The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-06
BUCKEYE NOTES
Mem FINN Al SIsti0nS Of the StltI
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


cntrainment schedule for the Ohio
draft forces which went to Camp Sher.
idan. Chillicothc, for training on Sep.
tcmber 6. and s:
Wednesday, Sept 5-Preble. Butler,
Hamilton (city), Hamilton County,,
Cincinnati, Clermont, Brown and
Highland over special Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern; Ross. no railroad
transportation; Scioto, Lawrence and
Pike over the Norfolk & Western;
Morgan, Washington, Athens, Meigs
and Ninton over the Baltimore x
Ohio; Pickaway. Franklin, Columbus,
Perry. Hooking, Fairfield over Norfolk
e. Western.
Tuesday, Sept. civilians. Fulton,
Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Ottawa. Lu-
cas-, Toledo, Erie. Sandusky, Huron,
Seneca, Wyandot, Crawford, Marion,
Morrow and Delaware over a special
Hooking Valley; Wood, Putnam, Han
cock, Vanwert, Allen, Lima, Harding,
Mercer, Auglaize, Logan, Champaign,
Clark, Springfield and Madison over
special Toledo G. Ohio Central; Shell
by, Miami, Darke, Montgomery, Day
ton, Greene, Fayette, Clinton, Lorain
Getty and county, over special Cincin.
natl. Hamilton & Dayton.
Friday, Sept Monroe. Noble, Bel
mont, Guernsey, Muskingum, Licking,
Newark, Ashland and Richland over a
/ Gnnpial na1fiV,Arn o. nhfA. Tnefarcs,,
Harrison, Carroll, Tuscarawas and Co
| shocton over a Pennsylvania; Colum-
biana, Stark, Canton, Wayne, Mahon-
ing, Youngstown, Trumbull, Portage,
Summit, Akron, Medina, Holmes and
Knox over two special Cleveland, Ak
ron & Columbus trains.
Saturday, Sept S-Ashtabula, Geau-
ga, Lake, Cuyahoga and Cleveland
over a special Big Four.
Six districts of the state will not
furnish men on the first contingent.
| They are the Adams, Jackson, Gallia,
Warren, Union and the GAINESVILLE dis
triCts. These are the districts which
have already furnished more than
their quotas by voluntary enlistments.
Cincinnati.-A new sortie in the war
against food waste was announced by
Mrs. J. w. Films, head of the National
Housewives Cooperative league and
widely known as food economist.
Quit throwing rice at weddings" is
the signal wigwagged by Mrs. Films
and her fellow officers in the conserva-
tion army. "Rice is far too precious
TO waste in this way" declared Mrs.
Films. 1T is today one of our most
important food products. Use old
shoes if you want to, or confetti made
from waste paper, but stop throwing
away food, if only to avoid setting an
example of food waste to couples Just
starting out in home making"
Columbus-Mrs. Catherine Bright,
101, was found dead in her bed at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E
Taylor, here. 1t is believed she was
the oldest resident of the state. Mrs
Bright lived in Columbus for so years
and was a member of a local church
for 88 years. She was 101 years old
June 90. Surviving her are four sons
three daughters, more than 100 grand.
children and great-grandchildren and
more than 80 great-great-grandchil.
dren.
Springfeid.-Emil Rheinburger, 10,
and Conrad Halek, so, were killed
when press house No 2 at Goes sta
tion powder mill, near here, blew up.
The cause of the explosion is not
known.
Lima.--James Henry Brown, be.
lieved to be the oldest person in Ohio
entertained six generations at his
10th birthday party. Brown, who was
born in slavery, educated himself and
is one of the most widely read men in
Lima. His eyesight is as good as that
of a man half his age.
Lorain.-There being no more use
for horses in the plant of the National
Tube Co. here, IA of the animals were
given away. They have been replaced
by automobiles, and the company gave
them away to get rid Of them.
Ely.ia-Harry G. Hoax, son of Rev.
and Mrs. ]. T. Hoax, of this city, who
managed the Red Cross emergency
campaign in Cleveland, has been ap.
pointed field director of the American
Library association war council by
Secretary Baker, and will cover
Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
and Montana. He is to cover this ter
ritory twice and report at Washington
Oct. 3.
Toledo.-Charles T. Lewis, Jr, son
of an attorney, has been appointed sec
retary to Brand Whitlock, minister to
Belgium. The appointment of Lewis
and his departure for Havre, France
recently, was kept secret until this
time by official orders.
Geneva.-Miss Gretchen Townsend,
%, of Chagrin Falls, and J. c. Bent,
ley, q, of Niles, were drowned at
Geneva-on-the-Lake while bathing in
front of the pavilion.
Miss Townsend is the daughter OF
F. H. Townsend of Chagrin Falls, as
sistant secretary of the Subers Fabric
& Rubber Co, 1870 w. Sd street
| Cleveland.
Embellishments can put flying
force in Europe equal to the allies air
strength on the western front by next
summer and sound the doom of Ger
many. This, at least, is the convinc'
ing picture painted at Wilbur Wright
aviation field. Fliers at the big school
here believe they will tale part in
"the great swoop" through the Rhine
valley before another year
Marysville.-Motion for new trial