The Ironton News, 1929-05-31

L"- v !-. ... if - V VL&rf* - L&rf* VL&rf* - 4 ; *»:v- - i1# W~. t. : V ' I ; *- ;'"V c (K- - -r i - -.--" " I I?. - ?. I?. y-;? I I 4;-' , ;.V . ;.y-l ' -« i§r - All cemeteries of the city and sur surrounding - rounding surrounding countryside were bowers of floral beauty and groups varying from several to a multitude, gather gathered, - ed, gathered, some in silent tribute, others to hear laudations of those who par participated - ticipated participated in one of the three major conflicts of the Republic. Attention in the traditional Me Memorial - morial Memorial day parade in which veterans of the Civil, Spanish-American and World war marched in remembrance of their fallen comrades was particu particularly - larly particularly drawn to the aged "boys in blue," whose ranks, once 800 strong in the county, have thinned to a bare score. Their decimated ranks were filled, however, by the graying men of the Spanish-American war and the "youngsters" of the late momentous war, three generations of warriors. Each were the traditional insignia, the campaign caps of the legions which marched under Sherman. Sheridan and all under Grant; the campaign that so conspicuous around Ironton in '98 and '99, and the "overseas" cap so familiar to resi residents - dents residents of all ages since. 1917. Throngs gathered along the line of march of the veterans, small children eyeing the aged Civil war "boys" with expressions of mixed pride, wonder wonderment - ment wonderment and curiosity, revealing that <th* cause -fav whieli they fought us^b. their sentimental feeling of mofli than a half century is losing its sig significance - nificance significance for American youth with the passing of those who witnessed and took part in it. Soldiers of the Spanish-American and World war, the daddies of many who observed the procession and stir stirring - ring stirring tunes of the World war, gave vent to the martial spirit of the crowds. The regular marching order of the high-spirited legionnaires con contrasted - trasted contrasted deeply with the broken forma formation - tion formation of the aged Civil War veterans, all of whom were transported by au automobile. - tomobile. automobile. The majority of those taking part in the parade consisted of school children from every school in the city, and this time as an added fea feature, - ture, feature, several hundred county stud students. - ents. students. The parade yesterday was the largest in the history of the city, and made a splendid sight as it marched through the business section to pay patriotic token to those who have gone on before in our behalf. Forming at the Memorial Hall building on Fourth and Railroad streets shortly after nine o'clock, the parade proceeded down Fourth tg Lawrence street, out Lawrence to Sixth street, south on Sixth to Adams street, out Adams to Second street north on Second to Center, and out Center street to Fifth, where it banded. The various organizations, school children took their places the parade as it passed the designated Stations! At the head of the parade, marched the police force, firemen, and the city officials. The fire-fighting equipment, including the latest truck additions, decorated in the Ameri American - can American flag made a fine spectacle. The city departments were follow followed - ed followed by the Pride of Ironton Council, Daughters of America, No. 291, who were also represented with a float depicting the Little Red School House. dis disand - and disand in S*<v".V . .;*A KV; - % ; -' The "Silver Anniversary Ford," a special roadster creation, done in nickel, celebrating the Silver AnHj AnHjversary - versary AnHjversary of the Ford, was next in line, and then came the- Civil War Veterans, of Dick Lambert Post, G. A. R. - - (K - , The ranks of the veterans are thinning annually, and there was a noticeable difference in the number of old soldiers making their appear appearance. - ance. appearance. '' aH- - : - Nurses from the city hospitals came next, and then the Ironton High School Band, attired in their new uniforms of Orange and Black. Stir Stirring - ring Stirring martial airs played by this or -

A. very beautiful wedding was solemnized Thursday at High Noon, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Beatty, of South Fifth Street, when their charming daughter. Miss Emma Beatty became the wife of Arthur L. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett C. Baker of North Second Street. The ring ceremony was used by Rev. W. H. Hampton, and was very impressive and beautiful. Miss Francis Hail sang very beautifully, "At Dawning,'' The wed wedding - ding wedding march was played by Yvette Wheaton as the bridal party entered the room. Miss Clara Newman dressed in or chid Georgette, with picture hat to match acted a- maid of homer, and Miss Dolores O'Brien, dressed i'n green georgette with large hat of the same color, was bridesmaid. John L. Beatty, brother of the bride acted as best man, and Ferman Moore, close friend of the groom, was grooms groomsman. - man. groomsman. Little Alicia Beattv, sister of the bride was flower girl, and dropped rose netals as the bride entered, at attired - tired attired in White satin and veil, on the arm of her father who gave her a away - way away in marriage. The ring bearer was little Billy Beatty, 'cousin - of the bride, and made a sweet picture, as he proudly bore the ring, resting up upon - on upon a satin cushion which was heart heartshaped. - shaped. heartshaped. He wu3 dressed in white sat tin. Immediately after the ceremony a delicious wedding dinner was served to about 50 guests. Those seated at the bride's table were the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Beatty and family, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet C. Baker, Mr. W. S. C. Beatty, grand grandfather - father grandfather of the bride. Rev. W. H. Hampton, Clara Newman, Delores O'Brien, Billy Beatty and Ferman Moore. The dinner was cooked bv the "Stitch-in-Time"' Club and the wed wedding - ding wedding cake was made bv an old friend of the family, Mrs. Laura Lyons. The bride and groom left soor afterwards, with Dr. Conners in his car for their new home in Cincin Cincinnati. - nati. Cincinnati. Ohio. The wedding gifts were numerous and beautiful and were highly ap appreciated - preciated appreciated by Mr. Baker and his bride. The out-of-town guests present were Mrs. O'Brien and daughte-, Delores, Mr. and Mrs. George Fran Francisco - cisco Francisco and daughter Neva and grand granddaughter. - daughter. granddaughter. Anna May; Mrs. C. B. Wood, all of Cincinnati; Dr. Hal j stead, Mrs. Fred Sehweickart and son, Mr. anr Mrs. J. M. Baker oi Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L Baker and family, Miss Genevieve McCain, both of Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. William Bake r of Hammond bid., and Mrs. H. E. Rice of Hurri dune, W. Va.

"THE lROttjTON NEWS GIRL" Mrs. Pauline Hall Pittenger of the Pitte^fer Piano School, Proctorvilleyi pictured above, will be on 'the air from station WSAZ, Hwjftington, at' 11 o' o'ciock - ciock o'ciock tonight, piaying requested piano selections. All readers of The News lire invited to tune in on the Aiuntington station tonight to jpehr this talented artist. ' HAD NARROW ESCAPE IN CAR WRECK Portsmouth,." Ohio, May 30th., - Two Portsmouth women, Mrs. Bern Bernice - ice Bernice Blair, wifljj of Attorney Donald M. Blair ands Miss Lucille Ruggles, daughter of l|r. and Mrs. R. H. Bug Buggies, - gies, Buggies, 1738 Sixth Street were badly injured and had a narrow escape from being killed, \tfien a car in which they were riding Whs struck bv a B. and O. express train Wednesday evening. ; The accident occ urred at the Blake Gate crossing, on the Richmondale ] Pike, about miles southwest of1 Chillicothe. * j Mrs. Blair'buffered a fractured' right arm and multiple lacerations about tne face, arms and body, and! Miss Rugelesvsuffered a scalp wound' and abrasions; The engind of the Train No. 29, a B. and 0. express flyer, traveling at the rate of about 45 miles per hour, struck the reft- of the coupe in which the twO'-ladi"\^Ere ridin" .and hurl hurled - ed hurled if clear of W* tracks, demolishing it. The ladies' are patients at a Chillicothe hospital, v Twenty-two Exam Examined - ined Examined at the Lombard pre-School Confer Conference - ence Conference Wednesday The pre-school conference held at Lombard School building on Wednes Wednesday - day Wednesday morning between 8:30 and 11:00 was very successful. Twenty-two children who will -enter school this next school years were examined by Dr. Massie, Dr. Dunn, Dr. Marting, l)r. Browne and Dr. Stickrath, who gave their services. The committee, assisting in this conference was Mrs. Whitton. Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Justice Mrs. Keaton, Miss Lea, Miss Melvin, and Miss Griffith. The co-operation and assistance of these people was t eieatiy appreciated by Miss beroggins and Miss Me laugh, The next confer-1 ence will be held at Whitwell School, building on .Monday, June 3rd, be-, tween 8:30 and 11:00. Parents are urged to bring their children in for examination. Anyone of Lombard district unaole to attend the confer conference - ence conference on May 28th., may bring their child to the Whitwell Conference. All parents are urged to nave then thenchildren - children thenchildren vaccinated during the sum summer - mer summer and advised to be immunized against diphtheria.

Three Wars and oUr future army was represented in thte Memorial Day parade by father, sons and grandson, which is a unique distinction for the family of Peter F. Hunter, 619 North Fiftli street, a Civil .War veteran, whose youngest 3on, James B. Hunter was Grand Marshal of the parade Jim is a member of' the American Legion, having served in the World War. Henry Hunter, 621 Etna street, the oldest soft served in '98 and marched with the Spanish-Amer Spanish-American - ican Spanish-American War veterans, and his son, Alden Hunter who has attended the C. M. T. camps marched with the boys who recently enlisted in ,the new Howit Howitzer - zer Howitzer company. ' - - * The hardest thing during the par parade - ade parade was to distinguish many of the teachers from the students, and we are not alone referring' to the high school, but to some of the fifth and sixth grade teachers. , - * * . "Old Doc," Robinson, sergeant-at sergeant-atarms - arms sergeant-atarms of the Legislature, Columbus, j who always comes home for Memorial! Day, rode near the head of the parade with "Gob" Schftchleiter in his yellow sport model, and "Old Doc" was given a "hand"- and bowed to his friends just like President Hoover had he been in the parade. - . - - - The most attracting float in the parade was the kindejgprten of Miss Audry Dickens the little tots all being dressed in white with golden crowns on their heads. This float, drawn by two large "circus" horses was built stair-step fashion* the tiny tots sitting in rows, each row higher than the first. Each kiddie had a flag, and Miss. Dickens with her scholars cer certainly - tainly certainly exemplified the "spirit of youth." ,'X* - "Chief" Ray Thornton of the Sloan Motor Co., in the nickle nickleplated - plated nickleplated Ford, riding Post Commander Miller of the G. A. R., was an un unusual - usual unusual attraction in the parade. The nickle-plated car has been iii the city the past two days attracting much attention on the streets. Every thing on the car except the glass, and, tires is bright nickel. The car is said to have cost over $1,600 alone. for the . nickel-plating vV - it A real typical' American Boy, "Huckelberry Finn" we might call him marched with the schools. He was bare-footed and wore overalls. This was a little unusual as most of the , school children in ; the panda wore their Sunday best; >-- i i- - - i- - , - Another unusual thing about (ha parade WWlf monks* all dressed .av v. - <Caa£bmp o« ffhnsl

i It is not too soon to begin talking ! about a new serial story The News has contracted for, and which soil anDear exclusively in this paper starting within a few weeks. It is a different story. We have read it, and if our recommendation is worth anjr anjrI - I anjrI thing, we highlv recommend it. »* ! "JINGLE BELLS" is the Jolliest Story in years. Frank R. Adams, Na- , tibnally Famous Author* wrote the * storv. The illustration just makes you want to read it. Read aboiit a fat Romeo - the Old Soldier's Home - the escaped convicts; - the missing pearls - and the automobile known as | "Grandmother." The name of Frank R. Adams is , known from Coast to coast. His stories apDear in the biggest, most widely read magazines. His novels are all the best sellers. His Dlays are smashing hits. If you don't say JINGLE BELLS is the most old fashioned, up-to-date, peony, comedy story you have ever read, get your money back. In the story are found, humor, ac acj - j acj tion, adventure, love, intrigue, crime, and all the other elements that amuse and hold interest of old and young. I We are going to tell you lots about this story because it is clean, decent, amusing and one which all can get a kick from reading. We want every , reader to read it. * * * A LONG, HARD PULL j Cincinnati's new $40,000,000 union station calls for the clearing of two city blocks for the building. The I station and its approaches calls for 1 the vacating of 40 streets, the build buildi - i buildi ing of new viaducts, the widening and straightening of other streets, a gen general - eral general reshaping of the front door to the city. < i It has been a long hard pull. To secure such an improvement for a city requires not only the wrecking I and reshaping of obsolete or aged buildings and streets, but the yet i more difficult operating of wrecking and reshaping some tens of thousands I of out-of-date minds. Cincinnati is to ! be congratulated on having brought these divers wrecking and reshaping operations to the verge of a success successful - ful successful finish. When all is done, none will be more proud and happy over the magical improvement than those who, lacking the imagination to pic picture - ture picture the result, opposed the plan. - Springfield (Ohio) Sun. . . ,m __ - -. "-I.-"'. ;V WEATHER Thunder Storms, today. Cooler.

Knights Templar j Field Day June 6 The program is out for the fifth! district Field Day of Knights Templar to be held at Selco Dark twelve miles above Portsmouth on the Ohio, river where there is every conven convenience - ience convenience to make a pleasant afternoon of recreation, including facilities for | baseball, golf, tennis or other sports.; Calvei'y Connnandery No. 13, ol j Portsmouth, will be host to the other i seven commanderies in the fifth dis district - trict district and if the weather should be I unfavorable the spacious new Mason-1 ic Temple in Portsmouth will afford ample room to take chare of tte visi-; tors in comfort the only revenge be being - ing being the necessity of curtailing the out-door sports. Grand Commander Sir John Dick Dickerson, - erson, Dickerson, of Cincinnati, will be present with other members of the staff. The announcement is made that only those who are in the drill squad will wear uniforms, others wearing fatigue caps only. The Portsmouth committee asks that all who expect to attend will give notice in time to enable them to make plans to extend the greatest comfort possible to the visitors. The Fifth District embraces the following Commanderies; Athens No. 15, Athens: Ironton, No. 46, Ironton; Marietta No. 50, Calvery No. 13, Portsmouth; Jackson No. 63, Jackson, Ohio Valley No. 24, Pomeroy, The Rose No. 48. Gallipolis. The visitors who play golf are asked to bring their golf club or the tennis players to have their rackets so they can indulge their favorite 8 port. The affair is in the nature of a basket picnic and is tor Knights Tem Templar - plar Templar and their families. The program is announced as fol follows: - lows: follows: 12:30 n. m. - Open House at Ma Masonic - sonic Masonic Temple, Portsmouth, Ohioe. 2:00 p. m. - Leave for Selco Park. 8:00 p. m. - Band Concert at Park. 8:80 p. m. - Basket Picnic Lunch. 7:00 p. m. - Entertainment Pro Program. - gram. Program. tr " J , 8:00 p. m. - Dance. Ohio and West Virginia Sign Pact Columbus, Ohio, May 80th. - Sign 80th. - Signing - ing 80th. - Signing of a reciprocal agreement between Ohio and West Virginia covering the ,use of autSfenobile license tags in the *wo states* was announce* here bj efState Clarence J, Brow*

TRAIN STRIKES CAR THURSDAY; i BOY INJURED Haverhill Youth Received ^. Fracture of Skull When i ,r Train Demolished Machine. Bennie Johnson, 21, 3on of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson, of near Hav Haverhill, - erhill, Haverhill, is in a serious condition at j the Marting Hospital here, and in a state of coma, as the result of an accident which occured at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. A Dodge I sedan, owned by Mrs. Mahala Me-1 Mahon of Ironton, and which Johnson had been driving, became stalled on I the N. & W. railroad tracks at John Johnson's - son's Johnson's Crossing, and was struck by a southbound freight train. Johnson has a fracture at tire base of the skull, and is bruised about the chest and the upper part of his body. Dr. W. F. Malting stat stated - ed stated late last night that the youth was , badly hurt, and was still unconcious at press time. j Johnson was on the running- ] board of the car when the train struck, demolishing it and pinning him to the wreckage. i According to the story told of the accident, Johnson, who is a relative of Mrs. McMahon had come to Ironton earlier in the afternoon Thursday, and got the McMahon car for the purpose of going back to his j home about two miles east of Haver Haverhill, - hill, Haverhill, and bringing his folks to the cemetery. I He was accompanied by two Andre i boys, neighbors, at the time. John- | son's Crossing, where the train struck I the machine, is the place where one ! -would-cross the tr^gks- to i gdj epto the Johnson property. J The three boys waited for one! train to pass, going north and after that one had gone by, failed to notice the approach of another train, and Johnson drove onto the tracks. The motor became stalled, and when they saw the train coming, they va vacated - cated vacated the car, leaving it on the tracks. But after the boys had left the machine, Johnson turned and went back, to make another effort to get the machine off the tracks. As he stepped on the running board of the car, the train crashed into the side. T he McMahon-Litteral wrecker pulled the wrecked machine into this city. Johnson reached his 21st birthday Thursday it was said.

The Editor Broadcasting Now that Lindy is happily married and Mable has resigned, we must find something new for the front page, - - - Congress is to adjourn June 6th.0n second thought, petliaps the extra I session is why so much rain this spring. Farm Reiief as it is. - - - Here's a warning to Ironton driv drivers - ers drivers who speed in Scioto County: i Traffic Patrolman John Goodman while patrolling Gallia Pike Sunday afternoon made five arrests. Three were for speeding and two were for driving with cut-outs open. Frank Moatz, Raymond Doll and Robert Daniels were the ones that Goodman arrested on speeding charges. The officer reported that Moatz was driving fifty miles per hour. Doll fifty-two miles per hour, and Daniels fifty-five miles per hour. James Messer and Clarence Mason were arrested on charges of opera operating - ting operating a motor-driven vehicle with the cut outs open. - Sixty-one arrests in Portsmouth over Sunday, 13 in New Boston and ten in the county, or 84 in alL Ye3, we are a law abiding community. - Portsmouth Times. - - - The Portsmouth Times has never gotten over the fact that a Lawrence County Republican got a job at the Roosevelt Game Preserve in Scioto County. Read the latest from the Times: A Turkey Creek citizen writes us that we overlooked an interesting event in the family of fox hounds belonging to our Mr. Brown, of Law Lawrence - rence Lawrence county, who is running our game preserve. He says two little gentlemen fox hounds and three lady fox hounds were born the other day ; and that there was more rejoicing in ! I^wrence county game preserve cir cir! - ! cir! cles than if a bear had gotten loose or a deer had hopped the fence. Si V.