The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-18
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past week.
Mr. John Perrin visited friends in
Mt. Vernon the past week.
Mr.. G. &. Hodge transacted bust
ness in Columbus on Wednesday of
9ast week
Mr. X. II. Birnie, druggist at Butler,
visited Fredericktown friends on Fri
day Of last week.
Miss Bessie Fink visited with her
SISTER, Mrs. Arnold, near Greer, the
past week.
MIR. Howard Shearer has purchased
the Fowler farm and will take pos
session the first of April.
Mr.. Florin d. Burson and Mr.. Earl
Yoakum of Amity have moved to the
farms owned by Mr.. Roscoe Blair,
who lives northwest of Frederick
town.
Mrs. Claude Graves of Warsaw, o.,
visited with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Wilson, the past week.
Mrs. J. r. Withrow entertained a
thimbIe party on Thursday of last
week. Dinner was served.
A box social will be held at the Ma.
sonic hall on Friday evening of this
week. A farce called the 1.-TWO Bills"
viii be the entertaining feature of
the evening. Everybody invited.
Mr. =. j. Cummings was elected
vice president of, the Ohio Jersey Cat
tie club at Columbus last week.
Mr.. Dempsey Goodell was in Gin
'cinnati the past week purchasing
new machinery for his planning mill
which he recently purchased in the
FOote addition.
The "All Brother" quartet is dated
TO appear at Fredericktown on Feb
2S. one of the best numbers of the
Methodist Brotherhood lecture
course.
Miss Mary Williams visited with
friends in Mt. Vernon the past week
Mr. Dove Squires visited with his
sister, Mrs. Edna Boner, at Columbus
the past week.
A number of cases of scarlet fever
are reported in the neighborhood Of
Chesterville.
Mr.. Edward Crute of Frederick
town transacted business in Mt Yer
non last Thursday.
Mrs. William Allgre of this place
visited with her niece, Mrs. Ray
Cochran, 1T Mt Vernon last week
The Star Glass of the Baptist church
viii hold their monthly social at the
home of Mrs. Florence Clark on Fri
day evening of this week
Mrs. Walter Johnson and Miss Maud
Mckiernan went to Cleveland ON Mon
day To purchase stock of millinery
f0r Miss Anna Castner's store
Miss ELLA Mount entertained twelve
ladies last Friday at six o'clock lun-
ehSun
Mrs Russell Smith and Mrs. II. Bul-
Ser entertained the Daughters of Vet,
Grams at the home of Mrs. Smith on
Friday afternon of last week.
Miss Margaret Poland, of Mt. Yer.
non. was guest of Miss Norma Roby
On Sunday last.
Mrs. J. S. Roby entertained twenty
soVen ladies at Valentine three
NcOurse luncheon, from three to six, on
saturday last. Everyone reports hay
sn8 had "A delightful time
MRS. H. l Glenn entertained the
Thursday Club at her home on Mon
day afternoon of this week
The new water tower at Frederick
7b0wa is now completed and awaiting
'utilcsul acceptance before being put In
10 H5ryice This tower was built un
der contract with the Memphis Stee
GOnEtTuction Company and we are in
dssmed that II is the largest and high
eEa one OF this kind ever built in the
Dattnd States, though this distinction
viii soon pass to a Virginia town
which liz having one built ten feet high,
0r. The tower at Fredericktown Ia 1852
fsot high, and the tank extends above
that 2S feet, making total of lS0 feet
high. This makes IT just 20 feet higher
than the old tank In the square The
new tower is built on ground just east
Of the pumping station on High street
which is a much more suitable loca,
taDn than was the old one on the
square. The new tank has capacity
'ot 100000 gallons as compared TO 40,,
900 with the old tank. After the tower
MAS erected the wife OF the superin.
tendent of the construction work, Mrs.
Breniche, from Arkansas. scaled the
9aador TO the top Of the tower. We
'are Informed that she has climbed ev-
'srV tower that her husband has erect
sd. mo matter how high. Last week
dsare was shortage Of water here on
SDc00nt OF the breaking of water
'nala just east of the pumping station,
II tho little creek. Water was immed.
lately turned off the main from the