Lima News, Jan 24, 1930 Marriage Licenses: Oscar Melvin TUCKER, 39, laborer, of 1509 Allentown road, and Adabell JENKINS, 43, laundress, of 325 N. Pine -st Real Estate Transfers: Earl C. LEWIS to Mary B. SPYKER, 120 acres in Amanda twp, $1. Joel SPYKER to Mary B. SPYKER, lots 79-80-1-2 Lakwood sub-division, $1. Roy E. SMITH to Union Service Corp., lot 278, and part lot 277, $1. Judson FARRELL and others to Mrs. Minnie FARRELL, lot 23 SEINSHEIMER addition, $1. John MAY, 72 retired farmer, living three miles west of Botkins, died at 9 p.m. Thurseday at City hospital. He was taken to the hospital for an operation Thursday morning, but was found too weak for the operation. The body was removed to Botkins pending funeral arrangements. He is survived by his widow and 10 children, and a brother Adam MAY of Lima. Mr. and Mrs, A.H. COPELAND, of 854 N. Elizabeth-st, announced the birth of a son, Gordon Louis, at their home Wednesday. Both mother and infant were reported as getting along nicely. Condition of Miss Pauline HUGHES, 131 E. McKibben-st who sustained injuries Wednesday afternoon when she slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk on W. High-st near Main-st, was reported slightly improved Friday. Miss Mabel JOHNSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.N. ROBERTSON, of the Central hotel, is improving at City hospital after a serious operation. Her sister, Mrs. Lola RHODES, of Chicago, was called to Lima. Miss Clara KNOUSE, 124 E. Fourth-st who underwent a serious operation at St Rita's hospital Thursday morning was reported to be slightly improved. Funeral services for Merritt KENDALL, 43, of the Perryman-addn, Shawnee-tp, who died Thursday night at his home, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the residence. Burial will be in Allentown cemetery. He is survived by his widow, six children, Mrs. Daisy HOPPINGS and Dudley R. KENDALL of Mayton; Mary B., Marie L., Katherine and Alice, at home; his father, Steven KENDALL, a brother Frank, and a sister, Mrs. Ida ANSPAUGH, all of Celina; two other brothers, John of Norwalk, and Jesse, of Neptune. Mr. and Mrs. H.L. GRIDER, of Palm Harbor, Fla, arrived in Lima by automobile Friday to attend the funeral of Mrs. GRIDER's mother, Mrs. W.H. FOLTZ, which will occur Saturday in Marion. Mrs. GRIDER, who was Janice RADEBAUGH, former Lima resident, will accompany the remains which are on view at the Williams and Davis funeral chapel pending removal to Marion. The "old cemetery", at E. Wayne-st and N. Park-av, a beautiful burial plot 75 years ago but of recent years in a sad state of disrepute may soon pass away to make way for a factory. A proposal to disinter approximately 1200 bodies for re-burial elsewhere, presented by the cemetery trustees, George METHEANY, Clint HOVER and M.A. ATMUR has been approved by the surgeon-general of the United States, it was made known Thursday. The long abandoned city of the dead contains the bodies of about 60 persons who succumbed to cholera back in 1851. Others buried there died during smallpox epidemics in 1871. Many veterans of the War of 1812 and the Civil war are buried in the old grave yard. Among Lima's illustrious pioneers whose bodies were laid away in the cemetery are Major General William J. BLACKBURN, who was buried in May 1858, with impressive rites and full military honors. Many of the gravestones in the abandoned grave yard have toppled over and vandals have descrated the cemetery in numberous ways. H.F. WEBB, 1430 Wendell-av, left for Broken Arrow, Okla., to attend the funeral service of his mother Mrs. T.D. WEBB, who died early Thursday at her home in that city. Services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and burial will be made in the Oklahoma city. Miss Velma RHODES, 27, housekeeper, of Continental, and Ervin ALBRECHT, 23, farmer of Rantoul, Ill., have been granted a license to wed in Defiance, according to word which has been received here. Damage estimated at more than $3,500, was caused by fire which yesterday destroyed the residence on the Roy PICKERING farm, three miles south of Kenton on the Mt. Victory-pk. The blaze, believed to have started from a defective flue or an overheated stove, was first discovered by Gus DETWILER and Joe HOOVER, working nearby. Members of the Hobart LADY family, living on the PICKERING farm, were away from home at the time. Although a general alarm was sent out and volunteer fire fighting brigades formed by neighboring farmers, the flames had gained too great a headway to be extinguished. Only a part of the household furnishings could be dragged to safety. Several nearby buildings were saved from catching fire by the prompt action of the volunteers. The loss is only partially covered by insurance. Services for Miss Mary WILSON, 20, daughter of the late G.B. WILSON, were held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church. Despite the extreme cold weather, the auditorium was filled for the rites. The Rev. William PRICE, of Findlay, and the Rev. C.E. BULEN, the latter pastor of the Methodist Protestant church of Gilboa, officiated at the services. Interment was made in Harmon cemetery, beside the grave of her father, who died seven weeks ago. Miss WILSON, died at the home of her brother, Charles WILSON, 522 S. Oak-st., Ottawa. At her request she was taken to his home last Friday. The body was removed Tuesday afternoon, following death, to the home of her mother in Gilboa.