Letter from Chauncey man after ten years finds service in Hawaii
Mrs. Clarence E. McCafferty of Chauncey received a letter from Charles McElhhatten a former Chauncey resident also known as Charles Beckler now stationed at Schofield Barracks Honolulu Hawaii He once lived with the Becklers and was in Delaware child home before returning to Chauncey and later back to the Delaware home He had not been heard from for seven years until the letter reached Chauncey mentioning he had enlisted in the army and was serving in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Clarence E. McCafferty
Charles McElhatten
Schofield Barracks
Honolulu
Hawaii
McElhhatten
Charles Beckler
William Beckler
Delaware
McCafferty
Hazel Beckler
New Home on May Avenue Opens for Inspection
A modern new home on May Avenue will be open for public inspection this Saturday and Sunday. Built on a 40 by 130 lot, the six‑room residence includes bath, all plumbing and electrical fixtures, built‑in bookcases, white enamel kitchen, hardwood floors, three upstairs bedrooms, cemented cellar with fruit and laundry rooms, a large garret, and a rear garage. Built by Bardin Brothers, the property features finished walks and a driveway access.
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May Avenue
Bardin Brothers
Loyal Womans Society Meets at East Converse Street Home
The Loyal Womans Society of the First Christian church meets at Charles Ogg home on East Converse Street with Mrs. Charles Fiske opening devotion. Mrs. Guy Brookins presides. program led by Mrs. Howard Brown. Attendees include Mrs. Shafer, Myers, Nye, Ferrer, Karns, Gardner and others. Next meeting at Mrs. Harvey Nye’s High Street home.
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Chauncey
Charles Ogg
East Converse Street
Loyal Womans’ Society
The
First Christian Church
Charles Fiske
Guy Brookins
Howard O. Brown
Brookins
Ira Myers
John Shafer
John Brewer
Gardner
Harvey Nye
High Street
Sam Tippett
Charles Bradfield
Neal Helsel
Charles Sweeney
Howard Brown
Henry Osborne
B. F. Ferrer
Ezra Karns
Guy Gardner
Reports Encouraging Chauncey Resident Mrs Six
April 22 reports from Chauncey indicate Mrs Wesley Six, confined at McKinley Hospital in Columbus, is improving after a surgical operation performed there a few days ago.
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Chauncey
Wesley Six
McKinley Hospital
Columbus
Homecoming Highlights From Athens Ohio University Journal
A found booklet recreates Athens streets scenes and buildings as they appeared in 1904. It notes East Union street, vacant sites, old B and O and Hocking Valley stations, the schoolhouse on the hill built in 1854, Bank of Athens with two entrances, and a courthouse corner drinking fountain facing Court street. It lists key organizers, participants, and contributors including Henry Logan mayor and Dr Charles W Super who wrote about early Ohio and Ohio University. The feature includes poems by Mary Allen Townsend and biographical sketches by J B Clayton of notable local men.
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Ture
East Union Street
Men's Union
College
Hocking Valley
Bank of Athens
Court Street
Washington
Ohio University
Mary Allen Townsend
Harvey Porter
East State Street
Henry Logan
W. H. Logan
Logan
Peter Finsterwald
George A. Beaton
C. H. Grosvenor
L. M. Jewett
A. E. Price
Henry O’bleness
W. A. Alderman
J. D. Brown
W. B
Ohio
Charles W. Super
Men of
Athens
J. B. Clayton
John Brown
Hull Foster
Charles Townsend
Hugh Morrison Lash
W. Pickering
Charles E. M. Jennings
W. S. Stedman
J. G. Blair
G. T. Gould
Joseph Herrald
John Foster
William Nelson
D. Zenner
Charles W. Harris
Push Carriages Become Berlin Fashion Among Mothers
In Berlin, fashionable mothers push their own baby carriages along Kurfürstendamm, once shunned, now crowded with mothers displaying spring outfits and strolling with their babies.
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Berlin
Kurfuerstendamm
Park Avenue
New Arrival Has Many Grandparents
Chauncey April 22 Mr and Mrs Allen Riley Jr announce the birth of a ten pound son at the home of the latter s parents Mr and Mrs Garfield Grimes Chauncey The new arrival has been named Billy Allen The mother was formerly Miss Ella Grimes The boy is the only grandson of the Grimes and Riley families and a great grandson to Mr W A Grimes of Sharpsburg
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Chauncey
Allen Riley Jr
Garfield Grimes
Billy Allen
Ella Grimes
City
Allen Riley
Nelsonville
W. A. Grimes
Sharpsburg
Daughter Born to Mrs. Frank Sands in Chauncey
Mrs. Frank Sands of Chauncey announces the birth of a nine pound daughter at their Chauncey home on Sunday. The infant has been named Lois Jeanne.
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Chauncey
Frank Sands
Lois Jeanne
Scouts Take In New Member Chauncey
At Troop One in Drake street Tuesday evening William Davis was added as a new member. The troop now has forty six scouts led by Scoutmaster Ralph C. Pritts.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Boy Scouts
Drake Street
William Davis
Ralph C. Pritts
Athens women attend Columbus A and P store opening
Mrs. E. P. Meister and Miss Irene Ator of Athens joined Miss Catharine Cline of Chauncey and Miss Jeanette Palmer of Chauncey at a Columbus opening event for the Atlantic and Pacific stores. They met Charles Brooks of Trenton New Jersey, the general manager of Atlantic and Pacific stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
E. P. Meister
Irene Ator
Athens
Catharine Cline
Atlantic and Pacific
Jeanette Palmer
Columbus
Quilting Session Held by Ladies Aid at Metho dist Church
The regular weekly quilting of the Ladies Aid society of the Methodist Episcopal church took place all day Wednesday at the church in Chauncey April 22. Attending were Mrs. I. D. Shields, Mrs. Robert Hixson Sr, Mrs. J. E. Lott, Mrs. James Campbell, Mrs. William Cochran, Mrs. Myrtle Schoonover, Mrs. Mabel Johnson, Mrs. Mary Bolin and Mrs. George Shafer.
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Chauncey
Ladies Aid Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
I. D. Shields
Robert Hixson, Sr
J. E. Lott
James Campbell
William Cochran
Myrtle Schoonover
Mabel Johnson
Mary Bolin
George Shafer
Chauncey Personal Notices From Local Residents
Mr and Mrs Earl Johnson of Chauncey spent last Sunday at Frost as guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Frost. John Karl and Miss Mildred Sands dined with Mr and Mrs Earl Gardner north of Chauncey. Miss Jean Mercer of The Plains visits Mrs W D Hines of Chauncey midweek.
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Chauncey
Earl Johnson
Frost
Frank Frost
John Karl
Mildred Sands
Earl Gardner
Jean Mercer
the Plains
W. D. Hines
Birthday dinner for Mrs Giffin's father held at Nelsonville home
A surprise birthday dinner was given Sunday at 363 Poplar Street Nelsonville for Caster Bobo of Mineral, father of Mrs Worley Giffin.
Pleasant Elixir Ends Gas and Indigestion
An Ardath-era ad claims Dave's Mentha Pepsin relieves indigestion gas and dyspepsia with a money back guarantee. It promotes the product as a great medicine for chronic gastritis and stomach ailments and notes thousands of bottles sold daily.
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Cline Pharmacy Co
America
Dave
Ohio University Gym Exhibition Showcases Student Strength
About 1600 students performed in the annual gymnasium exhibition at Ohio University. Thorwald Olson and Ruth Savage directed routines from marching to pyramids and self defense, highlighting physical training under Professor C. D. Giaque. The display included esthetic dance, tumbling, and a men of Valor track sequence. A corrective physical program screens new students and informs parents. the show repeats for Athens schoolchildren at 7:30 p.m.
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Ohio University
Thorwald Olson
Ruth Savage
C. D. Giauque
Tion
Athens
Mob hanged Harold Jackson in Mississippi after jail escape
April 22 news from Gulfport Mississippi reports Harold Doc Jackson was taken from Polarville jail by a mob and hanged from a Cedar Creek bridge near Picayune. He had been held since February 20 in the killings of two federal entomologists. A grand jury did not indict him this week and he faced murder charges in Polarville for the 1924 Emile Pearson case.
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New Orleans
Gulfport
Miss
Harold
Doc) Jackson
Polarville
Cedar Creek
Picayune
Jackson
Pearl River
Emile Pearson
Find Body of Slain Woman in Downtown Kansas City
An unidentified well dressed woman was found murdered in downtown Kansas City. Police suspect she was slain elsewhere and transported to the residential area in a taxicab before discovery.
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Kansas City
Dogs in Athens county urged to buy licenses
Deputy sheriff Pete Warrews says most Athens county dogs have licenses and not many owners are arrested for noncompliance. Over 6200 tags sold this year, with 1926 licensing totals far higher than 1924 and 1925. Many untagged dogs are strays brought in from other counties to avoid licenses. Officers have killed five stray dogs harming sheep from other districts.
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Athens County
Pete Warrews
Barrows
County Pupils Gain Excused Day for Athens Field Meet
County superintendent H R McVay announces pupils may miss school Friday April 23 to attend the Athens county field meet at the county fairgrounds. Fourteen area schools will enter field contests with Luhrig and Coolville in field events. most schools join oratorical contests at Athens High School that evening per Fred Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
H. R. McVay
McVay
Albany
Amesville
Buchtel
Canaan
Chauncey- Dover
Coolville
Greens Run
Hollister
Jacksonville
Woodi
Luhrig
New Marshfield
Rome
the Plains
Messenger
Athens High School
Fred Sands
Meet
Rioting in Calcutta Reopens After Hindu Muslim Tensions
Reported clashes erupt in Calcutta on April 22 following rumors of Muslim deaths. Hindus and Muslims fight in street violence, with authorities monitoring the unrest as rumors spread.
Ancient mammals found in Townsend Valley bones
Scientists report fossils of tapirs and rhinoceroses in Montana’s Townsend Valley from volcanic ash sediments. These findings suggest these mammals once inhabited the region, expanding knowledge of its paleontological past.
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Townsend Valley
Montana
Youth Dies in Columbus After Appendicitis
Ernest Jones, 31, died yesterday afternoon in Grane pital Columbus after an appendicitis attack. The body will be sent to Athens for transfer to Hocking Valley railroad and Newsom-Walburn parlors, remaining there until the funeral at 1 o clock Saturday at the McDouga church. He was the son of John and lived at Sugar Creek until two weeks ago when they moved to Powhatan.
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Ernest Jones
Granepital
Columbus
Athens
Hocking Valley
British Ministry hears of 40 boys and girls in counties
A report notes that the British Ministry records 40 boys and girls across 14 English counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of
Ture
Goitre Removed Titusville Minister's Wife Shares Result
Mrs. F N Baker of Titusville Pennsylvania reports her goitre was removed with Sorbol Quadruple a stainless liniment She says her eyes heart and nerves improved and she felt no ill effects from the treatment She invites others to write or tell their experiences Sold by McKee Drug Co locally and by Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio
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Titusville
F. N. Baker
Walnut St
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
McKee Drug Co
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Klok-Lax
Krox-Lax
Klok
Lax
Wesley Miller
Hudson, Mich
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Army
Loyal Woman's Society
Cline Pharmacy Company
Lash
Oxfords
Coe
Calcutta
Ryde
Chicago
Chauncey Feed Co
Chan , Chbe
Guysaville Milling Co
Guzaville
Albany Milling Co
Ay, Ghie
Sorori
Big San
Chauncey K. OF
P. Hall
C. D
Dayton
Edward N. Earley
Union St
Ockif Counties
Delco-Light Company
Geneve Motors Corpors
Goitre
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