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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
9
A. D. Shireman and family recently moved to Rose Hill from near North Manchester and plan to run a grocery store and gasoline filling station. The town once thrived as Rose Fill with a post office, but population has dwindled with only three houses now, two occupied, and rural routes serve residents.
Now located in Pennsylvania we are informed that Sherman Hildenbrand well known to the people in this place who has been employed in Zanesville Ohio was recently transferred to Pittsburg Penn Mrs Hildenbrand is now with her parents in Warsaw She recently underwent an operation in Indianapolis hospital.
South Whitley residents urged printery owner Hicks to remain in town during a meeting reported by the Columbia City papers. Hicks plans to relocate despite offers from Flint Michigan and other locations.
Preaching services on the Silver Lake circuit next Sunday at South Pleasant 9 30 a m Disko 10 45 a m Silver Lake 7 00 p m. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Pastor F S Young invites all to come and be present.
Twelve bankers from Wabash County will speak in six schools each during November. The talks follow a request from the state bankers association and aim to educate pupils on banking laws and encourage them to place surplus funds in banks for safety.
A persuasive appeal urges readers to instruct their attorneys to publish all legal notices in The Record. It emphasizes notices of appointment of administrator executor guardian surveys roads ditches real estate sales and more. It warns attorneys may publish in their own county papers unless directed to The Record.
A nurse remained beside the patient for weeks as her critical condition grew, and her death arrived unexpectedly.
Ora Pearl McNary Hamman of Silver Lake Indiana was born December 25 1878 near Munice Indiana and died October 18 1923 at age 45 years 9 months 24 days. She married Walter W Hamman March 14 1899 and had five children two predeceased her. Survived by husband three children Ruth Francis Richard Calvin Harold Runyon two brothers William F McNary of Indianapolis Cassius E McNary of Tipton one nephew William N McNary Crawfordsville and many relatives. Funeral Sunday at U B Church with Rev Noah die Ooy Rochester officiating interment Lakeview cemetery. Floral tributes reflected Embroidery Club members and Ruth Homman's Sunday School class acted as flower bearers.
Pupils at our school organize an orchestra and more than forty students have signed up to participate. Officials hope the group will deepen interest in music and soon rival any school orchestra in the county.
Rev. and Mrs. Carl Gaddy and their young son, visiting from Winona Lake, spoke at Donaldson where a revival continued after ten days of Union meetings. Sunday night filled the church to its capacity, with listeners eager for his plain forceful sermons.
The St Joseph conference notes ongoing efforts with a cordial welcome to attendees. After the service Dr. Kessinger will baptize candidates and admit new members. Last Sunday evening fourteen joined the church, with more expected at Sundays forenoon service.
A team of horses sold for 400 dollars at the John Drudge sale east of Claypool on Wednesday, the highest price in years. Prices in general have fallen to 100 dollars or less for many horses.
L A Paxton moved last week from the J P Hommenp property at the north edge of town to the William Wiley place in the south part of town.
Mr and Mrs H A Moyer visited Niles Michigan from last Saturday to Tuesday to see their daughter Mrs Beatrice Day and family. They report the Day family settling well at their new address 603 11th street.
A list of distant attendees at the Mrs. Walter Hamman funeral last Sunday includes Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McNary of Indianapolis and others from Tipton Crawlersville South Bend Elkhart Laporte Wantsee Battle Creek and Ohio City among family friends and relatives.
The Silver Lake charge of the M E church will hold its quarterly meeting this Sunday November 4. Services begin in the evening with District Superintendent present to deliver a sermon followed by the regular quarterly services.
Plans nationwide for Armistice Day on Sunday November 11 include church and school programs and events in towns and cities across the country to honor the occasion in various venues.
Walter W. Homman and children extend thanks for the sympathy shown during their weeks of grief and for the beautiful floral offerings.
The W. Maples family recently relocated to Akron from Indianapolis and plan to make Akron their future home. Mrs. Maples is sister to Mrs. Frank Keas ling who lives west of town and has visited here many times.
Guy Courtney and Misa Lois Doutt were married in Huntington Park California and now live in San Pedro near Los Angeles. The bride, daughter of Samuel Doutt, has relatives here in Indiana and many local friends send congratulations. Courtney runs a studio in San Pedro with good patronage.
A reader note outlines three subscriber classes based on payments: those who regularly prepaid, those who remit after a reminder and often double the bill, and those who receive the paper year after year while the publisher covers costs and repeats statements. The piece asks readers to identify which class they belong to.
John Bloomer of Warsaw sold the Mentone Monumental works to H. D. Pontius of Mentone last Saturday. Pontius had owned the business only a few months earlier, and Bloomer had held it just four weeks. Pontius had decades in the monument field.
Indianapolis Internal Revenue Collector M Bert Thurman warns several hundred persons who handled narcotics last year failed to file July reports. The narcotics law requires a report even if no narcotics are on hand, with penalties up to $2000 fine or five years imprisonment or both.
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago opens evening classes for young men and women nationwide. About 745 students are enrolled in the program, with 315 men and 430 women pursuing training while holding daytime jobs.
A masquerade with a box social and cake walk is planned at Seward School three miles west of town on Tuesday evening October 30. Proceeds go to benefit a local cause.
It is understood Samuel Lowman has rented Mrs A D Herman’s place at the north edge of town and will move there from the Monroe Paulus farm recently sold to Herman Bruce of Verona Illinois.
Here from Michigan Mr and Mrs Orie Rabbit of Battle Creek visited Sunday for a few hours at the Samuel Lowman home. Mrs Rabbit was formerly Misa Orpa Lowman, sister to Samuel Lowman.
A week of revival services at the Church of the Brethren two miles east of town has drawn large attendance. Elder in charge preaches sermons that are described as excellent and generate significant interest among attendees.
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