The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-08-02

past two years, has sent her resigna.
tion In to the board OF education
Mrs. Efie Ball Brawner OF Bruins
wick, Ind, former resident of this
place. IL the guest OF Mrs. Sarah and
Amelia Gibson and other relatives
here. She will be remembered as the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ball.
People who want to get all out OF
life there Is In will fail to do so IL
they don't meet Bashful Babbs Satur.
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Brown were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Zol.
man at Ashland last Sunday.
Mrs. Lydia Trahern of Cleveland, a
former resident of this place, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Amelia Glib
son. Mrs. Susie Winterbotham, an.
other sister, and for many years a
resident of this place, was also her
guest the first of the week.
Mrs. Grace Hollibaugh Peters of
Cleveland, formerly of this place, is
the guest of her brother, Lee Holt.
baugh and other relatives here.
II you want to have q good time
fill up on lake breeze and get an in
lection of perpetual youth. Join the
Riff Raft excursion to Cedar Point
Thursday, Aug a. The train will leave
Mt. Vernon at 7:15, making stops al
Fredericktown, Ankenytown, Butler
and Bellville. The business houses
here will close for the day, so If you
don't want an attack of insomnia OF
nightmare, you had better plan to ioir
fortunes with the Riffs.
Mrs. Mary Mahurd and daughter
Retta of Utica were the weekend
guests of Edward Grant and family.
The And annual basket picnic o.
Owl Creek lodge, I. o. o. r., will be
held in Victor Browns grove east o.
Waterford, on Friday, Aug. 5. Coco
speakers will be present and musis
will be furnished by the Williamspor
band. The days festivities will hon
clude with lawn fete at night. This
is always great day for the citizens
of this hospitable village. Many for
mer residents now living elsewhere
take this day and make it a homecom
ing event, and in this way people scat
tered all over the United States get
together and have a most delightful
day.
DR.. e. V. Ackerman and mother
Mrs. l.. b. Ackerman, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Alderman were at Akron las
Sunday in attendance at the funera
of Eleanor Mckinney. Mrs. L. B
Alderman remained at Akron to spent
few days.
Misses Lydia Hull, Dorothy Sellers
Janice Mann, Candine CaywOod, Edit
Reep, Lucille Inks, Benice Bryant ant
Fances Gorsuch are at Cations Rock:
for ten days outing. The party i!
chaperoned by Mrs. Harry l.. Grof
and Mrs. G. B. Taylor
The big laugh of the season at the
high school auditorium Saturday nigh
While many of our citizens take
pride IN their private property, that
belonging to the city reminds us OF
the historical sluggard. The park fol
instance, with its broken benches
strewn all over the bandstand tori
down, while trash is banked around
the township house. Some time age
the community club talked of repair
ing the bandstand and cleaning up th'
park, providing the council kept it il
repair. This proposition got nowhere
If the community club wants to dt
something why don't they fix the parl
up and see to it that the authoritie
keep it that way. No person has an,
license to destroy public property an.
more than they have private.
Work on the Frederick ktown-L eve,
ing gravel pike is progressing nicely
The work, which was begun at tn,
foot of the NJ. X. Blackburn hill, il
being brought this way and it wa.
expected to finish down this way al
far as Ghost Hill by the end of tn,
week, that is, the first coating. We
understand that the road will be con
tinued on toward town as far as tn
corporation line. We were informe,
by an employe on the job that worl
would be begun on the other end o
the line sometime next week.
| Another skull and more bones wer
unearthed at Ghost hill on Wednes
day. {.
Civic pride has struck many of ou
citizens here of late, and there ha
been general sprucing up all owe