U C C NOTES: College Trustees Elected and Travel Plans
Pres. C B Hershey drove to Sumner Illinois to deliver a lecture Sunday evening. Prof. W S Sanford attended a Sunday school convention at Sullivan. Miss Mary Burke traveled to Lawrenceville. Matron Severns will spend the summer in Sedalia. Mrs Mary Allison moved to Bismarck. Mrs Matilda Finley moved to Brazil to educate her son Harvey who graduated this commencement. Commencement was well attended. Hershey plans to attend the Illinois State Normal Christian Conference in Sumner next Wednesday. Trustees elected for three years: B W Robart Avon Illinois Rev J F Burnett Dayton Ohio Rev C Tarr Lebanon Indiana Prof A Taylor Springfield Ohio Mr K P Arrick Farmland Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hershey
Sumner
W. S. Sanford
Sullivan
Mary Burke
Lwrenceville
Severns
Sedalia
Mary Allison
Bismarck
Matilda Finley
Brazil
Tiarvey
Hershey
Illinois State Normal Christian Conference
Illinois
B. W. Robart
Avon
J. F. Burnett
Dayton
Ohio
C. Tarr
Lebanon
Ind
A. ©. Taylor
Springfield
K. P. Arrick
Farmland
Indiana
Sullivan and Terre Haute Visitors Share Meals and Gatherings
A local social page notes visits and meals among residents. Bernice Br and Mrs T E Hopewell join others in Sul Hven Monday while J M Oldham and A A Brown conduct business in Sullivan midweek. Families from Terre Haute and Ohio visit, and the senior classes of 1915 and 1916 share a Saturday night gathering with ice cream and nabiscos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Hven
Bernice Br
T. E. Hopewell
Satyr Stewart
Rev. Haas
W. G. Witwater
J. M. Oldham
Sullivan
R.R. Houpt
Lizzie Brown
A. A. Brown
Ad Arnett
Terre Hare
Sam la
Jack Schaffer
Terre Haute
O. CC. Haas
Crowder Hospital
Alta Bolenbaugh
Clyde Schaffer
Ethel Willis Hally Poston
Bernice Brown
Mary
Hattie
Donis Weir
Hallie Ladd
Messers Roy
Ray Brand
Jake Prose
Carlos Milam
Dewey Baughman
William Springer
Edward Willis
Justin Norris
Raymond Waidner
Sam Phegley
Graysville Notes Mention Weather Clerks and Local News
Graysville community gossip roundup notes a weather joke about prophets retiring, local family visits, church Children's Day program at the high school, and a weeklong movie. It also records residents at Terre Haute events, school farewells, and local wedding of Miss Patton entering nursing school with a farewell party.
Providence Children’s Day Program Delights Local Audience
A Providence Children’s Day program drew a full house with the majority of acts performed by children ages 10 to 12 and the Kings Daughters class. Patrons praised David Huff Oraline Brown Dorothy Gladys Huff Kathryn Huff and Charles Webb for standout moments and urged attendance at future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
David Huff
Oraline Brown
Dorothy
Gladys Huff
Kathryn Huff
Charles Webb
Eyvie
Kings Daughters
New Suits in Shelburn Courts Include Guardianship and Divorces
Actions filed list guardianship petitions by Anna T. Ersinger and Bessie Lang against Anna M. Thomas. Damages sought by Harry Williams against Old Shelburn Coal Co. Foreclosure mortgage actions by First National Bank of Shelburn against Joe W. Curry and Walter Smith on notes. Divorce petitions filed by Mary L. Puckett against Ray Puckett and Maude E. Montgomery against William Montgomery. Replevin suits by Phelina S. Coffman against Ollie Drollinger and Winfield Drollinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna T. Ersinger
Bessie Lang
Anna M. Thomas
Guardian
Harry Williams
Old Shelburn Coal Co
First National Bank of Shelburn
Joe W. Curry
Walter Smith
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Co
William C. Wagner
Joy Wagner
Sallie C. Keith
Mary L. Puckett
Ray Puckett
Phelina S. Coffman
Ollie Drollinger
Winfield Drollinger
Replevin
Lloyd Lang Accepts Oil Field Position in Irvine Ky
Lloyd Lang has gone to Irvine Kentucky where he has accepted a job in the oil fields there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lang
Irvine
Heavy rains hit the area as Alsman family mourns
One of the heaviest rains of the season visited our vicinity Sunday. God has taken to his heavenly home the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Alsman. She was buried Sunday at Mt Calvary. Marshall Harris lost his life Saturday while at work in the mine at Paxton. John Lund and son Roy called on John Alsop Monday morning. The burns of Charles Meiers, resulting from a carbide explosion, are some better. He was in Sullivan Saturday. Mrs Hannah Alsop, Charles Chambers and James Alsop took dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Alsop and family. Children's exercises will be held at U B church June 25. Everyone cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanagan
Zack Swanagan
Terre Haute
Methodist Church
Laura Durham
Bace Pinkston
John Ingersoll
van Hoy & Son
Owensville
Ham Burton
Will Coppage’s
Geo. B. Muncie
O. QO. Parker
Will Thomas
Chas. Thomas
Lillie Burton
Milton Pinkston
Sullivan
James Moore
Reelsville
Ind
William
Ed. Alsman
Mt. Calvary
Marshall Harris
Paxton
John Lund
Roy
John Alsop
Charles Meiers
Hannah B. Alsop
Charles Chambers
James Alsop
U. B. Church
Esther Olsson
Carlisle
Henry Buck
Agnes Buck
Willie Willis
Beulah Muff
Stewart McCammon
Axel Olsson
Ezra Cowden
John Harlow
Mary
David Harlow
Hallie Voorhees
Will Thurman
William Roseberry
Our City
Farnsworth
Stork
Earl McDaniel
Charles Carlin
Walter McCammon
Ernest Olsson
Marie Clark
Long’s Chapel
Allen Zaager
Jim Stewart
Advertised Letters for Sullivan Indiana June 21 1916
List of letters remaining unclaimed in the Sullivan Indiana Post Office as of June 21 1916. If not called for within two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Ladies list includes Mrs Blanch Lamon Mrs C F Parks and Mr Delmer Wallis. Call and say advertised with date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan, Ind
Lamon
Blanch Parks
C. F
Wallis
Delmer
W. E. Aydelotte
P. M
Drilling Outfit Moves to Willfred for No 5 Coal Tests
A drilling outfit used at Mil dred for No 5 coal has been moved to Willfred where test holes for the same coal will be drilled. The company holds a contract to purchase mineral land from Henry Barnhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Willfred
Henry Barnhart
Hammock Offer At Bennett's Drug Store
Hammock time advertised with a sale call to view a fine line priced from 1.75 to 7.00 at Bennett's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett's Drug Store
Longest Day of the Year Sun Above Tropics
On the longest day the sun sits directly above the Tropic of Cancer giving more than fifteen hours of daylight. By December 21 the sun is above the Tropic of Capricorn marking the shortest day. March and September equinoxes occur when the sun crosses the equator.
Sullivan County Life Termers Seek Pardons
Attorney Lee F Bays travels to Indianapolis to appeal before the state pardons board for Joe Jones and William Adams of Sullivan County who are serving life terms for murder. Jones pled guilty to the Hymera neighbor killing and Adams, a Merom Station farmer, was sentenced for life in 188? for a Merom Station murder. Adams has been a model prisoner for twenty seven years. petitions will be presented for both men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Lee F. Bays
Indianapolis
State Board of Pardons
Joe Jones
William Adams
Sullivan
Jones
Michigan City
James Andrews
Hymera
Gill Township
William Eaves
Merom Station
Adams
Paxton Man Arrested for Failing to Report Crash
Nicholas Jeffords, 40, of Paxton, was arrested in Terre Haute on a city court warrant for violating state law by not reporting a motor vehicle accident. The claim states his vehicle struck another car on South Seventh Street, injuring a small girl, and he did not stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paxton
Nicholas Jeffords
Terre Haute
Jeffords
South Seventh Street
Infant Morris Lee McMahon Dies in Farmersburg
Morris Lee McMahon infant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. McMahon of Farmersburg died yesterday. Services were held at the residence and interment followed at West Lawn cemetery. He leaves two aunts Miss Ora McGlone and Mrs. Bruce Garrard and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Riley McGlone, all of Farmersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Lee McMahon
Farmersburg
L. C. McMahon
West Lawn Cemetery
Ora McGlone
Bruce Garrard
Riley McGlone
Cass Township Commencement Held at Odd Fellows Hall
The Cass township schools held their annual commencement at the Odd Fellows' hall. Forty four pupils received diplomas from County Superintendent Richard Park. Rev. C. B. Hershey, president of Union Christian College, gave the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Township
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cass
Richard Park
C. B. Hershey
Union Christian College
Guardsman Emil McCoy Heads to Lafayette Muster
Emil McCoy departed yesterday to Lafayette to be mustered in with his National Guard company, a unit he joined while at Purdue University. John C. Chaney traveled to Solsberry, Indiana, on business this morning. Sullivan Masonic lodge conferred the third degree on Oliphant Hawkins last night and will confer the entered apprentice degree next Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil McCoy
Lafayette
National Guard
Purdue University
John C. Chaney
Solsberry
Ind
Sullivan Masonic Lodge
Oliphant Hawkins
Dr King’s New Life Pills promise gentle laxative effect
A health ad claims daily bowel movement signals good health and that the pills provide a gentle laxative effect without griping. It says the product cleanses the system, purifies blood, cures constipation, and acts as a tonic. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Local notes from across the Wabash area
Roy Beck fished alone by the Wabash reporting a large catch. Sunday school convened at Sullivan with Charles Jackson wife and Jim Townsley. Coleman Nash visited his sister Mrs. Charles Jackson. Dagley from Cincinnati attended cornerstone laying. Ray Timmerman and wife returned from Terre Haute on vacation. Uncle Isaac Moore ill with dropsy. A newborn arrived at the homes of several couples. Laus Near and Homer Montgomery fished White River. Jessie Heaton visited sister Floyd Townsley and returned home. Emmit Booker left for Colorado for health. Tom Buck and Jim Townsley loaded baled hay for Evansville. William Jackson and family visited Uncle Jimmy Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Beck
Wabash
Charles Jackson
Jim Townsley
Sullivan
Coleman Nash
Miss Dagley
Cincinnati
Indiana
Ray Timmerman
Terre Haute
Isaac Moore
Stork
John Allen
Dean Knochs
Goldie Herndon
Laus
Homer Montgomery
White River
de Scribe
Jessie Heaton
Floyd Townsley
Emmit Booker
Colorado
Tom Buck
Evansville
Wm. Jackson
Jimmy Jackson
Emil McCay Returns Home From Purdue Visit
Emil McCay, who has been attending Purdue University at Lafayette, has returned home to spend his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. McCay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil McCay
Purdue University At
Lafayette
Mrs
B. FF. McCay
Local Notes From Fairbanks and Nearby Towns
R R 1 Fairbanks reports visitors and local events. Names include John Whitlock, John Wisener, John McKee, M A Rose, Rev O M Deal, Claude Harmon, Lynn Thomas, Lela Thomas, James Munroe, Carl Lester, Edgar Strain, John Harrison, A E Harrison, Tom McKinley, Watt Weir, Chas Riggs, Jane Lawson, Warren Dickerson, Elmer Trueblood, Dix Lloyd, Levi Drake, Will Lester, Elsie Peach er. Kingsley and Union chapel hold Children s Day services. road work in Turman township. Sunday schools host programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitlock
Indianapolis
John Wisener
Farmershburg
Narrows
John McKee
Merom
M. A. Rose
O. M. Deal
George Kersey
Claude Harmon
West Union
Iil
Lynn
Lela Thomas
West York
James Munroe
York
Carl Lester
Edgar Strain
John Harrison
A. E. Harrison
Terre Haute
Tom McKinley
Watt Weir
Turman Tnownship
North Turman
Everett Wible
Chas. Riggs
Miss Esther Olsson Returns from Carlisle Visit
Local notes recount visits and modest happenings around Caledonia and nearby towns. Names include Buck family in Sullivan and Olsson households, with social calls and a Christening mention. A baby boy nine pounds born to Earl McDaniel is noted along with a funeral at Mt Calvary for Hallie Voorhees.
Big Springs Rain-Splashed News From Local Relatives and Church
Heavy rain hit Big Springs on Sunday as residents note travel from Oxford Ohio where Martha and Lucile Durham attended commencement. Local visits include Mrs Sadie Chisler Ella Eno at Mr Pogues and Mrs Josie Pounds. Rev T C Smith, ex U C college president, preached a well received sermon from an old Bible given to Big Springs Church over fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Lucile Durham
Oxford
Ohio
Sadie Chisler
Ella Eno
John Nash
Little Son
Emerson Watson
Newton Neese
Chicago
Ross Turman
Sullivan
Amily
Flat Rock
T. C. Smith
Denver
Col
U. C. College
Big Springs Church
Rev Smith
Laura
T. J. Mann
Selma Ingersoll
Rev. Smith
Old U. G. CG
Mellott and Harbaughs Return From Extended Eastern Trip
Mr and Mrs W T Mellott and Mr and Mrs W W Harbaugh returned Thursday from an extended automobile trip through Ohio and the East. They visited New York City and other points. They also met Mrs Floyd Cummins in Fostoria Ohio, daughter of the Mellotts, who is in the clothing business there. Mr Cummins and Arthur Asbury will live in Edwards Indiana where Asbury now works with Cummins. Will Borders is visiting relatives in Wabash Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Mellott
W. W. Harbaugh
Ohio
East
New York City
Floyd Cummins
Asbury
Cummins
Will Borders
Wabash
Ind
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New Lebanon
Tia Sheppel
Newcastle
Alia .Bolenbaugh
Herman Jones
Alia
Hettie Bolenbaugh
Ida Shepple
Gertrude Houpt
Chas. Smith
Gerald
Mrs. Goins
Graysville
Will Burke
Parker
W. D. Gorham
Davis
Lon Bicknell
Oma Monk
State Normal
United States
Hughes
Bessie Patton
Irma Pound
Pearl Weir
Edna Pound
Sarah Piety
Ciara Rochner
Georgia Ransford
Mildred Shields
Ruby Ransford
Ina Bowen
Kitty Eno
Pauline Piety
Marguerite Ransford
Joy Feree
Martha York
Mary Mann
Elizabeth Pound
Mabel Nowlin
Halcyon Pound
Russell Kelley
Carl
Raymond Faree
Edgar Harris
Carl Cushman
Stewart Moore
Harol Goins
Edgar Ransford
Walter Whitman
Avery Yager
Claire Davis
Neal Cox
Lawrence Huff
Clyde Daniel
Golden Monk
Gilbert Parsons
Homer Daniel
Henry Ingersoll
Clarence Bottorff
Oren Patton
Clarence Walters
Miss Patton
John F. Ward
Oswald Ward
Washington, Ind
Will Yager
Maude E. Montgomery
Wm. Montgomery
South Giant
THE
Hoosier Bargain Store
Fairbanks
Caledonia
Bertie Smith
Bicknell
Pete Harlow
Jim Williams
Elmer Williams
Here
Big Springs
Pauline Medsker
Warren Watson
Hila
Josie Eno
Steve Newlin
Hutsonville
Tom Medsker
Constance Watson
Allie Watson
Will Watson
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Co
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