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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
Postmaster George W. Doyle learned from Captain Neal at Fort Wayne that registered men may still enlist before conscription becomes effective. Enlistees with registration cards get preference for chosen service branch and Doyle will pay railroad fare, except for those headed to reserve camps.
Charles A. Griffith and family with Miss Agnes Dillon attended the Huntington county eighth grade commencement last Saturday. Maurice Griffith, a graduate, had spent most of his schooling in Jefferson township and the final six weeks at Van Buren. The program featured an illustrated lecture by Lee L. Driver on progress in country life and education. About 198 graduates statewide attended, most of whom were present on stage.
Mr. W. K. Fraizer became the first person in the township to buy a Liberty Loan bond. The purchase was completed through the Van Buren State Bank.
Local notice lists a for sale millinery shop with fixtures and nearby contact details at Deane Millinery Store East Main St Van Buren Ipd. Various residents visit relatives attend events and frequent Marion Warren Kokomo and Webster Lake with Kodak film development requests and local shopping notes.
The Decatur Democrat reports two small town weddings. Joe Linn and Cleo Roop married at the Vail home on Seventh Street with witness Hugh Thomas Vail. the couple will reside in Van Buren. Glenn Breedlove and Georgia Leamon wed in Marion with Rev Zoda officiating. they will settle in Van Buren after a stay here.
The marriage of Guy Palmer and Nellie Weesner was solemnized in Elwood by Rev. Plunkett. They plan to live in Marion where the groom works in bookkeeping. The bride is active in Sunday school and from Landersville. the Palmer family hails from this place.
Paxton's Drug accepts Kodak films for processing and promises return in about three days after sharpening dull razor blades by H. A. Davis & Co.
Miss Gladys Kern, studying in Illinois, returns home. Mrs. Henry Behne of Oklahoma City visits relatives. Advertising notes show high razor blade orders for H A Davis Co. A four month old child of Mr and Mrs Ira Karos dies in Ardmore and is interred in Van Buren cemetery after services at the Grifith home.
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