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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
2
Knox Rebekah lodge plans initiation and several society groups announce meetings and engagements. W B A of the Macca bees gathers. Frances Willard W C T U meets at Mrs Ray Marshall’s home. Veterans Auxiliary convenes. College Woman's Club and other church and mission groups schedule events. Also wedding news and a university engagement are noted.
Recital evening features a prologue by Kreidler, an aria by Mika Sharlow, and a duet by Mia Sharlow and Mrs Krotcher. Dorothy Mila Latham will accompany, attracting out of town performers. Tickets on sale at Lawler's Drug Store Tuesday at 7:30 PM with a six ticket limit.
Refet and Mrs William A. Rhodex Jr will assist the festival chorus in singing H8lijah. Season tickets cost 2.50 with 26 cents additional for reserved seats.
Members of the Praternal Ore der of Eagle attended services at the First Baptist Church Sunday morning for Mother's Day. A large turnout joined in the service with a special sermon by Rev. S J Clealand and an excellent choir performance.
Supt. H Knowlin will meet the Howard township board of education this evening to discuss the county school problems for the coming year. A full attendance is expected and the Manca bill is slated as the principal topic of discussion.
The Martinsburg Banner reports a sheriff’s sale where property owned by John H Niebel ve Howland et al was sold for 4000 dollars, appraised at 3000, following a partition sale. The banner notes sermons and a baccalaureate address by Rev. Barnes at Martinsburg High School in the Presbyterian church.
Danville May 10 A meeting of citizens will be held in Greer hall Friday evening May 1 to organize a cooperative telephone company. Addresses by W. Wigton and J. Craig, who manage a similar cooperative. Committees will be named and action taken.
Jesse Dougherty, son of Mr and Mrs Chas Dougherty of Center street, was severely injured Saturday evening when an automobile struck him on Coshocton avenue. He was knocked from his bicycle, rendered unconscious, and suffered extensive bruising. The driver failed to stop.
The state board of administration announced a new institution for the feeble minded may be built in Knox County. Board members toured northern Ohio sites and planned visits to Knox Summit Lake Crawford and Huron counties to inspect offers for the project.
The Congregational church of Mt Vernon unanimously calls Rev. W H Gyson for pastorship after his Mt Vernon sermon. He has recently received two other calls including from Columbus and is 29, married with one child.
Westerville Ohio May 10 Overbein won from Kenyon 8 to 4 on Saturday afternoon. Perry pitched well, and Kenyon starter Gregs pitched until the ninth inning. The game was close until late with errors and hot bats aiding the Acloge win.
Col George Neal of Mt Vernon will again seek the nomination for congressman in the seventeenth district and oppose Congressman William A Ashbrook in the August primary. Neal filed his papers with the Knox county board of election late Saturday afternoon.
The Church of Christ of Tradena burg in Knox county announces a June homecoming from June 8 onward. Rev C C Maple and sisters present a program of addresses music and a sermon with guest ministers from across the state. Invitations go to former members within reach of Bindensburg. homecoming expected to draw many attendees.
The Rogers Park tenants association in Chicago plans to show films in their neighborhood as part of a morale boosting drive against rent profiteering. Led by Patterson, the group boasts about a thousand member families and 500 residents agreeing to wear soft shirts with attached pins as a protest. They aim to use publicity, public opinion, and potentially the courts to pressure landlords toward fairer rents for conservative, permanent tenants with families.
In Omaha on May 25 a large group of American Catholic priests sails for China to begin vigorous missionary work. The delegation includes 11 priests from St Columba's Galway and 11 from Omaha, with Rev Edward J Colvin directing. The Chinese Mission Board recently bought 960 acres near Omaha to build a priest education college for the mission in China.
While adjusting a belt on a running belt at Pitt Trouble farm near Fredericktown M Rude was pulled in, tearing flesh above the elbow and fracturing the arm. He was taken to Mt Vernon hospital for treatment as a publicity meeting of a local organization looms with Hoyt Russell as chair.
Ladies of the First Presbyterian church will serve the noon luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. Mrs H V Smoote chairs the committee. The program this week will be presented by local talent and aims to discuss publicity for the luncheon.
Danville high school edged Mt. Vernon Y M A 15 to 5 in a desperate Saturday game. Brownie Corcoran and Clement teamed for Mt. Vernon while Danville racked up eight hits. Next Saturday the Y M A travels to face Sparta high school at Sports.
Local athletes plan a second contest against Danville aiming to prove they can beat the visiting aggregation at their chosen sport. The teams prepare as expectations run high for another close encounter and regional pride.
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