The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-27
: PLAIN CITY
BY MRS. BERTHA TAYLOR
Local Legion plans
"Open House"

1 4g@oA AC9A~@A FAoAS
open House"
open House" for all veterans
living in this vicinity will be held
Monday evening, January 27 in
the rooms of Plain City Post No
248 of The American Legion. Ken
meth Mckinley, chairman of the
entertainment committee, n a
planned an interesting program
which will include a speaker from
the Legion Headquarters at Col
umbus. Harold Page, chairman OF
the House Committee, assures the
members and guests that there
will be plenty of refreshments.
Post Commander w. Robert
Keller will preside at the brief
business session which will pre-
cede the program. In announcing
the Open House party, Command
er Keller emphasized that all vet
Grams were welcome to attend
weather or not they are interest
ed in joining the Legion, which
now has over 100 members in the
local unit
AT it's second meeting Sunday
evening, the newly organized
Legion auxiliary elected the fol-
lowing officers-Mrs. jeanette
Mckinley, 1st vice president; Mrs
Garnet Cunningham, End vice
president; Mrs. Louise Rings,
chaplain; Mrs. Edgar Depp, his
torian, and Miss Martha Mint
horn, sergent-at-arms. Mrs. Nellie
Fee was elected secretary to re-
place Mrs. Ruth FouSt who was
unable to accept the office to
which she had been elected at the
organization meeting.
i, The Auxiliary also designated
the first and third Mondays OF
each month for its regular meet
ing nights instead of the Thurs
day nights previously announced
More than 25 women have already
signed charter membership ap-
plications. Mrs. Durham, presid-
ent of the Auxiliary, states that
she believes more than so mem
bers will be enrolled when the
charter closes on February 18th
Membership blanks may be OBJ
tanned from any Auxiliary officer
or from the Post Adjutant at l26
West Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Spriger
called on friends and relatives in
Newark last Sunday.
Miss Marietta McKingan is still
in Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Mrs. Bertha Smith, of Dublin
was a dinner guest of Miss Mary
Fairbanks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uri Converse re-
turned from Frostproof, Florida.
| last week.
Miss Elizabeth White spent
part of last week with Miss Mary
Fairbanks. They were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Reece on Wednesday evening
Thursday they called on Mrs
Carrie Sonford and Mrs. Rosa
Trimble in London then to Spring
field and called on Mrs. Marion
Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.
Milligan. On Friday afternoon
they were guests of Miss Carrie
Allen at the Fortnightly club
Miss Mary Fairbanks was the
Sunday dinner guest of Mrs. Ollie
Feather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Vertner and
family started to Florida last Sun
day to spend several months there
for the benefit of Mr.. Vertner.
Miss Pauline Davis left by
plane last Friday to visit in San
Francisco and other points of int
crest in the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Davis and
Diane spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Davis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Reynolds and son were
evening guests.
Mrs. Doris Cary and Mrs.
Glenn Howard spent last Friday
in Springfield with the formers
sister, who has been on the sick
list.
Mrs. John E. Scott entertained
the bridge club Wednesday even
ing Jan. %. Guests were Mrs. c..
d. Perkins, Mrs. Wendell Holy
cross. Prizes were won by Mrs.
Imogen Noteman, Hester Suther-
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