Death of Dr Van S Allen Ends Local Era of Service
Dr Van S Allen long time Creston physician died in Tampa Florida from pneumonia after a major operation. Survived by widow Ethelene son Van Jr two sisters and other relatives. He was active in American Legion Odd Fellows Masons Elks Moose and Creston civic groups. Hundreds attended services at Murray Funeral Home and at the cemetery with a military grave service conducted by Legion Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van S. Allen
Oreste
Allen
Tampa Municipal Hospital
Tampa
Fla
Florida
Ethelene
Van
Grestén
O. B. Conn
Legion
Paul Matteson
Floyd
Gingery
Jesse Young
Memorial Day Service Draws Large Crowd in Auditorium
Attorney Christian Z. Rhonemus of Rittman spoke to a large audience at the auditorium for Memorial Day. Legion Post 497 led the service with the high school band, invocation by Rev. Jesse Young, benediction by Rev O B Conn, and songs by Mrs. Raymond Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Z. Rhonemus
Rittman
Legion Post 497
Jesse Young
O. B. Conn
Raymond Howell
H. A. Coffey
Burbank
Canaan Bend
Jackson
Beech Grove
Lutheran
Canaan
Lewis Gifford
John Springer
Senior Tells of Trip Washington DC and Gettysburg
Sally Ann Coleman presents a Creston high school senior trip to Washington DC. The group, led by Miss Meckvaine and others, tours the Capitol, Smithsonian, Lincoln Memorial, Mount Vernon, the White House, and Gettysburg over several days with hotel stays, meals, and a boat ride on the Potomac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Io-College
Creston High School
Ralph Elizabill
Vernon Meyer
Goshen College
Goshen
Ind
Bally Ann Coleman
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Shirley Romich
Cedar
Sally Ann Coleman
Creston
Washington
City
Monument
Smithsonian Institute
Museum of Natural History
Bain
National Gallery-of-Art
Andrew W. Mellon
Mount Vernon
Lee Mansion
Alexandria
Xiasonic Temple
Potomac
FBTI
Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving
White House
Capitol Building
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Senators
Lincoln Memorial
Supreme Court
Ford Theater
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Zoo
Washington Cathedral
Lee- Meade
Gettysboro
Mrs Hugh McCracken Visits Her Mother in Rittman
Mrs Hugh McCracken of Rittman visited her mother Mrs Ida Steeles Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCracken of
Rittman
Ida Steeles
Memorial Day social notes and family visits
Long column of neighborhood social items notes many Memorial Day gatherings and visitors from Wooster, Willard, Akron, Cleveland, and Port Clinton. Mentions births Judith Ann Graham Marshall and a Meier infant, plus numerous visits among the Christie, Harman, Bricker, Good, Jesser, Repp, and Reed families and local clubs and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Ann
Grahiam
Marshall
Mary Stebbins
Wadsworth Hospital
Marian Harman
Nitro
W. Va
Morris Coleman
Samuel Raber
LeRoy Moser
Dalton
Leo Meier
Gayle Weir
Wooster City Hospital
Fred Bauer
Seville
Clarence Whensettler
Wooster
Vella Scott
Eldon Wiles
Margaret
Eugene Wiles
Pleasant Home
Myra. Firestone
Ida Garver
Chatham
EB. T. Long
Harry Frey
Pulton's Dam
West Salem
John Henry
Ernest Gingery
Zeno Miller
Hermanville
Earl Kinch
Jackson
William Laper
Catherine Eberwein
Cleveland
Clarence Bricker
Herman Schmellinger
Medina
Roy Cherry
Rex Conkey
Ashlafd
J. P Showalter
Ashland
E . Carter
Solon
Louise Carter
Clarence Hemming
Helen Thorburn
Charles Hemming
A. Mack
Massillon
Charles Hookway
Anica Herman
Lima
Kathleen Hummel
Bent Good
Pauline Decoration
Mr and Wells
Claude Wells
Don Good
Barberton
Barbara Harman
Jerry Prouts
Paul’s Plank
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
A. 8. Tuttle
H. J. Kirschner
R. O. Schlegel
W. L. White
Evelyn Benko
Howard
Charles Schlegel
Akron
Eleanor Hitler
Ashland City Park
Alfie Moorhead
Hollingsworth
Roy Cook
Clare Coulter
South Euclid
Margaret Fitzthum
James Ellenberger
O L. Hoff
Millersburg
Shreve
D. S. Hummer ‘H
Ed Burnett
Frank Flynn
Bay City
Mich
E. E
Port Clinton
Frank Ellis
Logan Baird
Ann Arbor
Chester Miner
Harold Lamb
John Oller
Ward Oiler
Elizabeth Ecker
Melburn Ecker
North Lawrence
Ella Wyssbrod
Edith Young
Fay Grunder
Woman's Benefit Association
Ward Feesler
Iudge
R D Armstrong
Helen Lance
Legion Auxiliary
A Coffey
Ralph Maybach
New Philadelphia
O ' Zook
Clifton Garden Club
Perscons
H A. Coffey
Ida Snyder
Esther Snyder
Ollie Sigler
Harold Carpenter
Berea
Henry Harrison
Thomas Johnson
Sharon Center
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DR. Allen
Friends OF Library
H. A. Stebbins
Friends of the Library
B. A. Romich
Fredlanders
J C. Murray
Wooster City Park
Mmes. Co
M. McGuff
W. J. Wells
Donald Reese
M G Shulenberger
Creston Grocers
Carl Slater
Rhonemus
Presbyterian Church
Guy
Beaver
Arnold Raber
Apple Creek
Decoration Day
A. S
Triumph House
WADCO
Wadsworth
Senior
Trip
Betty Strone
Norma Beal
Joanne Plank
Relda Grunder
Nancy McGuff
Bertha Gifford
Donald Montgomery
Nelson Gordon
W I “Plough
Church of God
J. E. Fair
Ravenna
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
J. R. Campbell
Caledorfia
John Henry Home
Methodist Church
Martha Christie
F. G. Newberry
WV. Newberry
Ella Collins
Juanita Gallentine
Willard
Henry Geezer
Richard Webner
Clyde Zimmerman
Don Good and Son
David Stutzman
Ed Jesser
Art Repp
Virginia Davis
Clark Davis
Binghamton, NY
C B Conn
Steubenville
Women of Moose
B. M. Foster
George Portwood
Jackson Church
Creston Board of Trade
Ladies’ Guild
Loyal Order of Moose
John Coffey
John
Anton Dyck
Harry Sonsnedecker
Buddy Beachey
D. W Tyler
Emmett Reese
Ted Handel
Parma
Tom Lee
Hartyile
Henry
Wool Fer City Park
Blanche Landes
Creston Side
Lytle Oil Company
Worbster
Geraldine Tschantz
Hazel Metz
Norris Broomall
Hoover Company
Canton
Katherine Jean Shannon
Medina de. Vere
Shannon
Arthur Repp
Ed—Jesser
Dr. Miles Escent
Miles
Pontiac
Lo Veauniut
S. Main St
Rittman, Ohio