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VOL. 17—NO. 10.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1939-EIGHT PAGES.
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Pretty Wedding
Ceremony Held
in Navarre
William Danner of North Canton
Miss Arlett Williams Married
At United Brethren Church
New Year's Day
At a pretty wedding New Year'3
day at noon in the United Brethren
church of Navarre, Miss Arietta Williams became the bride of William
Danner, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Danner of North Canton. The Rev.
Mr. Barton officiated.
For her wedding, the bride wore a
street length dress of teal blue with
a corsage of Talisman roses and sweet
peas.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Kehl, sister
and brother-in-law of the bridegroom,
attended the couple.
After the ceremony a wedding dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Pilcher, aunt and uncle of the
bride, for members of the immediate
families. The table was decorated in
blue and white and centered with a
large wedding cake.
Travel Through East
Later in the day Mr. and Mrs. Danner left on a wedding trip through
the East. For traveling the bride
wore a two piece suit 'Of brown with
blue accessories.
Mrs. Danner before her marriage
was associated with the Nickles Baking company in Navarre. Mr. Danner
is employed in the Casting department
of the Heover company.
After January 8 the couple will be
at home in the Pilcher residence until
Mr. and Mrs. Pilcher return from
Florida late in April. Following the
Pilcher's return, Mr. and Mrs. Danner
will return to North Canton.
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Receive Mention
in Lighting Contest
Honorable Mentions Go To Mrs.
Schafer and H. L. Zengler
Four people, two local and two in
the near vicinity received honorable
mention or a prize in the third annual
Christmas lighting contest sponsored
by the Canton Junior Chamber of
Commerce when prize winners were
announced Saturday.
Five prizes, one for each of the
competing districts, were awarded.
Ten other prizes were awarded in each
district, with the exception of the
southeast, where nine additional prizes
were given.
Mrs. Charles Schafer, 333 Witwer
street and H. L. Zengler, 842 S. Main
street were the local winners who received honorable mention. Mrs. J.
Hyler of N. Market road, Cairo, also
received honorable mention.
One of the prize winners in tha intercity competition in which the above
named also were contestants was Nick
Grant of Middlebranch.
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To Present Play
Three-Act Comedy To Be Offered, At
Greensburg High School This Week
The alumni of the Greensburg high
school will present a three-act comedy entitled "No Foolin'" in the high
school auditorium on January 6 and
7. It will be under the dh-ection of
Miss Holton, foreign language instructor and benefits will go toward
an alumni banquet in the spring. The
cast includes: Miss Margaret Bettler,
Fay Koons, Mrs. Grace Gigger, Miss
Dorothy Jane Furnas, Mrs. Mildred
Baab, Bill KiefTer, Kenneth Moore,
Miss Loleta Woodford, Montford Kepler, Desire LeMoin, Mrs. Josephine
King, Harold Foltz, and Frank Baum.
COLLECTION SERVICE
Andrew P. Nelson
Dies in New York
Will Be Started In North Canton By
Harry Filhour of Greentown
A free collection service in North
Canton will be started next Monday,
Jan. 9 by Harry C. Filhour of Greentown. Tin cans, paper, rags, bottles,
etc. will be picked up.
It is Mr. Filhour's hope that enough
saleable material will be collected to
allow this service to continue without
charge to residents of the community.
Another 'Happy
Landing' for Cupid
Helen Elizabeth) Moseley is shown admiring her pearl engagement ring.
The pretty air hostess will marry Edwin J. Ahrcns, a pijotdispatcher on
January 28. HoaWss "Moseley, who is
24, was born iii'-Rusk, Texas and
trained at tho, ,Newiark City -hospital.
The wedding will be held iii the home
of the bridegroom's sister in Jersey
City, N. J.
Lived In North Canton For Five
Years With Son Rudolph
Andrew P. Nelson, 82, died Monday
morning at the home of his son Rudolph, in Larchmont, N. Y.
Mr. Nelson lived in North Canton
for five years with his son, who in
1936 resigned his position in the Engineering department of the Hoover
company to accept a position as attorney for Union Carbide and Carbon
corporation. They made their home at
742 Portage street while in North
Canton.
Mr. Nelson was born June 11, 1856
near Copenhagen, Denmark and came
to the United States at the age of 18.
He had been a lifelong resident of
Rockford, 111., up to the time of coming to live with his son.
In 1887 he married Josephine
Stokes who died in 1926. Four children survive: Chris Nelson of St.
Paul Minnesota; Mrs. Floyd E. Hance
of Chicago, 111; Rudolph Nelson of
Larchmont, N. Y.; and Henry E. Nelson of Rockford, 111.
Funeral services are to be held today at his son's residence followed by
cremation at Ferncliffe mausoleum at
Hartsdale, N. Y. Ashes are to be interred in the family plot in Oak Bluff
cemetery at Rockford.
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Mount Union Offers
'Make-up' Course
Second Semester Theatrical
Class To Meet Thursdays
Mount Union college will offer a
new course entitled "Theatrical Make-
Up" starting January 30 at the beginning of the second semester of the
school year, according to Dr. M. W.
Hyde, dean of the college.
This course, which will be taught
by John W. Gunnell, director of
drama, is a part of the program started at Mount Union this year to make
available more studies in the. field of
dramatics. The class, which was originally planned to meet during the daytime, has been changed to an evening
hour by requests of teachers and directors of local amateur groups in
Alliance and surrounding communities. The object of this new course
is to demonstrate the principles of the
art of make-up, as used by professional artists of stage and screen.
Mr. Gunnell plans to have each
member of the class do actual makeup work, using1 other members of the
class as subjects. These make-ups
will include "straight," middle and
old age, racial types, etc. Considerable practice will be devoted to the
application of crepe hair, modeling
with plastic substances, and the use
of such materials as collodin in the
creation] of the more difficult character make-ups.
Meet Thursday Evenings
Under present plans, the class will
meet on Thursday evening each week
at 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Gunnell took his Master of Fine
Arts degree at the Yale University
theater, where he worked under Alexander Dean, Halstead Welles, Donald
Oenslager, and others of the staff
who are currently prominent on
Broadway. Professionally, he has appeared for the Shuberts with Rose
Hobart) in "Honor Bright," with Sylvia Field and Eric Wollencott in "Lil-
iom" and "The Petrified Forest." He
worked for Worthington Minor on
"Lovers' Meeting," and stage-managed the premiere of Thomas Job's
"Uncle Harry," which will open simultaneously in London and New
York.
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Legion Auxiliary Has
Christmas Party
Sons and Daughters Entertained
At Legion Home December 27
The American Legion Auxiliary held
a Christmas party for sons and daughters of their group at the Legion
home, Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 7 p.m.
Forty were present.
A short program was given consisting) of the following numbers: Group
singing of Christmas carols led by
Mrs. Elmer Miller; Christmas story
given by Miss Rena Pottorf; trumpet
duet, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,"
"When It's Lamp-Lighting Time In
the Valley," by Dick Post and George
Schick; piano solo, "Spring Song,"
Frances Roush; reading, "In the Pantry," Alice Wise; and Christmas carols by the group.
Following the program games were
played and refreshments were served
with a Christmas treat for the children.
The committee in charge was composed of Mrs. Lloyd Himes, Mrs.
Gertrude Dick, Mrs. Delbert Apple-
gate, Miss Almeda Stover, Mrs. William Sheehan, Mrs. Harry Wise, and
Mrs. D.  W. Roush.
The next regular meeting of the
Auxiliary will,be held at the Legion
home, Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 10, at
2 p.m.
HOLD REUNION DINNER
Girl Reserves
Hostesses to
Fairmount
Forty Girls Guests of North
Canton' Organizations at Community Building In An All-
Day Program On Wednesday,
Hold Services for
Mrs. Ira Sheets
Forty girls of the Fairmount Children's home were guests of the Girl
Reserve clubs at the Fun-fest for
Fairmount held at the Community
building Wednesday.
The girls arrived here about 11 a.m.
in the Community building bus and
after being introduced individually to
the girl who was to entertain them
for the -day went to the home of their
hostess for lunch.
At 1:30 p.m. activities started at
the building with two basketball
games. The younger Fail-mount girls
battled the younger North Canton
girls and took a 21 to 14 decision.
Barbara Curry was high scorer for
North Canton while Hazel Clapper
took honors for Fairmount. In the
second game between the older girls
North Canton reversed the situation
and emerged with a close 24 to 22
win.
Following the basketball games
the girls played volleyball while a
number of the girls tried their hand
at bowling for the first time under the
supervision of Mrs. Millard Lowry
Other games such as ping pong, billiards, checkers, etc. were enjoyed in
the lobby.
At the conclusion! of the activities
program refreshments were served
after which, the girls returned to the
home.
3,212 Receive Old
Age Assistance
Stark County Receives $78,884
With Average Being $24.56
Columbus, O., Jan. 4—The Divi-
son of Aid for the Aged announced
today that 5212 persons 65 years of
age or over in Stark county received
$78,884 in old age assistance awards
during November.
The average award, based upon the
individual need of each recipient in
Stark county was $24.56.
In November of 1937, 2766 recipients in Stark county, received $64,422.
tinder the Federal Social Security
laws, the Federal Government contributes 50 percent of the old age assistance program, while the State provides the other half, which it obtains
from liquor profits.
Ohio's 112,065 eligible aged received
a total of $2,578,427 during the month
of November for the entire State,
while for November of last year,
104,608  aged, received  $2,219,930.
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL
Ben Long Reported Doing Nicely At
Cleveland Osteopathic Hospital
Friends of Ben Long will be interested to learn that his recent operation at the Cleveland Osteopathic hospital was successful and he is reported
to be getting along nicely.
Despite the fact that everything
turned out so well, Mri Long will remain at the hospital, which is located
on Euclid avenue, for several more
days for observation.
FRED DEMUESY DEAD
Relatives here received word yesterday of the death of Fred DeMuesy,
a former resident of here, in Elkhart,
Ind. Mr. DeMuesy died Tuesday
morning. Services will be held Thursday in Elkhart.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl; a
son, Stanley and a granddaughter;
Mrs. J. W. Stormfeltz of Canton, Mrs.
Niles Dumbleton of Orrville, Frank
DeMuesy of Cuyahoga Falls, and A.
L. DeMuesy of North Canton.
TO HOLD RABBIT SHOW
Arrangements are being pushed
rapidly ahead to completion for the
annual winter show of the Stark
County Rabbit and Cavy Breeders associations which will be held here February 3, 4 and 5.
The committee in charge has selected the old Cashner garage on N.
Main street which allows them ample
space for exhibition purposes.
Died   Wednesday   Evening   At
Home North of Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Ira
Sheets, 67, who died Wednesday evening at her home north of here after
a three day's illness, was held) Saturday afternoon both at the home and at
the Zion Reformed church with the
Rev.  Dr.  M.  E.  Beck  officiating.
Burial was made in the North Canton cemetery by Lewis Funeral parlors.
Mrs. Sheets was an active member
of the Reformed church and taught
the Naomi class for 25 consecutive
years. She was also a life member
of the Women's Missionary society of
the Ohio synod and of the general
synod of the Reformed church and a
charter member of Plain Grange and
a member of the North Canton Farm
Woman's club. Mrs.. Sheets will be
greatly missed as she always had a
smile for everybody.
She is survived by her husband; one
daughter, Ethel' of the1 home; two
brothers, the Rev. C. L. Warstler,
John D. Warstler, two sisters, Mrs.
William Markey and Mrs. Ellis Haak,
all of Canton R.D. 3.
W. C. T. U.to Hold
Annual Guest Day
CONCUSS /S IN SESSION!    I
AU Day Program Arranged At
Zion Reformed Church
The annual Guest day of the W. C.
T. U. will be held Tuesday, Jan. 10
in the Zion Reformed church. At 10
a.m. Mrs. Grace Baughman, president
of the organization, will call the meeting to order.
The program for the morning is as
follows:
Salute to flag.
Devotionals, Mrs. Minnie Dyer.
Music, led by Mrs. Elizabeth Becker
Business session.
Welcome, the Rev. Dr. M. E. Beck.
"Results Hoped for 1939," Mrs. Beulah  Starks.
Special Music,, Mrs. Gordon Lowther.
Address, "Restoration of the Home,"
Mrs. Ruth Beck.
"The Goal of a  Sober Mind,"  Mrs.
Elizabeth Bowman.
Noontide Prayer, Mrs. Grace Baughman.
Following the covered dish dinner
at 12 o'clock the afternoon session will
start at 1 p.m. with music led by Mrs.
Elizabeth Becker.
Devotionals, Mrs. Myrtle Howes.
"Temperance and Missions," Mrs. Lottie Riehl.
Special Music, Mrs. Blanche Wehl.
Talks by Officers Dye and Young from
the    Stark    County    Narcotic    Vice
Squad.
"World Progresses Towards Peace and
Sobriety," Mrs.  Mary  Cossaboom.
Current Events, Mrs. Fern Wise.
W. C. T. U. Benediction.
WPA Employs 7,508
in Stark County
Has    Two    Units,    Operations,
Women's and Professional
Akron, Ohio., Dec. 28—A total of
7508 men and women are employed
on the WPA program in Stark county,
it was announced today by Fred L.
Roose, Akron district director.
Throughout district number five,
which constitutes 13 counties of northeastern Ohio, 53,603 men and women
are employed on the work relief program.
The WPA program has two major
units, the operations divisions and the
women's and professional division.
Approximately 6820 WPA workers
are employed in the operations unit,
which includes all construction projects.
■ The women's and professional division of WPA in Stark county is employing 688 men and women at the
present time.
Roger Bishop,
Dawn Slusser
Married Recently
The Rev. Dr. M. E. Beck Performs Ceremony At Zion Reformed Church December 23
—To Reside In Haitville
Community Building Group Activities
EAGLES FROLIC
Entertain   100   Children   At  Annual
Christmas Party ThursdayEvening
The Fraternal Order of Eagles held
their annual Christmas party on
Thursday evening, Dec. 29 with 100
children present for the 80 minute
program of motion pictures.
Santa was also present to pass out
candy and toys to the children.
Woman Who Invented Invisible Glass
Washington Trippers Meet Thursday
Evening At Canton Y. M.. C. A.
The annual reunion dinner of the
Washington Trippers was held Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at the Canton
Y. M. C. A. with 60 present.
An interesting program was arranged by Nip Heim, Marian Deetz,
Betty Fohl and John Morgan vfhich
featured the showing of pictures taken
by Dr. Lee Ellsworth on his recent
trip to South America.
Another unusual feature of the evening was a review of the tour in miniature. The committee obtained small
figures to represent the places visited
and events at each spot were recalled.
Curt Wolf and Jud Warstler played
two numbers on piccolos and Owen
Neff led the group in camp songs. The
annual roll-call was in charge of Or-
ville Briner.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—Dr., Katherine B. Blodgett, noted woman scientist,
shown at work) in the General Electric laboratories here, shortly before she
announced her discovery ofl a coating' that makes glass invisible. Opening up
a new vista Sn the industry, the film with which glass is coated, does two
things, never before possible. First, it abolishes all reflection on glass from
any angle and second, it enables thc glass to transmit more than 99 percent
of the light that hits it. Purest glass today transmits- no more than 92
percent of light.
Jr. Church League
A stalling game in the last few
minutes enabled the Reformed team
to emerge with a 19 to 17 decision
over a fighting Christian team Saturday afternoon. The game was close
all the way with first one team and
then the other forging into the lead.
It was only in the closing minutes that
the winners took the lea"d and employed a successful stall.
In the second game the All Stars
and St. Paul's staged! a nip and tuck
battle until the final period when the
Stars fell apart to allow St. Paul's
to cage 18 points to take a 20 to 9
decision.
Stover garnered 14 points for the
Reformed team, DeMuesy .7 for the
Christians. N
The Reformed team has won Ave
straight while the Christians are in
second with three wins and two loses
and St. Paul's and the All Stars are
tied for third.
Games Saturday pit Reformed
against the All Stars and the Christians against St. Paul's.
Young Men's Class
Despite the fact that they have
lost all games to date, the young
men's basketball team are not at all
discouraged for they made a fine
showing against a strong Seckler
Service Station team, falling in the
final quarter 45 to 32.
Thursday evening they play the
Rannies of Canton and on Saturday
night they tangle with the Jackson
township ex-highs.
Anyone wanting a game with this
class team is asked to call Ray Sheehan or Walt Holstrom at 9500.
X-CIub
Germaine   Swanson   has   arranged
for a basketball game between two
club groups next Friday at 7:30 p.m.
These boys play  Class D ball and
would   like  to  schedule  games  with
teams in their  class.
Groups to Meet
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 11, the
apparatus team, tumblers, and X-club
class will meed for entertainment and
eats. Stunts of all kinds will be put
on during the evening.
Lobby Shows
These popular shows will be held
on Wednesday evenings starting soon.
A call is being sent out for talent in
the membership for all kinds of acts.
Boxers, wrestlers, apparatus men,
tumblers, tap dancers, vocalization
and instrumental, clowns, dramatic
skits, etc. All .those interested in participating in these shows are asked
td get in touch with members of the
staff.
Class Competition
Winners  in  the   class   competition
for the first semester have been announced  by  Physical Director Willis
Wood.
In the beginners class the Tigers
emerged in first place. Bob Weber,
captain; Dick O'Brien, assistant captain; Joe Eish, Don Studer, Wayne
Saylor, Dean Warstler, Bill Liebtag,
Dick Emch, Tom Braucher, Duane
Herdlick, and Bill Kieffer make up
this team.
The Leopards came through in first
in the Prep class. This team is captained by Duane Patterson and assistant captain Nile Kamp. Other members are: Paul Baxter, Manfred Holder. Paul Young, James Yonnally, Dan
Sheehan, Herbert Ingold, Bob Edwards, Gene Berrodin, and Phil Hoover.
In the Junior class the Pirates
walked off with first. This team is i
composed of Earl Warstler, Richard
Mohler, Dick Streby, James Wolf,
Art Schneider, Jimmy Swearengin,
Don Stover, Howard Oyler, and Jimmy Smiley. Warstler and Mohler are
captain and assistant captain respectively.
The Trojans finished first in the X-
club class. Dick Post is captain and
Frank Burkholtz assistant. John
Warstler, Jim Kolp, Billy Cahill, Bob
Moon, Tom Smith, Germaine Swanson,
George Schck, Tonu Gray and Jimmy
Howe make up the team.
Camera Club
Meets Thursday evening- at 7:30
p.m. at the building. This club meets
the first and third Thursdays of the
month and invites all interested men
and women to join.
Social Club
Wednesday evening started another
six week's dancing instruction period
under the direction of Miss Josephine
Ehret. The lesson is given from 7:30
to 8:30 and from 8:30 to 10 p.m. there
is a free dancing period for members.
This instruction is being offered to
all young men and women out of high
school who are interested in furthering theii< dancing ability by learning
both fundamentals and the latest
steps.
Outing Club
Tom  Slusser is  meeting with  the
committee and outlining general hikes
and outing for this vicinity.   Another
hike will be announced soon.
Hi-Y
All Hi-Y clubs will meet Monday
evening for their first session of the
New Year.
Pioneers
This group is continuing work on
building up their novelty orchestra.
They will meet Monday.
Prep-Friendship
Met Tuesday evening at 6:30 and
made plans for their January meetings. Next week they will see movies
on "Beautiful Ohio."
Ping  Pong
A revised schedule has been announced by Don Erbland, manager of
the ping pong league. It follows below:
Jan. 3 Berger-Elson vs. Mario w-
Mulheim.
Jan. , 4 Berger-Elson vs. Miller-Erbland.
Jan. 5 Marlow-Mulheim vs. Bau-
man-Holstrom.
Jan. 9 R. Bailey-Thompson vs. Gin-
ther-W. Bailey.
Jan. 11 Berger-Elson vs. Bauman-
Holstrom.
Jan. 12 R. Bailey-Thompson vs. Miller-Erbland.
Jan. 16 Marlow-Mulheim vs. Gin-
ther-W. Bailey.
Jan. 18 Marlow-M u 1 h e i m vs. R.
Bailey-Thompson.
Jan. 19 Berger-Elson vs. Ginther-
W. Bailey.
Jan. 23 Miller-Erbland vs. Bauman-
Holstrom.
Five games of singles with each
opponent. Five games of doubles with
opposing team.
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Library Plea Gets
Generous Response
Over 600 Sheets of Music Turned
In By Community Residents
Some time ago the North Canton
library, through the pages of this
paper and by announcement at the
Music club and other meetings, told
the people of the community that
gifts of unbound music would be welcomed.
The response was most generous
and more than 600 sheets of music
have been bound, classified and made
ready for use, according to information forthcoming from the librarv
staff.
The collection covers a wide range.
There are several sheets of sacred
music, songs ranging from the old
time favorites, such as "Love's Old
Sweet Song" and "Daisies Won't
Tell," through the songs of the war
days and including many modern
ones. There is also a varied selection
of piano music.
All the music has been sorted and
author and title cards made so the
choice is easily found. It is circulated just the same as books and library patrons are invited to look over
the cards and borrow their favorite
selections.
The marriage of Miss Dawn Slusser
and Roger Bishop, both of this community, took place Friday, Dec. 23, at
6 p.m. at the Zion Reformed church
with the Rev. Dr. M. E. Beck performing tha ceremony.
Miss Slusser is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Slusser of near Cairo
while Mr. Bishop is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Bishop of this
community.
The bride was attractive in a white
satin gown, with puffed sleeves and
a short veil fastened in her hair with
a clasp of flowers. She carried a
bouquet of white roses; Mrs. Dorothy
Graber, sister of the bride, served as
bridesmaid and was gowned similarly
in a rose colored dress and carried
white roses.
Lawrence Bishop, brother of the
bridegroom, was best man. Lou Ellen
Lesh served as flower girl and Dickie
Acker as ring, bearer. Soloist for the
occasion was Miss Zuma Heestand
with Mrs. Ward Mathie at the organ.
Following the ceremony a reception
for the immediate families was held
at the home of Raymond Brumbaugh.
Mr. Bishop, a graduate of Heidelberg college, is an instructor in l^e,
Hartville schools in which community,
the couple will make their home. SJrs.i:
Bishop is employed in the Geafj|:e.
Harter bank in North Canton.     "4:~Y.',
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New Feature Added
to Sun This Week
Needlework  Designs   By  Alice
Brooks Offered Exclusively
Housewives who like to do needle
work and have been searching for
something different need look no farther for starting today, The Sun offers
an exclusive new feature of lovely
needlework designs by Alice Brooks.
Previous to this time these articles
by this popular designer have appeared only in the larger daily papers.
Should you want any of the, patterns
pictured all you have to do is write
to The North Canton Sun, Household
Arts Department; 259 W. 14th street
in New York City, enclosing ten cents
and instructions will be returned
showing in word, picture and diagram
how to* proceed step by step.
This is one of the many new features that are scheduled to appear in
this paper during the coming year.
We would like to know your reaction
to this addition and welcome any
comment.
Drama Club Meets
Will Elect Officers Thursday At
Dinner Meeting
The Dramatic club will hold a dinner meeting Thursday evening at 6
p.m. at the Community building with
Lucy Jane Sponseller and Mrs. Lena
Brown in charge of the dinner.
AU members of the club are asked
to attend since there will be election
of officers for the coming year's activities. Nominations have been
turned in and these persons will be
voted on.
Harry Baus and Kenneth Oberlin
have been nominated for president
and vice president, Lucy Jane Sponseller and Bob Bailey for secretary,
Paul Bailey, Dick Chenot, Mrs. Lena
Brown, and Bill Bauman for treasurer, and Don Masline and Tom
Claggett for business manager.
The entertainment program is in
charge of Paul Bailey.
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CHANGE CLOSING DATE
Effective' Wednesday, Feb. 1, North
Canton merchants will close on Wednesday afternoons instead of the present Thursday closing.
Toast Pioneer Leader
Frances E. Willard
Golden Wedding
Celebrated Sunday By Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Nidy of Hartville
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nidy of Hartville celebrated their Golden Wedding
anniversary Sunday, New Year's day,
with open house during the afternoon
and evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Nidy were married by
the Rev. Mr. Norris of the Methodist
church at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weckerly
at Mogadore. They were the first
couple to be married by Reverend
Norris.
They have two daughters living,
Mrs. Leroy Smith of Hartville and
Mrs. Raymond Stanley of Minerva and
six grandchildren.
Mr. Nidy was actively engaged in
business in Hartville as a funeral director and furniture dealer for 45
years and is now retired. He holds
the distinction of being Hartville's
oldest businessman.
EVANSTON, ILL.—Executive officers of the National W. C T. U. observed Ncwi Year's eve at- Rest Cottage here by drinking a toast in milk
to "the ever-living memory of Frances E. Willard," known to the nineteenth century as the "most loved
woman in the world." Women's organizations throughout the world will
observe 1939 as Willard Centenary
Year. Left to right: Mrs. Margaret
C. Munns, treasurer; Mrs. Ida B.
Wise Smith, president; Mrs. Anna
Marden DeYo, secretary.