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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1935
Page
8
The gossip cites a Milwaukee marriage license claiming Mae West wed Frank Wallace in 1911. West denies the claim, noting she was too young, while skeptics question the parental names matching her father and mother. Broadway sources recall Wallace as an actor who died two years prior.
Large attendance at J. A. Humphrey funeral at M. E. Church Coolville with many distant relatives and friends from Zanesville Columbus New Marshfield Giouster Athens Bristol Glenville Parkersburg and Clarksburg. Local events note Troy High School baseball team leading the Penrose Bowl against Olive Orange with a 7 to 3 score after a rough start.
Local brief notes report multiple gatherings and visits across Cheshire including Home Guards and Mothers Jewels events, egg roast at Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomas home, and relatives visiting Proctorville Caldwell Marietta. Easter service led by Rev. McMahan, high school choir with Miss Norma Conrad, and patient update on Byron Grover. Global fact: approximately 90,000 publications exist today versus 4,000 per century ago.
A large crowd attended the Easter service at Murray M E Church with a sunrise prayer at 5 am. A pageant by Ladies Everready Circle followed by Sunday School at 9, then baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Several local families and visitors enjoyed Easter gatherings and relatives visited in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Robison of Clay Ridge spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Leyda. Harold Croston stays with his uncle Clarence Croston in Sharpaburg. Leslie Cross and family visited Southland relatives, while Frank Gil and Richard Van Wormer visited Buffalo, West Virginia kin. Wilbur Stephens and Clarence Croston’s group joined John Croston’s household in Chesterhill. Marshall Bailey visited daughter Mrs. Dow Arnold in Maria. William Young of Broadwell visited daughter Mrs. William Brandeberry. Belford Davis of New England visited his in laws A. J. Gould area.
Rev. G. N. Perkins of Portsmouth has accepted a quarter time pastorate at the Bradford Church of Christ and began Easter services. His next appointment is May 12 at 7 o clock. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Wayne King of Rutland and many neighbors visiting relatives and attending a township teachers meeting at the schoolhouse.
Two cars collided at the corner by the old post office building Sunday morning in Meigs County. One car on the state road carried Lloyd and Clinton McPeak of Belleville. the other driven by Fred Lewis came from the opposite road. No injuries were reported though both vehicles were damaged.
Albany High School alumni banquet will be held in the High School Auditorium on Saturday evening April 27. Reservations are urged. Albany Grange will confer the third and fourth degrees Saturday night. Members will bring sandwiches pie and potato salad. The dinornis, a giant bird once in New England, reached 12 feet high and was related to the kiwi and cassowary with rudimentary wings.
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