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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1931
Page
14
Local notice lists Murray High School students to register next Monday at 10. Several families and residents are noted visiting or hosting relatives from Columbus Athens Logan Buckeye Lake and nearby towns. Community events include a bake sale by the Builders' Class at Martins Confectionery for a local cause.
H EB Steadman and relatives visited here over weekend. Rev McCullough from Columbus assisted revival with six baptized Sunday and more planned nearby. Many guests from Marion Bremen Zanesville Murray City and Athens joined locals for meals visits and church services as district superintendent McClure set a quarterly conference at the M E Church Wednesday evening.
Sunday gatherings and visits abound as the Hayeses spend summer on the Don Reeves farm. Mrs Martha Henry of Athens visits her daughter Mrs C E Chase. Belling at Fisher honors Glen Woodyard and Alberta Crooks. Mrs A J Carbaugh returns home after two weeks with her daughter Mrs F J Hooper. Ed Martin visits Blaine Woodyard. Alfred Hudnall returns from three week trip visiting relatives in Pittsburgh Warl Newark and Lancaster. Families from Jerseyville and Wells ton visit relatives in Albany and Zanesville.
Fourteen Butler County banks today adopted a uniform 3 percent interest rate on savings deposits, lowering in some balances from 4 percent. The move, announced from Hamilton Ohio, affects customer accounts across the county.
Lottridge notes an Aug 30 home coming at Lawrence Chapel Church with a basket dinner at noon and speaker Rev C M Coulter of Athens. Former members and Sunday School folk invited.
Coolville residents and relatives gathered for the Stout reunion in Athens with extended family from Leesburg, Bethel Ridge, Torch, and Columbus. Local visits include Daugherty family hosting guests from Springfield and Delaware, plus various weekend visits and trips among area towns.
The Garden J. W. Weatherby evon Hubert and Mr and Mrs J P Mohler attended services of the Southeastern Ohio Christian Conference at Macedonia Church Lawrence County last Sunday. They returned with Rev Weatherby and Mrs J M Chapple who joined the conference business session. Other locals hosted guests include Mr and Mrs R E Goldsberry and children, Mr and Mrs Clyde Colburn, Mr and Mrs William St Clair and James Smith, and Ida St Clair, along with Mr and Mrs William Colmer and family and Mr and Mrs Harry Smith and children visiting Chester Meigs relatives.
G W Ash won the contract to hard surface three miles of Kingsbury Road east of Harrisonville using screened gravel. The road will connect to the High School and expand access for Eastern Bedford residents. The rest of the item notes local events including farming, visits, a Grange play, and Big Ten baseball schedules.
Shawnee and New Straitsville families like Hiedlebaugh and Davis shared weekends with relatives in Newark Columbus Thornport and Worthington. Distinct visits include Mr and Mrs John Crawford and son with Crawford seniors, Mrs David Turnbull with Welch family, and Annabelle Weed Mary Ellen Reese and Virgil Clark visiting Columbus Lancaster and other locales.
Albany R D No 1 reports multiple social gatherings. Aldo Minear hosted guests from Albany and Columbus for dinner. Thompson Climer reunion at Dundas. West family visited Baughman home. Saylor and Arbaugh families joined Ed Saylor and Mal Davis in Columbus. Mary Robinette Sunday honored with birthday dinner featuring many relatives from Cincinnati Hebbardsville Athens Pegtown and Columbus. Additional visits include De Maris in Columbus and Pleeson in John West with W S Clark family from East Gulf W Va.
The article notes Taylor Ridge church will hold Sunday School and regular services at 9 30 am to enable attendance at the Trimble Church of Christ homecoming. Numerous local residents are listed as visiting family and friends in Glouster Bishopville Beech Grove Redtown and nearby towns.
The Broadwell home-coming attracted many former residents. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Christy Holdcroft and family of Zanesville with Frank James. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holdcroft and family. Will Hayborn and daughters of Zanesville with Jerry Conant. Mrs. Harry Wellerk and son Richard of Akron visiting aunt Lolia Brill. They picnicked at the McGill home and visited the Dale cemetery. The Reverend Williamson, Lancaster Boys Industrial School chaplain, spoke at the event. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith, Herbert Roberts and daughter, Mrs. Malvin Vanway of Parkersburg visiting Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ogg.
The Hooper Ridge Church will hold its annual home-coming on September 20. The day’s program will be announced later. Local residents noted visiting relatives in Columbus and nearby towns over the weekend.
Local residents report weekend visits among families in Athens and Bedford. Typhoid illness among Charles Randolph’s son Guy is noted, with several relatives returning from hospital stays and showing slow recovery. A ninth birthday party hosted by Isadore Mantle included many Niggemeyer and Mantle children and friends.
Unusually rainy week keeps farmers idle while residents visit kin across Amesville Crooksville and St Paris. Elliott family and friends attend reunions and visits including Hanson McCune Bardin Harris Dickson Callaway and Thompson households with measles illnesses noted among children. The Hanson McCune reunion is set for Embree Park on August 30.
A family birthday dinner at Mr and Mrs Frank White celebrated Henry Bolen and Holland White with many relatives present. Attendants included Ora Rider Dwight of Orland Myrtle Rider Ada Rider Ruth Whit and others from Two Mile Carbondale and Dunbar. Card and music were shared and visits by Goff Rice Clifford Ross Billy Ross Everett Turner John Thompson and Joe Thompson were noted.
Amesville notes list named drivers for Ames Bern school routes including ville William Deen Fred Wilson Mount Hermon Hartley Hooper Ridge Ernest Grosvenor Sharpsburg Joy F C Carpenter McDougal Dividing Ridge Max Heston Easler Creek John Chappelear and Linscott Run Edward Moore. School opens September 8. Beatrice Porter to wed Norman Kerr of Marietta in Louisville Kentucky on August 17.
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