Van Buren Township Schools Set to Open September 4
The Van Buren Township public schools will open Monday September 4. The district adds two teachers and plans tabulation of names ages on day one for book assignment. Transfers required for out of township high school students and a survey of attendance and ages will guide registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren Township
van Buren High School
Ty H. H. Scott
BE. A. Graves
Sadie Akers
Genevieve Farr
Lenore Dillon
H. H Scott
District School Teachers in Van Buren Township Abandon Anderson School
Van Buren township operates three district schools this year. The Anderson school two miles south of town is abandoned for not meeting pupil requirements. District teachers listed are No. 1 Ruth Bien, No. 2 Rachel Bhisenbise, No. 3 Julia Merrell.
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van Buren Township
Anderson
Ruth Bien
Rachel Bhisenbise
Julia Merrell
Annual Old Folks Day Program Planned at Mat ser Park
The annual Old Folks Day will be held next Tuesday August 29 at Matser Park. The morning services will be led by Rev Perry W Boxell with W T Brownlee in charge of seating and Lafayette Comer giving the invocation. Octogenarians will be introduced and the day will feature Nellie Gray singing plus requests, a Grant County history segment, and music by Landersville Drum Corps and Purtee and sons with stringed instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matser Park
G. 3
Perry W. Boxell
W. T. Brownlee
Lafayette Comer
Chaplin
Cneral Shank Post
Brownlee
Nellie Gray
Nambc
Grant County
Yi Landersville
O'N Purtee and Sons
Vocal Solo by Mr. Mark Hicks for Sunday Service
The congregation will hear a vocal solo by Mr. Mark Hicks of Marion during the Sunday program. Hicks has a rare tenor voice and is expected to greatly delight attendees. Ernest E. Lutes, Pastor.
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Mark Hicks
Marion
Hicks
Ernest E. Lutes
Ku Klux Klan: News-Eagle Outlines Ink and Empire
The News-Eagle plans a series explaining the Ku Klux Klan, presenting its principles and operations to inform readers. Articles will be sourced from other outlets and readers may form their own conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Klux Klan
News-Eagle
Bible prominence in Grant county schools policy
Grant County Board of Trustees revises rules for the coming school year. Schools run 8 40 to 4 with lunch hour and two 20 minute recesses. Daily 20 minute writing and spelling periods. Tobacco use forbidden on school grounds. Trustees back Bible in curriculum, expected to gain broad approval.
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Grant County
Surprise Birthday Dinner For Mrs White
A birthday celebration for Mrs Irvin White was held Sunday with a cafeteria style noon dinner. Guests included Mr and Mrs Burr Morehead, Mr and Mrs Lewis White, Mr and Mrs George Dicken, Mr and Mrs Yearsley White, Claude Linton, Karl Dicken, Elle White, Leona Cochran, and Elizabeth White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin White
Rs Burr Morehead
Lewis White
George Dicken
Yearsley White
Claude Linton
Karl Dicken
Elle White
Leona Cochran
Elizabeth, White
Buick Train Shipment Passes Through Van Buren
Charles Hatcher local Clover Leaf Agent reports a second train of Buick cars moving through Van Buren around 9 am Wednesday. The 50 car train held 200 machines averaging four per car. The shipment for the Buick Sales Co. 8 City followed Clover Leaf and Rock Island routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hatcher
Clover Leaf
Buick
van Buren
Buick Sales Co
Rock Island
Hogs Ship Top Market Carload to Buffalo
Dock Green sent a carload of hogs to Buffalo last week that led the market. The large hogs brought the highest prices due to their feeding and care. Mr. Green is noted as a successful local farmer.
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Green
Buffalo
Mr. Green
Coltons Greeted by Large Crowds at Local Theatre
The Colton Comedy opens a week run with nightly crowds enjoying a fine repertoire. On Friday they present The O’Brien Girl and Saturday features A Night Off a farce comedy. Prices are reasonable and the troupe praised for courteous public treatment.
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Colton
O’brien
Tonight's Concert by the Masonic Band in Muscat
The Masonic band will perform tonight in Muscat presenting a programme that includes an overture Arcada a waltz Let The Rest of the World Go By an Enchanted Nights waltz an Indian Dance On The Warpath a march Path of Honor an overture Sincerity a Waltz May Flowers a march Under the Double Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Band
Muscat
Hoosiers Rally Near Richmond for Ku Klux Klan Initiation
About 4 500 members gathered near Richmond Indiana as 450 candidates were initiated into the Invisible Empire Ku Klux Klan on a hilltop near Albert Anderson farm. Robed members guarded entrances and roped roads, with mounted guards and searchlights, as participants from Indianapolis Komo Indianapolis South Bend joined.
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Richmond Ind
Garwood
Indianapolis
Kokomo
South Bend
Busy Corner Ring closes season with social picnic event
The Busy Corner Threshing Ring ended its season with a Saturday social at Endsley Grove. After a business session, refreshments were served as members and guests shared an afternoon of visiting with many local families listed as attendees.
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Endsley Grove
Wim. Baker
Herald Plummer
Fred Sanderman
Chloe
Henry Korporal
Eva
Helen
Herman Bollohefer
August Bollhoefer
A. A. Bollhoefer
W. O. Endsley
Otto Endsley
Othie Hamm
Isaac Leonard
H. F. Sanderman
Hayes Bear
Geraldine
Joe Brock
Ernest Beekman
Joe Armstrong
Vernon
Landers White
Will Sanderman
Luther Baker
Emerson
John Sparks
William Sparks
Samuel
Lela Endsley
Elizabeth Hiatt
Florence White
Wynona Haupthor
Helen Hanna
Maselene Beekman
August Haupthof
Delores
Chester Beekman
Raymond Miles
Gary Beal
Guy Endsley
Francis Baker
Dale Clevenger
Wilbur Anderson
Fred Wilgrube
Frederick
Everett Anderson
Clarence
Ralph Sangerman
Crampton
Elwood
McDaniels
Delores Rittenhouse
Detroit
Mich
Marion
Mahlon Brown
Hayes Beal
Joseph Armstrong
Elizabeth Hamm
Davis Family Hosts Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Dan Davis and daughter Alice entertained at dinner Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Samuel Davis Mr and Mrs Olin Farr and son Paul Mr and Mrs D F Streit and family of Andrews Mr and Mrs Charley Miller and daughters Laura and Leona and Enoch Lee.
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Dan Davis
Alice
Samuel Davis
Olin Farr
Paul
D. F. Streit
Andrews
Charley Miller
Laura
Leona
Enoch Lee
Improvements At The Ideal Bakery Boosts Capacity
Frank Swartz proprietor of the Ideal Bakery in Van Buren installs a double capacity electric mixer. He says the new equipment will allow meeting all demands as the bakery remains clean and sanitary. The shop uses healthful ingredients and produces Butter Cup Bread and other goods, with delivery extending far beyond town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Swartz
Ideal Bakery
Swartz
van Buren
Grant County
News-Eagle
Birthday Basket Dinner Honors Mrs. M. Lee at Bluffton
A surprise birthday dinner was hosted by Marion Lee in Bluffton for Mrs. M. Lee on a Sunday. Attendees included Elizabeth Lee Eunice Raymond Ruth Ray Lee from Van Buren, Charles Pugh and family from Warren, Eaton guests, Jess Smith Poneto, Baumgartners, English family, and the Stapp household. After dinner, Eunice and Raymond Lee photographed groups before departing late, wishing Mi Lee many happy returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lee
Bluffton
Jess Smith
Poneto
Joseph Baumgartner
Pricilla
Ida
Sam Baumgartner
Chain Party at W. F. M. S. M. E. Church
The W F M S of the Methodist Church held a chain party Friday afternoon in the Sunday School rooms decorated with flowers. A program featured songs, readings, solos, and a missionary item. Hostesses and guests shared refreshments in a social gathering with numerous attendees from the church community.
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W. F. M. Society of the Methodist Church
E. E. Lutes
Ima Gadder
Ernest Reader
F. J. Culbertson
Margaret DePoy
Edith DePoy
Vera Boxell
Mrs. Lutes
Abbie Doyle
E. S. Howard
John D Jones
Lulah Beasley
C. L. Bockmier
John Wright
Kary Duckwall
W. D. Howard
Crist
Harriet Campbell
George Lee
P. S. Howard
Arthur Baird
Clark Doyle
Walter Burkhart
W. O. D. Palmer
Bloomfield
J. L. Dillon
Val Cemer
Dillie Byall
Sam Lee
J. L
Armenian Worker Spoke On Near East Relief Needs
Mr. W. A. Coultrap of Indianapolis, a Near East Relief representative, spoke at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. He described Armenia’s needs and said America is aiding the Christians there until intervention stops Turkish atrocities. His talk urged global action and condemned the Turkish abuses.
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W. A. Coultrap
Indianapolis
Methodist Church
Near East
Armenia
Mr. Coultrap
America
Hogs Sell Strong At Lugar Sale Led By News-Eagle ads
Wade Lugar and his father Bar ney Lugar reported a successful sale last week with hogs selling well and prices higher than expected. Advertising by the News-Eagle drove the strong results.
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Wade Lugar
Barney Lugar
The
News-Eagle
Apoplexy Fatal to Mrs. Frazier at Roll
Mrs. Elizabeth Frazier 65 wife of R A Frazier died at her home south of Roll last week from apoplexy. She had been active, collapsed in the garden, and died shortly after medical aid. She was a longtime Roll Church of God member and is survived by her husband, four children, a mother in law, a brother, and a nephew. Everett Cochran, long missing, is among the absent relatives. Funeral held at Church of God in Roll with Rev L E Conner officiating. burial at Asbury Chapel. Mr. Frazier manages a local cream station.
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Elizabeth Frazier
R. A Frazier
Roll
Kirkpatrick
Frazier
John Griffith
Elias Vernon
Roll Church of God
Addie Harrold
Oklahoma
Effie Dawson
Muncie
Glen Frazier
Everett Cochran
Everett
Canada
Northwest Mounted Police
Church of God
Rell
L. E. Conner
Cleveland, O
Asbury Chapel
Concert Delights a Large Crowd at Central Church
A large crowd gathered Tuesday evening at the Central Church of Christ to hear a Landess family concert. Lois Miller Chester and D W Landess presented solos duets and quartets while Miss Hazel Dicken, fresh from Red Cross service in Europe, spoke on Paris bombing and Red Cross work. The event, held near Van Lure, showcased rural youth achieving high musical and literary merit.
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Central Church of Christ
Landess
Lois Miller
Chester Landess
D. W. Landess
Hazel Dicken
Paris
Red Cross
Europe
X Sons
van Lure
Zoda Reunion Held at Mat ters Park on August Sunday
The Zoda family reunion gathered about 55 relatives and friends at Mat ters Park on Sunday August 20 for the second annual event. A noon basket dinner fed attendees. The next reunion is planned for Benett Switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoda
Matters Park
Ross Whittle
Roy Hartz
Ezra Fuller
Henry Vincent
Geo. Fuller
John Smith
Russell Smith
Hiram Stepler
Will McKee
M. E. Zoda
Ira Swagger
Maude
Lula Stevens
Lois Sutton
Mildred Hawkins
Cora Mathias
Benett Switch
Ku Klux Klan Holds Long Meeting in Portland
In Portland Indiana an estimated 560 knights held a prolonged session at a knoll near a new country club. Deputy Postmaster Walter Gaunt observed from a distance as the group arrived by about 20 automobiles. The meeting began at 8 30 and lasted until 11 30 with signs the organization formed recently in the area.
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Portland
Ind
Ku Klux Klan
New Country Club
Walter Gaunt
Country Club
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M. E. Notices
Mrs. White
Coltons
Richmond
J. Floyd Seelig
J. Floyd Seeling
Sims Methodist Episcopal Church
Wawasee Institute
Mrs. M. Lee
W. F. M. S. M. E. Church
Klan
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