Community Notes From Hocking Valley Friends Meet
In Mtrdige April 2 local social scene shows Mr. and Mrs. Swisher and family among attendees at a house party hosted by Mr. John Barnhill of Dutch Mises. Visitors include Clark and Carl Barnhill from Cleveland arriving by airplane then driving home. Many residents and relatives from Athens Laurelville Pomeroy and The Plains are listed at various weekend visits and dinners with emphasized family connections and local travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtridge
Mee
Swisher
Tucker
Athens
Edwis Hixson
Pomeroy
Cora Warner
Bernard Blair
Aldo McKinley
Lena Ackley
Hattie
Charles Ackley
Fred Warner
William Nutter
Wayne Sharp
Aylmer Ackley
Daniel Ackley
Amos Holland
Samuel Frost
Holdup at Prattsville Divides Goods Between Two Stores
Eight armed men in two groups robbed Perkins Store and Pearl Reeves Store in Prattsville last Friday evening. Cash taken totaled about eight dollars from Perkins and eighty dollars from Reeves. No injuries reported beyond Kate Hayes suffering a fractured arm and hip earlier at Athens State Hospital. Relatives of Hayes and other locals are noted, while revival meetings continue at the Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
Prattsville
Perkins
Pearl Reeves
Jeeves
Kate Hayes
Leah Jewell
The
Baptist Church
Community Notes From Tuppers Plains Area
Tuppers Plains residents and visitors shared social events and church duties this week. Families like Arbaugh, Koster, Biggs, and Chapman were seen at gatherings in Pomeroy and Lottridge. A fire loss prompted an insurance adjuster visit. The card weekend included a well attended performance of Bashful Mr Bobbs at the Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Biggs
Bobbs
Christian Church
Koster
Lottridge
Local Social Roundup from Carbondale and vicinity
Carbondale residents recount visits and calls as Mrs. Belle Doolittle and Mrs. Nora Cox call on ill Mrs. James Frisby. The Smart family and Clell Pinney spend Sunday with Webb Nulton, while Lizzie Cox visits Anna Howson. Visitors from Barberton Columbus Nelsonville and New Marshall drop by relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Doolittle
Nora Cox
James Frisby
Clarence Smart
Clell Pinney
Webb Newlun
Lizzie Cox
Anna Howson
Lew Dougherty
John Gardner
Garl
Barberton
Local social rounds include visits around Nelsonville
Haydenville and Nelsonville residents share weekend visits with family and friends across Parkersboro and Logan. Casa events list Mrs Okey Smith, Mrs Lucy Bougher, and numerous couples visiting or staying with relatives. a high school performance directed by Belie Loomis is noted. several ill or traveling individuals are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Walters
Nelsonville
George McAfee
Parkersboro
W. Va
Charles Kennard
Gertrude Achauer
Nellie
Alice Allen
Clarence Appleman
Earl Appleman
Okey Smith
William Ehrose Achauer
William Achauer
Arthur Hankinson
Lindsey Stott
Lewis Bilis
Lindsey Scott
Bari Stuck
Lucy Bougher
Rose R
Eula Patton
George Ceders
John Carpenter
Logan
Charlies Pierce
Sam Mount
Samuel Mount
Albert Sparks
Arthur Blackford
Robinett
Belie Loomis
Laurel Smarts
Morris Vollmer
George Bond
Utes City
Nellie Ohlinger
Mary McFadden
Henry Oblinger
Henry Skiver
Burns
Wien
J. &. Rowley
Hurley
Francis
Bile
Blosser
Prank Crother
Cochembuth
Crother
M. Dennie Snyder
Gayie Hill
BK. de
Community Notes Round Nelsonville and nearby towns
A long list of visits and calls across Nelsonville Columbus Ravenswood and surrounding areas including Mr and Mrs Richard Coleman Miss Maxine Shafer and Mr Rob inson and families Mrs M M Young and daughter Miss Borigene Rosser Miss Thelma Steele and T C Robinson families and other locals. Evangelist Frazier leads revival crowds from Portsmouth to Beech Grove with church events and pot luck meals at the Ladies Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Coleman
Maxine Shafer
Robinson
Nelsonville
M. M. Young
Borigene Rosser
Columbus
G. W.shafer
G. R. Shafer
Thelma Steele
Elliotsville
T. C. Robinson
Otis Mansfield
Homer and
Bill Robinson
South Canaan
Genevtra Mansfield
Della Edwards
Mae Blackwood
Jeanette Clarke
Elenor Martin
Esther Lewis
Tom Lazeman
Ravenswood
W. Va
Vernal Hoisington
Dayton
Silas Hoisington
Charles Leighty
Herman Ator
Bates
John Cabean
Coatsville
John Slowe
Vore Ridge
A. D. Jarvis
Stewart
John Dillinger
Athens
Generva Mansfield
Frank Peters
Cincinnati
Charles Mariner
Chillicothe
Charles Gaston
Alene
Esther Shamel
Leroy Brown
Missionary Circle
Bernice Davis
Ladies Aid
Lewis Mauk
Evangelist Frazier
Portsmouth
Pentecostal Church
Beech Grove
Mise Clara Mae Perry
Peach Ridge
Crescent Ridge Social Roundup and Village Notes
Crescent Ridge residents visit relatives and recoveries noted. Lee James remains homebound but slowly improves after illness. Henry King returns to work near Mountstown after a week with his parents. Weekend visits include Charles Woods and family from Athens, plus William Russell and John Bossman of Columbus. George Chapman, Mrs. Sayre and Mildred Weiss attend local gatherings. Elmer Russell heals from an injury at Mine No 255 and faces months of limited mobility. Wilbur Kempton and children visit Mrs. Kempton’s Hollister relatives. Henry King and Dorothy join J D King at the Severance home. Mildred Weise is Sunday guest of the Skittle family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bobo
Johu James
James
Lee James
Henry King
J. D. King
Mountstown
W. N. Russell
Charles Woods
Athens
William Russell
John Bossman
Columbus
George Chapman
Wilbur Kempton
Sarah Snyder
Clifford Snyder
Canton
William Chivers
Frank Bartoe
Charles Shaffer Sr
Lenora Brooker
Robert Brown
George Brooker
Benton Penn
Pomeroy
Barnpy Penn
Leo Mitchell
Zanesville
Fred Sanborn
Crooksville
Clarence Vansickle
George Vansickle
John Binderbasin
Glouster
Cleveland
George Archer Sr
Alice Anders
Jack Morrall
Ardella
Roy Chidister
Charles Ralph
Juanita Martin
John Martin
Ethel Popoczy
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Joe Popoczy
Belle Shelton
Samantha Shelton
E. A. Person
Paul
Elizabeth Stout
Alfred
James Russell
Stewart
Lucille Williams
Frank Williams
William Channel
the Plains
Albert Storer
James O'Brien
William Osborne
Aryl Ayers
Eagle
Ayers
Bertine Dexter
Henry Wyant
Red Bush
Arthur McGirr
Harriett Sandwart
Center Point
Marietta
Mary Giddings
William Giddings
Frank McGirr
Merrill Nist
H. Cornes
Decatur
Harry Wood
Parkersburg
Ed Coakley
Pennsylvania
Linzy Stevens
Raymond George
Epworth League
M. E. Church
League
Ruth George
Frank Hudson
William Johnson
W. A. Elliott
George Pilcher
Kiski
Saltsburg
O. F. Pilcher
J. H. Howell
Blanche Howell
Gerda
Della Blackstone
FE. J. Wood
Nihle Frank
Jerry Martin
Anna Darby
Bellaire High School
James W
C. C. Roberts
Hamden
Florida
Roberts
Fred Jr. Diles
Pearl Diles
Archa Adele
Joyce Loraine Adams
Groveport
Garfield Diles
Zaleski
Fred Diles, Jr
Fargo
Sunday Guests Visit Hooper Ridge Families
Hooper Ridge households welcomed multiple visitors on Sunday with extended family from Fierce Federal Athens Nelsonville and Athens counties. Names include Antles Linscotts Sayres Bailey Fleming Easlers Taylor Myers Sayers Grandstaff Kierns and Keefer among others.
Community events highlight Racine week agenda
The Racine PTA held a box supper at the high school with large turnout. Local Masons planned an inspection in Jackson with nineteen attendees. A Passion Play trip involved the Senior Class and teachers. Scarlet fever cases are rising with a serious condition in Sara Pickens daughter of Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Beegle
Wheeling
Warren Wolfe
Dale Holter
Betty
Don Curtis
Masonic Lodge
Racine
Jackson
Huntington
Everett Roush
Minnie Harpold
BE. Decker
Kathryn
Elizabeth
Parkersburg
Marietta
W. S. Reed
D. H. Cleland
the Home
H. W. Spencer
Mildred
Ralph Tee
Sara
Marion Pickens
Ladies Adult Bible Class dollar social in Murray City
The Ladies' Adult Bible Class held a dollar social Friday night, clearing 34.50. A committee served lunch and many local women and guests attended. A fire at Mr Shelton's home was contained by a bucket brigades until fire crews from Nelsonville Logan and New Straitsville arrived. all but Mr Shelton were out, and his family is wintering in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Dyson
Homer Stevenson
Charles Baird
George Potts
Patrick Loper
John Walters
William Chivers
Anna Mc.Nabb
Mattie Ralph
Mode Lewis
Lizzie Stiff
Henry Veacock
Tom Gears
Robert Johnson
Frye
George Brooker
Fanny Rutherford
Joanna Cook
T. A. Castell
Robert Foster
Charles Strum
Alberta Currens
Opal Jones
Mary Riggs
M. E. Cox
Phil Devol
Dora Spencer
Lucy Guthrie
Athens
E. A. Person
Capitolin Harper
Zanesville
Harold Wineforaner
David
Glouster
William Winefordner
Ralph Gaffey
Columbus
Richard Gaffey
Catherine Duncan
Crooksville
George Duncan
Don Mohney
Cleveland
Mohney
Lulu White
Ben Bailey
Carbon Hill
Edith Mahoney
Joanna Mudrie
Harry Campbell
Clarence Archer
George Archer
Tom Gardner
Theodore Wollett
Adam Anderson
Wollett
Walter Carnes
Porter Johnson
Oscar Johnson
Arthur Gears
Nelsonville
Thomas Gears
Jeff Robinson
Corning
Charles Robinson
Guy Simmers
Charles Chatfield
McArthur
Wess Hammond
Cora Brooker
Mickle
Logan
William Thomas
Shelton
M. Kk
Nelsonville Logan
New Straitsville
Detroit
Mich
Murray City Sees Long Vehicle Line For Ruins Tour
Sightseers mobbed Murray City on Sunday as cars snaked through the main street to view the ruins of fourteen dwellings and businesses. Plans are underway to rebuild the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Local residents host visitors from Canton to Columbus
A flurry of weekend and weekday visits ties Canton to Columbus and nearby towns. Families including the Snyder, Bartoe, Vansickle, Binderbasin and Nutter clans welcomed guests from Zanesville, Columbus, Glouster, Athens, Nelsonville, Crooksville, and Cleveland.
Murray City Suffers Second House Fire In Week
A second blaze in Murray City occurred about 5 30 Sunday morning destroying the residence of Mr Mart Shelton. Fire crews battled the flames as residents gathered, with authorities investigating the cause of the repeat incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Murray City
Mart Shelton
Local Social Notes And School Program Highlights
Syracuse residents hosted visitors and students over the weekend. Ohio University students Maxine Lewis and Helen Williams returned to Athens. The grade school spring program under Superintendent Flanagan was a success and the public schools will close in three weeks. Delbert Lee returns to Dayton for ongoing treatment. Earl Ward moves to a new home on College Road. The Hendricks property is rented to a Pomeroy family. Carl Seidenabel opens a barber shop near the Syracuse Post Office. Nelle Proctor visited Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Christy
Stewart
Hess Nichols
James Clark
Marietta College
Marietta
Thomas Clark
Maxine Lewis
Athens
Ohio University
A. L. Flanagan
Anna Karr
Columbus
Delbert Lee
Dayton
Earl Ward
Bridgeman Cottage
Joseph McBride
College Road
Hendricks
Pomeroy
Carl
Marriage Announced for Miss Waldick and Mr. Anderson
Miss Margaret Waldick of this city married Mr. Walter Anderson of near the city. Mrs. Anderson has been in the city with her sister Mrs. Mary Shaffer and is favorably known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Waldick
Walter Anderson
Anderson
Mary Shaffer
Reedsville Schools To Close In Late April
Reedsville and all Meigs County schools will close in the latter part of April. Final exams for all grades except the eighth grade will be held during the last week of school. The state eighth grade exam for 318 pupils is set for Saturday April 12 at the Central School Building in Pomeroy. The county high school entrance exam will be on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Meigs
Pomeroy
Earl Randolph
Parkersburg
Samuel Wilson
Mariel Hetzer
Hockingport
Fred Cowdery
Arthur Hetzer
P. W. Beam
J. B. Torrence
Paul Kibble
Alice Hetzer
Irene Randolph
Carroll
Fred Shumway
Belmont
C. DD. Buckley
Archie Brooks
A. I. Self
Social News Highlights From Strouds Run Area
Strouds Run residents hosted visitors from Syracuse and Athens with extended family gatherings. Local outings included the Merchants Exposition in Athens, a funeral in Athens, and a hospital recovery update for Mrs. Albert Perry after gallstone and appendicitis surgery in Columbus.
Weekend Visitors And Local Arrivals In Asbury Area
Shade Mr and Mrs Mitt Chappell were Sunday guests of Joe Hawk. Mr and Mrs Pearl Smith and Howard Flanders were guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Flanders near Asbury over the weekend. Charles Bobo and family move into the Van Nest house. Edith Douglas of Chase visited Mr and Mrs J S Smith and family. Joe Basom of Athens visited Will Hope on Sunday. The Niggemeyer sisters Burneta Konkoskia and Margaret Daily spent the weekend with their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitt Chappell
Joe Hawk
Pearl Smith
Howard Flanders
Charles Flanders
Asbury
Charles Bobo
Dana van Nest
Lizzie Cowan
Fred Blazier
Everett Douglas
Mazie Meeks
Edith Douglas
Chase
J. Smith
Joe Basom
Athens
Will Hope
Agnes and
Mary Niggemeyer
Burneta Konkoskia
Margaret
Zell Buffington
Harry Porter
Joe Hutchins
Logan
Seth Robinson
Tom
Gil Hartman
August Olson
Ralph Hartman
FE. T. Thompson
Ernest Whitlatch
Ralph Pinkerton
Local Notes From Centennial Area Farms And Visitors
Little Hocking residents on farms near Centennial and several Decatur guests appear in a sequence of social notices. Movements include births, illnesses, visits, and employment changes with people like C. R. Russell buying the Jonah McGirr farm and Henry Wyant moving to Red Bush to work for Arthur McGirr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tube Rittenour
Wade
New Marshfield
Centennial
Jonathan Clark
Decatur
Flora Gidding
C. R. Russell
Jonah McGirr
Obituaries of Wohrle and Anguish in McCuneville and area
Shawnee John Wohrle died at his parents home in McCuneville on Saturday noon. Funeral held from St. Marys on Monday morning. Leroy Anguish died at his home here Saturday with funeral from the Christian Church on Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wohrle
Mat Wohrle
McCuneville
St. Mary’s
Hart
John McLain
New Straitaville
Frank Hayes
Charles Gerring
New Lexington
George Caton
Mra
Rosetta Gaver
Catherine Sharshal
Agatha Treadwell
Robert Essex
Clyde Stevenson
Athens
Stanton Crowe
Marietta
Martin Crowe
Fred W. Peterson
Columbus
Frank Peterson
Charles Hiedlebaugh
James Gore
John Dishon
Lill Turnbull
Jack Turnbull
Fred Wile
P. P. Reiske
Leroy Anguish
Christian Church
Delegates Attend Boy Scout District Meeting in New Lexington
New Straitsville delegates joined Shawnee, New Lexington, Crooksville, Junction City, and Somerset for the fourth district meeting at the American Legion clubroom in New Lexington last Thursday. Speeches on organization advancement followed by dramatics. list of New Straitsville delegates included Fern Lambert and T J Price among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
New Lexington
American Legion
Community notes and social rounds in Mc Arthur
Mc Arthur and surrounding areas feature church gatherings birthdays visitors and travel tidbits. Social events include Epworth League birthday party for Ruth George and numerous visits from residents and relatives across Athens Chillicothe Columbus and other towns with census duties and local errands noted.
Local Health and Social Notes from The Plains
The Plains reports Mr and Mrs Pearl Miller recovering from severe colds. Athens shoppers included Mrs Ju D Nelson Mrs Tes Coon Mrs Walter Hawk Mrs Luke Hardy Mrs Orla Shreves Mrs Missouri Lowry and Mrs Harry Porter. Emma McManamay of Nelsonville visited sister Mrs Sam Dishong. May McCullough of Gallpolis visited her parents Mr and Mrs C McCullough Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Miller
Ju. D. Nelson
Tes Coon
Walter Hawk
Luke Hardy
Orla Shreves
Missouri’ Lowry
Harry Porter
Athens
Emma McManamay
Nelsonville
Sam Dishong
May McCullough
Galli- Polis
C. McCullough
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Pera
Hocking Valley
Mrs. Barnhill
Hattie Ackley
Emmett Swisher
C. L. Davis
Isadore Mantle
Celia Kinnen
Grace
John Jeffery
Amos Hixson
Clyde Sams
Eleanor
Dinnet
Allen
J. J. Gaston
Carthage
Clarence Swartz
Swartz
Harry Carleton
Coelville
Leroy Boggs
William Boggs
A. L McBee
Newberry
Allan Ball
Dutch Ridge
JL. H. Arlen
Clarksburg
Sherman Burnside
L. H. Allen
Ralph
John Chevalier
Ted Henline
C. D. Swartz
Ores Swartz
This Place
J. W. Coleman
Mary Alice
Tuppers Plains
J. W. Arbaugh
Carbondale
Walter Mace
John
Cardendale
Frank McDaniel
John Withers
Mear Mineral
King’s Men
Dora Hoak
Fred Dust
J. W. Hoak
Shirley
Haydenville
Richland Ave
Crescent Ridge
Hooper Ridge
William Antle
Carl Antle
Derriel
Phyllis
Fierce Ridge
Floyd Linscott
Charles
Jack
Lucy Surgeon
Edward Linscott
Federal
Arza Linscott
Nora Sayre
Walter Sayre
Elsie Bailey
H. A. Fleming
Warren Easler
C. R. Easler
Leonard Taylor
Lawrence Myers
Opal Marie
Ruth
Ida Sayers
Joe Grandstaff
Homer Linscott
Sarah Kierns
Bertha Sayers
Merle
Helen Antle
Harry
Israe Linscott
Harry Keefer
Araza Linacott
Syracuse
Strouds Run
Nate Smith
Robert Grant
Earl
Charles Hunter
Fred Dowler
Freda
Glen Poston
Albert
Elsworth Durfee
Ida Mansfield
Alice Jordan
Nancy Linscott
Lois and
Ruth McClead
John McClead
Paul Eugene
George Cain
Albert Perry
University Hospital, Columbus
Wilma Holmes
Ruth Tatman
Isabel Porter
New Straitsville High School
Porter
Wayne Ward
Newark
Tom Ward
Winefred Holleran
C. Vorhees
Beasley Garage
George Thorn
Ray Michael
Elizabeth Hawk
Alfred Hawk
Robert Hawk
Iva Nash
Adam Nash
W. J. Hawk
Susan McCoy Krum
Texas
Kansas
Ben
David Hawk
Dr. McCoy
Plains
Chauncey
Arthur Jonas
Tampa
Fla
Roy Burdette
Richard Calhoun
Ed Burdette
Albany
Harry Tipton
Rui
Aaa
Iai
Morrow
Carlee
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