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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1929
Page
6
Jan 13 report from LBANY notes Class 99 of the M E Church postponed its meeting to Jan 28 due to sickness. Also items from Carbondale Albany include a successful party at Woodman Hall with music dancing and a 13 dollar donation, and updates on church officers and local clubs.
Amesville residents note a Wednesday shift for weekly movies. Inquiries mention inauguration event guests in Columbus and locals visiting Athens and Jackson ville. The community, school and church activities, temperance day at Chana and local travel are listed with numerous residents named.
Sharpsburg notes report a protracted meeting led by Rev Gregory at Mt Hermon on Jan 17. Charles Caldwell adds gas lines to his home after drilling wells. The C E Club hosted by the Gregories at their home. Mrs Lyle Harris remains ill from pleurisy and Eliza Selby battles pneumonia. Miners work at Black Diamond mine with a failed water well at sixty feet. Joseph Beard and two sons have left to work for Sas company.
Woodrow Hendricks suffered a heart attack Tuesday. Mrs. H C Foster of Plevna Mont returns to winter home this month. Ladies Aid Society of As bury M E Church met in regular weekly session. Charles Calkins left for Toledo. Mary Glidden visits Columbus bedside of her mother Bre Bessie Glidden. Mrs. Mambeth Hysell with sister Mrs. George Shiveler. Rev and Mrs Howard Pitchard of Athens were guests. L J Hees visiting mother in Franseville. Avery Roberta called to Huntington for father Clinton Roberts. Hess Nichols and his three children stayed with parents in Milburn W Va.
After Monday evening services the church business was completed and refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Thomas with Mrs. W. A. Thomas of Chesterhill attended the funeral of Mrs. B. F. Knight at Hilliards on Sunday. Mrs. Knight was a granddaughter of John Henry, pioneer of the community. J. O. Anderson traveled to Chauncey Monday to join Mr. and Mrs. Henry Linscott on a Florida trip, expected to last about a month via Washington and other eastern points.
A humorous column from Union-on-the-Hill recounts dubious remedies and aging anecdotes. The piece recalls prewar attitudes, odd medical quackery, and a tale of Bill Thomas of Barberton racing around upstate New York, ending with reflections on aging and labor wages.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Church for Rutland George Halez with Rev. Bolton officiating. Burial followed in Miles Cemetery. The mourners included Ciell Spires and others as the community notes indicate a recent bereavement.
Willard Marsh received a 500 dollar liquor fine plus costs from Mayor I W Warden. The payment was not made and Marsh remains jailed in Jackson County until settled, with a total including back fines of 639 dollars. He faces release only after completing the tong fine credits at 1.50 per day, ending March 2, 1930.
Lane, Ky residents attended the funeral of stepfather Oscar Evans and father Jos Evans. Post office operations noted as unsettled. Many local residents, including L Bingman Coolville and Mrs. Henry Osborn, were ill with flu but improving. Families report recoveries and hospital visits, with multiple mentions of adenoids removal and flu-related absences at Plains High School.
Mr and Mrs Grant Post visit daughter Mrs Ceri Dew and Mrs Post's mother Mire. Grace Ivera of Giouster visits, Faye Ivers and Jess Plant tour Corning. Mrs Forest Post ill with flu improves. Ivers family visits Oakdale to see Mr and Mrs Richard Frazier. Ruth Watkins Sycamore School teacher stays a night with Forest Post.
Funeral services for Mrs. D. M. Sisson were held at School Lot on Tuesday afternoon with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Carl Sisson and children of Columbus were called here by her death. A. D. Townsend of Athens visited his father Howard Townsend last week.
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