CASS COUNTY, INDIANA
NEWS


 
DOWN MEMORY'S LANE
SIXTY YEARS AGO
Saturday, May 2, 1891
Walter Troutman has taken charge of a telegraph office at Union City. C. M. Beauchamp has been assign td to the night office at this place.
Miss Mary C. Grange has opened a stock of millinery goods in the storeroom of J. J. Schmidt.
Miss Alice Grant and Miss Ethel Briggs went to Logansport yesterday on a few days visit.
If you want to see some of the finest surries that were ever shipped to Royal Centre, call on Simon J. Carroll.
Dr. Wooly is making arrangements to open a fine ice cream parlor in connection with his restaurant.
Mrs. Granville Weyand of Harrison township has been very sick for the last week, but is reported better this morning.

FIFTY YEARS AGO
Frinay[sic], May 10, 1901
The town election is over without Incident. Those elected are: Trustee, first ward, Mc-Combs; second ward, Ubelhauser; third ward, Dunn; Clerk, Allen; Treasurer, Sullivan; Marshal, Clark.
Mrs. Dollie Mack, of Minneapolis, is spending the summer with her parents. Dr. Foutz and wife.
Porter Smith is erecting a 4-room house on his lot in the north end, recently purchased from Brown Beckley.
Uncle Jess Conn and grand-daughter, Emma, have returned from a visit with the family of his son Bob at Rossville. On trip over, Mr. Conn had the misfortune of losing a horse by death.
To Frank Vernon and wife, Saturday. May 4. a son.
The Town Board set the salaries for the town officers as follows: C. D. Fosket. pumping water, $20 per month; Marshal,. $10 per month; Treasurer, $25 per year; Clerk, $30 per year; and councilmen, $15 per year.
Roe Day, Earl Coon and Murrel King went to Upland yesterday to work for the railroad company.
James H. Day, of Denham, and Stacy Runkle of Winamac,  came home to vote Monday.
E. A. Dunn is preparing to build a barn on the farm occupied by Charles F. Averly.
D. O. Hoffman has Issued his first number of the Fulton Lead, which appeared last week.
Guy Thompson is the first to plant corn in this section.
Mrs. Ella McCombs and Miss Alta Grant have been selected to represent the local Rebekahs at the assembly that convenes at Indianapolis May 20.
J. J. Schmidt, Jr., and wife and Will Vickers and wife spent Sunday with Chas Boetner and wife at Idaville.

FORTY YEARS AGO
Friday. May 5, 1911
G. W. Weyand, secretary of the Royal Centre School board, has completed the enumeration. He found 123 males and 114 females, a total of 237. This is
one more than was reported last year.
Esther Clouse visited her brother, Rev. William Clouse, at Camden Sunday.
Dr. J. J, Burton was over from Lucerne Tuesday on professional business.
Jay Campbell and Miss Jane Campbell visited their brother Bailey and wife near Star City Sunday.
Cora Weirwahn enjoyed a birthday last Saturday, it being her eleventh, and when a dray backed up in front of the house with a magnificent Schaff piano for her she was surely surprised.
Jake Smith and Joe Kistler went to English Lake Sunday, where they got a nice catch. 
T. L. Hamilton is the new butcher at the shop of Ghone Behny.  He came from Lafountain, Indiana.
Mrs. Ellen Sullivan returned Saturday from a week's visit with her daughter, Mrs. Borders, at North Judson.
To Will Marx. Jr., and wife, Saturday, April .27, a son.
To Earl Parody and wife, Sunday, April 30, a son.
To Chas. Strasser and wife, May 4, a son.
To Frank Steinmeir and wife, May 1, a son.
To William DeLong and wife, May 1, a daughter.

THIRTY YEARS AGO
Friday, May 6, 1921
To Arthur Hornbeck and wife, April 28, a son.
To Jesse Swisher and wife, May 3, a son.
Ed Frushour and wife spent Sunday with Chas. Osborn and wife near Kewanna.
Miss Esther Weyand is arranging to go to Iowa next week to spend a part of the summer.
Walter Agness, Robert Kistler and Roy Barr will be at home from Wabash College to spend the weekend with their parents.
Will Schlegelmilch and wife and George Schlegelmilch and wife spent Sunday wiith Henry Weland and family near Idaville.
Leonard Fry of this city has been selected as delegate to the Woodman session at St. Louis.
Elite Lodge 462, Knights of Pythias, will hold memorial services June 19th.
Miss Lucile Thomas will attend school at Chautauqua, New York.
Harry Klapp and wife and Mrs. E. IL. Beckley were local delegates at the state session of  the Eastern Star Lodge at Indianapolis last week.
Henry Lutes and family and W. D. Lutes and wife were over from Peru and spent a part of Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Besson Runkle was call to Kokomo by the death of her sister, Mrs. Winifred Gruwell Sunday. The funeral was held Wednesday at the J. B. Runkle hiome at this place, and interment was made in the Cline Cemetery.
Ferdinand Hoffman and wife spent a few days with relatives at Kentland this week.

TWENTY YEARS AGO
Friday, May 1, 1931
C. B. Fritts and wife of Gas City visited Sunday with Geo. Conn. Jr. and family.
George R. Border of the U.S. Weather Bureau  at Davenport,  Iowa, visited his parents, C. B. Borders and wife, from Thursday to Monday.
Daniel Dodt and Mrs. Lillie McDonald were married Thursday, April 23, at the home of Rev. Arthur Baker, pastor of the Baptist church.
Mrs. Wilbur Day and Mrs. Frank Hand entertained with a party, after the regular Junior Choir practice Thursday evening at the Hand home.
Miss Leona Baker of Zion, Illinois, visited over the week- end with friends here and attended the Alumni Reception.
Walter McCloud and family left Wednesday for their new home in Lafayette where Mr. McCloud has a position as a clerk in the Post Office Department.
The enrollment of the Royal Centre Schools for the year just past was 460. In all probabilities there will be over ????? enrolled for this coming year.
Mrs. Bertha Terrell, visited and wife at Lake Cicott.
The Record five dollar gold piece went to William Fultz this year, he being the Senior having the highest grades for the year.
Next Sunday Frank White's Red Peppers will play Walton- Lincoln Indians at Sharer Field.
Batteries for Royal Centre will be either Barrett or Stepp pitching, with Ploss catching.
Last week's game was called off on account of rain.

The Royal Centre, Friday, May 4, 1951

Transcribed by Candi Horton