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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1927
Page
6
Reports note Charles Huffman improving after appendectomy in Columbus. Charles Huffman plans to return home by week’s end. Numerous relatives and friends from Athens Logan and surrounding towns visited or stayed with Huffman and his family over the weekend and week.
The Bates church annual homecoming is rescheduled due to rain. Services will start at 9 30 a m. Mrs Carl Brown and Miss Helen Sams visited relatives, and others including Miss Mary Tipple, Miss Lena Sams, and Miss Vera Tipple spent time with family in Athens.
The Plains note a parade of visits across Glouster and nearby towns with dinners, hospitality, and relatives from Athens Chauncey Willoughby New Lexington Nelsonville and Logan. Local residents entertain friends from Athens Willoughby Columbus and more as illnesses and a rain turned to hail event closes the day.
Hamden Mrs. R. E. Peters fractured her left arm after a fall and was taken to Dr. KE B. Ray’s office. Mrs. Ntellie Jewell and Mr. Thomas Boyer married Saturday morning in McArthur with a wedding dinner at the McManaway home. Emmett Whiteley of Lancaster visited here over the weekend. Wayne Wilbur of Columbus, Mocking Valley railroad employee, stayed with his parents the Wilburs.
Miss Lena Hall returns to Crooksville while Miss Alice Cross visits Columbus. Doris Hildemeyer returns to Oakley from her grandparents. Mr and Mrs John Butts and daughter of Dayton visit George Buttsler's home. William Blackford visits uncle Thomas Canter in South Webster. Fred Morehead and son James visit O C Morehead family in Portsmouth. Bruce Reed and Mrs Reed travel from Middletown to Hamden for a visit with Geo Blake family. Mrs Leland Mattison returns from neuritis treatment in Martinsville Indiana. Adda Jane Howell returns from Zaleski visit with E F McKibben family. Mrs W A Kibbey hosts Ugly club. W A Kibbey attends Cincinnati Brooklyn game. Mr and Mrs W E Stanton and Lucretia Stanton visit Gallipolis with J O Martin of Jackson.
Marshfield Miss Marine Jones of Athens visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Jones at the end of the week. Other visiting relatives included Mr and Mrs Dever Schobert of Lancaster and Mr and Mrs F G Hoodlet with Mrs Dixon in Indianapolis. During Hoodlet absence Mildred Hunter acted as postmistress.
Lottridge and Dent families from Ashland visit Mr. and Mrs. Bailey. McBee family from near Coolville join Mrs. McBee’s parents. Mildred Runnion visits MacConnelsville for the Muskingum valley chautauqua. Morris family from The Plains visit O. L. Davis. Ak ron visitors Jacquelin and James Thiery with Frank Caldwell. Runnion family with sister Mrs. Townsend. A Cody moves a drilling machine from Rowan to Bert Stout farm near Coolville. Swartz family also mentioned.
Charles Smith, long in Indiana, has returned to head affairs in Romania and will live with his brother George Smith. May Jones visited Glouster last Wednesday and Thursday as a guest of friends. Eva Ivers called on Sylvia Post last Thursday. Homer Wilson was a morning visitor last Wednesday.
A social gathering occurred Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Carelton near Coolville. Local residents attended and the event was described as a pleasant community get together.
Mrs Grace McPherson hosts a family gathering as Dorothy Russell marries Haulis Stalder in Marietta on July 27. The couple wed after a visit period with relatives in Athens Stewart and Rockland.
Bedford reports that the new two room school building at Darwin is nearly finished and will be ready for occupancy as schools open. A daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward King was born last Friday joining family ties with Servetus Hart and the Kings. Dale Whaley and family visited W L Whaley and kin. Mrs Guy Dalton and children Emma Rachel and Frank of Marion visit Glen Hart and family. Mr and Mrs Clyde Hines Thomas Mulligan and family Mrs Guy Lee and Marietta spend Sunday with C A Hines and family. Mrs Glen Hart stayed with Mrs Edward King in Middleport over the weekend.
Wrightstown residents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ahle and others traveled to McConnelaville on business. The Wade sisters returned from a ten day visit with Aunt Ora Ahle. Rhea Wogan came home after a two week visit with Ruth in Zanesville. James Oliver returned to Zanesville after a two week visit with Pearl Wogan and family. Arza Ball and Otis with family attended the Zion homecoming. Marie Lepper and her mother spent a day with the Ahles. G M June and Mrs June visited Silas Alle. The Hogsets hosted Glewater visitors Monday.
At Troy Grange meeting next Saturday the lecture hour will confer first and second degrees to candidates. A new sedan owned by Walter H. Vaught turned into a cornfield near the bridge. no injuries. Funerals set for Mrs. G E Yagala at Congregational Church Wednesday. Various visitors and family reunions mark a busy week in Coolville and nearby towns.
Annie Swartz attended a camp meeting at the Athens fair grounds on Sunday. Oma Carsey visited her mother in Parkersburg hospital on Monday. Primrose Hawk attends the extension term of college at Rio Grande. The Chappels and the Kelleys called on the Sams family Sunday afternoon. Russell Hawk and Carmen Phillips returned to Akron after visiting Mrs. Lewis Hawk.
Carbondale guests included Mrs. Sarah E Rutledge and Mr and Mrs Lusion Farsalle from Cincinnati with John Rutledge of Chicago. Juanita Tefft hosted Attorney Alex Watt of Cleveland. Col umbus visitors included Mrs. Harry Pollock and children and Pete Beckler visiting his parents B I Beckler. Clyde Barber and John Lowry were in Philo. James Hoskins, drowned in Muskingum river at Philo this week, was Josh Clark’s son in law. Rufus Ellis and son Raymond visited Fred Kelly family. Ruth Gardner, employed.
In Barberton several days with relatives here, Frank Risley and Cecil Carlin who work in Newark, and their parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Clark visited relatives Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Daugherty of Barberton spent the end of the week here. Fred Kelly, employed in Pomeroy, spent several days with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Clark and family visited relatives here Sunday.
The excerpt lists social visits around Burr Oak including Mr. James McArtor of Hemlock as guest of Miss Grace Ivers and various calls among the Iver and White families. Other guests include Albert Post family, George Morris, Doris Metzenbaugh, and Mrs Jane Henry. An all day meeting and basket dinner at McLeish church is noted.
Families from Athens Amesville Nelsonville and Columbus visit relatives in Hooper Ridge area over the weekend. Ka sier White Linscott Sayers Keefer Balderson Johnson Keefer and Linscott families host and visit kin amid summer activities in Athens and Nelsonville areas.
Amesville and Athens residents shared a weekend of visits with friends and relatives in Wellston Marietta and Cleveland. The group included Lucy Bougher the Rose family Gifford Linscott Shoop and others traveling for county fair and business while noting another wreck on the road.
Albany picks up a week of visits and gatherings as families from Coe and Jones face extended travels. A near fatal railroad crossing incident prompts caution as multiple residents attend church events and plan community activities at the Opera House and Grange.
The Jansen and Barre families spent a week in Pomeroy with Hartley relatives. Mrs. Weiss and the Jansens joined Mr. and Mrs. J. Barre and Mrs. L. J. Walthers party for a Wednesday evening gathering with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Kittle. Helen Walthers and Mrs. Kittle accompanied them on a Thursday tour to Mici Mra I J. Walthers and later left for Nevada to visit relatives Mable and Bernice Kittle and B rest Johnson rode with them to Columbus.
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