Chesterhill eightieth birthday for Hannah Rardin surprises friends
In Chesterhill on January 9 Mrs Hannah Rardin celebrated her eightieth birthday with a noon dinner and an angel food cake decorated with eighty candies baked by her daughter-in-law. Guests included sons Roy and Clyde, brother Charles Endicott, and many nieces nephews and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterhill
Hannah Rardin
Clyde Rardin
Rardin
Roy
Parkersburg
Zanesville
Charles Endicott
Plantsville
Nellie Grigsby
Lucille
Gertrude
Ruth Miller
Maggie Wilson
Rodney Goddard
Wilbur
Edna
Mary
Gladys John
Clayston
Margaret Palmer
Hattie Hill
Alice
Mary Clark
Let
Davis loses sight in one eye after coal dust incident
Taylor Ridge John Davis spent days in Athens receiving eye treatment after a mine accident at Mine No. 55 two years ago left him partly blind. A ruptured eyelid and eye injuries followed, with coal dust and smoke causing irritation until last week. Doctors hope the sight in one eye can be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Athens
Mr. Davis
Chester Davis
Virgle Uhl
Yronton
Florence Hildabrand
Helen Hildabrand
Carl Hildabrand
Pmrs
Emily Clinkard
Toronto
Canada
James Golding
Glouster
Evan Davis
Ira Conway
Daugher Clea
William Itz
Jacksonville
B. W. Conway
Fred Morris
Raymond Mulpas
McDougal
Foland Mulpas
Gladys Davis
Eileen
John Kempton
Fred Hefkin
Gerald Nagle
P. B. Chalfant
Trimble
Neva Lantz
Helvin Kytta
Elma Kney
William Dalton
Bonadean
William Dalm
Redtown
Henry Golding
Hio University
Starkey Installed Master of Columbia Grange in Carpenter
Carpenter January 14 Columbia Grange installed officers for the year led by Master H E Starkey with C E Jewell lecturer Mrs W E Campbell steward Stanley Robinson and others Laurel Grange assisted in the installation. Lunch followed as residents and visitors attended including Mr and Mrs W S Swett and G C Gorby. State Route 148 resurfacing contract to be let January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Columbia Grange
H. BE
Starkey
C. £. Jewell
W. E. Campbell
Stanley Robinson
Arthur Woodyard
Nina Chase
W. C. Peck
W. F E. Campbell
Walter Swett
Ceres
Wanetta Morricon
Pomona
Mary Virginia Starkey
Flora
Zella Foster
L. A. Steward
Wilda Mae Starkey
Grange
Laurel
C. P. Jewell
Vinton Jewell
J. J. Rawlings
Athens
Pug Rife
Phyllis Geraldine
Dexeter
P.M. Darst
Local Social Roundup From Athens Visits
Graham Chapel and Claudis Chapple family guests in Athens with J. M. Chapple and Mrs. Primrose Green. T H Johnson and Lewis Hawk visit mothers and relatives. Edson Hawk Albert Hawk Ennis and Joan from Athens join, plus Clar ce Green of Ohio University, Helen Dix and Mary Dell Maxwell, Carseytown teachers, Willie Chapple and Udis Chapple hostSunday guests of William Harris and Kate Chapple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudis Chapple
Athens
J. M. Chapple
Primrose Green
T. H. Johnson
Lewis Hawk
Hawk
Edson Hawk
Albert Hawk
Ennis
Joan
Clarce Green
Ohio University
Kelley
Helen Dix
Amesville Bank Directors Elected and Club Evening
At the First National Bank stockholders meeting on January 1, directors for the coming year were elected: L. B. Glazier president, W. E. Thompson vice president, F. L. Thomas cashier, and J. P. Owen assistant cashier. Jessie Owen hosted the Music and Study Club with a program including vocal solos, piano duet, and papers on music and jazz. A surprise birthday for Mrs. Fannie Wells drew friends from local families. Governor White inauguration trip to Columbus noted, as well as funeral attendance for Mrs. Mary Gilschrist in Chesterhill. Visitors from Parkersburg and local residents joined gatherings at nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
L. B. Glazier
W. E. Thompson
J. E. Gifford
F. E. Phillips
F. J. Beasley
E. F. Glazier
F. L. Thomas
W. F E. Thompson
J. P. Owen
Jessie Owen
Mildred May Strode
Ruth Millikan
Helen Thomas
Effie Glazier
Eleanor Gifford
Fannie Wells
Isaac Williams
Athens
C. C. Gibson
John Hartley
H. H. Henry
F. H. Gifford
Erson Glazier
W. L. Carpenter
Columbus
Governor White
Susie Malster
Phrona Larkin
Ed Gifford
Mary Gilschrist
Chesterhill
Fred Balderson
Frank Dunbar
James
Parkersburg
W. Va
Etta Carpenter
Hebbardsville Visitors and Illness Report
Hebbardsville notes show Dennis Pauley and family visiting Wort Pauley in Hamlin West Virginia while John Chase family visited Oscar Chase. Mrs Elza Warren is seriously ill with grippe. Rev Robert O McClure conducted communion services. Margaret Lax of Athens visited her parents J W and Mrs Lax. Lonnie Poling from Chauncey visited aunt Mabel Lindsay. Mrs Luster Cordray is ill and funeral services for George Martin were attended by Charley and Erbin Parker and G W Collins at Pleasant Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Pauley
Marie
Hamlin
W. Va
Wort Pauley
John Chase
Elliotville
Oscar Chase
Elza Warren
Robert O. McClure
M. E. Church
Hebbardsville
Margaret Lax
Athens
J. W. Lax
Lonnie Poling
Chauncey
Mabel Lindsay
Luster Cordray
Charley
Erbin Parker
G. W. Collins
George Martin
Pleasant Hi
CG. V. Hester
Charlies Slaughter
William Jackson
Columbus
Nannie Addis
G. K. Lowry
Harry Baughman
Minnie Strum
Carbondale
A. V. Hester
Armintha Hunter
Arthur Deeter
Ruth
Dwight Shingler
Carlos Buckley
Billy Addis
Jack Shingler
Junior Addis
Charles Woods
Caster Griffin
Eunice Shingler
Charlotte Addis
Doris Buckley
Janie Buckley
Idene Ely
Opal Buckley
Audrey Buckley
Vernon Lynch
Leroy Boyer
Homer Buckley
John Lynch
Roy Taylor
Ada Taylor
Robert Addis
Clarice Withers
Margaret Deeter
Virginia Deeter
Past Grands Club Of Murray City Entertained
The Rebekahs Past Grands Club met at the home of Mrs Oscar Hellyer Friday evening with games and conversation followed by lunch for members including Mrs Ruth Carsner Miss Myrtle Brown Mrs Blanche Shet ton and others. Also noted are visits by Stanley Anders of Columbus and families from Detroit Athens Nelsonville and Columbus with multiple local social updates and a birth announced for a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Ayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Rebekahs
Oscar Hellyer
Ruth Carsner
Myrtle Brown
Blanche Shetton
Pearl Coe
Margaret Gears
Anna McNabb
Mary Jenkins
Mill. Brown
Jenny Lopez
Mary Shafer
Bertha Jonas
Opal Lanning
Anna Strum
Mrs. Hellyer
Stanley Anders
Columbus
Conrad Waldick
Detroit
Harry Shafer
Charles Strum, Jr
Charles Waiters
Athens
Lawrence Ayers
Lace Ayers
Hens Found Dead as Screech Owls Attack Flock
In Athens area reports, George King finds two hens killed mysteriously while observing his poultry. Traps catch screech owls that had been eating the hens. neighbors, including Mr. and Mrs. Dale Perry, visited the Sinclairs last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Dellator
Charley Coen
Alden Barnhill
Helen
Margaret Goldsberry
Allen Weatherby
Orville Oliver
Millfield
Cecil Butts
R. E. Goldsberry
Marylin
Dale Perry
William Sinclair
Local Social News and Visits Across Town
Pratts Fork Willard Ackley Clearance Creamer and Wilbur Colburn left Saturday for Florida for a few months. Mr and Mrs Joe Smith and family spent Sunday with Pearl Sapp and family. Mr and Mrs Dennis Jones and Julia Blackwood visited Saturday with Clyde Colburn and family. Mrs Homer Meighen is spending a week with her granddaughter Mrs Vincent Eggleston at Charleston West Virginia. Joe Juthrie of Garden spent Sunday with Charley Colburn and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Ackley
Clearance Creamer
Wilbur Colburn
Florida
Joe Smith
Pearl Sapp
Dennis Jones
Julia Blackwood
Clyde Colburn
Homer Meighen
Vincent Eggleston
Charleston
W. Va
Joe Juthrie
Garden
Charley Colburn
Local Circle Notices and Social Run of Week
Mineral Ben Boyer leaves for work after days at home. Various Athens visits and family gatherings noted. Nazarene services resume in rebuilt church with nightly prayers. Birthday party for Ruth Deeter with many local children attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene
Clarice Chesser
Lafe Lynch
Pine Hollow
Hocking Mining Co
Syracuse Community Activities Highlight Local Visits and Events
The Ladies Aid Society held a soup and pie sale at the Syracuse Methodist Church while influenza recovery noted for Mrs. Margaret Nease. Local residents reported smallpox vaccinations and epidemic control. Visits included Betty, Dorothy, and Rosemary Ward of Pomeroy. evangelistic meetings underway at Asbury Church. Red Cross head J. J. Blair. PTA at Syracuse School. travels to Spencer and W Va. Magnetic Springs and Columbus 10 days. walnut gift to Miss Marcia Warr from Mrs. Marcia Beatty Thomas. Dr. H G Foster resumes practice in Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Nease
Syracuse
Charles Ward
Betty
Dorothy
Rosemary
Pomeroy
Marcia Karr
Russell Winebrenner
Vera Mae Williams
Henry Zeiher
Jennie Mullen
Harry Dye
Asbury Methodist Church
J. J. Blair
Red Cross Society
Charles Calkins
Portland
Lillian Moore
Spencer
W. Va
Charles Fields
Y. Bridgman
Magnetic Springs
Columbus
Marcia Warr
Marcia Beatty Thomas
Berkeley
Cal
Local Social Notes Include Visitors and Illnesses
Mrs. Sarah Broadwell and daughter Ora Gorham hosted in Stewart while Amos and Mrs. White visited Amenville. Numerous families in Athens Dunbar and Stewart hosted and visited relatives. Mumps affected several children. Vere Vera White joined Joe Young’s home with Bernice. The Ladies Aid meets Jan 15. Rev Bennington preached Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Johnston
Ora Gorham
Stewart
Amos White
Amenville
Vint White
John Featherston
W. C. Young
Arch Sprouse
Lena
Maxine
Sam Munn
Athens
Ray Nice
Leslie Ray
Geneva
Dunbar
Wallace Nice
W. Young
Ray Lee
Robert and
Mabel
Pearl Featherston
Lloyd Miller
Paul Taylor
Edna Mae Young
Leonard Ogg
Fenid Ogg
Albert Ogg
Ladies Aid Society
Laura James
Mr. Bennington
Bernice White
Vera
Joe Young
Funeral Held in Reedsville for George Hetzer
Funeral services for George O. Hetzer were held at the Reedsville M E Church Sunday afternoon. Hetzer born near Reedsville in 1856 lived here most his life, unmarried, and survived by a sister in Bidwell, Ohio, with burial in Hetzer Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
George O. Hetzer
J. R. Allen
Chester
Reedsvile M. EB
Mr. Hetzer
Here
Allen
Hetzer
Joe
Martha Lewis
Bidwell, O
Hetser
Emma Sisson
Middleport
M. V. Mason
Akron
Watkins
Parkersburg
Fred Bachelor
Roxbury
J. BR. Teorrence
Nell Shumway
Wellsville
Lily B. Scott
Belpre
Local People and Visit Notes Across Town and Nearby
Langsville residents visit relatives in Cheshire and Charleston. Paul Bolin sits ill with pneumonia. Gardners travel to Columbus for dental work. Waller Taylor family in Charleston. Wedlie ships sheep to Pittsburgh with Ledlie returning Tuesday. Miller and son from Parkersburg visit J W Miller area. Reed jaundiced but improved. Blackwood family from Newcastle visits Athens and California trip planned. Ak ron visitors F Whitmer and Oren Davis families. Nelson and Fol den ill with smallpox but improving. Bid Bobo cow dies from back fracture. Blanche Miller and Floyd Lonestreth ill. Mrs McKnight improves from neuritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Barrett
Taylor
Cheshire
Paul
Leif Bolin
Harold Gardner
Columbus
John
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Huntrey
Hayward Harmon
Vinton
J. W. Miller
Carl Reed
Donia
Clarice Whitmer
KK. C. Blackwood
Newcastle
Calif
Athens
Mr. Blackwood
Blanche Miller
Floyd Lonestreth
Robert McKnight
Albany Grange installs officers and hosts supper
About 60 persons attended the Albany Grange installation Saturday night naming officers for the coming year led by Master Ray Knowlton and including W M Throckmorton and Edith Bobo. A dairy men’s meeting is planned at Grange Hall Thursday at 7 30 with Ivan McKellip of Ohio State University as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Grange
Ray Knowlton
W. M. Throckmorton
Edith Bobo
Jeff Tewksbury
Sag Scott
Toloyd Knowlton
Jeasie Jones
Maude Knowlton
Frank Bobo
Blanche Eynett
Pomona
Phrice Wingett
Flora
Althea Scott
Vera Knowlton
Oveter Aupper
Grange Hall
Ivan McKellip
Ohto State University
Jens Lewis
W. A. Tewksbury
Harricanville
Local residents mingle during weekend visits in town
Bethany John Lake of Lockburne stayed with relatives last week while Miss Bernice Russell of Frost visited Avis Ladd. Clara Peace traveled to Athens for work. Dana Bean family from Garysville visited Glenora Wright. Alfred Dye visits his parents. Several others spent Saturday night with Clarence Pettys including Burke, Wrights, Fussell, and Ladd family members. Visitors to and from Athens State Hospital and local homes are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Russell
Frost
Avis Ladd
Dana Bean
Garysville
Mis
Glenora Wright
Alfred Dye
Will Dye
Isabelle Jarvie
Stewart
Helen Moore
Clarence Pettys
Ba Burke
Herman and
James
Bernice Fussell
Avia Ladd
Jeeaase
Local social notes include guests and visitors across several towns
Zaleski hosts Mr and Mrs Charles Benbow of Columbus and Mrs Mary Shipley and daughter Flora Dill. Willam Tripp returned from Columbus after two weeks at White Cross Hospital. Jem Hayman visited relatives near Long Bottom. Mrs Lilly Daft, staying in Zaleski, returned to Athena. Frank Rhodes of Zanesville visited family. Harry Tripp listed in Illinois. Mrs Johnson and daughter from Ashland Kentucky, Mr and Mrs Noah Johnson, Cincinnati, and Mr and Mrs David Dixon of Wales Mill were mentioned as guests or visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Benbow
Columbus
Mary Shipley
Flora Dill
Willam ‘Tripp
White Cross Hospital
Jem Hayman
Long Bottom
Lilly Daft
Zaleski
Athena
Frank Rhodes
Zanesville
Harry Tripp
Johnson
Ashland
Noah Johnson
Cincinnati
David Dixon
Wales Mill
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Messenger
Harry Smith
Parklershore
Osborn Smith
Olan Brawley
Marion
Ellie Grigsby
Big Woods Viciny
Emily Kinsey
Ridgley
Crooksville
Fie M. E
Mary Louisa Carpenter
Bower Carpen
Taylor Ridge
Ter
Mary Mount
Stockport
Methodist Church of Joy
Jennie
Grace Beckett
Marie Brust
Lucille Goddard
Cleveland
Okla
Blanche Cheadle
Derrick
Marion Township
Mary Gilchrist
Owen
Olive Parker Gifford
Ohio
Maine
Malta
Sharpsburg
Harrison Hoon
Lewis
Jane McElfresh Demster
Joy
Julia Demster
Fannie Bowers
Alfred
James McElfresh
Hannah Woolman
Effie Hall
Emma Huffman
James Price
Pennsville
M. P. Michener
Emma Shook
Wetumke
Bower Carpenter
Mattie Goddard
Billy
Willard Kille
Bartlett
H. E. Starkey
G. C. Gorby
S. F. Smith
Warren Sisson
Hill
Anna Gort
Graham
Amesville
EB. A. Person
Dell Chase
Coolville
George Hamer
James Hamer
F. J. Johnson
Nelsonville
Ruth Penn
Sis Conrad
Buchtel
Frank Lairson
Massillon
Ted Thomas
Bart Irvin
Millie Phillips
Gladys Nutter
Logan
John Walters
Glen Williams
Henry Chaney
Ida Wyman
William Thomas, Sr
Matt Thomas
Santox
Gibsons
Pharmacy
Prescription
Ben Boyer
Leff
FE. G. Gibson
Charles Brooks
Charles” Brickles
Margaret
C. V. Hester
Starling Shingler
Ladies’ Aid Society of
H. GC. Foster
Racine
Broadwell
Bank of Athens
George Hetzer
Langsville
EB. L. Parker
Wellston
Heppy Canney
Lydia Tewkabury
John Cline
Mina Beatrice Daugherty
Saint Marys of the Springs School
Nefl
Bethany
John Lake
Lockburne
Clara Peace
Ahe
Minnie Jayjohn
Sam Baughman
Athena State Hospital
Joe Staley
Howard and
Asheville
Baughman
Wiste Shingler
Misa Mary
Welleton
Arthur Robingdon
Richard Athens
Friands
Charles Hyde
Misa Agnes Driscoll
Athens State Hospital
Mia
J. M. Spencer
Mes
W. A. Pease
Creston
Ely Gostre
Reek
Thrift
Will Day
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