Pollyanna Class Honors Children from Athens County Home
For the eighth year the Pollyanna Class of the First Christian Church hosted a Christmas party at the home of Mr and Mrs J L McCune Maplewood Drive for residents of the Athens County Children's Home. Miss Mary McCune leads the class with Mrs W W Lee teaching. Twenty four members attended a 6 pm buffet supper followed by games and contests won by Pauline Masterton and Bertine Sidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Athens County
JL. B. McCune
Maplewood Drive
Mary McCune
W. W. Lee
Pauline Masterton
Bertine Sidders
Claris
Bonnie McDaniel
Ruth Phillips
Friendly Society meets Friday afternoon at church parlors
The Friendly Society of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at 2 50 Friday afternoon in the church parlors. The Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae will hold their annual Christmas party at 7 30 Wednesday evening at the chapter house 8 North College Street. Funeral for Mr Penney Boyd Lawrence will be held Thursday in Indiana Harbor with Mrs Wilbur Scott and Miss Nelle Scott attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Alphba Gamma Delta
North College Street
George Septer
Maude Scott
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Wilbur Scott
Nelle
Mildred Scott
Columbus
Penney Boyd Lawrence
Scott
Lawrence
King’s Daughters
Wesleyan Service Guild
Wesleyan Foundation
First Methodist Church
Martzolff
County Home Inmates Receive Christmas Treat
Chauncey December 16 inmates at the County Home were given a generous Christmas treat and entertained with readings and carols by the Young People of the Athens Presbyterian Church. A lighted tree was placed in the chapel by Supt. and Mrs. Daugherty, with weekly programs planned. Next Sunday at 2 pm a Christmas sermon will be delivered by J. V. Ahlbrand with devotions by Mrs. Ahlbrand. The Meeng People’s choir from Millfield and Sunday School will provide music and carol singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Athens Presbyterian Church
Daugherty
Seawat
iiRe
J. V. Ahibrand
Ahbrand
Millfield
Ahlbrand
Millfield Man Injured Taken to Columbus Hospital
Chauncey dispatch reports William Buttermore of Millfield injured in an accident at Poston Mine No 6 Millfield. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus Tuesday night accompanied by Dr. C. N. Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
William Buttermore
Millfield
Poston
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
C. N. Sanders
Local families visit in Millfield and Nelsonville area
Miss Louise Dew and Dr and Mrs Bene of Lancaster spent Sunday in Chauncey at Miss Dew’s parents home. Morelle LaHugh visited a week at Mr and Mrs Dew Sanders’ home. Several Milford and Athens residents, including Williamson and Fogle, were guests in Millfield. Other locals visited Greens Run, Milfield and Amesville over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Dew
Mrs. Bene
Lancaster
Chauncey
Miss Dew
Mrs
Nile Dew
Morelle LaHugh
Dew Sanders
Albany
Jas. Williamson, Jr
Williamson
Raymond Fogle
Athens
Millfield
Arbert Mingus
Lottie Cannon
Amesdert Mingus
Greens Run
Ivan Matheny
Nelsonville
Matheny
Elizabeth Robdret
Christmas Gift Exchange Planned by Busy Bee Choir
Chauncey December 4 Busy Bee f Weedle Choir Chauncey to meet Friday at Mrs Charles Sweeney High Street with Mrs Lawrence Temmehill as hostess Members urged to attend and bring a gift for the Christmas exchange Pot luck supper to be served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Charles Sweeney
High Street
Lawrence Temmehill
Mines resume work in Hocking County district
Mine No. 33 operates again today as ten mines report activity in the district. The list includes No. 267 No. 3 Chauncey Hocking Ohio No 1 L. D. Poston No. M. Luhrig Black Diamond and Kimberly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Hocking
Ohio
L. D. Poston
No. M. Luhrig
Black Diamond
Kimberly
Graves Funeral Held At The Plains Sunday
Robert Graves age sixteen died suddenly Sunday night while at Nazarene Church. Funeral services were held Tuesday at The Plains Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. L H Stanley officiating. Interment followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. he is survived by wife Nora Graves, stepson Guy Stewart of Pittsburgh, and siblings Nellie Abbie Saul George and Thomas Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Robert Graves
The
Plains
Plains Methodist Episcopal Church
L. H. Stanley
the Plains
Church of the Nazarene
Greenlawn
Graves
the Nazarene Church
Nora Graves
Guy Stewart
Pittsburgh
Nellie
Abbie Graves
Tacoma
Wash
Saul Graves
Longview
George Graves
Seattle
Thomas Graves
Portland
Oregon
Chauncey Dinner Hosts Pendergrass Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Ray Pendergrass and family hosted a dinner Sunday at their Jacobs Avenue home in Chauncey. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ray Gardner and Lucille and Dick Gardner of Athens, Mrs Ida Pendergrass, George F Pendergrass, Mr and Mrs Paul Theisen and son Paul, Leona and Leon Newman and Paul Tippett of Chauncey.
Past Chiefs to Meet Chauncey Christmas Party
The Past Chiefs Club of Chauncey Pythian Sisters plans its annual Christmas party and gift exchange at Pearl Henry’s home this Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Pythian Sisters
Pearl Henry
Daniel Fulton Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Chauncey reports Daniel Fulton, injured last summer at the L. D. Poston mine, has left Grant Hospital in Columbus after four days of treatment and returned to his Millfield home. He was accompanied by Mrs. Fulton and Ray Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Daniel Fulton
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Millfield
Fulton
L. D. Poston
Ray Sanders
Sayre Study Circle Christmas Party Recap
Sayre Study Circle held its Christmas party at Mrs. Carl H. Porter’s home. Twenty four members donated food for a Salvation Army basket while guests included Mrs. Wayne Winget Miss Ursula Green and Master Lemar Springer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre Study Circle
Carl H. Porter
West Washington Street
Saluation Army
Wayne Wingett
Ursula Green
Lemar Springer
Carl Porter
George Rutkeskiee
O. E. McClure
Henry Link
A. E B. Wagner
Pre Nuptial Dinner Honors Two Bride Elects
Miss Julia Cable and Miss Con stance Andrews hosted Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae at a Colonial dinner honoring two members, Miss Melba White and Miss Gwendolyn Pickett, as their marriages approach. White plans to wed Prof. E T Hellebrandt of Ohio University. Pickett's engagement to Mr. Lee Stewart Roach was announced for December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Cable
Constance Andrews
Zeta Tau Alpha
Melba White
Gwendolyn Pickett
Miss White
E. T. Hellebrandt
Ohio University
Edwin Watts
Miss Pickett
Lee Stewart Roach
Meigs County
Mr. Roach
Unrichsville Eigh
Hobson Study Circle Hears Timely Papers
Miss Emma Stout hosted the Hobson Study Circle at 3 Watt Street. Papers on The Boxer Uprising by Mrs. L. H. Blackwood and The Great War of China by Mrs. C. J. Jordan were presented. Music and readings followed with gifts exchanged and charity food baskets prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Stout
Hobson
Howard Stout
Watt Street
L. H. Blackwood
C. J. Jordan
Car Frey
Miss Stout
W. B. Drake
Aira
Arthur McPherson
Tuesday Needle Club Holds Annual Christmas Party
The Tuesday Needle Club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. William J. Davids on Maplewood Drive. Members recited Christmas quotations, guests attended, readings and a solo entertained, and two food baskets were gathered for needy families. The January meeting is set for Mrs. W. D. Wilds on Grosvenor Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Davidson
Maplewood Drive
Homer Rodehaver
Janette James
Mary McCune
Lorene Rodehaver
Helen Hayes
W. D. Wilds
Grosvenor Street
Dinner event honors Mrs Strecker in Cincinnati visit
Mrs Do Lloyd Strecker of Cincinnati celebrates her birthday with a dinner at Hillcrest Inn hosted by her sister in law Mrs Fred R Beasley. Strecker visits her parents Mr and Mrs Frank J Beasley at Grandview Heights during the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Do. Lloyd Strecker
Cincinnati
Fred R. Beasley
Hillcrest Inn
Strecker
Frank J. Beasley
Grandview Heights
Scout Tree and Gifts Go to Peach Ridge
Scout Four hosts a Christmas party in the Scout room from 4 to 30 o clock Thursday afternoon with a decorated tree and ten cent gifts exchange. After three parties the tree and gifts move Friday to Peach Ridge school for a party and donation for the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Peach Ridge
Sorority Seeks Return Of Stolen Greek Sign
Members of Alpha Gamma Delta at 99 North College Street report a thief stole a brand new Greek letter sign hung over the doorway. The sign vanished overnight after a week of display and a thorough search found nothing, prompting a plea to return it quietly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
North College Street
Santa Claus
Old Fiddler Dolores Whaley Entertains at Local Contest
Seven year old Dolores Whaley daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Whaley of Athens will perform as a special entertainer at the old fiddlers contest in Middleport on Friday under American Legion auspices. A violin student two years, she studied with Miss Nellie McGowan of Athens and has appeared at the Majestic Theater in Athens and in Columbus. Her father is the custodian of the Ohio University Athletic Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Whaley
Dale Whaley
Athens
Middleport
American Legion
Nellie McGowan
Doloras Whaley
Majestic Theater
Columbus
Ohio University
Kiddies of Valley To Get Treats Wednesday Night
Treats from the community Christmas tree will be distributed to valley kiddies next Wednesday at 7 p m. The Kiwanis club will forego Tuesday meetings to assist Santa Claus in the tree event. A Palace Theatre fundraiser yielded 78 57 for the tree fund and will aid the distribution. Each child receives a sack of candy and an apple. President elect C F Wallace announced the coming year’s committee structure with groups for Agriculture attendance and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Gordon
Santa Claus
Palace Theatre
C. F. Wallace
Warm Weather Reduces November Gas Bills
Unusually warm November lowered residential gas bills by about 17 percent from last year, while mean temperatures were over 15 percent higher than last November, per J W Wise district manager of Ohio Fuel Gas Company. He notes mild spells reduce revenue proportionally to temperature rise and warns bills rise with cold snaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wise
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Weather Bureau
Iast
County Schools Schedule Christmas Break in Dec 72 to Jan 4
Athens County School will close December 22 for Christmas vacation and resume January 4. County superintendent Alex Reed announced the recess pattern with the break ending the Monday after New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Alex Reed
Farmer Dies After Two-Week Hiccup Near Urbana
Urbana reports L Find lay a farmer died today after hiccoughing for fourteen days. The death ends a long illness marked by persistent fits, with no further medical detail provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
A. L. Findlay
Here
Legion Auxiliary to Meet Thursday Evening
A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is set for Thursday at 7 o'clock in the American Legion rooms above Model Grocery in Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
N T Club to Meet at Mrs Hinton's Home
The N and T Club will gather at Mrs Charles Hintons home on Friday afternoon for their Christmas gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
N & T Club
Charles Hinton
Jacksonville Trimble Teachers To Get Pay
In Glouster Ohio a letter to County Superintendent Alex Root from Assistant Auditor C D Halutchins says two state aid payrolls should reach the Jacksonville village and Trimble Township rural boards of education soon with checks mailed to arrive by the week’s start. Boards have worked to secure funds for teachers salaries and some members have missed ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Alex Root
Athens
C. D. Halutchins
Columbus
Boards of Education
Jacksonville Village
Trimble Township
State Aid Payrolls Delayed but Expected Before Year End
The November 30 payroll listing from the State Department of Education showed $3,000 for Jacksonville Village Schools and $5,000 for Trimble Township rural schools. The payment was not approved then due to treasury constraints, but State Auditor Tracy says funds should be available before January 1 to cover this payroll and another state aid payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werr
State Department of Education
Board of Control & Payroll
Jacksonville
Trimble Township
Hutchins
Tracy
Daughters Elect Lois Wallace President of Mary Swett Tent
In Glouster on December 16, at Odd Fellows Hall a meeting elected officers for Mary Swett Tent with Lois Wallace chosen as president. The session followed a Monday night gathering and set the leadership for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Daughters at Union Civil War Veterans Elect Officers
Mary Swett Tent officers are elected and initiated with refreshments. New officers include Lois Wallace as president and Freda Stansberry as senior vice president, Hattie Price as chaplain, May McLain as treasurer, Lis Kinney as patriotic instructor, Lizzie McKee and Hattie Hoon as councillors, with others to be announced at January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Swett
Garvey
Lois Wallace
Vic
Freda Stansberry
Unio
Hattie Price
Edna Embrey
May McLain
Lis Kinney
Lizzie McKee
Hattie Hoon
Hattie Watkins
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Central
Elizabeth Ann
Bill Collins, Sr
J. R. Young
Logan
C. S. Bradfield, Jr
T. M. Pilcher
Berea
Kentucky
Feashion
Ohde
Hobson Study Circle
Rebekah Lodge
Daniel Green
McCallums
Shinguff
Mrs. Fred Beasley
Mrs. Strecker
W. Cc. Ackley
W. E. Moler
Edwin A. Jones
Gloria
Jackson
Jones
Wilson H. McKee
University Terrace
Alpha Gamma Delta
Kiddies of Valley
Howard Antics
C. K. Rockehold
E. L. Jones
C. A. Pride
M. M. Murphy
Len Goldberg
L. E. Richardson
H. F. Kittie
A. Pride
C. B. Dillion
Chas. Dunn
Kiwanis
Andrew Allen
Herman Atlas
C. B. Dillon
John &. Clark
M. M. Bryson
Pefemme
France
Scort
Arabrelas Hosiery
Kayser and Rolins
Francy
Grace
South Court Stree
Cker Relie
Dr.miles
Arizona
Great Southwest
Dover High School
Parker, Sheaffer and
Conklin
Drake’s For Real Values
Seth Thomas
Whiting
North Court St
Quality Rules
Bank of Athens
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