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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
1
A large patriotic gathering calls for parade participation by seventeen hundred exempted conscripts this Sunday. Organizers urge families and communities to attend, demonstrating support for national service and collective effort in the city.
Michael E. Foley addresses a patriots meeting at Christian Church as 1600 exempted conscripts organize into county and township units under Captain Lee Mills. The crowd saluted the exemption board and pledged duty to wartime production and service.
Twenty one Sullivan County Levy men have been drafted by the local exemption board for military training. They are scheduled to report in August and depart for Fort Thomas Kentucky in the morning of August Sth. Names include Vernor Arnett, Claud C Bowen, Osa R Carlisle, Sherman Jr Terre Haute Criss Denver A Cox James R Carlisle Grabbe Louis J Freelandsville Herndon Harrison E Linton Gray Abb Orval Merom Morris Claud E Sullivan Morris Rey Carlisle Moore Alva Sullivan McMahan Walter T Sullivan McKinley William R Carlisle Noel Millard F Farmersburg Reed Raymond Farmersburg Ridge Virgil W Merom Shields Wim R Shelburn Willis Winkle Milrey Ind Substitutes Dailey Thomas W Carlisle Foust Longo Paxton Godberry Wade Th Sullivan Jackson Waetrer Mercim Ro 2 Cleveland Tra Cat iste
The state’s largest tractor demonstration is set next Tuesday at Captain J T B Springer farm near New Lebanon. Sullivan County Better Parole Association and local tractor dealers organize ten to twelve tractors to plow seven acres. The event starts promptly and aims to showcase modern farming machinery to attendees.
Mrs Rosa Ella Walker Plunkett, long resident of Sullivan County, died after a prolonged illness following diphtheria. She leaves her husband Dave Plunkett and eight children. Funeral services were held at her Sullivan County home at two o clock Thursday afternoon conducted by Rev John Meb Hlorne of the Christian church.
Grover Sebastain, a Sullivan County youth training at Camp Zachary Taylor, was severely injured in a street car crash in Louisville, Kentucky last week. His brother Colden Sebastain accompanied the contingent leaving Friday for Camp Taylor. their father Dan Sebastain is formerly of Fairbanks township and now resides near Hutsonville Illinois.
The Adjustment Appeal Board of the County Council of Defense will hold its first meeting at the Court House on Friday to take up appealed cases. Members include C. H. Stratton Sullivan W. S. Baldridge Charles H. Bedwell Marion Dugger and John G. Barnett from Jackson township.
The state board of tax commissioners has launched a campaign against automobile owners who failed to list their vehicles for taxation. The report shows 759 automobiles were listed for taxation in Sullivan County.
William M. Wilson, about sixty, a longtime Sullivan miner and mine boss, was killed today at the Peerless mine 2 1/2 miles northeast of Shelburn when slate fell. Survived by two sons Kugh and Lee, with Lee in training at Camp Sherman. His wife was the daughter of pioneer miner Trugh Moore.
In a letter from Wilbur Wright Field Dayton Ohio Springer, Otha K describes his wartime journey from joining the Marines to serving in the Signal Corps and later the 42d Aero Squadron. He details crowded camps at Jefferson Barracks, clothing delays, training at Camp Sevier South Carolina, and aviation studies in Brooklyn Pratt Institute.
A Vigo circuit court jury yesterday failed to reach a verdict in the Buster Clark case from Farmersburg charged with robbing the W D Bolinger garage. Fort Jeffers, linked to the robbery, was arrested in Marshall Illinois and returned here. He was bound over to the circuit court by Squire Lester in two thousand dollars bail.
Arthur Emmett Harrison of Fairbanks township and Claude Harmon of Fairbanks have been designated for special military duty by the local board and left for Syracuse New York to train as firemen or guards at the port of embarkation. Harrison, a partner in Harrison and Drake auctioneers, is the son of Mrs John Harrison. Scott Coffman, son of farmer John Coffman, enlisted in the Navy last week and will report for duty tomorrow.
William Park 77 a longtime county native died Friday night at Shelburn after a long illness. A native of Tumilon Township he was born near the old Park schoolhouse later living on a farm southwest of the city. He moved to Shelburn in 1916 and was married at 21. Funeral was Sunday at Palmers Prairie conducted by Rev O M Davis. Burial at Palmers Prairie. Survived by widow a son Richard Park equity superintendent of schools and two daughters Mrs Murrey Furkhart and Mrs Roy Simmons.
The report describes the death of a Hugger Man following an incident involving a vehicle component. The line of events references a party named Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pye of Gospert and mentions a burial in Filganmington on a recent Friday. The fragmentary text implies a fatal injury with a delayed burial.
Roy Well and Mrs Charles Trunt received a Sunday message from their son Captain Geeson Hunt stationed in San Antonio Texas. He would pass Terre Haute Sunday afternoon en route to the coast. The Hunt family plans to visit Terre Haute to see him as he expects to go overseas soon. The report says he will soon receive his commission as major and hopes to join the battle front. Captain Hunt is a West Point graduate with years of service.
Mrs. Searbee Riggs died Saturday after a long illness. The funeral took place at Saint Anthony’s Hospital with burial at Center Ridge Cemetery. Survived by daughter Miss Gernice Riggs, sister Wake Giles, and a son Giles Riggs of Itos Island shipyards. Mrs. Giles formerly lived in this city.
Mrs Rush Trimble of near Car Isle died Sunday after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev Bulgin of Indianapolis and burial was in Snyder cemetery. She is survived by her husband two brothers Jord McCammons and L L McCammons two sisters Mrs Jane Hume and Mrs Louw Herstman.
The Turmen township Parent Teachers Association will hold its regular meeting at the high school auditorium in Graysville Friday evening. Music will be provided by the Graysville orchestra with a trombone solo by Ross Turman and a vocal solo by Miss Halcyon Pound. Rev Myers McWinney will give the address.
The annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Portland Oregon the week starting August 18. Members traveling with credentials from their post commanders receive one cent per mile with tickets valid sixty days and allow stops. Rates extend to Sons of Veterans and the W R C.
A Sunday afternoon wind storm caused extensive damage here with many downed trees and damaged vegetation. The Joe K Smock building roof on the north side of the square was blown off and the K P hall on the third floor sustained damage.
A fragment reports that the ancient people’s settlement in Faribanks vanished long ago and the village’s abode remains unknown with ancient mounds noted.
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