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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
6
Local social items detail visits and travels of residents from Richmond and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Ed Gorauch returning from Denver, Hattie Hammond visiting Bethesda, and a Sons of Veterans and Womans Auxiliary picnic at Brosdacre with guests from Steubenville and Barnesville.
Correspondence notes the Pomona Degree team at Knox Township Grange will oversee the degree work at Liberty Grange New Alexandria on September 10. Also mentions visits and family gatherings including Mrs Martha J Andrews improving, the General Store sale to R D Warren, and a Warren family reunion planned for September 6.
Bergholz residents attend Hollow Rock camp meeting and teachers institute in Steubenville. Families and friends gather for funerals, reunions, and visits with former Bergholz residents including John Dorrance and Easton Dorrance from California and East Liverpool.
Mr and Mrs Harry Stone of Stoudenville hosted the weekend gathering for I A Allen and family. T Polen and family plan a two week western Ohio tour in their Studebaker. Viola Callwell of Wellaville visits Mr and Mrs Leonard. Dorothy Davidson of Altromis visits cousin Ethel Graham. Wilma Walker of Santa Clara wed Howard Peterson of East Springfield. they will live in Santa Clara. Grace and Nellie Jones bid farewell before moving to Martins Ferry Ohio. Sunday baseball saw Pittsburgh defeat Amsterdam. Sedgel begins next Monday, September 1. Marie Allen leaves for Canton Teachers Institute. she'll return to teach at Fairmont Children's Home Alliance.
Pine Grove reports Mrs. George Jackman and Mrs. Harriett Russell returning from Hollow Rock after ten days away. Several families host relatives including Mrs. Sherman Johnson, Mrs. Martha Redding, and Mrs. William Mathes visiting in New Martinsville. Mrs. D H van Dyke has returned from Philadelphia after a long illness and surgery assisted by her son Frank.
Descendants of Isaac Shane held a reunion at Benjamin Shane’s home in Bowerstown Ohio on August 20. Attendees from six states gathered to greet relatives, elect officers, and plan annual reunions at Myers Lake Canton Ohio. A rallying message urged all Shane descendants to join and trace their lineage.
Miss Lettie Hargrave of Smithfield Ohio returns home from Chandler Ohio after a weeklong visit with Mrs. Alice Toney and friends. She is accompanied by her mother Dr Hargrave a brother and niece and nephew who were guests at Mrs Toney s home. Mythe West and Irma Christian also vacationed with Mrs Toney and other friends. Dinner hosted by Alice Toney featured in social notes with Bart Smith Fred Smith and Myrtle West and niece from Scio Ohio among attendees.
Bloomfield hold a quarterly conference at the M E church Thursday at 2 PM with Dr Filberry district superintendent attending. A full turnout of the membership is requested. Readers note many local residents and visiting friends share social calls and visits across Bloomfield and nearby towns.
The article sketches economic decline with rising taxes and lower business in Bergholz from August into September. It lists visiting locals including Str. RR. W. George and James Dorance in California, notes sorrow over the funeral of Mrs. Highs, and mentions an ugly fight near the Post Office causing concern while hopeful for better times.
Local residents share visits and trips across towns including New Philadelphia, Smithfield, Salem, and Wheeling. Students and teachers attend institutes, vacations, and the Glen Robins Bible School closes. community members visit relatives, attend fairs, and plan teaching assignments in Tiltonville and Youngstown.
The Jones Reunion met at Hopewell M E church on Saturday the 27th with an ideal day for the annual social. A varied program included singing, readings, piano solos, and short family addresses. Officers elected were President T T Jones Vice President F H Tout Secretary Mrs Chag Simpson and Treasurer E B Harris. A long list of attendees from multiple towns attended the event and a splendid picnic dinner was served in the basement. Additionally J Jefferson Chamberlain a former pioneer resident of Warrenton Cadiz resident passed away after a long illness and was honored with a military funeral.
Joseph B Summers 74 born Minneral City Tuscarawas County Ohio March 13 1847 died Dennison Ohio August 21 1921 married Deborah Talbott February 14 1877 They had four sons Clyde J Los Angeles Howard K Dennison Charles W Ee ville and Frank Columbus He joined Mount Hope church Broadacre and served as a faithful Christian gentleman The family includes wife four sons five grandchildren and a sister An obituary notes his upright character and long Broadacre life followed by funeral for child Anonie Lucile Boyd at New Somerset Christian Church.
In Cleveland on August 30 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Simpson die in a crash as their honeymoon trip ends near Chippewa Lake. The bride Goldie Morena Simpson had recently lived in Bel Aire and the couple wed August 2 in Steubenville. The groom died minutes after rescue.
Massilon Agathons toppled Amsterdam A C 15 to 4 before a large crowd in Amsterdam in what was billed as the first Monday game at the new field. Zimmerman led Amsterdam with three hits as Harned and Blackburn held the line for the visitors. Attendance 1,800.
The Ohio conference of the Methodist Protestant church appointed ministers for the Steubenville district including Sabina Dillonvale Empire Mt. Pleasant Smithfield Pleasant Grove Maynard Hunters Toronto Wellsville and Steubenville with J W Hawley in charge. Speeders Wired Robert Price and Charles Gausk were arrested for speeding on North Seventh Street. each fined five dollars plus costs in Major Feist's court. Hancock county courthouse construction near New Cumberland progresses with an occupancy target by late October. Joe Zablonsky 712 Wells Street was arrested for liquor law violations with a large quantity of rat fash found. a hearing is set this afternoon.
The Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church Bergholz Ohio expresses sorrow at the death of sister and co worker Mrs John Maple. It asks God to provide comfort to the bereaved family and asks that resolutions be published in Steubenville Herald.
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