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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
3
Local Nelsonville page invites readers to place buy and sell ads in the daily want ads. Special offer: twenty five cents covers three insertions for an ad of twenty five.
A terse notice indicates onch ore service offers watch for the Watch Dog security, promising swift action when called. The fragment suggests a small commerce or service ad, implying monitoring and rapid response capabilities.
Mrs Leiland Kreig hosted the Tatting club ladies Tuesday evening. A two course luncheon followed a pleasant social hour with members Mesdames Freer Edington Shafer Shafer McCarty Ros and others in attendance.
The article fragment lists individuals including Leonard Cooley Joe Humphrey Jack Pritchard and Misses Lucile Kaelin and Dorothy Vorhes, indicating a social or community notices section with multiple named people.
Needle Shuttle club members gathered with Mrs. Stanley Mechem for a Tuesday evening of sewing and social time. A prettily appointed two course luncheon was served late. Guests included Mrs. Walter Mechem and daughter Elizabeth, with members Mesdames Don Davis Albert Dilcher Ralph Howe Harrold Mechem B Acomb Donald Shafer Ralph Henry and Misses Bertha Linton Hazel Edington.
C B Robbins and family and Mrs Arthur Anderson return to Cedar Rapids Iowa after visiting Mrs Julia Baird guests. Mr Jesse Beverage remains in a Columbus hospital receiving treatment.
Miss Marie Mooney visits her brother Mr and Mrs Logan Mooney in Charleston West Virginia as a guest of the household.
Mrs. C. J. Sanders was a Logan visitor, Tuesday. Mrs. Dick Gaffety of Murray City is the guest of her sisters, Mrs. Henry Nutter and Mrs. James Bland.
Twenty nine members of the Degree of Pocahontas gathered for a weiner roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wallace in The Plains. They came by hay wagon and enjoyed roasting weiners and socializing before returning home late in the evening.
Mrs James Bland hosted a lawn party with Mesdames Coleman and Cowin assisting. The B B M Club ladies gathered Tuesday evening for games and social time on the Bland lawn. Thirty five members attended and dainty refreshments were served late.
Miss Mildred and Ruth Vorhes hosted a tea for Miss Mary Lane today with guest Miss Ruth Hamlin of Hiram. Flowers adorned the Vorhes rooms and musical numbers from Elizabeth Zellar Eva Cotton and Mary Pensyle complemented the event. Twenty guests attended.
Secretary Wallace announced the resignation of George Livingston, chief of the bureau of markets, effective after he cited the need to consider his personal welfare. Livingston has led the post since July 1, 1919. Baroness Orszy, famed for The Scarlet Pimpernel, is noted as an artist who has exhibited at the Royal Academy.
In Chicago on June 23, William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati, former chairman of the Leonard Wood national committee, filed suit to compel eleven other members to reimburse him for 813,200 paid, claiming 745,432 is due. Defendants include Albert A. Sprague of Chicago, Norman J. Gould of Seneca New York, H C Stebbins of New York, T J Miller of Delaware and George M. Hoses of Concord New Hampshire.
The Near East Relief operates the world’s largest Armenian orphanage in Alexandropol near the Caucasus, housing 18 000 children whose parents were killed or died. Officials in Cleveland note 54 000 in orphanages and 56 000 more outside, all needing aid to avoid death from hunger cold and displacement. The call for help comes directly from the children.
Mr. 8 J. Smith recalled a Sunday picnic at the Smith residence in Lodi township. A truck brought fifteen guests for a feast of chicken pie cake ice cream stogies for men and soft drinks for women. Attending families included M. L. Bowers George Rick ey C. E. Stage L. Hawk Curtis Shellman Edith Goldsberry Garnet Colmer and the Smiths.
Police pursue a middle aged man wanted for an attempted attack on Ella West in Armitage Tuesday. A K M Railway conductor report tied a description to a man who boarded at Armitage, then jumped off near Corning. Perry county authorities were notified as the search continues.
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