Children of George W. Weidner and Estella B. Fickes

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George Wallace Weidner, Sr. and Estella B. Fickes lived in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co, OH their entire lives and had three children.

1894 ▸ 18 January. George Weidner and Estella Fickes married at Blakes Mills, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co, OH
1894 ▸ September 19. Daughter, Helen Alma born in Blakes Mills, Goshen Twp, Tuscarawas Co.
family moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio
1897 ▸ August 1. Daughter, Mary Eunice born.
1909 ▸ February 16. Son, George Wallace Jr. born.

Limb & Weidner For information and articles on Helen Weidner, beginning 23 March, 1916, when Helen Weidner and Marcus Limb are married.

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The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Monday, 10 October, 1905
pg 2
Eleventh Birthday.
A very delightful surprise was rendered Miss Hazel Peacock Saturday afternoon in honor of her eleventh birthday. She was called away from home and on her return was greatly surprised by a few of her friends. Those present were Emma Crites, Neola Warner, Ada Englehart, Elva Stonebrook, Mary Brown, Helen Weidner, Ruby Cramer, Hazel Rikard, Susie Benbow, Laura Wassem, Viona Englehart, Mary Weidner, Elsie Cramer, Hattie Steele, Goldie Warner and Eva Peoples. Hazel was the recipient of many beautiful and useful presents. Light refreshments were served and the little folks adjourned about 5 o’clock, all wishing her many more such happy birthdays.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Monday, 6 March, 1906
pg 2
Birthday Party.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gowins of the South side gave a surprise party Friday evening in honor of their little daughter Lucille’s 9th birthday. Invitations were from 5 to 9 o’clock. An elegant dinner was served. Games and music entertained the small guests delightfully. The small hostess received many beautiful gifts. The guests were Neola Warner, Isabell Gowins, Bessie Gowins, May Gowins, Blanche Anderson, Kathleen Knisely, Verna Darst, Fern Graff, Frankie Meese, Ada Warner, Hazel Rikeard, Myrtle Warner, Wilma Graff, Iva Goodrich, Helen Weidner, Edna Kappler, Mary Gowins and Mary Weidner.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Thursday, 15 November, 1906
pg 1
Entertained Her Class.
Miss Helen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Weidner, delightfully entertained with an autumn party, her Sunday school teacher and the members of her class Wednesday evening at her home on the south side. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion the color scheme being pink and green. The evening was pleasantly spent in playing games and music, after which the guests repaired to the dining room, which had also been decorated with festoons of pink and green extending from the lights to each place at the table. A large yellow pumpkin on a bank of bright colored leaves adorned the center of the table. An elegant three course supper was served. Covers were laid for Mrs. Norman Winkler, Maryln Ashleman, Fleda Torgler, Viola Englehart, Kate Wyss, Leona Kaserman, May Wenger and Lydia Torgler.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Friday, 30 November, 1906
pg 2
Delightful Party.
Miss Lucille Gowins of the Southside gave a party Thanksgiving evening in honor of Miss Fern Graff. It was a delightful social affair among the younger element of that part of the city. The usual entertainment of games and music had been provided. Refreshments were daintily served. The guests were Misses Frankie Meese, Mary Weidner, Vernie Darst, Vera Graff, Ada Warner, Viola Englehart, Mary Couts, Helen Weidner, Ethel Syron, Florence Strickmaker, Hazel Peacock, Myrtle Warner, Minnie Syron, Susie Benbow and Russell Couts.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Monday, 5 April, 1909
pg 4
Church Receives Young People
Eighteen young people were received into full membership at the First Reformed church, Sunday morning. A special musical program was arranged for the occasion. The catachumens were Irene Gribble, Helen Weidner, Catherine Wyss, Viona Englehart, Margaret Stine, Goldie Wilson, Irma Crites, Helen Dittmar, Della Eichel, Neola Warner, Lydia Torgler, Russell Exley, Curtis Gribble, Raymond Beitzel, Edwin Gribble, Lorenz Rufenacht, Howard Wassem and Harry Scheu.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Wednesday, 9 August, 1911
pg 1
Miss Georgia Bachtel of Canton returned home Tuesday after a week’s visit with Miss Helen Weidner in the South side.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Saturday, 23 December, 1911
pgs 1 & 4
Christmas Entertainment In New Phila Churches Sunday
The birth of Christ will be observed in sermon and song at New Philadelphia’s churches tomorrow. All day the Christmas spirit will dominate the services. Sermons will be accompanied by literary and musical programs.
Christmas carols form the main part of the musical exercises. The Sunday schools have planned programs for the children. The programs follow:

First Reformed.
The treat will be given the children at the morning services, and the following program will be given at 6:30 in the evening:
Overture, orchestra.
Welcome, Supt. W.A. Wagner.
Prayer.
Song, school.
Exercises by juniors, Mrs. F.B. Parr, teacher.
Exercises, “Our Christmas Tree,” Miss Kappeler’s class.
Song and drill, Miss Glauser’s class.
Exercise, Miss Anna Kaderly’s class.
Primary drill, Mrs. M. Accola, Supt.
Exercise, Miss Eunice Kuenzli’s class.
“Star Cross and Crown,” Miss Robb’s class.
Violin solo, Miss Anne Kaderly.
“The Five Shades,” Anna Kinsey, Rena Glatfelter, Ida Balmer, Florence Schmidt, Florence Jones and Delroy Metzger.
Reading, Miss Helen Weidner.
Offertory, orchestra.
Offering for Ft. Wayne Orphan Home.
Song by School.
Benediction and orchestra.

Christian Church.
The children of the Christian church will give a cantata Sunday evening at the church at 7 o’clock. The cantata is under the direction of A.A. Bowers. At this time the Christmas treat will be given the children. There will also be a Santa Claus there to present the treat.

United Brethren Church.
The choir of the United Brethren church will render special music at the morning services. At this time the Christmas treat will be given the children.

First M.E. Church.
The program given at the First M.E. church Sunday evening at 7 o’clock will be as follows:
Prelude, organist.
Processional, by school.
“Joy to the World,” song by the congregation.
Prayer, by the pastor.
Scripture reading, by the school.
“Glory to the King” song by the school.
Recitation, “There is Joy in Our Hearts,” Helen Emerson.
Recitation, Olen George.
“Three Little Mice,” Gertrude Duncan.
Song by the school.
Exercises, “The Promises of the Christ,” Miss Evan’s class.
Motion song, “The Song of the Stars,” Miss Frederick’s class.
Recitation, “Peace on Earth,” David Warren Maurer.
Recitation, Irene Sorg.
Song by the school.
Recitation, “Santa Claus’ Accident,” Rachel George.
Recitation, “The New Daisy,” John Nolan.
Song by the school.
Recitation, Eloise Edgar.
“Telephone Message,” Miss Hurst’s class.
Recitation, Miss Florence Sorg.
Duet, Josephine and Gladys Davis.
Exercise, “For Jesus,” Lucille Deming, Marion Hendershot and Florence Sorg.
Song by the school.
Treat for the children.
Benediction.

Baptist Church.
Children’s service in the evening consisting of Christmas carols recitations, dialogues. The entertainment will in every way be helpful.

Presbyterian Church.
At the Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 6:30 there will be song service by the children and special music by the choir. A treat will also be given the children.

Lutheran Church.
The Sunday school will study the Christmas lesson in the norming and at 10 o’clock will be the Christmas service of worship. The pastor will preach the Christmas sermon and Mrs. A.W. Gilkinson will sing. The pulpit decorations will be in white. Other decorations will be appropriate to the Christmas season.
At the hour of the Vesper service in the evening a Christmas program will be rendered under the auspices of the Sunday school as follows:
1. Processional and song by school.
2. Silent Night, duet by Helen Reinhold and Lois Hillyer.
3. Greetings, Gladys Roser.
4. I Wish you a Merry Christmas, Herbert Waltz.
5. On Judah’s Starlit Plains, Solo by Mary Rangeler with class.
6. Christmas, Edna Maughiman.
7. Sing Forth Christmas, Carl Gelb.
8. Luther’s Carol, boy’s class song.
9. Christmas Story, Gladys Wise.
10. Giving Smiles, Julia Meyers.
11. Many Years Ago, Primary Class Song.
12. Recitation, Winifred Shott.
13. Jesus Was a Little Child, Solo Edith Gray with class.
14. Recitation, Hugh Rangeler.
15. Christmas Bells, exercise by little tots.
16. Christmas Secrets, James Rice.
17. Luther’s Cradle Hymn, Primary class.
18. Just Think, Mary Meyer.
19. The Ship of Good Will, Donald Urfer.
20. Welcome Prince of Peace, Solo by Katherine Kinsey.
21. The Christmas Spirit, Florence Specht.
22. While Shepards Watched Their Flocks, Girls’ class song.
23. Now and Long Ago, Artha Staley.
25. Announcements and Offering for Board of Education.
26. Song by school.
The usual custom of a “Giving Christmas” will be observed. All who attend the exercises in the evening are invited to bring some donation in the way of provision or Christmas cheer to be used in making up baskets of cheer for those whose Christmas would otherwise be less happy. The baskets will be distributed on Christmas morning. All are very cordially invited to enjoy these Christmas services.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Saturday, 1 June, 1912
pg 1 & 4
Forty-Two Finish Public School Life Friday Night
Hundreds See Class Graduate
Speeches and Play Make Program
Clever Acting
Stage Presents Beautiful Appearance When Curtain Raises on First Part
Another class has graduated.
Yesterday forty-two of New Philadelphia’s young men and women were students in the public schools. Today they are still students but in the great school of Life. Such was the state of a representative body of this city’s most promising young womanhood and manhood at the forty-eighth annual commencement of the New Philadelphia high school at the Union opera house, Friday evening.
When these young people received their diplomas it meant that twelve years of public school life filled with petty trials and tribulations had been completed. They stood as a monument of the untiring efforts of the teachers in the school during that long course. It meant that each had tasted of the fountain of knowledge and that each had their mental capacity enlarged as much as it is able to be enlarged in any public school Even physical prowess has been given them.
Today the vista of life is open before them. They have worked shoulder to shoulder, pulled on the same tug and experienced the same hardships as a body, but now they must separate. Their paths will branch out to the various roads of success. Probably never will that body of forty-two bright faced young men and women meet again as a class.
However they should be able to meet the tests of true men and women for they have been given the best training that could be afforded. Time and money has been expended for them. Their welfare has meant sacrifices on the part of both teachers and parents.
Proud parents probably never before realized that their sacrifices had gone for much. As they saw their sons and daughters standing on the threshold of life, prepared ten times better than they themselves were, there was no pang of regret. Only a feeling of gladness and happiness was felt, although for many years luxuries of life had been given up just so a boy or a girl might be able to finish his or her public school education.
The audience was as brilliant and as critical a one as this city could afford. Nothing during the entire year attracts so much attention as does the graduation of the senior class. On the day that the seat sale opened there were indications of an enormous crowd for nearly every seat had been sold within a few hours. When the doors of the opera house opened Friday night, people began to com. When the curtain arose standing room was being sold both upstairs and down.
A ripple of admiration went all over the audience as a scene of almost unparalleled beauty was disclosed as the curtain was slowly raised. The young women were gowned in sheer white of the latest creations, each grasping a bunch of long stemmed American beauty roses. The girls were arranged in a semi-circle on the stage and the young men garbed in dark suits made a most effective background for their fair classmates.
Beautiful decorations of the high school and class colors brightened the stage, boxes, posts and railing around the balcony. On each corner of the stage a mass of roses and peonies gave a touch of color that could not be denied. On the bottom of the curtain pennants hung, including high school and class pennants. In the rear of the circle of young people sat the high school teachers, the first time in four years that they had been placed in the background by the same boys and girls.
The class itself was just one less in number than that of 1911 but the same number were on the stage. The 1911 class had 43 members but on account of an illness of one, only 42 were on the stage. The instructors say that the class this year is equally as brilliant and as capable as any heretofore turned out, having received practically the same instruction under nearly the same capable corps of teachers.
The program was divided into two parts, the ??? of the ??? and the ??? [not readable at bottom of page…] reproduction of scenes from “The Princess,” a delightful and entertaining little farce by Tennyson.
As the curtain arose the members of the class were standing and the invocation was pronounced by Rev. B.L. George. Professor Frank Speck, the popular teacher of music in the public schools, sang a solo in his characteristic pleasing manner.
Jesse Rentach in a few well chosen words greeted the parents and friends of the class in behalf of his fellow students to their exercises. He spoke of the privileges which now would have to be laid aside and asked that the audience be not too harsh and critical in judging their efforts.
This class, as has every other one, had a history. It was told in an interesting and amusing manner by Frank Forsythe. Twelve years ago, he said 257 little boys and girls started together. Out of this number some have graduated elsewhere, some won’t finish until next year, and only eleven of that number were included in the class of 1912. One of their members, Clarence Ashelman, completed the high school course in three years.
He took his class through the four stormy years of the high school and in conclusion said, “We are standing on life’s pier and ready to push from shore. This class will never reflect anything but glory and credit on the New Philadelphia high school and its faculty.”

Thanks the Faculty.
Every member of the class has a future too, thought Edith Milar, and her prophecies were clever and many times no doubt contained great truths. The class prophecy is possibly the most eagerly anticipated number on the first part of the program and it was handled in a most able manner.
Wonderful music was furnished by the ladies high school quartette, composed of the Misses Helen Reinhold, Lillian Andreas, Pauline Andreas and Ruby Wagner. The voices of these young ladies blended in beautiful harmony and their efforts successfully captivated the audience.
Then came the closing words by Clarence Ashelman. Ashelman thanked Superintendent Maurer, Professor Davis and teachers on the part of the class for their aid through their school life. “We owe them a debt that can be paid only by making good,” he said.
In presenting the diplomas Superintendent Maurer took the opportunity of speaking a few words in behalf of the proposed new high school building.
To the class he said, “the community has made a sacrifice for you and it has a right to inspect you. Your services should be such that no one can say you were not properly equipped. Your friends wish you well but all hope that you have plenty of work to do. Be steady and well ballasted. Other classes have all done well and there is no reason why this one should not do as good.” The diplomas a receipt for twelve years of hard work, were then handed the graduates by Superintendent Maurer, and Professor Davis.
Although it has been customary for the story of the play to be given between the first and second parts, Friday evening it was given before the curtain went down on the first part.
Helen Weidner told the story in such a plain and decisive manner that the audience nearly knew what was coming before the play was started. Her articulation was clear and her voice penetrated every part of the house.
The play disclosed a number of clever youthful thespians. The costumes were gorgeous and the sketch itself was lively, full of mirth and witty lines which served to keep the audience in laughter much of the time. It is a farce on a girl’s school and woman suffrage and deals with the troubles of three young fellows who finally gain admittance to the school. It was produced in the most approving fashion and was easily the best play ever given by a New Philadelphia high school graduating class.
The principal parts were taken by Lee Wallace, King Hildebrand; Don Rennels, Prince Hilarion; Norman parr, Cyril; Will Butler, Florian; Harry Rosch, King Gama; Jane McClung, Princess Ida; Violet Patterson, Lady Psyche; Pearl Wesley, Lady Blanche; and Emma Wallace as Melissa.
Rennels, Parr and Rosch were easily the stars in the male characters, carrying themselves with ease, and all possessing voices that carried to every part of the house. The movements of these three were free and showed careful training and preparations. Jane McClung was clever and filled her role admirably while her corps of teachers were equally clever.
Other who had parts in the play were Delroy Metzger, Clarence Frutiger, Harvey Kaiser, Wendell Hughes, Frank Getz, Ralph Rangeler, Alam Stoneman, Clyde Helmick, George Benedum, walter Kennedy, James Postel, Joseph Blickensderfer, Roy Kohr, Clarence Nolan, Lillian Andreas, Florence Beaber, Bernice English, Florence English, Virginia Evans, Ada Englehart, Lucille France, Gertrude Griffith, Gertrude Jones, Agnes Myer, Margaret Schott, Sara Stiffler, Wilma Wagner and Estella Warner.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Monday, 12 May, 1913
pg 4
Town Talk
Miss Helen Weidner, who is attending school at Wooster spent several days with her parents on the Southside.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Wednesday, 10 September, 1913
pg 2
Society
Students Leave for College.
A number of New Philadelphia students have already left to resume their college studies or to enter upon their first year in various colleges. Among those who have left or who will soon go are: Herbert Dick, Ernest Doerschuck, Albert Balmer, Ralph Melhorn, Frank Gintz, James Patrick, Harry Rosch, John Olmstead, Fletcher Richards, John Marlowe, Miss Emma Wallace and Miss Margaret Shott at Ohio State University at Columbus; Joe O’Connell, Harvard; William Senhauser, Raymond Englehart and Earl Ley, Western Reserve at Cleveland; Max Zellner and Donald Welty, Case at Cleveland; Jesse McPherson, Washington and Jefferson at Washington, Pa.; Ralph Rangeler, Clarence Ashelman and Miss Forney Eckert, Wittenberg college at Springfield; Miss Rhea Flynn, Vivian Shott and Miss Nora Balliett, Ohio university at Athens; Helen Weidner and Miss Florence Beaber, Wooster university, and Miss Lois Hellyer, Syracuse university, Syracuse, New York.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Saturday, 20 September, 1913
pg 6
Talk Of The Town
Miss Helen Weidner has gone to Haysville where she will teach in the public schools there.

The Daily Times
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Tuesday, 23 June, 1914
pg 6
Town Talk
Miss Helen Weidner left Monday morning for Wooster, where she will attend summer school.

Unknown paper, not available digitally
Friday, 24 March, 1916
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Captain Limb Weds
Wooster friends were very agreeably surprised Friday morning to learn that a wedding of Thursday evening had been that of Miss Helen A. Weidner of New Philadelphia O. to Marcus R. Limb, captain of Company D, Eighth Regiment, O.N.C. of Wooster. The ceremony was performed at 6 o’clock by Rev. E. E. Young at the Reformed church parsonage. Dr. and Mrs. Limb will live in the Limb home on Beall avenue. Mrs. Limb is the daughter of George Weidner of New Philadelphia, and has been a school teacher.