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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
7
Townwide preparations highlighted by a two day program with athletic events social gatherings and a major minstrel vaudeville show on August 12 at the college campus. A welcome night on August 1 and a basket dinner option Tuesday weather permitting. Local residents and guests travel from Steubenville Philadelphia and Toronto for visits and celebrations.
Fernwood prepares for the annual telephone festival with date TBA. Services held at St James Church led by the rector. Chautauqua attendance at Smithfield, open air services at Powell's. Bloomfield M E Sabbath school hosted a moonlight picnic at Mr. and Mrs. W G Gorsuch. W F M S meeting at Mrs. R P Mansfield with twenty five. luncheon by Mrs. Watt and Mr. Smith. Miss Ida Ekey and Mrs. J W Long read papers. Mary Ekey in Sitapur India letter. Guests include Mrs. Anne F Clark and Mrs. J W Long. Nicholson family from Steubenville visited. Frank Scott building a new residence. J S Thompson and family had a minor accident en route to Chautauqua. Lawrence Palmer and wife welcome baby daughter. Mrs Palmer formerly Melissa Rouse.
Mrs Charles Brinley hosted a Saturday social at her Brinley residence with a dinner and pleasant afternoon. Attendees included Mesdames Barnes Brinley Roe Stinard Hosenfield Bucy Carpenter Emfield Lewis and others plus Misses Audrey Brinley Nellie Flaherty of Brilliant and Marie Stinard.
Miss Martha Gill of Irondale visits Elva Lawrence this week while Gladys Call returns home for a few days. Taylor Carson attends camp meeting at Sebring and plans visits to Akron and Canton. Mrs. Link Van Dyke of Sherwood visits at the D H Van Dyke home. Hettie and Anna Jewett of Steubenville visit Carson's. Harry VanDyke returns from near Cleveland. Doris Cease of Wellsville visits W A Lowry. Ora E Carson returns from Alliance. Earle Lowry and others attend a surprise birthday party for Grace Saltsman in Wellsville. Attendees also go to a festival in New Somerset. Mrs Chas Cain spends Sabbath with her mother in Bacon Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Smette and family from Pittsburgh visit Fred Reisfar. Frank Jackman and wife leave for Salineville after a week with George.
W A Lowry of Wellsville visited last Thursday. A moonlight picnic near the Barbara Lowry home Friday evening drew a large, joyful crowd and strong notes of camaraderie.
East Springfield residents and neighboring towns gathered for a community picnic on August 7 with plans for a speaker Hon. F. G. Bale of the Canton district of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League to discuss temperance. Local families enjoyed visits, a Grange meeting, and a note of appreciation for a resident doctor Walter Mills amid a period of routine farm and town activity.
A crowded Northern Ohiodale update lists visits and sick relatives. Locals include R D Wilson and daughter Nancy with Mrs R D Wilson's ongoing health, Mrs S C Belts in critical condition after surgery, and James Wilson with Eva of Jewett visiting kin. Many townspeople attend chautauqua events and visit Niagara Falls and Berlin area points while family gatherings occur across Amsterdam Berg Holtz Carrollton East Springfield Steubenville Steuben ville and Mingo.
Bloomfield W T U holds a meeting at Mrs Carrie Jones home on Wednesday afternoon August 4 and all members are invited. Also plans include setting aside cares for August 14 and a Grange picnic in the beautiful Parks.
Tuesday visits in Steubenville and Martins Ferry Hospital recoveries mingle with church notices, outings, and a long list of gatherings. The obituary for James A Hoobler highlights a life in Bloomfield with family left behind and a Bloomfield cemetery funeral led by Rev Charles Simpson.
A reader from Ross Township writes to The Best Ever Editor Herald in Steubenville praising the Weekly Herald. He encloses a one dollar subscription payment and expresses appreciation for the paper’s Jefferson County news and engaging columns.
The Longs Auxiliary of the W F M S plans a monthly meeting at the home of Mrs R P Mansfield next Thursday July 22 Lunch will be served at noon and a cordial invitation goes to all Sherman Erb of Pittsburg visits Mr and Mrs J E Gault Lela Scott of Steubenville visits local friends Emma Gault recovering at O V hospital Steubenville Don Rinker recovering well from appendicitis operation at Martins Ferry hospital Mrs George Erb and children from Pittsburg visit Mrs J E Gault and Mrs J W Long Miss Alma Gault of Wooster and Mrs Mary Crawford of near Gallipolis attend to see their mother Mrs Emma Gault who underwent an operation at O V hospital Charles Long of Pittsburg guests over Sunday Several from here will attend the Chautauqua at Smithfield this week.
W Long and son Charles spent Saturday with friends in Cadiz including Mrs Newberry and the Ortons and Mr Harte of Pittsburgh. W A Helms and two daughters visited from Steubenville along with Mr and Mrs Cook and Mrs Dr Biddle. Dr and Mrs Lyle of Bloomfield were guests Sunday at Mrs Ada Long’s. Horace Dunn suffers after a hayloft fall. Ed Blackburn and family of Bloomfield visited the White home Sunday. Mrs R H Mansfield and Miss Elizabeth Mansfield visited Steubenville on Monday. Ed Gault had a valuable horse die this week.
Mrs Call and son Donald spent Sunday with sister Mrs Emory Taylor near Salineville. Albert Russell and family of Chester were over Sunday at his mother's. Rev James of Canton delivered a temperance talk at Pine Grove Church Sunday. Fdson Carson and Earl Lowry joined a moonlight picnic at Nixon's Saturday. Wm Culp and family near Knoxville visited relatives on the Ridge Sunday. Ora Carson visiting friends in Alliance and Canton. Mr and Mrs John Billman and daughter Catherine visiting Catherine Billman's. Mrs Link VanDyke of Sherwood visiting D H VanDyke's.
The Church of Christ in Uhrichsville Ohio marked its 38th anniversary with four simultaneous services on Sunday July 25 in the church auditorium High School reading room and tabernacle. About fifteen hundred attended with Rev Charles Darsic and Rev J P Allison expected to speak. Miss Bessie Pelistsky a Bohemian missionary addressed the crowd. The day featured an outdoor concert by the Philharmonic orchestra and a large turnout of nonresident members. The event recalled the church’s 1877 organization and noted longtime leaders and staff including G W Laporte and a list of pastors. The church now reports a 900-member membership and ongoing mission support both domestic and foreign.
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