Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-06-25

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c. j. IVES, Scout Master.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Castle welcom-
ed two sons into their family circle
last Saturday morning. Each of the
boys weighed seven and one fourth
pounds on arrival and of course each
looks like the other.
Mrs. w. w. Croninger received a
pleasant surprise Tuesday evening, I
when her neighbors called on her,
taking with them a pot luck supper,
and spending the evening. The oc-
casion was her birthday.
Mr.. H. S. Hill is making extensive
improvements on the property on Main
street which he recently purchased
from the David Pontious estate. Mr..
and Mrs. Hill will occupy the house
as a residence when it is completed.
c. E. Trory had the privilege of
eating new potatoes of his own rails
ing on June 5th; the other day he
showed US the contents of one hill
which he had just dug, seven or eight
fine smooth potatoes as large as a
mans fist.
Peter Strayer of Montpelier aged
sixty died Sunday morning as a re-
suit of injuries received when an au-
to in which he was returning home
from Bryan last Thursday afternoon
turned turtle pinning its occupants I'M
derneath it.
West Unity is to have a "School of
Methods" for Church School Workers
beginning next Sunday and continuing
through the entire week. Day SEES
sions will be held in the PRESBYTERIAN
church, evening sessions in the Metho-
dist church.
The Home Missionary Society re-
Gently organized by the ladies of the
M. E.. church will hold their meeting
on the 4th Monday of each month. The
first meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. Samuel Rupert on Monday
evening June 28th. All ladies of the
church are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. E. Bayes and Mr..
Vene Stevens, delegates from Losure
Post G. A. r. and W. r. C. are attend
ing the Annual Encampment of the
Ohio Department G. A. R, this week
at Mansfield Messers. c.. M. Spring
and Cam. Bayes are also in attend
auce at the encampment. Mr.. /. E.
Bayes writes that the old veterans
are enjoying a general good time.
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The Ladies of the Congregational
church will be entertained by Mrs.
| George Blizzard at a jitney tea at her
home next Wednesday afternoon.
Those residing on north side of rail
road will meet at the home of Mrs.
Emil Wenzeler and those on the south
side at DR.. Benefits corner. from
whence c~onveyances will start at 200
o'clock. Jitney fare Sc, tea 10 cents.
Last Sunday was Grandma Berry's
eighty-first birthday. Relatives to the
number of thirty-eight gathered at
the home of her son, Lawrence Berry,
on Cherry street to help her celebrate
the event. A bountiful dinner was
served and the day very pleasantly
passed with music. Conversation and
! the taking of pictures. She received
Several valuable and useful gifts; all
present voted it a happy day and dis
persed wishing her many more such
happy birthdays.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
.FCarl A. Miller, son of DR.. Jay H.
Miller is home after a service of four
years in the u. S. Marine Wireless
Corps; the entire four years was spent
with the Asiatic squadron and Carl.
known in his boyhood days as "Jack'
has had ample opportunity to sec the
world and also to get a liberal educa-
ton in matters electrical. We remem-
Der that "Jack" opened the first wire
less in Wauseon, it was of his own
manufacture and of course it worked.
He will devote his attention to the
electrical business.
Mrs. Samuel Rupert entertained
the Swanton Birthday Club on June
18th in honor of the seventy-irst
birthday of her mother, Mrs. Anna
Houseman. Those present were:
Mesdames j. F. Grove, C. J. Brindley,
Gusta Babcock, Jim White, T. w.
knight, Mrs. Roy Bates and daughter
Laura of Swanton, Mrs. C. C. Quiggle
of Delta, and Mrs. ]. @. Files of Wau-
seon. They spent the entire day and
no moments were lost at this happy
gathering, for old time recollections
crowded in thick and fast.
Miss Nellie Stevens, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Stevens of Tedrow
was united in marriage to Mr.. Law
renee Koos of Toledo at the home of
her parents in Toledo Wednesday af-
ternoon at 2:30. Rev. Miller pastor
of the Tedrow M. E. church performed
the ceremony. The young couple went
Immediately to their home in Toledo
which had been previously prepared
for their occupancy. Mr.. Koos has a
position as craftsman in Toledo. The
congratulations and best wishes of a
large rircle of friends go with Mr.
and Mrs. Koos into their new home.
Two travellers driving a fine Gar
ford auto bearing a New York tag
came to grief on their journey West
ward last Wednesday about two miles
east of the residence of Earl Eberly
A nut on the steering gear looseneC
and dropped off, so that the driver haC
no control of the machine and it wen
over into the ditch alongside the road
badly damaging the machine am
bruising up the occupants suite seri