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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
5
I E G Carruthers cashier of the bank swears the entered total figures are true to the best of knowledge. Subscribed before Lillie Goodman notary public on May 8 1917 with commission expiring Oct 30 1917. Sullivan County Indiana recorded.
Graysville residents cope with unseasonable weather delaying farming and gardening. John Pinkston’s new home rises quickly amid conditions. Funeral of John Harrison at Drake church. Edgar Ransford's runaway caused minor wagon damage but no injuries. Reuben Ransford returns from California praising the cold winter. Cemetery trustees tidy Johnson cemetery and elect Charles C. Brown after James Dodd’s departure. Local clergy preach and substitute pastors assist. Mrs. Cushman moves into VanCleave property and prefers Graysville. Will Billman visits Sullivan. Rev. Shaw ends church lectures. Rev. Deal aids at New Lebanon and Merom due to Dr. O’Haver’s illness. Mrs. Fred Hoke and son Frank visit on business from Indianapolis. Will Coppage visits Rev. J. C. Foutz recovering from appendicitis. Graysville youth theater and school events entertain despite weather. picnic plans and chaperone Miss Alverta White.
Mr and Mrs Frank Buff and children visited relatives in Pleasantville last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Vern Nichols of Sullivan plan to move to Merom occupying the Sparks house. Mrs Anna Buff and daughter Gladys were in Robinson Illinois last Wednesday. Miss Francis Apple of Gordon Station Illinois stayed with Miss Daisy Foote last week. Setzer Bros acquire a new motor truck for their huckster business. Ralph Daugherty has returned from Florida. Mr and Mrs Will Burnett visited Mr and Mrs Willis near Graysville last Sunday. Mother's Day observed at the Christian church next Sunday with Sunday school at 930 in the future. Frank Burk running the restaurant Burnetts previously managed. Hierbert Burnett and wife moved into the Alice Huff property. High water and cold weather hinder mussel business recently. A large crowd from Merom Sullivan Robinson attended the flag raising last Saturday afternoon. Mr Pigg of Sullivan spoke to a near capacity crowd in the room above Parker's drug store. The Epworth league elected officers Sunday night.
President Hershey attended a Saturday meeting in Indianapolis with presidents and superintendents of Indiana colleges and high schools. The Franklin literary society presented The Time of His Life at Graysville to a large audience who praised the performance.
Chester Woodard made a business trip to Sullivan on Saturday. Charity May of near Middletown called on Elmer Collins Sunday. Elmer Taylor and children spent Thursday with James Ransford of near Fairbanks. Hamit Boone visited relatives in Sullivan Sunday. Elsie and Genevie Barcus plus Chester Woodard and Dennis Wernz visited Hermina Jewell Sunday. Oral Harris visited his parents Ed and Mrs. Harris. Leslie Holmes and children from near Fairbanks spent Wednesday with Robert Miller. Genevie Barcus and Hermina Jewell shopped in Farmersburg Thursday. Dudley Hayworth spent Sunday with Mrs. Joe Curry. Mollie Kirkham of Farmersburg spent Sunday with daughter Mrs. Joe Branson.
A Merom entertainment in Graysville drew local attendees who found it worth the admission. Carl Cushman returned home Sunday. Will Foutz and Melvina Wood visited Florence Greystone Sunday evening. Mrs. C. E. Watson and her children visited relatives in Hutsonville. Ernest Davis of Sullivan laid a monument at Frank Pitser's grave in Mann cemetery Saturday morning. John Harrison died at his Kingsley Chapel area home Sunday morning. He once lived here. his wife was Sylvia Medsker’s daughter. Ray Watson visited Sullivan on Friday. Mrs. Durham and daughter Martha were in Merom Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Mann was in Merom on business Monday. Rev. O. R. Mason will preach here next Sunday morning and evening.
Condensed financial report of Sullivan County Loan and Trust Company at Sullivan Indiana for May 1 1917 shows resources including loans and discounts 375392.83, bonds 9590.67, cash items 393.91 while total liabilities 460282.65 includes capital stock 50000 and trust deposits 7909.77 and other items. Notice also lists local residents and legal notices including a quiet title suit in Sullivan Circuit Court with defendants not residents of Indiana and a June 25 1917 appearance date.
Workmen digging at the Sparta Wisconsin Normal school unearthed a 1000 gallon gasoline tank buried about two decades ago. It was placed for safety as the institution used fuel then but the exact burial reason date and purpose were forgotten until old timers recalled the practice of buying large quantities at low prices.
New York's Supreme Court holds tips form part of a worker's wages in a taxi driver case. The decision centers on whether tips received by a driver named Lilo are legally considered earnings.
Mariah Shoffner appointed executrix of Isaac Shoffner's Indiana estate in Sullivan County. The solvent estate notice lists John C. Chaney as attorney with first insertion May 9 1917.
In Sullivan Circuit Court May term 1917 Everett T Moss sues Ruth Moss for divorce and custody. Complaint filed May 7 1917 by J W Lindsey attorney states Ruth Moss not a resident of Indiana. She must answer by Sept 3 1917 or default will be entered. Court notice published in Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union.
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