The News-Sentinel 1937 - Fulton County Public Library

The body will lie in state at the home of the son, Floyd MOGLE in Plymouth until the hour that the
cortege leaves for Rochester.
Bourbon, Ind., April 27. -- Charles Joseph BROWN, 16-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.
BROWN, was drowned at his home four miles southeast of here when he wandered away from home and
fell into a ditch.
The mother was washing at the time, and had gone into the house for a few minutes. When she
returned she missed the child and started a search.
When discovered, the boy’s body was beneath the water. The ditch running along the barn contained
approximately 30 inches of water, which ran from a drain in the house.
Dr. L. W. VORE, Marshall county cornoer, who investigated, pronounced death due to drowning.
Wednesday, April 28, 1937
Bert W. WHETSTONE, aged 70, Mentone restaurant owner, succumbed at 5:15 o’clock Sunday
afternoon at his home in Mentone. Death was due to heart trouble and other complications. He had been in
poor health for the past years, having been bedfast for the past twelve weeks.
The deceased was born in Auglaize county, Ohio, on Sept. 30, 1866. For the past fifteen years he had
operated a restaurant in Mentone.
Surviving are the widow, Julia [WHETSTONE]; one son, Wade W. WHETSTONE, of Mentone; one
daughter, Mrs. Ada WAGNER, of Mentone; three grandchildren; two brothers, Abe WHETSTONE and
Thomas WHETSTONE, both of near Mentone; and three sisters, Mrs. Ben BLUE, of LaOtto; Mrs. R.
JOHNSON and Mrs. H. L. MORGAN, both of Valparaiso.
The funeral services will be held at the Reed funeral home in Mentone on Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock. Rev. E. E. DeWITT, pastor of the Mentone Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be
made in the Mentone cemetery.
Thursday, April 29, 1937
Mrs. John LARGE of Mishawaka, former Liberty township resident, died in the St. Joseph hospital,
Mishawaka at 4:35 Sunday morning following injuries received in an automobile accident one hour earlier.
Mrs. Large had attended a party and was returning home when the accident happened.
She was alone in the car and friends, who were traveling a few hundred feet behind her, said her car
crashed into a parked car.
The cars were damaged to the extent of $275.
The deceased was the wife of John LARGE, son of the late Emma LARGE of Fulton.
Friday, April 30, 1937
Miss Nancy Jane SMITH, year-old daughter of Grover and Chloe SMITH, who reside on a farm near
Leiters Ford, died Thursday afternoon after a day’s illness due to pneumonia. The child was baptized
shortly after it was born.
Surviving with the parents are two sisters, Marietta [SMITH] and Marjorie [SMITH]; four brothers,
Hugh [SMITH], Donald [SMITH], Francis [SMITH], and Robert [SMITH], and