The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-22

erts and daughter. Late afternoon
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Jones. of Radnor, and Mrs.
Margaret Wynn, of Marion. Mrs.
Wynn is spending the week at
the Roberts and Roy Hoffman
homes near Redwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Roberts
and family entertained Mrs. Mar
garet Wynn, of Marion, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Roberts, and Miss
Ruth Roberts at dinner Tuesday
evening.
This meeting closed the school
activities which had been plann-
ed around National Education
Week. During this week every
parent was invited to visit class
rooms and observe work.
The program for this meeting
consisted of a welcome by the
president, Mrs. Ruth Weller. A
film entitled Assignment To
morrow" which was sponsored by
the American Education Associ-
alton was shown. Music was fur
nished by a male quartette con-
sisting of Mr.. Ralph Balmer, Mr..
Dave Robinson, Mr.. H. r. Fish
er and Mr.. Charles Brobeck.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Dean Cochran. Mrs. William
Herr gave several readings. A
blackfaced ladies quartette ac-
companied by Miss Lois Lowe
sang several selections. The
quartette was composed of Miss
Lucille Smith, Miss Anna Jones,
Miss 10 Ann Cramer and Mrs.
Dean Cochran.
A special feature of the even
ing was the recognition of an
honored guest, Mr.. Ralph Vestal,
who, until his recent retirement,
has been a member of the Rich
wood faculty for a number of
years. Mr.. Vestal has a record
of teaching service unrivalled by
any other teacher in Union Coun-
ty. Mrs. Bernice Derr presented
Mr.. Vestal with a gift from the
faculty. Mr.. Gale Baldwin, coun-
ty superintendent, gave some
very interesting information.
Mr.. Dean Cochran had charge
of the recreation period for the
evening. Place cards for the din
ner had been made by a COM
mittee with Mrs. Thelma Obee
as chairman. Mrs. James En-
mons was chairman for the din
ner. The dining room committee
was in charge of Miss 10 Ann
Cramer. Mr.. and Mrs. Gale Bald
win were guests.
BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Don Taylor entertained
the members of her bridge club
at her home west Of town last
Thursday evening. Mrs. Marion
Shuman of Marion, won the prize
for the highest score and Mrs.
Peggy Lewis won the guest prize
Mrs. Taylor served dainty re-
freShments.
SEMPER FIDELTS CLASS
The members of the Semper
Fidelis Glass of the First Metho-
dist Church met Monday evening
at the home of Mrs. Watt Treese
for their regular monthly meet
ing.
In absence of the president,
Mrs. Lester Smith, Mrs. Charles
Shields presided. During the
business session plans were COM
pleted for the childrens' Christ
mas party to be held at the
church Dec. 20.
A social hour was enjoyed
with contests and games. Delici-
Gus refreshments were served by
Mrs. Treese, assisted by Mrs. L.
F. Davis and Mrs. Harold Ten
nant.
The December meeting will be
held at the parsonage. Mrs. Ern-
est Fish is the teacher of this
group.
LADIES' AID GROUP MEETS
Group No. 6 of the Baptist
Ladies Aid Society met Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Carl Koch for a social hour and
to bring her some of the music
which this group furnished for
the regular meeting of the soci-
ETY. last week. Mrs. Koch has
been confined to her home for
several months with a heart con-
dition and was unable to attend
the meeting.
After the program was finish
ed the group was served tea by
Mrs. Koch's daughter, Mrs. Roy
Warner. At this time a gift was
donated to a member of the
group, Mrs. Wayne Dilger.
Mrs. j. S. Matteson is the
chairman for this group.
HOME FIRE
One day last week Mrs. Nell
Borland started to get a meal,
and when she turned on the gas
her kitchen range exploded. Mr..
Borland happened to be in the
house and the fire was extin-
guished by throwing water on it
nor lIntil Iha kitchen curtains /
had been burned and the wall