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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1938
Page
6
Murray City reports a flurry of weekend visits and illness notes. Mrs. Leo Mitchell of Crooksville returned home after a serious illness. relatives Mrs. Dora Spencer and James Madden accompanied her. Various locals hosted and visited kin from Athens Nelsonville Columbus and Logan with basketball games in Chesterhill.
Marilyn Audrey Banfield of Chauncey has been seriously ill at the Mill Street home but is reported recovering. Guests include Mrs Frieda Rarick of Newark visiting the Lower Plains. Mr and Mrs Wesley Lyman and son Harry of Athens. Mr and Mrs Wendell Moore hosting a Sunday dinner. Mr and Mrs W E Dicken entertaining Earl Grant Mrs George Kirkendall and Ethel Augustine of Sugar Creek. Rev Melvin Dunn of Wellston preaching at Zion Church Lower Plains on Sunday December 18. and funeral attendees Mrs Mary Meinhart Mrs Jessie Johnson Miss Georgia Tippie and Mrs Myrtle Tippie of Chauncey at Jones Funeral Home in Athens.
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie LeMasters aged 49 of Chauncey were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home Chauncey conducted by Rev. Drel H. Goff. Burial followed at West Union Street Cemetery. A trio from Chauncey sang three hymns. She leaves her husband and four sons Emmerson Dennison in Columbus Allison in Athens and Rawson in Sidney Ohio her father A J Limberger of Chauncey two sisters Mrs Allie Bricker near Chauncey and Mrs Inez Dieh of Yellow Springs Ohio. The funeral was largely attended.
Attending the annual Boy Scout dinner at First Christian Church in Athens Monday night were residents from Chauncey including Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brookins and Thelma Jeane. Mr. and Mrs. Burg Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Bricker. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shafer. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Tippett. Mrs. Adda Tippett. Miss Irene Jackson. Neil Tippett. Charles Bradfield. Paul Fiske. Max Wilson. Christine Brown. From Sugar Creek came Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Bradbury. Mr. and Mrs. John Clark. Mrs. Charlies McDaniel. Mrs. Herbert Rivers. and Adam McLean.
Chauncey Senior and Junior Choirs will perform a Christmas cantata at Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday night December 18. Christine Brown directs the music, and the public is invited.
Shade Benjamin Franklin IV will present a magic entertainment at Shade High School auditorium Friday at 8 o clock. Franklin is described as a highly educated figure on the American stage. His act blends magic fantasy mystery and laughter under the Junior Class sponsorship.
Rose Garden Club held a Christmas party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton with a brief business session, games, gifts, and refreshments. Local families and visitors attended including the Springers, Shields, Lambs, and several others. Grade school programs scheduled for Dec 22 and 23, with a holiday break starting Dec 23.
A large gathering celebrated Mrs. Alice Moore's 78th birthday at her Pratts Fork home on December 11. Relatives and friends from Shade Albany Coolville Flora and surrounding areas attended, with three of her four children present and many gifts reported.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Mingus entertained with a two course dinner Sunday honoring Mr and Mrs Roy Totman Chesterhill and Mr and Mrs H H O McDaniel Millfield in an amicable gathering reflecting local society guests and small town hospitality.
Chauncey Mayor W. D. Hines and Marshal Lawrence Reeves are incapacitated by recent injuries. Hines injured his knee and remains at his Converse Street home with crutches, while Reeves fell on a stone at Converse and Mill, breaking his left ankle and being cast at home.
New Straitsville notes show residents and visitors from Logan Columbus and Zanesville. Mr. Crosby Irish remains ill, Joe Grandy hosts. A chicken supper funds a White Gift, and a Santa Claus parade honors Eddie Lawson Jr. with prize winners. Local events include Euchre parties and a benefit minstrel at Junction City High School.
Funeral services for John Lee Augustine four months old son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Augustine of near Chauncey were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Jones Funeral Home Athens by Rev Clyde Sedgewick. Burial followed in Augustine Cemetery. Survivors include the parents four sisters twins and two brothers. Relatives attending included Mrs Frieda Rarick from Newark Ohio and Mr and Mrs Arthur Burchfield.
Social notes from Kanauga report funeral attendance for the late Joe Vance and family ties with Mrs. Dewey Jordan of Gallipolis. W E Houston moves to the Thomas Reynolds property and acts as Sunday School superintendent in Mr Deems absence. Locals and visitors from Mar tin s Ferry Beech Hill Columbus Pt Pleasant and Charleston are noted with relatives and illness recoveries.
Jacksonville grade children prepare a Christmas operetta The Baby's First Christmas Tree to be presented Monday evening December 19 at Jacksonville Trimble high School Auditorium Cast includes Joan von Scheele Hoy J Seckinger Edith Medley Dorothy Kasler Mary Roman Bernice Stoltz Keith McMenamy Ruth Ann Chappelear Billy Wemmer A choir of sixth seventh and eighth graders directed by Luella Cliffton will sing choruses and carols Mary McCann and Faye McKinley handle costumes and scenery Primary and intermediate students rehearse for a processional and carols led by Evelyn Deal Helen Kearns and Effie Stephenson
Mr and Mrs Earl Tarleton and children were in Columbus Saturday They report that Dr H E LeFever found Jimmie Tarleton s condition much improved They returned by way of Caldwell where they spent Saturday night and Sunday with their parents.
Jacksonville Mohawk Aerie FOE hosted District 4 for December initiation. More than 200 Eagles attended as 208 new members were reported district wide since November initiations. Speakers included Leo King Virgil Davis and L E Hillis. Aeries represented included Athens Nelsonville Marietta Murray City Corning Glouster McArthur Shawnee Logan Jacksonville.
A compilation of questions and answers covers quinine dangers without medical supervision, the origin of the tennis term love, auction chant intelligibility to buyers, pyrethrum color, the first New England Thanksgiving 1621, Monongahela River tonnage, and Edison’s electric pen precursors to mimeograph machines.
Public notice directing readers to mail questions to the Messenger's Service Bureau at 1013 13th St Washington D C for factual inquiries while denying legal or medical advice and extended research.
Greens Run residents host visitors from Greens Run and nearby towns. Norfolk sailor Steve Thomas of the U S Navy plans a December visit to Virginia before a potential California transfer. Family members and friends from Chillicothe Nelsonville and White Cross hospital circles share meals and updates on recovery.
Mr and Mrs Evert Bissel and son and Wayne Scott of West Virginia spent Sunday with the Clyde Scott family. Mr and Mrs Ralph Carl and others visited Dana Welker. Miss Charlotte Copeland of Bedford Cleveland visits Anna and Margarete Carleton. Everett Howett with family spent Sunday with Avery Goolen. H C Cumings travels to Akron as Meigs County Grange delegate. Clarence Will hauls walnut logs Route 124. The Aryan Path eight elements taught by Buddha listed here.
Sunday School at Zion Mission 9 30 preaching 10 30 by regular pastor. All day quilting at Mrs Eva Mohler last Thursday with Velma Barnhill Maggie Buck Mary Perry Catherine Goldsberry Glennie St Clair Florence King Cora Webb Jane Webb Flora Grant Della Butts. Sunshine Sewing Circle organized officers Mary Perry president Florence King secretary treasurer Della Butts assistant secretary. Mrs Glennie St Clair hosted her son and daughter in law Elda Smith Norma Jean Columbus. O F Lowther and family visited South Bend Indiana Chicago and other places returning Friday except mother who stayed. Mt Zion Church roof painted plans to repaper inside soon. Mrs Alice Creesy seriously ill. Dale Perry C E Butts attended corn husking at Bob Perry's with neighbor men harvesting five acres. Allen Weatherby Athens visited for dinner. Glennie St Clair rebuilt granary and wagon shed after last summer wind storm. Rev J E Harwood Mil lersport conducted quarterly conference at Mt Zion Mission Dec 10. Gravel being placed on Mt Zion Road.
The 200000 acre field near Hardin Montana is leased through the Interior Department to Thomas Campbell. It forms part of two Indian reservations and is described as the world’s largest wheat field.
Troy Schools will present a Christmas Cantata Child Jesus at the Auditorium Monday December 19 at eight o'clock with high school orchestra from 7:30 to 8:00. Congregational and Methodist churches join for a Nativity pageant at the Congregational Church Sunday at eight. Holiday vacation runs December 21 to January 3. Basketball games loom with New Marshfield and Chester. Numerous local residents and OH University students are mentioned in weekend visits and family gatherings. A Coolville Masonic Lodge special meeting December 14 will host a Cincinnati team for third degree work.
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