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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1924
Page
6
The Tri County Fruit Growers Association of Athens, Noble, and Washington counties held its annual meeting at the Grange Hall with all day sessions. Officers elected were W. F. Kampf president, W. R. Woodburn vice president, and H. P. Dutton secretary. I. V. Holland of Ohio State University spoke on pruning and spraying.
Troy Grange outlines its next regular gathering with talks on politeness at home and the dangers of lack of play for children. Mrs Florence McBride speaks on all work and no play. Otto Shanks presents Working Our Children and Mrs Walter Dunfee discusses Our Telephone System. Music to follow.
Ebersbach Co of Pomeroy runs fourteen large trucks through this place Monday evening on their way home from a road building contract between Belpre and Marietta. The Little Hock road work is finished and crews were returning Tuesday morning. Local social notes follow with several visits and small gifts.
Burr Oak Mrs. Cifford Brown and son Tom visited Mrs. Alice Harrison Sunday afternoon. Miss Grace Ivers joined Mrs. Harrison and family for a Sunday visit. Miss Hilda Brinkman of Corning stayed with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Ryan. Grace Ivers also visited Miss Gertrude Ryan. There will be preaching Saturday.
Lottridge and Catherine Boggs visited A L McBee with Leroy Boggs. J N Jenkins and Adam Meece joined J N Jenkins for Sunday dinner with Aldo McKinley. H R Watkins weekended in Fairmont West Virginia. Harry Carleton Coolville visited Clarence Swartz. Jenkins lost a horse last week. Parkersburg’s Snodgrass stayed days with A L McBee. Pearl Castle Athens stayed with C J Castle family. Clyde Cody moved after completing a veil on L H Allen farm. Michael Kinnen’s death mourned at home. Sympathy extended to the bereaved. L H Allen and son Ralph visited Athens. Charles Ross McConnelville stayed week with L T Runnion. Austin Harris Bellefontaine stayed with sister Frank Caldwell. Fred Warner Hazel Ackley and Rulmer Ackley families visited Daniel Ackley. C D Swartz visited Michael Kinnen.
Broadwell Mrs. Dora Robinson of Athens visits her daughter Mrs. Orile Roberts. Rev. Seymore filled the U B Church appointment Sunday. Mrs. J R Sedwick visiting New Lexington broke her arm. Born December 20 a nine pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Orle Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Marshal and son returned from Athens visit. Local road to Stewart Pike described as very rough with troughs.
Dwight Seiple visited Athens on Saturday to consult Doctor Alien about his sore hand pronounced sesame. Sixteen sacks of mass were unloaded from trains for this place Sunday. A Christmas Tree will be held at Carpenter church on Christmas Eve inviting all. The cold spell made skating fine with the youth enjoying it. Mrs. Jesse Sisson, recently at Mt. Carmel hospital for a broken arm, returned home Monday. L. D. Gillogly of Albany was a business visitor here Monday.
Murray City Roland Coburn of Betsy Lane Kentucky visits Murray friends for a few days. Richard Haffey, hospitalized in Columbus with appendicitis, remains very ill. Melvin Lewis worked in Columbus and returned home over the weekend. Ova Coburn family called to Eastern Ohio for Perry Brown’s death. Robert Wilson of Glouster visits his in laws over the weekend. James Madden and Easterling families go to Chillicothe to see Willam Lee. James Stevenson and family visit Howard Bush. Hamer family visits Nelsonville. Gold Hoffman is ill at home. William Smith and daughter Willetta visit friends in Logan. Clifford Brooker and O Connor from New Pittsburgh hunt near Union Furnace. Mae and Mary Jane Weins visiting and shopping inNel.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Phillyes of Nelsonville visited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Riggs. Miss Mamie Hester of Kenmore visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Foster. Miss Gynthia Bryan, Nelsonville teacher, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bryan.
The high school football banquet drew about fifty attendees on Friday night with music by a quintet orchestra. Out-of-town guest Mr Short of Canton attended as the visitors. Next year’s officers named were Captain Pearson Foster, manager Andrew Burney, secretary treasurer John Currens. Six players will leave the team: Frank Popoczy Lawrence Lewis Joseph Btone Ralph Hillyer Sylvanus Conley and William Kardos.
Vanderhoof residents share visits with relatives in Silverton Parkersburg and Parkersburg area. Audra Luck and Mabel Ashcroft spend time with aunts. Harry Jones from Winterset aids farm interests and dines with J W Davis. Austin Harris calls on Edwin Chase. Lyda Jeffers hosts Mrs. William Conant. Mrs W H Ashcraft recovering after six weeks ill. James Garton of Bethel visits and school program rendered Wednesday.
The Plains Ashford Matheney bought a Ford coupe. John Leonard of Logan spent the weekend here with his wife and children. Mrs Lulu Smith a Carbon Hill schoolteacher is home for a two week vacation. Her family also appears in the fragment.
Mrs. Zell Buffington and Mrs. Smith left for Springfield to visit the Bolins. Frances Hamer spent Sunday with Willow and Ruth Darnell. The Gulley, Hawk and Humphry families plan Christmas at home. Athens student Herman Humphry is home for the holiday. Several residents hosted or visited neighbors and relatives, with a stork bringing two daughters to local households. Ohio University students Ernest Wingcott Clair Burson and George O’Brien are home for vacation.
Children at 1 Ath County Children's Home present a Christmas pageant on Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4. The event features the home's youths in holiday scenes and aims to share seasonal cheer with residents and visitors.
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