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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
5
Reports say seal flippers once wasted now may yield seven percent of weight as valuable sinew fit for glue and bone products. The Pribstoff islands in the Bering Sea supply a seasonal harvest with about four flippers per eight pounds of meat. onion-like byproducts and market searches accompany the effort to monetize this marine bycatch.
Mr and Mrs Will Bennett and Mrs Oral Harris plus families hosted visitors Monday in Sullivan County. Numerous gatherings followed with relatives and neighbors from Middletown Shelburn Terre Haute and nearby towns sharing meals shopping and Sunday visits. Weather drew mix of sunshine and rain as residents spent the day visiting friends and kin.
Big Springs residents hosted Sunday gatherings at Will Watsons and Mrs Eno homes. Families including Cushman Medsker Nowlin and Mann shared meals and visits. A six month old child of Tom and Cecil Mann died Friday and was buried at Manns cemetery. Easter program at the Sunday school with reorganized leadership followed by encouragement to help. The Wabash river remains high over land with good wheat.
Mrs Grace Owen and daughter Aletha returned to Terre Haute while Mrs F H Badger and child visited Sullivan. A rehearsal for the class play proceeds with its performance set for Saturday the 16th. J W Medsker makes improvements at his home as farm work resumes after bad weather. Miss Myrtle Osburn operates a poultry plant northwest of Graysville inviting visits. A boy carries a bundle of books now serving as notebook and gear signaling school life.
Mrs Mary Dickerson returns home from winter in Kansas. Rufus DeHart was in Sullivan on business. Mr and Mrs Earl Gaston plan to move to Kansas by auto. Mrs M A Rose visited Rufus DeHart last week. W H Thomas has been ill. Paul and Earl Wright return to Terre Haute after visiting uncle Charles Riggs. Neighbors gathered at Fred Wernz’s for Mrs Wernz’s birthday. Will Kelly of Terre Haute worked on his farm nearby. Easter program conducted at Sunday school but canceled due to bad weather. Mrs Blanche Drake returns from Florida. Hosea Drake trips to Shelburn. High river levels prevent West Union high school seniors’ class play. Will Kersey and Luther Whitlock from Terre Haute attended services. Lynn Gaston moves to former James McKee farm. Edgar Strain Hosea Drake Fred Wernz families guests of Carl Lester Sunday. George Kersey of Fairbanks attended services.
The $35,000 Haddon township school bonds did not sell at Trustee Woodward's office and a continuation set for April 11. Bids came from Shapker & Company of Chicago and Meyer-Kiser Bank of Indianapolis. one offered 34,000, the other 54,300. The Skinner hill consolid ated school project hinges on bond sale and contract award. Townsley, instructor at Columbia College, visited. Helms returned from Walker Sanitarium. Engle family visitors noted.
Miss Glenn Yeager, local cooperative weather observer, reports for the week ending April 3 in Farmersburg. Daily highs and lows show partly cloudy to clear days with no rainfall except 0.0 inches on the 28th.
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