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PERRYSBURG JOURNAL,
VOL.LXIV-ED. L. BLUE, Publisher.
PERRYSBURG, WOOD CO., 0., THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1916.
$1.00 IN ADVAHOE-HO 13
FOR THE FARMER BOY
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
DISAPPOINTED AGAIN
Baseball Game Knocked Out by
Jupiter Pluvhis.
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SHALL ' WE CELEBRATE?
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STREET
Chance For a Trip From Homo to
Washington, D. G.
Perrysburg High School Gradu
ates Six Pupils This Year.
One Hundredth Anniversary of an
Important Event.
People of Perrysburg Should
Unite in Celebration.
Village Council Has Passed Reso
lution Favoring Improvement.
Revised Rule No. 8 makes it pos
sible for your boy to raise his acre
of corn right in your own corn
field. It makes it possible for him
to work with you all of the time
exclusive of the cultivation of the
acre. Read the rule urge him to
enter he has everything to gain
and nothing to lose. Here is the
new rule :
Rule 8 of the Corn Growing
Rules has been revised to read as
follows :
"The Contestant shall assist in
doing or shall do all the work on
the acre, such as planting, manur
ing, fertilizing, plowing, preparing
the seed bed, and all the other
work up to and including the
planting; but from the time the
corn is planted, up until the time
of the husking, the contestant shall
do all of the work on the acre.
The contestant may have assist
ance in husking the corn."
Boys who desire to enter the
contest should get their entry
blanks from the school superin
tendent or Avrite to J. R. Clarke,
Director of Junior Contests, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Services for Next Sunday in
Several Perrysburg Churches.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
Rev. Daniel Carter, D. D., Pastor.
Services Sunday, May 21, 1916 :
Morning.
Sunday School, 9 :00.
Public Worship, 10:30.
Sermon subject, "The Perfect
Life."
Afternoon.
Junior League, 2 -.00.
Evening.
Epworth League, 6 :30.
Public Worship, 7 :30.
Sermon subject, "Worthless Se
curities." Prayer Meeting Thursday eve
ning, 7 :30.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. W. II. Pheley, Minister.
Sunday's weather was not
propitious for large congregations,
yet the church was well filled in
the evening, when Mother's Day
was observed. The church was
attractively decorated. Over the
pulpit was suspended the greeting,
"Welcome Mothers," tho words
being formed of large gold letters
perforated with white carnations.
The program of services was rich
and varied. Some 35 persons took
special part, and so meritorious
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R. P. BARTON,
UNDERTAKER (perrysburg, rom
Both Phones Main Twenty-seven
JOHN ZURFLUH
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
Dealer In
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles.
906 Monroe St. Toledo, Ohio.
Near Michigan Street.
Special care will be taken with tho
repair of all kinds of Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry.
DR. B. KINSLEY
ID JE IET T 1ST
Office Hours: 8 to 11 a. m.; 1 to
6 p. m.
Offico upstairs corner Second
and Main Streets.
Phone Main 14
' PKSSY8BURG, O0IO
Commencement week in the Per
rysburg High School will be filled
with interest for the pupils and
their parents, and preparations
are making for a week when dark
green and Avhite, the colors of the
class of 1916, will be generously
displayed and the school spirit
will be running on "high speed."
The program for the week will
be as follows:
Sunday, May 28.
Baccalaureate Sermon, by Dr.
W. H. Pheley at the Presbyterian
church, at 7 :30 p. in.
Wednesday, May 31.
High School play, A Strenuous
Life High School Auditorium, at
8:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 1.
Senior Class Exercise at 2 p. m.
Entertainment by the grades at
8 p. m.
Friday, June 2.
Eighth Grade Exercises at 2 :00
p. m.
High School Commencement at
8 :00 p. m.
Music Gideon Male Quartette.
Invocation Rev. C. II. Vander
soll. Music Gideon Male Quartette.
Address by Hon. John Davison,
Vice President Ohio Northern Uni
versity. Music Gideon Male Quartette.
Presentation of Diplomas Dr.
Merlin Bowers, President Board of
Education.
Music Gideon Male Quartette.
The Dr. Merlin Bowers Class.
Class Motto Building Charac
ter, Not Fame.
Class Colors Dark green and
white.
Class Flower White rose.
Class Roll.
Gertrude M. Schuster.
Gladys M. Simmons.
Josephine E. Davis.
Raymond C. Spilker.
Carleton S. Fiukbeiuer.
Myrtle A. Frantz.
Board of Education.
Dr. Merlin Bowers, president;
C. II. Van Norman, clerk; George
Craig, George Greenhalgh, Frank
Sprague. ,
Teachers.
Mary Dunham, Principal, Eng
lish. Lyda Aye, Languages.
Wilma Parks, Science and Math
ematics. Frances Carter, Domestic
Science.
J. A. Nietz, Supt, History.
Not for Mother.
"No, mother, this novel is not at all
lit for you to read." "You aro reading
It" "Yes, but you know you were
brought up very difforently." Boston
Transcript.
T.J. SULLIVAN
DENTIST
Henfling Bldg. 310 Conant St
MAUMEE. OHIO
Reasonable Prices and Best Work
Guaranteed.
Offico hours 8 to 12 a. m. and
1 to 5 p. m. Bell Phone.
FREDERICK C. AVERILL
ATTORNEY
AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
818 Spitzer Building
TOLEDO, OHIO
Hoe Plot 1499
Everything was set for a good
ball game last Sunday, but the
rain came and put an end to the
fans' happiness for that day.
Next Sunday the General Furni
tures will be here for a game with
the local team.
Last year this club went 12
innings before taking defeat.
Come out and enjoy a good
game and "root" for the home
team.
The Perrysburg Juniors defeat
ed Bowling Green Centrals at
Bowling Green on Sunday last 12
to 4. The game was played be
tween showers.
P. H. S. DRAMATICS.
'A Strenuous Life" Will be the
Closing Offering.
The P. II. S. Dramatic Society
will bring its second year to a
close on Wednesday, May 31, with
the largest piece that the society
has ever attempted.
"A strenuous Life" is the name
of the play, and was written by
Richard Tully, author of "The
Bird of Paradise" and "Omar the
Tentmaker," and had a run of 28
weeks at the David Belasco theatre
in New York City. The host in the
school have been picked for parts
and a professional coach will stage
the piece. The plot is complex
and very funny, with a laugh in
every line.
Tom Harrington, with Edmund
Schuster in this role, is forced to
tell contradicting stories in order
to save himself from humiliation.
Reginald Black, played by Carle
ton Finkbeiner, is a different sort
of a fellow, but tries hard to pro
tect Tom. They initiate the new
Professor, Arthur Mcintosh, and
make the Freshman, Donal Pheley,
play the part of the Professor.
The principals, of course, are en
tangled in serious affairs with the
ladies, and the prevarications of
Tom nearly bring them all to
naught. But all is settled by a
"mighty" fib by Tom, who is then
acclaimed the hero.
MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP.
E. Gerkins ad daughters, Miss
Amelia and Mrs. T. Minneker, spent
Friday with relatives near-the Bend.
Miss Eva Shiple entertained a num
ber of friends at her home last Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Chas. Weidner spent Thursday
with her daughter, Mrs .G. O. Ziss, and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Liebherr of Toledo
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Asmus and
L sons, Paul and Clarence, spent Sunday
at the B. Liebherr home.
The Misses Lillian and Bertha Getz
entertained a number of young people
at their home Sunday evening.
Miss Inez Walker called on her
uncle near Toledo, who is very sick.
Silas Lepper called on Harvey
Weidner Monday evening.
Mrs. Dan Weimer entertained the
Ladies' Aid of the Reformed church at
her home Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Chas. Graham called on Mrs.
Ebert Ziss Friday.
F. J. Brand of Haskins, who has
been very sick for several days, is im
proving nicely.
The Christian Endeavor held their
monthly business and social meeting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.'G. O. Ziss
Friday evening. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. F J. Dauer and children,
Mrs. P. A. Ziss and son Alvin, Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Ziss and children, Lydia
Dauer, Ruth Brand, Lydia Helser,
Martha and Julia Dauer, Inez and
Ruby Walker, Alma and Calvin Hey
man, Amelia and Harvey Weidner,
Lewis and Leo Wagner, John Graham
and Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Ziss and
daughter Allene.
Mrs. Mary Cobley .of Toledo was a
recent visitor at tho L. Chase home.
Arnold Dauer and Alvin Ziss attend
ed an alumni banquet at Swanton on
Saturday evening.
Miss Cora Scholler spent Thursday
afternoon with Miss Amelia Weidner.
Perrysburg, this summer, will
celebrate the one hundredth anni
versary of her existence as a vil
lage of the Hanniee Valley. For
this important occasion, she has
already dressed herself in her gar
ment of green, and her beauty is
apparent everywhere. To write
her real history during this period,
from 181C to 1916, would be next
to impossible. As is the case with
all communities, only the more
important acts and happenings
have been recorded, and much con
cerning her as a town, those lit
tle, yet very important, items of
interest, are preserved only in
memory or in private papers that
have been hidden away for years
in some dark cellar or garret to be
forgotten.
Occasionally, some of our old
pioneers will become talkative and
tell us of the past. But most of
these, are they not sleeping be
neath the green sward of our sev
eral, burying grounds, over which
wave tall and somber pines; and,
as those sad sentinels of the dead
sway to the breeze, they seem to
tell us the story of forgotten times
and past occurrences.
Perry.sburg, in early days, was
the principal way point that
travellers passed through on their
emigrant excursion to the great
Northwest. It was tho one place
which when reached that gave
real cheer to the driver of the ox
team and the emigrants of the old
"Prairie Schooner."
LTere they rested and 'obtained
supplies for a fresh start into the
wilderness, where they were to en
dure the trials that were to re
deem the land and make it a fit
habitation for the generations of
the future.
Perrysburg, in early times, was
also an unique place, quite inde
pendent, in that it did not rely
upon the rest of the world for its
supplies or necessaries of life.
It had its own mills, wagon
shops, shoe shops, tanneries, wool
en factories, schools, stores, and in
fact every manufactory that was
needed to supply its people with
the comforts of life, while the
land around furnished everything
that heart could wish. It did a
large shipping business and was
the western terminus of all lake
boats plying upon Lake Erie.
Great ship yards dotted the banks
of the Maumee ; large vessels with
tall mastb lay at their moorings;
burly sailors and square shoul
dered ship captains walked our
streets, and the hum of many in
dustries was music to the primi
tive peoples here in this western
wild.
The forests were filled with
game and the river supplied tons
of fish and the people had no rea
son other than to be happy and
contented in their new western
home.
The life of every man, every
city, and every nation is divided
into periods.
These periods aro usually
chosen, because they are the real
mile-stones used in the narration
of events. They are important
epochs that will always be re
membered and referred to for
they designate those times that
June been productive of suffering,
of sacrifice and loyalty, one to an
other. For instance, old residents speak
of "Tho time before the Cholera
Year," "Between the Cholera
Year and tho War," "After the
"War," etc. To my mind, theso
three periods divide into interest
ing phases tho lifo of this old, but
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The year 191G is the centennial
year of tho birtli of Perrysburg,
and it is proposed that the village
shall give a celebration in keeping
with the importance of the event.
Every citizen of the village
should feel it his duty to partici
pate in the celebration with his
energy and a contribution of cash
necessary to defray the expense of
producing a program that will be
a credit to the town and be evi
dence of the progress that has
characterized the events of the
past century in Perrysburg.
It is a large undertaking and in
order to make it a success there
must be a united effort made by
all the people.
A committee will call on every
citizen and ask for contributions
and unless a sufficient amount is
raised there will be no celebration.
If the committee misses you, just
come to either of tho banks and
leave your money with the cashier.
It is necessary that every citizen
shall help.
It's a question of "get the
money."
"Will the citizens produce? No
money no celebration. Now it's
up to you, Mr. good citizen:
Shall we celebrate or back up and
quit?
IN MEMORIAM.
The following resolutions were
adopted by Wolford Post, No. 51, G. A.
R., Department of Ohio:
The comrades of Wolford Post, No.
51, G. A. R., of Ohio, are called to
drape their hall and charter and mourn
the loss of our esteemed comrade,
late of Co. I, 111th 0. V. I.
Therefore, we, your committee, in
testimony of his loyalty to his country,
when her glorious principles of free
dom were assailed, to his private char
acter as a citizen, and as a true and
loyal member of the Grand Army of
the Republic, recommend that a copy
of this expression of our regard for the
fallen comrade be sent to his family.
ISAAC DIRRIM.
MARTIN POWERS.
JAMES CARTER,
Committee.
How Mrs. Harrod Got Rid of Her
Stomach Trouble.
"I suffered with stomach trouble
for years and tried everything I heard
of, but the only relief I got was tem
porary until last spring I saw Cham
berlain's Tablets advertised and pro
cured a bottle of them at our drug
store. I got immediate relief from
that dreadful heaviness after eating
and from pain in the stomach," -writes
Mrs. Linda Harrod, Fort Wayne, Ind.
For sale by all dealers.
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AWC - BMMHaHWly f ,r
Young Man, Don't
Scatter Your Dollars!
YOUTH IS PRODIGAL. Frequently the young man "DOESN'T
KNOW THE VALUE OP A DOLLAR.
YOUTH IS NOT EVERLASTING. The big men of the country laid
the foundation for their success by opening a bank account when theyj
were young.
If You Hope to Amount to Anything Don
Delay Starting a Bank
Start It Today.
Make OUR bank YOUR bank.
We pay, 4 per cent interest on Certificates of Deposit.
5ttj (Etifeim lattfetag Cfomptttj
PERRYSBURQ, OHIO.
THE) OLDEST BANK XN WOOD COUNTY
Tho village council engaged in
history making legislation on
Wednesday night last when the
matter of tho improvement of
Front street was considered.
Mayor Koether and Clerk Lyon
with Councilmen Win. Dibling, P.
II. Dowling, Wm. Niederhouse,
B. Thornton and F. A. Witzler
were present. Councilman Leydorf
was absent.
A large delegation of Front
street residents Avere present and
presented their views upon the
necessity of tho proposed improve
ment and the advisability of action
being taken at once in order to
take advantage of tho offer of
state and county in tho matter of
financial assistance.
Tho citizens' committee was led
by Capt. Georgo Greenhalgh, who
lias taken great interest in all mat
ters pertaining to the boosting of
Perrysburg and the general
welfare of the village.
Engineer Gallier, county sur
veyor, was also present, and made
a statement of the probable cost of
the improvement, assuring council
that the work could be done for
$31,000, giving a splendid and
permanent improvement.
After every phase of tho situa
tion had been discussed the follow
ing resolution was passed every
member voting "Aye:"
Whereas, The Board of County Com
missioners of Wood County, Ohio,
have co-operated with the abutting
property owners and tho State High
way Commissioner in the improvement
of that part of Market Road No. 7 in
Perrysburg Township, Wood County,
Ohio, which lies between the north
boundary of said township and the
east boundary of the Village of Per
rysburg, commonly known as tho
River Road; and
Whereas, The said Board of County
Commissioners of Wood County, Ohio,
deem it to be for the public interest to
extend said road improvement into the
municipality of the Village of Perrys
burg, and to improve Front St. there
of by repairing and resurfacing tho
same from the east boundary of the
Village of Perrysburg to the west
boundary thereof; and
Whereas, The said Board of County
Commissioners of Wood County, Ohio,
have promised and agreed to appro
priate 2,000.00 of the funds of said
county for said purpose; and
Whereas, The State Highway Com
missioner has promised and agreed to
appropriate $3,000.00 of the funds in
his possession as said State Highway
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for disease.
ror pure blood and sound digestion
Burdock Blood Bitters. At all drug
stores. Price, $1.00. Adv.
Account.
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