29 Feb 1940
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
1
The entry lists events February 28 1869 Congress votes on the right to vote and February 29 Leap Year. March 1 1920 railroad property returned to owners. March 2 1938 flood near Los Angeles kills 64. March 3 1849 Florida admission to the Union.
Members of the Dalton Fire department and Sugar Creek township school bus drivers with their wives enjoyed a banquet at the Book Restaurant Monday evening. A pork chop dinner was served by Mr and Mrs H B Gregory. 33 attended. George H Eastman showed fire department reels and New York Fair footage. Clarence Kraus led tributes to Kenneth Gordon for weekly First Aid instruction.
Dwight Wertz spent two days in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Lee Stahl stayed with Mr and Mrs Harvey Culler in Stanwood on Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Chapman and son from Massillon visited the Chap mans. Mr and Mrs Robert Jones and daughter Barbara Ann of Canton were Sunday guests of the Wertz family. E T Powley visited Nora Smith in Wooster then joined Frank Cline in Massillon. Carl Brown and daughter Beatrice with Julia Brown Floyd Shoup Ella Sword and Willard Groff family spent Sunday in Wooster with Aunt Mollie’s Restaurant owners Guy Graber.
Sugar Creek Grange entertained the Board of Education superintendent and teachers on Tuesday evening February 27. Dorothea Lehman read, Daisy Vernon played piano, a Nature Study address was given, Lee Douglas performed slight of hand tricks with Geo Eastman, and Don Garver led his German band. Ralph Hathaway chaired. Dorothea Lehman and Pauline Gerber led the program committee. Home Ec served ice cream cookies and coffee.
Band manager E F Scott informs members that finishing repairs to the rehearsal room is delayed and that the next rehearsal date is moved to Monday March 18. Please note the date change.
Tax notice informs Dalton residents that Saturday March 2 1940 is the final day to pay taxes at Dalton First National Bank to avoid penalties. The advisory urges prompt payment.
Notice calls all youths ages 15 to 30 to meet for a Bible study at U P Church on Sunday afternoon March 3 at 2:30. The gathering aims to organize study activities and fellowship for young members.
The Garver Bros Co present the Annual Quilt Fair in Strasburg from March 1 to March 16. Exhibits are accessible daily 8:00 to 5:30 with Saturday viewings until 9:00, closed Sundays.
A series of social visits among Detroit Akron and Orrville residents is recorded with gatherings at Hofstetter Haney Plant Malcolm Elliott Kreiling and Ross households. Ohio 1940 auto licenses with blue background and white numerals go on sale at Haverstock and Davis garage Friday March 1st with use allowed March 10 and display required by April 1.
John L. Kosier aged 66 died Sunday at his Cleveland home after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Marie, one brother Glen, and three sisters Lottie Keeney and Nettie Ruth Kosier plus Miss Ruth Kosier. funeral held Tuesday at 2 p m at Dalton United Presbyterian Church with Rev R G Pinkerton officiating. Burial in Dalton cemetery. Born July 12 1873 in Dalton, he lived there before moving to Canton and later Cleveland where he ran a tile and slate roofing business until a fall three years ago ended his work.
Relatives received word that Ira D. Horst formerly living near here died Monday evening February 26 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Funeral services are set for Friday February 29 at 1 PM at the home of his sister Mrs O Spiker a mile south of Burton City and 2 PM at Oak Grove church Friends may call at the Spiker home Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs Levi Berg enjoy a week long trip to Arkansas and Illinois. Mr and Mrs Olan Sandwith move into the Hardgrove apartment. Freddie Turner of New Philadelphia visits grandparents H J Kraus. Mr and Mrs C W Plance with Julia and Henry visit Dav id Wertz family in Detroit. Emmett May injured in a car crash near Brewster and taken to Massillon City Hospital. A Presbyterian Missionary Society meeting featured a playlet The Fund Family and readings by Mrs Ida Haney and others plus a soprano solo.
Local items note visits from Monroe Michigan and Bolivar families over the weekend. University of Michigan student Fred Locke is mentioned. Sunday dinner guests included Dr Myron Baumgartner and Ira Berg. A Presbyterian class held a Friday gathering with prizes and a treasurer report.
Carl A. Hopkins, attorney of Millersburg, announces candidacy for state senator from Ohio’s 17th, 18th, 19th and 28th Districts on the Democratic ticket. He is a former director of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. The notice also covers theEstate of Mary E Berg Deceased with admistratrix appointment for Anna Elizabeth Berg of Dalton and a four month claims period.
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