Sullivan county Democrats face voter apathy in county ticket race
Indications show Hank Poston and Wible may win nominations for county positions as voters grow disinterested. The piece notes weak leadership, long-standing candidates like Cullop and McDonnell, and active but unsettled campaigns for prosecutor and sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Democratic Party
Cullop
Congress
Poston
McDonnall
William Aen Cullop
Mr. Cullop
John §. Taylor
Norval WK. Harris
Harris
Taylor
Martin Luther Pigs
Clarris
Robert Taylor
John Taylor
Mat Lane
Ed Douthitt
Otha Brodie
Loane
Brodie
Hank Poston
Hank
Dixie Bee Line Route Location Set by Indiana Highway
The Indiana Highway Commission chose a route through Sullivan county that bypasses Farmersburg but passes through Shelburn and near local landmarks. The path travels from south of Terre Haute, west of the Forks, then east near Lovelace farm, Mill Street, and toward Sullivan via Section Street. Eight army trucks were dispatched to Terre Haute for road service, and Emory C. Yates and Luke H. Wright coordinated the plan and began work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Highway Commission
Sullivan County
Sullivan
Farmersburg
Shelburn
Forks
Terre Haute
Charles Lovelace
Mill Street
Riggs
Vigo County
Luke H. Wright
State Commission
Nancy Cartwright 78 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Nancyv Cartwright aged 78 died at her home Monday after an extended illness. A native of the county born in Haddon township September 16 1842 she lived here all her life. She is survived by husband Samuel and three children O J Cartwright Indianapolis W F Cartwright Sullivan and Belle C Starner Indianapolis. Funeral services were held at the late residence and burial was in Odd Fellows cemetery Carlisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancyv Cartwright
Haddon Township
Samuel Cartwright
O. J. Cartwright
Indianapolis
W. F. Cartwright
Sullivan
Belle C. Starner
Odd Fellows
Carlisle
Property Changes Hands In Local Transfers
Dr. P. A. Barco sold his South State street residence to Homer Steele of Hymera. W. H. Hill sold a Thompson street home for 3750 to John K. Brown of this city. Ed P. Reed sold a North State street property for 3000 to Walter Asdell, who then sold that same street home to Floyd Bledsoe of Cass township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Barco
South State Street
Homer Steele
Hymera
W. H. Hill
Thompson Street
John K. Brown
Ed P. Reed
North State Street
Walter Asdell
Mr. Asdell
Floyd Bledsoe
Cass Township
Candidate to address Community Club dinner
Dr. Carlton B. McCullough seeking the Democratic nomination for governor will speak at the Community Club dinner tomorrow night at the Christian church in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton B. McCullough
Christian Church
Burglars at Dugger Hit Hopkins Store
Burglars broke into the W. P. Hopkins & Company general store in Dugger Friday night and stole merchandise worth about six hundred dollars. No clues have been found.
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Dugger
W. P. Hopkins & Company
General Leonard Wood to Speak in Sullivan Monday
General Leonard Wood Republican presidential candidate will speak in Sullivan Monday at 2 30 pm as part of an Indiana Southern swing en route to Evansville. He is noted as a former Cuba governor general and Philippines administrator with a strong public affairs record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wood
Sullivan
General Wood
Indiana
Evansville
Cuba
Phillipines
Death of Mrs Flossie Sims in Dugger from scarlet fever
Mrs Flossie Sims age 29 died Saturday at her Dugger home from scarlet fever after influenza. Funeral was Sunday at residence with Rev Myers McKinney of Merom officiating. Survived by husband, daughter Helen Lucile 7, parents Mr and Mrs O P Hendrickson, and sisters Mae and Ora Hendrickson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Sims
Dugger
O. P. Hendrickson
Mae Hendrickson
Ora Ilendrickson
New Suits Filed Including Estate and Divorce Actions
James M. Fisher as administrator seeks sale of real estate of Mattie C. Chapman. Indiana Conference Assoc. of Seventh Day Adventists and General Conference also named. Other actions include Indian Refining Co. vs R. B. Mansfield on account, Frank Kimberlain vs Rebecca Kimberlain, divorce, James Frederick vs Ora Pool and Leftie Pool quiet title and for re conveyance, Blyler Rooksberry vs Brown Coal Co foreclose mechanic's lien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Fisher
Mattie C. Chapman
Cotton
Indiana Conference Association of the Seventh Day Adventists
General Conference Association of the Seventh Day Adventists
Indian Refining Company
R. B. Mansfield
Frank Kimberlain
Rebecca Kimberlain
James Prederick
Ora _ Pool
Leftie Pool
Blyrer Rooksberry
Brown Coal Company
Crowder Returns Home From Biloxi Visit
W. H. Crowder has returned home after a stay in Biloxi Mississippi where he spent time away from work and visited family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Crowder
Biloxi, Miss
Inspectors Named by Commissioners for May 4 Primary
County Commissioners appointed election inspectors for the May 4 primary. Names listed include R L Ladd and H T Smith, with inspectors assigned across Curry, Fairbanks, Turman, Hamilton, Cass, Jefferson, Haddon and Gill townships, detailing precincts and personnel such as Gus Mahan, J H Drake, Wm Bennett, Robert Calvert, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Ladd
H. T. Smith
Crawford Pierson
A. E. Marratta
Frank M. Nead
Curry Township
Gus Mahan
H. V. Stark
J. H. Drake
John Hazelrigg
Frank Wallace
Wm. Bennett
Sullivan County Farmers Pool Wool and Plan Three Pool Points
Sullivan County Farmers Association held a meeting on Friday April 16 to discuss pooling wool. Purdue expert Claud Harper noted last year’s 30 000 pounds sold for about 10 cents above individual prices and explained the National Wool House method. Members voted to pool wool at Carlisle Sullivan and Farmersburg along the railroad and to appoint a pooling committee for each point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan CO. Farmers' Association
Sullivan County
Farmers’ Association
Claud Harper
Purdue University
Indiana
National Wool House and Storage Company
Chicago
Ilinois
Ohio
Harper
I. 7
Carlisle
Sullivan
Farmersburg
Purdue
Peoples State Bank
National Bank
Marriages Registered in Cass and Surrounding Areas
Marriage licenses listed include James H. Cox 24 miner and Jessie A. Houston 18 of Cass. George Knotts 26 farmer near Callis and Edith M. Henson 28 of Oaktown Homer. A. Robertson 21 miner and Bula Benefield 16 of Sullivan County. Charles A. Woodard 23 farmer and Bula M. Stout 16 near Sullivan. William H. Sutherland 24 farmer of Carlisle and Opal C. Tryon 18 of Hymera. James A. Bunch 23 miner and Dorothy E. Alumbaugh 18 of Cass. Raymond A. Pigg 23 miner and Ruby F. Secrest 18 near Cass. Morton McDaniel 35 miner of Hymera and Eva J. Kendall 26 of Shelburn.
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James H. Cox
Miner
Jessie A. Houston
Cass. George
Carlisle
Opal C. Tryon
Hymera
James A. Bunch
Dorothy E. Alumbaugh
Cass
Raymond A. Pigg
Ruby F. Secrest
Morton McDaniel
Eva J. Kendall
Shelburn
Population figures show Sullivan 4 489
Sullivan has a population of 4 489 per the official census report received from the census bureau in Washington. The document, sent to District Census Director George Purcell of Vincennes, notes a rise of 374 since 1919 when the figure was 4 113.
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Sullivan
Census Bureau
Washington
George Purcell
Vincennes
Roy Coffman
Flossie Steel
Wm. Crowder
Local Boy in Music Festival Opens Terre Haute Series
Cecil Smith of Sullivan is a member of the De Pauw String Quartet to perform at the Terre Haute Spring Music Festival opening April 29 at Centenary Methodist Church. The quartet, led by Prof. H Barnum, also includes Warren Cook and Herald Jones. The four concerts feature De Pauw Conservatory soloists and ensembles with Dean Robert G. McCutchan conducting In a Persian Garden and Callia. More than 150 young people from Indiana counties will take part, marking a historic transport of an entire institution to another city for such an event.
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de Pauw
Terre Haute
Cecil Smith
Sullivan
Indiana
H. Barnum
Warren F. Cook
Herald Jones
Centenary Methodist Church
Vigo County
Conservatory
Shower and party honors Mr and Mrs Jim Cox in Cass township
A Saturday night shower and party celebrated the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cox of Cass township. Guests included family members and friends, with dancing and games and refreshments of fruit and cake. The couple, formerly Miss Jeanie Houston, received many presents and wished joy and a long, happy life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Cox
Cass Township
Margaret Wilson
Cora Lemons
Edith Extine
Lizzie Butler
Cora
Hazel Exline
Sarah McPherson
Hazel
Venda Gettinger
Agnes Williams
Annn Hollo
Martha Templeton
Linton
Esther Houston
Raymond Butler
David
Robert Templeton
Johnnie Houston
Gerge Shipman
Harold Butler
Robert Young
Willie Butler
George Young
Maxine
Jimmie Houston
Flora
Margaret
Ruth
David Houston
Cox
BondsApproved for Road Improvements in Four Townships
Frank M. Daniels reports the State Board of Tax Commissioners approved bond issues to fund road improvements on Gorse Love lace road in Curry township J B Latshaw road in Haddon township Stephen R Brown road in Jackson township and Thomas M Douthitt road in Jefferson township.
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Frank M. Daniels
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Gorse ‘Lovelace
Curry Township
J. B. Latshaw
Haddon Township
Stephen R. Brown
Jackson Township
Thomas M. Douthitt
Jefferson Township
Local Women Visit James Miesenhelders Last Week
Mrs. Edgar Vane Mrs. Dee Gullett of Indianapolis and Miss Mae Taylor of Connersville visited Mr. and Mrs. James Miesenhelder last week in a social gathering.
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Edgar Vane
Dee Gullett
Inianapolis
Mae Taylor
Connersville
James Miesenhelder
Notable Sullivan County Veterans and Pioneers Die
Robert L. Parsons 92 a pioneer resident of Farmersburg dies at home. William Ridgeway 76 a Sullivan County native and Civil War veteran dies at his city home. funeral at 2 PM at the Methodist church, burial at Center Ridge cemetery. Surviving relatives listed. Ridgeway was born 1844 near Walkers Chapel and served in Company D. Parsons served in the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. funeral held at Farmersburg and burial at West Lawn Cemetery. both men were long time members of local G A R posts and the Methodist church.
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William Bryson Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Mattie Scott
Francis Coodman
Pauls. Ridgeway
Riverside
California
William B. Ridgeway
Vincennes
William Bolinger
Sullivan
Thomas N. Ridgeway
Indianapolis
Gus Ridgeway
Charlotte
South Carolina
Walkers Chapel
Indiana
O. H. Crowder
T. W. D. Hutchison
Robert K. Houpt
Frank Neff Post
Robert J. Parsons
Robert L. Parsons
W. H. Parsons
Farmershburg
Farmershure
Few
M. E. Reynolds
Gaskins Post G. A. R
Wrest Lawn
Mr. Parsons
Thomas and
Sallie Parsons
Nova Scotia
Elizabeth J. South
William H. Parsons
Farmersburg
Sarah E. Houpt
iSet
Parsons
34St
Diana Volunteer Infantry
Methodist Church
New Lebanon
Fort Donaldson
Bostick Sells Sullivan Ice Cream Plant
Saturday Edsil Bostick sold the Sullivan Ice Cream Company plant and business to Orville Hale the county sheriff and Ed Kelly former sheriff who will run the enterprise Claude Bostick remains employed by the new owners Bostick plans to move to Phenix Arizona to join his family and likely continues in the same line of business with neighbors hoping for their success.
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Bostick
Edsil Bostick
Sullivan Ice Cream Company
Orville Hale
Ed Kelly
Claude Bostick
Phenix
Arizona
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Callop
Wible
Frank Wible
George McDonnall
Charley Colfman
Percy Wolfe
Harper Davis
Rush McCammon
Wolfe
Dixie Bee Line
Wales
Fairbanks Township
Will Ransford
Willis Drake
Turman Township
C. E. Bottors
Chas. Bicknell
Jesse Medsker
Hamilton
Robert Calvert
William Billman
Charles Walston
Ben Crowder
E. S. Crowder
William Cunningham
Fred Kendricks
A. J. Walters
Chas. Hale
Gilbert Lewellyn
Mike Yung
Chas. E. Pigg
Frank Creager
Linder Pirtle
Lawson Smith
John Collins
Jacob Cox
William Gobin
A. V. Munich
Elmer Carrico
Gill Township
D. Shaffer
W. J. Cooper
William Prose
WM. Bryson Pudgeway
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