertising, finance, program, and marshal roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff City
The
Traction Company
Yankeetown
Hatfield
Richland City
Grandview
Rifle Club
Boy Scouts
G. Davis
Harold Schumacher
Wynn Shrode
Chris Hale
James Bristo
C. Garret
R. E. Roberts
G. J. Smith
Will Nuetzel
B. F. Huffman
Nestor Laird
L. N. Savage
Will E. Browne
C.F. Morgenthaler
John C. Fella
C. M. Halbruge
Harry Krueger
Joe Brown
L. F. Butler
Max Bosler
Louis Halbruge
W. W. Spain
Post Master Abshire’s remarkable hen at Richland City
A Lake Indiana letter to the Rockport Democrat describes Post Master Abshire’s mixed breed hen laying eggs with unusual features. The writer cites last year’s four eggs in two days and a recent egg bearing the image of four chickens, plus a hard shelled egg eight by nine inches and weighing six ounces. The note records a yolk and shell fragments inside. Also mentioned is Wednesday evening’s voter registration tally of 287 names, split roughly evenly between men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abshire
Richland City
Lake, Ind
Rockport
C. E. Abshire
M. P
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manes
Washington D. C
Floyd Veatch
Nicholas Isaac Bullington
Basil Chapman
Willie Crosley
Curt Cotten
Walter Dunn
William Elsworth
Johny Feulner
Robert F. Grass
Paul Adolph Grass
Dick Hopkins
John Hempfling
Logan Huff
Harry Hutchinson
Ben Huff
Clarence Howe
Everett Wayne Howland
John S. Hagan
Willard E. Hutchinson
John Kuntz
Jacob Mueller
Joseph August Meier
Everet Price
Albert Phila
Oscar Phillipps
Henry Phillipps
Fred J. Bastas R
Orville Rust
Harold K. Rust
Hellis Rust
Vietor Simon
Henry Scherzer
Vincent Scherzer
James QO. Storm
John P. Simon
Nelson Snyder
Edgar Sisley
Clarence Sanders
Allen Varner
Frank Varner
Harrison Township
Edward Altmann
Robert Becker
William Hastnagel
Julius Becker
Pierre Bockting
Leo Becher
Fidelis Benker
Frederick Adam Reinwand
Meinrad J. Rouck
August Michael Riehl
Clifford Reed Jr
Lawrence Riehenthaler
William Martin Rachor
John A. Ragukas
Philip Sifrig
Albert A. Schnellenberger
Thomas Schaefers
Karl C. Schnellenberger
Albert Joseph Schad
Justin Snyder
George John Sebastian
Steven Schwindel
Norbert Spitzmesser
Joseph A. Suelzer
Anton F. Schnellenberger
Frank MM. Smith
Urban Sunderman
Henry Trapp
Joseph Gilbert Tribble
Frank Tuchscherer
Louis Tuger
Stephen Thins
Joan Henry Vapades
George H. Voegerl
John Toxegh Vinicius
Michael Werne
Mathew J. Weinzaeppel
Andrew Wanninger
William J. Werne
Julius Widmer
Frank Werne
Frank Widmer
Walker
Jeton Glenn
Charles Walsh
George P. Ziemer
Precinct
Archie Elmer Ahring
Louis Frank Arnold
Jean Jacob Altman
Joseph Henry Altman
Thomas Leo Daven
Boonville Day
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