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e Kent Tribune| CRISP LOCAL | NEWS IN I THE TRIBUNE.LEADER IN BOTH NEWS AND CIRCULATIONKENT. OHIO. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 19235c A COPY. $1.50 A YEAR[E MAILS TO DEFRAUDrhatAu-leve-day.back to ap-the packages, ilfficult proposed that he to send his . his returns, and on Tues-Inspector H. veland office.walked into r returns on inaptly taken ffice and in-under arrest, p was sum-iked up. in Kent was ad given his Inspector e man in the nowiedged to s real name, ties say that of the very perhaps 20c, ckles had a ch. The lat-les of people •o far as can sed that the belief that he packages relatives had this way he I being fol-Once Kent Pastor; Dies in TacomaDan Cooke Badly Injuredas He Falls Down StairwayD E. Cooke, for so many years the Standard Oil Co. representative in Kent, later being with the Cleveland office, and who retired recently, going to El Paso, Tex., to spend the winter, suffered a severe accident a few days ago. *He started to the basement to build a tire when he slipped and fell down six steps, alighting at the bottom with his head striking a stone wall. He was carried upstairs and a surgeon called who found that Mr, Cooke had suffered the fracture of both bones of his right ankle. There was also a cut on his head requiring four stitches. • .An x-ray was taken of the ankle after the fracture was reduced andall indications are that Mr. Cooke will be able to walk again, but not for some monthsSome bad bruises on his body, tegs and arms are healing up.Mr. and Mrs. Cooke are with their son, Jay, for the winter, expecting to go later to ja new home in Los Angeles.Mr, Cooke has tlie company of R. A. Thompson, of Kent, who is spending the winter with his son, Speer, but one block from the Cooke home, and they spend many pleasant hours together.Flowers are blooming In El Pa-.-o and Mr. Cooke is being remembered by friends and neighbors from their own gardens.Married 66 Years:as taken to about 23 mions in the y men under n charges, ■rocer on S. hat he had f’s worth of ’home, cash-r about $10. came back le Sorensens reported aERIE CONDUCTOR RILLED.Tragic Death of Wm. Clark, Former Kent Man, Saturday Night.Wm. W. Clark. 40, former Kent man._j\tas killed when hit by a passenger train at Polk tower at 10:31) Saturday night. He lived in Marion.He was conductor on an extra freight, that had taken siding for the passenger train to pass and was hit as he was going toward the caboose I of his train. He was missed at the j next station anti u message was sent : back, the operator finding his body, jClark was well known in Kent, his former home He was born in CHntn-paign county, O., and had been with the Erie 24 years. He was a freight and passenger brakeman for many years, tnen train haggagemaster and then extra conductor. He came from Gallon to Kent and moved from here to M fir ion nire years ago.He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Finical, of Gallon, five childrtn, his mother and a sister. Kent people knew Mr. Clark and held him in the highest regard.The funeral was held at Marion yesterday, with burial at Gallon.ssimist said, Phe optimist Mary do it. 'Let’s do it” and goqs atvater, being ress on The is the great ndom,” Rev. it Church of the theme ably liand-s the LoyalLegion Auxiliary Conference in Kent.The American Legion Auxiliary’s district convention in Kent, Friday, went on record as favoring the establishing of the flag, code in the schools, favoring Armistice day as a National holiday, opposing tne sale of German products In this country and called the attention of congress to the bill furnishing aid to ex-service men to become establi hed in life, either in form of land or se-| the Kent members for their help in i making’the conference a success, the I la lies of the Congregational church • for the:r part in preparing such a , delightful dinner, served in such a i beautiful manner, those who so de-I Jit htfully entertained and tlie local fcommittee which helped make the I pi ms. Mrs. Ackley was chairman of i tli ■ committee, with Mrs. Hough and Mrs Lowe as co-members. '| Thursday evening the department rat 4 district i fficerx were guests at a j mention in their honor by Portage , Pi st Unit 1PH at tlic Frankli,n Hotel.The sixty-sixth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Doncaster, of West Palm Beach, Florida, formerly of Kent, was celebrated on the evening of January 30. There was an excellent supper served at which there were a number of guests, A number of the neighbors and friends called in the evening, bringing many beautiful floral decorations. Besides there was a splendid treat of violin music.Mr. and Mrs. Doncaster are now nearly half way between 80 and 90 years and though their bodies are not strong, their mental faculties are splendidly preserved and they enjoy conversations with friends, and easily carry out their part of it with as much zest as was their custom many years ago.They still have many friends in Kent, and some times they get information from some of them by letter or through the Tribune.Rev. Abbie E. Danforth Dies at Age of 82.THU DAVIIV TREK EXPERT CO.The annual meeting of the Davey Tree Expert Co. was held in the offices of ttie company In the City Bank building January 9. The report for the past year indicates that 1922 was the best year and the largest in volume in the history of the ’company.The officers elected for the coming year were: President, John Davey; 1st v. p., W. B. Andrews; 2nd v. p.. James A. G. Davey; treasurer and general manager, Martin L. Davey; assistant general manager. Hugo E. Birkner; assistant treasurer and field director. Paul H. Davey; Secretary, H. I* Carson.FORM MR RESIDENT BURIED HERE.Mrs. Florence N. Allen, widow of the late Fred B. Allen, died Saturday at her home in Cleveland. Shi was the mother of Fred. C. Allen, of Cleveland. The family lived in Kent about 40 years ago and the older residents remember them well. The funeral was held yesterday at the family residence, 3795 Glenwiaxl ave., Cleveland Heights. Burial was at Standing Rock cemetery in Kent.DINMS POTTS MARRIED.Dennis Potts, of Mogadore, former Kent base ball pitcher, was married in Akron recently, his bride being Mrs. Irene Keihl, of that city..M VNY l.iiJEOU VIOLATORS El N ED.Arrangements have been completed with the Western Union Telegraph Co. whereby Kent telephone subscribers may send telegrams from their homes or offices by calling the telegraph office and transmitting their calls by telephone. As a further convenience to subscribers the telegraph charges will appear and can he paid together with their bill for telephone service, announces Manager Hubbell.Rev. ■ Abbie E. Danforth, former pastor of the Kent Universalist church, died in Tacoma, Washington, Monday, Jan. 8, at her home. She had been prominent in the club life of that city for many years.She is remembered in Kent as a woman of wonderful talent and ability, one loved by her people and all who knew her.The Tacoma News-Tribune says of her:Mrs. Abbie 6. Danforth, for 20 years a prominent figure among Tacoma women devoted to the highest welfare and interest of Tacoma, died Monday at her home, 1322 North. Yakima avenue, at the age of 82. She was horn in Ontario county, New York, and was graduated from St. Lawrence university.Mrs Danforth had been In failing health for a yea?, although able to he up and about the house until the last. She had been up Monday morning as usual, and her death came quickly, closing a life which had been filled with service to humanity.She was an ordained minister of the Universalist church, and had served in several Ohio pastorates before coining to the- Northwest, and for several years she filled the pulpit of the Universalist church of Tacoma, in which she continued active after withdrawing from the public service. She was the first president of the Tacoma Wonrran’s club, a member of tlie Woman's Study club and of the Monday Civic club. She was one of the pioneer workers in the W. C. T. Li. in Ohio and in this state, and had been an active antagonist of the saloon, her efforts winning her the respect as well as the fear of liquor dealers wherever she lived.Among the special results of Mrs.. Danforth’s Tacoma work was the placing of matrons at the city dock and at the railroad station, her efforts in this direction being the pioneer movement for protective aid which has been effectively carried on for many years. In all matters pertaining, to the civic good, Mrs. Danforth was at once interested and active, and her devotion and loyalty to Tacoma have many times been manifested by her words and actions.Her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Felt, widow of the late E. J. Felt, who died suddenly In London while abroad on business last year, had. resided with her for the past few years and was witli Jier at her death.MRS. V. ('. NHIiiTMFE.Mrs. Wm. C. Shirtliff died at 2:35 p. m. Friday at her home in Kent, having been HI for three years and a half with paralysis. Her maiden name was Jennie Saxe and she w.as horn in Suffield in 1848, daughter of
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