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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1919
Page
5
Miss Doris Cameron spent Tuesday visiting in Parkersburg West Virginia. Miss Edith Brochard traveled to Wellston to visit her sister Mrs John Fout.
Supt. Pearl Gaskill attends a Columbus meeting of the State Teachers Association. Clarence and Frederick Rice of Wellston visit the home of Mr. and Mrs. F Stiles.
D. M. Shepard of Burr Oak and L. D. Hooper of Glouster were in Athens today for business visits.
Miss Frances Webster leaves today for Columbus to spend New Years and visit friends.
Dr J W Taylor is in Pittsburg to attend a meeting of the American Philological Society, according to reports.
Mr and Mrs Frank X Rauch of 87 S Coum Street entertain as guest Mrs C H Sisson from Columbus.
Ms. Ida B. Devore of 159 East State Street has returned from a visit with her brother Mr. W. A. Maxwell and family in Pomeroy.
The auditing committee of the Wadman’s Relief Corps will meet at Mrs Addison Fryburger’s home tonight at 7 o'clock for an evening gathering.
Miss Addie Marie Grones returned in the evening from Parkersburg West Virginia where she attended a Monday night Templar banquet and ball. Miss Ruth Henry Grace Wic Perle and Florence Hickman were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. William McClain at Fisher.
Middleport residents report visits by A A Gaskill and son Harry, daughter Oneita to Pearl Kill family. Ohio University graduate J Carl Adds visits Athens friends. Y Harry L Dake returns to Indianapolis after time with mother Mrs W W Morris of Albany. Mrs Morris ill for seven weeks visits relatives, staying with J A Brown. Miss Oto Robinson Caldwell and Miss De Dent Sunngside Drive plan weekend with Garles and Elmer Dent Middleport. Floyis Hawkins returns to Cuyahoga Falls after stay with P D Hawkins family. works with Pig lumber company.
Mrs. A A Shappelle returns to Columbus Thursday after a visit with Mr and Mrs J R Harvey that began Monday. She traveled from Middleport where she had been visiting her daughter Mrs John Talbott.
Prof and Mrs Ernest Wood of Lexington Kentucky Mr and Mrs Homer Wood of Cleveland and Ray Wood of Marietta were guests of Mr and Mrs George Wood on East State Street formerly of Albany during the holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Cochran, formerly of the Athens public schools, accepts a teaching position in the Buchtel schools. She has been visiting in Buffalo, New York, with her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Schrantz.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Cullums and son Edward of Charleston Virginia arrive today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Edmundson. They are joined by Mr. John Slaughter of Wel lston and Ada Heley Slaughter of Chillicothe as their guest.
Ernest Bolton, Ohio University graduate and former Athens boy, traveled through Athens today en route to Albany to see his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bolton. He now works as a chemist with Dupont interests in Wilmington Delaware.
Mr. Orland E Cullums travels to Memphis Tennessee to begin a new post with Sharpless Separator Company, a firm he formerly worked for. He was recently with Buttercrust Baking Co in Charleston West Virginia.
Lieutenant Eugene McGinley a West Point graduate stationed at Camp Taylor Kentucky visited yesterday with his aunts Misses Clara and Amy Weiher on his way to Hamilton to spend the rest of his furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs L D McGinley.
John Goddard of Oklahoma, son of W. R. Goddard and a famed Ohio University graduate and athlete, spent a night in Athens with relatives on Monday while en route to his boyhood Bern township home. He had traveled two days and nights and appeared well.
Miss Aldine Westcott Roach married Fred Grant Flegal at First Presbyterian Church in Athens. The wedding joined Roach and Flegal on the 34th anniversary of Roach’s parents. A formal reception followed at the Roach home with 200 guests and music by local artists. The couple depart for a southern honeymoon through Cincinnati Nashville Memphis Mobile and New Orleans.
The article notes Mr. Flegal roles as secretary treasurer of the Zanesville Sand Company and vice president and general manager of Rush Run Sand Company. It lists out of town guests including Mr. R. T. Flegal, Mr. Harry M. Flegal, Mr. A. A. Flegal, Mr. John Phillips, Mr. W. Frank Rowland, Mr. Walls Rex, Mr. J. Ray McHenry of Zanesville, and guests from Newark Piqua Lancaster Detroit. They travel by boat to Tampa and Florida resorts then return via Atlanta Savannah Chattanooga arriving around March 15 at Zanesville.
Mr and Mrs William Burk hosted a 6 o clock dinner at 48 North Cemetery street Saturday honoring his 59th birthday. Attendants included their son W F Burk and family, Canton relatives, New Brighton guest C A Kenney, Athens guests James Musser and family, and Canton kin Miss Mary Louise Burk.
Mr and Mrs Joe Riley of Grosvenor hosted a Tuesday evening party for daughter Helen's 17th birthday. Thirty friends attended with games and music and Helen received many pretty and useful gifts. Dainty refreshments were served.
A county Red Cross committee plans a January meeting to outline a 1920 peace program in Athens County. A key goal is securing a Red Cross nurse for county duties including nursing and charitable work. Attorney M. D. Hughes announced details after consulting state headquarters lead Miss Sara E. Coates and Ohio manager J. M. Teleen are to attend for guidance.
Lucy Page Gaston declares for the Republican presidential nomination on a platform of clean morals, clean food and fearless law enforcement. She mails her decision to the South Dakota secretary of state and expects ballot entry. Once a prohibition ally, she returns to the GOP stating the usefulness of the Prohibition party is over.
Toledo banks will start accepting Canadian coins and currency at a fifteen percent discount effective tomorrow. The city has seen many people discount Dominion money in other towns and take face value here. A new time saving machine combines a sand blast and tumbling barrel to clean castings.
Columbus readies a festive downtown scene for New Year with hotel and grill room celebrations. Private liquor stocks hidden since prohibition era will surface to fill tables as hotel capacity reported to be maxed.
Mrs F L Newton of Irving Texas reports her eight year old daughter recovered quickly from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy last spring. She says the family has kept a bottle in the house and used it with good results since then.
A new company is established in Newfoundland to provide St Johns and other cities with a modern and efficient telephone service, aiming to upgrade local communications infrastructure and supplier network.
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