Social and Personal Notes Brighten Athens Area
Mrs. J Alban Brown of Sanford Via and Mrs J W Worley of Salem W Va attend bridge at The Maples the Humphrey home in Hockingport. Orchid flowers guests include Miss Lenschen Peters and others. Dr and Mrs J M Higgins arrive after trips. Mrs Lucille Duffee returns from Chautauqua. Club meetings and visits fill days with several Athens residents traveling and hosting events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Alban Brown
Sanford
Via
J. W. Worley
Salem
W Va
Edith Humphrey
Bridge
Mapls
Lewis Humphrey
Hockingport
Lenschen Peters
Alwo
Mary Stilder
H. G. Stalder
Athens
Cornelia McGee
Marietta
Mary B. Davidson
Kay Lyons
W. H. Lyons
Parkersburg
W. Va
A. Wesley Stee
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alfred Dumper
Cleveland
Margaret Gabriel
J. W. McLaren
C. H. Williams
Homer Howell
Lucille
Near Stewart
C. J. Cranmer
Ostrander
Columbus
I. N. McHarg
New Marshfield Road
Margaret Walburn
Edward Cooley
Earl Marquis
J. G. Hope
Littler
Holmes
Alex Root
Mary Root
Barnhart
John Kilpatrick
Atkins
Merchant
Mary Welsch
Dora Hedfeldt
Glouster
Miss Walburn
Charleston Business College
Charleston
McHarg Family Reunion Held at Lower Plains
The second annual McHarg reunion met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. McHarg in Lower Plains last Sunday with 4 10 o'clock arrivals and noon dinner. President Mrs. Della Shaw presided as guests heard remarks from Charles McHarg and Dr. Philip Hawk of Zaleski. The gathering elected officers and planned the 1929 reunion for the last Sunday in August at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Higgins
Doctor Higgins
Balsin Lake
Wisconsin
Charles Millikan
F. J. van Dyke
W. C. Light
Guysville
F. M. Mc Harg
Lower Plains
Della Shaw
Charles McHarg
Philip Hawk
Zaleski
Margaret McHarg
Athens
Mary Ludwig
Mineral Wells
W. Va
James McHarg
Elizabeth Barber
Nelsonville
Flora McHarg
Albert Chicote
Robert Short
T. A. Kuhn
Mary Ellen
Doris Evelyn
Earle Kuhn
John Kern
Lancaster
Wilbur Kay
Mary Kathy
John McHarg
Florence Blackston
Ernest Mitchell
Pearl McHarg
James
Florence Lenigar
Lenora Brooker
Oscar Frakes
Theodore
Columbus
W. G. Dowler
Parkersburg
Jake Ludwig
Jessie Mitch
Pomeroy
George Campbell
Donald
Virgil
Ralph
Arthur
Ruth Montgomery
Youngstown
F. M. McHarg
George Gabriel, Jr
Lois Stage
Lowell
Clinton Oxley
Lawrence
Harold
Dorothy
Virginia
Evelyn
Kenneth
Russell McHarg
Gerald
Walter McHarg
Francis Colley
the Plains
Lawrence Myers
Clara Mae
Logan
Arzetta Richardson
Alice
Edna
Alfred
Annie
Giles
William Jr
Mettie
Lucille
Rutland
William Barker
Beatrice
Lillian
Mildred
Harry
Leslie Barber
Billy
Floyd
Shaw
Clarence
Vernon
Evelyn Porter
I. N. McHarg
Margaret
Wilma
Lois
A Pretty Afternoon Frock 6218
Frock details printed voile ideal for the current silhouette. A youthful model suited to slender figures with soft materials. Crepe de Chine in pastel shades, waist joined to foundation skirt, upper tier cascading to the left shoulder. Sizes 34 to 42 bust. Pattern mailed for silver or stamps.
Former Electra chief Tom Shook hunted after jail escape
Tom Shook once chief of police in Electra Texas and longtime peace officer in North Texas fled Wichita Falls jail after overpowering a guard and stealing a gun. He faced a murder trial set for September 6 and faced indictments for burglary robbery and drunken driving.
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North Texas
Electra
Tex
Tom Shook
Wichita Falls
Shook
Opening of Fort Steuben Bridge Links Steubenville and Weirton
Formal opening yesterday of the new Ft. Steuben bridge spanning the Ohio River connects Steubenville with Weirton West Virginia and provides a direct highway to Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. The ceremony mixed pomp with sorrow.
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Steubenville
Ft. Steuben
Ohio River
Weirton
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Aging Chilean man dies with fourteen wives
Juan Pablo Rifo, 90, died yesterday at San Carlos hospital in Santiago. He had fourteen wives, the first thirteen having died. His surviving widow was his fourteenth wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Juan Pablo Rifo
San Carlos
One Way Traffic Maintained on North Lancaster Street
North Lancaster street near the Catholic cemetery is under resurfacing with one way traffic in effect. A Fred Beckler contractor crew removed brick on one side for 400 to 500 feet, routing cars via Second Street Central Avenue and West State Street. Flagmen control movement at each end to avoid crossing lines. Court and State streets detour routes Nos. 26 and 31 end at State and Court streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Street
City
Fred Beckler
Second Street
Central Avenue
West State Street
Athens
State and Court Streets
North Lancaster
Courtney Hill
Glen M. Romine
Rtnoavii i
Miss Virginia Shingler Visits Grandmother After Graduation
Miss Virginia Shingler of Mineral visited her grandmother Mrs Luel la Wise at 20 Race Street yesterday and today. She was among the eighth grade graduates yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Shingler
Mineral
Luella Wise
Race Street
Girl Hurt in Fall From Moving Auto
Miss Mildred Lahman 22 of Columbus is in a hospital with a probable skull fracture after falling from a moving car north of Columbus. Her companion Carl Middley 24 of Mechanicsburg is jailed. he says a quarrel prompted the jump and he tried to grab her before taking her to her rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mildred Lahman
Carl Middley
Mechanicsburg
Middley
Lahman
Accident fire wounds man in Chillicothe auto ride
Rus sell Overly, 20, is in serious condition at Chillicothe hospital from two gunshot wounds caused when a revolver in his vest pocket discharged as he reached for a cigarette during a car ride with a friend and two girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Russell Overly
Chillicothe Hospital
Dr. Soper to Head Wesleyan University
Dr. Edmund Davison Soper, vice president of Duke University and dean of its School of Religion, was elected unanimously president of Ohio Wesleyan University. He will succeed Dr. John W. Hoffman who retired in June due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Edmund Davison Soper
Duke University
School of Religion
Ohio Wesleyan University
Soper
John W. Hoffman
Warstler to Join Pirates Soon
Harold Warstler, who has starred at shortstop for Indianapolis this season, will join the Pittsburgh Pirates shortly, signaling a major league move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Warstler
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh Pirates
Letter Golf Par Six Challenge
A brief golf themed puzzle notes that teamwork helps on a par six and challenges readers to beat the prior solution on the last page. It invites shared effort and hints at a continuing feature.
Letter Golf Rules and Example From Today's Page
The article explains letter golf as changing one word at a time to reach a target in par strokes. It requires valid common words for each step and preserves letter order. An example from COW to HEN is shown as COW HOW HEW HEN.
Switch project limits traffic for Athens Flooring yard upgrade
Elliot street is closed from Mill street to Stimpson avenue for about a week to lay a new switch across the street and install catch basins near the tracks. The B and O railroad and city service department are conducting the work to create a separate siding for increased flooring company traffic and to improve car loading and unloading.
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Elliot Street
Mill Street
Stimpson Avenue
B, and O
City Service Department
Glen M. Romine
Athens
Frankfort Lumber Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James H. Boden
Mr. Boden
Arkansas Prepares For Joe Robinson Nomination Night
Hot Springs Arkansas buzzes with crowds as most of the state travels to attend the presidential notification of Joe Robinson. Automobiles and radio render the event a grand show, marking Arkansas first national ticket gesture and the South’s first since 1856.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Hits
Joe Robinson
South
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Prime Messenger
Lucille Duffee
Woodard Avenue
Chautauqua
New York
Val Davis
West Union Street
Davis
Cincinnati
Hal’w. Murphy
Lydia Westenhaver
Seth Lewis
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
New York City
Boston
Mass
Portland
Maine Coast
W. A. Lavelle
J. A. Devitt
Frankfort
Ind
John Lavelle
M. A. Lavelle
Washington County
T. M. Devitt
T. J. McGraw
Stewart
H. R. Junod
North
Congress Street
John M. Patterson
Patterson
New York University
J. P. Wetherholt
Jack
Bob
Tom
George J. Wetherholt
Gallipolis
Upton Miller
Robert
Edward Compton
Chicago
Mr. Miller
William Coates
Richland Avenue
Clinton Poston Biddie
Cambridge
Biddle
Harvard School of Business Administration
Mr. Biddle
T. R. Biddle
East
White Mountains
Sallie James Hawkins
G. C. Hawkins
Washington, D. C
Jacob Coen
Mrs. Della Ator
Dewey Root
B. M. Covert
Holzer Hospital
Edward Lockard
West
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Mr. Lockard
Harry Lockard
M. C. Mathiott
Lockard
M’harg
Athens County
Messenger Pdtern Department
al Smith
Sea Girl
N. J
Ritchie
Maryland
Moore
New Jersey
Frank Hague
Jersey City
S. Baruch
Alfred B. Smith
Harry A. Moore
Young America
Byrd
Hudson River
City of New York
Richard E. Byrd
Paul Siple
Erie
Beckler
Peggy Paige
Style Shop
Dr. Soper
Variety Store
Piggly Wiggly
Sweazy Brothers
Security Bank Bldg
Dial
Robinson
Big Daylight
Georgette
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