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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
6
Murray City residents hosted relatives from Detroit Zanesville Newark Columbus and Lancaster during Christmas week. Visitors included the Donoghues Harper Houser parents Chivers Archer and Simes families with numerous weekend trips to Columbus Logan and Lancaster for hospital meetings and family gatherings.
The Plain s area records numerous Christmas and holiday visits among residents and families. Names include Zine Courtney Mable Hooper Verity Esther Lucile Verity Curtis Shellman H Ator George Bean Lulu Smith Robert Daily Roscoe Daily V O Karl and children. Other entries mention illness recovery and shoppers at Athens.
Rutland fills a mix of items including Miss Freda Woods teaching at Pilcomfield awaiting vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Jess Woods. Mrs Charles Graham reported improved after illness. Mr and Mrs Purrel Barton hosted Sunday night guests including Mrs Lawrence Wuli of Meadville Pa. Lewis Russell of Detroit visits area friends. Mr and Mrs Burr Forrest and daughter Jean visit his mother Mrs Caroline Forrest. Mrs Bertha Jackson from Mountgomery West Virginia visits locals.
Tuppers Plains residents hosted guests over the weekend with many staying for holidays. Teachers Barnett and McLane presented a program with a Santa visit for children. Schools reopen January 2 after holiday vacation. Death reported for Anthony Woode of Alfred. he was brother to Mrs. Sarah Parr. Various locals and travelers are noted visiting relatives in Murray City Baltimore Athens Pittsburgh East Liverpool and Middleport.
A roundup of visits and events including Shawnee residents in Zanesville Crooksville and Newark attendances. Notable names include Miss Myrtle Harrop visiting Crooksville and Miss Betty Hannah Athens visiting family. Also mentions Thomas Pritchard robbery on the way home last Saturday.
In Coolville on Monday a twin girl birth blessed Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Newland, weighing 6 and 6% pounds. The town notes other holiday travels, weddings, funerals, and community updates including local teachers listing December absences and a school tree with presents.
Carpenter Mrs Zell Swett and son from Nebraska visited Mr and Mrs I M Swett for a few days last week. Miss Sadie Harmon of Huntington spends Christmas with her brother W E Harmon. Mr and Mrs C N Jewell and daughter Don visited Mk W McVay near Albany. Myra Goff spent Sunday with Jackson Foley. I M Swett spends Christmas in Columbus with daughter Gussie and son W I Swett. A B Chaney was a business visitor in Albany Monday. J S S Dudgeon stays in Albany with Ed Bodkin after a paralytic stroke Monday night.
Mrs Pearl Morris moved from Athens hospital to Harry Junods home on Thursday. Mr and Mrs J Y Davis spent Friday in Athens. George Sayre hosted Dr and Mrs McGrath of Nelsonville Sunday. Mrs Anna Chaffin and Richard Lee went to Columbus Sunday to visit relatives. Garnet North visited her brother at Jackville Saturday. Mr and Mrs J L Linscott and Leonard were in Athens on Monday. A A Kasler Glenn Sealock and daughter visited Harve Wolfe family at Hooper Ridge Sunday. Mrs Willabelle Phillips visited sister Mrs Mingus in Athens Friday. Doris Easler of Hooper Ridge called on Altha Keirns Sunday. Mrs Fred Conner visited Amensville School Friday.
The Clyde and the Bermuda bound Port Victoria collided in thick fog near New York harbor. Clyde officials blame Victoria officers for improper fog signals, while four investigations proceed to determine fault.
The Carbondale School grade pupils performed the Christmas Secret cantata Friday evening in Knights of Pythias Hall under Miss Jessie Doolittle and Adrian Collins. The event drew a large crowd as Athens County Schools announced Carbondale as a standard first grade school with a certificate presented to the principal.
Lottridge Mr and Mrs Samuel Frost hosted Delmar Frost birthday gathering with games music and gifts. Multiple family visits noted across Laurelvile Parkersburg and nearby areas alongside school Christmas programs and treats for students.
Hebbardsville notes announce a chicken supper hosted by the ladies of Alexander Presbyterian Church on Tuesday December 81 with serving to start at 6 o clock. Local social updates include visits and stays among families such as Mr and Mrs Ll McVey, Howard Figley, Mrs Art Reader, Mr and Mrs Tom Johnson of Athens, Roy Radford, Ted Wingit, Miss Emma Jo Potter, Rev and Mrs Jipward Warner, and Mr Henry Matheney.
Bedford resident Dorothy Jones grew suddenly ill Friday night and was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital where she underwent an appendectomy. The item lists numerous Sunday visits among residents including families of Helwig Bahr Whaley Hines Quivey Hart and others, with Biondt Waddell returning home from Holzer Hospital and improving slowly.
Shade Miss Florence Meeks visits mother Mrs. Maggie Meeks in Columbus as family and friends from Athens and Pomeroy drop by. Various guests include Mr. and Mrs. Joe Basom and children, Mrs. Vinton Meeks with kids, Miss Edith Douglas, Howard Sanders, Mrs. Selah Wetherby and Hubert, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Smith, Mr. Smith in Pomeroy, Louie Persons, Gerald How ard hauling coal for Libbie Burson and Mr. Hope, Lizzie Cowen, Gladys Smith, Leo Sanborn and George Levacy families.
Garden Miss Ruby Ashcraft visited residents over the weekend in Amesville. Hickory School held a Christmas program led by Miss Laura McClain with Santa greeting the children. Various local residents hosted or visited family including Wilfred Goldsberry with grandmother in Athens and Mrs Frances Eggleston in West Virginia.
Sharpsburg records the heaviest snowfall in years with roads cleared and traffic back to normal. B E Armstrong household placed under scarlet fever quarantine as daughter June falls ill. Members of Bart lett and Lancaster families visit kin as others return from Columbus Hospital after mastoid surgery. Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Harris to be celebrated in Miami Fla with cards requested.
Jonathan Morris of Pennsville, 95, the oldest Mason in Ohio by age and tenure, received a jewel from six Mr. Olive Masonic Lodge members in Chesterhill. Morris has been with Mt. Olive Lodge 66 years. Nearby, Blaine Sells of Stockport and Carmen Boothby of Huntington, W. Va., wed at the M. I. parsonage with plans to reside near Stockport where Sells teaches.
Albany notes announce the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leadinghaus on December 21. Various residents visit relatives over Christmas and students at Albany School perform holiday programs, with multiple families spending vacations in Columbus, Bainbridge, Pataskala, Alexandra, and other locales.
In New Lexington and nearby towns Crooksville Roseville Corning and Shawnee 85 percent of laborers were employed this Christmas versus 65 percent last year Merchants report solid holiday trade Oil firms tile plants brick plants railroads coal mines sand mines and potteries paid about half a million dollars in payroll the day before Christmas Better labor conditions reduced destitute families in the area.
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