The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-04

Miss bessie Souder is visiting with
friends at South Bend
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Albert,
girl Thursday morning.
Upton, Ind, is to have new S.
600 high school building.
D. A Ross of near Mt Olive, went
to Argos TO visit for a few days.
Mt Olive Sunday-school will have
children's day on the first Sunday in
July.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenwood,
of Muskegan, Mich, are here on a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs Adelberl
Jacoby Mrs. Greenwood is sister to
Mrs. Jacoby.
"A large souvenir program announc-
es the Fourth of July celebration to
be held at South Bend. In the abb
sence of anything at Plymouth many
people will probably spend the day at
the Bend
John W. Siders was able 20 walk
up in town Thursday morning for
the first time in many weeks. Every
body will be glad to know. that John
is improving and all hope that he
may again be restored to health
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Tinkham, who
had been guests for Several weeks of
the families of d. c. Cole and J. f.
Langenbaugh, returned Thursday to
Traverse Ciey. Mich. Mr.. Cole ac-
companied them as far as Fit Wayne
The wife of Lawyer Mathews of
Plymouth last Sunday presented him
with twin boys. 1t would be interest
ing to know what kind OF ''declar-
alton" the attorney filed when in
formed of the event--Culver Citizen
A young Japanese sl,:Isnt from
the Columbia City h:gh school,
named Skinzo Ohki. IS in the city to-
day, the guest OF Miss Emma Holem
and others. The young gentleman
has been in this country FIVE years
Beatrice. Ryan, who was graduated
from St Michaels academy, received
class honors for scholarship. Her
general average examination was 9s
per cent, which was the highest aver
age in the class Miss Beatrice may
take commercial course in the high
schc d.
George Kruger brought a home
grown lemon to this Office Thursday
that measured 12 IA inches in cir
conference. 1t grew from bush
about two feet in height and budded
a year ago last May This lemon is
only trife smaller than the one the
council handed the citizens of Ply
mouth through the electric light
boosters newspaper.
Uncle Charley Morgan rises to a
point of order in the matter of re-
lationship of some of the people
named in the old record of tax col
lector Vinnedge. We said the Adam
Vinnedge was father to the late
Adam Vinnedge whilst their relation
ship was cousins This is ir.lmaterial
to the average citizen but to those
who have been here long enough to
be conversant with the facts, the err
ror grated on their nerves.
Dr. ]. S. Martin, who as former
secretary of the county board of
health rendered such efficient service
in tabulating and annotating the sta
tistical records, has designed a valu-
able account book for the use of
churches. lodges and other organiza-
tons Last fall DIR. Martin was elect
ed secretary of the>board of stewards
of the NJ E. church In his position
he found it necessary to keep ac-
counts of weekly subscriptions and
payments of every member of the
church. He soon discovered that an
ordinary system of bookkeeping
would involve much labor, and so he
began to devise a plan of keeping
accounts correctly and minimizing the
labor. The result CT his study is two
finely bound books, one for the Sec
rotary and the other for the treasurer,
which have greatly simpli6ed and
shortened the process of church book
keeping.
Mr. W. E. Bailey, who has been a.
home for several days from three
weeks trip through portions of .lie
northwest, was asked concerning his
visit with his brothers and son. The
professor said that the trip had bene
flied his health and that he had en-
joyed a delightful visit with his fam
ily He spoke of the high degree OF
satisfaction it gave him to join his
brother in the Decoration day exer-
cises at Chippewa Falls. The two
brothers enlisted IN the same COM
pany during the civil war and were
together during three years of SER
vice More than forty years have
passed since those times that tried
mems souls" but the associations and
memories of those days of army life
were as vivid now as they were forty
years ago. The grand army posts and
the observance of Decoration days
are the means of keeping alive the
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full pursuits of life, are still camping
on the hither side. as well as those
that have crossed to the unseen
shore.