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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
6
Jefferson County Farm Bureau and Pomero Grange hosted the first College Grove picnic after two days of rain. About two thousand attended the event on the historic campus with a strong program including remarks by Lincoln of the Ohio Farm Bureau and Curtis, former Jefferson County Farm Agent. Baseball games featured Richmond vs Somerset.
Community life fills a weekend page with sermons planned at Annapolis M E church and a Presbyterian vacation. Many visits and events occur from Unionport to Steubenville including picnics, weddings, and family gatherings. Typhoid recovery and home visits are also mentioned along with a delayed cement walk project awaiting sand.
The column lists visits and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fulton and S. C. Stahl who is papering the Presbyterian church at Unionport this week. Flora Hoobler plans a visit to East Springfield. Mrs. Henry Courtright and Mrs. S. R. Mifer called on Mrs. Wayne Snyder at Hopedale. Mills of East Springfield hosted visitors from Canonsburg and W. T. Wilson household hosted Fennimore and son for the week.
Summer activities wind down as residents plan last picnic trips before fairs. Miss Mollie Earl visits Pittsburgh kin. families welcome newborns. church services paused for vacation. Union Missionary Society met August 5 with refreshments and will reconvene September 1. Chautauqua attendance reported. local building projects continue as school season nears.
Harry Dillon and family stayed with friends in Strattonville Pennsylvania last week. Numerous residents visited relatives and shopped in Wellsville and nearby towns including Culp Cattrell McClain Vandyke and Maple families. Attendees also joined reunions picnics and family visits across Richmond Steubenville Knoxville Alliance and Pittsburgh areas.
Mrs. Bell Carpenter returns from Hollow Rock camp meetings reporting a great gathering. Alexander Reed and mother attend. Visitors include Joseph May George McCracken and T W Vance appraising Robert Carpenter’s late estate. The S M Hudson Coal Co closes a week for lack of orders. Rev Beaver returns home to preach after rheumatism.
The town looks forward to paving on Second Street as Ross township work nears completion. A Saturday American Legion fundraiser was a success but mud kept many away. Mrs Patton has been ill but improving. Mrs Mon reports better condition. United Presbyterians church nears completion with exterior painting and woodwork refinishing.
Mt Zion hosts annual community day on Saturday August 27 featuring a basket picnic dinner contests by the youth two ball games Bacon Ridge vs Mooretown and Bacon Ridge vs Osage plus a refreshments stand all residents and visitors invited to enjoy a pleasant day at Mt Zion church grounds.
A rayland parish page records a Pratt family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pratt near Warrenton on Sunday August 14 with about thirty six kin and a large dinner. The column lists numerous local visits, travel, and social happenings including guests from Sacramento Wheeling Steubenville Pittsburg and Canton, church and school events and a marriage surprise of Miss Myra McAdams to Mr. Shackles of Barnesville.
Bloomfield notes a Grange picnic planned for Saturday at Parks Grove with refreshments speakers and music inviting all Jefferson county Granges. Other items include Megrail reunion August 17 and local visits by families and friends across the county.
Local residents report visits from Steubenville and Brooklyn guests. The Grange picnic is announced for August 20 as roads improve through the village. Updates include health notes, marriages, family gatherings, and weekend excursions across Bloomfield and nearby towns.
Homer Miller of Cleveland visits his mother and relatives. James and Mrs Winnings of Canton spend weekend here. Bertha Zollers born Aug 10. Miss Bertha Snyder visits Annapolis aunts. Mrs Clara Harmon and Daryl visit Kilgore for Chautauqua. Rev Ernest Trotter and son from Deersville visit. Welty Miller and Allen from Amsterdam visit Sydney. Mrs James Beach and children of Alliance visit sister Mrs Roy Barker. Erma Kuhn returns from Creston Oklahoma guest of Mrs Gollahminypp. Mrs Henry Reidenbach of Port Washington visits children. Mrs S V Harmon and son visit Deersville. Featrice Hoobler visiting Akron sister.
Mrs Mary Frances Coates widow of John H Coates died at Gill hospital July 14 1921 after prolonged illness aged 70. She was born April 30 1851 in Jackson West Virginia and lived in Steubenville since 1883. She leaves four children seven grandchildren and a great grandchild and is survived by siblings. Funeral plans to be announced.
The obituary notes Miss Lela D Wells daughter of Mrs Eva Wells and the late W H Wells of Follansbee died August 13 1921 after prolonged illness at home at eighteen. She was an invalid for years and a shut in yet she lived a life of sweetness and service and was beloved in church and social circles. She is survived by her mother brother Herbert and sister Mrs Hugh T Clark Jr with many kinfolks in Steubenville. Her passing leaves a bereaved community with cherished memories of her faith and cheer.
Word reached here of the death of Ella G Robb a Steubenville native who passed away Friday morning at her home in Monstreat North Carolina aged 60 She was daughter of the late William D and Elizabeth Gilmore Robb and was born and raised in Steubenville She had lived in Monstreat for years and died after an operation about a month ago She was the last of her family and cousin to Mrs S W Pearce of Pleasant Heights The remains will arrive in Steubenville Saturday and go to Mrs Pearce home for the funeral Monday afternoon
James H. Scott aged 75 longtime Squire Archer dairy farm worker Brooke county West Virginia died Saturday morning at his son W H Scott’s home Charles street Wellsburg after a brief illness He was born in Columbiana county Ohio a Civil War veteran of Co H 115th Ohio He is survived by son W H and daughter Maggie A Boyer of New Brighton PA Funeral service Monday at 2 PM from his son’s Wellsburg home with interment in Brooke Cemetery.
Deaths include Mrs. Elizabeth J. Frable Dennison Ohio and Eli T Castner of Union cemetery era services conducted by Rev Sidener. Other obituaries mention infant William Sempf and Ethel Tope Bell with services at Coe and Gill funeral homes. Memorials note Rev Dr Wm Snyder funeral in Brooklyn and Lela Wells memorial in Steubenville Union cemetery.
Miss Edith V Semple receives word of the death of her brother Ross Semple a former Steubenville resident at Washington Pennsylvania He died of heart failure while walking aged about fifty He was born in Steubenville son of R J and Sarah E B Semple educated in local schools and skilled in gun making He is survived by a brother and two sisters Arrangements set for shipment to Steubenville Shannon's funeral home will host the funeral on Thursday with time to be announced
Sheridan Cole son of Elijah Cole of Richmond died in Jersey City after a fall from a stair landing. Confined by illness he rose while convalescing, stumbled on the stairs, struck his head on a marble stand, and fractured his skull. His parents, who had arrived earlier, accompanied the remains.
Funeral services for William and the infant son of Otto and Bern Sempf were conducted by Rev. Louis Green at the Congregational church with interment at Union cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Frable’s funeral followed at Coe’s Funeral Home with interment at Union cemetery. The twenty third annual Sturgeon family reunion is set for tomorrow at the East Liberty YWCA, with Dr J D Sturgeon of Uniontown as president and other family officers named.
Anne E. Carpenter has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of W. H. Wood late of Jefferson County Ohio deceased. Dated August 16 1921. John G. Belknap Probate Judge of said county.
Estate of Harry D. Cummins deceased appoints Louisa D. Cumming as administratrix in Jefferson County Ohio dated August 15 1921. Attorney J Oscar Naylor notes appointment. Estate of Edward B. Imhoff deceased appoints Cora Imhoff as executrix in Jefferson County Ohio dated August 13 1921. Probate Judge notes appointment.
Notice states Olive R Anderson served as executrix of the John T Anderson estate of Jefferson County Ohio deceased. Dated August 11 1921. John W Porter Attorney.
The estate of Lizzie Walker in Jefferson County Ohio appoints Sarah Walker as administratrix with the will annexed. Dated August 9 1921. Probate Judge of the county. Edward McKinley attorney.
Notice name John Porreca appointed administrator of the estate of Margaret Porreca late of Jefferson County Ohio who died recently. Dated August 10 1921 probate judge of the county Roy L McClave attorney notice published in weekly edition August 18.
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