Newspaper article:Page 3 of Wooster Republican,published in Wooster, Ohio on Thursday, April 25th, 1878 - Wooster Republican April 25 1878
- Article title
- The East Union Hotel: A Grand Opening.
- Newspaper title
- Wooster Republican
- Date of publication
- 1878/04/25
- Page number
- 3
- Industry
- Accommodation and Food Services > Accommodation
Full text
"The East Union Hotel. A Grand Opening. A scene of more than usual splendor and gaiety was presented at the East Union Hotel, at Cross Keys, on Tuesday evening of last week. "Doc" McClarran, the new proprietor had announced an opening on that occasion. Soon after dinner the guests began to arrive, and by ten o'clock, nearly one hundred people were assembled in the handsome parlors, or on the hospitable porch which fronts the entire north side of the house. Wooster headed the list in the number of representatives, prominent among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Harry McClarran, Mr. and Mrs. Kauffman Funk, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. James Taggart, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Myers, Mrs. M. Connelly, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson, Mr. E. B. Connelly, Mr. and Mrs. James Curry, Miss Winbigler, daughter of ex-Sheriff Winbigler, of Ashland, and Mr. Josh F. Nachtrieb. Orrville and Apple Creek were also well represented. Messes. David Carr, Isaac Daniels, Scott McClarran, and others of the immediate vicinity mingled with the merry throng. The genial atmosphere and brilliant moon called a large number of young men from their busy haunts, but strange to say they forgot to take along the fair ones who delight in evening excursions. "Doc" was untiring in his attentions tot he visitors.
At half past nine o'clock supper was announced, and the guests were ushered into a dining room that eclipses anything of the kind in the county, gotten up with direct reference to taste and adaptability. Mrs. McClarran, the kind hostess, presided over this part of the programmable supported by the host and Mrs. Connelly, of the Washington House. The tables were spread with all the good things known to the cooking art. Roast turkey, cold ham, scalloped and friend oysters, led off in the substantial's, and then followed a large line of pastry that was truly bewildering to contemplate. No more generous hospitality was ever offered to a company of friends and neighbors. The tables were spread the second time, and yet there was a large remainder.
After an hour or more of pleasant table talk the dining room was cleared, preparatory to "tripping lightly over trouble" to the bewitching music afforded by the Apple Creek Orchestra. This pleasantly sort of amusement prevailed until past the hour of midnight, when the party broke up, and after bestowal of many good wishes upon Mr. and Mrs. McClarran, the journey homeward was commenced."