Edmondson Dies in Seymour at 48
Clarence E. Edmondson route agent for American Railway Express died Monday night at Schneck Memorial Hospital from toxic goitre. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Riverview cemetery. He came to Seymour in 1917 from Milwaukee and served the B and O route from Hillsboro to East St. Louis. He leaves widow and three children Frank 13 Thomas 9 and Richard 1, plus a brother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Edmondson
North Pine Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Ile
American Railway Express Company
Edmondson
First Presbyterian Church
J. D. Martin
Riverview
Mr. Edmondson
Seymour
Milwaukee
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Wells-Fargo Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Lillsboro
Ohio
St. Louis
Masonic and Elks Lodges
County Historical Body Opens Annual Meeting
The Jackson County Historical Association opened its annual fall meeting at the Brownstown county courthouse. Officers were to be elected before adjournment and the main topic was The War History of Jackson County. Plans to continue placing markers at key historical sites were discussed. Thomas A. Mott of Brownstown serves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Historical Association
Brownstown
Jackson County
Thomas A. Mott
Insurance official Ralph Enos named Seymour district superintendent
Ralph Enos of this city is reappointed as superintendent of the Seymour district for Public Savings Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis. W. Chesser, former local head, moves to Greensburg as superintendent of that area after Enos’s brief retirement due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Enos
Seymour
Public Savings” Life Insurance Company
Indianapolis
W. Chesser
Haseen
Greensburg
Enos
Harvest picks for Grimes Golden and McIntosh apples
Short crop prompts early buying. Harold Tall of East Consolidated School notes Grimes Golden and McIntosh selections. Dr Gillespie’s offices moved from Progressive Music Store to ground floor second door south of Gold Mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Tall
East Consolidated School
Dr. Gillespie
Progressive Music
Gold Mine
Japanese Mission Rally Highlights Friendliness and Woes
Miss Mary Jesse spoke at the Brownstown Baptist Young People’s Rally in Crothersville praising Japanese openness to Western culture while warning the home church bias weakens missionary work. Everett Foster led the program as Louis Adams was elected permanent secretary with attendees from Seymour Crothersville and Brownstown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jesse
Baptist
Japan
Brownstown
Baptist Young People
Crothersville
Miss Jesse
America
Everett ©. Foster
Beech Grove
B. Y. Plu
Louis Adams
Seymour
A. A. Colin
J. Robert Blair
Sherida
Rose Hamilton
Lenora Thiecksten
Addie Green
Mabel Green
Florence Downing
Frances Green
Miriam Hamilton
Howard Ross
Benjamin Yount
Dorothy Smith
Minister Urges Support of Boyd in Youth Welfare Drive
Reverend Jesse Tidball of Madison Presbyterian urged Rotary Club attendees to back all agencies aiding youth including the YMCA and Boy Scouts. He called the "boy problem" a national concern, praising Seymour and local churches and schools and stressing public financial and moral support for guiding boys toward strong citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Tidball
Presbyterian Church
Madison
Rotary Club
Els
Tidball
Walter Voss
Seymour
Cain
Sle
Young Men's Christian Association
Churches
Boy Scouts
Rolling Pin Sends Man to City Jail
Emmett Cook, 21, blamed a rolling pin for his imprisonment after a fight with Emil Rugenstein, city fireman, in Rugenstein’s apartment. Mrs. Rugenstein used the rolling pin to subdue Cook as he gained the upper hand.
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Rolling Pin
Man
International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Emmett Cook
Cook
Emil Rugenstein
Rugenstein
Legion Plans Purchase of Club Rooms for Post
Seymour American Legion post, in good financial condition, discussed buying a home. A committee led by Coulter Montgomery will survey locations to acquire one or two floors for club rooms and consider a dramatic offering in late November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
American Legion
Legion
Coulter Montgomery
Joe O’commer
William Weathers
Legionnaires
Reverend Golden A. Smith Reappointed at Seymour First Methodist
The Rev. Golden A. Smith, pastor at First Methodist Church Seymour, was reappointed by Bishop F. D. Lette at the Indiana Methodist Conference in Jeffersonville. He praised the city and pledged to serve all without fear or favor, noting the church’s impending annex completion and urging continued goodwill between churches and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden A. Smith
First Methodist Church
F. D. Lette
Indiana Methodist Conference
Jeffersonville
Seymour
Smith
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Seymour Business College Enrolls 30 Students
I O Whitmer principal reports thirty students enrolled at Seymour Business College in its twenty third year. The school began in 1902 and has grown rapidly supplying trained bookkeepers and stenographers to local business men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Business College
I. O. Whitmer
Indiana
E. M. Ross
Business
Elwood
Ind
F. C. Marshall
Twin City Business College
Benton Harbor
Mich
A. L. Walters
Littleford School
Cincennati
Ohio
M. M. Edgar
Dansmore Business College
Staunton
Virginia
Blumer and Barringer
South Chestnut Street
O'Connor Monument Shop
O'Connor
Velslagte
Chestnut
Third Streets
Whitmer
Bell Telephone Seeks Higher Rates Across Indiana
Indiana Bell Telephone Company petitions the Public Service Commission for increased rates across its sixty four Indiana exchanges. Rates would vary by community and follow an inventory-based appraisal of the company’s properties. Officials mailed current and proposed rates to city authorities as the commission begins assessing property values for final rate adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapollis
Ind
Indiana
Public Service Commission
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Commission
Gaines Her Freedom From Poor Farm By Check Book
Bessie Chapman, 68, fled the LaPorte County Poor Farm and flashed a bank book showing $1,741 to gain freedom. She planned to travel to relatives in Michigan when Mrs. Gross, wife of the superintendent, confronted her and she surrendered the bank book.
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International News Service
Laporte
Ind
Bessie Chapman
Michigan
Ben Gross
Churches Publish Prohibition Report on Social Consequences
The Federal Council of Churches issued a thirty thousand word study on the social consequences of prohibition in the United States. It notes the Supreme testing of prohibition and warns against cocksure criticism while urging reliance on public opinion development. Rev E Ernest Johnson heads the research committee. The report criticizes the Treasury Prohibition Unit for its propaganda methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Federal Council of Churches Today
United States
E. Ernest Johnson
Treasury Department
Crothersville to Get Village Delivery Service
The U S post office department in Washington announced Crothersville will soon receive village delivery service. Postmaster Ed Krause led the effort, and the start hinges on residents numbering houses and providing mail receptacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crothersville
Post Office Department
Washington
Ed Krause
Krause
Tragedy Strikes Happy Family In Indiana Crash
Interstate car collision near Indianapolis claims the lives of Frank Skinner and two children Lucille and James. Mrs Skinner and Frances survive after the family moved into a new home a week ago seeking a peaceful life with a garden and chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Skinner
Frances
Lucille
James
Skinner
Mrs. Skinner
Eight Will Handle Bankruptcy Gases In Charge
Indianapolis announces a major change as bankruptcy cases in Indiana will be handled by eight referees up from two. Judges Slick and Baltzell appoint new and retain existing referees including Davison in Terre Haute Wild in Indianapolis Warner in Evansville Kelso in New Albany Ashcraft in Ft Wayne Burnett in Lafayette Marsh in Plymouth Sheridan to handle old cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
W. IL. Kappes
Indiana
Thomas W. Slick
South Bend
Robert C. Baltzell
Everett A. Davison
Clinton
Terre Haute
Carl Wild
Masonic Notice for Edmondson Funeral Attendance
Members of Jackson Lole No 146 F A M will meet at 1 o clock Thursday at the Masonic Temple to attend the funeral of Brother C E Edmondson said Travis Carter W M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Lole No. 146
Masonic Temple
C. E. Edmondson
Travis Carter
W. M
Seven Indiana Men To Get 33rd Degree
Seven Indiana men will be conferred with the Masonic thirty third degree at the 113th annual meeting of the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Pittsburgh. The honorees are Richard H. Schweitzer Knightstown Martin T Ohv Indianapolis D M Boyle Lafayette George S Parker Anderson Earl Cartwright Portland Burns Douglass Fort Wayne and Alphonse Wood Angola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Supreme Council of the
United States
Richard H. Schweitzer
Knightstown
Martin T. Ohv
Thedianapolis
D.M. Boyle
Lafayette
Georges. Parker
Anderson
Earl Cartwright
Portland
Burns Douglass
Fort Wayne
Alphonse Wood
Angola
Homemade Ice Cream and Drinks Served at St. Paul Sunday School
Public served homemade ice cream esee and soft drinks Saturday afternoon and evening next to the Gold Mine by the Helping Hand class of St. Paul Sunday School. The event appears as a community service activity with offerings for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Sunday School
Mr. Dinsmore
Carl S. Winters
Myrtie Huckelberry
Franklin
Indiana Gut Conservation Dept Salaries Cut Spark Rift
Richard Lieber director of the state conservation commission saw his pay drop from 6000 to 4000 a year after a private meeting with chairman William Guthrie and secretary Everett Gardner. Harold Sayers and George Mannfeld also had their salaries reduced. Governor Jackson was informed as the changes take effect October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Richard Lieber
State Conservation Commission
William A. Guthrie
Dupont
Lands and Waters and Division
George N. Mannfeld
Commission
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Guthrie
Gardner
Wilson
Lieber
Sauers
Mannfeld
Jackson
Brownstown Baptist Association Opens Annual Session
The ninetieth annual Brownstown Baptist Associa tion meeting begins at New Harmony Baptist Church near Crothersville with strong turnout. Rev. T. C. Smith leads the opening devotional and Rev. A. A. Cohn preaches the introductory sermon. Afternoon features evangelism talk by G C Mitchell and mission notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown Baptist Association
New Harmony Baptist Church
Mies
Crothersville
Seymour
T. C. Smith
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
G. C. Mitchell
North Vernon
Mary Jesse
Japan
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C. E.edmondson
American Express
Ternoon
First Presbyterian
County Historical Body
Heads Insurance
ARCA
Public Savings Co
Crothersville Church
Boyd
Ing of
Fays
M.C. A
Church
Es, Boy Scouts
Other
Agen
Cies
Chase of Home
Post
Fering
Business College
F. O. Whitmer
Vehssage
Bell Telephone
Ice Commission
Telephone Company
Prohibition
The
Prohibition Unit of
Treasury de
Partment
Ed Kause
Automobile
Daddy
Interstate Public Service Company
Federal Court
Thomas W. Slick and
Robert
C. Baltzell
Supreme Council of Scottish Rite
Tip
Yellow Taxi
Tip Richardson
GUT Conservation Department
Harold G. “Savers
George N. Mannfield
Baptist Association
New Harmony Church
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