LeMaster Families, 1949 Portland, Indiana Directory Listings

Portland Indiana Con-Survey City Directory, 1949. Columbus, Ohio: The Mullin-Kille & Son Publishing Co., Inc., 1949

This is a scan of the page from the 1949 directory of Portland, Jay County, Indiana that contained listings of the LeMASTER family.  I retrieved this on my last visit to the Jay County Public Library.

LeMaster Chesley F (Clara L) carp Chas L Sanders & Son h 609 W High

LeMaster Dale W (Grace C) 1 bodymn Minch Body Co h 609 1/2 W High

LeMaster Donald C (Luella M) 3 h 1100 W Arch

LeMaster Garth L (Ora L) 2 clk Kroger Co h 234 W Votaw

LeMaster Mary M opr United Tel Co r 716 W Arch

LeMaster Ord W (Ruth P) 4 fcty h 1107 W Water

This is the earliest directory listing I've found so far with my grandparents, Ord and Ruth LeMASTER, living in the house on Water Street in Portland.

Sunday's Obituary : Bertha A. Hercules (1892-1962)

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, January 2, 1962, page 1.

SALAMONIA NATIVE DIES


Mrs. Bertha A. Hercules, 69, died Saturday night at her home in Richmond, apparently as the result of a heart attack.


Mrs. Hercules was the daughter of Luman and Barbara LeMaster, Salamonia.  In addition to her immediate family, she is survived by three sisters and seven brothers including five who live in the area.  They are Ord W. LeMaster, Portland; Clarence H., Gerald W., and John L. LeMaster, all of Salamonia; and Floyd LeMaster, Union City.


Immediate survivors are the husband, Russell J. Hercules, who with his wife owned and operated Hercules Builders Supplies, Richmond; also a daughter, Mrs. William Spears, Eaton, and a son, Murvel, Williamsburg.


Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Jones and [?]lacke Funeral Home, Richmond.  Burial will be in Salamonia.  Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.


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Black Sheep Sunday: Men Held In Detroit For Kokomo Theft

Source: Pharos Tribune, Logansport, Indiana, April 2, 1925, page 10.


MEN HELD IN DETROIT FOR KOKOMO THEFT


Two Alleged Bandits and Sweetheart of Another Seized at Apartment


PART OF LOOT RECOVERED


Revolvers and Guns Found in Search of Apartment - $ 850 Found


Detroit, Mich., April 2 - Two alleged bank bandits and the sweetheart of one were held by police today after being trapped in an appartment.


The two men are alleged to have held up the Kokomo, Ind., State bank last week and escaped with $9,400.  Part of the loot was found in the apartment.


Those held are Frank Mason, alias Harry; Thaddeus R. Skeer, and Louise Brummer.  Louise is said to be the sweetheart of Skeer.  She came here from Fort Wayne, Ind., Saturday.


Revolvers and guns were found under pillows, in the closets and drawers of the bureaus.   Mason was found to have $850 in new $100 and $50 bills and the Brummer girls had a number of valuable diamond rings and other jewelry.


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Another article about the 1925 Kokomo bank robbery that sent distant cousin, Harry PIERPONT (1902-1934) to Michigan City State Prison.  Harry was using the name "Frank Mason" as an alias.