Robber Shot Dead by Night Watchman in Orrville Jewelry Store
Henry Mitchell, 27, was killed by Night Merchant Watchman Lee Pontius at the Moser jewelry store on E Water street Orrville Ohio. Pontius fired six shots after Mitchell entered the store and began stealing watches and jewelry. Identification found in Mitchell's pockets listed 105 Tremont street Massillon as his last residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mitchell
Lee Pontius
Moser
E. Water Street
Orrville
Ohio
Pontius
Mitchell
Tremont Street
Massillon
Picnic by United Brotherhood Dalton Methodist at Orr's Park
The United Brotherhood of the Dalton Methodist charge invites all men and their families to a picnic on Friday June 28 at Orr's Park. Festivities begin at 6 p m with supper at 7 p m. Come bring a well filled bus. Wallace Aker pres Albert Lorson secy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of the Dalton Methodist Charge
Orr's Park
Local notices and community updates in brief
Community notes share music lessons available in the band room on Monday afternoons. Local travelers Donald Garver and the Buchanan couple returned from a honeymoon trip via the Sky Line and Gettysburg with congratulations flowing. Fireworks stores anticipate a Glorious Fourth with a full day of activities. Weather notes predict sunrise at 4 33 a m and sunset at 7 34 p m. A gardener reports worms defeated after lime and earth treatments. Wool prices rise from 28 to 36 cents per pound with a recent delivery of a ton and a half. Eyes safety advice from the Better Vision Institute appears in a magazine insert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Buchanan
Washington
Gettysburg
Euge Houghton
U. S. Army
McDowell Elevator
Better Vision Institute
Ahanut Finte
Lanesr An Te
American Weekly
Cnica
Heraldweade
Amstutz Death Notice With Family Details
Joel S. Amstutz died at his son Gideon Amstutzs home south west of Dalton after a stroke. Survived by Gideon and three other sons Adam J Elmer of Dalton, two daughters Caroline Eshleman Lina Eberly, two brothers Daniel S of Orrville Simon of Kidron, a sister Caroline Bixler, and 21 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at the home and 2 pm Sonnenberg church with burial at nearby cemetery. DesVoignes Funeral Home Mt. Eaton in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel S. Amstutz
Gideon Amstutz
Dalton
Gideon
Adam J
Elmer
Caroline Eshleman
Lina Eberly
North
Daniel S. Amstatz
Orrville
Simon Amstatz
Kidron
Caroline Bixler
Riceland
Sonnenberg
DesVoignes Funeral Home
Mt. Eaton
Marriage Licenses Listed for Warren Kurzen and Others
Marriage licenses issued to Warren Kurzen, millwright, and Janet Dolores Aker, both of Dalton. Also licenses for Carl Johnson, Orrville printer, and Mary Buchman, Wooster. Rev G A Clymer, Paul Smucker, Orrville cost accountant, and Lorraine Smith, Orrville at home. Rev Wingert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Kurzen
Dalton R. D
Millwright
Janet Dolores Aker
Dalton
Elliott
Carl Johnson
Orrville
Mary Buchman
Wooster
G. A. Clymer
Paul Smucker
Lorraine Smith
Wingert
Schultz Reunion Marks Second Annual Family Gathering
The Martin Schultz family held its second annual reunion at the A. E. Schultz home on a sunny Sunday. Twenty five attendees enjoyed a lawn picnic with a white birthday cake for Mrs. Clara Houghton. Guests included Etta Eckard Welty, Oren Schultz and family, Frank Foster and family, Mary Ann Houghton, John Houghton, Margaret Schultz, Carrie Schultz, Robi Pippinger, Paul Schultz and others from Wooster East Liverpool Marion Cleveland Warren and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Schultz
A. E. Schultz
Schultz
Carrie Schultz
Wooster
Clara Houghton
Etta Eckard Welty
Los Angeles
Calif
Oren Schultz
Nick
Susanne
East Liverpool
Frank Foster
Betty
Jean
E. M. Houghton
Mary Ann
Marion
John Houghton
Margaret Schultz
Cleveland
Robi. Pippinger
Warren
Paul Schultz
Norma Jean
Donald
Ida Schultz
Kathryn
Local Notes Highlight Shifts and Visits Across Ohio
Harmon Wertz returns from New York City and Miss Louisa Ann Cline visits Shelby summering with the Powley home. The 11th Regt. Band plays at Brewster carnival while various families host travelers, reunions, and attendees at regional conventions. Continued items show guests, travels, postgrad study, and regional outings across Dalton, Massillon, Wooster, and Marietta with multiple family activities and social visits.
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Regt
Brewster
Firemen’s Carnival
Mrs. Jones
New Philadelphia
Charles Myers
Card of Thanks and Community Notices
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to the 11th Regt. band for comforting music and to all who helped during illness and death of a wife and mother. Local notices list visits and travels among residents and attendance at events, with multiple names and towns mentioned including Newark Youngstown Loyal Oak Millersburg Wooster Orrville Massillon Philadelphia Atlantic City and Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th Regt
Ralph Tracy
Architect Joins Dalton Church Union Thesis
John Shear an architect and Carnegie Tech student with James and Mrs H Ray Shear visited Dalton and Pittsburg noting his postgraduate thesis at Carnegie Tech proposing a union church for Dalton O and outlining a theoretical plan to merge United Presbyterian Presbyterian and Methodist congregations and properties on the current U P site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
James Shear
Ray
H. Ray Shear
Dalton
Pittsburg
Carl Lawrence
Princeton University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
America
United Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Methodist
U. P
Concert by Sunday School Quartette at M E Church
Sunday evening concert Sunday School instrumental quartette performs June 30 at 7 30 at the M E church. Members include Vivian Douglas flute Thelma Den brook piano Richard Amstutz violin and Chas W Arnold cello. Public invited. No admission charged.
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M. E. Church
Vivian Douglas
Thelma Denbrook
Richard Amstutz
Chas. W. Arnold
Mrs. Jeanette Tracy Dies After Long Illness at 51
Jeanette Tracy daughter of Tilden and Selina Welty was born February 26 1889 in Baughman township and died June 19 1940 in Massillon City Hospital. She married Ralph Tracy on December 25 1910 and is survived by husband son Leonard Tracy Orrville daughter Mrs Thurman Zook Dalton and Mrs Delson Forrer Dalton plus a brother Walter Welty Barberton and three grandchildren. A longtime member of the United Presbyterian Church she endured 22 years of arthritis with cheerful faith and obedience, leaving a testament of hope and trust in Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Tracy
Tilden
Selina Welty
Baughman Township
Massillon City Hospital
Ralph Tracy
Leonard Tracy
Strasburg
Thurman Zook
Orrville
Delson Forrer
Dalton
Walter Welty
Young People attend Wooster convention
Betty Teeple Mary Hauenstein and Clare Tschantz attended the Young People's convention at Wooster on Friday. Miss Eileen Kratzer staying with her parents expects to return to Houston Texas in late July.
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Betty Teeple
Mary Hauenstein
Clare Tschantz
Young People’s
Wooster
Eileen Kratzer
Houston
Texas
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Johnstown, Pa
Philadelphia
F. D. Roosevelt
John N. Garner Renoma
Panama Canal
Congress
Howe
Sandy Hook
U.S. Navy
Wallace Aker
Albert Lorson
Donald Garver
Harmon Wertz
New York City
Louisa Ann Cline
Shelby
E. T. Powley
Victor Houghton
Evelyn
Doris Swartz
Michigan
Margaret Boss
Carl Boss
Jesse Reinsinger
Ambridge
Mary Boss
A. E. Badertscher
Baltimore
Gazette
John Arney
Esther Brown
Lora Jane Stauffer
Apple Creek
Dolores Arney
North Lawrence
Etta Marie Kilgore
Mabel Arney
Elizabeth Pickens
Hotel Statler
Miss Pickens
Joanna Sommer
Larly
Douglas
Glenn Douglas
Marshallville
Hofstetter
Sippo Park
Harry Swartz
Helen Moser
Kenneth Lessy
Kinney and Smith Hospital
Robert Slusser
Ohio University
Athens
Hermine Mann
Russell Hasseman
Marjorie Joan
Wooster Hospital
Harold Davis
Haverstock & Davis
Watson
West
Ira Berg
G. C. Elliott
Akron
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Dayton
Lee Douglas
Chester Shamel
Motorists Mutual
Marietta
Shamel
Joseph Geik
Canton
David Frantz
Thurman Oberlins
Wooste
Charles Lawrence
Newark
Glenn Lawrence
Effie Eschleman
Youngstown
Loyal Oak
Robert Finger Jr
Millersburg
H. Kraus
Charles Kruschenske
Indian Lake
John Lower
Norma Shoup
Huntington
W. Va
LeRoy Rudy
Robert Rudy
Herman Lautzenheiser
Jack Brown
Bobby
Stanley Kratzer
Perry Curry
Steubenville
John Kratzer
Ray Zange
Clayton Brown
Atlantic City
Ross Wyre
Russell Dague
Bill
Bob McFarren
Jim Johnson
Jr. S
Alice Horn
Celia Young
IGA
Berg’s Cash Market
Goudy’s Furniture Store
Grace Myers Confectionery
C. R. Goudy
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