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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1940

Page

7

Mt Union News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Family Gatherings

Mrs Elenor Soto and sons from Tampa along with Mrs Irene Faund ers and daughter and Mrs Mary Margaret McKnight of Gallipolis visited Mr and Mrs George Harmon on Wednesday. John Jordan spent a week in Springfield with Roy Jordan. Keath Jordan also stayed with the Jordans. Carroll Folden Howard Folden and Wesley Caster visited John Nicholson. A birthday dinner honored Mrs Mary Baer at Forest Run. Georgia Harmon stayed with Mrs Vaughn McKnight in Gallipolis. The McKnight family from Middleport and Wayne Chase visited the Harmons and M A Chase in Columbus.

MT. Union Elenor Soto Tampa Fla C. K. Price Irene Faunders Mary Margaret McKnight Gallipolis George Harmon John Jordan Springfield Roy Jordan Keath Jordan Earl Jordan Carroll Folden Howard Folden Dyesville Wesley Caster Toledo John Nicholson M. A. Epple Mary Baer Forest Run Georgia Harmon Vaughn McKnight F. McKnight Middleport R. D William Chase Nancy Adena Wayne Chase Columbus M. A. Chase

Alfred Spur lock in Parkersburg hospital for appendicitis

Alfred Spur lock of Derrey Pa along with family members visited and many called at Parkersburg hospital where she underwent an appendicitis operation on Thursday. Flora Marie Tuttle of Silver Ridge also had surgery for appendicitis with family traveling to be with her. Local residents and visitors including J M Bentz and Sisco Adkins toured nearby towns and called on patients during the weekend. Loganberries were first discovered in Judge Logan’s grounds in Santa Cruz California in 1881.

Alfred Maxine Spurlock Parkersburg Garnet Bentz Ralph Parish Derrey Vesta Bentz Flora Marie Tuttle Silver Ridge J. M. Bentz Marion Sisco Adkins Alvin Styles Charles Betzing V. L. Shumway Nancy Rosser Athens Virgie Swartz Sisco Atkins Virginia Warren Bentz Murray Hopkins Richard Swartz Robert Swartz Carlton Folirod Richard Lewis Irene Damewood Mildred Shirkey Gearald Lamb Judge Logan Santa Cruz Calif

Jacksonville Social Notes of Local Residents

Birth announced for Lisa Lu Oskey on Sunday July 28 weighing seven pounds with parents Edward Oskey Jr and wife. Grandparents H L Sayre Edward Oskey Sr. Great grandparents Patrick Curtis George Sayre. Scout trip by Troop 74 to Wolfe Creek near Chesterhill with several youths and leaders. Ladies Democratic Club to meet Aug 1 at Mrs Minnie Hallam. Various visits and illnesses noted including influenza recovery of Herman Van Hall. Trips to Columbus and Cincinnati days. CCC enrollees to Boise Idaho. Past Noble Grands Club meeting. next Aug 16 Jacksonville Park potluck.

Jacksonville Edward Oskey Jr Lisa Lu H. L. Sayre Edward Oskey Sr Patrick Curtis George Sayre Trimble Boy Scouts Fred L. Kempton Earl Frazee Wolfe Creek Chesterhill Charles Riley Tommy Beaddow William Bratka William Forsbach Jack Frazee Delbert Lemoine William Mills Wilbur Kempton Jr Donald Roofe Henry Hoy Hartley Victor Smathers Charles Ladies Democratic Club Minnie Hallam Charles Guinther James Morris Columbus Herman van Hall Margaret Tinker George Washington Chillicothe Charles Tinker Anna Schmidt Herman VanHall William VanHall Toledo Kathryn Philiapotts Dora Kempton Henry Hervey VanHall Detroit Pearl Wakely Marietta Paul Barrett CCC Boise Idaho Noble Grands Club Lily Deal Edward Harry Jacksonville Park Hoy Seckinger Cuyahoga Falls C E. Seckinger R. E. Davis Arlene Cincinnati Virginia Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina Renfro Valley Great Smoky Mountains

Grass Run-Side Hill Social and Personal

Mr. and Mrs G Will attend an adult conference of the Church of Christ of Ohio at Otterbein College Westerville. Frances and Anna Jeannette Cleland were guests of their grandparents Grant Romine in Dexter. Mrs Ray Nicholson is at Sheltering Arms Hospital Ath ens for observation and treatment.

Grass Run Will Churches of Christ of Ohio Otterbein College Westerville Frances Anna Jeannette Cleland Grant Romine Dexter Ray Nicholson Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Ralph Andrick Dayton C. H. Amos Catherine Harry Plummer Columbus Claude Dulaney A. E. Plummer Seth F. Nicholson William Nicholson Phyllis Lois Ora Pickens Buffalo W. Va Midway Church Floyd Cleland Clyde Hampton Danville Lena Saxton Everett McKnight Midway

Albany Rural Social Notes

Social notes from Albany Rural Nineteen Forty date events include a miscellaneous shower for Dorothy Cook West and Lawrence West after their July marriage in Tippecanoe City, with guests Parker Snyder and others. The West family reunion is listed for August 4 at Town House Church grove. Local clergy Rev Miles FE Hoon will preach at Airline Church Sunday night. Several households report weekend visits and family gatherings with ice cream served.

Albany Will West Lawrence West Dorothy Cook Tippecanoe City Parker Snyder Mineral Ray Bailes Sunny Bell Fought Flossie West Eloise Martha Lou Baughman McArthur Grove Townhouse William Battre Loren Jones Walter Jones Luster Enlow Miles FE. Hoon Airline Cliff Ross Harold Lee Tewksbury Lloyd Knowlton

Gallipolis Woman Sues for 1216 Over Mortgage

Miss Myrti¢ Stringfellow files suit in Gallipolis seeking 1216 from Hollis C Neal and Neva J Neal of Springfield. She alleges she purchased a First Avenue home with warranty deed and later learned trustees of Rio Grande College held a $1200 mortgage she has paid and seeks recourse from the Neals.

Gallipolis Miss Myrti¢ Stringfellow Hollis C Neva J. Neal Springfield Miss Stringfellow First Avenue Neals Rio Grande College

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