Senior Class Play To Be Given Tuesday April 29
Murray High School seniors of the class of 1929 30 plan a comedy titled An Early Bird to be staged Tuesday April 29 at the S O F Hall. The final PTA meeting is set for Thursday evening April 17. Easter pageant The Challenge of the Cross will be presented at Murray M E Church Sunday evening April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City High School
Murray City
Murray High School
S. O. O. F. Hall
Parent- Teacher Association
M. E. Church
Murray M. E. Church
Past Noble Grands Club meeting at Mrs Ruth Carsner home
The Past Noble Grands Club of Rebekah Lodge gathered Friday night at Mrs Ruth Carsner’s home. After the business session a luncheon was served by the hostess with assistance from Mrs Mary Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pp. N. G. Club
Noble Grands Club
Rebekah Lodge
Ruth Carsner
Mary Shaffer
Community Notices Highlight Local Visits and Family News
Many residents and relatives are listed visiting and hosting across Nelsonville Glouster Lancaster Athens and Columbus. Notable items include births and illnesses within families such as the Shuttleworths birth of a daughter and the Mason family illness. Several homeowners and businesspeople are named along with places like Logan Croeksville and Murray.
Local residents visit and move in surrounding area
Mineral Mr and Mrs Jeff Guess and Edna Ruth of Chillicothe visited Mr and Mrs Charles Nagle near here. Will Green of East Gulf VA stayed with Mr and Mrs William Younkins. Mrs Jane McLain and Betty and Buddy McLain spent Sunday night with friends. J P Emish relieved by Leary during Chillicothe trip. William Jenkins moved into Elmer Clark property. FE Gibson Athens visiting Ralph Gibson. Pearl Lance Florence French Delmo Willard and Anna Zervis Lancaster locals guests. Bolens went to Albany for ill sister. Floyd Rosser Jefani visited here with Mrs Rosser’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Guess
Edna Ruth
Chillicothe
Charles Nagle
Will Green
East Gulf
William Younkins
Jane McLain
Betty
Buddy McLain
J. P. Emish
Leary
William Jenkins
Elmer Clark
FE. G. Gibson
Athens
Ralph Gibson
Pearl Lance
Florence French
Delmo Williard
Anna Zervis
Lancaster
L. W. Younkins
French
Zervis
Vint Bolen
Albany
Floyd Rosser
Jefani
Rosser
Rutland Residents Move and Local Property Transfers
Rutland Mr. Cummings and family move into the St Snyder property on Salem Street. The Don Benedict home on Salem Street sold to Mr. McKinsey of Harrisonville. Hal Reeves improving after illness. Mrs. Bertha Rathburn to Washington for a week. Mrs. Caroline Forrest still ill. Wallie Hogue and wife of Columbus visit Mrs. Forrest and return home with J. B. Brad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cummings
Springs
St Snyder
Salem Reet
Don Benedict
Salem Street
McKinsey
Harrisonville
Hal Reeves
Bertha Rathburn
Washington, D. C
Caroline Forrest
Wallie Hogue
Columbus
Clendenin passes away after heart attack in Murray
Michael Clendenin longtime Murray resident and shoe repair shop owner died at his home around 7 AM Sunday from a heart attack. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 30 PM at the M E Church with Rev Householder officiating. He is survived by his widow, a son Claude of Murray and a daughter Mrs Bertha of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendenin
Michael Clendenin
Murray
Dinner party near this city hosts varied guests
Mrs. Cilia Huntley entertained a group of friends with a chicken dinner. Guests included Mrs. Mamie Garner of Nelsonville Mrs. Clecra Powers of Jacksonville Mrs. Oscar Johnson of Murray Mrs. Luella Dickson of Buchtel and Mrs. Dan Bateman Mrs. Richard James Mrs. William James and Mrs. Albert Matheny of Jabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cilia Huntley
Mamie Garner
Nelsonville
Clecra Powers
Jacksonville
Oscar Johnson
Murray
Luella Dickson
Buchtel
Dan Bateman
Richard James
William James
Albert Matheny
Daughters of Mohammed Opera Delights Local Audience
The High School Music Department staged Daughters of Mohammed an operetta praised for strong ensemble and well chosen roles. Miss Margaret Shuttleworth led as Kadiga with Dorothy Riggs Cecelia Byron Velma Popoczy in key princess parts and Wilbert Robinette as Mohammed the King. The chorus contributed significantly to the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohammed
Margaret Shuttleworth
Kadiga
Three Princesses
Dorothy Riggs
Zayda
Cecelia Byron
Zorayda
Velma Popoczy
Zarabayda
Pearl Bennett
Hussein Baba
Harry Bradbury
Cavalier
Ralph Hayes
Charles Dugan
Wilbert Robinette
Mohammed the King
Residents Attend Visits and Events Across The Plains
The Plains community reports numerous visits and gatherings. Frank Smith of Nelsonville spent time with Mr. and Mrs. Zine Courtney. Miss Frances Hamer returned from Columbus with brother Willard Hamer and relatives. An Easter entertainment is planned at Nazarene Holiness Church April 23.
Attempted Robbery At Tuppers Plains Gone Awry
Tuppers Plains about 2 30 Saturday morning robbers trying to pry open a window at the I C Chapman store were frightened and escaped leaving their tools on the window and a sack of potatoes on the sidewalk. The piece records a neighborhood social list with guests and visits across several families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tappers Plains
I. C. Chapman
Ray Smith
Middleport
Hess Nickels
Syracuse
Mary Young
Inlaw
Helen Young
Success
A. H. Bailey
Lydie Peachin
Bashan
M. Gainer
Blough
Belpre
L. L. Keller
Tillie Reed
Elma Shields
Barnes
M. E
Beam
Cora Hamilton
Fern Swindler
Davis
Lottridge
Ll. Hoffman
Karl Norman
C. A. Barnett
Joppa
Parkersburg
3B. Swank
Olen
M. A. Summerfield
Vivian Hoffman
Betty Jane
Charles Osborne
Near East Shade
Weldon Bahr
Long Bottom
Local Social Roundup From Peach Ridge and Nearby Areas
Peach Ridge residents and neighboring communities hosted and visited family and friends through the weekend. Names include Roy Noland, Corbin Norris, Wiley Chubb, Frank White, Lily White, J. D. Lawrence, Fred Stephenson, Louis Smith, Reitz family, Eudora Irene, Bessie Rowan, George Willie, Mack Showiter, the Showiter children, Carl Lofer, Pearl Loper, Lloyd Thomas, and Harold Gillette. A beling was held at the Hunter home for Harold Gillette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Noland
Roy Noland
Corbin Norris
Wiley Chubb
Mechanicsburg
Frank White
Union
Lily White
Athens
J. D. Lawrence
William A. Stephenson
Dayton
Fred Stephenson
Louis Smith
Amesville
Reitz
Eudora Irene
Jacksonville
Bessie Rowan
Raymond
George Willie
Mack Showiter
Buster
Sylvia
Charles Harley
Eugene
Bud Showiter
Carl Lofer
Pearl Loper
Chauncey
Lloyd Thomas
William Hunter
Harold Gillette
Gore and Gore Area Residents Celebrate Family Visits
Weekend sees anniversaries and many social visits across Gore, with Mr. and Mrs. John Starr marking 35 years of marriage for an attendance of 37. relatives from Crooksville Newark Taylor Station logan and New Straitsville visit. The Greendale Brick plant resumes operations, providing local employment and a get together meeting of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Starr
Frank Summers
Farrel
Crooksville
Gore
Ed Stephenson
Dwight
Alcinda Geiger
Wilbur Stewart
Hazel
Lucille Alltop
John Nutter
Howard Richards
Logan
Charles Alltop
Hattie Cain
Eunice Criswell
Joye Sharlene
Letha Lou
Water Criswell
William Alltop
Lewis Eckhart
Norman Gene
Milton Lanning
New Straitsville
Harrison McMullen
Dale
Kathryn
McMullen
George Christian
Rudd Summers
Newark
Ansel Summers
Taylor Station
Jesse McMannis
Krank Summers
Alvinda Geiger
Tom Morrison
Lewis Nutter
Clemence Yoder
Wanetta
Dottie Thompson
Greendale
Gore School Field Meet and Local Notices
Gore School won a field meet held here Friday with Logan and Orville among entrants. J. Co and O. F. Lodge will be held here April 18. A number from here motored to Logan Saturday night. Virginia Bell Henderson, daughter of Winifred Henderson, is improved after two weeks illness. U B Church services will be held all week led by Rev Earnest Seymour. Gore school will close April 25.
Local residents and visitors noted in weekend roundup
Harrisonville Pearl Robinson of Downington visited on Monday. Mrs. Kate French and her son Hia returned from California. Brenda Sharp and husband stayed with Eva Bowman. Sarah Elizabeth Mayhugh aged 78 died at home. funeral at M E Church. Burial at Burlingham Cemetery. Grace White of Rutland and Dr. Hawk with wife visited. Domestic science pupils’ meeting attended by several residents in Athens. John Paynter and son Charles visited Andrew Dye. returned to Butler. Walter Barr and Alpha Barr visited Etta Barr. Ava Graves and Yearl Reeves visited Carl Reeves who is ill with pneumonia. George Arnold and family of Millersport joined Marion Jordan for weekend. G W Clark visited Gallipolis earlier. Plowing and garden work dominate. early potatoes planted. Leo Welch and family visited Harley Derry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate French
Hia
California
Brenda Sharp
Columbus
Eva Bowman
Sarah Elizabeth Mayhugh
M. E
Dye
Burlingham
Grace White
Rutland
Hawk
Benton Carl
Gertie Chapman
Ruby Halliday
Pauline
Athens
John Paynter
Charles
Andrew Dye
Butler
Walter Barr
Zanesville
Alpha Barr
Lancaster
Etta Barr
Ava Graves
Yearl Reeves
Carl Reeves
George Arnold
Millersport
Marion Jordan
G. W. Clark
Gallipolis
Leo Welch
Harley Derry
Charles van Law
Hazel Gander
Thelma
Frances Palmer
Edward Barnes
Ilah Harkins
Pennsville
Gander
Anna Mae
Juanita
Madge Carter
Ringgold
Hiram Thomas
Hannah Baradin
Gladys John
Clayton
George Hanson
Bergel
Lena Reynolds
Glouster
C. P. Yocom
Theodore Newburn
Vernon Millner
Todds
Jesse Worthington
John Edwin
John D. Wood
Memorial Hospital
Marietta
Earl Woodward
Frank Woodward
Crooksville
Russell Talbott
Rossville
Ross Talbott
Easter program at McDougal Church announced
Easter Sunday service planned at McDougal Church at 19 a m with open invitation. Local residents report visits and births in the community, including newborn daughters to Ralph McKibben and Woodward families. Several families move or travel between Athens and nearby farms.
Local residents and students share weekend visits across Columbus area
Shawree Peterson and family and Miss Turnbull sketched weekend visits in Columbus. Mary and Marijorie Treadwell also visited relatives in Columbus while the Junior Class prepares to stage Seven Chances in the Indian theater on April 24. Samuel Bates remains seriously ill at home here. E E Peterson, Thomas Harris, Evan Thomas, Bud Laford, Paul Morrison and Dave Morrison spent the weekend with friends. Lancaster and Newark residents visited relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Marijorie Treadwell
Columbus
Samuel Bates
E. E. Peterson
Thomas Harris
Evan Thomas
Do. X. Hieran
Bud Laford
Paul
Dave Morrison
Austin Nicholas, Jr. Lancaster
Dick Nicholas
Mary Ann Griffith
Newark
Clarence Griffith
Stanley Griffith
Migses Fauntelle Williams
Mildred Starner
Marie Turnbull
Anne Haas
Lancaster
Langsville Social Notes Mention Local Visits and Illness
Langsville residents share weekend visits with family in Mid dleport Buffalo W Va Rutland and Athens. Guests include John Smith Ora Pickens and Etta McKnight. Emma Ward ill with care by Allie Stowe. Cora Baymer returns to Columbus. many neighbors attend James W. Miller's home and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Middleport
Ora Pickens
Buffalo
W. Va
Etta McKnight
Langsville
T. M. Pickens
Cora Baymer
Columbus
Emma Ward
Allie Stowe
Rutland
E. N. Miller
Cloris Bennett
Huntington
W. T. Miller
Evelyn Huntley
J. B. Piper
Hayward Harmon
Vinton
J. W. Miller
Robert McKnight
George Lawson
Athens
Helen Miller
E. N. Johnson
Wilkesville
Carol Pickens
Ray
Edgar Ward
Marvin Morris
Gallie Pickens
Raymond Rife
Ryger
Sherman Shumaker
Bolton
Dye
Rose Hill
Chesterhill Stricken Families Hit By Illness and Events
Local notices report Chesterhill residents facing illnesses including pneumonia and asthma, with Hazel Gander’s illness briefly described. Community also notes a 30th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Schofield, visits among relatives, schooling updates, eighth grade exams, a birth, and medical concerns from John D. Wood and Carlos Millner with related hospital care and potential surgery.
Sunday School Officers Elected at Mt Zion
The Garden The Sunday School Missionary of Athens County led by Reverend Spriggs organized Sunday School at Mt Zion last Sunday with Bernice Randolph as superintendent Mrs Eva Mohler as assistant superintendent Jane King as treasurer and Laura Butts as secretary. Local residents visited relatives and hosted gatherings during the weekend including Mr and Mrs Allen Weatherby and Mr and Mrs Charles Goldsberry. Mrs Grim remains seriously ill and the St Clair family cares for Brown Leghorn chicks as spring crops are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Spriggs
Athens
Mt. Zion
Bernice Randolph
Eva Mohler
Jane King
Laura Butts
Robert Perry
Shade
Dale Perry
Allen Weatherby
Charles Goldsberry
Pauline Chapple
J. M. Chapple
Graham Chapel
Goldie Colmer
Alvira Grim
Jacob King
Pratts Fork
H. D. Meighen
Vinton Meeks
Dawson Meeks
William St. Clair
Guy King
Felix Riley
James Cray
Strouds Run Couple Wed as Easter Roads Draw Crowds
Harold Gillette of Strouds Run married Mildred Balderson formerly of Amesville on Saturday. The bride now teaches at Peach Ridge School and will reside with her husband near Strouds Run. A large Easter crowd is anticipated after improved roads and pleasant weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cain
Milton
George Grim
Burlingham
Herbert Everett
Wade Smith
Dutch Creek
John Dillinger
Frank Hubler
Scatter Ridge
Rawleigh Robinson
Charles Cone
Austin Cone
School for Boy Scouts To Open in New Straitsville
New Straitsville to host a Scout School after winning a contest at the final Boy Scout meeting. Bob White Patrol led with 140 points, followed by Pelican Patrol of New Lexington with 112. Talks on vocational guidance and duties of the Scout Committeeman were given by speakers from Zanesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
New Straitsville
American Legion Lodge
New Lexington
Bob White
Pelican Patrol
R. P. Glisby
Zanesville
Delbert M. Pugh
Ernest Pargeon
O. B. Fracht
Richard Meredith
Fern Lambert
John Newman
Mr. Alloway
George Wilson
Billy Milgate
Howard Young
Robert Essex
Local Gossip Lists Visiting Families in Taylor Ridge Area
Taylor Ridge residents hosted many guests over the weekend including Audra Love and baby from Athens, Bert Judson and family from Glouster, and the Herbet and Herbst families. Other visitors came from Lancaster Millfield Columbus and Dayton while several locals were noted with illnesses and family matters. Continued on Page 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kempton
Audra Love
Athens
Bert Judson
Glouster
George Herbet
Redtown
George Herbst, Jr
Alice
Emil Sainey
Lancaster
Carl Sainey
Vernice Welling
Marguerite Antle
Trimble Heights
Emmett Olbers
Billy and
Emmett, Jr
Millfield
Ruth Smith
Clifford Olbers
Dayton
Fred Olbers
Alvin Ward
Jackie
Columbus
Chevlier
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George Brooker
E. A. Person
Alfred
Elizabeth Stout
Myrtle Hannas and Son
Clara Shelton
Samantha Shelton
John Hogan
Grace Thomas
Charles Shuttleworth
Nellie Hamer
Maud Penn
Albert Koon
Allen Koon
Ruth Brooker
Clifford Brooker
Walter
Stanley Anders
Ralph Hamer
William Winefordner
Port Shuttleworth
Gertie Hughes
Conrad Weins
T. A. Castell
James Smart
Hunter Street
Fred Weins
Jabez Hamer
William Chivers
Billy Wollett
Ralph McDaniel
Don Matthews
Salem
John Shelton
George Tedrow
Croeksville
John Hope
Frank Smith
Zine Courtney
Frances Hamer
Willard Hamer
Bert Williams
Kathryn Hamer
Will Hamer
Root
Alex Root
Joe Hutchins
Will Bowlby
Webb Summit
Loren North
Z. Courtney
Herman Humphry
C. L. Wahlgamuth
Warren
Ohio University
Maud Howell
Curt Gross
Meda Hamer
Dave Aleshire
Evelyn
Lillian Hysell
Will Lyons
McAllister
Lyons
Upper Plains
Harry Lyons
Betsy Lane
the Plains
Sadie
Jeff
Frances Harrison
Marie Aleshire
Clifton
Dan Harrison
Harry Harrison
Roy Hawk
John West
Caillicothe
Myrtie West
White Cross Hospital
J. Dicken
Haydenville
Worth Dicken
Robert Hawk
L.D. Nelson
Guy McMillan
The
Nazarene Holiness Church
Cecil McGlone
Ashland
Theodore Nagle
Strouds Run
Elmer Laverly
Mary Miller
Jane Louise Divér
Guy Yates
Rachel Yates
Deanville
Averi
Yates
Rol Bricker
George Besco
Luhrig
Charles Fitzer
Fitzer
James Powe
Pomeroy
Kenneth Barrows
M. P. Totman
Waverly
Tuppers Plains
Peach Ridge
William H. Welch
Hoover
Washington
Dr. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Pearl Robinson
Downington
McDougal
McDougal Church
Ben Tippie
R. Everett
Ralph McKibben
Woodward
Hobert Stanley
Herb Howard
Frank Cone
Arthur Frash
Morris Farm
Don O'Neal
Jack
Warren Munn
E. Linscott
A. Woolley
Naomi Nell Conner
Fred Kierns
W. LaFollett
Rodney
John LaFollett
Phil James
R. Mulpus
Mulpus
Julia Mulpus
Verna Darnell
Leo Bryson
Carl Morrig
Will Tryon
Harvey Cone
Wilbur Kasler
Ace Kasler
McClure
E. M. Phillips
Claud Steppe
Torch
Emmett Linscott
Shawree
Edward Peterson
Ann Leah
Jack Turnbull
Don Miller
Amy Lowery
Arvina Thomas
Ernest Gardner
Geraldine Pierce
Thomas
Ida Wright
Sarah Stout
T. C. Taylor
Eleanor
Roseville
Taylor
Tracey
Ernest Hayes
Chesterhill
Robert Wilson
Ronald Essex
Harold Orndorf
Tack Wheeler
Charles Emrick
Mearle Anderson
Leroy Woodruff
Dwight Newman
Henry Lambert
Lee Stecker
John Pp. Sweeney
Christina Fletcher
Jean Spencer
Miss Fletcher
Miss Spencer
John M. Slhatton
St. Francis Hospital
St. Augustine’s Church
John Mellhatton
Dan Callahan
John Evans
Faye Williams
Fred Devol
Willard Mills
Taylor Ridge
Dorthea
John
Elmer Davis
Blaine Chauffant
Albert Kempton
Perry Chalfant
Richard McKinley
David Swartz
William Swartz
Eivan Davis
Emma Hanning
Thelma Grandy
Trimble
James McClelland
Carl Welling
Vernice
Helen Hildabrand
Dr. Caldwell
Monticello
Caldweles
Usal
Afopashte
Tony
C. D. Shafer Company
Athendy, Ohio
Anheuser-Busch
ST. Louis
Busch
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