Social notes from The Plains and surrounding areas
The Plains and nearby communities exchange Christmas and holiday visits. Residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Zine Courtney host guests from Athens Nelsonville and Columbus while many families like Veritys, McGranors, Bullingtons, and Bakers welcomed relatives from Fisher Station Mid dleport Spri ieeld Rutland Wellston and Gallia County for the holidays. Illness and work changes touch pairs like Mrs Grace Savage Venus Besco and Elmer Saverly with neighbors visiting and shoppers at Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zine Courtney
Alvah Verity
Near
Fisher Station
Mable Hooper
Elza. McGranor
Kenneth Galvin
Athens
Wail
Gallia County
John Stauffer
Merwin Stauffer
Zell Buffington
George Bean
Lulu Smith
Carbon’ Iw
John Crockett
Gladys Bolin
Roblby
Loree
Spri @ ieeld
Alenday
Earl Thompson
Guy McMillan
Rh. H. lcMillan
Rutland
Charles McMillan
Sopha Buckman
Wellston
Charles Fitzer
Tom
Luhrig
George Besco
Billy
Eileen
Columbus
Eng
Becco
Lloyd Frost
Akron
John Day
Cash Wood
Stella Betts
Eulalia Hock
Jennie Edger
Nelsonville
Carrie Wilk
Grace Savage
Venus Besco
Elmer Saverly
Fred Nida
Harry Moore
Grayson's
Grace Nagle
Emer Saverly
the Plains
Carbondale
Hollister
Will Hamer
Willard
Bert Williams
Pearl Miller
H. B. Kobi
Roy Noland
Irene
Carl Porter
Martha Jo Wise
Harry Porter
Margaret Charney
Cleveland
Steve Charney
Loren North
Esther Verity
Z. Courtney
Rutland Notes On Local Residents And Visitors
Rutland reports Miss Freda Woods teaching at Tlomfield spends vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Jess Woods. Mrs Charles Graham improving after illness. Mr and Mrs Purrel Darton hosted Mrs Barton s sister Mrs Lawrence Muir and husband from Meadville Pennsylvania. Lewis Russell of Detroit Michigan visiting local friends. Mrs Doom died suddenly last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Burr Forrest and daughter Joan visiting Mrs Caroline Forrest. Mrs Verthin Jackson of Montgomery Virginia visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Woods
Tlomfield
Jess Woods
Charles Graham
Purrel Darton
Barton
Lawrence Muir
Meadayilie
Lewis Russell
Detroit
Miccl
P. Doom
Burr Forrest
Joan
Caroline Forrest
Verthin Jackson
Montgomery, V.a
Local Holiday Visits And Notices From Tuppers Plains
Tuppers Plains residents share holiday visits with relatives and friends. Dinner guests include Mr. and Mrs. Abe Eiselstein of Chester with Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Parker. Miss Margarett Kincade and twin sisters stayed with Mrs. J. A. Biggs, while Santa visited a school program hosted by Mr. Barnett and Miss McLane. The community notes report travel to Pittsburgh and East Liverpool, illness and illness updates, and school vacation plans. The death of Anthony Woode of Alfred is noted as a family connection to Mrs. Sarah Parr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Eiselstein
Chester
Ebb. Parker
Margarett Kincade
J. A. Biggs
Barnett
Miss McLane
Santa Claus
Hutchenson
Tillie
Ida Branch
George
Morre
Max Swindler
Davis
Lottridge
Bud McLane
Baltimore
Garth Keller
Wavina Barrett
Ohio University
Athens
W. E. Matlack
Pittsburgh
Golden Bahr
East Liverpool
Dan Bailey
West Shade
Brooks Summerfield
Boone County
L. Summerfield
Hess Nickels
Local Residents Share Christmas Week Movements
Shawnee residents report visits in Zanesville and Crookaville as friends and relatives travel for holidays. Ohio University student Carl Ashbaugh plans Christmas at home while Eleanor Zieshler hosts a birthday gathering. Austin Nicholas Jr returns from Akron for a two week stay. Thomas Pritchard is robbed on the roadLast line notes a street incident with two assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ashbaugh
Ohio University
Athens
Eleanor Zieshler
Betty Hannah Athena
Harriet Madgeson
Columbus
Alter Mia
Anna Clark
Thomas Hodgson
New York
Austin Nicholas, Jr
Akron
Thomas Pritchard
Christmas Twins Born at Coolville To the Newlands
In Coolville on Monday Gerald and Mrs Newland welcomed twin daughters weighing 6 and 6 1 2 pounds. The town reports wedding plans, funerals, and holiday visits as residents travel, attend services, and gather for seasonal events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Newlands
Christmas Visitor Notes and Family Visits Across Town
Carpenter Mrs. Zell Swett and son from Nebraska visited Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Swett last week. Miss Sadie Harmon of Huntington spends Christmas with brother W. E. Harmon. C. N. Jewell and daughter Don visited Ed. W. McVay near Albany. Mrs. Myra Goff spent Sunday with the Foley family. Mrs. I. M. Swett plans Christmas in Columbus with Gussie Swett and W. S. Swett. A. B. Chaney was a business visitor in Albany. J. S. Dudgeon is in Albany with Ed Bodkin after a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zell Swett and Son
Nebraska
I. M. Swett
Sadie Harmon
Huntington
W. E. Harmon
Columbus
Gussie Swett
W. S. Swett
A. B. Chaney
Albany
J. S. Dudgeon
Ed Bodkin
Athens Residents Entertain and Meet Far-Flung Visitors
McDougal Mrs Pearl Morris discharged from Athens hospital to Harry Junod home Thursday. Mr and Mrs J Davis visited Athens Friday. George Sayre hosted Dr and Mrs McGrath Nelsonville Sunday. Mrs Anna Chaffin and Richard Lee went to Columbus Sunday to stay with relatives. Garnet North visited Jackville brother Saturday. L T Linscott and son Leonard in Athens Monday. A A Easler Glenn Sealock and Roughtor with Harve Wolfe family Hooper Ridge Sunday. Elisabeth Philips visited sister in Athens Friday. Doris Easler Hooper Ridge visited Altha Keirns Sunday. Mrs Red Conner visited Amesville School Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Morris
Athens
Harry Junod
J. ©. Davis
George Sayre
McGrath
Nelsonville
Anna Chaffin
Richard Lee
Columbus
Garnet North
Jackville
L. T. Linscott
Leonard
Collision in Fog Sinks Port Victoria Near New York Harbor
The Clyde liner Algonquin crashed into the Bermuda bound Port Victoria in thick fog causing Victoria to sink. Four investigations follow as Clyde line officials blame Victoria’s navigating officers for failing to observe fog signal rules under maritime law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algonquin
New York Harbor
Port Victoria
Clyde Line
Victoria
Christmas Cantata by Carbondale Pupils at Pythians Hall
The grade pupils of Carbondale School presented a Christmas Cantata titled A Christmas Secret at Knights of Pythias Hall Friday evening under Miss Jessie Doolittle and Adrian Collins. A large crowd attended and the ceremony included a note that Carbondale School has achieved first grade standard status with a certificate presented to the principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale School
Pythians’ Hall
Carbondale
Knights of Pythias Hall
Jessie Doolittle
Adrian Collins
Chapple
Athens County Schools
Guy Dinsmore
Mary Betts
Barberton
Charles Betts
Lizzie Cox
Nora Cox
Fern Doolittle
Jessie
Christmas Socials and Local Visits Mixed in Busy Week
Lottridge and Samuel Frost hosted Delmar Frost's birthday party with gifts and music. Residents tell of Christmas programs at the schools, several visits among Frost family members, and neighbors gathering for meals and treats. Notable names include Sylvia Daughtery, Joe White, Raymond Boggs, and Clyde Sams among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Frost
Delmar
Joe White
Tauresville
Robert Sharp
Raymond Boggs
Carson Loges
Sylvia Daughtery
Santa Claus
Miss Syx
Harry Findling
Paul Hudnall
Paul Reynolds
Weston Potter
Elias Bails
Herman Castle
Naomi Archer
Clara Castle
Helen Findling
Marcella Hixson
Velma Church
Genevieve Parsons
Blanch
Blendenna Windland
Iris Archer
Dorothy Dalton
Gladys Post
Alexander Church Chicken Supper Tuesday Night
Hebbardsville local news reports the Alexander Presbyterian Church ladies will host a chicken supper on Tuesday December 1 at the church with serving starting at six o clock. Nearby families Ed McVey Howard Figley Mrs Art Reader and others are noted in visits and holiday plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Bedford Girl Rushed After Sudden Illness
Miss Dorothy Jones collapsed Friday night and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital for emergency appendectomy. Local residents and families, including Clyde and Eva Quivey and Waddell, were listed as visiting or hosting relatives over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jones
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Local Guests and Visits Tie Community Gatherings
Shade Miss Florence Meeks of Columbus visits her mother Mrs Maggie Meeks. Mr and Mrs Joe Basom and Athens relatives stay with Will and Mrs Hope. Mrs Vinton Meeks and children visit Mrs Marke Meeks. Edith Douglas visits Mrs S J Smith and family. Howard Flanders spends Christmas near Asbury. Selah Wetherby and son Hubert from Athens visit the Smiths. Mr and Mrs J Smith join Mr Smith to Pomeroy and stay with Mr and Mrs John Sauc kus. In Pomeroy Mrs Smith visits Mrs Louie Persons. Gerald Steward hauls coal for Libbie Burson and Mr Hope from Long Run mines. Lizzie Cowen spends Christmas with home folks. Gladys Smith visits her parents. Leo Sanborn and On Geerzs visit Ed Levacy family at Holliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
William Donoghue
Detroit
Grace Donoghue
Captalin Harper
Zanesville
George Brooker
John Houser
Robert Simes
Columbus
Warren Darby
Orient
Charles Huston
Clarence
Lancaster
Leather Richardson
Newark
John Binderbasin, Jr
Glouster
William Chivers
Lace Ayers
Yona Ayera
Ed Cunliffe
Cora Gaffey
Radium Hospital
T. A Castel
Logan
James Russell, Jr
Stewart
E. A. Person
William Kerns
Bert Wolfe
Sheriff Lloyd
Vance Webb
Morgan Murphy
Margaret Morgan
Ralph Hamer
Ruth
Margaret Penn
J. A. Ayers
Floyd Stiff
Arthur Donson
Carl Carsoner
Tralph
Carsoner
Lois Louise
Jack
Jack Gibbs
Near
Athens
Edna and
Ann Archer
Joe Archer
Grace Thomas
Howard Chivers
Porter Johnson
Business College
Oscar Johnson
Frank Gee
Joe
University Hospital
Edna Dyson
Howard Bush
Shawnee
Robert Sands
Ed McVey
Howard Figley
Art Reader
Martha Blackwood
Tom Johnson
Plummer
Marie Hooper
Harry Hooper
Florence Meeks
Maggie Meeks
Joe Basom
Will Hope
Vinton Meeks
Marke Meeks
Edith Douglas
S. J. Smith
Howard Flanders
Asbury
Selah Wetherby
Hubert
Pearl Smith
Mrs
J. Smith
Mr. Smith
Pomeroy
John Sauckus
Smith
Louie Persons
Gerald Steward
Long Run
Libbie Burson
Mr. Hope
Lizzie Cowen
Gladys Smith
Leo Sanborn
Geerzs
Ed Levacy
Holliday
Christmas Entertainment at Hickory School Delights Pupils
Hickory School pupils staged a Christmas program last Sunday directed by Miss Laura McClain with Santa Claus in attendance. Garden Miss Ruby Ashcraft from Amesville visited friends during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Ashcraft
Amesville
Hickory School
Laura McClain
Santa Claus
Snowfall tops years in Sharpsburg and local delays end
Heavy snow sweeps Sharpsburg with the season's worst in years. Roads cleared and traffic resumes. quarantine at the Armstrong home for scarlet fever affects June and siblings. Reynolds Williams returns from Columbus after mastoid surgery. Lenore Keney visits parents in town during holidays. Lancaster visitors Mrs Dwight Talbot stay with family. Golden wedding noted of Jordan Harris and wife in Miami Wisconsin. requests for cards. Local families and social visits fill the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F E. Armstrong
June
Bartlett
Reynolds Williams
Williard Keney
University Hospital
Columbus
Lenore Keney
Myron Keney
Dwight Talbot
Lancaster
Nellie Kerns
Roy Pierce
Lathrop
Harry Aldridge
Jordan Harris
Miami
Wia
Lillian Bardin
Leota
Vera Strode
No Divorce For the Menjous in Paris and New York
Rumors of a divorce between Katharine Carver and Adolphe Menjou are contradicted as Carver is seen in Paris and New York while Menjou recovers from a recent operation in France. The debonair film star remains abroad as stories swirl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherin Carver
Actre
Mari
Adolpe Menjou
Paris
New York
Menjou
France
Oldest Mason in Ohio Honored by Chesterhill Lodge
Jonathan Morris of Pennsville, 36, is presented with a bi-year jewel by six members of Mr. Olive Masonic Lodge. Morris is the oldest Mason in Ohio by both age and membership, having been with Mt. Olive Lodge for 66 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Morris
Pennsville
Ohio
Chesterhill Lodge
Chesterhill
Albany Friends Welcome Newborn Daughter and Holiday News
Albany society note lists the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leadinghaus on December 21. Several residents travel for holidays, including families visiting relatives in Columbus Bainbridge Alexandra Pataskala and Charlotte. Albany School closes for vacation with a Christmas program and gifts for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Leadinghaus
Clarence Vorhes
Columbus
L. B. Vorhes
Clarence Armbruster
Billy
Alexandra and
Pataskal
Ly Br. Lewis
Lowel
Piqua
Paul Mendenhaus
Oberlin
Lenna Hutger
Julia Lasch
Ohio University
Leslie Lasch
Kansas City
E. H. Lasch
Evelyn Russell
Quinn Russell
Layette City
Miriam Williams
Charlotte
N. C
Wallace Gillogly
G. S. Gillogly
Agnes Ross
James Edward
Mary Lee
McArthur
Virginia Harner
P. J. Harner
Helen
Leonard Davies
Frank Davies
Ora Sanborn
Jack
Akron
Sadie Rossetter
Hazel Cline
Cleveland
J. L. Cline
Maye
Albany
Adriel Welker
John Wesley
Kenneth Thomas
Cledytii Peyton
Delbert Peyton
Margaret Thomas
Scott Smith
Homer Goodin
Kenneth Patrick
Cleo Thomas
Inez Smith
Pearl Goodin
Frances Haning
Hazel Schoonover
Helen Cordray
New Lexington Christmas Trade Strong Across Crooksville Area
In New Lexington and surrounding Crooksville Roseville Corning Shawnee territory 85 percent of labor was at work versus 65 percent last Christmas merchants report strong holiday trade. Factories railroads coal mines potteries and other plants paid out about half a million dollars in payroll the day before Christmas. Fewer destitute families than last year due to improved labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Wor's
Crooksville
Roseville
Corning
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Messenger Folks
Fin Cook
Frank Cook
E. Daily
McConnelyville
Red
Roscoe
Curtis Shellman
H. Ator
William Howard
Middleport
Tuppers Plains
Thomas B. Jones
J. A. Severance
Beatrice
Earl Humphrey
Myrtle Harrop
Crookaville
W. Williams
Harold Lucas
Milton Frances
Charlotte Brets
Ohio Wesleyan University
J. B. Dittoe
Joseph Micklewaite
andMrs
Gerald Newland
Ila
Thompson
Mount Crab
Middletown
Metta Harper
Deep Hollow School
Ernest Barnhart
Flora Cornwell
Donna Barnhart
Prudence Cornwell
Isabel Nelson
Virginia Chalfant
Ora Barnhart
Floyd Cole
Carmeleta Nelson
Sylvia Cole
Mildred Kimble
Adda Barnhart
James Welling
Hiram Root
Clyde Reeder
Dayton
Mary Reeder
W. ©. Stout
Zelda Deems
Tuppers Plain
M. E. Church
Hoffman Cemetery
Alfred
Marietta
McDougal
Chicago
Burke
Fred Dane
St. Joseph
Mich
Herman N. Bundesen
William Cox
Frank McDonald
Bundesen
Dane
Doolittle
Leone Dunlap
Nurses Training School
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Silas Dunlap
Guy Lowry
Jim Betts
Charlie Betts
Floyd Tremaine
Albert Tremaine
Rose Partlow
W. A. Doolittle
Clyde Sams
Carson Boges
Fatuilvy
Parkersburg
O L. Davis
Neovan
Amos Holland
Sumuel Frost
Custer Allen
Clarksbur
Ralph Allen
Canter Allen
Mt. Vernon
Lod
C. D. Swarts
Author Ackles
Daniel Ackley
Junior
Lucile McBee
Leroy Boggs
Okey Gaston
J. M. Allen
Edwin
Willie Hixson
Amos Hixson
Peach Ridge
Edwin Hixson
Leo Billy
Clem Everett
Harold Radford
Rey Radford
Ved Wingit
Emma Jo Potter
Upward Warner
Henry Matheney
Bedford
Clyde Helwig
Pauline
Guy Lee
Maurita
Winifred Jean
Tracy Whaley
Merle Bahr
Date Whaley
Delorie
W. L. Whaley
Ernest Hart
Glen Mart
Clyde Hines
Charles Hines
Familly
Eva Qotvey
Sone
Guy
Willie
Milord Quivey
Waddell
Holzer Hospital
Dolph Jeffers
Charlies Williams
Walter Holman Chester
Mere
Date Garntart
Ernost
Ella Douglas
Rodolph Burson
Richard Williams
Eugene
Martena King
Pratts Fork
Selah Weatherby
J. P. Mohler
Sharpsburg
Menjous
Earl Hallowell
Lida Michrener
Dolly Peebles
Main Street
RM. IL
Derrick
John Price
Steubenville
Lucy Carpenter
Harry Stidgley
Bianche Schofield
la Rue
C. J.behofield
Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau Corp
Olio Phome
R. W. Darling
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