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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1924
Page
5
A series of society notices lists departures and visits for the holidays. Lafe Boden plans a Columbus trip with relatives, Norma Vernon visits Troy High School contacts, and Clyde Beverage announces the birth of Frank Reed on December 23. Other families travel to Laurelville New Lexington Marietta and New Martinsville while guests stay with relatives in town.
Last night in Akron Miss Ghdys Baldwin Miller wed Russell Fuller formerly of Athens now Lincoln automobile manager. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs William B Miller of Greenwich Conn formerly of Akron. Fuller is youngest son of Mrs Lillian Fuller of Athens. The couple will visit Athens this evening over Christmas with his mother and brother J A Fuller.
N C Sprague of Chicago will come tomorrow to be at the mother Mrs H U Ney at 34 North Congress street. Fred Pickett of Derrien Springs Michigan arrived yesterday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Jr W Pickett at 16 Mity street.
Dr and Mrs Frank Campbell of Trenton visit their children Mr and Mrs Earl Fulton of East State over Christmas.
Mr C H Harris and wife with daughter Esther and Mr R Fulton and daughter Mary Lou travel to Columbus on Thursday to spend Christmas with Mrs J B Fulton and Miss Florence Gabriel. They will return Thursday evening.
Mr Gordon Herrold of Zanesville arrives in Athens to spend Christmas and the weekend with his father W. H. Herron. Mrs Carman L. Church and little son return from Lons, Mo. to join family for the holidays. A. Hooper of Clarksburg, W Va visits Aye family. Wesley Walburn of Columbia University is visiting his brother E. Rai Weburn on South Court Street. Miss Louise Angell, Alliance teacher, is at her mother E. G. Angell’s for holidays. Miss Marion Hughes of Rye and Jack Welling of New York City are holiday guests at a local home. Mr and Mrs A D Linscott and Mr and Mrs Justus Brown with two children of Columbus plan Christmas with A L Johnson at 21 Morris Avenue.
Harod Graham and Richard Daggett, students at the New York School of Commerce, arrive this afternoon to spend the vacation at their homes.
Mr and Mrs George North are in Chauncey to attend a Christmas party given by Mrs Thomas Fen nell aml to spend Christmas day at her home.
Mrs Gildys Van Valey Woodrow, piano teacher at National Park Seminary Washington, visits her grandmother in Amesville with family. A. C. Sloane and family travel to Greenfield to see relatives. Mr Ware, brother of Mrs Sloane, joins. Harvey Porter from Clarksburg WV comes for holidays. Elizabeth Kern heads to Columbus to stay with her niece Mrs Sosey.
Miss Lna Clark of Gloucester marries Mr Charles O Moore of Corning Tuesday at 1 30 pm in the Christian church parsonage with Rev M E Chatley officiating. The couple visitants are Mr and Mrs Noah Clark the bride’s parents awaiting at home in Corning. Edward Shipley family heads to Detroit for Christmas with C V Shipley family and Frances Saunders accompanies them. Mrs G F Hutchinson of Cleveland attends at the Saunders home, with other relatives visiting Columbus for the holiday.
Miss Ira Graham of Columbus visits during the holidays staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Graham at 142 Mill Street.
Sandusky hosts and Athens friends visit as Mr. Sauer, former Messenger ad manager and Watch Dog Column originator, now Sandusky Register classified chief, joins holiday gatherings. Barbara Jane and Mildred Louis of Columbus arrive to stay with Mrs Miller’s relatives. Berlin reports Kari Lapp, a blind organist, locating his long lost daughter after ten years away.
Mr Dale Knox of Salem Ohio visits for Christmas with family but the narrative is incomplete leaving readers with an abrupt fragment about Mr and Mrs McKinley Sauer.
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