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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1929
Page
7
Residents visit relatives and report illnesses and travel in The Plains area. Local families intake visitors and move homes while others attend events and shop in nearby Athens. The article lists multiple names and small changes in residence or activity across the region.
Syracuse residents and guests share weekend visits with families in Athens and Hartford. A pre Christmas all day sale with chicken dinner is planned by the Asbury Methodist Ladies Aid. Local students and veterans attend events while a college student returns home and public schools announce a holiday break. The Rev Delbert Mills and Rev Cox spoke at local churches.
Lottridge The Aid Society of Lawrence Chapel met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Runnion with seven members and one visitor. Programs focused on Christmas with three quilts completed for Mrs. Eva Metcalf of Akron. Local visits include Frosts and others, with multiple residents noted as Athens or Amesville visitors and several family illnesses and operations. Gas companies reported activity on leases in the area.
A short Christmas program will be given at the church Sunday evening by the children of the Sunday School. Miss Lula Wilkes of Athens visited relatives here with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Wilkes and Mr and Mrs Noah HilI. The Plains residents were among visitors. Elmer Horn returned to work in Columbus. Mrs Synthia Smith visits daughter in Moderal Creek.
Charles Lloyd, after working in Detroit, will stay with his mother Mrs Lemma Lions until the new year. Charles Shuttleworth, Grace Thomas, and Eleanor Thomas were business visitors in Columbus. Miss Juanita Martin of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Martin. Lace Ayers and Richard Gotfey returned from Columbus. Mrs Gotfey is improving at Radium Hospital. The PTA meets Thursday evening December 1 9 at 9 o clock with a program from the Primary Building children.
McDougal Bob Mulpas spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Mulpas. Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Henry North and many relatives from Athens and Hooper Ridge. Julia Mulpas and Altha Keirns visited, while Arthur Mingus and Wilson Howard joined others for weekend times and Monday travels to Marietta. Mrs O B O Neal hosted Thursday with Donald O Neal family.
Ward Walker returned from a two week hunt in the Allegheny Mountains Pennsylvania with a 160 pound deer. He paid 15 for his license and wore a coat bearing the license while transporting the animal. Venison was shared with Tackville Liverett Russ and Jimmie }ratt on West Union Street. Additional social visits and Bible drill at the Athens Christian Church are noted among local residents including Mable and Madge Croy Kenneth Francis and Arthur Watkins.
Chesterhill and nearby residents shared visits on the weekend. Gladys John and family visited Athens and returned with Margarets daughters Thelma and Frances. Schofields attended at Zanesville. Louisa Worthington shows partial paralysis but improving. Measles epidemic cancels the M E Church Christmas event. Emma Shook improves after a stroke and stays with her daughter. The Kirkbride family gathered for a golden wedding anniversary in Ringford with seven children present.
Families from Athens Beebe and Frost communities spent Sunday with relatives and friends. The Yean Contracting Company drilled a gas well on Bertha Jarrows farm. The Ladies Auxiliary of Sons of Veterans met with a large turnout and elected officers. Movements and visits narrated include Linton family moving from Bartlett to Route No 2 and Zene Frost visiting relatives.
Shawnee residents and visitors are noted across several towns this weekend. Joe Conn of Zanesville visited friends. Thomas Hodgson returned from New York. local attendances include Thomas Moulton's funeral in Crooksville and various Columbus and Zanesville guests. The Kings Daughters Class met at the M. I Church with Christmas gifts exchanged and lunch served.
Haydenville schedules tonight’s meeting in Community Hall where first and second graders perform an operetta Visit to Toyland under teacher Miss Leona Swackhammer and music director Miss Bell Loomis. Several local residents and families are mentioned visiting, attending funerals, and welcoming a newborn Shirley June to the area.
Strouds Run residents and guests shared a busy Sunday visiting pattern. Charles Cone and family spent time with his parents Arra and Melissa Gillette. Clarence Smith and family welcomed James Thompson and daughter from Columbus along with Vint Miller Pave Mattison and the Smiths. Rawleigh Robinson hosted his parents Leynolds from Girysville. Mimerson Currey joined Melissa Cars sey Athens and Walter and Harry Risley from Athens. Pilgrim Holiness Church event drew Bill Smith. Leighty family included Forest Mapes and Tom Day of Athens. Ohio University student Glen Poston remains home ill with influenza.
Friday and Saturday visits mark social life with Bedfords hosting and guests from Springwall Cheshire and Syracuse. Families like Story, Det Whaley, and Helwig appear alongside high school basketball action at Pomeroy. Scarlet fever cases noticed among Darwin School pupils. multiple families spend weekends with kin across Athens and Medina.
Miss Dorothy Donna and Mary Wella spent the weekend in Athens with Mrs. Bertha Martin. Gasie and Hazel Milhoan of McLeish joined Charles Milhoan and family. The Carter family visited Athens and Jacksonville, with Jessie McDonald attending a Teachers Institute. Bertha Martin and Arah Drake visited Alden Wells family, while Ralph McMullin and Jessie McDonald were near Albany with LL HM McVey family.
Carbondale held its monthly meeting in the school building with vice president Guy Dinsmore presiding due to the president PDBL Lowry’s absence. The session included a business meeting and a sight singing demonstration by Misa Jessie Poolittie with eight pupils from the fifth and sixth grades.
Rutland reports Mrs. Dell McCormick spending time with her daughter Mia Eva Welsh at Athena. Newton Stout remains in poor health after a slight stroke, with Leo Johnson active in Adamis County for several weeks.
Long list of visits and guests from Langsville Athena Columbus and nearby towns. Names include Perry Brown Mrs Kifa Paine Miss Em Ma Stevens Arthur Love Valne Clark A M Payne Dr Wit Payne Laura Hysell and others with mentions of a fall injury and a fire at Bam Cook's house.
Eden Fiarvey Thomas of Feedsvitl visited Sunday with Gladys Reed and family. Alderson Kibble hosted Joseph Windon and family Jivin Reed and William Friday and Saturday. Kibble returned Sunday from a hunt in the Allegheny Mountains where he killed a large deer. Mr and Mrs Paul Hauber and Mrs Charles Kibble visited Pom eroy on Saturday. Me Saunders of Smithville Tennessee called on friends Friday.
Walter Rockhold moved to Rushville area near P of RR Randolph last week. Frank Kibble returned home from Pittsburgh aboard the Inland steamer. Mr and Mrs CC O Cowdery visited Charles Cowdery and family in Hocking Port on Friday. Harold Brannon won a Wednesday event and stayed with Joseph Cubbison and family. E Kibble and Jesse Baker attended a Friday event with Tra Tribbet. Paul Hanker family and Mrs Bertha Kibble shopped in Patt ersburg days ago. Frank Barber and children visited Reedeville Saturday. John Huchanan moved into a new home in Reedeville purchased from Ladd Cook. Webster Reed spent time with near Long Bottom folks. Harold Brannon called on Tra Tetchet Monday. Miss Virginia Reed, employed at Marketsburg, spent the weekend with her parents here.
Mr and Mrs Lester Oberholser and family visited Athens on Monday. Mr and Mrs J W Lax Hebe Bardaville spent Sunday with A H Carbaugh. Chase and family were visitors Friday. Everett Santern visited relatives Sunday. A car collision occurred on the highway injuring no one reporting. W H Carbaugh was a business visitor in Stockport Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Jonaton were Albany visitors on Tuesday.
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