Nelsonville Social Notes and Commencement Log
Nelsonville and nearby towns report residents visiting relatives, attending college commencements, and traveling to Niagara Falls and other points. Notable items include Wal ter Gadbury and Miss Bess Richards planning a lake trip, Wilbert Hall at Hiram College, and Ellen Riley’s Ohio University graduation. A June 14 Flag Day service at the Elks Home is announced with Rev. Arthur Marshall to speak. Refutes a prior claim about fireworks but confirms a fine for selling blank cartridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Arthur Marshall
Athens Lodge
Graduates and Secures Pine Position
Miss Ruth Vorhes daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Vorhes earned an Ohio University art diploma after a four year course and will teach in the summer art department at OU. She has accepted a position as art teacher at Middletown High School for the coming year. Mrs G F E Tifft left Wednesday for Town to visit her aging father in poor health and will be away about a month. The Rev. accompanied her to Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Vorhes
Charles Vorhes
Ohio University
Vorhes
O. U
Middletown
May 1923 births in Nelsonville area reported
Birth notices from Nelsonville and York township for May 1923 announced by Dr. Cc. C. Butt list boys born to Tarrell and Kathern Warren, Leslie and Inez Barber, Frank and Bessie Hook, and Vern and Orpha Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
York Township
Cc. C. Butt
Tarrell
Kathern Warren
Leslie
Inez Barber
Frank
Bessie Hook
Vern
Orpha Scott
Local notices and injuries in a small town announcements
The page lists family greetings and marriages for many couples. It reports A C Snyder badly hurt after a six foot fall through an elevator shaft in Bremen, transferred to Lancaster hospital. A G Mechem and granddaughter Mary Margaret Mechem with Stanley Mechem and son depart on a ten day eastern motor trip visiting Washington and other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Snyder
C. G. Dew
Lancaster
A C. Snyder
Bremen
Mr. Snyder
T .E. Wells
A. G. Mechem
Mary Margaret Mechem
Stanley Mechem
Washington, D. C
East
Harwick Notified of Divorce Petition in Athens County
Mayme Harwick filed for divorce and child custody against A. W. Harwick in Common Pleas Court case 12660 on wilful absence. Hearing set on or after June 22 1923. Foster and Wells, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Harwick
Mayme Harwick
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Foster & Wells
Jacksonville Ohio Sealed Bonds Bid for Palmer Street Improve
Legal notice in Jacksonville Ohio invites sealed proposals by June 25 1923 for bonds totaling 5162 40 dated November 1 1922 to fund Palmer Street improvements. Bonds mature from 1925 and annually thereafter at 6 percent interest, with bids to include bond counts and accrued interest, plus a 5 percent certified check. The village may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ohio
Palmer Street
Fourth Street
Eight Street
Ight Street
Country Girl Romance Ends in Betrayal and Loss
A young bride from Bartlett wed a suave suitor who posed as Lieutenant Berry. The couple traveled to Chicago after a lavish ceremony. The groom fled after canceling a planned dinner with a banker, having duped the bride with bad checks. The bride's savings, amounting to thousands, were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sealth
Ohio
California
Bartlett
Autunnna
Uhis
Erry
Chicago
Blackstone Hotel
Beatrice Gage
Berry Ane
Gage
Harding approves Minnesota battle
President Harding approves the plans of the Republican senatorial campaign committee led by Senator Moses of New Hampshire for a large offensive in Minnesota before the July 16 election to choose a successor for the late Senator Knut Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Moses
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Knut Nelson
Athens Ohio Inheritance Tax Split After McBee Estate
Athens and Ohio will split 477.78 in inheritance tax from the late Charlies Fr. McRee estate, which died intestate in Athens on March 29. The estate valued 76625 gross with debts and allowances totaling 6923.16, leaving 68225.74 subject to tax. The widow Lorene McBee receives 20300.62, and each child 11981.28. heirs include Sarah Anne, Edith F., Bart B., and Harry B. McBee with residences in Athens Cincinnati Basil St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State of
Ohio
Charlies Fr. McRee
Athens County
Lorene McRee
Sarah Ann
Lorene McBee
Sarah Anne McBee
Edith F. McBee
Cincinnati
Bart B. McBee
Basil
Harry B. McBee
St. Louis
Athens County Club Picnic Set for June 16
Ralph Pavey Athens county farm agent is away for the week but the Farm Bureau says the Athens County Club picnic for boys and girls will proceed as planned next Saturday June 16. C Croy of the Hoys and Girls Club department of Ohio notes the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Pavey
Athens County
Farm Bureau
Athens County Club
C. Croy
The
Hoys and Girls Club Department of
Ohio
Newport High Grad Strike Over Class Roast
Newport Kentucky seniors refuse to attend their graduation as a protest against a class roast. About forty students staged the onstage boycott while hissing at the ceremony and two girls wept. Principal Craft demanded an apology after Wesley Bowen’s satire was deemed excessive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Wesley Bowen
Prinipal C. W. Craft
Craft
Bowen
State University to Lead Athens Picnic Saturday
State University will come to Athens this Saturday to oversee the club picnic ensuring no disappointment. A free picture show is set for 10 30 AM at the Majestic theater with tickets available at the Farm Bureau office. Picnic dinner at noon on the fair grounds precedes an afternoon program organized by various clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theater
Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
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Chiropractic
L. E. Cash
Valmer
Colonial
Nelsonville News
8. W. Gadbury
Walter
Bess Richards
Glouster
Lake Points
Niagra Falls
Thousand Islands
New York
Buffalo
Wilbert Hall
Hiram
Chas. Creamer
Isaac Nice
Andrew Wolfe
Williard Webb
Toledo
Benson Preston
Gus White
Cumberland, Ohio
PD. A. Ferree
Delaware
Thomas Lonegstaff
Marguerite Ball
Middleport
Harry Ball
Fanny Brooks
Columbus
Lucy Hoochett
B. L. Lamborn
Earl Finley
Clintonville
Isabell McCann
Bevery, Ohio
C .H. Bartlett
Herbert Powell
Herman Ohlinger
Chas. Hamilton
Dona Joan
John Riley
Daughyster
Miss Ellen
Ohio University At
Ed Shafer
E. L. Katzenback
Cleveland
C. C. Coffey
Myers Crossing
Tie
Nelsonville Home & Savings Association
Nity
Tively
F.L
S. D. Preston Co
East Side Public Sq
Phoenix
van Llose
Weidrest
Pat
Nelson Ville
Bennett and
Bessie Fisk
Burns and
Fhea Coakley
Noel
Mildred Smith
Sherman
Blanche Brooks
Amos
Anna Lehman
Fred
Bessie Higgins
Ifred
John
Goldie Duskey
Mason
Rosa Spence
Joseph
Elizabeth Holmes
Grover
Maud Dean
Clarence
Grace Nichols
Jas
Nina Riley
Marie Roby
Guy
Mary Hunter
Sim
Georgia Lane
Earnest
Harriet Gray
Harley
Margaret Worden
Robert
Mildred Kinney
J. C. Tifft
Martha
Mrs. Tifft
A. C. Pritchard
Ft. Columbus Street
Wm,c, Hilt
ACE Estate
County Farm
Men’s Union
Ecru Union
Harris
Ohlinger & Wolf
Callies
Arbuckles
Franklin
White House
Redcomb
Royal Worcester
Nelsonville, Ghig
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