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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
6
CORRESPONDENCE. Local residents describe Sunday meals and visits across Carey, Tymochtee, Oak Leaf farm, and nearby towns. Names include Starr, Clinger, Heops, Orians, Kummerer, Davidson, Dow, Reinhart, Wenzinger, and Logsdon among others. Social calls, guests, and family moves are documented.
St Paul residents share visits and church events with many households. Mr and Mrs Wm Moore hosted or visited friends. prayer meeting planned at St Paul church. Sunday school set for 9 00. multiple families from New Riegel Findlay and Washington DC are mentioned in guest lists and entertainments.
Fragments indicate Carey residents attended a dubious Friday night event, praising it despite poor reception. The report notes locals bought cards and contributed money, though the act drew criticism as the worst seen. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Ray Shafer made a trip to Clyde Monday. Miss Maurine Laird spent over Saturday night with the W. H. Rickle family. Frances Becley returned home after a two week visit with O. C. Rickle. Sunday School next Sunday at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30. Rev J C Rinehart of Carey called on the Rickles Saturday evening. Several local families hosted and visited relatives and friends including Corbin, Laird, Rickle, and Wagner households.
Bascom residents hosted family and friends during a busy weekend with numerous visits from Findlay Fostoria Upper Sandusky and Toledo. Attendees included the Ruehles Mullholands Haines and Ewing families and others sharing meals dinners and day trips.
Grace Chapel schedules a prayer meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM and a Sunday School in Grace Chapel. Truman Updegraff is ill with grip. Sunday dinner guests include Miss Ruth Fowlmer, Miss Nellie Fowlmer, and Mr James Laye. Ernest Beck and family visit Willis Stahl and family Thursday evening.
The fifth annual Dible Phillips family reunion will be held at Carey Water Works Park in Carey Ohio on Tuesday August 17 1920. Arthur Phillips secretary invites you and your family to attend.
Miss Luella Kimmel is improving. Lilia and Olive Brashares visited Doris and Ruth Stillberger. Esther and Edith Stout attended the Wharton M E church Home Coming. Raymond Kear and family from Texas visited Hugh Brashares. Hugh Brashares’ family helped harvest. Herbert Baker of Wharton called on Charles England and grandson Grant. Ray Plotts visited his mother and brother Harry in Findlay. Harry stayed to help with harvest. Sunday Sabbath School at 9, Christian Endeavor at 7 39, prayer and flags meeting Wednesday at 7 30. Dessie Kimmel visited Sandusky City with Welters. Welters visiting friends nearby before returning home. H M Dame and Dorothy and Stanley, north of Arlington, and Ervin Pever of near Mt Blanchard spent Sunday with Orville Stanley and Reva.
J F Steiner, a Missionary to China on furlough, spoke at the Church of the Brethren and at the Methodist church. He described life on Harman Island and the slow shift from ancestor worship to modern ideas under missionary efforts.
Mrs. Homer G. Frazier of Lafayette Ind visits relatives here. Mrs. Heber Briggs is at Findlay hospital for appendicitis surgery. Miss Helen Greer and Miss Mildred Rouse visit Miss Geer’s family in Findlay. R. A. Longman and family from Cincinnati dine with the Kears. Longman works with the Cincinnati Children’s Home. Truman Young starts a chair in W S LeMott’s barber shop.
The Louisville Courier-Journal quotes a speaker on the phrase when the spirit moves as a mental process. He jokes that with his wife the spirit moves whenever she sees a new house.
A group of former neighbors surprised Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Tony at their new place two and a half miles west of Carey. The evening featured socializing and ice cream with cake. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shull and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Wenzinger and children, Mr. and Mrs. Girard Rickle, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Phillips and children, Miss Gertrude Wisner, Mr. Alston Cole, and Mr. Gilbert Aoery.
Mr. and Mrs Ervin Wentling hosted a social evening in honor of Miss Edith Schindler of Upper Sandusky. Guests included Arthur Phillips and family, Dewey Ogg, Oscar Wentling, Zella Walters, and Clyde Heck, with Edith Schindler and others attending as well.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brown entertained relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Fred Osterman and son Delbert, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown of Toledo, Mrs. George Brown of this city, Mr. and Mrs. A. Parks and son Charles, and daughter Miss Mary Bell of Tiffin, on a pleasant Sunday.
Miss Bessie Sheridan hosted a Sunday dinner entertainment for the birthday of Mr. Charles O'Brien of Upper Sandusky. Guests included Miss Edna Brown of McCutchenville and Mr. Charles Hehr of Upper Sandusky.
Mr and Mrs JL D Trubey entertained at a Sunday picnic at Keller's Mill. Guests included Dr and Mrs H H Gravett of Piqua, Dr and Mrs E B Myers, Mrs G W Chesebrugh of this city, and Mrs O E Woods of Columbus.
Dr and Mrs J E Myers hosted a six o'clock dinner Saturday evening with Mrs G W Chesebrough as hostess and guests Warren Shoup Gravett and Fannie Hicks of Piqua in attendance.
Mr and Mrs W J Baker of 120 High Street entertained Sunday dinner guests including Mr and Mrs C D Smith of west of town and Dr C C Peale of Findlay.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Copley of St Paul entertained Sunday at supper with guests Miss Bernita Copley Miss Cleora Hoy Mr Cloyce Copley and Mr Otis Shafer included in the gathering.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Logsdon entertained Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Carl Dirmeyer and their children and Maurine and Darel Moyer in a family gathering setting.
A Northern Ohio engine switching at the handle factory accelerated unexpectedly, sending a partially filled car through an ash-shed and colliding with a cement bridge on Patterson street. A portion of the bridge side was torn away.
John C. McBeth wins a damages verdict of 900 in Common Pleas after a Big Four crossing collision in Carey. Court of Appeals grants new trial to railroad. at second trial he receives 800. Case remanded for execution with errors not specified in briefs ignored.
Grant Karr Agency offers a single policy from the Great American Insurance Co. of New York that covers fire lightning tornado windstorm cyclone under one plan and promises cheaper rates than rivals for farmers seeking comprehensive protection.
Frank L. Rader son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rader and Miss Alta Pough both of Fostoria were quietly married at Tiffin on July 19 1920. They will return to Fostoria for their home and friends extend best wishes.
J A Smith a notary public continues with the same insurance line. He has handled for 25 years and offers service in all lines to provide the right kind of policy and guidance.
Bishop Schrembs of Toledo stayed at Father Fish's residence Monday and Tuesday nights while traveling to and from Upper Sandusky.
List of family and group reunions booked for the park with dates from July 31 to September 6. The note urges checking for errors and mentions up to five reunions on a single day, requesting visits to the park to adjust dates due to limited tables and playground equipment.
Mrs. Harry Hull received word of the birth of an eight pound daughter to her brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs Harold Shock of Lima. The baby is named Helene Margaret. Mrs Laurel Lanning announced by telegram the arrival of a seven pound girl to Mr. and Mrs George Corrin of Leipsic. Mrs Corrin was formerly Miss Lena Lanning of our city.
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