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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1935

Page

11

Banfield Family Hospital Update Amid Passenger Collision

Members of Banlan and Banfield families are reported in hospital after a motor vehicle crash several days ago. Francis Hospital and Bouptal aid care while relatives, including a grandson of Mr Henry Banfield, await further news.

Ce Banfield Return& Francis Hospital Reed Y Tnfeld Henry Banfield Stevens Umbus Chauncey Floros Beth

Patton Family Reunion Held in Harrisville West Virginia

The annual Patton reunion gathered in Harrisville with attendees including John Patton Jr and Florence Moyers plus Robert Patton and Sertha Barrackville and Patton of Millfield. Four persons joined from the local area as a picnic dinner followed an afternoon of visiting.

West Virginia Harrisville W. Va John Ohn Patton, Jr Florence Moyers Robert

Chauncey Area Personal Visits and Guests

Chauncey social notes list visitors and hosting pairs from Point Pleasant W Va Columbus Indianapolis Mineral New Marshfield Sand Ridge Jacksonville Nelsonville Orbiston and surrounding areas as families traveled for weekends suppers and family gatherings. Notable names include McKinney Love Adkins Rankin Olson Williamson Thompson Trout Conkey Southerton Shumway Banfield and Joseph Thompson.

Chauncey Andrew McKinney Paul Zelda Mae Point Pleasant W. Va George Williamson Jo Ann Buddy Columbus Williamson James Williamson Harold Thompson Olaf Christianson Preston E. Thompson Indianapolis Ind Joseph Thompson Bernard Trout Mineral Austin Conkey New Marshfield William McKnight Nelsonville C. D. Southerton Sand Ridge Thos. Shumway Jacksonville Frank Shumway Clifford Banfiel Jr Mrs Henry Banfield Orbiston

Mrs. William Wyman Of The Plains Is Dead

Mrs. William Wyman of The Plains died Wednesday at the family home after eight weeks of illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM from the residence, with burial in Hocking cemetery. She is survived by her husband and one sister.

Chauncey William Wyman the Plains Hocking

Services for Boudinot To Be Held on Friday

Funeral services for Cash H. Boudinot 72 Dover Township pioneer who died at his country home Wednesday will be held Friday at 2 pm from Millfield Church of Christ. Rev. Gilbert Courtney of Chauncey Church of Christ to conduct. Survivors include his wife Celia a daughter and two sons.

Chauncey Cash H. Boudinot Dover Township Millfield

Choir Rehearsal At M F Church Tonight At Seven

The M F Church choir will meet tonight at seven for rehearsal. Pastor Rev J D Deeds preached at M E Church Wednesday night and will speak again next Wednesday night. The Ladies Aid conducts an all day meeting each Thursday at the church.

Chauncey M. F J. D. Deeds M. E Ladies Aid

Chauncey Forest Rose Rebe Lodge July Birthday Social

Chauncey Forest Rose Rebe Lodge in Chauncey plans a 7:30 PM birthday social honoring members with July anniversaries. Attendees should bring a favorite dish for a potluck supper.

Chauncey—Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge Chauncey

Campbell Family Visits Chauncey From Flint Michigan

Mr. and Mrs. Homer Campbell and their son Mervin travel from Flint Michigan to Chauncey to visit Homer Campbell's mother Mrs. Charles Baker and her family.

Chauncey Homer Campbell Mervin Flint, Mich Charles Baker

Wives file far more divorce suits than husbands in Gallipolis

Gallipolis court report shows wives in twenty-eight divorces over the year versus twenty-four by husbands. Sixty-seven cases decided, eleven divorces granted to husbands and forty-two to wives, with several dismissals and ongoing actions as of June 30, 1935.

Gallipolis Margaret MacCormick

Accident Fatal for Former Gallipolis Man Lou Harbour

Lou Harbour aged 41 a former Gallipolis resident died in Kentucky when his car left a road and toppled a 15 foot embankment trapping him beneath it He was known as an orchestra leader and radio entertainer and had worked as a traveling salesman He is survived by his wife Gladys Price Harbour two daughters May belle and Betty and a brother Bryan all of Huntington W Va He was the son of John R Harbour of Huntington and had lived in Gallipolis as a child Also mentioned is Max Finberg manager of Luckoffs Store injured in a separate Harrisburg Pennsylvania crash with carmates Sam Altman and Bernard Brandwein in the vehicle

Gallipolis Lou Harbour Paintsville John R. Harbour Huntington W. Va Riverview Lou Gladys Price Harbour Maybelle Betty Bryan Max Finberg Luckoff Harrisburg Max Altman Lancaster Sam Altman Logan Bernard Brandwein Glouster

Life guard training under Red Cross at Fort Knox

Red Cross will supervise life guard training at Fort Knox Kentucky with field camps in Ohio. Ambrose Rauch of Dayton and John McCain of Gallipolis enroll at Camp Gale near Gallipolis for the program.

Gallipolis Red Cross Fort Knox Forcc Ohio Ambrose Rauch Dayton John McCain Camp Galle

Picnic Honors Guests at Old Man's Cave Menu

A Sunday picnic at Old Man's Cave entertained relatives and friends. Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wharton and their sons Victor and Ralph of St. Charles Louisiana joined the gathering before visiting Chauncey relatives, continuing a vacation with local kin.

Chauncey Old Man's Cave Lloyd Wharton Victor and Ralph St. Charles Louisiana Johnston Chaun E. C. Wharton Beys

Transient 17 Year-Old Hiding In Boy's Clothes Found

Katherine Johnson, 17, of Columbus, told county jail interviewers she has no real home. She described a life of moving from pillar to post, welfare homes, and recent work in Columbus, after fleeing from near Kananga. Her wanderings included hitchhiking to Pt. Pleasant and returning to Gallipolis where two local boys lent her clothes and warned of police.

Gallipolis Katherine Johnson Columbus Kananga Hayden Johnson Marysville Losia Edwards Sunbury Pillar Ife Pt. Pleasant W. Va

West Virginia Child Injured in Cabinet Accident

Six year old Osee Jones daughter of Pearl Jones of Leon West Virginia was admitted to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a water faucet accident caused a cabinet to fall on her left hip. She was at the supper table when she stood to reach the water gar and was injured.

Gallipolis Osee Jones Pearl Jones Leon W. Va Holzer Hospital

Southern Gallia County Roads Being Repaired

Gallia County surveyor Farnom Haskins and a crew of gravel haulers repair and resurface roads in the southern part of the county. They finished Garland Road in Guyan Township and began work in Ohio Township on Wednesday. Four thousand cubic yards of river gravel were supplied by T. T. Epling, with seven trucks transporting material to repair sites.

Gallipolis Farnom Haskins Gallia County Garland Guyan Township Ohio Township T. T Epling Gatewood Big Creek

Second Ramsey Trust Account Approved in Gallia Court

In Gallia, Judge W R White approves the second account of trustees for the late Alfred Ramsey described as an imbecile. The court notes a trust fund totaling $3,943.24 in the case Warren Thomas guardian of Ramsey vs Gilbert Ramsey and others.

Gallipolis Alfred Ramsey W. R. White Common Pleas Court Ramsey Warren Thomas Gilbert Ramsey

Glouster Unemployed Plan March to Columbus

The Glouster Unemployed League announces a march from July 29 to August 2 to demand $1 per hour and 40 hours per week. A recruiting station near the Silver Front Restaurant will stay open daily until July 2 for unemployment registration.

Glouster Columbus Glouster Unemployed League Silver Front

Glouster Homemakers Hold Chair Caning Session

Glouster Homemakers' Club met Tuesday at Mrs. A. H. Chute's New Street home to work on a chair caning project. Rug making is planned for August 14 at Mrs. Bernice Carter's Maplewood home.

Glouster Glouster Homemakers’ Club A. H. Chute New Street Bernice Carter Maplewood

Quarterly meeting for Hollister and Jacksonville United Brethren Churches

Hollister and Jacksonville United Brethren Churches hold their quarterly meeting Friday in Jacksonville. A delegate will be elected to attend the United Brethren conference in Columbus.

Glouster Hollister Jacksonville United Brethren Columbus

Sergt Emerson Jonas Transferred Between Posts

Sergt Emerson Jonas of the State Highway Patrol moves from Cambridge to Massillon. A former Glouster resident, he is a son of Mrs. Sarah Jonas of this city.

Glouster Sergt Emerson Jonas State Highway Patrol Cambridge Massillon Jonas Sarah Jonas

Willing Workers Meet GLOUSTER

The July gathering of the Willing Workers Class at the M. E. Church took place at Mrs. Gertrude Pride’s home with Mrs. Robinson assisting. The program included readings by Mr. William Filta and Mrs. Vianna Kirk, vocal and piano solos by Mrs. Eva Orndorf and Mrs. Pride, a Bible contest led by Mrs. Pride, and an articles contest won by Mrs. Edna Embrey.

Glouster M. EF Gertrude Pride Robinson William Filta Mra Vianna Kirk Bride Aunt Mary's Eva Orndorf Orndorf Pride Clark Edna Embrey

Legion Auxiliary Picnw at Burr Oak

A group of American Legion Auxiliary women visited the Burr Oak area for a swim party and potluck at Mrs. Billa Dew’s country home Tuesday evening. Attendees included Mrs Vesta Norria and daughter Betty, Mrs Leona Nicholas, Mrs Elizabeth Mandre, Mrs Lena Burdies, Mrs Lana Blackburn, Mrs Thelma Chappelear, Mrs Fista Haskins and family, Mrs Maude Williams, Ione Theodore and Richard, Robert Morrison, Mrs Lena Richards, and Mrs Vera Kinney. Out of town mourners gathered for Patrick O’Hare’s funeral, with attendees from Pittsburgh and Browneville including Mr and Mrs John McDermott, Miss Margaret Ryan, John McAualin, and others.

Glousterout Patrick O'Hare John McDermott Mary Catharine Pittsburgh Thomas Ryan Margaret Ryan Browneville John McAualin Lake McAllin John O'Hare Muse Michael Nair Purtle Creek

Guaranteed relief remedy advertised for rheumatism and neuritis

An Athens Ohio ad promotes Q-623 and Q-423 remedies claimed to relieve rheumatism neuritis and sciatica with guaranteed results. The Quick's Cut Rate Store urges patients to try the prescription noting many report pain relief and high value.

Former Post Master Is Dead at Crown City

Averall Caldwell, former Crown City postmaster and longtime teacher in Gal Ha County, died at his Crown City home Tuesday night after a one hour illness. Survived by wife Emma Fulke Caldwell and sons Garmo and Dewey, Caldwell directed a Crown City general store before his appointment as postmaster.

Crown City Caldwell James Caldwell Gal- Ha County Pleasant Hill Green Township

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