Dollings Company District Meeting Held in Van Buren
Dollings Company representatives gathered in Van Buren for a district meeting hosted by local rep W F Kirkpatrick. Sessions at the public library preceded a noon banquet at the Methodist church with ministers and citizens attending. speeches covered advertising and sales, and Forkner recalled a humorous mayoral welcome reading mix-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollings Company
van Buren
Progressive and Popular Company
van Buren Library
W. F. Kirkpatrick
R. L. Dollings Company
Kirkpatrick
Anderson
A. R. Brane
Dollings
R. L. Collings Company
Indiana
Indianapolis
Jack” Forkner
P. L. Burford
Methodist Church
Roy Makemson
Aid Society
W. M. Kirkpatrick
E. H. DePoy
Kenton A. Ballard
Forkner
Father of Local Man Found Dead in Cicero Creek
E Burkhardt of Van Buren is notified of the death of his father Thomas Burkhardt 82. The body was found Sunday evening in Cicero creek near Tipton after a search. He was a Tipton county farmer and survived by five children including E E Burkhardt of Van Buren and Rev J C Burkhardt of Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Burkhart
van Buren
Thomas Burkhart
Tipton
Burkhardt
Andas
Cicero Creek
Traverse City, Mich
Ada Beckett
Mary Culver
Young Peoples Day at M. E. Church Sets Double Header
The M. E. Church announces Young Peoples Day next Sunday with new officers for the Junior Epworth League and Epworth League to be installed during a 4 and 7 45 p m double header. Officers include President Harriet Makemson and Secretary Chloe Williamson among others. The Junior program at 4 00 p m features a Junior Orchestra music and catechism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Peoples Day
M. E
Young Peoples Societies
Epworth League
Helen Wright
Ocie Howard
Sec
Treas
Gertler Conwell
Opal Williamson
Florence Whitecotton
Harriet Makemson
Bertha Barrow
Margaret DePoy
Delene Day
Elsie Barrow
Chloe Williamson
Herald Plummer
Geraldine Boyer
E. E. Lutes
Memorial Sunday Services Honor Nation's Dead in Van Buren
Memorial Sunday will be observed in Van Buren on May 27 with a service at the city gymnasium. Rev. John T. Bridwell will deliver a patriotic address. the Masonic Band will provide music and a program includes invocations, solos by Mrs Daisy Toney, roll of the dead, and community singing. Citizens urged to bring flowers for veterans graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Masonic Band
Toney
John T. Bridwell
Central Church of Christ
America
E. E. Lutes
Daisy Toney
H. H. Scott
Masonicc Band
Woodard Opens General Store in Montpelier Room
A. L. Woodard, owner of a 160 acre Arkan a farm, trades for Montpelier New York Store locating in the former Van Buren Hardware space. Invoicing by H. H. Scott and Trace Draper, stock move to Van Buren begins. Store to open next week with about $12,000 stock of general merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Woodard
Arcana
New York
Montpelier
Woodard
H. H. Scott
Trace Draper
van Buren
Carlin Camblin
van Buren Hardware Company
Unknown Man Buried Sunday in Van Buren Cemetery
An unknown man buried in Van Buren cemetery on Sunday afternoon drew a large, sympathetic crowd. The stranger, who gave the name John Lang, died Saturday at Marion hospital after traveling to Van Buren to rest. Lang, a hobo with influenza complications, had no kin and had joined the United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers. A Davis undertaker, Rev. E. E. Lutes, and a civic turnout marked the solemn funeral, with Lang’s purse containing a union card from Montgomery Illinois and poetry clippings.
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John Lang
van Buren
Old Town
Lang
Marion
Marshal Spilker
Davis Undertaking
E. E. Lutes
Montgomery
Kane County
Ilinois
JT. A. Davia
Davis
Missionary Pauline Place Addresses Attentive W F M S Meeting
Large turnout at the W F M S group meeting in the Methodist Church with delegates from Marion First Church Fairmount Upland Huntington Wabash Majenica Warren and Van Buren. Miss Pauline Place spoke on Japan missionary work and education and the program featured music and reports from district leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Marion First Church
Fairmount
Upland
Huntington
Wabash
Majenica
Warren
van Buren
C. H. Overman
E. E. Lutes
David Wells
E. K. Lutes
Frances Boxell
Freelove Pence
P. S. Howard
E. H. DePoy
Shillings
Emily Charles
Marion
Young Peoples
King’s Heralds of
Mark Creviston
James Culbertson
James DePoy
Susannta Tukey
Marion Song
King’s Heralds
Jesus
Pauline Place
Japan
Miss Place
Guartette
Margaret DePoy
Edithanna DePoy
W. B. Freeland
H. A. Davis
Brane Couple Give Illustrated Philippine Lecture
Mr and Mrs A R Brane tied to the Bureau of Education in the Philippine Islands presented an illustrated lecture at the Methodist Church under W F M S. Their slides colored by a Japanese artist showed Philippine scenery and inhabitants and urged Americans to aid island missions and schools. The couple spoke without pay, stressing civilization grows where education and Christian missions exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Brane
Anderson
Bureau of Education
Philippine Islands
Methodist Church
Branes
America
Brane
Dead Marrville Young Man Found In Pit While Fishing
Herschel O Banion from Van Buren is found dead in a Reed gravel pit after a fishing trip. Authorities note death occurred before immersion with swollen throat and no water in lungs. Funeral services held at Farrville Christian Church with interment at Farrville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Buren
Herschell O’banion
Farrville
Herschel
James O’banion
H. A. Davis
K. of P. Lodge
Herschel O’banion
O’banion
Davis
Farrville Christian Church
J. O. Campbell
Marion
Central Church Sermon Series Preaches Bible Teaching
Central Church opens a sermon series on Teaching the Word of God with a lesson on Old Covenant teaching and hearing the Law. Next Sunday covers lack of Bible teaching as a menace. The evening discusses Barton W Stone and the 19th century reform. Some congregants insist men can sing and will perform on the platform next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton W. Stone
Springfield Presbytery
Mr. Stone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies Aid Society
William M. Kirkpatrick
Thomas Burkhardt
E. Burkhardt of
M. E. Church
Open Span
van Buren Cemetery
Philippines
Marrville Yung Man Hound
Central Church
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