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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
1
The Oldfather reunion gathered at the H. L. Oldfather home west of town last Sunday, September 12, with 53 at a noon dinner. Four generations were present as T. A. Jontz’s family was welcomed and officers were reelected for the coming year.
Work on the Claypool water works advances as the new well is sunk to more than one hundred feet. The project aims to supply reliable water service to the area with the installation planned soon.
The Kosciusko court opened Monday for the September session after summer vacation. Andrew Parker of Clay township was chosen for the grand jury.
Dode Kline and family living west of town returned Tuesday from a week at the Frank Miller home in Low Point Illinois. Mr Miller and family accompanied them home and are visiting locally and in Niles Michigan.
A large turnout from this locality gathered at the annual United Brethren conference extending to Winona last Sunday. Attendees described the crowd as exceptionally large and well attended.
Ea Summe has accepted a position at the interurban restaurant in Warsaw.
Fragmentary OCR mentions an agreement to supply hundreds of yards of gravel for a Hoosier Dixie project. Details are unclear but indicate a contractual provision for material delivery and usage.
Grant Harris left Chicago to attend school in Michigan City and then return to the city for the winter term with Ray Hively who also plans to enroll.
Albert Ramsey and Dick Jontz returned home last Saturday after an extended trip out west. They traveled from here to Colorado then to the Pacific coast for several weeks of sightseeing and travel. They report a most delightful journey with many sights and a world of experience.
Herman Stemen, a Silver Lake High School graduate, has enlisted in the aviation corps and is undergoing training at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. He expects to be sent to Texas soon and previously attended North Manchester for summer studies before choosing military service over teaching.
The Mentone Gazette was sold Tuesday to Claud Taylor a former Mentone man. Possession will be given September 21. Owner David Clymer bought the paper April 1 this year moving from Logansport to Mentone.
Mrs Mattie Noccodemus visiting Goshen sister Mrs Mary Rantz toured to the John Heren Deen home near Akron last Thursday. Heren Deen has been ill for some time and confined to his room most days and unable to walk.
Rexall drug stores across the country start their straw vote on September 15 with separate ballots for men and women and results posted locally and nationally. Each store will tabulate votes and Republican and Democratic leanings are not specified. The Record plans weekly publication of local results to gauge community sentiment ahead of the November election.
The national G. A. R. encampment will be held in Indianapolis next week with preparations to host a large crowd of veterans. Local veterans are expected to attend and may travel to Indianapolis on Sunday.
Frank Barnes will hold a public sale at his residence three miles west and one and a quarter miles north of Silver Lake on Saturday September 18 at 1 pm. Items for sale include two head horses seven head of cattle 60 head of sheep averaging about 74 pounds each 32 head breeding ewes farm implements hay in barn corn in field chickens and a 1918 Ford touring car.
W H Wells an airbrake expert from Princeton W V and wife arrived Sunday to visit sister Mrs Ezra Homman and brother O B Wells before leaving Monday noon for Chicago for a conference of airbrake men. He chairs the national committee of airbrake inspectors and is noted for his life long study of airbrake maintenance and locomotive mechanisms earning a 4200 dollar yearly salary.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stoner spent several days last week at the J. W. Walburn home. They, with Ed Evans, have begun an auto trip south to spend the winter.
The Fishers reunion took place at Myrtle-Glenn park last Sunday with about two hundred attendees. A full program was planned but the speaker and quartet could not attend, yet participants shared past incidents present happenings and future predictions.
Miss Catharine Hay traveled to Bloomington last Sunday to attend school there while enrolled at Bloomington College.
James Timberman and sister Mrs Roy Little visited their brother Frank Timberman at Lutheran hospital in Fort Wayne on Tuesday. He is recovering from an operation for appendicitis performed a couple of weeks ago and is getting along as well as could be expected.
A government representative visited Tuesday to conduct a soil survey. He is creating a map scaled one inch to the mile, detailing soil types and distribution for local planning and agriculture.
Milton Leckrone went back to Bloomington last Sunday to resume his college studies after a summer home stay.
Members of the embroidery club traveled to Wabash last Friday by the noon train and spent several hours at the 8. B. Bridge home. They reported a very pleasant time.
Charles Rhodes was employed in Warsaw to perform carpentry at the Gresso store over several days in the past week.
Harve Brandeburg says the pit a half mile east and one mile north of town yields high grade gravel. It will be used for road construction in the township’s eastern part.
A meeting of the State Board of Health will be held in Wabash during the first week of October at the Indiana Hotel. A public lecture will follow, then delegates will tour the state to study public health, living and housing conditions, with emphasis on school children.
Fine Hotel Chicago capitalists announce a new hotel project at Lake Wawasee covering fifteen acres with construction planned for next summer. The hotel is slated to open by June 1, 1922, with architects preparing detailed plans.
Arley Brenne man of North Manchester paid a 14.55 fine plus costs for using a worn plate on his auto. He had traded a small machine for a larger one and kept the old plates on the new car, claiming the secretary of state was unaware the act prohibited this.
The United Brethren conference at Winona last week closed with about 5,000 attendees. The St. Joseph district splits into East and West. J. W. Lake of Warsaw leads West and J. A. Groves of Ekart East.
Rev. D. S. Jones formerly of the M B E church preached at the Claypool M E church last Sunday evening to a large attentive audience. He was warmly greeted and the crowd expressed happiness at his return to the pulpit.
Rufus Snyder of Fayette New York sends a large circular describing numerous farms offered at bargain prices. He is connected with a real estate firm and has helped in several land sales since relocating to the east.
Mr and Mrs J Gillspie near town welcomed a daughter Mary Maxine last week. Miss Blanche Helser assists at the Gillspie home with the newborn.
Samuel Bush and his wife are visiting at the Andrew Hamman home just north of town this week. They have disposed of their real estate and most household effects and plan to move to Florida to establish residence.
Charles Carter is confined to his East Main Street home suffering from mumps. He has been real sick for several days.
A bright little son arrived yesterday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Caldwell two miles north of town. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. RP M. Jaques who reside on West Main Heights.
Several children in the Harve Brandenburg family residing east of town have been sick with mumps. One boy was in a serious condition for several days.
Bertha Shoemaker of Claypool and Byford Smith of Warsaw wed on Monday in Warsaw and will reside there.
Former resident Benj F Stultz aged 5 died at his home about ten days ago in Elkbart. The brief death notice records the child’s passing and last known residence.
Rexall druggists within five hundred miles of St. Louis will release two carrier pigeons on September 25. Each bird will carry a message to the Missouri Governor at the Rexall loft, with the fastest returning pigeon winning a golden prize as part of the United Drug Company convention.
Bret Fords From Detroit Bill Whittenberger Frank Sanders Merrit Longbrake Carl Longbrake Harry Walders Fred Albertson Tul ly Dean Elmer Fultz and Donald Downing drove Ford cars from Detroit Thursday. Mrs S B Whittenberger Mrs Wade Whittenberger Mrs F C Sanders and Miss Corda Koop accompanied the party to Detroit and joined a boat ride to the Canadian side.
The North Manchester Journal was sold to W. E. Billings last Saturday. Billings acquires the subscription accounts and advertising contracts, while the printing machinery will be moved away, leaving the town with only the News.
Here from Illinois Mrs. Werley Maynard came down from Homer for a several days visit at the J. W. Walburn home.
Silver Lake Egg Farm near town plans electrical wiring for residence feed house garage incubator cellar and two laying houses. Automatic time switches will operate lights from October 15th to April 1st at 4:00 a.m. This new setup marks a first for the farm.
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