Dale News, Volume 4, Number 25, Dale, Spencer County, 18 July 1941 — Page 1

THE DALE NEWS

FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1941

NUMBER 25

VOL. IV

SPENCER COUNTY FAIR TO HAVE 4-H CLUB DAY, JULY 25

ELI GRIGSBY DIES AT HIS HOME IN GENTRYVILLE

MRS. HARBER G. COOPER DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER

Friday, July 25, will be 4-H day at the Fair, announced H. T. Chinn, chairman of the Spencer County Fair board.

Eli Grigsby, 74, died at his home in Gentryville at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening. He was a former trustee of Jackson township. Surviving are a wife, Carrie; two brothers, James M. and Ernest R., of Wilmington, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Etta Morrissey, Mrs. Kathryn Hevron, of Evansville, and Matilda Murray of Portland, Oregon. Funeral services were held at 2:00 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the home. Burial was in the Garden of Memory cemetery in Gentryville.

Lora Idella Cooper, daughter of Joel B. and Rosan Taylor was born February 1, 1879 and died July 11, 1941, aged 62 years, 5 months and 10 days. She was the oldest of six children. Her father, mother, and only brother have preceeded her in death. She was converted at the age of fourteen and joined the Methodist Church, of which she has been a member ever since.

Beginning at 9:30 a. m. the livestock on display by 4-H club members of the county will be placed in the show ring to be judged. Blue, red, or white ribbons will be awarded to each person At 10:00 a. m. the private dress revue will be held to determine the 4-H member who will represent Spencer County in the State Dress Revue contest at the Indiana State Fair.

She was married to Harber G. Cooper on August 9, 1896. To this union were born three children, Curtis D. of Evansville, Retta B. of Holland, and Wallace M. of Decatur, Ill. She leaves to mourn her passing, the husband, the three children, four sisters, namely, Mrs. Kenton Nanly of Selvin, Mrs. Frank Forbeck of Holland, Mrs. Fred Jones of Los Angeles, Calif, and Mrs. Herman Jones of East St. Louis, Ill., ten grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Selvin Methodist church, with Rev. W. A. Skelton and Rev. P. E. Black officiating.

At 1:00 p. m. all livestock on exhibit will parade before the Grandstand. One of the greatest attractions of the Fair will be the 4-H Dress Revue to be held on the stage in front of the Grandstand. Everyone is urged to come when the girls wear their dresses for the public.

Ray Eble has taken over the Patmore Garage and will move his family here from Holland where they have been located the past few years. We are glad to have the Ebles back with us.

Rev. W. A. Skelton conducted the funeral service of James Burnett at Boonville Thursday afternoon.

L. C. Smith visited relatives in St Louis, Mo. Sunday.

COLLEGE CONCERT QUARTET TO BE AT U. B. CHURCH SUNDAY

MRS. ELLA HEMPFLING

Mrs. Ella Hempfling died at her home near Lamar last Friday night. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Velvia Foertsch and Mrs. Mary Mann of Lamar, Bertha Hoops of Detroit, Mich.; four sons, Fred and Will of Indianapolis, George of Miami, Fla. and John of Lamar. She also leaves two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Sally Ferguson cf Grandview, Mrs. Katie Beren and Isaac Moore of Lamar.

The body was removed from the Fuller Fun:ral Home to the home of the deceased on Saturday afternoon and funeral services were conducted at the Leistner’s Evangelical-Reformed Church near Lamar on Monday afternoon.

Garth Webber, Tenor, Trombonist Dorotha Coffel, Soprano Kathryn Nicodemus, Contralto Austin Pellett, Bass, Trombonist Clare Jacobs, Pianist

Clarencce Singer, who has been stationed at Camp Wolters, Texas, has been given a medical discharge and will arrive home soon.

The Concert Quartet of Indiana Central College, of Indianapolis, will present a musical concert at the First United Brethren Church in Dale next Sunday evening.

The program will consist of vocal and instrumental music. The public is cordially invited. There is no admission charge.

Mrs. Rosa Muffet and Mrs. Brown of Hawesville, Ky. visited the Pinkston’s south of town last Sunday.