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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1928
Page
5
Chauncey residents will gather at the City building for a special meeting called by Mayor W D Hines to discuss placing flood gates at the town south end near the traction line. The proposal aims to curb water backing up from hard rains and floods and protect property. The idea was debated at a Monday city council meeting and the public session is set for Thursday evening.
Mrs. Ned Bixler and Janice Battin spend July in Columbia University summers, with Bixler aiming for a Massec degree. Mr. Bixler advances to a Texas posting with American Encaustic Tile. he will accompany Mrs. Bixler home. Clyde Battin and family visit Jenkins Kentucky with Frank Pendergrass. Various locals attend coaching school and family visits. Miss Greta Lash born to C. Chandler family. The Leetes seek eye treatment in New York. Wehrle family returns from Columbus. Eagles auxiliary meeting and a lodge picnic follow. Several Athens attorneys travel to New York, Philadelphia, and Cedar Point for State Bar. Mrs. Townsend hosts a bridge club. Mary Connett leaves for New York City to study.
Chauncey July 5 The annual reunion of the descendants of John and Alice Hambel was held July Fourth at Edward Hambel’s home near Elliott Morgan county. Tables were arranged on the lawn and a picnic dinner was served. The day was spent in re-
Tom Craig and Don Rowland along with Boris Woolley travel from Marietta and Parkersburg to West Virginia for a Gauley river camping outing sponsored by Marietta's Superintendent B. O. Skinner. Mrs. I. J. Jones travels to San Diego to visit her son and daughter-in-law Albert and Jones.
Zanesville residents include Mr and Mrs M B Tucker and Mr and Mrs Ray Tucker with five children Chauncey Pearl Koker Athens route 3 Miss Thelma Jones Glouster and Miss Lillian Berwacher Zanesville.
Mrs W P Brown visits her daughter Mrs Stoneking in Millfield while Elsworth Tracy returns from Columbus to stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Homer Tracy. Emmett Olbers and son William of Columbus visit Mrs Olbers' parents in Millfield. Walter Border employed in Columbus visits family here. Mrs Homer Tracy's illness improves at Millfield home.
H. A. Leiber has moved to Pontiac Michigan for machine shop work. Mr and Mrs E C Wharton of Johnson are former Chauncey residents now listed in personal notes.
Edna Wallace Mopper extols Quindent a five in one dentifrice that cleanses and polishes teeth, purifies breath, and counteracts acids with milk or magnesia. She recommends leaving a thin coating on gums and tongue for hours of protection. Quindent sells at counters for 50 cents a large tube.
Mr and Mrs Donald Henry host relatives visiting in this city. The visitors are the son-in-law and daughter of the Henrys, staying for several days and enjoying local sights.
Mr and Mrs James E Love entertained this week at their Millfield home in Chauncey with guests Mrs Mattie Burley Mr and Mrs Horick and Mr and Mrs Olen Hutchinson all of Wellston.
In Toledo the trial of Charles Hoppe charged with injuring and killing 7 year old Dorothy Szelagowski was suspended today until tomorrow due to the illness of attorney Larry Bevan.
Mr and Mrs W B Drake of 18 Elmwood Place announce the birth of a son Wendell Scott on July 3 at Sheltering Arms hospital.
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