The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-20
POSTPONE FOUNTAIN
FESTIVAL FOR YEAR
Residents Decide to Wait for
Better Support From Bust.
ness Men.

After much discussion the Fall Festt-
val project for Fountain City has been
abandoned for this fall and the event
will not take place for one more year
at least. Citizens Of the town had sub
scribed 5000 for the event but 1t was
thought best to postpone 1t for an
other year In order to secure unant-
nous support.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Showalter and
son. Of Hemlock, Ind, have been Wis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Showalter.
A number of Fountain City people
are taking advantage OF the sessions
Of the Chautauqua at Richmond.
A party OF boys Of the Friends
school enjoyed several days in camp
on the VIII Thornton farm north OF
town..
Winston Huff. local carrier for the
Palladium, joined the Palladium car
rier boys camp at the Richmond Chau-
tauqua Tuesday afternoon.
Misses Lucille and Lena Hodson, OF
Wichita, Kansas, left for indianapolis
accompanied by Mrs. c. J. Hall, to pay
a weeks visit to relatives.
Miss Eleanor Huff and Miss Inez
Swain go to Lake Geneva, Wis, as
delegates from Earlham to the Y. W.
G. A. Conference Miss Elma Alex
ander, a third local girl, goes from
Butler college, indianapolis. Miss Hun
will visit relatives in Chicago for q
week
Motor to Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will CARRIER, who mo-
tored here from their home at East
Buffalo, New York, last week, spent
several days with local relatives and
left Thursday to pay visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Boren at Toledo, later ex-
pecting to visit at Detroit. Mr. and
Mrs. Will Brooks accompanied them
from this place.
Mrs. Frank Vogt, her daughters,
Misses Cornelia and Margaret and son
Francis, of Hamilton, Ohio, have been
spending several days with Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Cooper. On Wednes'
day Mrs. Vogt and family and Mr.
Cooper and family picnicked at Web.
ster.
After several weeks without a milli.
merry store since the firm of Anderson
e Griffis abandoned their business,
the town is again to have an establish.
ment of this kind. The Misses Yeager
Of Hamilton, Ohio, have rented room
IN the Fulghum block and will open
their store about Sept. /.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Retts and child
rem, of Poison, Mont, came in the
first of the week and surprised the
formers father, M. A. Retts. They
viii remain about three weeks.
IF
turned to her home after a visit with
hire parents. Mr. and Mrs. Will Brooks.
Relatives here have received word
of the recent death OF Mrs. DR.. T. c.
Benson at her home at Kansas City,
Kansas. She was SIS years of age and
had been in failing health for several
months, her illness being rendered
the more acute by the death of her
son, DR.. William Benson, three weeks
ago. The Bensons formerly resided
in Fountain City.
Mrs. H. c. Clark and Mrs. DR.. Shil
linger, Of Richmond, were guests OF
Fountain City friends Tuesday.
Howard Harter, residing near Con
cord, has arranged for public sale OF
his stock and farming implements tC
be held early in September, and will
leave his farm, moving to Ridgeville
where he has purchased home. r
r. Brinkley will move to the Hartel
farm and James Townsend will return
to the farm which has ben occupied
by Mr.. Brinkley.
Prof. Paul p. Gates, of Richmond
has contracted the work as music sup
erviS, in the Fountain City schools
the coming term, filling the place
made vacant by Henri F. Ramp who
resigned to assume the work as direc
tor of music in the New Castle schools
Hackmken who will drive New Gar
den township school hacks the com
ing school term include Clarence Mil
Ter. Clyde Miller, Albert Williams
Carl Bailey. Harry Wright and Alta
Elleman. The contract for the route
on the Boundary road has not YET
been let.
The picnic party composed of about
forty families near Arba. who com
prise two threshing rings was a highly
successful event. Thresherman J. G
Reynard furnished about twenty gal
Ions Of ice cream; there were water
melons by the dozen and barrels o.
lemonade "sweetened with real sugar
according to one Of the guests present
The big dinner at the noon hour ant
the ball game in the afternoon were
the big features of the day.
Rev. and Ms. Aaron Worth, Mis-:
Maggie Dalbey anl Mrs. Lizzie Ma
rine have gone to a'tnount, Ind, t
attend Wesleyan conference and caml
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ! Strong, of thi.
place, Mrs. Harry Townsend ant
daughter. Miss Rhea, Miss Vira Ben
ton and Mr.. Wilbur Snavely, of Rich
mond. and Mrs. George Shook, O.
Grand Rapids. will form a camping
party at Nottowa, Mich, for ten days