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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Juan Poster and others hosted and spent Sundays or weekdays with relatives in towns including Indianapolis Noblesville Frankfort Cicero Kankakee and Terre Haute. Notable names include the Barkers Lanham Richey Haughey and Amick with many relatives visiting or dining at family homes.
Mesdames W. A. Henderson and Roe King hosted a birthday dinner Thursday evening June 14 at the Kings home. A surprise party invited by the wives entered as the husbands were seated. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker and children, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Waitt, Mrs. Ellen Burton, and many others. The evening featured lawn games and ice cream with angel food cake afterward.
The church plans an evening program titled An Empty Day exploring common days and spiritual reflection. Bible school attendance remains strong despite heat as discerning adults consider resisting temptations in summer and winter.
The Rev. Ralph Graham a Harvard student spending vacation with local relatives will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning. Rev. and Mrs. C. A. McPheeters have gone to New Albany Indiana for a ten day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs E E McPheeters. Rev McPheeters mother is ill.
A special July release from Red Vocalion Records features Billy Jones performing Yes We Have No Bananas in a Fox Trot version. Parr Antrim Co. is listed as the publisher.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Owen of Lafayette spent the latter part of last week with Frank Burton at Mrs. H. A. Burton’s home. They are en route to Madison Wisconsin for the summer. Mrs. Wm. Gist and Robert Gist of Marion returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Faye Bond.
A party at Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kercheval home honored Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Six of Lyons Kansas with a pitch in dinner on the front porch. Guests included families and neighbors from Lyons Lebanon Whitestown and other areas sharing memories and speeches.
Friends of Rev. Frank Davi, former Englewood Christian Church pastor in Indianapolis, watched as he resigned after opposing an Americanization meeting in the community hall. He charged Ku Klux Klan backing of the event and had earlier expanded the Sheridan congregation before moving to Indianapolis.
The Sheridan Rifle and Gun Club formed here with a membership of twenty five men. It has secured grounds on the east end of Fourth street with facilities for members and spectators. One afternoon weekly is set for shooting, with rifle and clay pigeon activities planned. A prewar Sheridan club had wider fame and joined meets beyond the area.
The Arbutus annual notes Sheridan resident Charles H. Spurgeon, Indiana University medical graduate, receiving multiple honors. He belonged to Sigma Nu and Phi Chi fraternities and earned an A B from Franklin College in 1906 and an A M from Indiana University in 1912.
Howard DeVaney and Miss Helen Voge were married Thursday evening at the Methodist parsonage in Noblesville. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Voge and a Boxley High School graduate from the class of 22. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Carrie DeVaney of Eugene Oregon, has Eugene High School roots and University of Oregon time. he is a fireman on the Lake Erie. The couple plans to locate in Tipton.
Guests at the John Grinstead home were Miss Gladys Masden of Shepherdsville Kentucky Rev C A Burt and family of Roann Rev Singer and wife of Santa Fe and Rev Montgomery and family of Denver Indiana all here to attend the Ep worth League convention.
Mac Wiles and family, Omer Wiles and family, Herschal Buzan and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lem Harris.
Miss Helen Lanham, related to Mr and Mrs S C Lanham, wed Commodore Markle of Markle on September 9 192? in Danville Illinois. The bride who works as a schoolteacher will reside at Markle. Guests at a Friday evening shower hosted by Mrs Blanche O Donald included about fifteen friends who shared ice cream cake and gifts. The News Office staff presented a chest of Community silverware to the bride.
The Horton Research Club held its annual guest day at Mrs. Casper Moore’s home with guests from Noblesville’s Country Research Club. Indianapolis lecturer Mrs. Cora Morgan Williams delivered an inspirational address on passion in 1928, and Mrs. W. V. Owen of La Porte sang. About eighty women attended the program amid pink roses and refreshments.
Victor Mc Clain Miller, son of former Sheridan druggist Harry Miller, married Eileen McGrath of Brooklyn, New York. Miller family moved to Morocco Indiana after the father's death and now reside there. The couple will live in New York City. the wedding occurred Saturday June 9.
Dwight Lyman Thistlethwaite of Washington Louisiana wed Rosa Hebrard of Opelousas in the Epiphany Church near the bride’s home. They left for Havana Cuba after the ceremony and will reside in Washington after the honeymoon.
A mile and a half stretch of the new cement road on Range Line, north of town, has been completed and opened to traffic. This marks the first completed segment of the new paving project.
The Spencer Cemetery Association will meet at the cemetery on Saturday June 23 at 1 p.m. Election of officers and dues payments will be handled. Members are urged to attend or mail dues to the treasurer Frank Evans.
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