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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
3
A local notice invites readers planning a public sale to contact the RECORD. It promises lower prices than nearby offices and offers a free newspaper advertisement for those who have their bills printed at the RECORD drive. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Attend band concert Wednesday evening. Miss Georgia Worley of Claypool visits Brush home. McKnight family from Indianapolis dined with Gresso and departed Thursday. William Stafford of near Sidney drowned at Eel river age 22. Miller reunion planned at North Manchester in August. Ezra Metzger ill with typhoid fever. George Hammer contracted for carpentry on city building with shop in basement. Advertising blurbs include shingles price and Alabastine wall finishes.
The convention continued with talks by Miss Valeria Self and Mrs. Charles Borden. Dr. H. A. Roop and Rev. L. L. Shaffer spoke on missions and reports. A shift to the Christian Endeavor name was approved, and the next session was set for Monroeville with treasurer’s report accepted.
Mr McKnight and family of Indianapolis attended as guests of William Till southwest of town. Estla Peurod of Si.rtht Manchester and Levi Hill with family were visitors. Nellie Sands of Indianapolis stayed with Miss Chlote Gresso on North Jefferson. Aaron Ames returned to Bourbon after visiting A. E. Graham. Elsworth Hill and wife visited Solomon Yates, and Mrs Hebecei Oliver and Kenneth visited relatives in Columbia City.
A ball game is set between Slammond and Silver Lake to be played at Silver Lake on August 23. An advertisement touts Armour Fertilizers for soil fertility and better yields sold by Oder Arnold in Claypool Indiana. Local note mentions a thunderstorm bluff and mild rain.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill N C commends Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best in the world noting it healed a felon on his thumb and reliably cures sores burns and wounds. The salve costs 25 cents at Rager’s Drug Store.
Big Four station business handled in Berrien Centre by Predit Ferree while Nable Clymer attended his grandfather Henry Clymer's funeral in Claypool. Rev S H Yager visited from South Whitley. Hively Cline Funk couple plan Yellow Creek camp trip. Allison dies in Iowa. Riley quip cited in Sunday Star. Record post card station promotes new postcard line at Silver Lake.
The convention opened with songs and prayers led by G W Lower of Frankfort. Rex H A Repp delivered a keynote on Larger Things for Christ in Our Work to a large audience. Various performances and talks followed including Miss Blanche Burwell on Juniors Place and Needs, Miss Shue from Warsaw, and Miss Dessie Seaman on Mission Study White Man of Uganda. The report of resolutions was presented and a motion to adjourn carried, with the group to reconvene at 7:45 p m.
Miss Edith Bolinger of South Whitley recited a piece to open the convention’s Wednesday evening program, followed by a lecture titled The Influence of the Bible on.
Rev H A Roop delivered a lecture on Modern Civilization praising the Bible as the highest of all literature. The convention was well attended with 142 registered participants, excluding Silver Lake, and the next gathering will be in Munroeville next year.
Report of the Resolution Committee calls for local societies to rename from Young People's Christian Union to Christian Endeavor as soon as practical following the General Union's conversion.
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