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Newspaper
Winchester Journal Herald
Location
Winchester, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1922
Page
5
The Peoples Loan and Trust Company plans a new business building south of its current structure. It invites prospective tenants to discuss layout and terms at the Trust Company office.
A roundup of local residents and relatives leaving Winchester for visits, vacations, and ceremonies. Families travel to Fort Wayne Kokomo Indianapolis Miami to California and Oregon with updates on Purdue and Tucson ties and marriages and graduations.
Miss Helen Addington and Ivan E Clear united in marriage at 6 30 am Sunday at the bride’s Richmond Street home. Rev A M Addington officiated in the double ring ceremony attended by close family. The bride, a Winchester High School graduate, and the groom, a Lincoln consolidated and Indianapolis Pharmacy School graduate, will reside in Muncie where he works as a pharmacist at Peoples Drug Store.
Mr and Mrs George Allery hosted children from Darke County Orphans Home and nearby neighbors for a noon dinner on their lawn six miles east of the city. The home governess attended and the afternoon featured games with all guests leaving satisfied.
Announcement from Winchester notes the marriage of Miss Marjorie Frank of Ges City to James P. Bayiess of LaFountain. They wed at the bride’s home on June 3 and will reside in LaFountain.
Society items list numerous bridge gatherings hosted by Mrs. Fred Sale, Miss Sarah Miller, Mrs. Joe Climer, Miss Kathleen Smith, Miss Juanita Hardman, and others at homes on South Meridian, East Washington, West South, and West Washington streets. The notes mention Camp suppers at Philips Woods, a Tri Kappa meeting, Royal Society Club lunch, Priscilla Club, Buena Vista Sunday School picnic, and multiple three or four table bridge sessions with guest Maryanna Floyd of Chicago. Several events include dinners, lunches, needlework, and socializing with local residents and guests from Richmond and Toledo.
The Winchester Schools exhibit in the M. L. Mills and Sons window features Grade No. 1 drawings and paintings, needle-work, dresses, kimonos, underwear, patch work, embroidery, and darning. Boys' manual training items include rolling pins, foot stools, lamp stands, and tie racks. Miss Helen Garringer led Domestic Science and Weldon Huber supervised Manual Training. Instructors and students receive praise for their skill across these crafts.
Mrs Maria Farquhar aged 92 died at her home on South Meridian Street last Wednesday after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held at the residence Friday morning conducted by Rev Frank Cornell. The body was then taken to Wilmington Ohio for burial.
Winchester dealers quote prices for hens leghorn fowls ducks geese butter eggs oats corn wheat rye and mixed livestock from 4 car receipts. Livestock sections show yorkers heavies pigs stags cattle calves lambs sheep and bucks with price ranges for each category and weights.
The ten year old son of Ira Ingle buried at Maxville cemetery after funeral services in the nearby church following a fatal fall in his father’s barn.
Rev. Harvey Thornburg will deliver a lecture at the Buena Vista church on Friday evening June 16. Everyone is invited to hear this lecture.
The Monthly Labor Review reports excess mining capacity in soft coal with 214 average operation days over 32 years. Illinois could meet output with 64 percent of miners if mines ran 304 days yearly, driving higher wages and elevated overhead from idle capacity.
Numerous classified items include Wanted Washings at 552 North Meridian and orders for Angel Food Cakes via White 191. Also for sale tractors Huber and Heider three bottom, mill slab wood, a good barn, a Jersey heifer, a China boar, a small flat to rent, and lost items including a key ring and auto license with rewards and finder requests.
Martha May arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Coats Sunday morning. Mother and babe are reported doing nicely.
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