Ripley news from THE PLYMOUTH ADVERTISER (Plymouth, Richland Co., Ohio) 31 July 1915 Volume 62, No. 36 W.C. GLEASON and family were guests of friends in Bloomville, a week ago Sunday. FRANK WILLIAMS and wife of Cleveland, are spending their vacation with Ripley relatives. HARRY YOUNG of Norwalk, was a visitor of his parents, on the G.M. KING farm last Sunday. Miss RUTH COGAN of Canton, Ohio, is being entertained by her friend, LUCILLE BLACKMORE, at present. J.H. GLEASON entertained as visitors, his cousins, ALBERT HACKET of Napoleon, O., and FRED HACKET of New York City, last week. A.D. MAYNARD, the pioneer blacksmith of Boughtonville, sold his outfit to HIGGINS & ODEL. They took possession last Monday morning a week ago. The social at J.W. PETTIT's home last Thursday evening was a success in every respect. The sociability was beyond estimate and the profits were $25.00. B.A. BOARDMAN and son, CECIL, attended a Poland China hog sale in Chatfield, Crawford Co., last week, and bought a brood sow with several young "gilts". W.G. BLACKMORE and family, S.E. GLEASON and family, and HARRY SIBBETT with his family attended an entertainment in Fitchville, last Friday eve. The BLACKMORE-FESSENDEN quartette furnished the music. SAM TRAUGER is in Ripley with his threshing machine. It looks as if he was going to stay here. He did all of our threshing last fall. He does not blow his whistle and make much noise, but he is mostly on hand and keeps everything coming along. W.J. WILKINSON and wife, JANE SCOBY, 83, of Shiloh, and the writer, constituted an auto party to Geneva, Ohio, 146 miles from Delphi, two weeks ago. The farmers all through are having the same experience we are having in getting off their harvest between the pleasant showers. Last Saturday, H.H. SIBBETT, one of Ripley's most widely and favorably known business men, transferred the ownership of his grain elevator and adjoining buildings and lands to WALTER W. FIRESTONE, of Wayne County, thus closing a continuous service of over 16 years, as a faithful, accommodating and devoted grain merchant in Boughtonville. We hope Mr. SIBBETT may be permitted to live and enjoy to the fullest the accumulations of his painstaking service and thrift. Mr. FIRESTONE is a young man of 34 years, and married, is of splendid physique, his face bears the stamp of a gentleman. We bespeak for him an abundant trace and a prosperous life. ------------------------------------------- Transcribed and submitted by Amy E. Armstrong ([email protected]) --------------------------------------------