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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
4
Bloomfield and surrounding towns bustle with visits and travels as residents and relatives drop in from Martins Ferry Steubenville Brilliant and Richmond. Community events include a Presbyterian festival children day service and a county commencement with local scholars. Local businesses, road work, and the weekly society notes reflect a teeming rural township social scene.
Clara Je wwett and family connections spread through Annapolis as Mrs. Thomas Purviance visits. Birth announced for a son to Halmer Barthurst. Charles Arbaugh hosts visitors. Margaret Arbaugh returns from Newark schools for summer. Rev W L Laughans departs for Greenville parish. Numerous calls and visits noted among Beethams, Lowmillers, Campbells, and Wilsons amid summer activities.
A recent wind storm caused damage in Hazel Dell with two of Jos Copeland's silos destroyed and scattered. G L Jewell lost part of a barn roof and about twenty sugar grove trees fell. The alfalfa first crop is good. Locals Welday Johnson Jewell introduced alfalfa in the area. S. B. Welday’s barn addition progress underway with four cars centers and foreman George Lawson leading hay harvest prep.
Local notes describe the annual HMidt family reunion planned for June 26 at T C Wood’s hilltop home in Smithfield. Numerous social visits and travel details include Steubenville trips, guests at various homes, and moves or terminations of residents like Lewis Buchanan and family moving to town.
Florence Van Dyke returns from a week in Canton. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Ernest McKinsey of Monroe. The McClelands and Jennie Cooper visited John Lowry and attended children’s services. Georgia Sutton, Mary Sutton, and Anna Wilson visited Wm. Carson. Pearce of Steubenville visited J. R. Lowry. Rex Call returned from Steubenville after two weeks’ visit. Irvin Stewart and sons David and Donald visited Wm. Russell. Ray Billman resumes work in West Virginia. Charlie Lawrence leaves for Wooster to attend school. Mrs. Myrtle Russell of Wellsville visited Wm. Carson. Harry Carson of Salineville spent the weekend at home. S. S. picnic moved from July 26 to July 16.
Eugene Masters of Pinegf Fors hosted by Raymond Ferrell Monday. Mr and Mrs Davenport of Stenu benville visited their mother Mrs Strayer. Children’s service at Presbyterian church yesterday drew a crowd. Miss Wheeler and Mrs Reed coached the Friday event. Festival by Methodist Church set for Saturday evening June 28. Mrs Mollie Burress of Pittsburg visiting relatives. Mr Griffey remains ill at press time.
Mrs George Hobbler and Mrs Emma McKespest visited Unionport on Friday with Mrs L P Davis. Jay Maple returned to Bergholz after a week with his gang in Ethel Price. Several locals foregathered in Richmond Bloomingdale and East Springfield for visits and a wedding. Audrey Pauline born June 21 to Clyde Tipton and Emily Fulton in Bloomingdale. Community festival attendees included many from Germany and nearby towns. class graduates listed with Rev Stuart addressing the Salem township event. Amount raised at the M and church lawn gathering totaled 71 dollars.
Pikeworking is the order of Miss Ida Johnson and Marie Polen have returned home after visiting relatives. Mrs Mary Parks and Cheats FF lace quietly married at Steubenville last Wednesday. Friends greeted them with a serenade and rode them home in an automobile. Numerous local residents attended a festival in Allanpolis. The M E Church festival on the church lawn is planned for Saturday evening June 28. Several residents visited, attended events, or traveled to nearby towns including Annapolis and Jewett. The junior ball team lost to Jewett 4 to 3.
In Wintersville M E church Women’s Home Missionary Society held an all day meeting at the Rinehart home on June 16. Morning activity included making children’s dresses and hemming tea towels for the Holloway Deaconess Home in Bridgeport. A basket lunch fed forty on the lawn, and the afternoon featured a regular meeting planning a festival in Wintersville for July 16. Frederick Sanders left for Athens to attend Ohio University summer school while others attended conventions. Wintersville Grange 1623 hosted a successful festival with Steubenville autoists. August Becker and wife visited relatives here. Reminder: festival date July 16.
Two Ridges notes report Christian Endeavor attendance and a delegate’s Cross Creek convention report. Guests include Mr and Mrs Bruce Richmond at Ghostly Glenn, June 22, plus strawberry picking help from locals and visits to Steubenville relatives. Delegates to EY convention set. plans altered for Mabel Allen. reports of fine meetings. Hazel Reed visited Reed’s Mills. Albert and Mrs Devore hosted at Pleasant View Farm. wedding bells not yet rung. festival date expected with large crowd.
Large audience at the church greeted children on annual Children’s Day with recitations, songs, and audience participation. Obituary notes report the death of Mrs. Ernest McKenzie at Grant Hill last Monday. Neighbors and local families, including Miss Lena Russell and Miss Challissa Lawrence, share updates on travels and visits.
The moonlight Grange social on last Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs James Simpson drew about six ty people as they enjoyed outdoor games and a luncheon of chicken sandwiches ice cream and cake next Tuesday evening is the regular Grange meeting with a full attendance urged for July 1st Mrs F I Carr and daughters visit Richmond while Mrs Martha J Culp returns to Shickshinny Pa from Hillcrest Charles Scott accompanied her to Pittsburg and James B Baim finishes Island Creek contract before rest then resumes work Mrs Ernest MacMillan and Roberta spend time with Richmond friends depart for Wilmington Florence Deets and Mary Seigler spend a pleasant day near Wintersville as W A Roberts of Pittsburg makes a brief Richmond visit.
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