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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
17
Dover Township officials led by Mayor W. D. Hines announce surplus federal commodities will be distributed at the Robinson Building Chauncey Saturday from 9 to 12. More than 1000 residents have received food in recent distributions in Dover Township.
Chauncey Church of Christ announces a Friendship Class meeting Sunday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank McDaniel Circle Hill. Vice president Mrs Ernestine Tippett will preside and Mrs Jessie Fiske will lead devotions. Social committee includes Mrs Dorothy Daugherty chairwoman Miss Pauline Daugherty and C S Bradfield. All members urged to attend.
Chauncey resident Harvey Nye was taken to a Marietta hospital last Saturday. He traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brookins and Floyd Nye, and his son Dr. Robert Nye accompanied him. His condition is improved and he is expected to return home within a few days. Nye’s daughter Mrs. Bess Long of Sidney, Ohio, arrived to stay with the Nye home for several days. Athens County Union Class Meeting will be held at the Morristown Holiness Church on Sunday February 9 at 2 p.m.
Weekly cottage prayer gathering at the Morristown Holiness Church will be held this evening at 7 pm at the home of Mrs Grace Juniper in Oregon Ridge.
In France, cheese is made using unwashed pans that have not been cleaned for a century. The acid from the pans helps curdle the milk and form the cheese during the production process.
The Loyal Women's Class of Chauncey Church of Christ met at Mrs. Kate Johnson's home yesterday afternoon. Readings were given by Cynthia Harvey Florence Pendergrass Inez Nye and Vira Shafer. Florence Watkins led devotions with Bess Johnson presiding in Martha Shafer's absence. Two guests attended. next meeting planned at Hattie Hamilton's home with Vira Shafer and Lily Sweeney assisting.
The Mill field Church of Christ postponed the Chauncey group meeting until next Thursday at the home of Miss Mary Lee Blower.
Murray city schools were closed Monday due to illness and will remain closed until February 10. The band boosters of Murray City High School postponed a band benefit from February 6 to February 13. Local social notes mention visits and illnesses among residents and relatives across Murray City, Nelsonville, Columbus, and nearby towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Ioe Shafer hosted a Sunday chicken dinner in Beaumont for grandson Franklin Shafer who celebrated his 17th birthday. Attendants included Eldred Shafer family Leta Mae Robert Clifford Barbara Faye and the guest of honor Franklin Shafer and George Shafer.
Jacksonville PTA held a Founders Day program with participants Wahneta Exenkamper Mary Skin ner Helen Davies Evelyn Deal Helen Kearns Ruthella Sheets Mary McCann and Faye McKinley. Evelyn Deal earned the attendance banner and Ada Kennedy will lead the March program. A registration night for adult education classes is set for Feb 7 at the Grade School from 7:00 to 9:30 offering courses in arithmetic English and bookkeeping.
McArthur social notes report flu and strep illness of Carl Brenning at home. H S Hamilton and Henry Sprague visited South Bend Indiana. Frank Crow bought the John Saltz property on E Mill St and moved his family there.
A large Oak Grove party at York Grange Hall Saturday evening drew attendees from Albany and Athens Grange. York Grange plans a regular meeting Friday evening February 7. Willard Dishong of Nelsonville, once of Oak Grove, is seriously ill and hospitalized at White Cross. Mr and Mrs John Carter and son Jimmy of Bailey Run visited her parents Mr and Mrs Dan Gill for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Homer Davis spent Saturday in Columbus with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs John Jones.
Chauncey records show Mrs. Carrie Channel of The Plains hosting her son Dale from Mansfield over the weekend. Mrs. Ashford Matheny attended the funeral of her aunt Mrs. William Gulley in Wellsburg West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Adams moved to The Plains Woods property. Mrs. Carrie Channel hosted Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nash and Bobby from Columbus. George Shafer of Beaumont was ill Tuesday and Wednesday.
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