Social News Highlights from Athens and Surrounding Areas
Local social notes cover Miss Mary Ellen Bibbee's trip to New York and Long Island with the Gilmores, Mrs. Taylor prepping for a Saw Tooth Mountains pack trip, and visits by Dr. Sprague and Mr. Engler to Athens. Also noted are travels to Cleveland, Albany, and Las operations, plus upcoming meetings of Daughters of Union Veterans and local Grange events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Bibbee
E. C. Bibbee
W. Union St
New York City
James E. Gilmore
Martha
Long Island
Athens
Clipper
Lisbon
Gilmores
Miss Bibhee
Lake Kezar
E. A. Taylor
N. Shannon Ave
Ohio University
Sun Valley
Idaho
United States
Saw Tooth Mountains
Taylor
Michigan
John T. Sprague
William Engler
Madison, Wise
John R. Sprague
Morris Ave
Wisconsin
Dr. Sprague
Aeronca
Sprague
Madison
Ruby Gladys Mercer
New Orleans
Richard Cox
Lee Cox
N. Marshfield Road
Ruby Gladys
Ohio University Summer Band Concert On Memorial Auditorium Steps
Ohio University Summer Session conducts a 60 piece band led by four conductors Myron A Pearce Marvin P Wood Harold F Guthrie and Wendell M Jones in an outdoor concert on the west steps of Memorial Auditorium from 7 to 8 PM Prof Curtis W Janssen band master will announce numbers if rain the concert moves indoors A program includes March On the Square Big Bass Drum Intermezzo Bells Across the Meadows There’s Something About a Soldier and Florida with various directors leading each piece attendance hoped to be strong for future concerts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron A. Pearce
Marvin P. Wood
Harold F. Guthrie
Wendell M. Jones
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Curtis W. Janssen
Mothers of Democracy
Southern Cross
Florida
Monday Evening Bridge Club Dines at Jerseyville Home
The Monday Evening Bridge Club enjoyed a dinner at the country home of Miss Cora Evans near Jerseyville. Mrs A D Townsend held the high score, with Mrs Dwight Robinson second and Mrs William Chappel taking the consolation prize. Guests included Mrs F D Thompson and Mrs William Chappel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Evans
Jerseyville
A. D. Townsend
Dwight Robinson
William Chappel
F. D.thompson
Marriage Meddlers At Woodland Rendezvous With Underworld Figures
Ma Graham and Lil lian Underwood hide near a woodland meeting between Jack Leslie’s underworld faction and Madge’s father Charles Spencer secret service chief. Leslie’s chauffeur discovers their tracks as figures in disguise, while Watson and Blake pose as Mary and Noel, risking exposure if Leslie spots them. The tense chase continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ma Graham
Lillian Underwood
Jack Leslie
Madge
Charles Spencer
Secret Service
Leslie
Lillian
Olga
Noel
Mary
Watson
Blake
Harry Underwood
Turtle Swallows Plier Tale Stirs Athens Area
A near Athens fishing tale claims a turtle swallowed a pair of pliers after a snagged catch. Mrs Zinn witnessed splash and pliers, while others doubt the feat. The story circulated among local families with no way to prove or disprove the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Zinn
Mulberry St
Athens
Zinn
Harry Burns
Lively Thursday Forecast Emphasizes Steady Progress and Cooperation
The Stars Say for Thursday July 11 foresees steady progress toward satisfying achievements driven by lunar aspects. Cooperation with fraternities, educational, social or humane groups is favored, and those with July 11 birthdays may expect definite progress toward moderate goals. A July 11 child may be enterprising with sharp intellect and memorable speech.
Small Towner Reports NYC World’s Fair Bomb and Jubilee Glow
A visitor recalls July Fourth at the New York World’s Fair with details of the British Pavilion bomb threat, the ensuing search, and the five foot crater. He notes heavy security, big crowds, and the American Jubilee pageant as a patriotic contrast, plus local happenings and social calls amid city excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polo Grounds
NY Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fair Grounds
FBI
Secret Service
Fifth Column
Honor Mrs. Duncan On 84th Birthday Picnic
Dorothy Duncan of 244 State Street was feted at a Old Man’s Cave picnic on her 84th birthday. Attending were Dwight and Geraldine Duncan and others from the McClanahan and Turner families plus Del Morrison who is slowly recovering from a monthlong illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Winters
State St
John Cox
Hamden
Bella Blackstone
McArthur
Dorothy Duncan
E. State St
Old Man's Cave
Dwight Duncan
Geraldine
Link Duncan
Mary
Max
James
James McClanahan
John C. McClanahan
Richard Chadwick
J. L. McClanahan
Fred Turner
Nick Hartley
del F. Morrison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Funk
Gon Earl
Niagara Falls
Ottawa
Montreal
Québec
Canada
Mildred Giesecke
New York
Columbia University
Ralph Antoinette
S. High St
Portland
Ore
Michael J. Burke
Josephine Antoinette
Theron E. Simpkins
Palmer St
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Simpkins
Robert Main
Washington, D. C
Quantico, Va
Main
Marine Reserve Corps
Marine Base
Quantico
Jane Pope
N. High St
Aliquippa
Penna
Orley Ross
Ross Cottage
Buckeye Lake
Mrs. van Dyke
Mrs. Ross
Kenneth Robbins
Camelton
W. Va
Robbins
Winters
Mrs Robbins
Co. H. Hartman
F. H. Eccles
Albany
Bertha McVay
Winona Lake
Connersville
Dr. Eccles
J. Freeman Blackford
Sonny and
Helen
Thornton
Ill
Blackford
Eddie Zeman
Steger
James A. Riley
Floyd Honchet
Ruth
W. P. Collins
Cecil Cox
E. V. Hill
Daughters of Union Veterans
Pearl Beal
First St
Martzolff
Ladies Eagle Auxiliary
Eagles Hall
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Gallia County
Genevieve Lawson-Johnston
America
Pope Gosser
Cornwell
McKee
Cream
Lilly
Nyals
Nyseptol
McKee Drug Co
Ohio U
Henry Bolin
Hooper St
Anna
Columbus
Bolin
Charles Bolin
John Robinson
Clyde Hines
May Ave
Homer Blackwood
Caldwell
Frank L. Arnold
Lesia
Nancy Bronson
Claremont
Calif
H. S. Bronson
Adele Garrison
Dicky
Harry
Mary and
Southampton
Doris Finsterwald
U. S. Daughters
Rebecca Morris McKee
U. S. Daughters of 1812
W. State St
O. O. Mantz
George Duncan
Glouster
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Norris Dam
Tenn
Old Smoky Mountains
Asheville
N. C
White Sulphur Springs
Government
Charleston
Fritz
the Stars
By Genevieve Kemble
Steppes Beauty Shop
Manhattan
By Hazel Finsterwald
Rector’s
Lillian Russell
Jim’ Brady
Jamestown
N. Y
Mr. Cox
Flushing
Staten Island
Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
First Methodist Church
Mrs. Duncan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham’s
Trees OF Heaven
Jesse Stuart
Chad Hanna
Walter D. Edmonds
Edward J. O'Brien
I Married
Adventure
Osa Johnson
Edmond Taylor
Jerome Beatty
Upton Sinclair
George B. Gilbert
New England
Jonathan Daniels
Pierre van Paassen
Logan
Athens Ice
Soft Water Department
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