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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1918

Page

5

Social News Roundup of Local Visits and Travels

Miss Blanche Walden visits friends in Murray City and Miss Carrie Conant sails to Cleveland for a week on business. Charles DeMolet Sr. spends the week in New York City on business. Attorney W. E. Peite leaves for Charleston W Va on a multi day trip. Rilla Jones Russell returns to Youngstown after weeks with the Jones family in Albany. Mrs. Sarah Ewing and Miss Jennie head to Marion to visit Mr. George Ewing and family. Frieda Jones Considine returns to Albany after visiting Lieut. John Considine of Petersburg Va. Nelle Scanlan and niece Mary Ellen Wood visit Lancaster from home. Mrs. R. M. Laird and Martha return from Canton to see relatives. Mrs. R. L. Lockridge and daughters visit with Mrs. Lockridge's mother. Lillian Sidenstricker learns of brothers Ernest Sidenstricker and Harry Blackburn arriving overseas. Rev. and Mrs. Harris and sons James and Richard end a visit with Ida B. Harris and return to Columbus.

Frieda Jones Considine Albany Lieut John Considine Petersburg

Snows Return From Visit To Ohio Military Posts

Dr and Mrs D C Snow returned last evening from a visit in Columbus Circleville and Camp Sherman Chillicothe In Columbus they were the guests of Dr Snow's parents Mr and Mrs C A Snow.

D. C. Snow Columbus Circleville Camp Sherman Chillicothe Dr. Snow Mrs. C. A. Snow

Scouts Join Congress Trip From Athens For Event

About twenty members of the three Athens Boy Scout troops traveled to Middleport to participate in the Boy Scout Congress set to begin at 3 30 this afternoon and run through tomorrow evening.

Athens

Ormond Slaughter Backs Home After Overseas Trip

Mr and Mrs George B Slaughter Grosvenor street report their son Ormond Slaughter arrived overseas and is well and hearty after the voyage. Mrs D H Moore and daughter Derre left for Mt Clemens Michigan for a stay, Dere will follow.

George Slaughter Grosvenor Street Ormond Slaughter D. H. Moore Derre Mt. Clemens Michigan Dere

Harbors Beach visitors and travels noted in local column

The column reports absence visits to Washington DC for a school chum, cottage trips at Summerland Beach with families returning midweek, and a motor trip from Mari etta with Supt. and Mrs. Skinner. It notes further travels by Walter S Southerton and Dr. Huff through several states and remarks on Civil War battles at Gettysburg. Dr Mansfield visits old home place and reflects on printer progress since the sixties.

Harbor Beach Walter 8. Southerton Athens West Virginia Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Dr. Huff Pt. Pleasant Huff Machine Gettysburg Battlefields Mr. Southerton W. B. Southerton Carpenter Street W. D Mansfield Columbus Messenger Washington Wildes

Marriage of Miss Pearle Oliver to Lt James Buchanan

Announcement of the engagement and upcoming marriage of Pearle Oliver, daughter of Dr and Mrs Leonard Briggs Oliver of Spartanburg South Carolina, to James William Buchanan first lieutenant in the Fifty Fourth Pioneer Infantry US Army. The couple will reside in Spartanburg DC after the ceremony on July seventeenth. Buchanan graduated from Ohio University in 1918 with a B S degree and has taught biology at Ohio University Mississippi University New York University and is pursuing a doctorate.

Pearle Oliver Leonard Briggs Oliver Spartanburg South Carolina James William Buchanan Fiftyfourth Pioneer Infantry United States Army Spartenburg D. C Lieut. Buchanan Ohio University Sigma Pi Fraternity University of Mississippi New York University Wee

Women Honor Mrs L V Brown and Bid Guests

Entertained at Cards Honoring Mrs L V Brown Ida Bowser a bride of recent date and Mrs M B Banks who leaves Friday for Des Moines Iowa. Mrs BD Schioss and Mrs John H Preston hosted Saturday auction bridge at Mrs Schioss home with six tables. Luncheon and a yellow white color scheme. Out of town guests Mrs Frank Logan Ocala Florida Mrs Louise G Leete Washington DC Mrs T L Schranta Buffalo NY and Mrs Harry Bartlett Toledo.

L. V. Brown Ida Bowser M. B. Banks Des Moines Iowa BD. C. Schioss John H. Preston Ocala Florida Louise G. Leete Washington, D. C T. L. Schranta Buffalo N. Y Harry Bartlett Toledo

Scout Mistress Surprise Party for Miss Marian Richeson

Thursday evening at East State street home Miss Marian Richeson mistress of Troop Three Girl Scouts hosted a surprise party. Attendees included Illa Beal Louise Daggett Katherine McKee Lenore Mills Jennie Graham Alice Betts Kathleen Harwick Virginia Dalton Helen Border Elizabeth Horn Ruth Cross Ruth Jones Helen Burson Nelle Shippley Harriet Hinchman Kulla Allen Lena Hottel and guests. Light refreshments were served. Misa Yvonne Neimeister of Columbus attended as an out of town guest.

Misa Yvonne Neimeister Columbus

Coshocton Woman To Record Talking Machine Sings

Mrs. Harry Hawkins of North Bixth Street, a local voice teacher, passed a New York test for talking machine records. A Coshocton discovery by Hugo Koch led to a contract offer, with records to be issued as sung by Jean Forrest. Her six years in Coshocton are praised as a promising musical future.

Ohio Harry Hawkins North Bixth Street New York Jean Forrest Coshocton Mrs. Hawkinc

Mrs Hawkins a College of Music Ohio University Graduate

Coshocton Morning Tribune notes Mrs. Hawkins formerly Miss Jean Forrest Wolfe daughter of Eugene Wolfe of Athens and granddaughter of the late County Commissioner Joe Wolfe of Nelsonville. She graduated from the College of Music at Ohio University in 1909 and has many friends in this city.

Coshocton

Miss Hilah Vorhes Fetes Thirty At Franklin Avenue

Miss Hilah Vorhes of Columbus visited Franklin avenue for a Saturday evening gathering hosted by Miss Julia Porter for about thirty guests. The event featured dancing and light refreshments in a festive, friendly atmosphere.

Julia Porter Franklin Avenue Hilah Vorhes Columbus

Soldier Bruce Chapman Weds Miss Anna Wilson at State Hospital

Lieut Bruce G Chapman of the 307th Battalion Tank Corps United States Army married Miss Anna Wilson daughter of O W Wilson of Carthage Township on Saturday evening August 8 at the State Hospital with Dr Fordyce and Mrs Fordyce as guests. The couple left for Camp Gettysburg Pennsylvania Sunday evening. The groom is described as a fine American soldier and the bride as a capable public school teacher. Dr Charles B Taylor of McArthur officiated, continuing a four-sister tradition.

Bruce G. Chapman Tank Corps Anna Wilson A. Wilson Carthage Township Fordyce State Hospital Gettysbugg Penn Charles B. Taylor McArthur

Quiet Ohio University Wedding of Williams and Jefferson

Miss Irma N. Williams and Lieutenant Bernard L. Jefferson were married Monday at 10 at 4 Church Street in an intimate ceremony hosted by Ohio university women teachers. The couple, longtime instructors at the university, plan a Florida honeymoon before settling at Camp Sherman Chillicothe until September.

Irma N. Williams Bernard L. Jefferson Church Street Ohio University B. D. Dvans Methodist Episcopal Church Mary J. Brison Jacksonville Florida Palm Beach Jefferson Chillicothe Camp Sherman

Ohio University Names New English Instructor and Staff

The article notes Mrs. Jefferson taking a two year role in the art department and Anne Brison absent at Columbia, while Lieu Jefferson, with degrees from Kenyon and Princeton, returns after service to Ohio University. The guest list includes Dr. and Mrs. Jefferson of Danville and several local women.

Ber Ohio Entrensie Anne Brison Columbia Che Jefferson State College Ohio University Lieu Jefferson Kenyon College Princeton University North Western University Ohio Fort Benjamin Harrison Camp Sherman Camp Perry Danville H. R. Wilson Thomas H. Craig Mary Tough Mary J. Brison Ethel Troutman

The War and the House Maid by C L Perry

Poem praises Hoosier hired girls for domestic help with humorous verse. It advertises Home Furnishing Co in Athens as exclusive Hoosier dealer and outlines payment terms Ten Dollars Down and One per week. The piece frames Hoosiers as efficient, loyal help while marketing cabinets.

C. L. Perry

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