The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-11-09
LETTER WORTH
MUCH AS MEAL
SAYS SOLDIER
Harry Parker Writes T Q
Economy Friends About
Value of Word from Home.
Rx NATE EDWARDS


Economy. Ind, Nov. "a card was
received today from Harry Parker, an
Economy boy who came under the first
draft call and now is in training at
Camp Shelby, Miss. stating how much
home news is appreciate by the soldier
boys. He is in A Co., 151st Infantry,
and is well known in Richmond, as he
clerked in one of the big stores. Here
is the message: II think I shall turn
my little tobacco fund into postage
fund and remember the folks in "Old
Perry" with a line occasionally, be-
cause a word in return is worth as
much as a square meal in soldiers
life. We Hoosiers were not laugh to
fight of course, but just give us a
chance at the Kaiser Bill-well you
will get the result from Mates Econ
omy items at least. On the square,
though, here is one title Sammie that
will hang on to the finish for the
natives of old Perry The King
golia Campfire palefaces held bust
ness meeting Tuesday afternoon at the
high school hall. They probably will
form junior Red Cross society at
their next meeting. Friday afternoon
they will have popcorn sale at the
school house.. The Odd Fellows
gave an oyster supper at their hall
Tuesday night. George Thornburg,
West River, made the speech of the
evening. A splendid time was the re-
suit. The past three days of Indian
summer weather has not been wasted
by the farmers in Perry. Glover hull
ing, blowing ground for next years
corn crop and husking corn has con-
sumed the time Thomas Hadley has
hr1r IL Np IN, f1o nv~ih Ia
PLANTED the go day variety and it ma
tured nicely. Edwin Frazer, who
vas recently operated on at Rich
rnond hospital, is improving nicely and
soon will be back in Economy high
school again. He is the son of Rev.
Oliver Frazer, pastor of the Economy
Friends church. Ellsworth Conley
arrived from Summitville to spend q
few days with his mother, Mrs
Martha Good, before he leaves for
Florida for the winter. Mr.. and
Mrs. Doak Swain are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Conarroe at Lake Point this
week. Cecil DeLong left for Muncie
Tuesday night to resume work as a
telegraph operator after being detain-
ed at home two weeks. >. Harry Cain,
c. and 0. station agent, received let
ter from the government agent today
asking him to make contracts with
farmers for their timothy hay at $27
n ton. The letter stated that 100 car
loads would be bough here if that
many were available. A few sold hay
at $40 ton the first of the week.
Joe Haxton, vice president of the
Economy Board of Trade, made the
statement this Wednesday evening
that there would not be any more
meetings until after the war Some
of the farmers wives said that this
would have been an ideal year for
raising turkeys, as there never was
known to be so many grasshoppers as
there was this season. Turkeys fatten
IN 'hopper.s.. Rufus Williams isIhav-
Ing his barn and stable floors laid in
cement. Randolph Nelson, Halliday
and Son, are doing the cement work
=. Thomas Cain and family, Prof.
Braumfiel and family, Dr. Loop and
family, Rev. Ray Ballard and family
attended the concert at Richmond
Wednesday night.