The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-19
News from Surrounding
Communities

-CHESTER-Nelson Hunt barely es
| capped injury when the car which be
was driving turned over as he was
attempting to pass another machine
! in front of the old Martins home. The
machine was badly damaged. Hunt
was driving to high school at Rich
| mond when the accident occurred.
WHITEWATER Ladies' Ai6
society of Methodist church will give
a chicken supper Saturday night
March %, at Masonic hall.
Juniors Of Whitewater high school
gave their annual reception for the
seniors Saturday night at the school
building. Colors Of green and white
were carried out in the decorations,
and the tables were decorated with
shamrccks and flowers. After ban
quet toasts were given by the presi.
dent Of the junior class, members OF
the senior class, the trustees and the
high school principal. A short pro.
gram closed the evening.
NEW PARIS-Guinevere, the small
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Shaw.
underwent an operation for the remov-
al of an eye at Dayton hospital Mon
day. The child was recently Ill with
a complication of influenza and the
measles. and the eye was left in SER
ious condition. Rev. Shaw Is in Y.
NJ. c. A. work in France.
Leslie Sawyer, who Is with the
A. e. F. in France, has written friends
that he is on a sightseeing tour In
Italy.
Preaching services will be conduct
ed at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Vets, who recently moved here from
Savona, died Monday Of pneumonia.
He was 80 years old.
Members Of the Thimble club enter.
tanned their husbands and children at
the parlors Of the Presbyterian church
Friday. Seventy-five were present.
CAMPBELLSTOWN - Ed Erwin
was injured Friday morning when he
was struck on the forehead by fall
ing tree. Several stitches were re-
CURED to close the wound.
WEST MANCHESTER Announce
ment was received here of the mar.
riage of Miss Josephine Miller. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. o. Miller Of
West Manchester to Scott Fox at Day.
ton, o. Miss Miller Is graduate OF
Miami Jacob Business college OF Day
ton and was employed there. Mr..
Fox is a resident of Dayton. and they
will make their home in that city.
The Rev. r. II. McDaniels of Day
ton will fill his regular appointment
here at the Christian church next
Sunday evening, March %.
A carnival and box social will be
held next Friday evening at Monroe
school,
HAGERSTOWN-A surprise party
was given for Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Mohler who were recently married, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mohler Saturday evening. Guests In
cluded Miss Elsie Hall, Miss Ruth AL
len, Miss Esther Porter, Miss Thelma
Sells, Mrs. Leona Ford. Mrs. Willard
Stair, Mr.. and Mrs. Iris Hall, Everett
Taylor, Carver Endsley, Delmar Mob
Ter. Max Kitterman of Cambridge
City was an out-of-town guest.
The Woman's History club observed
Guest Day Monday. at Litecroft, the
home of Mrs. G. NJ. Teetor. Spring
flowers and St. Patrick's Day decora-
tons were used. THE Follies of
Fashion was presented by the club.
Refreshments were served.
CAMBRIDGE CITY-The body of
Lawrence Shafer, who died at Great
Lakes Training station from pneumon-
la, was brought here Saturday, and
placed in a vault at Riverside ceme-
terry.
ABINGTON-Fire at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson We'd
nesday morning caused a small DAM
age, covered by insurance.
CENTERVILLE-A meeting to fur
Their plans for the organization OF the
Farmers Grain and Supply company
will be held Friday, March 81, at the
town hall. Twenty men attended the
meeting Monday evening to organize
the company, and a larger crowd is
expected Friday under more favorable
weather conditions. Shares in the or
ganization are sold from $500 to ST.
900. The total amount of sock to be
sold is $4,000.
The women of the Methodist church
cleared 1920 on dinners served during
the Methodist Centenary conference.
The Cemetery association met Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. Ella Dunbar.
Ten members were present. The next
will be held with Mrs. Mary
Morgan.
EATON, O.--Because there are in
sufficient funds in the tuberculosis
hospital fund to meet payment of S.
900, Preble county's share of the ex-
pense of building and furnishing the
Montgomery-Preble county joint tub
erculosis hospital. near Dayton, the To-
cal board of county commissioners
has petitioned common pleas court
for authority to transfer $500 from
the county election fund to the tuber-
culosis fund. The election fund has to
It's credit $4,000. which sum there is
no immediate use for, the petition
states.
Partition Of lot ISL in Eldorado, be-
longing to the estate of Emma Mccoy,
deceased, is sought in an action filed
in common pleas court by Leroy Nc
Coy. who as nephew OF the de-
ceased, claims he is entitled to a one
interest in the realty, and he
asks that his interest be set off to