Splendid Exhibition of Real Patriotism
On Saturday evening the 25th at the Good Cheer Club in Samet neighborhood, an entertainment for the Red Cross featured readings and vocal music by club members, instrumental numbers by the local band, and an address on Wayant's Part in World War by Attorney Stacy Walls of Beaver. Admission was ten and fifteen cents, raising thirty two dollars amid an audience of over two hundred. The event, organized by local mothers and scarkeepers, marked Beaver county’s first Red Cross benefit, with Sunset ladies praised for their courage and patriotism. A separate local note reports Harry Goins defending a petroleum camp from I W W agitators, escaping a trap set at a derrick. Other items include an accidental rifle discharge killing Hugh Hall aged 21, an inquest and funeral details, a smoker honoring C Smith and others bound for Fort Losen training, and a children's museum program at the Methodist church led by Mrs. Clara Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Cheer Club
Lectire
Samet
Red Cros
Wayant
Stacy Walls
Beaver
Beaver County
Pioneer Woman Mrs F M English Dies After Prolonged Illness
Beaver County remembers Mrs. F M English a pioneer settler who died Friday August 24 after months of illness from heart and liver troubles. She and husband raised stock on a Beaver River ranch, later moving to Beaver. Funeral held Saturday at 2 p m with ministers Perkins and Leonard paying tribute. interment in Beaver Cemetery.
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F. M. English
Beaver County
English
Beaver River
Wettler
Eoglish
Beaver
Methodist Church
Perkins
WB. Leonard
Presbyterian Church
Frank Laughlin
J W Web
Phelps
CB. Beckham
Bo T. Lowthoureow
Beaver Newsround: Letters From War and Local Notices
Private Joe Meese writes from France to Beaver friends in July 1917 about health, language pranks, and hopes for Christmas at home. The column also reports arrivals, travels, teaching appointments, illness, and social notes from Beaver and nearby communities, including marriages, job changes, and school openings.
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Joe Meese
Co. K
16Th Inf
C.5
France
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Goins
Harry Goins
Seaver
Humphreys Petroleum Company
Billings
Enid Eagle
L W. W
Frank Shockley
Hugh Hall
Frank Hall
Riverside
Burns
Hall
D. Noble
Surprise Cemetery
Richeson
Truax Undertaking Company
Rev. May
Plode
C . Smith
Fort Losen
Roots
Atkomas
Langey
Alt Frosift
Clara Smits
Museo Clin
Smith
Jin Cawoh Haw
Te. Nobell
Mobell
Ur. Miller Mweltoe
South
Dovelas
Wetlean
Chidren
DeGraw
Colorado
DeGraw pouFiaves
Paris
16Th Regiment
Toll Woodrow
States
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W. H. Robertson
Kansas City
St. Joe
Mlc. Green
Mr. Green
Elmwood
John Kile and
Von
New Salem
Indiana
Henry File
D. M. Kile
Jack Coffin
Emily Nicholson
A. L. Sellers
Great Bend
Kansas
Lynn Russell
J. N. St Clair
Charlie
Harry Brown
Garden City
Mr. Russell
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Illinois
Bertha Lacey
Los Angeles
California
Jim Shearer
Ted Tenny
L. L. Shaw
Tenny
Newsom
John W. Savage
Woodward
Frank McKillips
Redla
Augusta
Kansan
Roy Carter
McKillips
Chaster Greendyke
Elm
E. A. Twentier
Cleaveland
Sam Dawson
Kokoma
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Herad
Dawnion
Helen Murphy
Grew Ridge
Missouri
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Clinton
Helen Wi
Alexander
J. D. Stone
Alva
Barlow
Pensacola Florida
E. H. Mansfield
Stone
Jim
Marthas’ Society of the Christian Church
Mansfield
Salz
Wil
Fred C. Tracy
Oklahoma
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