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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
9
Longstreth visited Columbus with daughter Mrs. Clarence Carmen. Mrs. Oakley Smith arrived from Indiana to help care for aging parents, who celebrate 67 years of marriage on August 25. Numerous locals hosted and visited kin in Ohio and beyond. several attendees and patients are named. A nudist camp incident in Sonoma, California shows police finding a suspect clothed among 130 campers.
Walter B. Coleman aged 80 died Friday night at his daughter's home Mrs. Nellie Stethem after a long illness. He leaves three sons Mont Parkersburg Edgar and James Sebring two sisters Mrs Helen Petty Ak ron and Mrs Kathryn Packard Reedsville and two brothers John E and Fred Coleman Reedsville seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the M E Church Sunday at 2 pm with burial at Sand Hill Cemetery beside his wife. J B Randolph daughter Mrs Lucy Cowdery and Miss Nerva Pryor visited relatives in Federalsburg and Richmond. Mr and Mrs Fred German Wil son Pa are visiting relatives here. Weather brings camp activity and tent stays. Mrs G E Cottle in Parkersburg for medical care. Mrs Jennie Smith returned from Nelsonville visit. Mary German of Weirton visits with her parents. Mr and Mrs Hubert Lawrence Pittsburgh were weekend guests of his parents.
Murray City weekly social column lists numerous weekend visits and family gatherings featuring residents from Murray City and nearby towns. The piece notes church events, graduates at Ohio University, and several trips to Columbus, Zanesville, and Athens with names and relations throughout. It ends with a Budapest divorce quip from a local bank clerk.
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