Merom Social Notes Highlight Summer Visitors
Miss Maxine Rusk spent last week with relatives in Terre Haute. Mrs. Hubert Needham and daughter visited her mother Mrs. Maude Burke. Mrs. Anna Buff returned home from Indianapolis. Junior Girls of the Christian Sunday school hosted a picnic in honor of teacher Miss Lara Hawkins after church. Various locals hosted guests and conducted daily tasks across Merom and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Cambridge
Chicago
Henry Vigus
Maxine Rusk
Terre Haute
Hubert Needham
Maude Burke
Anna Buff
Indianapolis
Henry Struckler
Bonnie Milam
Thelma Price
Robinson
Dorothy Burke
Marguerite Hubble
John Newland
Zoe Flemming
F. H. Johnson
Gertrude Hammond
Joseph Breishers
Deland, Fla
Elizabeth Hatten
Lara Hawkins
Christian Sunday School
Jacob Boughman
E. C. Gelding
Willow Hill
Owens
Clinton
Ida Hubble
Harold Weir
Watt Cooper
Alice Thompson
Irene Hunt
Ethel Wesner
Irena Benson
Simprote
Hunt
Chas. Mahan
van Cleave
Sarah Ellen Hopewell
Sam Hopewell
Rose
Bogby
Charles Duncan
Lester
Charlies Davis
Community visits and events highlight week in Kingsley
Mrs J F Patton visits Chicago while families from Sullivan Pimento and Terre Haute tour local friends. American Legion fish fry at the Narrows and Children's Day exercises draw large crowds. Rev L L Johnson preaches faith and reflects on a successful Graysville meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Patton
Chicago
Grover Scott
Carl
Lester
Sullivan
C. E., Thornton and Son
Harold
Terre Haute
Edgar Strain
American Legion
the Narrows
Leslie Johnson
Bro. Johnson
Graysville
Big Springs Social Notes Highlight Busy Visits
Sylvia Medsker visits New York and Boston to attend Columbian University summer term. Will Watson trips to Brazil. Carl Cushman and family on summer vacation. Newt Wees and wife visit relatives from Chicago. Emerson Watson and sons in Terre Haute. Lacey Burton in Merom. Emory Wright and wife with Mrs. Harry Hubble in Merom. Warren Watson and family dined with B. W. Beard. Mary Mann visited James Prurham. Will Thomas family from Fairbanks spent Sunday with W. H. Pounds. Rain greatly needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Medsker
New York
Boston
Columbian University
Will Watson
Brazil
Carl Cushman
Newt Wees
Chicago
Emerson Watson
Doyne
J. W. Watson
Terre Haute
Lacey Burton
Merom
Emory Wright
Harry Hubble
Will Burks
Warren Watson
Deane
B. W. Beard
Mary Mann
James Prurham
Will Thomas and Family
Fairbanks
W. H. Pounds
Township Social Roundup Flows with Family Visits
Master Lysle Mitchell spent part of the week with Mr and Mrs George McDonald and Mrs Oral Harris then visited Mr and Mrs Ed Harb Friday. Mattie Isabel and Miss Wilma called on Mrs Dora Taylor afternoon. William Wilkins and son were Friday guests of Mr and Mrs Otto Wilt. Mr and Mrs Chester Do and children dined with Mrs Lydia Woodard. Elzie Harris spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Taylor and son Ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Jewell
Harold Larkins
Terre Haute
Jake Mansfield
Emory Smith
Near Little Flock
Mabel
Wilma
Wanda Hood
West Road
Lysle Mitchell
Jxoxge McDonald
Oral Harris
Ed Harb
Mattie Isabel
Wilma H
Dora Taylor
William Wilkins and Son
Otto
Marts
Chester Do
Lydia Woodard
Elzie Harris
Taylor
Ray
Pushing Work On New Light System In Three Towns
Extension of electric service to Freelandville Carlisle and Oaktown is under way with completion targeted by July 4 Freelandville to use electricity first Work from Edwardsport end will reach Freelandville in two weeks and town wiring will be done at that place Transfer of Knox and Sullivan County Light and Power Company stock to Indiana Power Company officials has been finalized Preferred stock issued to N S McGillivray J D Boswell and Edith Boswell Indiana Power Company will issue stock as soon as subscriptions are paid Construction in Carlisle and Oaktown expected to begin early next week with rapid completion promised
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freelandville
Carlisle
Oaktown
Edwardsport
Knox and Sullivan County Light and Power Company
N. S
County's First Golf Club Forms in Carlisle
The Maple Grove Golf club in Carlisle, Sullivan county, was formally organized Monday night at Jim McConnell's home. Officers: Bailey McConnell president Cecil J. Jennings vice president Dennis L. Winegar secretary treasurer. Governors: Jim McConnell chair Dr G W Clayton L J Winegar Harry T Alumbaugh E W Rogers. An all day July 4 picnic and a maple grove tennis court are planned. Mildred Curtis returns home for the summer after earning an A B from Indiana State Normal and taking a math teaching position in East Chicago High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
Carlisle
Sullivan County
Jim McConnell
Bailey McConnell
Cecil J. Jennings
Dennis L. Winegar
G. W. Clayton
L. J. Winegar
Harry T. Alumbaugh
E. W. Rogers
Mildred Curtis
C. E. Curtis
Indiana State Normal
East Chicago
Miss Curtis
Value of Society Teaches Humility in Thackeray Quote
A Thackeray reflection on society notes it lowers vanity by revealing our place among the better and teaching us our relative significance. The quote emphasizes social hierarchies and self awareness through acquaintance with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Training Child Through Play, A Plato Quotation
A compact reflection on shaping a child’s soul through play to cultivate excellence for adult life, emphasizing enduring virtue and self-perfection as guiding aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plato
Mr Bowser Bravely Recovers a Box of Eggs
Mr Bowser and Mr Jones investigate a box found in an alley believed to hold an infernal machine. At the police station the box is opened to reveal six eggs, one broken, aged six to ten years, ending the alleged tragedy without injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
Mr. Jones
Raised Rare Orchid From Seed In Kent Garden
The Hzard orchid, once thought extinct, is being cultivated from seed by cottager Fox of Adisham near Canterbury. After years with only isolated specimens, he has raised numerous plants from seeds sown under natural conditions and now has about a score in bloom, a breakthrough celebrated by botanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Fox
Adisham
Canterbury
London Mail
Secretary of State Cites Appointments Dilemma in Washington
Secretary Hughes at a dinner warns against the army of office seekers. He recalls Louis XV appointing a royal librarian named Bignon, noting the choice was ill judged and prompting M. d Argenson to quip about giving the man a chance to learn to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Washington
Louis XV
Bignon
M. d’Argenson
Beauty in the South Myrtle turns bronze in cold weather
The craupe myrtle becomes a small tree in the South and its foliage bronzes as it ripens, valued for summer and early fall flowers and the color of its foliage as cooler weather approaches, as noted by the American Forestry Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Magazine
Less Costly Dealing in Markets and Paintings
A stock market winner jokes about hiring a portrait painter for one thousand dollars to “do me in oil” as a quip about losses. The loser retorts that the painter would be cheaper than a broker, suggesting future dealings with art instead of finance.
Ancient Greek Writing Directions Evolve Over Time
The text traces the development of Greek writing from right to left inscriptions to the hbousthophedon method with alternating directions, and finally the universal adoption of left to right writing. It notes how scribal practices shifted and stabilized into modern orientation.
Violin Back Mottle Described as Relief Pattern
The American Forestry Magazine notes that when a figure appears on a smooth surface in relief it is called mottle. The violin backs show a fiddle-back mottle with hills and valleys, named for maple used in backs of violins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Forestry Magazine
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