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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1931
Page
8
A birthday party for John McGarty on February 22 drew many attendees from Murray City and surrounding areas. Revival services continue at the U B Church led by Rev J C Black with Evangelist M W Holcombe assisting. attendance is strong and singing is directed by Miss Maria Robinette.
Carbondale traveled to Hollister Friday night where the boys lost 36 to 25. The local teams also faced Albany Tuesday night with the Carbondale boys set to meet Greens Run and the girls to face Rome at the tournament Friday. John McClain, ill last week, is reported improved.
Local social life centers on visits from residents in Logan Nelsonville Buckeye State Buckeye State Business College Columbus and Pattonville. Area families host relatives and friends across multiple towns with church meetings and school events noted.
Local residents attending Oak Grove Church last Sunday include Mrs William Davis Rachel Hook Mable Hanning Vernice Davis Grace Hanning Floyd Brown Tom Kennedy Mae Lauderback James Ossman Patsy Davis Clifford Elliott John Danko Cephas Adams Theresa Adams Harold Davis Ralph Hanning and George Brown visiting his son Edward at Athens Pearl Newton Ellsworth Whitmore Buchtel Ruth Hatfield from Hocking spent the weekend with Merl and Mrs Love Bert and Oak Hanning guests from Nelsonville Gene Pickett crushed toe at the Kimber ly mine Lucille and Helen Kinsey stayed with relatives in Nelsonville Abbot Davis of New Marshfield visited Clarence Young Margaret Levering from Nelsonville visited relatives here Coate Pickett and children with Eugene Pickett at Meeker Run John McGuire and James Kennedy visited Robert Kennedy James and Junior Reynolds visited Kennedy household Elmer Rizer improving Francis Donaldson visited Vernis Davis.
Hebbardsville Mrs. Peter Smith and daughter Marie visit Albany friends the King family. Earl Simmons and his brother visit in Athens. Wall Pratt visits his mother in Athens. Martha Blackwood weekends with Nelsonville friends. Beulah Cordray and son Herm an visit Carpenter relatives. Beatrice Wood returns home after housework in Albany. Cecil Everley of Athens spends weekend with Gladys Collins. Mabel Lindsay hosts Elmer Patten Haydenville and others. Dennis Pauley hosts Addie Parker and Millard. Bessie Lax and daughter Alice with Nelsonville parents. Perry Coe and his mother visit J W Lax. G W Collins family spends Sunday with Albany hosts.
Zaleski and Athens residents gathered for visits Sunday including Mr. and Mrs. Joseph King and friends. Zaleski High School basketball teams won at Wilkesville 15 to 13 and 19 to 0. Pasadena events include deaths, moves, and residents visiting relatives in Athens and Columbus.
Mineral Mr. and Mrs. Hadiev Ely visited Chauncey relatives. Rev. James Maffin from Marion preached at the Holiness Church. Mrs. Mira Ely returned from Barberton. Ralph Lynch broke an arm after falling from a box car during horse unloading from Kansas. Several locals hosted visitors and mourners traveled from Lexington, Ky, for Mrs. Alvira Knowlton Mamie Steele.
Formerly of Snell's Private Sanitarium Wil Reth Athens Ohio arrives at the Kerry Hotel for a one day only clinic on February 26. The physician offers examinations for catarrh stomach and blood diseases along with nervous and mental disorders and women’s irregularities. He promises frank verdicts on curability and emphasizes treatments avoiding surgical operations where possible.
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