Rural Indiana Wedding and Community Notes Parade
Herman W Bollhoefer and Misa Dessie Mathias wed at the bride's West Main Street home with Rev. Moss officiating. The couple will live on the pilboefer farm north of town. A round of social events follows including watch party, visits, and church supper as townsfolk share meals, travel to cemeteries, and mark seasonal weather with community gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman W. Bollhoefer
A. A. Bollhoefer
Misa Dessie Mathias
Oliver W. Mathias
West Main Street
Rev. Moss
Pilboefer
Mystery notices spark fear over Van Buren doors
Postings showing a masked figure with the question Who is the shielding shadow prompted grave concern among residents. Later identified as an advance notice for Pathe serial The Shielding Shadow at Palace Theatre starting January 10 with Grace Darmond and Ralph Keller. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Palace Theatre
Pathe
Grace Darmond
Ralph Keller
Farrville Social Roundup Plus Nearby Visits
Mr and Mrs E E Farr hosted Sunday dinner with Marie Vanarden M A Collett Genevieve Farr Julie Kilander Afternoon callers included Nellie Hudson and Melissa Welsh Upton Lyle hosted New Year dinner for Rev Gott Rev Masterson Jacob Stroup Alice Farr Jane A Farr John Tippey of Upland joined E B Farr for supper Friday. Riggs Slusher and Ruey Diliman attended church Farrville Saturday night Pauline Farr stayed with Alta Tippey Bryson Miller visiting from Bloomington Mary Farr traveled to South Chicago on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E E. Farr
Marie Vanarden
M. A. Collett
Genevieve Farr
Julie Kilander
Nellie Hudson
Misa Melissa Welsh
Upton Lyle
Gott
Masterson
Jacob Stroup
Alice
Jane A. Farr
Riggs
Slusher
Ruey
Diliman
Farrville
D. B. Camblin
Hazel Doyle
Mable Harvey
Pauline Farr
Margaret Pence
Bryson Miller
Bloomington
Oyster Supper for Carriers at Cochran Home
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cochran hosted an oyster supper for post office employees rural carriers and families at their West Hedrick street home. The table decorations featured blue and white with a pretty fruit centerpiece. Guests enjoyed music singing and conversation while children Ye Helen Brown and Virginia Dillman mingled. Attendees included Postmaster Doyle and mother and several local couples and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Cochran
West Hedric Street
Helen Brown
Virginia Dillman
Doyie
Doyle
Clayton Beeler
H. Myers
E. N. Gillespie
Clyde Shruck
Fred Dillman
Virginia
Wesley Strock
Elmer Brown
Heleo
William Ballard
Township trustee Witmer presents 1916 financial report
Trustee C. R. Witmer reports the township finances for 1916 as sound. It lists funds including Road, Special School, Tuition and Poor le aies with balances, receipts, expenditures, and tax levies totaling 937,434.64 in receipts and 427,502.26 in expenditures with 9,908.30 balance on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Witmer Thaa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vivian Borell
Sleen Paxton
Georgina Eshelman
Margaret Mills
Avis Deane
Vivian Boxell
Raymond Ruble
Earl Trout
Warren
Harry Witmer
Merl Whitecotton
Will McDongle
John Leverich
Clarence Banter
Frank Anderson
Pratt
Wabash
Arn Hodgson
Conwell & Drake
Green Bradford
E. M. College
Thelma O’connor
Beechwod Academy
L. E. Kilander
W.S. Ryan
Washington, D. C
Hazel Dicken
Ryan
Indiana
J. E. Riley
Yohe
Elwood
Tacoma
Wash
Robinson
Inh
F.S. Haynes
Arkansas City
Kansas
Howe
H. D. Nicewanger
Methodist
Modilu
Brotherhood
Lester
Canton
Ohio
Charles Motter
Orville
Howard Shaffer
Huntington
E. E. Shaffer
Lenore Toney
Marion
Georgiana Eshelman
Lucette Sugar
Indianapolis
Divine Providence
Ladies’ Aid Society
Chas. Sullivan
Frank Bratton
Lytle
Deuel
van Buren State Bank
Farmers’ Institute
Helen Howard
Josephine Robinson
Claude Kramer
Merry Maids
Abbie Doyle
Margaret Whitecotton
Leona Jones
Goldie Eversole
Marie Tulley
Lucile Stackhouse
Ivah Cemer
Delores Maggart
Margaret DePoy
Bertiline Scott
Dorothy Duckwall
Opal Peter
Dierdra Pilkington
Golda Eversole
Marguerite Whitecotton
Abbie Doyte
Catherine Palmer
W. O D. Palmer
J. A. Palmer
A. L. Woodard
C. A. Palmer
Palmer
C. E. Woodard
Guy Palmer
Cecil Palmer
Idah Woodard
Monarch
Mystery
Farrville News
Jobn Tippey
Upland
E. B. Farr
Miss Alta Tippey
Mary Farr
South
Chicago
Witmer
QO. B. Witmer
H. A. Davis & CO
FORD
Ford Company
Ford Cars
Detroit
Smethurst Bros
Warren, Indiana
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