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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
1
The State Board of Agriculture addresses previous statements regarding fair finances. Officials clarify budgeting and funding details, outlining accepted expenditures and proposed allocations for the upcoming event.
The State Board of Agriculture rebuts a Fair Board bulletin praising $1 million in bonds sold at 97 cents on the dollar. It argues the state would have saved more by par sale, notes banks bought and resold bonds above par, and criticizes the deal as bad, with funds misdirected from the General Fund.
Charles Poole suffered a crushed left foot after Heber Scamahorn backed his car at Cross Roads church during funeral services for John C. Kinney. Poole stayed beside the vehicle and was knocked down when it rolled over his foot. No bones were broken but he will remain confined to his room for a week or more.
A Rockport gathering drew over 5000 spectators for a parade by 200 masked Klansmen led by the Rockport band. After two dynamite blasts a fiery cross appeared on a hill and the group marched along Main Street circling the courthouse. Evansville organizer Joseph Huffington spoke against African Americans Jews and Catholics from the courthouse steps.
A daily vacation Bible school starts Monday July 1 at the Baptist church for children aged four to fourteen. Miss Mary Kennedy will lead the four to six group with Rev W C Polson directing ages six to fourteen. Lessons include Bible stories character health and habit talks and handicraft. No charges. enrollment invited. Classes run 8:45 to 11 am daily except Saturday and Sunday. The Married club danced Wednesday evening at the auditorium.
The new Standard Oil station at Fifth and Main opened with Clarance Walker and Wilmer Abshire in charge. It operates 6 AM to 10 PM each day. The two managers work in alternating 24 hour shifts, starting at noon and ending the next day noon.
Mr and Mrs B F Huffman and A H Kennedy return from a trip to Oberlin College Ohio for commencement festivities and Medina Ohio to visit relatives.
A daughter, Mary Margaret, was born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fortune.
Prominent Spencer County farmer and stockman J Kinney dies after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements pending as the community mourns a longtime agricultural leader.
Matthew King 39, suing for divorce from Gertrude Abshire King, kidnapped Martha Helen Abshire four, last Monday evening. He took her to Evansville, planned ice cream, then fled after witnesses saw him board a train. Child returned to Rockport Tuesday morning after police and locals traced the route.
John Christian Kinney a Spencer county farmer and stockman died at his Cross Roads home from peritonitis after an operation for hernia. Funeral at Cross Roads church was among the county’s largest. burial in Sunset Hill Rockport. He left wife Mary Ely Kinney, five children, a grandson and granddaughter, four brothers, five sisters, and many friends.
In Evansville a student piano recital Tuesday evening at Mrs. Alda McCoy Honig’s home showcased Miss Mary Forsythe of Grand View Miss Shirley Lang and Mary Elinor Weiss formerly of Rockport and Miss Nina Lee Burkhart formerly of BuffaloVille. Mrs. Honig herself is a former Spencer County girl. Miss Mary Steele of Cincinnati visiting Rockport with her sister Mrs. Emory Phillips closed the program with songs.
John Gilbert Spayd a clerk in the Halbryvge store wed Esther Marie Scott of Boonville last Saturday evening at the Methodist parsonage. Rev G V Hartman performed the ceremony.
Mrs Mary E Young Langdon died Friday at her home in the city aged 67 years 10 months 2 days She married H L Langdon March 5 1882 and seven children were born James M Addie May Joseph W Richard A Mary L Henry L Jr and John W all living except Addie May who died in infancy Surviving children were with her at death Funeral services were held Saturday June 23 at 2 30 p m from the residence with interment in Sunset Hill cemetery
August Hoch of Washington D C has been commissioned a captain in the officers reserve corps. He serves in the income tax department of the federal government and is pursuing a masters degree in law in Washington.
Mrs Elizabeth Wells was summoned to Dayton Ohio due to the illness of her daughter Mrs Ray Marsh who accompanied her home last Saturday and is recovering.
Joshua O Burkhart funeral in Chrisney drew between 1500 and 2909 attendees at Little Pigeon Church and yard. Rev W C Polson of Rockport assisted by Rev C I Herring of Grandview led services as Knights of Pythias took charge. after graveside rites, twelve Ku Klux Klan members placed a red carnation cross on the casket and offered a brief prayer.
Oral Schweitzer ten, and playmate Thomas Miller nine, narrowly escaped drowning Sunday at Rockport ferry beach on the Kentucky shore. Oral, unable to swim, slipped into a water hole while his father was not ready, attracting rescue by his friend. He suffered no serious injuries.
Charles Price of Eldorado and his family were injured when their Chevrolet car went off the Silverdale road levee near Rockport just south of the bridge en route to Hawesville. Clyde Price, 18, drove and likely fell asleep causing the crash which left the vehicle turning over three times. The group had been detouring after leaving Boonville and were taken to Dr J C Glackman for treatment.
County Auditor Richards completes the first installment tax apportionment for Spencer County 1928. Figures allocate state tax to $29,826.95 and county tax to $34,793.36 plus funds for gravel road repair and bond taxes across townships and towns including Rockport Grandview St Meinrad Dale Gentryville and Chrisney civil towns.
Raymond Staats, 36, died Monday of tuberculosis at the county infirmary where he had been housed for three weeks. He leaves a wife and two children in Rockport at Fifth and Elm. Funeral and burial were held Tuesday at New Hope near Newtonville.
Will Jones reports from the Shrine convention where Indiana exhibitors gain attention. Visitors tour the Willison home as part of the event, with participants noting hospitality and civic pride amid the capital gatherings.
A reader reports Shrine convention visitors in Washington D C in 1923. No Rockport residents registered at Shrine headquarters. only one Shriner from Rockport, now in Evansville. The letter describes tourism and sightseeing, politics, and the Indiana bands parade, praising the Indianapolis band and noting economic boosts for hotels and eateries during the Shrine week.
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