Real Estate Moves Between Albany and Adjacent Areas
J Everett Cline sold a lot east of the high school grounds to the Coe Brothers for possible future board purchase to erect a grade building. High school overcrowding has forced eighth grade rooms into primary spaces, signaling a potential new building soon. Christmas updates note travels and visits among local families and teachers, plus river ice impacting navigation as zero weather continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Everett Cline
Coe Brothers
Board of Education
Albany
Protracted Meeting and Holiday Socials in Jacksonville
Jacksonville United Brethren church plans a Wednesday evening protracted meeting with prayer and watch services. Charity workers host a New Year’s Eve vegetable soup supper at the I O O F hall. Miss Ramah Durst of Athens visits Miss Sarah Jarvis of Jacksonville for Christmas vacation. Mrs. John Weiss improves after surgery in Columbus. George Rambo visits from Cleveland for the holidays. The G B S M E church class hosts a birthday party for Virginia Wemmer at Winsford Wemmer’s home with Treasa Heck and others attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Charity Workers of
Jacksonville
Ramah Durst
Athens
Sarah Jarvis
George Rambo
Cleveland
Holiday events and social notices in Calumbrine area
Local notices recap holiday gatherings and social events. Families and neighbors from Jackson ville Glouster Trimble and nearby towns visit, host pie suppers socials and church benefits for area churches. Weekend guests and illnesses are noted among residents, ending with a rustic remark on taste perception.
Albany High Grad Allan Coe Visits Parents
Allan Coe son of Mr and Mrs Perry Coe spends two weeks with his Albany area parents. He graduated Albany High School class of 1920 and is now principal of Pughtown WV two room school teaching grades one eight. He previously studied at Ohio University and taught last year at the Scott School near Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Coe
Perry Coe
Albany
Allan
Albany High School
Pughtown
W. Va
Ohio University
Scott Ool
Marshfield
Twenty Fifth Wedding Anniversary Noted in Albany
On Sunday December 28 1899 Gene Potter married Grace Angell in Albany with forty guests. They lived on the Potter farm and raised a family. Potter is a dairy farmer and active in Grange Farm Bureau and local boards. Their relatives gathered to mark the twenty fifth anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Potter
Grace Angell
W. R. Angell
Hebbardsville
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Albany Presbyterian Church
Rose Potter
Will Whaley
Ed. Y
Dent Allen
Dent
Will Bean
Whiley
Frank Ddinz
Potter
Albany Grange
Te Farmers’ Institute
Athens County Agricultural S
Fair Board
The
Farm Bureau
Potte
Pauline Bolin
Boyd
Madeline
Emma Jo
Farewell Program Planned for Mr and Mrs Whit tch
A readings and vocal selections program will close the Whit tch era at the opera house on New Year s Eve. The event starts at ven thirty and invites all friends to attend as part of the couple s goodbye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Whittch
Opera House
Amanda Wells
Columbus
Marion
Complexion improves with Resinol soap and ointment use
Mrs J reports a stubborn chin rash cleared in less than a week after trying Resinol Soap and Ointment. She notes the treatment ended itching and redness, and now keeps the products on hand as a preventive, praising economy and lasting results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Entertain Guests by Misses Faye and Hague Cline
Misses Faye and Hague Cline entertained friends at a six o'clock dinner on Saturday evening December 27. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Granville Evans of Haverhill Massachusetts Mrs. Katherine Munds of Cleveland Miss Constance Leete of Washington D C Miss Greta Lash of Athens and Edwin Chubb of Mercersburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye
Hague Cline
Granville Fvans
Haverhill
Mass
Katherine Munds
Cleveland
Constance Leete
Washington D. C
Greta Lash
Athens
Edwin Chubb
Mercersberg
Local Notices From Racine Area Holiday Week
Rev. Stanley Roush spent part of his vacation at home in Racine and filled his appointments on Sunday. Mrs. Frank Barnes visited Jerseyville to see her son Walter Stewart. Mr. Henry Coates remains bedridden with unchanged condition. sister Jennie Staats ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Andrew Swalley helps with the sick. Will Gillogly family visited Lon Gillogly and his wife last week. John Lindley sprained an ankle from a slip on the icy steps. Burton Fought visited his parents from Parkersburg WV during Christmas holidays. Dr and Mrs LV Stanley installed a radio at home. E K Carpenter spent Christmas with daughters Esther Bourgeois and Maud Coe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Roush
Racine
Frank Barnes
Jerseyville
Walter Stewart
Whoenry Coates
Coates
Jennie Staats
Andrew Swalley
Will Gillogly
Lon Gillogly
John Lindley
Burton Fought
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sib Fouht
LV. J. Stanley
E. K. Carpenter
Esther Bourgeois
Columbus
Maud Coe
Akron
Pleasanton Families Share Christmas Visits
Pleasanton residents hosted relatives over the holiday period. George Gilkey and family visited the King couple, Akron visitors Charles Bolin with Grant and others joined by Wayne Kenney’s party from Cincinnati Wheeling Columbus. Ruth Morrison, Ohio University student, vacationed with her parents. Helen Kenney and Marie Morrison, Jerseyville students, are home for break. Nancy Morrison and Ida Morrison returned from Athens visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gilkey
Henry King
Charles Bolin
Akron
Grant
Bolin
Wayne Kenney
Cyrus Gilmore
Cincinnati
Thaddeus Thomas
Wheeling
W. Va
Hugh Winchell
Columbus
Ruth Morrison
Ohio University
Ray Morrison
Helen Kenney
Marie Morrison
Jerseyville
Nancy Morrison
Ida Morrison
Athens
Christmas Dinner Guests and Local Visits Reported
Lottridge and Boggs families hosted Christmas gatherings with numerous relatives and children. Santa Claus brought joy to the little ones. Local residents, visitors, and church events fill a day full of family hospitality across Parkersburg and surrounding areas.
Community notes of Amesville guests and events
Amesville and Athens residents hosted visitors this week with extended Christmas gatherings. The Wilsons and Lonas families shared holidays with relatives from Peach Ridge Athens and Lancaster. A community club officer election is set for January 6. The notebook records holiday parties and cold weather readings with nightly lows from December 24 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilson
Co. L. Smith
Peach Ridge
Ralph Junod
Columbus
John Lonas
Vaughn Brown
Evert Jones
Athens
Augusta Goddard
Toledo
E. V. Fisher
G. O
Bobby
W. R. Goddard
Community Club
Velma Jones
Thelma Colvin
Lucile Porter
Dorothy Potts
Clara Henry
Lios Cecil
Beatrice Porter
Kathryn (Gibson) Hartley
Glenn Tolson
George Potts
Hershel Huston
Clyde Gibson
Evelyn Joy
John Thomas
Wilbur Henry
John Hartley
Lancaster
Pat Lochry
Pomeroy
G. O. Linscott
C. A. Gardner
Local Social Guests Share Time Across area
Vanderhoof Mrs William Wayes with sister Mary visited near Coolville Monday. Henry Clark stayed with Ansel Gilbert Tuesday. Otto Cole of Torch spent days with his uncle George Colemar nearby. Della Ashcraft of Coolville visited cousin Mabel Ashcraft Monday night. R P Boggs spent Christmas with LeRoy and Mrs Boggs near Lottridge. Guy Davis of Little Hocking and Lowell Freeman of Grafton WV visited J W Davis Wednesday night and Thursday. J W Wolfe dined with Frank Bell Thursday. Ross Koeblantz and family from near Summer visited Wednesday night and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Chapel
Carson Boggs
Harry Carleton
Coolville
Glen White
Earl
Guy
Aldo McKinley
Fred Warner
Hazel
Baker
J. L. Warner
Kelly
Chillicothe
Rylmer Ackley
Daniel Ackley
William Wayes
Mary
Phoeba Carlton
Henry Clark
Ansel Gilbert
Otto Cole
Torch
George Colemar
Della Ashcraft
Mabel Ashcraft
R. P. Boggs
Leroy Boggs
Lottridge
Guy Davis
Little Hocking
Lowell Freeman
Grafton
W. Va
J. W. Davis
J. W. Wolfe
Frank Bell
Ross Koeblantz
Christmas Day Visit and Local Social Notes
Burr Oak residents record holiday guests and family connections including Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hines of Chauncey and Upland Holland Hatfield amid a serious burn incident on Friday night as work rekindling a crude oil fire left a man seriously hurt.
White Christmas Brings Cold Roads and Small Town Festivities
Hockingport records its coldest white Christmas in years as roads remain rough yet locals gather for church events and skating on frozen rivers. Nearby families share Christmas dinners in Parkersburg and Torch, with several guests visiting long distances. Death of Ralph Stone noted from Chattanooga, and local residents install radios in homes amid winter roamings.
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Ena
Albany and
Lee Township
John Neff
Chicago
Waler Neff
Carleff
J. Howard Cline
Martha
Louise
E. T. Dailey
C. L. Jones
J. T. Dailey
W. B. Dailey
Lloyd
Dailey
Elinor Kyle
Saint Marys
Kyle
Edwin Chase
William Conant
Lyda Jeffers
Haze
O. H. Peratuger
Porter Pritcha
James Stansbury
Earl Kincade
J. W. Kincade
Rexel Boggs
McBee
Lridge
W. H. Ashcraft Ison
Willi Blackwood
Ohio River
Secoy
Carolina Hallam
Inlaw
Robert Miller
John Weiss
Sparks
Nevada
Helen
Hoy Sickinger
Taylor Ridge
Charles Palmer
Goldie and
Delbert
Calumbrine
Penarscreeens
Charles Caldwell
Brice
Cook
Ralph Sawyer
College Hill
3.F. Martin
Little Daugher
Aaron Bernard
John Davis
Dora Heffken
Lewis Shriner
New Lexington
Minnie Keck
Alfrieda
Hildabrand
John Kempton
Joe Gaskalia
Carl Welling
Nelile Bycofskie
Misa Irene Golding
Siater
Walter Davis
Glouster
Bert Judson
Chhildren
John Hooper
BR. W. Conway
Walter Bricker
Sar ,Granes
Raymond ‘Strauser
Sure. Vern Kempton
Delmar
Tra Conway
Merman Kemp
Ton
Mra
Ralph Chalfant
Youngstown
Perry Chalfant
Joe Gaskaila
Kol Mulpas
James Golding
Deora Heffken
Fred Leake
Greens
Guy McVey
Familgo
Giouster
Charica Wahi
Vernice Welling
Helen Hildabrand
Albert Taylor
Trimble
Ed Marshall
Charles Wall
Dor Heffken
Neumonia
Faye Amd Hazael
Cveorge Lash
Greta
Luther Cooper
Pitteburyg
Whit’s
Pleasanton
Leroy Bogg
Carson Jr
Laura Marylan
Raymond Boggs
Rexal Boggs
A. L. McBee
Alphonso, Jr
Mary Catherine
Bulah Lucile
Haymond
Catherine Boggs
Santa Claus
Clarence Swarts
Dorothea
Mildred Junnion
O. L. Davis
Hattie Ackley
Autmer Ackley
Esmond Brandeberry
Lawrence Bailey
L. T. Runnion
A. L. McLee
Liaine Chapman
Lod Barnhart
Mitchell
Roy
Bad Justice
Frost
Black
U. B
Clarence Swartz
C. D. Swartz
Ores Swartz
Fern Metz
Leslie Morris
Ralph Allen
Eleanor
J. I. Gaston
Carthage
Donald Robinson
Pearl Pitts
Massell Carroll
Salem
O. S. Davis
Buice
Amesville
Vanderhoof
Elf. Westfall
Brice and
Howard
W. D. Hines
Chauncey
Upland Holland
Hatfield
Robert
Eugene
Fred Fisher
Corning
Johnny
George Williams
Dellah
Cora Williams
George Pierce
Ast Branche
Grace Iver
Leather
Fisher Roush
Leila Mary Carder
Parkerburg
Faye Ivers
Marie Frazier
Oakdale
Richard Past
W. C. Past
Will Dawson
John Holland
L. C. Dawson
Floyd Dawson
Miss Leather Past
Hockingport
Hocking River
Earl Dickerson
Ida Cook
Neal White
Lily
E. K. Parker
Joe Garvin
Jessie
Gladys Parker
Harry Parker
William Messenger
H. E. Adams
Julian
John Amesbury
Rex Anderson
Billy
John Grffen
Joe Keever
Fred Mackey
Charley Williams
St. Marys
Jessie Parker
Herbert Dutton
Rev. Westervelt
Soke Savas
Florence Brick
Som
Humphrey
Groes
Bpring
G. L. Minear
Jennie Mickle
David Dutton
Marietta
F. P. Minear
Ralph Stone
Chattanooga
Tenn
Delmar Stone
Julian Adams
Packard
Six
Detroit
Gong
Uma
Lin MN
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