Deming Home Tale Tangles Fame and Scandal in Ohio
The Prattsville area brick Deming residence home to the Ward family saga, a two generation world gossip, detailing Clara Ward Chimay and Heber Ward’s scandalous ties, royal circles, and a life marked by drunken ruin and a fatal end in Ohio.
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C. H. Harris
Prattsville
Vinton County
David Jones
Ohio
Hiram R. Deming
Demings
Heber Steuart
Princess Chimay
Chimay
Padua
Italy
Chiren
Clara Ward
Detroit
Eber B. Ward
Great Lakes
Europe
Prince Josepha de Caraman Chimay
Paris
Beccame
Leopold
Belgium
Janti Rigo
Ae Frig
Bri Ieee Etitany
Blanche Yates
Riccardi
Columbus
Imarried
Faushters
Alice
Ruth
Cassolotta
Carolyn
Herbert Wilson
Edgar Wilson
Liam
Spiegwa
Captain Ward
Kate Muraine
Deming
Stewart
Ward
Heber F
Plains social notes from The Plains community gathering
Gilbert Hartman and Ralph Hartman hosted a birthday shower for Bea Smith at Marjorie Nichols home with Esther Goldsberry Nettie Hawk Ben Smith and Mrs Nichols in attendance Mary Dailey absent ill The Ladies Missionary Society knitted and sewed for a leper colony and a quilt was given for a wedding anniversary The news lists many local visitors family trips military notes and church group activities including readings poems and prayers from Nazarene and Church of God groups.
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Marjorie Nichols
Peg Gorby
Cora Joyce
Nelsonville
Elberta Gabriel
Mary Wyatt
Athens
Esther,Goldsberry
Nettie Hawk
Elisabeth R MacCawr
Bea Smith
the Plains
Gilbert and
Ralph Hartman
Henry McMana
Logan
Esther Goldsberry
Ben Smith
Mrs. Nichols
Mary Dailey
Ladies Missionary Society of the
Church of God
Wayne France
Raymond Kelchney
George Swartz
Kelehner
Area Red Cross Fund Drive Workers Listed
COOLVILLE Mrs Clyde Parish elected president for the year Helen Chapman vice president Lucille Davis secretary Mrs Lu announced the members of her force who will assist in raising the fund. The class decided to send a box for Germany supplies for the relay ship quota. They are Coolvilleatives from Ohio University students Auldine White Bettie Clark Helen Chapman Luella Smith Helen Richardson Marie Root Rita Starkey Betty Washburn Coolville schools Dr Don Hawkins and Mrs E G Alden Torch June Ellis Thelma Haynes Rita Martin Helen Russell Ireland Ruth Smith Sandy Hill Ruby Shanks Hockingport Lena Davis Billie White Frost Lucille Davis Hazel Parrish Bethel Ridge Route 50 Brimstone Ridge Road Paul etta White Rita Walden Hazel Parrish NATIONS GIVEN marked the close of another school month in Carthage Troy District. Many students ill with flu improving slowly most back at school. County truancy officer investigated truancy cases. Six weeks examinations last week report cards due Wednesday next week. At the home of Mrs Clyde Parish Coolville with Lucille Davis co hostesses, Class members of Coolville Methodist Sunday School held a meeting. A reading The family will visit in other sections of Ohio and later leave for Tennessee.
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Rish
Troy
Helen Chapman
Red Cross
Lucille Davis
Bradford
Germany
Ohio University
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Bettie Clark
Helen
Chapman
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Richardson
Marie Root
Rita Starkey
Betty Washburn
Don Hawkins
E. G Alden
Torch
June Ellis
Thelma Haynes
Rita Martin
Helen Russell
Ireland
Ruth Smith
Sandy Hill
Ruby Shanks
Hockingport
Lena Davis
Billie White
Frost
Hazel Parrish
Bethel Ridge
Brimstone Ridge
Pauletta White
Rita Walden
Carthage-Troy
Clyde Parrish
Nebraska
John Littleton
Charles
Lincoln
Neb
Durtory Sing
Mary Cody
Mildred Chapman
Tions
Ohio
Norma Brantberry
Tennessee
Vinton County
Jess Wheaton
Wilkesville
Mercy Hospital
Cloyce
Grove City
Orient
Effie
Evelyn
Gladys
WSCS
Methodist Church
Ruth Barber
Wilkesville Auditorium
P. m
North Wilton School
Kearney Ogdin
Chiefs Club
Carl Shenefield
Raymond Patton
Order of the Eastern Star
Hollis Grate
Shirtey
Ray Fred Steffin
Marion
Ernest Major
R. Fi. Woltz
Amos Woltz
W Wellston
Presbyterian Church Circle
Edith Johnson
G. Cahoon
Sirbach
Camp experiences for handicapped children broaden access
Dr. Edwin P Jigadban discusses advances in medical and social care for handicapped children. Camps adjusted to needs provide normalizing experiences, aided by scholarships from organizations like the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and the American Diabetes Association. The essay urges all children to have camp access, including those with diabetes or other special needs.
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Edwin P.jigadban
M.D
National Society For Crippled Children andAdults
South LaSalle Street
Chicago
theAmerican Camping Association
South Dearborn Street
American Diabetes Association
West 42Nd Street
New York
The Stars Say For Tomorrow Emotional Tensions Ease
The forecast urges quiet meditation to dissolve recent emotional tensions and directs focus on calm, writing, and creative activities. It notes improved relationships, possible travel benefits, and unexpected changes driving future progress, with cautions about overreliance on emotions during journeys.
Wilkesville Mixes Shower News and Local Notices
Local brief from Wilkesville reports a February 13 miscellaneous shower at the Haley home in Middletown honoring Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Duffy on their recent marriage. Obituaries note Hollis Wiseman of Columbus and Jess Wheaton of near Wilkesville. Church groups, paper drive plans, and upcoming fundraisers at the Wilkesville auditorium are announced along with club meetings and community visits.
Birthday party honors Mar gie McCarley in Vinton
Supper guests at Mr and Mrs Walter McCarley celebrate Mar gie McCarley s 13th birthday anniversary with Mrs Goldie McCarley Mrs Jessie Braley and Miss Byrd Alexander among attendees. Others host families include the Bowersocks of Parkersburg Engle family Payne Casto Wilson and Lambert families. The Methodist Ladies Bible Class staged a handkerchief shower for Verna George.
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Payne
Paul Wilson
Ruth Ann
Athens
Leroy Wilson
Columbus
Walter McCarley
Methodist Church
Verna George
Ms. George
Alice Cas~to
Nettie Psinter
Octavan Lambert
Anna S. Evans
June Poling
Horace Metcalf
George
Trene
Clara Belle Glenn
Ianna Mae George
Everett George
Norman Martin Jand
Steve
Rand
Elmer Sherritt, Jr
Lancaster
Jana
Elmer Sherritt
Byrdj Alexander
Four Term Mayor Daniel Diehl A German Family Pioneer
Daniel Diehl a Civil War veteran and longtime mayor of Pomeroy lived among Germans and Welsh in Meigs County. Immigrating from Bavaria in 1850 his life spanned church work teaching at St Johns and Maennerchor membership. He served as mayor for four terms before dying in 1920 during his final term and was buried with military honors.
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Daniel Diehl
Pomeroy
United States
Bavaria
Germany
13Th Infantry
Sherman
Army of the Tennessee
Diehl
Young
Newport
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Agatha Reuter
Portsmouth
Uso
Beech Grove
Fred Langlotz
Shade River Community Notices and Visits
Funeral services held for William Larkins 85 at Mt Olive. Devorah Swain dies in Murrayville W Va. former Shade River resident. Various local visits and meetings noted including S A Rairden and Eliza Ervin visiting Racine Newark business trips Emmett Stethem returning to Midland Pa. Young Adult class party at Uré Community Hall on Feb 20.
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Mt. Olive
William Larkins
Ronnie White
Chillicothe
Devorah Swain
Murraysville
W. Va
Swain
Charles Ervin
Racine
S. A. Rairden
Ure
Fairs
S. A
Rairden
Eliza Ervin
Sanford Kozart
Newark
Ohio
Emmett Stethem
Midland, Pa
J. C. Brammer
Pomeroy
Carl Chevalier
Fred Young
Anna Leighter
Grace Lowden
Rainbow Ridge
Bigley Ridge
H. G Webster
Local Visit Notes from South Bloomingville Area
Local residents and relatives share weekend visits and illnesses across Columbus Lancaster Circleville Mount Arthur areas. Notables include Jenn Unger funeral at Pine Grove Methodist with Rev Phyllis LeMaster and music. Sam Hixenbaugh, former Hocking County resident, dies in Cleveland.
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South Bloomingville
Mary Hart
Kenneth
Richard Carpenter
J. J. Johnson
Diana Shaw
Vicky Sue Johnson
Andrew Reynolds
Junior Johnson
Lancaster
Susan Shaw
Tillie
Lewis Wagner
Alva Brown
Columbus
E. G. Brown
Jenn Unger
Pine
Vernon Herron
Circleville
Herron
Chauncey Mills
George ‘Turner
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
Mr. Turner
MtArthur
Sam Hixenbaugh
Hocking County
Cleveland
B. M. Shaw
Ed‘son
Royce Smith
Fort Lee
Local families visit, illness noted and a fatal Canton shooting
Several local families visited over the weekend including the Carls Lees and Carnelis, Orrs, Taylors, and Moraritys with gatherings at Athens Lisbon and Parkersburg areas. A gun wound proved fatal for John Magneto in Canton after a dispute with a bar owner. He was 43.
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Tohn Magneto
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