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Uniondale News

Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Lesh and son, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Sarah Lesh, of Markle, Mrs. McElhaney, of Liberty Center, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer McElhaney spent Sunday in the Joe Lesh home.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Collins and daughter, Ruth, spent Sunday in the Frank Collins home at Warren.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raber and sons, Wayne and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey and daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, John Gilbert and daughter, Ruth and Mrs. Lola Gilbert and children, Kathleen, Nova, Lee, and Jerald, were Sunday dinner guests in the Mart Gilbert home.

Mr. and Mrs. Chet Brickley arrived home recently from a month’s visit in Kansas.

The new Lutheran church will be dedicated October 3.

Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich, sr., left Tuesday for Newata, Okla., for an extended visit with their son, George and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Larue Roudebush, Mr. and Mrs. George Roudebush and Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich and son Richard, and daughter, Laura May, spent Sunday in the Charles Hamilton home in Roanoke.

About 50 young people of the Liberal U. B. church at Zanesville enjoyed a picnic at Boiling Springs, one mile south of here Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernst Baumgartner and family, of Fort Wayne, spent Sunday in the Lewis Platt home.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bickel entertained at Sunday dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles King and daughters, Nina and Ruth, Chester Besore and Mr. and Mrs. Everett King and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardenour, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and sons, Eugene and Junior, spent Sunday in the Howard Gardenour home in Fort Wayne.

Mr. and Mrs. William Odler and sons, Herschel and Arthur, spent Sunday in the Eldo Wilkison home, south of Bluffton.

Mr. and Mrs. William Hart spent Sunday in the Russell Summers home east of town.

Mrs. Ella Elick, of Fort Wayne, spent a few days recently in the Charles Decker home. Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Decker, returned home with her.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crismore and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckey, of Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Haflich and Mr. and Mrs. Alta Brickley took Sunday dinner in the Jacob Haflich home.

The Ladies’ Aid society will meet in the Methodist church Thursday to prepare for their booth at the Bluffton street fair.

I'm related to MANY of the people mentioned. I hope my notes may help other researchers.

Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Lesh and son, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Sarah Lesh, of Markle, Mrs. McElhaney, of Liberty Center, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer McElhaney spent Sunday in the Joe Lesh home.

*Ulysses S. Lesh is Sarah Lesh’s son and Mrs. Homer McElhaney (Eulalia Lesh)’s uncle. Joe Lesh is Eulalia Lesh McElhaney’s brother. The connection to me is REALLY distant: Eulalia and Joe Lesh are the 2nd cousins once removed to Betty Lou Lesh, who is my 4th cousin 2 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Raber and sons, Wayne and Earl, Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey and daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, John Gilbert and daughter, Ruth and Mrs. Lola Gilbert and children, Kathleen, Nova, Lee, and Jerald, were Sunday dinner guests in the Mart Gilbert home.

*Mrs. Raber is Maude Gilbert, the sister of Mrs. John Bailey (Lydia Merle Gilbert), John Gilbert, and Lola Gilbert’s late husband, George. Martin Gilbert is their father. John Elgin Bailey is my 1st cousin 2 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Chet Brickley arrived home recently from a month’s visit in Kansas.

*Mrs. Brickley is Zora Mae Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 time removed

Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich, sr., left Tuesday for Newata, Okla., for an extended visit with their son, George and family.

*This may be John and Elizabeth Ditzler Haflich, who had a son named George (b. 1874), but I don’t know why John has “sr.” after his name. If this is the correct family, John is the first cousin of William Haflich, who is the husband of Sarah Ann Sparks, my 1st cousin 5 times removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Larue Roudebush, Mr. and Mrs. George Roudebush and Mr. and Mrs. John Haflich and son Richard, and daughter, Laura May, spent Sunday in the Charles Hamilton home in Roanoke.

*Larue and George Roudebush are brothers. Larue’s wife is Jennie Weikel, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. George’s wife is Effie G. Beaber Ormsby, whose first husband, Elmer F. Ormsby, is my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. John H. Haiflich is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed; his wife, Mayretha, is the daughter of Effie Beaber and Elmer Ormsby (raised by grandparents Joshua and Lydia Beaber), so she too is my 3rd cousin 2 times removed. I have no connection to Charles Hamilton.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardenour, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffin and sons, Eugene and Junior, spent Sunday in the Howard Gardenour home in Fort Wayne.

*Earl and Howard Gardenour are brothers. Their sister, Elta May, is married to Charles Clifton Taylor, my 2nd cousin 3 times removed. I have no connection to Lloyd Griffin.

Mr. and Mrs. William Odler and sons, Herschel and Arthur, spent Sunday in the Eldo Wilkison home, south of Bluffton.

*No relation

Mr. and Mrs. William Hart spent Sunday in the Russell Summers home east of town.

*If this is the William Hart (b. 1889) who is the son of Benjamin F. and Rachael Sparks Hart, he is my 3rd cousin 4 time removed.

Mrs. Ella Elick, of Fort Wayne, spent a few days recently in the Charles Decker home. Dale, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Decker, returned home with her.

*Mrs. Ella Elick is Mary Ellen Preskey Elick, widow of Jonas Elick. Her daughter, Nora, is the wife of Charles Monroe Decker. Their son is Robert Dale. I’m not a direct relation, but I’m guessing the Deckers are connected somehow.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Crismore and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stuckey, of Montpelier, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Haflich and Mr. and Mrs. Alta Brickley took Sunday dinner in the Jacob Haflich home.

*Andrew J. Crismore’s first wife was Mehala Ellen Lamb, the sister of my great-great grandmother. I am reasonably certain that Andy Haflich is the father of Jacob Haflich, who in turn is the father of Mary Irene Haflich, the wife of Frank Alta Brickley. Although these are not directly related, the Haflichs and Brickleys are connected through marriage to several branches of my Wells County family.