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- Rites for the Rev. Herbert Clarke VAN
HORN, 74, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
- Feb. 6, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
church with the Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial was
in Albion cemetery.
- The Rev. Mr. VAN HORN died suddenly
of a heart attack at mid-night Wednesday,
- Feb. 2, in his home on College street,
Milton.
- Pallbearers were Leland WHITFORD,
Norman CHATFIELD, Paul
- BLACKBOURN,
Lawrence BABCOCK, Kenneth BABCOCK, and Erlo LANE.
- Melvin NIDA, co-pastor of the
Chicago Seventh Day Baptist church and official
- representative of the board of trustees
of the American Sabbath Tract society, read scripture. Dr. Carroll
L. HILL, president of Milton College, offered the pastoral
prayer, and Kenneth BABCOCK sang two solos accompanied
by Elizabeth DALAND, organist.
- Born in Humboldt, Neb. March 23, 1874,
Herbert C. VAN HORN spent his early
- years in Nebraska and Iowa. At the
age of seven he, with his parents and two sisters crossed the
plains in a covered wagon to Salt Lake City, Utah, where they
resided for a time.
- Later they moved to North Loup, Neb.,
where he was graduated from the high school
- in 1891. In 1898, he was graduated
from Milton college and from the Alfred School of Theology in
1905. He received the honorary degree of doctor of divinity from
Salem college in 1932.
- The Rev. Mr. VAN HORN served
as missionary pastor at Farnam, Neb., and at
- Berlin and Marquette, Wis., before
entering theological school. He was assistant pastor at Hornell
and Wellsville, N.Y., and pastor of Seventh Day Baptist churches
at Lost Creek and Roanoke, W. Va., Ashaway, R.I., Brookfield
and Nile, N.Y., Dodge Center, Minn., and Piscataway, in New Market,
N.J.
- He was editor of the Sabbath Recorder
for 14 years and secretary of the American
- Sabbath Tract society for 16 years.
During these periods, he traveled widely in the United States
and was well known throughout the Seventh Day Baptist denomination.
- The Rev. Mr. VAN HORN organized
and was scoutmaster of the first troop of Boy
- Scouts in the state of Rhode Island.
He was also a pioneer in Daily Vacation Bible School work. During
the first world war, as a Y.M.C.A. secretary, he was attached
to the 143rd regiment, part of the sixth combat division.
- He was, for a time, president of the
W. V. Christian Endeavor Union, and represented
- his denomination on the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in America and served on various commissions
of that group.
- On Sep. 3, 1903, Rev. Mr. VAN HORN
was married to Abbie Ida BABCOCK,
- of Albion.
- Survivors are his wife, two sons and
a daughter, a grand-daughter who grew up in his
- home, five other grandchildren, a great
grandchild, two half-sisters and three half-brothers, a step-mother
and several nieces and nephews. [Thursday edition, p. 3]
- Funeral services for Mrs. George L.
WALTERS, 70, a resident of Albion for 50
- years, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday,
Feb. 3, at the Walters farm home, Albion, with the Rev. Kenneth
Van Horn officiating. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery there.
- Mrs. WALTERS, the former Ella
May FRINK, died Monday afternoon, Jan. 31, in
- her home after a brief illness.
- She was born in Milton Junction April
1, 1878, the daughter of Dunham and Marilla
- GARTHWAITE FRINK. She was married to George L. WALTERS
in Milton Junction Oct. 19, 1898.
- Mrs. WALTERS was a member of
the Albion Seventh Day Baptist church, a charter
- member of the Albion Campus club and
a member of the Home Benefit society.
- She is survived by her husband; two
sons, La Clede, of Phoenix, Ariz., and Fred, on
- the home farm; three grandchildren;
one great-grandson; a sister, Mrs. F. L. BURDICK, Milton
Junction; one nephew and one niece. [Thursday edition, p.
3]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Funeral services for Mrs. Tom DAVIDSON,
65, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
- 22, in the Milton Congregational church
with the Rev. W. A. Anderson officiating. Burial was in Milton
cemetery.
- William NOTTINGHAM, Irvin HUNTER,
Jack GARNETT, Ellwood
- SHUMWAY,
Frank RISDON, and Homer GREEN acted as pallbearers.
Kenneth BABCOCK sang "The Old Rugged Cross."
- Mrs. DAVIDSON, who had lived
in Milton Junction and vicinity all her life except for
- 10 years, died at 8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 19, at the home of Miss Ella McLAUGHLIN. She had
been in failing health for four years and confined to bed for
the past two years.
- Myrtie [Lynette] ADDIE was born
on the old ADDIE farm northeast of Milton on
- July 7, 1883. She was married to Thomas
DAVIDSON on Dec. 16, 1903.
- She was a member of the Congregational
church in Milton and for a number of years
- was an active member of the Rebekah
lodge.
- She is survived by her husband; three
sons, Earl and Harley DAVIDSON, Madison,
- and Roger DAVIDSON, Milton Junction;
and a daughter, Mrs. Lucius SMITH, Delavan; four grandchildren;
five brothers, Clarence ADDIE, Milton, Glenn ADDIE,
Heart Prairie, Alf ADDIE, Milton Junction, Rollo ADDIE,
Lima, and Cecil ADDIE, Beloit; and several nieces and
nephews. She was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
[Wednesday edition, p. 8]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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