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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1928

Page

5

Social notes from Athens and surrounding area events

Mrs John Patterson leaves Friday with her son James for Kent to visit her mother Josephine Bunker for a week. Dr Alonzo Myers and Dean T C McCracken departed for Boston to attend a deans and directors meeting. Tom Morgan of New Lexington visits Athens. Mr and Mrs H B Vorhes return to Lancaster after visiting home folks. Athens High School faculty host Washingtons Birthday dinner with 25 attendees. Sayre Study circle annual guest day held at Mrs F F Kittles with 20 members and 16 guests. Pioneer Women of Ohio roll call and programs noted. Grounded birthday for Donald Cooley Jr with parents Ernestine Chandler and Mr and Mrs E D Cooley. Lindley hall matron changes and health notes. De Molays meet at Masonic temple. Deborah class hosts husbands at church cafeteria supper. Catherine Griffin improving at home. Mary Ann Card Club hosts with guests and high/low scores. Annual Thank Offering by womens missionary society planned.

John Patterson James Patterson Kent Josephine Bunker Athens Sayre F. F. Kittle Lancaster Street Ohio H. L. Atkinson D. B Green D. C. Snow

Gas trouble ends with Adlerika relief after years

A Mrs. E. reports 9 years of gas and stomach trouble ending after taking one spoonful of Adlerika. The ad claims Adlerika acts on both upper and lower bowel to remove old waste, with distribution through Gib son’s Pharmacy Athens Coolville Taylor’s Nelsonville Hickman’s.

Be Gorgeous Hair at Home With Beautywav e in Minutes

A vintage ad touts BEAUTYWAVE for at home marcel waving in ten minutes at low cost. It claims durable soft lustrous waves lasting a week or more with no sticky residue and no need for frequent salon visits. Available from druggists.

Marcel Beautywave

Family Visit Travels From Wellston To Town

Mrs Wilson Carr and her son Wilson of Wellston visit relatives in this city staying with Mr and Mrs A D Townsend at 53 West State Street. The party from Jellico Tennessee Mr and Mrs Charles Townsend arrived by motor and plan visits with kin in New Marshfield Albany and surrounding area.

Wilson Carr Little Son Wilson of Wellston Clint Carr Second Street Charles Townsend Jellico, Tenn A. D. Townsend Weat State Street New Marshfield Albany

Woman Celebrates Her 89th Birthday in New Marshfield

NEW MARSHFIELD Feb 23 Mrs Sarah De Weese celebrated her eighty ninth birthday smiling and greeting friends. Her life has centered near New Marshfield with early family ties to White's mill Factory creek and Hebbardaville. Her mother Abigail Lowry helped run a ferry serving settlers bound for the West.

New Marshfield Sarah de Weese Zanesville Abigail Lowry White's Mill Lowry Abigail Athens William Wiliams Hebbardaville Factory Creek Sarah Mr. de Weese

Woman Moves to New Marshfield With Son Hamilton

Mrs Deese relocates to New Marshfield to reside with her son Hamilton who supports her with unusual fidelity. She retains furniture her ancestors brought from Marietta and Pennsylvania in 1795, later shown at the Washington birthday celebration organized by New Marshfield schools.

New Marshfield Hamilton de “7Eese Marietta Pennsylvania

Ohio Retail Dry Goods Association Elects Directors

Retail men meeting in Cincinnati with the United Retail Merchants' association elected new directors: Robert Lazarus of Columbus, W. Barbour of Toledo, Thomas Weisman of Lancaster, J. W. Armstrong of Woodsman, and others.

Cincinnati U.R Ohio Retail Dry Goods Association United Retail Merchants’ Association Robert Lazarus Columbus W. Barbour Toledo Thomas Weisman Lancaster J. W. Armstrong Woodsman

Father John's Medicine Advertises Cold Remedy

During the season of greatest danger when colds spread, the ad promotes Father John's Medicine as a pure food tonic to boost strength and help throw off coughs and colds. It cites 70 years of use, no alcohol or narcotics, and urges trying it today.

Father John

Toads and Katykids Feature Operetta at East Side School

Toads and katykids perform in The Stolen Flower Queen operetta by East Side school pupils in Athens high school auditorium Friday afternoon and evening. Toads wear two brown shades with painted spots and feet like real toads. Participants include Doris Coleman Carl Johnson David Wingett Frederick Schuler Vivian Conkey Charlies Wheaton Fred Lentz Dwight Weiss and Katy kids dancers Fred Wheat Howard Ballinger John Wand ling John Thompson Lawrence Helwig Don Grones Raymond Gibson Dickie Lamborn.

East Side Athens High School Doris Coleman Carl Johnson David Wingett Frederick Schuler Vivian Conkey Charlies Wheaton Fred Lentz Dwight Weiss Katy Fred Wheaton Howard Ballinger John Wandling John Thompson Lawrence Helwig Don Grones Raymond Gibson Dickie Lamborn

Young Men Admit Stealing Furniture

E B LaRue and Barnes of Belpre township admit stealing furniture from Porterfield and selling it in Marietta. They are jailed awaiting probate court action by Judge Fleming. Morgan Lewis of Porterfield owns the property involved.

Marietta Porterfield E. B. LaRue and &, & Barnes Belpre Township Fleming Morgan Lewis

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Alonzo Myers Dean T. C. McCracken Boston Mass Tom Morgan New Lexington Vorhes Patricia Ann Washington Helen Leech Lois Kellar Henry Zenner Alfred Hughes Ruth Beach Neil Pythian Thomas E. G. Campbell Phall Neil Thomas James Williams Carl Fri Donald Cooley, Jr George Washington Donald Cooley Ernestine Chandler East Mill, Street E. D. Cooley West State Street Jennie O'Dell Lindley Hall Sidney Stone Belpre Philadelphia Genevieve Sidebottom Clarksburg W. Va H. R. Hearn Gallipolis Cora Herdman State Congress L. J. Knowlton Frank Bellows Bellefontaine Everett Knowlton de Molays Masonic Temple Arch Stanley Sparrow Lansing, Mich Deborah The Christian Church Catherine Griffin Sheltering Arms Hospital Andrew Cavanaugh Canaanville Mary Ann Card Club J. A. Ronshausen Stimson Avenue Mary Ann Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Richland Avenue William Smith Knox Charles B. Kesa Gelatine Co Knox Ave Johnstown N. Y Palmer Palmer House Athens, Ohio the Palmer R Wood Fanny Pebblesheen Sunny Girl Sommer’s Store Nelsonville Gerrick Gorry Amy Mrs Gonn Chile Bill Hope Henry Beel Court Street Woodworths Coats
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