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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1922
Page
12
Entertainment and pie social planned at Greenbriar school in Jackson township for next Friday evening November 24. Teacher listed as Gladys Hartley. Community news notes visits and travels of local residents including Mrs. Ida Bay and Mrs. Dempsey.
Charles Curtis DeLay a clerk in the county recorder's office in Columbus died at his home 747 Henry Street after a three week illness. Survived by his wife daughter of the late Isaac Lash, his mother three brothers Dan Gomer Clifford and three sisters Mrs Justin Brewer Ada Mrs Charles McClelland Columbus and Taura married and living on Grandview Heights Columbus. He was raised in McArthur and was the son of the late Capt J W DeLay Civil War veteran and longtime cashier of the Vinton County National Bank.
Elyria reports a chicken pox outbreak mainly among east side juveniles. City officials fault physicians for lax reporting of contagious diseases.
The Parent Teachers Association met November 9 at Millfield School with Prof. Bert Thompson of Chauncey High School and instructor Clifford Ruth addressing parents. They announced turning over $60 to schools for reading circle books and equipment. Reports show East and West Millfield schools maintaining high attendance and strong spelling scores across grades, with Armistice Day observed through programs.
The next parent teacher meeting will be held at West Millfield school Friday afternoon at 1 PM in December. Pupils will furnish a program and all parents are urged to attend.
A deed four feet by four feet designates a dog burying plot in St Louis County records. Owners Jacob Siler will bury two dogs, Joe II and Joe IV, and erect a monument to honor their memories. The deed states the aim is to honor intelligent dogs and inspire public thoughts and actions.
Bernard Sauber discovered pranksters moved his new cement steps to a neighbor’s jet. Posing as a Halloween celebrant he enlisted help to pull the steps back home, the crew believing they aided the neighbor. The next morning the steps were moved again to the neighbor’s lot after the tale reached a newspaper.
In Walla Walla Washington George Maxfield 68 says he is cutting his third set of teeth and will eat corn on the cob next summer. Veterans at the U S veterans hospital hear his claim and local dentists call the event unprecedented.
John B. Bowen born February 10 1857 in Jackson County West Virginia died November 12 1922 at his daughter Mrs Howard Stewart’s home in Carpenter Ohio at age 65 years nine months two days after a four year illness. He married Corabelle Birtcher May 4 1882 who died June 11 1915. Eight children were born. four survive with eleven grandchildren and two sisters and one brother. He joined the Church of Christ early in life and bore his suffering cheerfully. The poem laments the vacant chair and farewell as he passes to the spirit land.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during their father's illness and death. They thank Rev Athey and the choir for comforting music and acknowledge floral offerings from Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. B R Kincade, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Seindenahel, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bowen.
In a vivid colonial voice, the piece claims Mustapha Kemal Pasha will dry up Constantinople as Anatolia has been, contrasts local alcohol use with Chicago, praises Douzico liquor, notes German beer influence in the city, and jokes that the Koran predates beer.
An immigrant named Lee hid his $200 bankroll in a cellar hole of his restaurant after fleeing Grient. A clever rat dragged the money trail away, revealing the stash had been stolen by the rodent. Lee now funds a local bank and abandons the cellar hole habit.
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