Cimarron Kansas Leads Rural School Consolidation Effort
Cimarron Kansas shows the way as seven sparsely populated districts consolidate with Gray county’s Cimarron district. The town’s schools employ twenty teachers and offer bus driving pay, high salaries, and a growing agricultural program with planned experimental plots at the school and on local farms.
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Cimarron, Kans
Cimarron
Gray County
Directure
M. T. Smith
Department of School Consolidation
Kansas State Normal
Amal
Kansas State Agricultural College
Change of Judge Granted in Absnier vs Fishback Estate
Court grants change of judge for the Absnier versus Fishback estate case and sets hearing for Sept. 7 with Swan chosen as special judge. Other matters include guardianship sales and dismissals, with farm cases continued and a school bus story noted.
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Claude Absnire
State of Iorentine Fishback
Swan
A. McCullough
Oscar ¢. Minot
Otto C. Baumgaertner
Admy
Philippine
Lake Ste Bank
Schumaker
Crowder
Mrs. Laura Stocking dies at Little Pigeon
Mrs. Laura Burkhart Stocking died Tuesday at her parents home in Little Pigeon after tuberculosis developed from influenza. She was 37 and wife of John Stocking of this city. Survived by husband, parents, two brothers A. B. Burkhart of Evansville and Sid Burkhart of Little Pigeon. Funeral at Little Pigeon church conducted by Rev. John Moffatt of Louisville.
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John Stocking
Laura Burkhart Stocking
J. J. Burkhart
Little Pigeon
Stocking
Burkhart
A. B. Burkhart
Evansville
Sid Burkhart
Little Pigeon Church
John Moffatt
Louisville
Miss Bertha Cook Leads County Girls Club Work
Miss Bertha Cook former Home Demonstration agent for Spencer county spent the first of the week organizing girls club work in the county.
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Bertha Cook
Spencer County
Mary Rachel Sargeant Forsythe Wed in Evansville
SARGEANT-FORSYTHE Mary Rachel Sargeant of Newburg marries Harold K Forsythe of Grandview Monday evening at Grace Memorial church Evanville with Rev Hamilton Hymes officiating. Guests include sister Willia Speigel and aunt Mrs C H Parsons. The bride, a Northwestern University student and Alpha Chi Omega, left school in April for a June wedding. The groom, Indiana University graduate and Alpha Tau Omega, works in Indianapolis at Fletcher Savings and Trust. They will reside in Indianapolis after a northern honeymoon.
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Mary Rachel, Sargeant
Newburg
Harold K. Forsythe
Grandview
Grace Memorial Church
Evanville
Hamilton Hymes
Sargeant
S. Willia Speigel
C. H. Parsons
Evansville
Northwestern University
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Joseph Forsythe
Indiana University
Alpha Tau Omega
Fletcher Savings
Trust Company
Indianapolis
Forsythé
Automobile Dealers Meet in Spencer County
A meeting of all Spencer County automobile and supply dealers was held Thursday evening at the Richards & Kincaid garage to organize and unite county dealers. L. M. Shaw of the Indiana Automotive Trade Association spoke and offered organizing suggestions.
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Spencer County
Richards & Kincaid
L. M. Shaw
Indiana Automotive Trade Association
Mrs Helen McLean Cook Weds Charles Reuben Heady
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Helen McLean Cook of Owensboro Kentucky to Mr Charles Reuben Heady of Owensboro. The wedding takes place Wednesday May 4. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Needham H Cook and has many friends in this city.
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Helen ~McLean Cook
Owensboro
Charles Reuben Heady
Needham H. Cook
Unverified Clock Dedication Report Circulates Abroad
Foreign press claims a courthouse clock without striking will be dedicated June 1. Local officials declined to confirm, expressing misgivings about the report and promising official word if the event is confirmed.
First Serious Accident At Ct House Injures Emil Errickson
Emil Errickson, about 35, fell thirteen feet from scaffolding while decorating the courthouse assembly room. He suffered a broken rib, head laceration, and extensive bruises, was unconscious over an hour, and is recovering at Poole hotel. The accident occurred Wednesday at 10:30 AM.
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Court House
Emil Errickson
Errickson
Poole
Third Street
New Court House
Birthday Party for Dorothy Burdick Attends Twenty Children
Mr and Mrs Joe Burdick hosted a birthday party for daughter Dorothy last Friday afternoon with twenty children invited. Games music and strawberry ice cream followed by refreshments. Guests included Elizabeth Fay Marguerite Hesson Mary Edith Logie and others. mothers Mrs Nuetzel Mrs Phillips and Mrs Basham aided.
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Joe Burdick
Dorothy
Marguerite Hesson
Mary Edith Logie
Joseph Wiener
Mary Phillips
Hob
Billy Wetzel
Martha Lee
Margaret Robinson
Russel
Rudolph Basham
Fanny Fay
Ribern Hartley
Thelma Lee Nuétzel
Dan Winchell
Margaret Ann Mulhall
Mary Emmons Jones
Bill Martin Drew
John Mervin Goldman
Dorothy Burdick
Arthur Nuetzel
Emory Phillips
Eugene Basham
Literary Club Meets in Wo mans Club
The Wo mans club literary department held its annual business meeting Monday at Mrs J L Biggs residence. Officers were elected with Mrs James Rimstidt named chairman and Mrs Lewis Woolfolk secretary treasurer to serve two years. The session adjourned for summer with work resuming in September.
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Woman’s Club
J. L. Biggs
C. W. Halbruge
Treas
J G. Baum
Halbruge
James Rimstidt
Lewis Woolfolk
Major Houghton Invited to Rockport July Fourth Celebration
Major Charles D. Houghton of New Orleans who commanded Spencer county boys at Camp Taylor and who is a member of Jenkins Post of the Legion has been invited to Rockport July 4 to join the Spencer county boys in the celebration. He wrote to Bernard Alexander that he will likely be here with the boys and he formerly captained Co. L 885th at Camp Taylor.
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Charles D. Houghton
New Orleans
Spencer County Boys
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Jenkins,Post of the Legion
Rockport
Spencer County
Bernard ‘Alexander
Co. L
Woman's Club Holds Annual Business Meeting
The Woman's Club met this Thursday at the Washington building for its annual business session. A year in review was presented and officers were elected for the coming year. This was the last meeting until September.
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Woman’s Club
Washington Building
Evansville Man Ray Marsh Spends Week in Rockport
Evansville resident Ray Marsh spent this week in Rockport visiting family and taking in local sights with no reported incidents or events of note.
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Ray Marsh
Evansville
Rockport
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