Catherine the Great at Majestic Depicts Harsh Court Drama
The Majestic plays Catherine the Great featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr as Peter III and Elizabeth Bergner as Catherine. The film shows his cruelty and public humiliations including the banishment of Catherine’s confidante and the arming of a rival as mistress. Critics note the intense, tragic portrayal of the empress’s rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Peter III
Elizabeth Bergner
United Artists
Catherine
Peter
Elizabeth
Countess Vorontzova
Catherine the Great
Vorontzova
Order of St. Catherine
Paul Crinner
Miss Bergner
Gerald du Maurier
Trilby
Peter Ibbetson
Flora Robson
Court Film Appeared As Silent Movie at Court Theater
The feature Enlighten Thy Daughter described as a modernized talky version of a famed silent success plays at the Court Theater. Ivan Abramson authored the original story and produced the silent version it’s based on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Rawlinson
Miriam Battista
Wesley Barry
Ara Gerald
Russell Hicks
Court Theater
Ivan Abramson
Summer Fashion Rules for Daytime Chiffon Styles
The piece advises careful modeling of chiffon and sheer fabrics for daytime wear. It cautions against skimpy outfits and excessive drifting fabric, stressing thoughtful design to balance coverage and style.
All Round Good Film At Ohio Theater Review
Warner Bros Upper World debuts at the Ohio Theater with a strong cast led by Warren William and Mary Astor. Ginger Rogers and child star Dickie Moore deliver notable turns as a tale of wealth, infidelity, blackmail, murder, and courtroom drama unfolds with romance and thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Upper World
Ohio Theater
Roy del Ruth
Ben Hecht
Warren William
Mary Astor
Ginger Rogers
Dickie Moore
Andy Devine
Community Notes From Letart Falls Social Roundup
Letart Falls briefs list visitors and relatives in town: Lee Barrows and Mrs Carrie Bean of Oakland Cal with aunts Mrs C R Roberts and Mrs Eva Roberts, Rush Johnson and children from Columbus return from parental visit, Riley Hague of Parkersburg with mother Mrs R M Hague of East Liverpool, Memorial Day plans to visit graves of Civil War veteran husband, Albert Barnitz ill with measles, Alpha Hayman of Cleveland visiting aunt Elizabeth Alexander, Alva Cummings reported seriously ill, Harry Teaford in Huntington hospital, Homer Ashley and wife of Canton visiting E E Ashley and family, assorted local movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Lee Barrows
Carrie Bean
Oakland
Cal
C. R. Roberts
Eva Roberts
Rush Johnson
Columbus
Clel Johnson
Riley Hague
Parkersburg
R. M. Hague
East Liverpool
Albert
W. O. Barnitz
Alpha Hayman
Cleveland
Elizabeth Alexander
Alva Cummings
Harry Teaford
Huntington
Homer Ashley
Canton
E. E. Ashiey
Flora Lyle Burial Held in Langsville
Funeral services for Flora Lyle, who died at Gallipolis, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Wright home in Langsville with Reverend Harley Bolton presiding. Burial followed in Miles Cemetery. She leaves two brothers Bid Lyle of Kansas and Sumner Lyle of Nebraska, and four sisters Mrs Anna Hanes Mrs Edith Holliday Mrs B L Darst and Mrs Wright. Sumner Wright and wife of Cincinnati visited the Wright home, as did Elwood Kenan from Columbus and the McKnight couple with William Davis of Dexter. The H H Webb family and Lulu Channing of Parkersburg were guests of the Ledlie family, and Mary Jane Entsminger returned from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Flora Lyle
Gallipolis
W. E. Wright
Wright
Harley Bolton
Rutland
Miles Cemetery
Miss Lyle
Bid Lyle
Kansas
Sumner Lyle
Nebraska
Anna Hanes
Edith Holliday
B. L. Darst
Black Lick
Sumner Wright
Cincinnati
Elwood Kenan
Columbus
Everett McKnight
William Davis
Dexter
H. H. Webb
Lulu Channing
Parkersburg
J. T. Ledlie
Mary Jane Entsminger
Thomas Fork News Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Willis West of Syracuse entertained Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Spurrier at dinner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hysell and daughter visited Rutland with their parents, the W. M. Grahams. Dinner guests included Harry Peters and daughter London, Linzey Locke, and family friends Hiram Locke, Henry ONeill, J. Carroll Naish, Sidney Toler, Theodore Newton, Robert Barrat, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Greig, Frank Sheridan, John Qualen, and Willard Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fork
Willis West
Syracuse
Clarence Spurrier
Daniel Hysell
Rutland
W. M. Graham
Harry Peters
London
Linzey Locke
Hiram Locke
Henry O'Neill
J. Carroll Naish
Sidney Toler
Theodore Newton
Robert Barrat
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Robert Greig
Frank Sheridan
John Qualen
Willard Robertson
Memorial Day Services Draw Large Crowd in Gallia County
In Gallipolis on Memorial Day, the Masonic Drum and Bugle Corps led a large gathering from World War Memorial to Pine Street Cemetery. Veterans groups, scouts, and church members participated under Major H. F E. Houck with addresses by Judge A. J. Stormont and Rev. H. H. Wilbur. Special amplifiers carried the ceremonies across the Pine Street Cemetery and Crown City observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Masonic Drum and Bugle Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
World War Memorial
H. F E. Houck
A. J. Stormont
Pine Street
Fourth Street
Ohio Hospital
Crown City
Proof of Age Needed for Pension Records in Gallia
Carter calls on applicants to bring birth or marriage certificates as proof of age for old age pensions in Gallia County. Many arrive without ages, and some with marriage licenses lacking ages are sent to Probate Court for certified age records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Office of the Aid For the
Leo E. Carter
Gallia County
CWA
Bureau
Carter
Must Keep Records Under AAA Program
GALLIPOLIS All persons with AAA farm contracts must maintain a compliance record. FE H Reed notes county extension agents will send record books and instructions. Livestock inventory dated Dec 1 1988 plus all sales and purchases since then must be entered. crop transactions from 1934 should also be recorded. If using the Ohio Farm Account Book, AAA records are not needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
AAA
FE. H. Reed
Gem
Reed
Ohio
Local families visit in Kanawha area this weekend
Mr and Mrs Ray Adams and son Jack and Mrs Surilla Alred of Huntington spent Sunday with J Q Adams. James Marsh and daughter Clarabell visited A W Pullins. Joseph Siddall and Lidia Giles, guests of Henry Spencer, return to Dana after two weeks. they head to Philadelphia later. William Bagley and daughter of London ky go home after visiting W W Ricketts. James Whittington of Buffalo visits relatives. Charles Dewitt weekends in Parkersburg. Vernal Rose and Virgil Rodgers visit Northup parents. J W Carter and family, wintering with Mrs Walter Johnson, return to spend summer with son Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Adams
Jack
Surilla Alred
Huntington
W. Va
J. Q. Adams
James Marsh
Clarabell
Pt. Pleasant
A. W. Pullins
Joseph Siddall
Lidia Giles
Henry Spencer
Dana
Sam Giles
Philadelphia
William Bagley
London
W. W. Ricketts
James Whittington
Buffalo
Charles Dewitt
Parkersburg
St. Albans
Harry
Drilling Will Start On Sharpsburg Farm
Sharpsburg May 31 a drilling machine is being moved on the T E B Dickson farm. Mr and Mrs Long left Tuesday for a protracted visit with friends at Wilkesville and Portsmouth. Mrs Leota Strode and children visited her brother Webb McPeak and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs Farr Carpenter and Mr and Mrs Herschel Carpenter attended the funeral of Mrs Bertha Carpenter Green of Stockport Sunday. A Columbus party visited Mt Herman Cemetery and decorated graves. Miss Lenor Keney of Beech Grove Inn Morgan County visited her parents Myron Keney et al.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
T. EB. Dickson
Bertha Carpenter Green
Stockport
Columbus
Mt. Herman
Hattie Cook
W. A. Perry
Linnie Donahue
Vinnie Burton
Nora Jackson
Gladys Priest
Lenor Keney
Beech Grove Inn
Morgan County
Myron Keney
Gallia Academy FFA members head to state convention
Twelve Gallia Academy High School Vocational Agriculture students will attend the sixth annual Ohio Association of Future Farmers of America convention at Ohio State University in Columbus on Friday June 1. They will judge meat dairy cattle poultry and sheep under guidance of instructor Russell M Sloman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vocational Agriculture Department of Gallia Academy High School
Ohio Association of Future Farmers of America
Ohio State University
Columbus
Russell M. Sloman
Man jailed on drunk driving after truck hits parked car
Oscar Smith, colored, was jailed Wednesday night on a charge of driving while intoxicated after the truck he was driving crashed into a car parked in front of the Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oscar Smith
Methodes Sauron
Funeral services for Dr. Robert Lewis Richards
Funeral services were held for Dr. Robert Lewis Richards a resident physician for Montecito oil heir Stanley McCormick. Richards a New Lexington Ohio native and retired Army medical officer died last Friday in a Los Angeles hospital after a lingering illness. He received a $30 000 yearly salary fixed by court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
Robert Lewis Richards
Stanley McCormick
Montecito
Richards
Los Angeles
New Lexington
Ohio
McCormick
Bidwell Youth Hurt In Collision In Front Of Home
Gallia County report of a vehicle crash in Bidwell where H B Wood’s son sustained a crushed nose after his car collided with a second vehicle driven by Mort Stevens. Stevens’s car reportedly burst into flames. boy treated at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. B. Wood
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Mort Stevens
Wood
Stevens
Young Wood
Lodi 4-H Club Elects Officers
SHADE May 31 The Lodi Boys 4-H Club elected officers led by President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Joe Bobo. Other officers include Secretary Walter Smith Treasurer Bud Wilson and News Reporter Frank Jeffers. Various local residents and visitors are listed among recent social appearances and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade
Lodi Boys 4-H Club
Woodrow Wilson
Joe Bobo
Walter Smith
Bud Wilson
Frank Jeffers
John Custard
West Virginia
William Yerkey
Elsworth Burley
Edna Fulton
Sam Forman
Dennis Bail
Lewis Woode
Perry Smith
Ethel Harris
Robert Perry
Jeff Violet
Flora
Hoyttown
Grandmother Brown yearbook in Athens High School Arena
The Athens High School annual novel innovation features Maria Foster Brown guiding readers through a yearbook of school life. Woodcuts and student photos illustrate seniors juniors and activities from debates to junior prom with staff credits and portraits.
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Brown
Athens High
Maria Foster Brown
Inter
Athens High School
Pioneer
Athens
Maria Foster
Visitors and Births Share Weekend in Zaleski
On Sunday visitors from Chauncey Athens Huntington Albany and Columbus attended the local cemetery and visited friends. Families mentioned include Edward Minister and daughter W B Bromley Mrs James McKibben Roy Clinton and Mrs Clinton whose son Ted Jowell was born May 21. Ulysses James and Albert James visited Clelie Velinus James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Winnifred Rickey
T. J. Shipley
Huntington
Ted Jowell
Roy Clinton
McCombs
Clinton
Ulysses James
South Vienna
Albert James
Columbus
Clelie
Velinus James
Memorial Day Observance in McArthur Draws Large Crowd
Memorial Day exercises at the Opera House in McArthur drew a large crowd led by chairman Leroy W. Pilcher. The event featured Rev. O W Williams delivering the address, 35 piece Hamden Band, firing squad salute at the Monument, and Taps at the cemetery with many Legion members and visitors in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Wilbur
Grace Methodist Church
American Legion
Clarence Smith
Arlo Chatfield
Ray Arnett
W. J. Jones
Clarence Warren
Otto Sharp
Herbert Hamilton
W. W. Tinker
Art Gorsuch
Elsie Cozad
Roy Thompson
Carl Ward
Forest Marple
Reverend Williams
Hamden
O. D. Daily
Albany
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Mad Czar
London Films
Majestic Theater
Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
Bssure
New York
Cig
New Ohio
Andy Clyde
Ken Maynard
Leti
Okiv
AI Cufton
Little Miami
Steamboat Rock
Morrow
Dayton
Mammoth Army Airport
George Newcom
Daytons
van Cleve Park
Wright Brothers
Thomas Fork News
Veterans
City Park
Frank McClintock
America
A. B. Garrett
Clay Township
FERA
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Dithorine the Great
Kanalga News
Sharpsburg Farm
Yo-Ag
NEW Sex
California
Paul Keever
Anna May
Nettie Burson
Marie Grim
George Grim
A. H. Grim
Paul Jeffers
Cherry Ridge
Samantha Jeffers
Middleport
Isaae Dailey
Vinton Ladd
Chillicothe
Pho
Charlies Sias
Francis Fuller
Dick Whipple
Aas
Donalding
Joe Gin
Ann Crary
Fernesistants
Wade Veiwhler
Hitchcock
George Ste Smith
Don Rowlandtor
Robert Bingman
Lorna Cooper
Rosemary Bean
Joe Ve David
Marjorie Beasley
the Westfall
Paul Tribe
Kathleen Carpenter
Zaleski
McArthur
Soldier Dead
William Harris
Robert Bobo
Charlies Martin
Union Livestock Sale Co
West Union St
Mickle
Airbal
Mth
Instan
Silvertown
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