Rural Delivery Route Changes Announced
Rural delivery changes effective next Monday shift Route B will be replaced by Routes 6 and 7 operating out of Sullivan.
27 Jun 1923
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
1
Rural delivery changes effective next Monday shift Route B will be replaced by Routes 6 and 7 operating out of Sullivan.
Morning service on Motor B shifts to No 6 and No 7 as changes restructure routes 3 and B. Route 6, 7 and 3 receive new assignments with Loy Lovelace and Floyd Willis as carriers. Detailed mileages for routes 6 7 and 3 include extensive traverses starting at the Sullivan post office and totaling 25.05 30.35 and 30.08 miles respectively.
Miss Dorothy Cunningham of Martinsville is named Indiana’s first associate member of the Republican National Committee. The appointment follows a plan urged by President Harding and party leaders and awaits state chairman Wald’s approval in Cincinnati. Cunningham, former director of the women’s bureau at the state headquarters in 1920, will join other state associates at next winter’s committee meeting and the 1924 Republican National Convention.
The Union will publish Thursday next week due to the Fourth of July holiday. No rural or city delivery Wednesday, post office closed all day Wednesday.
A heavy wind early Monday caused major damage to growing vegetation, crops, and property. A silo at John L. Thompson’s farm west of the city was wrecked, and the Wilkey residence and outbuildings suffered damage. Many trees were uprooted nearby.
Mr and Mrs Ed Gordon and family of Lake City Florida are visiting relatives here and at Hymera. They traveled by car over five days to make the trip.
Miss Cunningham, well known in the county, was formerly district chairwoman of the Republican party in the second district and visited frequently. She is the sister of Fred Cunningham, a locally known contractor.
The Community Club will host its final summer dinner at Eagle Island near River ton on Thursday evening. A fish and chicken dinner starts at 6 p.m. A special boxing card has been arranged.
Walter Lankford a 24 year old miner of Linton and Ruby Zellers 14 of Hymera. Milo Anderson Crouch 23 a mechanic of Hutsonville and Edith Alma Cummins 20 of Fairbanks. Walter F Farsch 20 a miner and Kitty Faye Lael 18 both of Dugger.
A compact guide outlines the meaning of the United States flag, the pledge and salute protocols, national anthem recommendation, and legal protections. It details display standards for ceremonies, platforms, processions, churches, and prohibited uses. It also lists do nots including dipping the flag and advertising with the flag.
Indianapolis hosts the July 19 Welcome for Walb reception honoring Clyde A. Walb, new Republican State Committee chairman, with governors, senators, and party leaders among sponsors. The event starts 10 a.m. with speeches, lunch, and afternoon meetings, marking a major off year gathering alongside the Indiana Republican Editorial Association meeting at South Bend.
The Sunday school of the Christian church will hold a picnic and supper on Merom bluffs Friday afternoon. There will be a ball game barn yard golf and other features.
Walter N. Ringer has accepted a position with Standard Oil Company and will head the new company station at Dugger.
A circuit court jury found Chauncey Frakes of Fairbanks township guilty of illegal sale of liquor and assessed a $100 fine. He claimed he mixed orange cider with cayenne pepper and sold it to three Fairbanks boys for $1.50 per half pint.
Attorneys Lee F. Bays Arthur De Baun and Norval K. Harris will soon move into the second floor office suite of the new Sullivan State Bank building.
The wheat harvest started last week in the county with Hud Bland's farm cutting the first yield on Friday. Acreage this year is smaller than the county’s usual extent.
An all day gathering will be held at New Liberty church on Sunday July 8. Pastor E G Denny will preach in the morning and afternoon. A lawn dinner will be served to attendees.
Shade Dickerson of Shelburn was injured at the Kettle Creek mine near Shelburn yesterday morning. He suffered a broken leg and hip injuries and was taken to the county hospital.
W Paul Stratton of Sullivan acts as executor for the will of Robert K Van Horn filed for probate Friday. All property is bequeathed to widow Parsetta VanHorn with a $6000 bond fixed for Stratton.
Captain Thomas C. Williams 84 former Sullivan resident and dry goods merchant died Saturday in Terre Haute. He served 33 years in the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and was active in the G A R and Masonic lodge. Burial at Highland Lawn followed a Terre Haute funeral. He is survived by two sons, three daughters, twelve grandchildren and a sister.
The Methodist church moves to erect a Sunday school annex on a lot beside the church at a cost of 50 000 dollars. The decision was made at an official church board meeting Monday evening. A building and finance committee will be appointed soon. The annex can be integrated with the main church later if desired.
Willard Wolfe traveled to Detroit on Sunday to take a post with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, signaling a new career move.
Mrs. Cora Exline Molar, 21, of Champaign Illinois, died after a Sunday car crash five miles west of Champaign. Her husband Albert R. Molar, driver of the Ford, lost control when a radius rod broke. the car plunged into a ditch and rolled. She had been a Cass township teacher and Sullivan graduate. Funeral Tuesday at the Cass Methodist church with burial in Hickory cemetery.
The miners first aid meeting at Clinton on Saturday July 7 includes an automobile parade. Tom Dugger offers twenty dollars for the grotesque costume. Sullivan Post American Legion offers twenty dollars for best drilled team. Clinton businessmen put sixty dollars for best county team. Vincennes bureau staff announce two trucks and a mine rescue car from the Interior Department. Bureau of Mines will display.
Linton residents recall a Sullivan adventure in which a colossal snake blocked the road. Joe Benham reports seeing a tan to brown serpent with a white belly, about fifteen feet exposed as it slid from a tree into a creek, supporting the earlier claim of a forty foot subject.
The first of 12 concerts by the city band is set for Thursday evening in court house park. Solo by Reid Ross with band accompaniment highlighted as a featured act.
The home of A. Goldberg, recently gutted by fire, is in the process of being rebuilt. Neighbors report ongoing construction and resumed efforts to restore the property.
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