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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1936
Page
10
Syracuse social column details Fourth of July activities at the Carleton residence Kingsbury listing attendees from several states including Lippincotts Copelands Arnold family and Duckworths. Other visits include Burris Roush Duckworths Zeihers and teachers Bertha May and family with multiple regional connections and extended stays.
King City marks a shared birthday for sisters Mrs Li Carson aged 88 and Mrs Evora Perkins aged 88 born same day. They celebrated with a single cake lit by 178 candles.
Visitors in Broadwell include Hoyt Driggs who is in camp at Cleveland and Cyril Driggs with family from Indiana. Betty White returns from Sandusky with Amos White and family. Myrtle Young of Ypsilanti and Theodore Winkle with Freda visit. Charlies McKinley from New England and Harry Brill hosts bring Elihu Starling and Rathburns. Bernard White and Simon Lawton drive to Charleston W Va. Mrs Joe Wells, Crooksville, former Big Four Coal Co. owner, visits friends.
Bashan social news notes a kitchen shower for Mr. and Mrs. Ted Allen with thirty attendees and gifts. Local visits span Spiller, Columbus, Racine, Delaware, and Long Bottom as residents share meals and support during the week.
Dexter 4-H Boys Club elected Clyde Davis as president Hobart Nelson as vice president Kenneth Davis as secretary and treasurer Lawrence Castor as recreation leader and Don Morgan as news reporter at their first meeting in Dexter School on Wednesday July 1 The leader Charles Bowen urged members to live up to the club name The Jolly Workers. The article also lists visiting relatives births and local happenings in Dexter and nearby areas.
McCann and Rutland visited Mr. and Mrs. O. 8. McCann on Sunday. Madeline Sauer of Middleport spends the summer with her father Emil Sauer and brother Robert Sauer.
Local brief recalls visits from Balser and McNickes families of Delaware and Michigan. Birth announcements touch Zanesville and Grandview area relatives while celebrations and guests mark the Fourth of July in Letart and nearby towns. An array of relatives from Charleston, Jersey City, Elizabeth, and New Haven gather for holidays and vacations.
Cutler social notes report visits by the Kennedy and Gill families from Columbus and Liverpool W Va. to relatives here. Franklin Pa and Zanesville guests, plus Frost and Belpre stops, are listed alongside ill health of A Hatch and kin with Lauritz L May of Franklin Pa visiting Caroline Vincent.
Sharpsburg farmers sow soy beans and plow corn in the district. A Sunday motor ride showed fine farms with good corn, hay, and wheat in Federal Creek valley. Community mentions include visits among the Kerns, Aldridges, Eckarts, and Dille family, plus a Ladies Ald Society gathering with thirteen in attendance.
Funeral services were held at the home for J. D. McDonald age 88 by W. D Christman of Oakdale. He was a lifelong resident survived by seven children and many grandchildren. Distinct relatives and friends attended from multiple towns for the services and a Sunshine class ice cream social with entertainment and small admission was planned for July 15 at the Townhouse.
The W M Society of the Methodist Protestant Church met at Mrs. Harold Stright's home with Mrs. R W Huff presiding and Mrs. R D Powell giving the devotional. Guests and visitors included Glenn Nice and family from Akron and academics from Columbus and New York.
Wild and cultivated apples grew over a broad European area and were carried to America by settlers more than three centuries ago.
Taylor Ridge residents hosted and visited extended family during the Fourth of July weekend. Guests included James Golding and family from various towns, and many neighbors from Glouster Circlville Worthington and Chauncey attended gatherings at the Hanning and Wenger homes.
UNION-Home Coming will be held at the Union Church July 19 with all day services. The Rev. Perry Hudnell will speak. He is a former pastor, Miss Burnice Davis is spending a few days at Toledo with her sister. The Girls 4-H Club met at Jack ville School Thursday. Mrs. Dolly Barker Brown of Washington D C and her niece and nephew David Barker and Miss Josephine Barker are visiting at the R. R. Barker home here. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jones and children spent the Fourth here with the latter's father, Basil Holland.
Zaleski Nazarene Church conducts revival services led by Rev. Mrs. Clara Price with singing by Ruth Nu by Athens. All day services with a basket dinner scheduled for Sunday July 12. Local social notes record a July Fourth gathering at the Pennell home with several nearby families and visits from many relatives.
Charles G. Cram, secretary of the East Toledo Club, acts as first patron of the safety-box department at a branch bank and selects the number 13. A large airline reports 50 pilots, each having flown millions of miles or more.
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