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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1928

Page

6

Murray City News Items Set in Hocking Valley

Community notes from Murray City recount social visits church activities and family events. Members of the M E church quilting circle meet with eleven participants. locals attend a funeral in Columbus and visit relatives in Logan Barberton and Nelsonville. Birth announcements list two newborns and remarks on visiting kin and Eagle convention attendance.

Hamden News Highlights Local Visits And Births

Aug 11 Hamden notes Mrs George Howell and daughters Georgine and Joyce visit relatives in Columbus before extending to Rome Alabama to visit Aunt and Uncle Rob ert Young. Mr and Mrs W A Elby announce the birth of a son on August 7. Local updates include travel, guests, and family events across Marietta Milford Chillicothe and Columbus with household stories and community chatter.

Amden George Howell Georgine Joyce Columbus Hiram Foose Rome Alabama Robert Young A. G. Will Mancel Sarah Blamer Wil Driggs Marietta Milford Wil Son W. A. Elbby Ruth Stanton Joe Rowe Cannanville March Stetson Mae Goldsberry Marion Charles Isabelle Essington Sarah Goldsberry Charles Stetson Sulting J. W. Hawkins Springfield Audrey Datis Cambridge Abraham Young Matthew Lewis Iran Glendon Bagley Chillicothe Charles Cox Bagley Frances Jackson

Syracuse News Items Reported Local Visits and Society Notes

Syracuse Aug 11 Several local families and visitors are listed in social notices. Ruth Covert visited Mr and Mrs Harvey Nease in Syracuse. Miss Ruth Covert and Miss Betty Campbell spent time with friends. The Campbell family joined trips to Charleston and Cincinnati. Walter Mainwaring and family along with George Smith visited relatives in Pittsburgh and McKeesport. Ladies Aid of Asbury M E church met for routine business. Womans Foreign Missionary society picnic planned for Syracuse beach with Bertha Holter in charge. Errol Mallory and sister Matel of St Cloud Fla visited. Mrs Tom May of Middleport spent yesterday with her parents Mr and Mrs P C Williams. Lenora Stobart of Pittsburgh vacationing with sister Carrie Seidenabal. Mrs Van Johnson and Lu Han Moore visited George Moore family of Midort.

Uwrray City John Fisher Dorcas Philip Fisher NA William Chivers Effie Devol Charles Baird John Watters Charles Ralph Robert Foster Marion Cook Millie Brown Pete Nelson Cobus D. L. Browning Glouster Minnie Coates Shawnee Myrtle Wright Chas Swingle George Brooker George Vansickle Charles Gee Clem Jap Miller Lece Ayers Don Solon John McGarva Sidney Johnson William Pol Vivian Cummings Ernie Eberwine Barberton Grace Donoghue Blink Rutherford Dayton George Short John Walters Airs William Bracken Columbus James Bamer Nelsonville Samuel Campbell West Virginia Charles Hize Charles Strum, Jr Eagle Art Slater T. A. YW George Wansickie M. E. Cox John Lovett James Madden Marietta Tom Bell Warren Darby Orient Thomas Gears George Christopher Meifillen Wilma Gears Brooker Longstreth Joel Brooker Emory Hushes Nelsonvile Adda Smith Conrad Wein Ruth Penn Athens Hazel Storer Charles Strum Jr Arnetia Newman Charles Calkins Mary C. E. Peoples Pomeroy Lakeside Ladies’ Aid Society of Asbury M. E Foreign Missionary Society Syracuse Bertha Holter Errol Mallory Matel St. Cloud Fla Vistors Claude Nease Neage Settlement Tom May Middleport Spe Jtuesden P. C. Williams Lenora Stobart TL Jburgh Carrie Seidenabel Huh Plains Atty Hubert Shrieves Granville Hartley Carrie Potts Adrian Mich H. Shrleves Joe Slater Rose James Lyons Betsy Lane Pred Slater Edgar Slater Hayes Shrieves Tom Davis WH Davis Dave Davis Tom Barstow Lawrence Agnes Davis Kirtland Tom Lerry Oak Hill William Perry Cincinnati Dave Hughes D. Jones Dan Davis Smith's Chapel John West Chillicothe Beulah Hawk Lawrence Shields Liz Guess Burdette Logan Jess Rand Guy Frank Smith Janes Staley James McNabb Davis Robert Noble Sam Darnell Ruth Dare Nell Hershel Ellen Parfitt CG. Wallon James Partlt James Parfitt Harvey Porter Gona Tom and Harry Jr Chesterhill Ralph Porter William Moore Wellston Ed McCall Aon Everet Harry Moore James Matheny Floyd Guysville Neva Hawk John Stauffer Mer Stauffer Curtis Shellman Paul Orville Shellman

UNION ON THE HILL COMMUNITY NEWS

Local notes from Union on the Hill recount social visits in Athens and Mt Zion Church services. A picnic at noon and a chaotic tale with a corkscrew mishap lightens a day of community activity as residents feature into a lively column.

Local notes and names slide through a fragmented page

Fragmentary items mention John Trot with a hospital operation. Rev Gibbons of Columbus to lead a meeting in Darwin starting August 11. Mr and Mrs Wm L Whaley and family visit. Errett Walker and children stay with her parents Mr and Mrs George Henderson. Thomas Resinger and his wife visit relatives. Mrs Glen and Mrs I J Williams noted.

Iprpand John Trot Tering Arms Hospital Weeny Gibbons of Columbus Darwin Ww. L. Whaley Tracy Carl Otisy Downington Errett Walker Iimbus George Henderson Thomas Resinger Allans Glen Williams

Williams Seeks Democratic Nomination for Sheriff

William Williams of Athens County seeks the Democratic nomination in the August primaries to be a candidate for re election. Born in Kentucky on January 18, 1880 he had a common school education and worked as a minor at age twelve before becoming a barber at twenty six, a trade he followed for four years. He is married to Susan Beckie Williams and they have one son Gear.

William Williams Wiliam Willams Athens County Wiliams Kentucky Susan Beckie Willams Gear

Voters Have Chance On $41,000 School Bond Issue

The State Tax Commission authorized Huntington township Ross county to place a $41,000 bond issue before voters at the coming election for buildings of a new consolidated school.

Columbus State Tax Commission Huntington Township Ross County Board of Education

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