Red Cross Words From The Front And Local Soldier News
Mrs Ida McClone Gibson spoke at Upper Sandusky about wartime sacrifice and Red Cross efforts. She urged support, praised American soldiers, and urged unity and duty while detailing frontline experiences. Lieutenant Lawrence Fetter visited from Texas with furlough and memories of fallen airmen including Lieutenant Frank Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida McClone Gibson
Red Cross
Upper Sandusky
Union
Germany
Johnny
Italy
France
Lawrence Fetter
Texas
Lawrence
Henry Fetter
A. R. Fetter
Hotel
Fetter
Frank Mathews
Hicks Field
Mathews
Tetter
Donald H. Charlon
Bucyrus
Upper Sandusky News Highlights and Local Notes
County doings report Red Cross drive success and school grade cards for Upper Sandusky. A divorce granted to Josephine Welch and James A Welch by Judge Rowland on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Local women hosted a land banquet for departing selects. Charles Welz dies after pneumonia at 38 near Wharton. New marriage licenses issued in Jackson township. Jury finds three Brownstown residents not guilty of liquor trafficking. Water quality concerns raised with Upper Sandusky Water Works Co. lightning destroys a Mexico Methodist church. Draft and farewell ceremonies influence travel arrangements. Local education board hires several teachers and files court decisions on Carey school bonds. Sheriff and local officials report minor legal actions and a donation of a work horse and plow for Red Cross drive. FP A O’Ferrell addresses Africa topic at church before district conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Welch
James A. Welch
Rowland
Upper Sandusky
Charles Welz
Wharton
Elmer F. Haner
William B. Haner
Effie McDaniel
G. W. McDaniel
Jackson Township
Julius Byers
Peter Frank
Jode Snyder
Brownstown
Charles D. Stubbs
Court of Appeals
Carey
Jacob Stief
Lee Ogg
R C van Buren
Board of Education
Sant
Cast of Characters Act I and Beyond
A fragmentary script outline spans multiple acts and scenes from World War I era. Characters include Ethel, Betsy Ross, Lilian, a Red Cross group, a patriotic pilot, a danger figure described as an unfeeling Hun, and Dabney. The narrative shifts from New York to Colorado to Berlin and Paris, highlighting loyalty, propaganda, fundraising gifts, mothers, shrapnel, and memories across years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFohl
Ralph “Bookwatter
LaPoh
Dorothy Pepple
Dabney LaFohl
Ethel LaFohl
Audrey Holden
Lilian Carmen
Dabney
Mabel Chambers
Tom Bradley
Ethel
Harley Byestone
Mr. Metz
Allen Byestone
Metz
Audrey Holden Sherman Metz
Earl LeMott
Mary Metz
Lydia Heck
Hohenzollern
Heine Hohenzollern
Paul Heck
Thompson
The
Red Cross
Inez Ridgeway Little Scout
BaPas Resetlstil Sa FT Ag
M. Beitler
Horace LaFoh
New York
Betsy Ross
Lilian
Colorado
Neb
Germany
Mary
Daddy
Black Bird
Mother
Berlin
Paris
Sam
Memorial Day program at parochial school band and recitations
A community program features a band, parochial school recitations, and a May Pole drill. Students perform songs like Star Spangled Banner and Red White and Blue, with addresses, minuet, and a final May Pole finale. Elsie Criger inspires with a dollar pledge to the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Schools
Stombaugh
Fredericka Spencer
Eugenia Henry
Dorcas Caswell
Wilson
George Constein
France
C. G. Spencer
D. C. Parker
Rev. Gibson
Sam
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
REO Light
Reo
Reo Automobiles
W.h.phelps Garage CO
HIHES
Carey OF
Ted
Schiras Shoe
R. E. Neu
Optometrist
Optician
Findlay St
R. C. van Buren
Upper
Sandusky
Sanduskychools
State Department of Health
Upper Sandusky Water Works Co
Mexico
City Board of Education
Eula May Young
Louise Newell
Margaret Peck
Florence Grim
Gladys Kennerley
Anna Hesser
Martha , Paessler
Minnie Hale
Clara Brauns
Iva Miller
Agnes Lowery
Helen Gregg
Helen Reynolds
Camilla Haner
Margaret Garwood
Bernice Bowman
Anna Iisinger
Blanche Barr
Edward Stansbery
Squire Joseph Bolish
Squire Bolish
W. T. Kuenzli
Eden Township
Second National Red Cross War Fund
Court House Corner
G. W. Zeller
Charlea Eyestone
Near Deunquat
George Daughmer
A. L. Sterner & Son
A. O’ferrell
Africa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rawson
Carey High School
Catholic Hall
Boy Scouts Parochial Schools
Catholic Bodies
Knights of Columbus
Knuights of Ohio
Holy Name Society Woodmen
Masons
America
Shultz
Elsie Criger
Lewis Criger
West of Town
Criger
Elsie
Soldier Boys
Co. A
Co A
Rifle Range
Corp
Fred Larmorth
Robert O'Connor
Wm Humbert
Fred Shuman
William Weaver
Byron Bennet
Bert Krum
Dewey Hunter
Charles Calmes
Camp Sheridan
Julian Eakles
Bertha Nye
Dean McGinn
Smithfield
Camp Taylor
Smithville
Dean
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