The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-02-10
TOWNSHIP NEWS
COLLECTED BY THE ENTER
PRISE'S CORPS OF CORS.
Recent Happenings and Special Events in
OF Interest to Everyone.
SPENCER.

SPENCER.
A party of young people went to Lodi a
week ago Friday night and by all reports
the Lodi people are glad that sleighing
does not last very long. Also load went
to Salem, Saturday evening, Tuesday
night load went to the River Corners,
and Thursday night load went to Me-
dina.
Mrs. Benefits little daughter is very
sick with lung fever.
Henry Franks and wife and little Alice
visited at W. A. Rice's in Spencer, Thurs
day.
Francis SOOy was taken violently i'll
with Chill Friday while at work.
s. D. Oakley had the misfortune to lose
a very valuable COW Wednesday night.
John Ross was seen on our streets Fri
day.
Willis Auble starts for st. Joe, Mo-,
Thursday.
Mrs. Gardner spent the past week in
Flyria.
Mrs. Sam Shaw is on the sick list.
Miss Gertrude Betz, Miss Vina StrOup
and CarmOn Auble went to Wellington
Friday afternoon to attend the exercises
given by the seniors of the high school.
Prof. Martin is adhering to the old
adage. "spare the rod and spoil the
child" and certainly no children have
spOilt lately.
Mrs. Kate Payne is on the sick list.
Mrs Coleman is slowly improving.
Mrs. S. Harrington was very pleasantly
surprised Tuesday. 1t being her sixty
ninth birthday. Her son, Mr.. Samuel
Green, Of Pittsburgh, her daughter Mrs.
Bair, of Lodi, her brother, Mr.. Bensin-
ger, of Hamer, and her daughter, Mrs.
Woodbury.. Of New London, arranged to
surprise her, which they did completely.
They came Tuesday morning, bringing
numerous presents and all passed a very
enjoyable day.
Mrs. Rupp is on the sick list,
Miss Bee Rice went to Medina, Monday
to spend week.
Eli BenfOrd, Of Huntington, was visit
ing friends in town.
Rev. Blackburn received eight new
members into the church on probation
. Sunday.
! The ladies Of the M. E. chnrch viii
give New England supper Saturday
night.
The C. E. Will give shadow social al
4 the home of Miss Florence Hendee, Fri
d day evening.
q Miss Belle Coleman was in Medina
4 Monday.
Jacob Firestone was in Medina, Mon.
: day.
Miss. Minerva Naylor, Of Cleveland
gave an entertainment for the benefit OF
3 the Baptist Society last Saturday even
ing. A good house testified to the high
appreciation Of our citizens for the
1 talented young speaker. The receipts
we're over $l3.
Quite active work is being done toward
\ building parsonage for the Baptist
! society in this place and enough support
has been pledgde to the enterprise to in
! sure its success.
Mrs. Will Miner Of Lodi, spent last
4 week in Spencer. She was called here
4 by the serious illness of Norman John
son and the family of Will Bowen.
Mrs. Aldrich returned from Cleveland
= last Thursday.
Mrs. Harry Aldrich still continues con-
fined to her bed.
Mrs. W. Bowen has severe attack Of
gripp, as also has Mrs. Chas. Inman.
John D. Nichols, Of Garretsville, spent
some time in this vicinity looking up
creamery prospects, which he found de.
cldedly discOuraging.
R, Freeman was in Sullivan, Friday
Allen Miller received the sad intelli-
gence Monday that his wife, who was
with her parents in Crawford county,
was dead. He started for that place i'm
mediately.
The revival meetings at River Corners
are still in progress.
Quite large crowd attended the lit'
erary at the school house in district No
5, last Thursday.
N. N. Mcconnell and wife M Lafayette
spent couple Of days in Spencer, guests
OF R. Freeman.
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