Local society notes of Athens and area entertainments
Maccabees meet Monday at 7 30. Leila Hayman visits Murray hosts Banks. Heralds and Light Bearers meet Sunday 2 pm at First M E. Springfield Buckeye Lake trips noted. Ruth Davis hosts Helen Knapp in Cincinnati. Lambda Chi dance at Masonic Temple. Mrs Woolley and daughter visit Columbus relatives. Worstell family returns from Harrison county after sister's death. Standard Bearers meet at Katherine McKee home. Mite boxes urged. Mrs Jordan visits Hemlock and returns. Mrs Kurtz of Columbus guests in Athens. Dr Sigley recovering from appendicitis. Two OU dances tonight Pi Beta Phi Armory Lambda Chi Alpha Masonic Temple. Rev Lamb of Pittsburgh returns after week in Nelsonville. speaks at First Presbyterian. Christman family visiting. Rev Samuel Lewis in Athens as Christian Forward Movement secretary. Josephus Jones family visiting. John Hancock high school graduation next Thursday. Joneses plan Illinois Oklahoma Kansas trip after. Pilcher family death notice from Hopkinsville. Entertainment: summer dance at Dalton academy by Mrs Black and Mr Dalton. program features duets, solos, readings. proceeds to Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephus Jones
Morgantown
W. Va
E. J. Michael
John Hancock High School
Nadine Michael
Athens
Jones
Illinois
Oklahoma
Kansas
BE. F. Black
R. A. Dalton
Dalton Academy
L. V. Brown
Clara Bowser
J. F. Stevens
Florence Hawkins
Charles Schaeffler
Angella Woods
Melba Woodworth
Episcopal Church
Teddy Sampson Among Leading Ladies of Pacific Coast Beauties
Teddy Sampson stands out as one of the few married leading ladies patrolling the Pacific coast. The model for several prize winning photographs by her husband, she wears lace hose as censors push for bare legs on beaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Sampson
Pacific Coast
Married in Wheeling announces Donna E Lee and Harry Simmons
Miss Donna E Lee daughter of Edgar E Lee and Harry H Simmons announced marriage on May 28 in Wheeling West Virginia. The ceremony was at the Methodist parsonage performed by Rev Clarence E Allen. Lee led the Lostro Auto Sales Parts Dept for three years before the wedding. Simmons a former Lostro employee and now president of the Automotive Battery and Electric Co. the couple returned from a short wedding trip and reside at 11 North McKinley Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Donna E. Lee
Edgar E. Lee
Harry H. Simmons
W. Va
Clarence E. Allen
Methodist Parsonage
Miss Lee
Lostro Auto Sales Co
Simmons
Automotive Battery & Electric Co
Mrs. Simmons
North
McKinley Avenue
Athens High School Alumni Banquet and Dance Recap
Athens high school alumni gathered at the Masonic Temple for their annual banquet and dance. Dr. R J Studer served as toastmaster while Harold Wise and Superintendent C E Stailey spoke about loyalty to the association and the start of life after graduation. The event included musical performances, humorous stories, and a reception followed by dancing with an eight thirty to witching hour start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Masonic Temple
High School
R. J. Studer
Athens Hi
Harold Wise
Wise
C. E. Stailey
Athens
Ohio University
Frances Hatch
Ruth Davis
Russell Rupp
A. B. Mackie
Marie Jewett
W. A. Moorehead
James Hawkins
Willa van Dyke
Grand jury in Lima fails to indict police inquiry trio
NO INDICTMENTS: Allen county grand jury held a special session to probe the police department and the McGahan Townsend gang, but did not return any indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima. O
Allen County Grand Jury
McGahan-Townsend
Demand Foreclosure Sought by Girard Trust Company
The Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia demanded foreclosure and sale of the Ohio Electric Company today. The action seeks to recover owed sums and compel disposition of the property under applicable law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Electric Company
Girard Trust Company
Philadelphia
Chicken Dinner at The Home Restaurant Notice
Sunday chicken dinner advertised at The Home Restaurant opposite the Post Office. The brief notice emphasizes a community dining event likely open to locals and visitors.
Death of William Fuller Soldier Widely Noted
William Fuller, 29, former Athens County native, died June 3 after service in World War I with the Illinois division. He enlisted in 1917, served in France, returned 1919, then sent to New Mexico for treatment before settling back home in 1920. Burial set for Monday in Pekin soldier lot. survivors include uncles and aunts in Athens and New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hunter
Pekin
William Fuller
Athens County
Ida Fuller
Illinois
France
United States
New Mexico
Soldier Lot
Lillian Fuller
Athens
Allen
Walter Hunter
Susan Baughman
New Marshfield
Talks on Optometry by Chas C Millikan
There is no such thing as eye strain so slight that it can be neglected. Any error of vision that is important enough to be corrected will, if neglected, cause eye strain. And here is another point nothing is gained by delaying. In case of eye strain do it now. We correct all degrees of errors of vision with glasses.
Obituary for Susan R. King of Millfield Ohio
Susan R. King born December 18 1842 at Plymouth Washington County Ohio died May 29 1921 at Millfield Ohio aged 78 years five months eleven days. She married Charles B Smith March 10 1869 and had nine children seven living Etta Lyon Logan Charles Kansas City Linnie Brown San Francisco Hallie Crittenden Coolidge Herbert Clyde Denver Bertha Sanders Millfield. Surviving siblings include L W Sanders Millfield W R Wilson Lancaster B W King Crooksville plus 19 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Her husband and two daughters preceded her in death. She returned to Denver in 1902 to care for granddaughter Effa. She died at Bertha’s home in Millfield after months of care by Clarence Sanders and daughters. The obituary closes with a verse Crossing the Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan R. King
Job S
Elizabeth McCance King
Plymouth
Washington, County
Ohio
Millfield
Charles 8. Smith
Etta Lyon
Logan, C
Charles
Kansas City
Linnie Brown
San Francisco
Cal
Hallie Crittenden
Coolidge
Kansas
Herbert and
Clyde
Denver
Col
Bertha Sanders
L. W. Sanders
W. R. Wilson
Lancaster
B. W. King
Crooksville
Jean
Effa
Herbert Smith
Bertha
Millfled
Clarence Sanders
Mrs. Sanders
Brown
Wealthy Chicago Bride to Be Ends Up A Life Of Service
Lolita Armour daughter of J Ogden Armour and John J Mitchell Jr will wed June 18 in Chicago joining two old, wealthy families. Once crippled at birth she underwent pioneering treatment in Vienna then walked and became a noted equestrian and charity worker. Her wartime service included converting her Lake Forest home into a hospital for crippled soldiers. Mitchell served in aviation and was seriously injured in a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lolita Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Packer
John J. Mitchell, Jr
Vienna
Adolph
Lorens
Armour
Lorenz
Lolita
Lake Forest
Santa Barbara
Cal
Armour Tech Institute
Mitchell
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Lyons Family
The Lyon Brown Sanders family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during the illness and death of their mother Mrs. J. B. Lyon. Mrs. Linnie Brown and Mrs. Bertha Sanders acknowledge the help received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Lyon
Linnie Brown
Bertha Sanders
Local boy Harold Wells contributes witty pieces to Movie Weekly
Harold Wells son of Mr and Mrs C E B Wells 14 Kurtz Avenue writes humorous articles for The Movie Weekly while in New York City employed by the magazine and attending radio school. He was a former Ohio University student and Phi Sigma Chi member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wells
C. EB. Wells
Kurtz Avenue
Wells
New York
Ciay
Phi Sigma Chi
Ohio University
Work to Start at Camp Perry With 450 Guardsmen Detachments
On June 4 the firing line project begins at Camp Perry. A detail of 450 men from the Ohio National Guard's First and Fourth regiments will arrive Sunday morning for a week of range practice. The report mentions a Central Park sheep incident and Decoration Day picnic observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
Camp Perry
Ohio National Guard
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Happy Day
Swanson Furniture Co
N. Court St
M. D. Hughes
Law
Cline Bldg
Athens, O
Lash
Studebaker
Havolin
E. Carpenter
Leila Hayman of
Murray
George Banks
Orville Shellman
Rose Starkey
Springfield
Buckeye Lake
Helen Knapp
Cincinnati
W.H. Woolley
Irene
Columbus
Huldah Russell
L. G. Worstell
Lawrence
Tappan
Harrison County
Katherine McKee
University Terrace
O. G. Jordan
Hemlock
R. W. Miller
William M. Kurtz
Mrs. Kurtz
W. D. B. Carpenter
Morris Avenue
H. S&s. Siigley
East State Street
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Armory
Alexander M. Lamb
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville
J. M. Hyde
George S. Putnam
First Presbyterian Church
J. B. Christman
Mary Helen
Stark County
Christman
Brewester
Ralph Antoinette
South High Street
Samuel Lewis
Bladen
Ohio Eastern Christian Conference
Morgan County
Christian Forward Movement
Roy Pilcher
Hastings M. Pilcher
Hopkinsville, Ky
Pilcher
Hastings Pilcher
Edward C. Henning
Evansville
Ind
Mermaid
Greerwegroom
China
Hong Kong
Chas. C. Millikan
Optometrist & Optician
WEO
John Mitchell
Central Park
Marshfield Auto Co
Buick
F. O. B. Athens
OLE Auto Sales Co
The
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