The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1911-09-01

Michigan, returned home on Sunday
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Strater are rejoic-
ing over the arrival Of son at their
home on August goth
Mr.. !. N. Swartz died at his home
north of Fredericktown on Saturday
evening at 10 o'clock. at the age of "A
years, death being due to paralytic
stroke He leaves one son and one
daughter. The funeral was held at
the Ankenytown church on Monday.
Mr.. George Stahl and family visited
with relatives at Bellville the past
week
Mrs. Wilson Green was called to
Frazersburg Pa, last Saturday by the
death of her father, Rev. Elisha
White, who had been run down by AZ
express train. Rev. White was local
preacher in this vicinity some 80 years
ago and has often visited friends here
in more recent years. He was SO
years old at the time of his death.
Mr.. and Mrs r. b. Swartz of Find
lay, Ohio, were called here by the
death of the formers father the past
week
An afterthought to the arrange
ments for the Fredericktown home
coming on Labor day will be a clam
bake in the evening when every one
will be served right hot from a spec
tally built oven for the occasion. A
free lunch" of this kind will surely
bring crowd for the evening.
The Misses Pearle and Edna With
row returned home from a. business
trip to Cleveland this week and were
accompanied by Mrs. G. J. Whearty
and daughter, Dorothy.
The first annual reunion of Col
lege Hill school Dist No. s. Berlin
township, was held Friday Aug. 25th,
and in spite OF the inclement weather
there was a fair attendance in the
afternoon. A short program was rem
dered and few remarks made by old
teachers and scholars. j. w. Auten
presided, he having taught in the first
two terms in the old building which
was destroyed by fire a year ago.
Fifty scholars and two teachers reg
istered.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Fred Cunning
ham, president; Lee Shipley, secre-
tary; Anna Kinney, corresponding
secretary; Emma Morrison Barton
treasurer. Among those from a dis.
tance were w. A. Auten, Emery G.
Auten, Grace Auten Dore, B. G. Cham
bers, Myrtle Auten Chambers and son,
Akron, Ohio, Bryant Auten, Rachael
Buckwalter Auten and daughters,
Rawson, O. Elizabeth Shipley, Tee.
! ter, Newark, o., Herman and Philip
Buckwalter, Mansfield. The next re
union will be held the last Thursday
in August 1912.
The sixth annual reunion of the
Johnson family was held in Leande,
Stockdae's grove, August 26. Owing
| to the Inconvenience of the weather
there was not so many present as on
the previous years. All came with
well filled baskets and at the noon
hour a bounteous dinner was served
Those present from distance were
Jennie Zolman, Katherine and Cora
! ag Nh,
Cecil Tewksbury of Akron, Mrs. Levi
Craft and children of Dennison, Eva
Zolman, Mildred zolman, Freeman
Zolman and w. II. Zolman of Mt Gil.
cad Mrs. Belle Mcdaniel of Lorain
Mrs w IT, Shafer, Mr., and Mrs. G. NJ
| Tobin Of Bellville, James Iolman,
children of Centerburg, Mrs. Leand er
| Durbn, Mt. Vernon.
After dinner short program was
rendered. To which the following re-
sponded; Andrew Lott, Doris ShaIfer
| Harry Beeny. Mildred Metcalf, Olive
Kinney, Lille Streby and Edna Zol-
man.
At the business meeting the follow
ing officers were elected; President,
Jacob Iolman; secretary and treas
urer, Annie Graft; committee on pro-
gram Daisy Wlllets, Annie Kinney
and Earl Zolman; committee on reso-
lutions, Hiram Curtis, Annie Kinney
and Annie Craft II was decided to
hold the reunion OF 1912 in VIM. Zol.
mans grove at Palmyra