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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
5
Social notes from Stockport list numerous weekend visits and short trips among locals. Families including the Rogers, Patterson, Pierpoint, Cheadle, Lochary, and others are noted with relatives in Columbus, Newcomerstown, Zanesville, McConnelsville, and Marietta. Recovery updates mention Hazel Rogers after a Memorial Hospital operation.
Mr and Mrs Dale Stansbury announce the marriage of their daughter Wanda Lou to Warren G Turner of the vicinity. The wedding took place Thursday afternoon April 22. Mrs Turner is a 1948 Columbia High School graduate and a World War II veteran Warren Turner.
The United States population grew by roughly a quarter from 1920 to 1940. This notable increase reflects demographic changes across the nation during the interwar period.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Reho announce the birth of a son Sunday April 18 in Hocking Valley Hospital Logan. Several residents and visitors are listed with weekend and Sunday visits among Drake family and local households. The note also mentions birth announcements for Albert Drake wedding plans and a general social roundup. The piece ends with a brief historical note about the First U S Mint and a fact about Colombia's Buenaventura port.
East Liverpool Oh Ray Tel and Johnnie Davis from Wellsville Ohio visited Mr and Mrs Orville Coleman. Bobbie Roush New Haven and Louise Coleman West Columbia stayed with Mr and Mrs Donald Roush. Ruth Wheeler and Wesle Casto were visitors. Various locals visited kin in Point Pleasant Stewart Wilber Francis South Charleston Ben Roush and families.
Mrs. Roverta Thivi nen visits her mother Mrs. Blanch Franklin in Columbus. Mrs. Emmett Crace travels to Norfolk to see daughter Mrs. Sam Childers. The Alexanders host dinner for the Quikles. Edmistons visit Columbus on business. The Bauers return to their Vinton summer home from Cleveland. Wayne and Mary Denney of Jackson visit their mother Mrs. Neva Denney. Mrs. Clyde Eagle bruises her face in a bathroom fall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eagle of St. Albans spend a weekend with Clyde Eagle. Mrs. Louise Woltz and daughter Mrs. Joseph Kahn of Monroe, Mich., visit Mrs. Clem Wilcox and Stella Wilcox.
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