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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1915
Page
5
Local notes report Riggs dry cleaning and pressing services and McDougles butter and eggs pricing. Mrs Lucy Hodson visits Wm Corey family. Needlecraft club meets with Mrs Ed Beeson and guest Miss Georgia Bachelder of Newport Ohio. W W Fraizer sustained eye injury from rebound wire but shows improvement.
Misses Alice Myers and Ruth Selby of Van Buren spent time in Bluffton visiting friends and handling business, then proceeded to Fort Wayne for further travel and work engagements.
Miss Helen Cobler hosted guests at her South First Street home Saturday evening after a motor trip to Huntington. Present were Miss Jessie Creviston Edmond Roof of Marion Miss Josephine Creviston Willard Griest of Dayton Ohio and Neal Raros.
Trade in Van Buren Saturday featured a large granite pan for 10c at Me. Douglas. The post office closes Monday July 5 for the national holiday. The Chesterfield Association of Spiritualists begins its 23rd annual Camp Meeting July 17 at Chesterfield, Indiana, through August 29. Local travel notes mention Al Pence and family visiting Ven Buren for a band concert.
George Campbell and family shared a Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hopkins of Markle Mrs. Mary Green of Warren Lewis Green S. A. Smith and family and Everet Mason of Indianapolis joined the gathering.
Sunday dinner hosts include Jobo Leverich and family with Arthur Baird and wife Mrs Earl Leverich along with Mrs Sherman Storts Hazel Crea Hold ren Sherman Smith Perry Beasley and Clay Schweikhardt in attendance.
Ted Boxell and Bert Harvey visited the Suman Indiana field last week where wells as shallow as 300 feet yield oil. Deep-well contracts have been let to test the field thoroughly. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newton is among the promoters of the field.
Sam Conway visits Lafayette as Rigge cleans and presses garments. Shoe sale at Mc Douglas offers discounts. Vera Stackhouse of Marion spends Sunday with Mrs. Clayton Bradford. Walter Zimmerman of Indianapolis visits with the Peters. Ed Newton returns from Gary with family in Bryan Olio. Opal McCance marries Carmichael at Marion. Hamaker family receives Marion visitors and guests.
For sale two horses, a five year old draft mare and a six year old black driving horse. Seller Edgar Hays located seven miles east of Marion.
Maxine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Fornshell, has been ill with a complication of diseases but is slowly improving under care of two physicians. Attending Children Day exercises at Dundee Sunday evening were Arthur Baird and wife Earl Leverich and wife Dana Leverich Hazel and Crea Holdren Homer Byall Clay Schweihardt Sherman Smith and Perry Beasley.
Miss Florence Goodrich of Hartford City returns home after a week's visit with Miss Faye Doyle and other friends around Van Buren. A former Van Buren resident, she belonged to Hartford City High School class of 1915.
Special attraction at the Star Theatre on Friday July 2 features Parson Osborne in an illustrated lecture Whipperwill of Despair and The Curse. Osborne is hailed as a fine baritone, promising an excellent entertainment. Admission is 5 and 10 cents.
Miss Vivian Boxell hosted a Monday evening birthday party with many of her girl friends and their partners. The event featured singing and games followed by refreshments for guests including Lillian Howard Mabel Cloud Sleep Paxton Idah Woodard Vivian Boxell Willie McDougie Clarence Henderson Milton Cambuin Myrle Whitecotton and Forrest Higgins.
Miss Fay Doyle hosted a small gathering Sunday with Miss Florence Goodrich of Hartford City. Attendees enjoyed games, music, and photos followed by ice cream cake and lemonade for the group including Bertha Smith Mildred Baker Lydia Strange Faye Doyle Alvah Waters Donald Strange Clyde Roberts Walter West fall Orville Holloway James Roberts and Raymond Doyle.
Friday afternoon June 25 the Oak Chapel Mothers Meeting met at Mrs David Taylor's home. The session featured a talk on entertaining children on Sabbath afternoons led by Mrs Eunice Wilson of Fairmount. Guests and helpers included Mesdames Viola Nelson Jesse Carr Ida Nelson and many others with refreshments served to a long list of attendees.
Zelma Knight spent Sunday at the John Banter home, staying for an informal social visit. The gathering included family and neighbors in a quiet community setting.
Misses Alice Myers and Ruth Selby spent Tuesday in Fort Wayne, visiting local sights and meeting residents. The brief excursion highlighted local hospitality and social connections in the city.
Mrs. E. H. DePuy and her children were with Jonesboro relatives on Friday, continuing family visits recorded in local society notes.
Mr and Mrs Walter Michaud called on Fred Dillman and wife Sunday, sharing a cordial social call and greetings.
Mr and Mrs Paul Jones and their son of Jonesboro spent Sunday with George Doyle and his family in a social visit.
Homer Harvey and Miss Nola Hoover of Markle visited friends here on Sunday. The brief hometown social visit highlighted local ties and leisure time.
Sunday afternoon callers Frank Green and his family visited the George Campbell home for a social call.
Mrs. C. A. Weller, who returned home several days ago after an operation at the Marion hospital for cancer, is improving nicely.
Miss Rachael Campbell hosts Miss Harriet Frank of Mauckport Indiana as this week’s guest, sharing stories and conversation in a neighborhood program.
Miss Louise Ashbaucher of Bluffton was a weekend guest of friends here and was accompanied home by Miss Ruth Laidlaw who had stayed with Mrs. Orin Beeler.
John Hess left Tuesday for Robinson Lil where he has accepted employment in the oil field.
Mr and Mrs C J Peters have been in Indianapolis as guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Zimmerman.
Dr W T Brimacombe and family return to Van Buren from Oklahoma and plan to make it their home. They are former residents with many friends in the community.
Mr and Mrs Charles Zimmerman of Indianapolis were guests of W F Lee and family from Thursday to Monday enjoying a short visit and hospitality in the area.
Miss Georgia Dicken of Van Buren underwent a minor surgical operation at Grant County Hospital on Monday, per Leader-Tribune.
The article notes there will be no mail on routes Monday July 5 due to postal laws granting the Monday after a Sunday fourth as a national holiday.
The youngsters vie to gather Corey and Pilkington advertisements printed in the News-Eagle each week. The reader with the most clippings will win a five dollar gold piece, a valuable incentive for stamps of effort.
A movement seeks a winter lecture series in Van Buren. Townspeople must show stronger support than last year to ensure the course proceeds.
A new city ordinance in Marion prohibits bright headlights on automobiles. The move follows a national trend among leading cities, with Van Buren noted as slightly behind the times.
The Harvey family including H. A. Harvey Fremont Harvey Roy Harvey Bert Harvey and Oren Harvey attended Mrs. Indiana Foster's funeral near North Manchester on Wednesday. Foster sister of H. A. Harvey had suffered from cancer for a long time and died Monday.
Voter chatter centers on possible candidates for upcoming offices. The election is in November with nominations likely in September, about six ty days away. There is general belief politics will matter little, though there is demand for good men.
Postmaster Geo Doyle announced a quarterly order that rural carriers in Van Buren will begin counting and weighing mail on July 1 for a 30 day period. The process determines salaries and route adjustments. Local carriers are slated for a small salary increase soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Studabaker are parents of a 6 pound baby girl born Friday in Fort Wayne. Little Miss Janette Sutton of Michigan City visits grandparents J. E. Riley and wife.
Mrs M W Yohe of Elwood visited for several days staying with her brother J E Riley and family.
Dr and Mrs J L Laidlaw of Bluffton visited Sunday evening and joined Mr and Mrs Orio Beeler for a six o'clock dinner.
For sale a two story six room house with barn and well. Includes some fruit trees on a 66 by 132 foot lot. Priced reasonable. Apply J. K Grif fit, residence Van Buren Indiana.
Mrs John Umphhress was taken from the hospital Saturday to her home on Second Street. She had earlier undergone an eye operation deemed successful with improved condition and the eye sight potentially saved, according to the attending ophthalmologist. Huntington Hera c.
Town advocates back a full chautauqua season after strong approval from patrons. One listener said they got more value than any one dollar and a half investment, arguing the event brings worthwhile enrichment unavailable otherwise.
Austin Flint Corey transfers to trustees of R of P lodge No 406 lots 1 and 2 in Swans addition to Van Buren for 32000 dollars Jane Camblion transfers to Margaret L Boxell lot 3 in F B Doyles addition to Van Buren for 3500 dollars Michael E Robinson transfers to Cleo B Arnold and wife part of lot 2 in Grice addition to Van Buren for 800 dollars
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