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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1930
Page
10
Residents and visitors are listed in a crowded social roundup including Reverend Lloyd and friends from Volanh Pennsylvania. The piece notes funerals, visits, relocations, and an August 31 church picnic with Rev. Day's final sermon before conference.
Sunday guests include Mr and Mrs Merrill Nist of Ireland with Mrs Nist's father George Dueffer and Mr and Mrs Layman O Neil with son Frank. Bridges progress moves forward as work crews lay concrete. Families attend picnics, visits, and church services across Decatur Albany Wellsburg Columbus and Delaware County with many relatives and friends listed.
Dan Rorimer, a scenario writer at Continental Pictures, falls for Anne Winter who climbs from extra to contract star. Living with Mona Morrison and Eva Harley, both extras, Dan battles envy and insecurity as Anne secures a favorable studio deal while he struggles after a reorganization ends his position.
Paul Collier arranges a lunch with Maris Farrell revealing her Hollywood circle. Dan Rorimer, strained by rejection of his screen story, grows uneasy about his future while Anne Winter presses forward with a rising career.
An explosion and ensuing fire at the W. T. Devereaux Company's grain elevator in Minneapolis today killed two employees. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators began to inspect the scene.
Local residents report visits and travels including Mrs JE C McQuaid Mrs John Beal Clifford McQuaid in West Virginia and Mrs Frank Allen in Newark. Attendees at the State Fair Vesper Walker Phyllis Swain, and meetings around Buckeye Lake Logan and Mt Zion. Ohio Confer ence preparations for September 1 at Oxford noted.
Chesterhill and Morgan County activity covers travel departures and arrivals. Mrs Mabel Archer Edwards leaves for Duncan Mississippi after a two week visit. Miss Margaret Ray spends two weeks vacationing with relatives in Chesterhill and Elliott. A newborn son born to Mr and Mrs Dennis Hallowell on August 24. Foster Decker and family relocate to Marietta. Attorney Will Hiatt returns to Okmulgee Oklahoma after three weeks with Chesterhill relatives. Mrs Henry Hopkins and Miss Ray travel to Zanesville for a nasal operation. County schools delayed opening until September due to building work and bus route setup. List of Chesterhill visitors includes Prof Walter Ostrander and others from Toledo Columbus Chicago Marietta New Straitsville and more attending local homes and the State Fair.
Miss Elizabeth Martin returns to Columbus after several weeks away. Mr and Mrs James Shafer and child visited relatives in Columbus. Mrs Leo Douglass of Shade visits her parents. Otto Lewis and son of Point Rock attend County Fair and stay with Grace Lewis. The Garden couple, Mr and Mrs Charles Coen, host their son 8S R Coen. Maxine Shafer and Charles B Robison Jr of Murray City plan a June 28 wedding at Point Pleasant West Virginia. Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday. Numerous households host dinners and visits with Leighty, Morrison, Carmean, Reeves, Potts, and Seipel families throughout central Ohio.
Mineral Mrs. Mint Ross and Nellie hosted Sunday guests in the John Clendenin home. The Ross family toured Ross Cemetery and New Marshfield Cemetery in the afternoon. Many relatives from Athens to California Pa attended gatherings at the McDaniel and Clendenin homes. A Stout reunion occurred at Carpenter. Mrs. Higley from Chillicothe visited Mrs. Ely. Mont Mills and family of California Pa spent Sunday with John Clendenin. The George Chesser family attended Harvey Chesser’s memorial at a Bethel Church area. Mrs. Holmes of Toledo visited her parents. Rev. Hughs preached a Sunday evening sermon at Mineral M E Church. No preaching Sunday morning due to all day Connnet Church services on August 31. Dinatha Hester and Amanda Todd with J P Emish and Charles spent Monday in Chillicothe.
About 60 people attended the Hanson and McCune reunion at Embree Park on August 24. A basket dinner followed by games brought together residents from Sharpsburg, Shawnee, New Lexington, Chesterhill, Sugar Creek, Amesville, Corning, Zanesville, McDougal, Athens and nearby towns, with many families listed including Hansons, Starlings, Davises, Holdcrafts, and others.
Albany Alexander Presbyterian Church in Hebbardsville will serve a chicken supper Thursday August 28. Nearby residents attended the Lively reunion on the John Lively farm last Saturday with dinner in the yard. Mr and Mrs John Lively, once local residents now in Kansas, visit relatives before heading to Michigan to see a sister. The Gillogly home on Carpenter Road, under construction for three months, was finished last week and the family moved in Friday from the George Johnson house.
Richland Ave residents and relatives travel for visits across Ohio and beyond. Mrs. Albert Pennel of Zaleski visited son Raymond. Dix Reeves of Columbus stayed with grandparents Reeves. Fannie Baker fractured hip after a fall and rests with brother J C Baker. Funeral for James Crawford attended by Anna Mansfield and Esther Dil linger.
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