Society Notes Chronicles Weekend Travelers and Visitors
Society items list guests and trips from Athens area residents. Mrs. Franz L. Woodworth toured the west and Pacific coast visiting Seattle and Victoria with side trips to San Francisco Los Angeles La Jolla and the Grand Canyon. Other families reflected on east coast trips to Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Niagara Falls with hotel stays and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz L. Woodworth
N. Congress St
West
W. E. Webb
Seattle
Wash
Empress Hotel
Victoria
British Columbia
Woodworth
Foot size myths among Greta Garbo and peers debunked
Movie fashion lore about Greta Garbo Marlene Dietrich and Barbara Stanwyck is challenged by Emidio Spezza who fit shoes for Hollywood stars. The piece also lists various local visits and hometown ties including Berea College Huntsville and several families in Ohio and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harrison
Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Emidio Spezza
Signor Specca
Greta Garbon
America
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene
Greta
Barbara Stanwyck
Shoemaker Spezza Remembers Hollywood Shoppers and Prices
Italian trained shoemaker Spezza in Hollywood for 26 years once charged 125 a pair, now 60 for women and 45 for men. He recalls Pauline Frederick D W Griffith May Allison and stars like Bing Crosby George Raft Rudy Vallee Marlene Dietrich Barbara Stanwyck Mae West and many others as frequent customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spezza
Italy
Hollywood
Pauline Frederick
D. W. Griffith
May Allison
Miss Stanwyck
Miss West
Marlene
Marlene Dietrich
George Raft
Raft
Claudette Colbert
Ann Harding
Miriam Hopkins
Loretta Young
Janet Yaynor
Gladys Swarthout
William Powell
Harrisonville Social Notes Highlighting Community Events
Local society pages list guests of the Diehl and family groups, farewell for Jack Warner with 70 attendees, visits from Zenith Jones and family of Ira Iowa, and planned ice cream supper at the high school August 22. Twins note: higher in Sweden than Italy or Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
V. S. Greenler
Ev. Atkins
Stella Diehl
A. D. Jewell
B. E. Carl
R. A. Diehl
Carl Beckle
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Leo Diehl
Columbia
Missouri
Zenith Jones
D. O. Anderson
Downer's Grove
Ill
F. C. Halliday
S. M. Diehl
V. I. Atkins
Sweden
Italy
Brazil
Miss McKibben Weds Mr Hall in West Virginia
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Anna B McKibben daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward McKibben Depot St to Mr Roy Hall son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Hall Deanville. They were married at St Marys West Virginia Saturday. The couple will reside in Doanville.
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Ann Beasley
Car H. Beasley
Jackie
Bobbie Hess
R. C. Hess
McConnelsville
Boy Scouts
Anna B. McKibben
Edward McKibben
Depot St
Roy Hall
Andrew Hall
Deanville
St. Marys
W. Va
Doanville
Chauncey Social News Guests Come and Go
Local social notes list guests visiting Chauncey and surrounding towns. Nile Dew and son Thomas of Warwood W V were guests of N S Harvey and Ira Cunningham. Don Powell and sons from Barberton visited Joe Bridgewater. Virginia McQuade of Millfield visited aunts near Albany. Laura Stewart and daughter Jeane returned from Cleveland after attending the Great Lakes Exposition. In Holland, Christmas cookies are baked in three molds a goose for men a donkey for women and a bird for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Nile Dew
Thomas
Warwood
W. Va
Harvey
Ira Cunningham
Don Powell
Donnie
Herbie
Barberton
Michael Allman
Jacksonville
Joe Bridgewater
Lawrence Reeves
Nelsonville
M. B. Tucker
Chevalier
Columbus
Lacey McNutt
Virginia McQuade
Millfield
Gabriel Pencelli
Clell Cunningham
Albany
Laura Stewart
Jeane
Cleveland
Holland
Thumbing Through an Old Atlas Athens Homes 1875
The piece outlines sketches from the 1875 Athens County Atlas including the Currier home on Mill and East State Streets and the Welch home on Court Street Athens. It notes other residences and businesses illustrated such as Gen Grosvenor’s on Court and State, Perkins Drugstore, Bland residence in Nelsonville, and Welch’s former site now Lindley Hall. An ice cream social at Canaan Grange Hall is announced for August 19 at 7 30 p m with proceeds to the Grange and a program to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Atlas
Marian Bush Snyder
Currier
Athens
Mill
East State Sts
Athens County
County Recorder
College St
Ebenezer Currier
Olive Crippen Currier
Josephine B
Mary A. Currier
Josephine B. Currier
Olive Currier
Silas Bland
Nelsonville
Atlas
W. C. Hickman
N. H. van Vorhes
Vine St
University Terrace
N. W. Dean
Ames Township
Thomas Robinett
Waterloo Township
J. M. Case
E. Vickers
Charles Henry
Bern Township
T. A. Beaton and Company
Court St
Charles A. Cable
Cable Hardware
C. Steenrod
Canaan
Grange Hall
The
Grange
Shopping About Town With Mary Lou
Mary Lou Lammers previews handbags in local shops focusing on large leather styles with zip or snap closures and matching gloves. She notes one piece knitted dresses, a rust knit tailored with wood buckle and brown bow details, and brown two piece dresses with square necklines and pockets. Chromium flower bowls with candle holders are also highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Lammers
Florida Records Over 30 000 Lakes in Sunshine State
A regional tally notes that Florida contains more than thirty thousand lakes. The figure underscores the state's vast freshwater network and diverse hydrology across counties and watersheds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Miss Lindsay Weds Fred Cordray in Athens Ceremony
Miss Leola May Lindsay daughter of Mrs Mabel Lindsay Albany R F D became the bride of Mr Fred Herman Cordray son of Mr and Mrs Lester Cordray Athens Route One on Saturday noon in Athens Rev Farl Cowen Shade officiated. The bride attended Buchtel high school. Cordray was Albany High School 1997 graduate and Mann's Business College Columbus graduate. The couple left for a honeymoon trip to West Virginia Pennsylvania Niagara Falls and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola May Lindsay
Mabel Lindsay
Albany
Fred Herman Cordray
Lester Cordray
Athens
Farl Cowen
Shade
Buchtel
Cordray
Albany High School
Mann's Business College
Columbus
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Niagara Falls
New York
Move to Columbus Glouster Fire Chief Relocates
Fire Chief Norman Smith and his son Donald moved to Columbus where Mr. Smith and family will work in their new assignments. Household goods were shipped to the new home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Glouster
Norman Smith
Mr. Smith
Donald
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Great Lakes Exposition
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D. H. Middle
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Norris Beasley
Lancaster
T. H. Morgan
Eaglemere
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Fred Beasley
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Garbo, Dietrich
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Athens, Ohio
Silvus
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Mr. Hall
W. Virginia
Chauncey Social News
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Welch
Grosvenor
Old Atlas of
Mary Lou
Harions
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Frank Stupfell
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B-Hptel CO
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Lostro Bldg
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