West Ridge Briefs From State Fair Trips and Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Sherman Mason and daughter Jane visited Columbus for the State Fair. R W Richards family traveled to Cleveland on business. Archie Penfound and son Ronald called on J H Penfound. The Penfound family returned from Fred Penfound s summer camp in Bradford New Hampshire. Betty Lee Taylor of Gratton visited cousins Jane and Harriet Mason. Mrs JL Eldred and daughters Lois and Ardith stayed with sister Mrs Lawrence Botts in Penfield. A corn roast honored birthdays of Mrs Milton Eldred Lorain Mrs I F Eldred and Mrs Robert Silver. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Milton Eldred and Lorain relatives. Mr and Mrs Siggins of Collins and Charles Scribner wed recently Clara Sharp and John Hurst married last week. Mr and Mrs A S Todd attended the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Mr and Mrs C A Cooley and daughter and grandson Allan attended the Huron County Fair in Norwalk. Thursday Rosie Hoyt and children and Mrs Dora Pomeroy visited the Hoyts near Ceylon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ridge
Sherman Mason
Jane
Columbus
R. W. Richards
Cleveland
Archie Penfound
Ronald
J. H. Penfound
An Mra
Penfound and Son
Fred Penfound
Bradford
New Hampshire
Betty Lee Taylor
Gratton
Harriet Mason
Mra
JL. F. Eldred
Lois
Ardith
Lawrence Botts
Penfield
Siggins
Collins
Charles Scribner
Clara Sharp
John Hurst
A. S. Todd
Columbia
C. A. Cooley
Allan
Norwalk
Robert Hoyt
Dora Pomeroy
C. J. Hoyt
Ceylon
George D. Bush
Daisy Robson
Frank Nagy
3. W. Vogier
Elyria
Rose Kolb
la Grange Road
H. Wurst
Janice
Beatrice Amspauzh
Paulding County
Paul Martin
John Amspaugh
Clyde Amspaugh
Lambda Chi
Joyce Greggs
Ray Jackson
Argus
George Street
Oberlin Road
Alice Herman
Chicago
Grace
Paul Jewett
Dorothy Keiffer
William Ross, Jr
Anita Handley
Arthur Jewett
Lloyd Handley
Canada
Ivy Moffett
Ashland
Carlos Snyder
H. H. Patrick
Lee Conklin
Florence Shredel
Oberlin
John Herman
Peter
Dee Robinson
Akron
Frank Clifford
William Brumbaugh
L. A. Bradford
Harry Hutchings
Carmel
Dell Richards
Allie Morgan
Minnie Heifner
Harold Bradford
Graydon Ward
Jake
Vernon Heitner
Robert Thompson
Vernon Stebeltons
Stoutsville
Circleville
Lancaster
Laura Wilson
Donald
Millard Fuller
New England
Frank Brown
New York City
E. W. Brown
Ronald Stillman
Daytona Beach
Florida
Eddie Rowe
John
Walter Rowe
Milton Wolf
Sharon Center
Mary Sooy
M. BE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ada Grissinger
Minnie Kemery
Edith Mantz
Florence Kemery
Nora Eglin
Sullivan
Jennie Winters
Rollin Ream
Monroeville
Donald, Ream
Springfield
Susla Ream
Jennie Burbage
Charles Maclaren
Sadie Gault
Massillon
Florence Kenery
Alton Yeagley
Garver
North Main Street
Avon Funerals Held For Nova Public Schools Leader
Nova Public Schools superintendent W. L. Raver died recently. his funeral was held in Canal Winchester with additional services in Cleveland and at Ruggles church. Gala day for the Nova Band preceded travel to the Cleveland Exposition grounds. Local families and neighbors, including the Garber and Hanville households, hosted visits and gatherings as residents continued with social and civic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YV. L. Raver
Nova Public Schools
WH. A. Raver
Canal Winchester
Cleveland
Ruggles Church
T. B. Richards
Carrie Bruce
Norris
Local Social and Fair Notes From Ohio and Nearby Areas
George Haskins Jr of Annapolis visits his parents on Pleasant Street while Donald Gerber of the Navy visits his grandparents. William Dalton wins first prize in a 4-H livestock class at the Ohio State Fair with a two year old Holstein. The region reports multiple visitors to residents in Ripton Clarksfield and nearby cottages including the Shinsky and Benson families and Wade Fresiane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripton
Otto Keith Hodron
D. B. Smith
Clarksfield
Raymond Shinaky
W. J. Benson
Jane Sharp
Cey- Ton
Wade Fresiane
La Porte M E Church attends Lakeside conference
Carlisle notes the Methodist Episcopal Conference convenes at Lakeside September 12. La Porte M E Church will have Sunday School at 10 15 a m and no church service this Sunday. Pastoral Relationship Committee members are Roy Robson Jacob Myers and Mrs Ruth Ehrke. Ava Pitkin will attend as lay delegate. Rev Thomas Hughes spoke on The Grace of Kindness. The Ladies Aid raised 328 90 this year with 25 48 paid to World Services Commission, and both La Porte and Columbia churches report paid in full on financial obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Lakeside
la Porte
Roy Robson
Jacob Myers
Ruth Ehrke
Ava Pitkin
Grafton Road
la Porte M. E
Thomas Hughes
LaPorte Ladies Aid
World Services Commission
Chicago
Columbia
East Carlisle adds manual training and sewing to grade seven eight
East Carlisle School adopts manual training for seventh and eighth grades with Mr Haskins teaching history and arithmetic and Mrs H T Neher handling sewing. Mrs Williams Grace Prindle and others join teaching staff. September 15 set for first teachers meeting at 5 pm. First grade reading demonstration planned. County specialists include Miss Harrison art and others. Local social notes cover visits, dinners, and travel with several named residents. Italy to field strongest army in Northern Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Carlisle School
Harley C. Hasking
Haskins
H. T. Neher
Ruth Williams
Grace Prindle
Mable Spaeth
William Meinke
Muss Ruby Dauer
Frank Chambers
H.T. Neher
June Harrison
Kirwin
Crow
Peterson
Pictures Show From Fourth of July Parade In Rochester
Rochester news reports pictures from the Fourth of July Homecoming parade by L J Herman Akron will be shown at Town Hall on Saturday night September 11 with a full entertainment program. Social notes list Harmonial Society meeting at Methodist church dining room and booster class roll call precioital. The Homebuilders class held a class party at the Storrow home with cornl roast. Various local residents visited relatives in Chicago Elyria Canada Ashland and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Herman
Akron
Town Hall
Harmonial Society
Methodist Church
Methodist Sunday School
Elizabeth Chamberlain
M. E. Sunday School
Stanley Storrow
Posts Host Shower For Henrietta Farschman In Vincent
Vincent and Mrs H C Post entertained about 125 guests from Cleveland Elyria Avon Amherst Lorain and Vincent with a lawn party and shower for their daughter Henrietta who recently wed Duane Farschman. Attendants enjoyed lanterns lighted on the lawn and gifts were plentiful. Other local visitations and calls were noted including Na omi Post and Mrs Copas in Olmsted Falls and Vermilion visitors Fay Snodgrass and daughter Marjory of Vermilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Post
Henrietta
Duane Farschman
Fay Snodgrass
Marjory
Vermilion
Mre
Merle Smith
Snodgrass
Elwood
Indiana
Naomi Post
Cleveland
M. B. Copas
T. M. Baldwin
Brady Knapp
Olmsted Falls
J. G. Mortis
Kathryn McMillan
Frankie Reese
Lorain
Brownhelm Couple Wed at Home Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Ruesger Miller wed at the home of the groom in Brownhelm on Sunday at one o'clock with Rev R E Albright officiating. The bride Ann Lucas wore a street length azure blue dress. The couple plan to settle on a family farm near Lorain where Miller works with his father John H Miller. only immediate family attended.
Local Couple Joins In Sacred Ceremony At Sage Of Roses
Series and her flowers graced Sage of Roses and Sypsophila for the ceremony. Following the wedding dinner at Kolbe Stone House, Mrs. Miller, educated in Lorain schools and active in United Brethren and Sunday school, works at the Lorain OPS office. Mr. Miller, son of John H. Miller, is Brownhelm Congregational church school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolbe Stone House
Canning Project Meets at Bechtel Home
The Merry Workers Nutrition Club members met Tuesday afternoon at advisor Mrs. Haymond Bechtel home to discuss canning peaches plums and Deara and plan a display for the County Fair. They will meet again Tuesday September 7 after school. Elizabeth Angersbach has returned home after months at the Philip Trinter home in Lorain. Mr and Mrs Henry Reinhard and son of College Station Texas who visited here left Friday to return home after a family gathering at Mr and Mrs John Reinhard s home. Attendees from here joined many at the State Fair this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sriefs
A. R. Goodspeed
East Avenue
Edith
Helen Goodspeed
A. H. Goodspeed
Orange
Massachusetts
W. H. Goodspeed
Edwin Knapp
Amherst
C.F. Whitney
Grafton Road
Henry Schildt
Robson Road
Cold Water Lake
Cold Water
Michigan
Elizabeth Chapman
Ropp
New Bedford
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Eleanor Robson
Oberlin School of Commerce
Oberlin
Canning Project
Merry Workers Nutrition Club
Haymond Bechtel
Bechtel
Elizabeth Angersbach
Philip Trinter
Lorain
Henry Reinhard
College Station
Texas
John Reinhard
Elmer Love
Elizabeth Morl
Walter
Howard Angersbach
Ray Lees
Alice Arnold
Richard Warren
Elyria
Mabel Bronson
Dayton
Minnie Davidson
Robert Elbert
Joe Varsa
L. F. Whitney
Reva Nell
Orla Coven
Indian River
Robert Trout
Holtis Derby
Trout
Leo Martin
Douglass
Floyd Baker
St. Louis
Missouri
Mary House
Kew Gardens
Long Island
Louis Offenburg
Berea
Herman Paulson
Edna Barber
Shirley Jasper
Donna Stinchcomb
Baldwin Wallace College
Edward Lennerth
New York City
Friends
Andrew Barber
Lea Osborne
Medina
Ida Eckenrode
H. A. Briggs
Oregon
Harold Bennett
Herman Leach
Kipton Attends Rally At Hough Avenue Church
The Misses Wilma Jean Lath rop Harriet Cook of Oberlin and Doris Waite and Milton Perkins attended the Baptist Youth Rally at the Hough Avenue Baptist church in Cleveland Friday afternoon and evening. Several local residents were listed in the week’s society notices including travels to Dayton Canton Elyria and Indian River Michigan. Typhoid fever hospitalized Wilbur Davidson of New York while family members visited and hosted guests in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Jean Lathrop
Harriet Cook
Oberlin
Doris Waite
Milton Perkins
Hough Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Jottings
Mias
Esther Calkins
Canton
Elmer Garber
Iowa
Wilbur Davidson
New York
W. D. Davidson
Otto Huene
Sarah McCotter
P. &. Harding
Local Social and School Notices Mixed With State Fair Note
Dee Robinson and others visit relatives and share meals at home. School board funds bus checks, insurance and fire safety items approved for opening term. Vernon Heitner and Robert Thompson visit relatives in several towns. I attended the State Fair. Belgium studies Albert Canal construction plans.
Pastor Thomas Hughes Invited Back By Columbia Methodist
The Columbia Methodist Church reports all year end finances clear and invites Rev. Thomas Hughes to return for another year. He left Tuesday to attend the Northeastern Methodist Conference at Lakeside, Ohio. No services next Sunday as many members plan a Lakeside day trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Methodist Church
Thomas Hughes
Northeastern Methodist Conference
Lakeside
Ohio
Methodist Church
Services at Columbia Baptist Church Next Sunday
Community notices report Sunday morning services at the Columbia Baptist Church with Sunday school to follow, and a social planned for Sunday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Claude T. Olmwed. Repusimert 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Baptist Church
Claude T. Olmwied
Repusimert
Ridgeville Briefs and Family News Update
Miss Jane Lucas returns home from St. Louis with sister Mrs. Joseph Snyder. Mariyne Brown had tonsils removed at Elyria Memorial last week. Alfred Schwind and wife move to Detroit. he has worked there since spring after NY Central offices in Cleveland shifted. Robert Nuha to move into new house. P. J. Lucus honored at family birthday gathering with out of town guests Evelyn and Hazel Lucas and others from Cleveland. Flower show notes urge Ridgeville men to enter their best choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville
Jane Lucas
Joseph Snyder
St. Louis
Mariyne Brown
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Alfred Schwind
Detroit
Schwind
New York Central
Cleveland
Robert Nuha
P. J. Lucus
Lucus
James Lewen
Evelyn Lucas
Jimmie
Russel Beck
Hazel Lucas
Joseph Snieder
St. Louis Mo
Flower Show Men Exhibit and Doll Contest Draw Community
Vegetables and fruits will be arranged on trays in the men’s competitive exhibit at the Flower Show this week along with weeds flowers or foliage in any container. Women and children are invited to exhibit and two classes exist for grammar grade and high school children. A doll contest, organized by Mrs. William Schmittgen and Mrs. M. Bartter, invites participants with old or unusual dolls. An evening program in the town hall auditorium and a door prize add to the event with free admission for all. Local social notes mention Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Hales hosting dinner guests and J. B Perkins visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schmittgen
M. Bartter
Spencer Aid Closes Year With Flower Show and Bazaar
The 34th annual Homecoming Flower Show and bazaar by the Methodist Episcopal Church Aid Society took place at Spencer Town Hall. Proceeds reached $73 from a chicken supper. three working groups Alice Low Thimble Sisters and Volunteers raised $202.14 $159.59 and other figures noted. Out of town guests included former church members. Officers include Leon Rogers as president and Mrs Lowell Coomer as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Aid
Methodist Episcopal Church Aid Society
Spencer Town Hall
Ladjles Aid Society
Leon Rogers
Lowell Coomer
Alvin Neidhardt
Isle Miller
Alice Low
Thimble Sisters
Charles Touhy
Join Koontz
Alice Low Group
Tom Hyland
Arleigh Hendricks
Preston White
Ed. Brown
Hanwel Myers
Kate Moffett
Isse Miller
Glenna Carlson
Community Notices and Social Updates in Local Journal
Local residents and visitors are mentioned in a flow of social updates. The report lists church activities, conference attendance, school events, travel to New York and Harrisburg, vacations in Coshocton and the New England states, and multiple short calls on relatives and friends. Names include Koonts Libbisher Brinker Fuller Sooy and Rowe, with travels to Lakeside Ohio State University and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Koonts
Lakeside
Spencer School
Willepen
Quinton Dickason
Mary Dickason
New York
Fred Brinker
Coshocton
Edna Libbisher
Saginaw, Michigan
John Libbisher
Olver Jenkins
Litchfield
G. L. Emerson
Butcher Leaves Saturday Visit in Pleasant County
Fragmentary notes describe Verna Aukerman visiting relatives at the Guy Bmith home and helping care for Mrs Smith. Eddie Rowe returns home after months working in the Sherman Zehener home in West Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher
Axeader
Bile
Laborie
Pleasant County
Anong
Verna Aukerman
Guy Bmith
Mra. Smith
Eddie Rowe
Sherman Zehener
Waet Salem
Grafton M E Church Picnic Draws 86 At Cascade Park
About 86 attended the M E Church picnic at Cascade Park Elyria on Wednesday. Prizes were awarded in races for paper, ladies, men, boys and girls with led by Mrs George Hosbe and Miss Alice Mohler in the sand relay. Supper at six followed by visits of several local residents and guests. Automobile production in Germany increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pionio Grafton
Cascade Park
Elyria
William Jobson
Carl Shephard
Blanche Edwards
W. G. Reese
Carl Shapehard Jr
Carol Shephard
Robert Bowman
Givie
Elaine Shephard
George Hosbe
Alicea Mohler
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C. F. Eldred
Milton Eldred
I. F. Eldred
Robert Silver
Arthur Eldred
Jack
Ruth Ann
Avon
Nova
Cleveland Exposition Grounds
Charles Keith
Sullivan Band
George Garber
Lanark, IL
W. D. Stone
Edna Stee’s
North Olm- Aled
William Mucie
C. F. Hanville
Maude L. Hanville
Doris
Sandusky
Will Hanvile
Toledo
Hobart Muir
C. ©. Kieffer
Dorothy
William Ross
Atlantic City
N. J
Ed Richards
Leo Stee
Archie Beebe
North Olmsted
Wakeman
Carlisle
Italy
Africa
Rochester
Dean Thompson
Youngstown
Huntington
Ind
E. D. Thompsons
Douglas Murray
Elsa Jewett
Kathryn
Viola Snyder
Brighton High School
Vernon Heifner
Berlin Heights
Elaine
Allen
Pauline
Vivian
Mra. W. A. Jewett
Vincent
Castle’s
Second Street
Brownhelm
Kipton
C. C. Clawson
Elizabeth
Commodore
Belgium
Albert Canal
M. FE
Baptist Church News
Phyliss Ann Bartter
Greentown
Stark County
J. H. Bartter
Radkey
Brooklyn Heights
Fred Shalkner
Dover
la Grange
Rowena Ingersoll
Ruth Tomes
Mary Pinckney
Mildred Bartter
Mineral City
Albert Brandt
A. S. Gibson
Station Road
Leo Osborne
Charles Osborne
Leslie Barber
Jay Jasper
Jay Isley
Gladys Isley
Blissfield
P. M
Jean
Hamlin
Ridgeville Briefs
Ridgeville Township
Pocahontas
Schroll Coal
Orlo Hales
E. M. Knowles
J. B Perkins
R. Gilden
Spencer
Grafton
Tommie Syphers
Jack McClellan
A.M. Weber
Earl Durkee
Mary Louise Becker
Sadie Gorman
Dorothy Sayers
Pontiac
Mich
Edward Knechtges
Grifith Reese
Clifford Mole
Marion Lilley
Billy
Grace Park
Alice Klinech
Automobile Production i Ine
Germany
Minneapolis
Sandusey
Hohler Furnace Co
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