Fourth of July Program 1903
Following is the program for the picnic at Paltytown, next Saturday.
Forenoon
Afternoon
10:00 Music by band. 2:00 House-boat Race
10:30 Song by audience, “America” 2:30 Sailing Race
Address by Hon. James H. Rose, Auburn. 3:00 Launch Race
Male Quartet 3:30 Wading Race
Address by Rev. A. S. Preston, Fort Wayne. 4:00 Rowing Race
Song by audience 6:00 Grand display of fireworks from houseboats
Adjournment for
dinner10:00 Music by band. 2:00 House-boat Race
10:30 Song by audience, “America” 2:30 Sailing Race
Address by Hon. James H. Rose, Auburn. 3:00 Launch Race
Male Quartet 3:30 Wading Race
Address by Rev. A. S. Preston, Fort Wayne. 4:00 Rowing Race
Song by audience 6:00 Grand display of fireworks from houseboats
The toboggan slide, croquet grounds and bathing privileges will add to the amusements.
Source: Steuben
Republican Newspaper 1 Jul 1903
Submitted by Kay Lash
Went to Church in 1839
Submitted by Kay Lash
Went to Church in 1839
James
Collins, one of our pioneer
citizens,
came up last Thursday and related to us a rather
outlandish affair
which
occurred in Jackson Township, this county, on a June
Sunday in 1839, of
which
he was an eye-witness. He says that a score or more
of men
hitched
up three yokes of oxen to a big wagon with a pony hitched
on ahead with
a
small boy astride of the pony, and drove up to a school
house on
Jackson
Prairie where a meeting was to progress, put a ladder out
of the wagon,
all
walked down and went into the school house and sat down in
a row on a
long
bench. One of these had a big plug of navy tobacco,
and it had to
go
the whole length of the row before it was returned to the
owner.
The
men were fantastically arrayed in their make up of wearing
apparel,
some
with sleeveless coats, some with coats turned wrong side
out, others
with
their pant legs slit from top to bottom, a boot on one
foot and a shoe
on
the other, and the crown of their hats cut off. The
men were
pretty
well behaved outside of what has been said of them, but
their
ridiculous
looks so embarrassed the young preacher, that he forgot
his text and
“secondly”
and “thirdly” were omitted. Mr. Collins remembers a
few
who were in the party, and recalls the following
names.
Samuel
Jackson, Jason Dove, James Rodgers, Arnold Lathram, Daniel
Norris and
Columbus
Bennett, and two boys named Wright. After the
services, all took
their
places in the wagon and drove home. This was
certainly a queer
affair,
but such things happened in the days when both men and
women wielded
the
ax at the sturdy forests.
Source: Steuben Republican Newspaper 1 Jul 1903
Submitted by Kay Lash
Source: Steuben Republican Newspaper 1 Jul 1903
Submitted by Kay Lash
ON
MOTOR
TRIP - D. E. Allison and
wife and Miss Evelyn Holoway, of Millersburg,
accompanied by A. M.
Shrimplin and wife, of this place, motored to James
Lake, Ind., Monday,
for a few days visit with Virgil Cline and family, at
their cottage
"Broad Ripple," at that popular resort.
Submitted by Linda &
Shirley. Typed by Shelley Hill.
[Ashland Democrat,
Ohio: Thursday, 3 June 1920]
Mr. And Mrs. John Porter Celebrate Golden Wedding
About fifty relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Porter four and a half miles of northeast of Angola on Sunday, October 6, 1929 to celebrate with them their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The weather was ideal, and everything joined to make the day a happy and delightful one, especially the worthy couple in whose honor it was held. Mr. and Mrs. Porter could scarcely realize that half a century had passed since they started their marriage life together and they enjoyed to full extent the hearty congratulations extended to them. A bounteous dinner was served at noon on the tables decorated for the occasion.
In the afternoon, after listening to a splendid program, consisting of music, songs, recitations, and a few short talks, Mr. and Mrs. Porter were presented with many beautiful and useful presents for which they were very grateful.
Josephine Wood, of DeKalb county, and John Porter, of Otsego township, were married in Camden, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1869, and they went to housekeeping in Otsego township and have lived in Steuben county, having their home in Otsego, Metz, Steuben township, and in Scott township since 1910. Seven children were born to them of whom two died in early childhood, and a son, Leo, gave his life in his country’s cause in France in the World War. Those surviving are James, DeKalb county, Otis, of Valpraiso, Leser (sp?), of Angola, and Mrs. Au____ Foster of Fremont. They have ___ grandchildren. (Next line too blurry to read.) Among those present were two persons who were present at the wedding fifty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. James Porter of Metz, and Eunice Cain, of Columbia, Ohio.
Others present who helped to celebrate the golden anniversary of that wedding were, Mr. and Mrs. Porter, Butler: Otis Porter, Valpraiso, Mr and Mrs. Lester Porter and children, Angola: Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Foster and two children, Fremont; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Porter, Spring Lake, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Porter, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Seth Wood, Wayne __, Thomas Wood, Mrs. Rebecca W____, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Metzler, W__ Crain and daughter and Mrs. Brown, Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowser, Greenville, Tenn. And Mrs. J.A. Catchpole and ____ Toledo, Ohio; Mr. And Mrs. H___ Buck, McComb, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lecheidner and family,__ Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Fields and Mr. And Mrs. Cahuncey, ___noids, Frontier, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hutchins, Pleasant Lake;
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Mr. And Mrs. John Porter Celebrate Golden Wedding
About fifty relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Porter four and a half miles of northeast of Angola on Sunday, October 6, 1929 to celebrate with them their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The weather was ideal, and everything joined to make the day a happy and delightful one, especially the worthy couple in whose honor it was held. Mr. and Mrs. Porter could scarcely realize that half a century had passed since they started their marriage life together and they enjoyed to full extent the hearty congratulations extended to them. A bounteous dinner was served at noon on the tables decorated for the occasion.
In the afternoon, after listening to a splendid program, consisting of music, songs, recitations, and a few short talks, Mr. and Mrs. Porter were presented with many beautiful and useful presents for which they were very grateful.
Josephine Wood, of DeKalb county, and John Porter, of Otsego township, were married in Camden, Mich., on Oct. 6, 1869, and they went to housekeeping in Otsego township and have lived in Steuben county, having their home in Otsego, Metz, Steuben township, and in Scott township since 1910. Seven children were born to them of whom two died in early childhood, and a son, Leo, gave his life in his country’s cause in France in the World War. Those surviving are James, DeKalb county, Otis, of Valpraiso, Leser (sp?), of Angola, and Mrs. Au____ Foster of Fremont. They have ___ grandchildren. (Next line too blurry to read.) Among those present were two persons who were present at the wedding fifty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. James Porter of Metz, and Eunice Cain, of Columbia, Ohio.
Others present who helped to celebrate the golden anniversary of that wedding were, Mr. and Mrs. Porter, Butler: Otis Porter, Valpraiso, Mr and Mrs. Lester Porter and children, Angola: Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Foster and two children, Fremont; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Porter, Spring Lake, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Porter, Muskegon Heights, Mich., Seth Wood, Wayne __, Thomas Wood, Mrs. Rebecca W____, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Metzler, W__ Crain and daughter and Mrs. Brown, Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowser, Greenville, Tenn. And Mrs. J.A. Catchpole and ____ Toledo, Ohio; Mr. And Mrs. H___ Buck, McComb, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lecheidner and family,__ Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Fields and Mr. And Mrs. Cahuncey, ___noids, Frontier, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hutchins, Pleasant Lake;
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Submitted by Christina Siemiaszko
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