Murray City Social News and Visitors
Local residents report visits and family happenings in Murray City and nearby towns. Notable items include Mrs. William Wineford and family visiting Glouster, Ruth Brooker and nephew shopping, Dr. and Mrs. E A Person and others visiting Nelsonville, and several trips to Logan Zanesville Crooksville and Columbus. Births announced include a son for Harve Lanning and wife on February 1 and a birth for Port Gudkey’s family. Revival services start February 10 at the U B Church led by Rev. George Erskine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Morrall
Crookaville
Grace Hellyer
Logan
Myrtle Person
Paul
Maud Penn
Ruth Penn
Nelsonville
Conrad Wein
Clifford
Harve Lanning
Earl Irwin
U. B
George Erskine
Art Ayers
Robert Bell, Jr
Floyd Stiff
Columbus
Port Gudkey
Hamden
Jeity
Charles Huston
Local notes from The Plains recount moves and gatherings
Mr and Mrs Bert Sidders hosted visits from Mr and Mrs Roy Hawk and Mr and Mrs Fred Osborn. Fred Schmidt and son Fred returned from Mon fence Ill and plan to reside there. Fred Jr will stay at the old home. Marie Schmidt bought a Chicago restaurant after Plains high school graduation. Various locals dine, visit, and change homes while children recover from illness and resume school. A large party at The Plains featured a miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Wendle Granstan with many gifts and guests.
Syracuse News Items Include Illness And Social Visits
Will De Wolfe has been seriously ill for weeks in Wellsburg with complications. Mrs Avery Roberts and Miss Belle Carleton guest hosted events. C A Roberts and Van Johnsons family were mentioned. Mr Irving Karr returned from a business trip to Columbus. Various local social and lodge activities, penny social and high school plays at Junior Hall, and a Western and Southern Life Insurance banquet at Pomeroy Knights of Pythias Hall were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will de Wolfe
Wellsburg
Avery Roberts
Formr
C. A. Roberts
Irving Karr
Columbus
Fannie de Wolfe
Tillie Carleton
Stookey
Hazel Floyd
Charles Calkins
Pomereoy
Pomeroy
Belle Carleton
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Births and community notes from Jackville area
Mrs Helen Morgan of Marion Illinois reports a daughter born to Mrs Flora Pratt great daughter of Mr and Mrs Ones named Betty. Mr Richard Jones birthday party hosted by Mrs Jones with family from Athens Vincent and Toobt areas. Athens Grange 1689 to meet with new officers listed. Families Maxwell McHarg Briley and Smiths referenced in local moves and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jones
Helen Morgan
Marion, Ill
Flora (Mor ) Pratt
Birthday Times and Local Visits Stir Zaleski
Zaleski residents celebrated Mrs. Ellea Rathburn’s birthday with a Tuesday surprise party and pot luck lunch. A late week dinner honored Mrs. Shipley’s eighty seventh birthday and birthdays of Mrs. Ansel and Miss Alexander. Several locals recovering from illness show improvement while relatives visit from Albany Circleville Chillicothe and Columbus. Mrs. Atkin is reported improved though still in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellea Rathburn
8. Shipley
Shipley
E. E. Ansel
Carrie Alexander
Oxley Family and Community Notices Share Social Visits
Angell Ridge Herbert Oxley of Athens spent last week with his brother C H Oxley. Faye Pierce visited Mr and Mrs Joseph Mulligan. Mrs C B Ballinger called on her son and daughter in Columbus. Lucille Brown left to visit her sister in Newark. Susie Oxley visited Lodi High School. Helen Pierce stayed with her grandparents in Newark. Boyd Sloan visited relatives in Newark. Elizabeth Susie Oxley and Mary Delle Maxwell visited the Snows. Mary Margaret and Bobby Ballinger of Columbus stay with grandparents C B Ballinger. Jesse Brown visited Waldo Douglas. Clarence Maxwell spends time at home. Elizabeth Oxley visited Golda Cornell. George Love enjoyed a fox hunting season. C B Ballenger and H T Mulligan attended the Woodman’s dance in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Oxley
Athens
C. H. Oxley
Faye Pierce
Joseph Mulligan
C. B. Ballinger
Fletcher Ballenger
Columbus
Lucille Brown
Ernest Vore
Newark
Susie Oxley
Lodi
Helen Pierce
Joseph Mullin
Boyd Sloan
Elizabeth
Mary Delle Maxwell
C. F. Snow
Mary Margaret
Bobby Ballinger
Jesse Brown
Waldo Douglas
Clarence Maxwell
Elizabeth Oxley
Golda Cornell
George Love
C. B. Ballenger
H. T. Mulligan
Albany
Pleasant Valley social notes and visits
Pleasant Valley activities include Emma Robinson as guest of Mrs. J. M. Knowlton and visits by the Brooks family from Parkersburg. The Good Win Society gathered at Mrs. Arthur Goodin’s home to sew a quilt. Upcoming meeting set for February 15 at Mrs. J. M. Knowlton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Robinson
J. M. Knowlton
K. B. Brooks and
Parkersburg
Frank Pugh
Zern Bolin
Harley Russ
Good Win Society
Pleasant Valley
Arthur Goodin
J. M. Knownlton
Hetty Brooks
Pearl Wood
H. M. McKinley
Eli Hamilton
McKinley
Will Martin
Felix Dorsey
Charles Wood
Miss Bee Wood
Mildred Pugh
Ed Brooks
Local Notables and Visitors Mentioned in Athens Area
Gum Tree M V Ross ran a shop in Athens on Monday. Miss Maude Freeman shopped in Athens Saturday. Vernie Barrett visited Minerva Saturday. Eddie and Grover Stout from this area visited Athens Saturday. Low Tewksbury of Albany visited the farm here Sunday. Mrs Will Holdren cares for sister-in-law Mrs George Mace of New Marshfield who is ill. Alfred Hull, employed by Earl Baughman, at his home here. Gordon Farley recovering from pneumonia. Miss Mary Drescher employed in Athens spending days at home here. G M Chesser attended to farm business Monday. Mr and Mrs E M Freeman guests in Mineral Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. V. Ross
Athens
Maude Freeman
Vernie Barrett
Minera
Eddie and
Grover Stout
Low Tewksbury
Albany
Will Holdren
George Mace
New Marshfield
Alfred Hull
Earl Baughman
Gordon Farley
W. O. Stout
Lucy Baker
Beaver Falls
Steubenville
D. C. Davis
Mary Davis
O University
Sleeth
Parkersburg
Vanderhoof
E. G. Carleton
Alfred Morrison
Rock Street
Roscoe Burdette
F. C. Taylor
B. O. Hall
Troy
Lillian Flinn
Portsmouth
Edward Brown
Eliza Roger
L. M. Walden
Frank Chapman
Ward Conley
Clinton, Burdette
Page Gordon
Columbus
Fern Metz
L. H. Morris
Gantz Watkins
H. R. Watkins
Frank Caldwell
Robert Sharpend
L. H. Allen
Nellie Kinnen
Dorothea Runnion
R. M. Allen
Eleanore
Gordon Bailey
Lawrence Bailey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Clay Caldwell
Charlies
Maurice Ackley
Aylmer Ackley
R. D. Z. Hall Snodgrass
Evel McBee
W. Va
Leroy Boggs
Nutter
Lawrence Chapel
Local social visits and school basketball scores
Social notes list visits by Shade Miss Bertine Sauters Edith Douglas and Howard Flanders to Fred Smith Thursday night and Helen Dixon of Athens to Jerseyville Thursday evening. Attendees include Drennen and David Goldsberry to their aunt Mrs 8 J Smith while 8 J Smith rested due to a cold and returned to work in Pomeroy Thursday evening. Ardith Smith visits Mulligan home Addison Creamer visits Athens. Boys and girls basketball teams played Chauncey Friday night. Lodi boys won and the Athens girls lost by one point. Mrs 8 K Burson and Emmett Guthrie visited Athens Sunday afternoon. Eugene Goldsberry visited Mrs 8 J Smith and sons Monday evening. John Cowan and daughters visited Athens Saturday. Mr and Mrs 8 J Smith and son Fred went to Columbus Sunday to see Walter in hospital slowly improving. Miss Gladys Smith of Athens spent the end of the week with home folks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertine Sauters
Edith Douglas
Howard Flanders
Fred Smith
Helen Dixon
Athens
Jerseyville
Drennen
David Goldsberry
J. Smith
Pomeroy
Ardith Smith
Mulligan
Addison Creamer
Chauncey
Lodi
K. Burson
Som Emmett Guthrie
Charlie Grim
Eugene Goldsberry
Pearl
Fred
John Cowan
Columbus
Walter
Gladys Smith
Local Visits and Illness Reported Across Towns
Bishopville residents Mr and Mrs Charlies Milhoon and their three children visited Mrs Cora Householder in Jacksonville on Sunday. Mrs J W Moody called on Mrs Gertrude Rainey in Trimble Sunday. Mrs Herman Jones of Glouster spent several days this week with Mr and Mrs Millard Easler. Tra Falls, who had an attack of gout, remains sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Milhoon
Cora Householder
Jacksonville
J. W. Moody
Gertrude Rainey
Trimble
Herman Jones
Glouster
Millard Easler
Union on the Hill Memoir of Married Life and Mayhem
A stark humor column from Union-on-the-Hill recounts domestic chaos and camaraderie in a soldier’s life. The narrator laments muttered battles of marriage, haircuts, kids’ noisy mornings, and the odd humor found in domestic misadventures. He notes wives’ fashion, a leap year joke, and the home front’s ironies.
Personal Notices From Coolville Area
A roundup of obituaries and social notes from Coolville and nearby towns. Funeral for Mrs. Jane Mc Daniel and a flurry of visits, illnesses, travel, and local events are recorded with names and places such as Torch Parkersburg Belpre Chillicothe and Athens.
Local social notes from Glouster and area
Mr and Mrs W H Hoon spent Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs J W Moody. Mr and Mrs Miles Easler and their little son Donald spent Sunday in Glouster with relatives. Mrs J W Moody was visiting Mr and Mrs D H Stedman in Glouster on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hoon
J. W. Moody
Miles Easler
Nttle Son
Donald
Glouster
D. H. Stedman
Dayton Ties Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Mr J C Reedy departed Sunday for Dayton where he is employed. Miss Herrett McDaniels of Dayton visited Mr and Mrs Clifford Thompson. Gilbert Strausbaugh and Guy Morrison, both from Dayton, spent the weekend with Bam Woods and family. Mrs Clifford Morrison went to Glouster on business. Wesley Strausbaugh visited Mr and Mrs William Moody and family Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Reedy
Dayton
Local Sunday Visits Highlight Interwoven Bedford Families
Bedford residents Mr. and Mrs. Will Chaney visited Mr. and Mrs. John, while Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mulligan and children Ida and Carol Whaley spent Sunday with Charles Hines and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams visited Dolph Jeffers and family. Clyde Hines, Homer and Ethel Blackwood joined Charlie Blackwood and family for a Sunday gathering. Edith Whaley spent Sunday with Mary Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Cari Williams and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Chaney
John
Thomas Mulligan
Ida
Carol Whaley
Charles Hines
Charles Williams
Dolph Jeffers
Clyde Hines
Homer
Ethel Blackwood
Charlie Blackwood i
Edith Whaley
Mary Lee
Cari Williams
Local residents host gatherings this Sunday and weekend
Daughter Jean and Mr and Mrs Sharr spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Williams. Miss Edna Riggs stayed with Zita Smith. Earnest Hart and Rhea Shumway visited Glen Hart family. Cartit and Herb Riggs families hosted. James Clark of Bliss College visited his parents Ollie and Mrs Clark. Frank Chaney Glen Lee Lena Hines and Edna Riggs spent Saturday with Clyde Helwig of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
James Clark
Bliss College
Ollie Clark
Frank Chaney
Glen Lee
Lena Hines
Edna Riggs
Clyde Helwig
Middleport
Local Social Roundup Atkins Area Guests
Chase Mr and Mrs W B Woodyard spent Saturday evening at H H Carbaughs. Mr and Mrs Vick Robinson were Tuesday guests of J M Knowltons. Tester OQ Oberbolzer from Racine spent Sunday with his family. Mrs B L Sauters and daughter Bertine visited Mrs Herbert Carbaugh Saturday afternoon. Virgil Stanley of Racine spent the week end with relatives here. Mrs Ruth Martin visited Mrs Vick Robinson on Wednesday. Mrs Laura Woodyard went to Athens Monday for second semester at Audrey Douglas and stayed with her brother Everet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Woodyard
H. H. Carbaugh
Vick Robinson
J. M. Knowlton
Tester OQ Oberbolzer
Racine
B. L. Sauters
Bertine
Herbert Carbaugh
Virgil Stanley
Ruth Martin
Laura Woodyard
Athens
Audrey Douglas
Everet
Rutland Wayne Rupe Runs Taxi Between Rutland and Middleport
Rutland Wayne Rupe operates a taxi service between Rutland and Middleport. Charley Searles and his wife with two sons of Midway visited Rupe's son Opie on Sunday. Bertha Rathburn visits Columbus at her niece Ivor Youngs home. Deil McCormick and wife move in with her mother at New Lima. Jake Conrad was called to Lima on business Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Rupe
Rutland
Middleport
Charley Searles
Midway
Opie
Bertha Rathburn
Columbus
Ivor Young
Deil McCormick
New Lima
Jake Conrad
Lima
Reverend Bush Holds Lottridge A B Church Service
Local clergyman Reverend Bush conducted morning services at the Lottridge A B Church near Pomeroy. News notes visits include Mrs. Gist and daughter Marjorie from Chicago staying with Mrs. L. T. Runnion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush of
Near Pomeroy
The
Farmers' Week delegate from Athens County attends Columbus
A. E. Potter spends the week in Columbus as a delegate from the Athens County Farm Bureau Federation for Farmers' Week. Teachers meet at the Barker home with Mr and Mrs C N Jones and daughter attending the Smith Hughes Agriculture Teachers event. The group compared 1850 store prices to current costs from a torn-down house near Stewart. Refreshments were provided by the hostess. E Bolton Bank cashier spoke on thrift and banking to High School pupils. Special music readings and a pastor's short talk are planned for the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Potter
Columbus
Farmers’ Week
Athens County Farm Bureau Federation
C. N. Jones
Smith Hughes Agriculture Teachers of
Ralph Barker
Stewart
Hollis Throckmorton
Mrs Dailey Gifts Silk Flag at Athens Federated Clubs
Mrs O. D. Dailey attended a Monday meeting of Federated Clubs in Athens and presented a silk flag on a standard as a gift from the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to the clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. D. Dailey
Athens
Nabby Lee Ames
Daughter of American Revolution
High School Attendance Spars at Athens Macbeth Play
Twenty five students from the local high school attended the Macbeth performance at Memorial Auditorium in Athens on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Auditorium
Athens
Mrs Parker Returns From Visit in Cayuga New York
Mrs Frank Parker arrived Saturday after a week with her uncle E B Dickson in Cayuga New York. Dickson recently lost his wife to influenza and is slowly recovering from the same illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Parker
E. B. Dickson
Cayuga
New York
Dickson
Fortu, Enza
Special Lincoln Day Services at M E Church
Lincoln Day services will be held at the M E Church this Sunday. The event calls for community attendance and reflects on Lincoln's legacy with local church leaders coordinating the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
M. E. Church
Dexter visitors host Mrs. Smith relatives and kin
Mr. and Mrs. Cash Smith of Dexter were guests of Mrs. Smiths sister Mrs. Will Gillogly and family. Mrs. A. E. Donaldson and two children returned from a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ashworth near Pomeroy. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frye of Athens spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. E. I. Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cash Smith
Dexter
A. E. Donaldson
C. E. Ash ‘Worth
Near
Pomeroy
Carl Frye
Athens
E. I. Stanley
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Ralph Hamer
Misa Ruth Brooker
Dunn
A. A. Person
Paul Person
E. A. Person
Eunice
Mary Dono
We . Johnson
Site City
William Snedden
Grace
Phil Devoe
Mattie
William Spree
Zanesville
James Hamer
Lou Bowers
Charles Ralph
Phil ®Evoe
Juanita Martin
the Plains News
Bert Sidders
Roy Hawk
Fred Osborn
Fred Schmidt
Monfence
Ill
Athenis
Fin Cook
Carrol Bean
E. R. Grant
Bean
Carl Hanning
George
Stauffer
McBees’ Binder
John. Kuhn
Bernice
Wilbur Payell
Clarence Cooper
Steve Charney
George Thorn
Russell Micheals
Carroll
Thorn
Willoughby
Bessie
Captalin
Whetstone
the Plains
Wendle Granstan
Marian Whetstone
Alex Root
Fred Granstaff
Wilbur and
John Loper
Harold Boling
Freda Denison
Ellen Woodyard
Zeta Smith
Margreta Bishop
Pearl Henderson
Stella Gabril
Piste Eastman
Fanny Atherton
Maxine Howard
Ruby Parfitt
Mery Manda
Mary Hunter
Iven
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Howard Ashcraft
Winnie Barbhill
Harold Ator
Joe Tinkim
Ralph Hartman
Billie Sherwood
Wendle Granstaff
Rich Whetstone
Captalia
Veryl
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Jackville
Harriet Barker
M. A. Jacoby
George Jacoby
Vincent
Jacoby
Athens Grange
Masa Ralph Barker
Lena
John Hope
Harriet Jacoby
Edith Jacoby
Everett Moss
Clarence Shaw
Hiram Westfall
Mattie Jaco
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Gertie Briley
Pomona
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and Young
KR. Jacoby
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H. R. Jacoby
Baby
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Mapiehurst
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McHarg
Bert Angie
I. N. McHarg
Phil Briley
Zaleski
Lettie Ratcliffe
H. E. Ansel
George Bentley
Circleville
W. C. Watson
Elizabeth Martin
Ellen Rathburn
Max
Walter Watkins
Chillicothe
Flora Dill
Chicago
A. A. Boal
Charles Benbow
Bishopville
Union - ON - the- Hill
By A. L. Snedden
Union-On-The-Hill
Bill Moser
Raphus
Lizie
Charity
Si Plunkard
Coolville
Jane McDaniel
Torch
J. H. Bailey
Marshall Bailey
Cutler
Mary A. Nolan
Edson Gross
Frank McGirr
Chesterhill
Mildred Fitch
Lewis Storck
Camden
Pearl Cody
Alma Koehler
Belpre
Dana T. Burns
Berea
Thomas Dunfee
Hugh Liggett
Magnetic Springs
Ohio Northern College
C. A. Gillilan
Ford
Charles McKimm
Old People’s Home
Bedford
Chase
Lottridge
Homer Gist
Marjorie
Vicks
Ford Motor Company
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