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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
5
A string of families and individuals plan Christmas travel and holiday visits to relatives across Ohio and beyond. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beckley visiting G. W. and Mrs. Harlan in Columbus and Miss Mary Peoples spending Christmas with Congressman I. M. Foster in Washington D C.
Mrs. Ralph P. Jennings leaves today for Decatur Alabama to stay three weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Goodman and other relatives.
Mina D. Fry will spend Christmas at the homes of J. E. Emish and C. V. Hester, then visit her sister-in-law Mrs. Julia Dickson in Chillicothe for the remainder of the holidays.
Miss Florence Gabriel of Columbus came to Athens to join her father Eber Gabriel. They traveled to Clarksburg West Virginia to visit Hastings Gabriel and family.
Mrs Harriet F Carr plans a two day visit starting Sunday to Gallipolis to stay at the home of her brother Mr Fred Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stone and their daughter Betty Jane will travel Sunday to Gallipolis to see Mrs. L. J. Stone and then to Athalia to visit Mrs. M. E. McCown for Christmas Day and Monday.
Mrs. Bertha F Dalley departs for Gallipolis to spend the week with her son in law Mr J P Wetherholt and daughter Mr and Mrs J J Sissler have moved into their new home at 59 North Congress Street
Mr. Leo Schaeffler of McKeesport Pa visited home folks for Christmas. Mrs. Schaeffler had been with her parents Dr and Mrs H M Taylor for a week.
Miss Ruth Strahl supervisor of public school music at Defiance came last evening to spend the school vacation with her grandmother Mrs L B Coleman.
Miss Addie Marie Grones finishes her millinery season at St. Albans West Virginia and arrives at her parents home Mr and Mrs F B Grones 31 West Washington Street Their daughter Mrs Mabel G Bonifield of Columbus will visit tonight for Christmas Mr and Mrs J E Dukeman of Day and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tr. Dailey travel to Albany to spend Christmas with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Dailey. They will later spend the last of next week in Columbus and Milford Center with relatives.
Mr and Mrs Lewis Graham of 142 Mill Street announce they will host their guest during the holidays Lara Graham of Warren Ohio.
Miss Edna Swan arrived Friday to spend the holidays with her mother Mrs. J. C. Swan of West State Street.
Mr and Mrs F G Flegal of Zanesville arrive to spend the holidays with their son in Mansfield and with Mr and Mrs Harry Roach on College street Miss Hazel Roach of Mansfield is also visiting Louise Roach of Cleveland is expected this evening Frances Cooksey leaves Saturday for Utica to stay with sister Mrs George Koch until Tuesday
A White Shrine gathering is set for six o'clock Monday night with a picnic supper requiring each member to bring one dish. The meeting will include the election of officers.
Mr. Darrel Moore, attending Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, arrived Friday to spend the Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Moore, of College Street.
Miss Carrie Voigt and Dean Irma Voigt depart Wednesday for New York City to holiday with sister Mrs. Claude Foulke. Dean plans a brief return for school opening while Carrie stays longer. Mr. O. F. Cullums of Huntington, West Virginia, arrives to spend Christmas at New Marsh field with his children and relatives. Cullums once managed Cline Ice Cream Company.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Sprague of Cincinnati and Mr and Mrs Allen Sprague of Akron visit their parents Mr and Mrs Wiley Sprague on South Congress street. Gerald Sprague attends Cincinnati Medical College.
Mr Forest Lynder, who had been visiting his sisters Mrs Alfred Black and Mrs Lola Folley, returned to his home near Cleveland on Friday.
Mr. Don Nelson of Fort Riley Kansas arrived Friday to visit his mother Mrs Alex Nelson for ten days. Mr Glen Staneart who attends the Bentley School of Commerce Boston Mass will arrive Saturday evening to spend the Christmas holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs B C Staneart of 14 Oak street.
Miss Ethel Cabeen of Cleveland spends the holidays at her mother Mrs. J. C. Duncan in South Congress. Mrs. Waldo Douglas has returned home from visiting her family, the J. H. McManaways of Nelsonville.
Mr Raymond A Wollett and Miss Hildreth Dishon were married at 10 30 this morning at the First M E Parsonage by Dr C L Strecker. Both are from Nelsonville and were accompanied by Samuel E Dishon of Nelsonville. The groom works on a farm near Nelsonville where they will reside.
Christmas services at St Pauls church include high mass and sermon at midnight. A second service is planned for 8 15 Christmas morning with prayers and further rites.
London reports a statement from North Atlantic steamship lines denying propaganda against U S immigration laws. The lines say they run bureaus in European emigration centers to watch passenger flow and keep within quotas. They note final decisions rest with America and that controlling arrivals rather than departures governs quotas.
The Journal of Commerce highlights a crisis as Welsh bituminous coal floods Atlantic markets at New York Harbor for as low as 4.65 to 5 dollars per ton, undercutting domestic producers even after freight cuts. Officials urge improving domestic coal quality to compete while flooding damages towns along Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys.
The Wright department store explosion in Columbus, Ohio, raised the death toll to four as Martha Theade, among 42 injured, died from internal injuries and a crushed leg that required amputation. Her condition worsened after surgery.
A man and his daughter were found bound and gagged in their Cleveland residence on Friday. The daughter, Miss Daisy Downing, testified the intruder gained entry by posing as a mail carrier and obtained a demand note.
Glouster, Trimble, Jacksonville, Millfield, and Chauncey faced rising floodwaters noon today as trains south from Corning were halted. East Branch fell as rain stopped, while water flooded businesses from the New Gordon Hotel toward the creek and coal cars blocking the trestle at No. 6 mine were moved to ease the surge.
Captain DeVol issued an appeal on behalf of the Salvation Army for clothing and bedding to aid several Athens families struck by the flood. Donated items should be brought to the city building.
Joseph H. Hazen at prohibition headquarters presents liquor tax history from the Civil War to 1920 showing rates 20 cents to 6.40 per gallon beverage tax and 2.20 non beverage, with era totals including 1890 and 1920 collections and a forecast for this year cut by withdrawal controls.
Ford Motor Company tells dealers by telegram that rumors of price cuts around January 1 are false. The statement aims to quell widespread speculation about reduced vehicle pricing.
Cleveland jurors prepared to decide Guy E B Dwyer fate anew after a prior jury failed to reach a verdict in the perjury charge connected to the Mc Gannon murder case of Harold Kagy.
Boston December 24 The States shipping board Mount Evanston is reported by wireless to be miles east of Boston with no fuel aboard. The vessel carries a crew of fifty officers and men and is signaling for help.
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