by Alliance Historical Society | Aug 23, 2019 | Events
The Dinner Party – August 23, 1919 We continue with a look at the dinner party that was held at the Lakeside Club as told by William H. Morgan. I was fifteen years old at the time and the details are as clear to me now as though it had all happened within the...
by Alliance Historical Society | Aug 22, 2019 | Events
The Dinner Guests As we’ve mentioned, the author of the Recollection we are sharing was William H. Morgan. He was the son of Col. Henry Morgan and Annette Sharer Morgan. His Aunt and Uncle were John Sharer and his wife Katherine Ballou Sharer. The Olive...
by Alliance Historical Society | Aug 21, 2019 | Events
The party hostess: Helen Sebring Gahris We return today to the oral history provided by William H. Morgan for a description of the dinner party and its hostess. The Lakeside Club of Canton had scheduled a dinner dance for Saturday, August 23rd, and Mr. and Mrs. W. I....
by Alliance Historical Society | Aug 20, 2019 | Events
Who Was Col. Weybrecht? In this part of the Great Olive Poisoning story, we will take a look at who Col. Charles C. Weybrecht was. The following information comes from William H. Morgan’s recounting of the story as part of Rodman Public Library’s Oral...
by Alliance Historical Society | Aug 19, 2019 | Events
Introduction August 23, 2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the Great Olive Poisoning, which killed five prominent citizens of Alliance, the Lakeside Club (Canton, Ohio) chef, and waiter and sickened four others attending a celebratory dinner party. William H....
