Evansville Conference Guest Visits and Fair Remarks
Rural chatter notes visitors from Evansville to the Burton home over the weekend, remarks on the fair and lingering popcorn waste, plus local moves. Loyal Taylor and Charles visit hospital for an operation, while farmers welcome rains aiding wheat. A. N. L. Burton and Guy Cushman were in Indianapolis Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Borders
Lesie Johnson
Indiana
Charles
Com Boles
Nan Turman
Sullivan
Andy Borders
Ridgeway
John Setzer
Bucktown to Get Electric Lights and Mine Connection
Montgomery and town plans to install electric lighting after poles are placed for a high tension line to Vandalia Mine No. 29. Local households report celebrations for birthdays of Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Townsley, with many relatives gathering for a feast. illness notes include Mrs. Hale, Aunt May Hixon, and several Bedwells with home-building and farm improvements mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Bedwell
William Booker
Charles Bedwell
Sullivan
Marion Bedwell
John Bedwell
T. S. Bedwell
Dugger
Bucktown pastor reappointed. local man buried after World War service
The Rev. George Peel, pastor here last year, was returned by the conference for another year. Melvin Bedwell, 30, died at Sullivan county hospital and was buried here last Tuesday. Funeral services were held under the auspices of the Sullivan Pest American Legion. he was a World War veteran who served in France. Henry Goodman bought the corner property on Alfred Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Peel
Melvin Bedwell
Sullivan County Hospital
Sullivan Pest American Legion
France
Henry Goodman
Alfred
Township residents host relatives over weekend
Ruth and Irene Cummings of Farmersburg visited Misses Mabel and Ruby Rogers on Sunday. Levi Jewell and Barnett Jr. Jewell plus Mrs. Otto Jewell visited Graysville Saturday. Robert Baldings and family of Terre Haute visited Elmer and family Saturday night and Sunday. Oval Harris and children spent Sunday with Bert May near Shelburn. Chester Woodard and children and Lydia Woodard traveled to Merom Bluff Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Irene Cummings
Farmersburg
Mabel
Ruby Rogers
Levi Jewell
Barnett Jr
Otto Jewell
Graysville
Robert Baldings
Terre Haute
Elmer Taylor
Oval Harris
Bert May
Near Shelburn
Chester Woodard
Lydia Woodard
Merem Bluff
Sunday Neighbor Visits and Local Family Gatherings
P A Reed and Will Reed and son visited the Hayworths for dinner with the Wambaughs Dorothy, Robbins, and Richmonds called. The Allen family from Clay City joined Hood’s guests. Floyd Taylor hosted Clouse couples and Wyman and Clouse families from Fairbanks and Terre Haute. Joe and Curtis Hopewell Jr. drove to Illinois. Hood and Lucile visited Amanda Allen in Farmershore. Terre Haute visitors appeared in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Reed
Will Reed
Dudley Hayworth
Noble Wambaugh
Dorothy
Claude Robbins
Near Dugger
Russell Richmond
Hud Hill
Will Allen
Clay City
Alvin Hood
Floyd Taylor
Gus Clouse
Harold Clouse
Terre Haute
Raymond Wyman
Gene
Vernon Clouse
Fairbanks
Joe
Curtis Hopewell Jr
Illinois
Robert
Elza Harris
Lucile
Amanda Allen
Farmershore
Local Residents Attend Birthdays and Visits in Sullivan Area
Mrs Edna Tawney of Spokane and her children visited her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Vigus in Sullivan Monday. Neighbors gathered at Mrs Arthur Kaufman’s home for her birth anniversary. Various families from Farmersburg Carlisle Robinson Sullivan and Mil waukee visited relatives in Sullivan over the weekend and on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Tawney
Spokane
Wash
Henry Vigus
Webb Milam
Arthur Kaufman
Elliott Bowen
Earl Johnson
J. B. Wickline
Sullivan
Robert Hubble
Carlisle
Tom Wilson
Herschel Hopewell
Bonnie Milam
Vera Vancleave
Ray Vancleave
Farmersburg
John Cooper
Walter Cooper
Alexander
Florence
James A. Shaw
Milwaukee
Martha Shaw
Anna Buff
Manda Quackenbush
Oblong
David Harbor
Ralph Pennington
Pennington
Graysville
Nelson Vancleave
George McNabb
Cap Reid
Wm. Alumbaugh
Louise Eaton
Joseph Stanley
Rea Heilman
Cates
Ind
Ford
Harry Shaw
Ed Hoesman
Gertrude Hammond
Merom
Né@lle McNabb
Houston Bates
Terre Haute
Pleasantville Community Notes Highlight Local Attendance
James Buck and Laurel Enochs attend Indiana University. Reverend Peele returned from conference and was re appointed to the charge. Jess Brown served as lay delegate. Township teachers held their first Saturday institute. Extension work begins with State Normal, instructor A C Payne. Mr Park attended the institute. Gladys Kenedy and Cecil Knochs attend Madam Blaker's School in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Jacob Adams and son Joseph Edgar of Hammond visit Mr and Mrs Joe Arnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Buck
Laurel Enochs
Indiana University
Peele
Jess Brown
State Normal
A. C. Payne
Park
Gladys Kenedy
Cecil Knochs
Madam Blaker
Indianapolis
Jacob Adams
Box and Pie Supper at School Gym Friday
A box and pie supper will be held in the school gymnasium on Friday night September 28. All are invited. AU girls are asked to bring pies or boxes. Proceeds will benefit the school. Miss Syester who taught in the local high school last year now teaches at Hymera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syester
Hymera
Death in Decatur prompts funeral in Turman township
Mrs. Nellie Watson of Decatur Ill died Friday evening after a two week hospital stay. Mary Mann leaves for Decatur for the funeral Monday. Sympathies extended to the Watson and Mann families. Local services included memorials for Dr Ira L Turman and a Turman township fair drawn crowds. Other notes mention church services and community visits across Turman township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Watson
Hymera
Henrietta Mann
Nellie Watson
Decatur
Mann
Edyth Bicknell
Mary Mann
Wasson
Emmett Nowlin
Tom Medsker
Ralph Collier
Sullivan
Rufus DeHart
Ira L. Turman
Cynthiana
Big Springs
E. C. Eno
Cynthiana Argus
Emerson Watson
Bennett
Ross Turman
Hattie Cushman
Graysville
Warren Watson
Nation's wheat income $260,000,000 more this year
The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates cash income from farm sales will rise about 200 million dollars this crop year despite a wheat slump. Crops will total 4.725 billion, livestock 2.225 billion, animal products 1.76 billion, with total income up at least 200 million over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Department of Research
Farm Bureau
Agricultural Department
Eloquence in Thought and Knowledge
A compact aphorism noting that eloquence grows from knowledge and a full mind. It presents the idea that clear expression comes from internal richness and intellectual discipline.
Idleness condemned as social curse and danger
A moral exhortation declares idleness the root of social decay. It warns that idle rich and poor alike deserve labor daily, linking leisure to vice, broken families, and urban vice, while urging constant work to avoid societal ills.
Water Wells Completed For Farmersburg Fire Protection
The Farmersburg water wells were completed and certified pure by the State Board of Health. A single well pumps about 37 gallons per minute, equaling 2200 gallons per hour or over 50 090 gallons daily. A 150 foot standpipe and 4.12 miles of mains will supply water to all town sections for domestic use and fire protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmersburg
State Board of Health
Baccilli Colon
Farmershore
Farmersburg News
Former Residents Escape Berkeley Fire In California
Word reaches here that Mrs Solon Brokaw and her daughter Miss Mary Brokaw escaped unharmed from a ten million dollar fire in Berkeley California. Their building was spared and they lost no possessions. Miss Brokaw is a student at the University of California Berkley. Mrs Brokaw is a sister of J Harve Gordon of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley
Solon Brokaw
Mary Brokaw
California
Miss Brokaw
University of California
Brokaw
J. Harve Gordon
TERRE HAUTE STAR and SULLIVAN UNION
A listing notes a price of 4.00 for an item or service associated with the Terre Haute Star and Sullivan Union. The snippet provides minimal context but confirms the entities and amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Star and Sullivan Union
Install of Perkins Hi Power twin arc lamp at Carpenter Studio
The Carpenter Studio begins using a Perkins Hi Power twin arc lamp from Photo Genic Machine Co of Youngstown Ohio. The lamp emits snow white daylight like light adjustable from low to high power. It enables motion pictures and baby snapshots with true color, without harsh flashes, ensuring comfortable sessions any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter Studio
The
Photogenic Machine Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Sonson
Carpenter
Walters Family Visits Halberstadt Near Farmersburg
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Walters and son Francis and Mrs. Julia Moore spent Sunday with John W. Halberstadt near Farmersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Walters
Francis
Julia Moore
John W. Halberstadt
Farmersburg
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