The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-23

meeting of tic Saturday Club, and
there was little family gathering |
Sunday at the Humrichouser home.
VIM. Corbin, who has been circulat
ing around through Colorado and
Idaho for the past few months, is in
the city for few days. He re-
ports his brother Charles as in the
Real Estate business in. Portland,
Oregon, and doing well.
Marshall Logan was in the city
Saturday on business. He has only
been in Plymouth two or three
times this year, and says that he al
! most seems strange to the place.
Better come oftener, and keep In
touch with the good that is in our
city.
Mrs. Julia Harsh of South Bend,
came Sunday morning and spent the
day visiting her only brother,
Alexander c. Thompson, who was 70
years old Saturday, mention of which
was made In our issue of that date.
Mrs. Harsch reports that her daugh-
ter, Miss Evelyn, has been having
some trouble with her foot. but is
now able to attend to her school
| duties.
The Basket Ball team consisting of
a number of the teachers of the pub
lie schools and others, met at the
Armory again last Friday evening
and played practice game. 1t was
just practice work, and no score was
made. They have chosen Miss Cod
dington as Treasurer, and Miss Lang
don is the Manager. They will meet
each week on Friday evening, and
will no doubt be able to give a good
account of themselves in any contest
they may enter.
Rev. J. l. Powers, residing at
Donaldson, who has charge Of the
Donaldson Circuit of the United
Brethren church, including Donald
son. Pretty Lake and Burr Oak,
says they will have their Quarterly
meeting at Burr Oak next Saturday
and Sunday. The Presiding Elder.
Rev. j.. A. Groves, will preach Sat-
urday evening and Sunday MORN
ing. The conference meeting will
be Saturday afternoon at 200
, o clock, and the Communion service
Sunday afternoon.
i. DIR. and Mrs Preston and son
Robert returned to Plymouth Sat-
urday night. Mrs. Preston and son
have been absent for several weeks,
she caring for her mother in Laporte
during long and serious illness.
She is slightly improved, but still
) quite sick. DIR. Preston went from
Laporte with doctor friend of his
down into the rice section of Arkan-
:. sas. in the northeast part, and be-
sides seeing the country had good
J time hunting ducks and geese.
In the early day of Plymouth, the
, sronud now occupied by the Wash
ington school building was used as a
cemetery. Afterwards the present
site known as Oak Hill, was pur-
chased and set apart for this pur-
pose. The ground was surveyed and
; plated by Jeremiah M. and Jacob
| n. B. klinger, and lots were sold to
the several applicants as demand was
made. Of course there have been
additions made since. but the origin
al part to the west was made first.
The numbering began at what was
then the northeast corner, and if we
commence at what now is the north
west corner and count fifteen lots to
the east, we come to lot number / Of
original plat. This lot number1 was
selected at the time by Jeremiah NJ.
klinger, and has lain as it was then
ever since, without being built up or
changed in any way. Every other
lot in the old part of the cemetery
has been sold, and long since become
the resting place for the original
owners, and several pieces added
since have become filled in turn
with graves of the dead. On last
Friday, when Jerry Klinger was laid
away, he was placed in the first
grave that was dug in Lot No. ] of
the original Oak Hill cemetery. There,
may not be much to interest the gen.
eral public in this story, but it is
rather unique that the man who laid
out the grounds, and selected the
first lot, should after more than
half a century. be the first one laid
in that lot.