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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1925
Page
5
A fragment notes a motor trip through New York and Bedford, Pennsylvania. The readable text mentions travel by car or motor coach with stops or connections in the listed locations, but details remain incomplete.
Mr and Mrs Fresh Fulkington and James Rannels of Milford Center were weekend guests of Superintendent Way at 16 North Congress Street seeking local hospitality and social visit.
William D. Childers wed Miss Neva E. Owings in a 2 PM ceremony at the Athens Presbyterian Church officiated by Dr. Abbott. The couple, both employed at the Athens State hospital, will return to work about September 12 after visiting the bride's mother in Wolf Creek Kentucky.
Mr M L Cornes and Mr and Mrs the Heating It De spent Sandal de Hocking with Mrs Cornes parents on Richland avenue. The children stayed longer with their grandparents. Wilma Cornes will attend the eighth grade commencement exercises in Ewing hall Tuesday.
Mr Clarence Littler of Athens and Miss Letha Minner of Nelsonville traveled to Columbus last Saturday for a weekend visit. They returned home last night with Mrs Littler and three children who had spent two weeks in Columbus visiting relatives, mostly staying with Mrs Clayton Murphy.
Miss Pearl McCollins and Miss Ethel Collins, employed at Lancaster, spent the week end at their respective homes on Richland Avenue.
Mr Marricon McKibben is visiting a few days with his daughter Mrs Charles Cooper near New Marshfield, where they are staying with relatives and plan local excursions during the stay.
The ceremony took place at the Bibdle seminary home with Mr and Mrs as the parents of the bride. Present were the bride’s parents three sisters one brother Rev H A Sherwood who officiated and Mrs H A Sherwood, Clarence Way and family and Gertrude Linegar.
Mise of Columbus has returned home after a fair week in Athens with Mrs George Marquis and the families of Professor C. E. Malley and Mr.
Mies Joy Cutler returns to Athens from Peterboro New Hampshire where she spent the peace age to join the Ohio University faculty. She will remain in Athens until fall when she begins teaching voice in the music department.
IMANY TO ATTEND 600 Eighth Graders Will Receive Diplomas. Senator Fess to Deliver Address to Class. About six hundred boys and girls from county grade schools will receive diplomas at the second session of the Athens County Teachers Institute in Hall Auditorium tomorrow. Senator Fess will give the commencement address at 1 30 p.m. An informal reception will follow. County Superintendent McVay notes the meetings will be business sessions to prepare teachers for the new term. Seventy fifth annual institute marks the occasion with C. H. Copeland president and Major M Johnson to speak on the Flag and the Flag Code.
Mr and Mrs Boward McHars report they have returned home following an outing in Northern Michigan.
A group including M and Ervie Dyer with Rosabelle, Earl Gearhart and son Everett, Capmeau, Alva Dyer and Mary, Circleville. Alva Figley and Frank with Rose Mary. Wilbur Clendenin and family from Mineral, John Clendenin and Lorane, V W Clendenin and Dolph Clendenin from Athens gathered for an annual neighborhood picnic near Logan.
Lee Stewart Roach spends a two week visit at the north with the W. Foutch family as guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Domlere who are spending a vacation there.
Miss Frances Hatch arrived home from Shinnston to attend the wedding of Miss Blanche Harmer and Harvey Bowman at the Tapawingo estate. The veranda ceremony for 60 guests featured Hatch singing prior to the plighting, and the bride wore a Parisian crepe dress with silver beadwork and orange blossom coronet. The couple plans a Romney West Virginia home after their eastern trip and affiliation with the public schools.
The W C T U shifts its Tuesday gathering to 2 o'clock afternoon at the First M E Church, instead of meeting with Mrs C B M Jennings as listed in the calendar.
In Glouster on August 81 a resident earned a special $20 award for a fruit display judged by J. V. Bev. Although not entered in time for the premium, the judges deemed the arrangement so good that the special award was granted.
Mr and Mrs Lewie Jones of Glouster announce the engagement of their daughter Blanche to A. Carter of Columbus. The Rev A A Terser will officiate at the ceremony on August 29. The Carter family plans a Duluth trip after the wedding.
A wrecking crane was brought into service and the car it attended was towed home. The incident marks the crane's deployment and the vehicle's return to its residence after assistance.
Mrs. Byvia Christy, 44, of Hollister, died after infection from a nail wound on her right hand. She left a husband and five children. Funeral services were held at Porterville and burial followed in Porterville cemetery.
Misses Forest Jones Irene Rob Martin Carrie and the Mrs B Jones report a successful trip to Columbus for a tonsil removal operation. Jones family members note the procedure went smoothly and anticipate a quick recovery.
The Masons announce winter work and September degree ceremonies led by W Bm and secretary A Palmer. September events include B A i ber on 7 at 8:30, penny art work on 8 at 7:30, Athene council assembly weeks later, and M M degree refreshment on September 29 at 4:30.
In Berlin a forester discovers a grown cuckoo inside a can once used as a neat. The cuckoo hatched in a field cleared by fire and grew rapidly, outgrowing the can’s opening. Firetales fed the cuckoo until discovery.
Bewarts of Columbus pilots an old automobile with wooden fenders in Columbus Indiana. He claims the car achieves better than fifteen miles to the gallon as he continues to drive it.
At McDonald Station the St. Louis to Pittsburg express rammed an automobile killing Stanley Ruthowsky, 42, and his daughter Stella, 21, with two riders inside the car.
The fragment notes a product line called Weesewatches fully manufactured by Ma in a historical catalog. It references production status and naming, but details and context are incomplete in the readable text.
In 1928 a Philadelphia protest used child participants to spotlight labor abuses. A crowd gathered at City Hall as banners and maimed children drew attention. a planned trek through Princeton Hoboken and New York aimed to press Congress for reform, ending with attempts to meet President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Mrs Ganan spent her life in a home cared for by her son Howard Johnson and by Dates Jenale Mowing. A devoted relationship within the family marked her life, with both sons providing constant attention and support.
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