Levi Westfall Carrollton Civil War veteran seeks youth
Levi Westfall of Carrollton born July 16 1838 near Washington is nearly 96 next July. He enlisted July 12 1861 in Mansfield with the 32nd OVI and marched through Virginia and Maryland fighting under Grant and Sherman. He retired to Carrollton after a long service, remains active in community life, and his stories reflect a long Civil War era memory.
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Washington
Carrollton
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Elizabeth Baxter
Alvah
Mechanics Town
William
Scio
Mark
New Castle
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Ll. C. Moreland
Samuel
Westfall Honored For Uniformed Service In Blue
A tribute to Mr Westfall describes him as an honorable figure in blue and a true American whose friendship is valued by both young and old.
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Westfall
Plan Meeting For Citys Boys Alliance
A manasa meeting for boys of the city will be held Sunday at 2 20 p m at the First Baptist church as part of the YMCA vacation program. General Secretary C R Rearmore will give the principal address. Quartet numbers and group singing are planned. A large turnout is expected. Monday afternoon another Know Your City Trip will be staged at 11 a m for boys planning the trip to the Y. Meet at the local association building for transportation to the west end city. The day will include swimming games and a basketball contest between Alliance and Maassinlon teams. A trip to a local industrial plant is planned Wednesday afternoon, with grade school basketball games at the High School auditorium Saturday afternoon.
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First Baptist Church
C. R. Rearmore
Masalilion
Association
Alliance
Maassillon
Flags to be presented to church by Union veterans
Alliance, Dec 26. Members of McClellan camp Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War announce two large American flags will be given to Union Ave M E church for the main auditorium and junior Sunday school. The McClellan auxiliary held a December birthday party in Gen R hall with a Christmas program and luncheon. Officers to be installed Jan 4 include C. Tullis, G W Turner, Harold Shaw, George Waller, D W Dougherty, and T H Matticks.
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McClellan Camp
Co. C. Tullis
G. W. Turner
Harold Shaw
George Waller
D. W. Dougherty
T. H. Matticks
Chicago Glee Club to Sing Alliance Concert
The Alliance's Men's club sponsors a concert by the Chicago college men's glee club next Wednesday in the high school auditorium. The program features chorus, duets, quartets and more. The annual V's banquet accompanies the event with officers to be elected and installed at the January 7 meeting.
Zoar Juniors and adults host village gatherings
In Zoar on Dec 26 the junior girls Sunday echo class met at Irene Maurer home with Merna Better Verna Kuecherer Alberta Burkhart Irene and Wilma Class Filleen Mead Fidna Bimeler Mildred and Clara Wyandt Lilla Ricker and Father Sarbaugh. The Men's Triangle Table class enjoyed a hassenpeffer supper at August Burkhart home with Rev. Keafer Behlunt Schlunt Lipps and many others.
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Zoar
Mies Irene Maurer
Merna Better
Verna Kuecherer
Alberta Burkhart
Irene
Wilma
Filleen Mead
Fidna Bimeler
Mildred
Clara Wyandt
Lilla Ricker
Father Sarbaugh
August Burkhart
Paul Keafer
Bolivar
Theodore Behlunt Sr
Dover
Theodore Schlunt, Jr
Navarre
Wm Weilhauver
Ralph Mead
Jacob Sturn
Offord Geckler
Henry Monhert
Gleason Eberly
Howard Sarbauch
David Maurer
Paul Ricker
Herman Dischinger
Idek Hurkahrt
Russell Watter
Paul Gordon
Theodore Lipps
Matilda Reiter
Canton
Edgar Ruof
Barbara Kuecherer
J. Beane
Albert Bender
Mary Schwartz
Zoarville
Clifford Geckler
Wrolina
William Sarbaugh
Clara Mizer
Albert
Pauline
Russell Walter
Lydia Sivan
Lila Ricker
William Weilhauser
Jacob Sturm
Carrollton’s Lively Quartet Known For Pranks Long Ago
A 1898 Carrollton photo captures a quartet nicknamed the lively bunch. The group included D. O. Rutan, Isaac McCully, George Wagner, and John Shulz, all longtime local figures. The piece recalls their pranks, local business roles, and years of service to the rail line and town.
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Carrollton
Dee
General Assembly
M’kisson
Canton
Cleveland
Harry
Rock Island Lines
John Shulz
Fido
John
C. C. Semple
Sherodsville
Shobe
Local Social Notes From West Lebanon Area
West Lebanon December 26 Residents and visitors gather for family weekends with multiple calls on Massillon Canton Wooster and Navarre in holiday travel. Families including McFarren Groff Spangler Lemmon Gestmire Pond Poorman Gerlock Towenstein Snively Jones Buddy Spengler and Stauffer are mentioned along with a birthday party for Merle Selders and a weekend in Brewster for William Spangler.
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B. A. Lemmon
Anna Poulson
Edward Greene
Canton
Fred Youngman
Wendell and
Raymond
Fred Gestmire
Ralph Pond
Massillon
John Lemmon
Lloyde Poorman
Roy Gerlock
Frank Poorman
Rinda Howenstein
Carol Towenstein
Christian Feller
Mt. Eaton
Lloyd Snively
Wooster College
J. Snively
Josephine Jones
Ott Jones
Alliance Banks to Pay Dividend
Alliance banks announce upcoming semi annual dividends for stockholders on January 1. City Savings Bank and Trust Co. declared a five percent dividend totaling 12 500 dollars. Alliance First National Bank directors meet next Tuesday to decide a five percent dividend totaling 15 000 dollars. Peoples' Banking Co. directors also meet next week to decide a semi annual dividend, previously paying six percent annually, with 3 000 dollars at stake.
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Peoples’ Banking Co
Stolen Pure Bred Chickens Lead Canton Patchwork
Louisville reports a theft of sixty pure bred chickens valued at $120 from a farm coop owned by David Miller. The rest of the itemized notes cover holiday travels, hospital updates, lodge services for St. John's Day, musical programs, and various births and visits across Canton and nearby towns, reflecting a busy community newsletter.
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Louisville
David Miller
Harley Hershey
St. Cloud
Fla
Cecil Ohlinger
Canton Actual Business College
Canton
Celestine Cachat
W. EF. Barnhart
Broad Av
Massillon Sees Healthful Year With Few Diseases
Massillon reports an unusually healthy year with only four quarantined families over Christmas. Health Commissioner J H Williams cites excellent conditions and low death rates, noting July to November saw 18 contagious cases and December added four more. Strong cooperation from physicians schools nurses and authorities, plus strict health enforcement and clean water, underpins 1925 health.
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Daily News
E. Main St. Massillon
MassiLlon
Massion
J. H. Williams
Board of Health
Luther League elects officers and plans New Year party
In Massillon on December 26 officers will be elected at a Luther League meeting. Final plans for a New Year watch party will be made. City council members will dine at the Central Fire engine house. Various clubs held gatherings with hostesses named and prize winners announced.
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Massillon
Luther League of Faith Lutherans Church
Wallace Koontz
Wales Rd
None Such 500
Louise Hose
Krantz
Elmer Lehman
E. Ratrdon
Joseph Krantz
Fourth St
Woman's Club To Elect Officers In January Board
Alliance event notes ten candidates for five director seats as nominations posted. Directors meet next Wednesday at South Union Ave club house with President Mabel Hartzell presiding. Annual stockholders meeting planned for January. nominating committee names also posted. Hemlock 3500.
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Alliance
Alliance Woman's Club
South Union Ave
Mabel Hartzell
Needy Families Helped by Associated Charities at Christmas
Massillon on December 26 reports that Associated Charities cared for 103 families with food baskets and aid. Fifty-five baskets fed families, 40 went to sewing classes, eight to the sick, while 168 children received two toys each from Santa. Blankets clothing shoes and other gifts were distributed.
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Massillon
Associated Charities
Catholia Community League
Santa
Dean Miller to Talk to Bankers in Alliance Ohio
Dean Stev en I Miller national educational director of the American Institute of Banking will address Alliance bankers on Friday Jan 15 at the Alliance Country club. Invited are bankers from Alliance Sebring and Atwater. He leads the educational department and the talk is billed as unusually educational with several other speakers. A banquet precedes the program followed by dancing.
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Alliance Country Club
Budget Board Fixes Tax Rates for Wooster
Wooster will see a new tax rate of .0188 announced by the Wayne budget commission. The panel notes a $50,000 plus cut to school funding and about $25,000 less for city operations, while property valuation increases and new buildings raise total assessed value by roughly $700,000. The commission intends to press for higher personal property valuation to match real estate and adjusts sinking and operating budgets, with running expenses cut by $21,000 from $64,000 to $43,000.
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Wooster
Wayne Budget Commission
William FE. Hellar
Florence Limb
J. O. Iritz
Christmas Week Moves in West Brookfield Family Notes
Miss Marion Snyder of Toledo spent days with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Lewis Hammer. Mr and Mrs Charles Frank enjoyed Christmas with former parents Mr and Mrs William Frank in Canton. Ambrose Williams of Rhodes visited Mr and Mrs Howell Stanford. Mrs Steven Stanford saw her daughter Mrs Otto Scharr and family in Massillon Thursday. Mr and Mrs Lee Cecil shared Christmas with his mother Mrs Catherine Cecil in Massillon. Mrs Lesger, recently ill, shows improvement. Mr and Mrs Hobart Hill of East Greenville visited Ed Kautch Wednesday. Peter Feichter of Sixteen visited his son Ralph Feischter and family Wednesday. Evelyn and LaVerne Steiner are
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West Brookfield
Marion Snyder
Toledo
Lewis Hammer
Charles Frank
William Frank
Canton
Ambrose Williams
Rhodes
Wekend
Howell Stanford
Steven Stanford
Otto Scharr
Massillon
Lesger
Hobart Hill
East Greenville
Ed. Kautch
Peter Feichter
Ralph Feischter
Evelyn and
LaVerne Steiner
Carrollton Hunters Bag Six Deer and Bears in Pa Club
Grant Bougher Fred McGranahan and others from Claysville Pa banded together at Red Run Camp near Driftwood to harvest six deer in six days. Vance Grimes four year old buck weighed 149 lbs led the tally. club records and daily hunting limits highlighted the trip. A venison dinner for the Rotary club followed with note that no does were shot and no Sunday hunting occurred.
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Grant Bougher
Fred McGranahan
Barnesboro
Orville Fleming
R. W. Henderson
Cameronco
Vance T. Grimes
Claysville
Bougher
Kiwanis
Vance Grimes
Driftwood Station
Red Run
Grimes
Warne
Chester L. Grimes
Vanece
Howard
Howard Grimes
George Mealy
Clifford Shaler
Harold Miller
Harry Sprowls
Tom
Dan King
Will Maize
Ed Blaney
Claysville, Pa
Vance
Rotary Club
Park Hotel
Pennsylvania
Justus and Massillon Visitors Report Holiday Socials
Dec 26 notes from Justus report visits by Mr and Mrs Joseph Agler and family of Canton to Beach City to see Theodore Staum and Vera Jeanne Staum. It mentions Mrs Theodore Staum recovering from illness and several shoppers and visitors from Massillon, Elton, Smoketown, Bergholz, and Blowerstown, plus local moves and calls.
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Justus
Joseph Agler
Canton
Beach City
Theodore Staum
Vera Jeanne
John Rohn
Fst
Diphtheria
Lorrig Thomas
Glenace
Massillon
Lewis Kietn
Navarre
Walter Bowen
Wilbur Brown
Jennie Thomas
Russell Hall
Herman Miller
Adam Crock
Blowerstown
Jennie Davis
Bergholz
Martin Books
Ethel Foster
E. Kipfer
Myrtle Kipfer
Warner Foster
J. W. Baughman
Elton
Lorin Schrock
Smoketown
Thomas Savage
Frank Zuduich
Massillon License Tags Sale Progress Report
Massillon reports slow sale of 1926 automobile license tags under J H Shepley of the Automobile Club. Only about 1,304 tags issued. roughly 8,700 licenses remain unsold. Motorists must show a bill of sale with certified ownership to obtain licenses, slowing the process. No extension of time has been granted.
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Massillon
J H. Shepley
Massillon Automobile Club
McClymonds
Automobile Club
Alliance High Girls to Represent at All State Chorus
Three Alliance high school girls Ruth Davis Helen Randolph and Hazel Calhoun will represent the school in the all state chorus for the Ohio State Teachers association meeting in Columbus next week. Grace Shaffer supervisor of music will also travel.
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Alliance
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Columbus
Ruth Davis
Helen Randolph
Hazel Calhoun
Grace Shaffer
Local Dunee notes from holiday visits and travels
Dundee items report Mrs D T Johnson Florence Steffe Elizabeth Steffe and Mrs Abe Johnson visiting Dover. C O Stingel Susat Creek spent a day with J H Relf. Theodora and Anna Klohn spent weekend with parents. Delmar Jump Brewster spent weekend with F J Wilds. Monroe Weiss ill. Clyde Haager returned from Ada Ohio for holiday with family. Melva Smiley came from Athens Ohio for vacation. Kenneth Malone home for Canton weekend. Henry Sweitzer and John visiting Akron. Frank King and daughter visited relatives in Straseburg.
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Mercy Hospital
Juiliard Lodge
No. 460
Reformed Church
F .W. Hoffman
First Reformed Church
Canton
Louisville
Ruth
Gaul
Clyde C. Hirst
Silverst
Simon Schumacher
Austin Menegay
J. Dudley
St. Petersburg
Fla
McClelland Miller
Raymond Miller
Albert Mason
Rochester
N. Y
Bertha
Ida Meyers
Benton Serong
W. Mainat
Walter Balmat
Guy Upperman
Harrisburg
Anna Paumier
Cleveland
Letha Krabill
Struthers
Dundee
D. T. Johnson
Florence Steffe
Elizabeth Steffe
Abe Johnson
Dover
C. O. Stingel
Susat Creek
J. H. Relf
Theodora
Anna Klohn
Delmar Jump
Brewster
F. J. Wilds
Monroe Weiss
Clyde Haager
Ada
Ohio
Melva Smiley
Athens
Kenneth Malone
Henry Sweitzer
John
Akron
Frank King
Straseburg
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