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Newspaper
Defiance Weekly Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
5
Daily social updates report visits to Toledo Cleveland and Chicago. travel to Cedar Point and Garrett Indiana for sports. church and civic events include quarterly conference, encampment hopes, Mapes and Lesnit reunions. several readers announce trips, host guests, and new purchases. county projects include a Green Mountain silo and a new position for H Heer in Toledo.
The community updates arrivals departures and movements of residents and guests. Carl and Mrs Moore visited South Bend relatives before returning home while others like Fred Dalrymple R E Gaff H. Horn and W F Horton were mentioned in town. Several moved to Hicksville joined by new telephone expansion and fairground dining plans.
The annual reunion of Co F 48th Regt O V V L was held Aug 30 at Comrade Ki J Todd’s home in Delaware township. About 150 attended. Officers elected: President M A Bell Defiance Ohio Treasurer L Ferris Hicksville Ohio Secretary E J Reisch Hicks It was decided the next reunion would be at Comrade David Welker’s home in Ney Ohio on the last Thursday of August 1907.
Sheriff Kopp traveled from Pendleton Oregon to Ohio with restraints on the suspect Baker a six foot tall powerful man accused of grand larceny and hog theft Baker had been freed in habeas corpus but was arrested on an assault charge in Ohio before transport to face further charges in Hicksville and Pendleton.
Henry L Stock and his brother, after a summer in the southwest, returned home. The county convention will meet October 2 3 at the Defiance M E church. Emma Stock, secretary, outlines program and urges active local support and participation from all Sunday School workers.
Park races drew about one thousand spectators Monday afternoon under the Defiance Driving Club. Five events were run on a new track with a soft bed, and good times were posted given the conditions. Plans are to hold a big fall meeting after Lima races, with improvements planned to bring the park and track to first class condition.
The Deepe Reunion will be held in the Gates grove Saturday Sept 15. All relatives and neighbors are invited. John Deepe and Emery Elliott, Secretaries.
Mrs Barbara Buser died Monday morning at her daughter Miss Louisa Keeler home in Haskins Ohio after living in Defiance. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 30 in St John s Reformed church with Rev N E Vitz officiating. She was 79 years 10 months and 6 days old.
Ney Wm stripe and family visited with A. J. Neiswender on Sunday. The Washington township schools began Tuesday and Charles Hoffman is home for two weeks. Mrs. Abbott recovers while Mrs. Zigler visits at Zigler's. Yarlot family visits Archbold and Wauseon with Murvan and Grace. Doc Hartshorn's entertain Toledo relatives.
Marriage licenses issued to Carl Boesling 21 of Napoleon township Henry county and Mable Hammond 18 of Richland township. Walter Rupp 25 of Mark Center and Anna Hornish 20 of Adams township. Davis filed suit against Minnie Mink in common pleas court to recover 439.07 on a cognovit note.
J. H. Metz and his daughter Vera traveled to Ridgeville on Tuesday to visit relatives. They were joined by Miss Inez Wolcott who returned home after her stay here.
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