Social and Local News Briefs Across Athens Area
The Maccabees call a Tuesday 2 PM session. Phi Delta Theta auxiliary meets at 2:30 PM at the West Mulberry chapter house. Hobson Study Circle gathers 7 PM at 80 North Court. Chauncey visitors Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hamilton host relatives from Athens. Mrs. Parker Carpenter returns from Columbus after ten days with relatives. Social Literary club meets Tuesday 2:30 PM hosted by Mrs. Clarence Roach. Acords visit Athens. Acord is Harvey Ramsey’s brother. Diptheria illness improves for Charles Simmons in Columbus. Logan teachers Ermel Stevens Nora Cowey visit Dowler and Herron. W C T U convention report to First M E Church Tuesday 2 PM. new members to be received. luncheon at The Colonial. Windsor dinner party hosted by Mrs. Hanan. Mrs. George Crawford travels from Canaanville to Kearney after Dr M I Mansfield’s death. Mansfield formerly of Guysville. daughter Jessie Love preceded him in death. son Guy Mansfield lives at Scotts Bluff. Mrs Olive Murphy of Stewart is sister.
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George Crawford
Canaanville
Kearney
Neb
M. I. Mansfield
Guysville
Longbeach
Calif
Jessie Love
Guy Mansfield
Scotts Bluff
Olive Murphy
Stewart
Marriage of Theodore Hilldare and Annie Galbreath at Harmarville
This morning at 9 o clock in Harmarville Pennsylvania Mr Theodore Hilldare and Miss Annie Galbreath were married at the manse by Rev A Y Wilcox pastor of the First Presbyterian church The bride was a student at Ohio university in 1917 and 1918 and taught in Coolville public schools The groom works for a local mining company They will reside in Harmerville after the ceremony
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Hilldare
Harmarville
Annie Galbreath
Coolville
A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
Ohio University
Harmersville
Harmersville. Mr. and Mrs. Hilldore
Harmerville
Hallowe'en Party Honors Miss Mary Reavan at Marietta Home
Evening party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Vernon and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Norris at their Marietta avenue residence honored Miss Mary Reavan. Guests included Mrs. Esther Ravenscroft and several Misses and Messrs such as Retha Baird Minnie Baird Virginia Wood Vella Frost Mary Frost May Pawn Faye Pawn Virgene Rowan Wilson Ator Gordon Halli Floyd Cross Earl Shaffer Kenneth Sharp and Arthur Milliron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Vernon
Ray Norris
Hallowe’en
Marietta Avenue
Mary Reavan
Esther Ravenscroft
Retha Baird
Minnie Baird
Virginia Wood
Vella Frost
Mary Frost
May. Pawn
Faye Pawn
Virgene Rowan
Messrs
Wilson Ator
Gordon Halli
Floyd Cross
Earl Shaffer
Kenneth Sharp
Arthur Milliron
Halloween party honors Athens high school faculty
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Mardis hosted 24 Athens high school faculty members at their home on East State Street Saturday night. The event featured numerous games, futures charms, music, an envisioned spelling bee, and a two course luncheon, with Halloween decorations creating a festive, laughter-filled atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe’en
Harold C. Mardis
East State Street
Athens High School
Hallowe'en Party At Miss Kircher Home
Miss Mary Catherine Kircher hosted a festive Hallowe'en gathering Saturday night with 12 couples. Thegypsy camp décor in the library featured a kettle red fire and fortune teller, and guests enjoyed bobbing for apples along with a lively impromptu program of dances readings and other entertainment followed by pumpkin pie and doughnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Kircher
Ruth Jones
Dorothy Woodworth
Miss Kircher
Second Street
Christmas party reflections and homemade candy delight
A festive scene ends with guests enjoying homemade candy after cider and dancing. The mood centers on shared treats and cheerful memory making as the gathering concludes.
Phi Sigma Chi Hallowe'en Dance Wows Armory Crowd
Alpha Alpha Theta hosts an exclusive Phi Sigma Chi gathering at the armory with inventive decorations and a country hoe down vibe. Guests marveled at fodder walls and jack o lantern lighting as the band played and punch was served by a white shrouded attendant. Lancaster Phi Sigs joined a few guests while Roger Jones and wife acted as chaperones. The hall remains decorated for tonight's Elks Hallowe'en dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Alpha Theta
Phi Sigma Chi
Armory
Hallowe'en
Lancaster Phi Sigs
Roger Jones
Elks Hallowe’en
Glouster Opera House Vaudeville and Tom Mix Feature
At Glouster Opera House on Monday October 31 four act vaudeville and the film After Your Own Heart starring Tom Mix are scheduled. Local patrons urged to attend for entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster Opera House
Tom Mix
Drive for state fund proposed by ex servicemen
Ohio ex service men press a constitutional amendment to fund adjusted compensation. The American Legion band played at concerts in Jacksonville and Gloucester with Prof Thomas Hoover of Ohio University speaking on the issue. An American Legion meeting was planned at the Chamber of Commerce to organize district campaign while farmers busied themselves with corn husking and winter prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
American Legion
Jacksonville
Glouster
Thomas Hoover
Ohio University
Chamber of Commerce
Local resident Mike Beshara returns from Syria
Mike Beshara came back Saturday after an extended stay in his native Syria. He departed the city on October 6, 1920, and was away a little over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Beshara
Syria
Mike
Soprano Edith Mc Donald Carpenter at College Auditorium recital
Madame Edith Mc Donald Carpenter opens a program at the College Auditorium with Renzi Thomas on piano and Charles Young on violin. The concert highlights the recreation of musical sound and prompts audience questions about singing a duet with oneself. Remaining seats are available via Cornwell & Co. or at the auditorium from 6:45 to 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith McDonald Carpenter
Charles Young
Rienzi Thomas
Madame Carpenter
Edison
College
Athens Pe
College Auditorium
Renzi Thomas
Cornwell & CO
Stomach Sour Myths and Adlerika Claims
An old newspaper blurb promotes Adlerika as a remedy for sour stomach and gas, describing bowel cleansing with buckthorn bark and glycerine. It claims the product expels poisons and decaying matter from upper and lower bowels and even guards against appendicitis, marketed by Gibson Drug Store and druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson Drug Store
Funeral service for Austin Lattimer held at Church of Christ
The funeral for Austin Lattimer, whose death was reported in Saturday’s Messenger, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Church of Christ in the city. The pastor Harry M. Wilson conducted the service and interment was in the city cemetery. Mr. Lattimer is survived by his widow and seven children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Lattimer
Church of Christ
Harry M. Wilson
Lattimer
Police Put On Special Duty For Halloween Rowdyism
Special police will patrol in several city districts tonight to curb Halloween disorder. Kids have over the past three evenings mostly tossed corn and removed porch seats, with one boy moving a business sign before Marshal Williams stopped him and returned the sign.
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Hallowe’en
Marshal Williams
Glouster High to Face Chauncey High on Friday
Glouster High School football heads to Chauncey High this Friday afternoon with a large group of local supporters expected to travel to back the team.
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Glouster Hi
Chauncey Hi
Chauncey
Community Notes and Armistice Day Plans in Perry County
Miss Gladys Hooks of Columbus recently passed a civil service test and now works as a stenographer in a state capital institution. Mrs. Worthy Parker and Mrs. Phillips visited Shawnee relatives for the weekend. The Corning American Legion Post plans Armistice Day activities with a bronze tablet listing Monroe township World War heroes, a 10:30 A.M. parade, free chicken and oyster dinner for ex soldiers, afternoon and evening speeches, and music by a 25 piece military band. Boxing between San Juliana and Battling Michaud, a wrestling match between Charles Arbaugh and Mort Allen, and dancing to Tom Howard's Snappy Six will finish the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hooks
Columbus
C. E. Hooks
Hooks
Corning American Legion
Monroe Township
Perry County
San Janulia
Battling Michaud
Boston
Charles Arbaugh
Shawnee
Mort Allen
New Lexington
P. Hall
Tom Howard
Mr Geo Wakefield Builds New Barn Instalment
Mr Geo Wakefield is constructing a fine new barn as a handsome addition to his property. Mrs John Chase and two children left Wednesday to visit relatives in Arkansas. Mrs Jim Woods has not moved into the house recently vacated by J S Chase. Mr Frank Lowther remains ill and unwell. Miss Otis Morris will host the M E Sunday School young people's class Friday night at her home in honor of Miss Vella Harner's birthday.
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Geo. Wakefield
John Chase
Arkansas
Jim Woods
J. S. Chase
Frank Lowther
Otis Morris
M. E
Vella Harner
Re make Your Old Shoes for Dollar Savings Habit
A simple dollar saving habit is to have your worn shoes remade, offering a chance to save dollars by refurbishing footwear. The service emphasizes affordability and extending shoe life through professional remaking.
W C T U Meeting At Mrs Pedicord’s Home
The W C T U will meet at the home of Mrs J A Pedicord tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock All members are requested to be present.
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Womans Relief Corps
Red Mens _ hall
J. A. Pedicord
Get Blue Devil This Very Day
A terse cry echoes a push toward acquiring a Blue Devil item today. The line hints at urgency and a product or team reference, but specifics remain unclear in the fragment.
Probate notices filed in Athens County Ohio
The probate court suspends hearing for publication and for exceptions until November 16 1921 at 9 a m. Executors and guardians including Barker Kempton Fenzel Clark Woodruff Swearingen Kemp ton Bartels Hughes Chalfant Chadwell Rose Founds Mansfield Pritchard are named with first, final or other accounts filed from September to October 1921. Judge S M Johnson signs. 10 24 80tw.
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Athens County
Ohio
Charles Barker
Elizabeth Pierce
Willard H. Kempton
Charles F Kempton
Jand Fenzel
George Ll. Fenzel
J.R. Clark
Lillie B. Caldwell
Laura H. Woodruff
Albert H. Woodruff
Howard V. Spears
Hannah A. Chalfant
Ola Chalfant
Allen C. Chadwell
Fuene Chadwell
Jorge W. Rose
Albert Campbell
William Founda
Charles H. Founds
Tda Mansfield
Alice Mansfield
A. L. Pritchard
Geo. W. Smith
Sharpsburg Joy road improvement hearing notice
Notice to all interested that the county surveyor has estimated the assessment for the Sharpsburg Joy road improvement and filed the schedule with the Bern township trustees for inspection. The hearing on objections is set for October 31, 1921 at 1 p m in Utley Ohio. Objections must be written and filed with the township clerk before the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg-Joy
Bern Township
Utley
Ohio
Road work in southeastern Ohio speeds up
State road work in eight southeastern counties led by Athens District 10 achieved better progress last month than any prior period. With ample crews and improvements from Lancaster to Pomeroy, Haydenville, and Middleport, projects advance toward opening the Athens Nelsonville route next Sunday if favorable weather continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
B.W. Davis
Athens County
Davis
Athens
Lancaster
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Jackson-Callipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Logan-Athens Road
Haydenville
FE. N. Turner
Logan
Ebersbach Co
Middleport
Civil service reductions shown in semiannual report
The United States civil service commission released a semiannual statement on federal executive employment. DC positions dropped by 11,694 in the year to July 31 1921 and by 8,895 from November 11 1918 to July 31 1921. Nationally cuts reached 93,634 with over 300,000 outside DC during the war period. Total DC plus branches fell from 439,798 in 1916 to lower levels.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Executive Civil Service
District of Columbia
United States
Columbia
Federal Civil Employment Totals Around Armistice and 1921
The text estimates 917 760 federal civil employees on November 11 1918 including the DC count. It cites 1920 totals of 90 559 in DC and 600 557 outside DC totaling 691 116. On July 31 1921 DC employees were 78 865 and 618 617 outside totaling 597 482. All figures cover civil service and non classified positions.
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District of Columbia
Lima Considers Exhaustive Street Car Study
Lima councilman Farl Rohn will ask the city elite to authorize an exhaustive study of the street car problem by a special commission at the next meeting.
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Lima, CO
Lima
Elity Council
Farl Rohn
McKinley High Senior Class Goes On Strike
The senior class of McKinley high school in Niles Ohio walked out in protest after the faculty ordered a division of the class.
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Niles, O
McKinley High School
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Phi Delta Theta Auxiliary
West Mulberry Street
Hobson
Charles DeMolet Jr
North Court Street
T. R. Hamilton
T. W. Duffee
M. G. Blunden
Cincinnati
Parker Carpenter
Fred Carpenter
Clarence Roach
Richland Avenue
J. Maurice Hyde
William Acord
Harvey Ramsey
Franklin Avenue
Mr. Acord
Ramsey
Charles Simmons
Albert Simmons
Ermel Stevens
Nora Cowey
Institute
P. G. Dowler
W. N. Herron
Toledo
M. EB
The
Colonial
William Buxton
H. A. Skidmore
Mr. Buxton
Frank Buxton
Emma Fpuxton
Coleman Ashworth
Abram Williams
Ashworth
Mr. Ashworth
Robert Lee White
Jane Stewart
E. C. Burchfield
Ralph P. Jennings
Frank Hanan
Jennings
A. D. McPherson
W. Union St
M. Johnson
H. G. Henry
Ungle
Seipel and Stephenson
Java
M. D. Hughes
Attorney At Law
Cline Bldg
Athens, O
J. D. Haskins
Athens Nat'l Bank Bidg
Cash Shoe
Overmyers
Overmyer’s New System Bakery
Palmer House Bldg
CLINE
Athens, Ohio
Victor Records
RED Seal Records
Frances Alda
Carduccia
Schumann
Messagero Amorpee
Tschaikowsky
Morene
Eugené Lee Hae di Lenski
Ould
Down
Pascoe-Carlo-Sanders
Etrncelles
Moszkowski
S F
Dance Records
Royal Garden
Paul Whiteman
All Star Trio
Hackel-Bergé
Benson Orchestra of
Chicago Shilking Orchestra
Popular Records
Merle Alcockere
Victor Arden
Phil Ohman
Edinboro
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Twickenham
Ferr
Aileen Stanley
Lizzie
Henry Burr
William Obyn
Charles Hart
Rose Elliott Shaw
Vernon Dalhart
Criterion Trip
Elliott Shaw
Criterion Quartet
Humpty Dumpty
Billy Murray
Smalle
Old Town Hall
Ratilly Murray
Herbert
Planquette
Dvorék
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