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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1954

Page

6

Weekend Social Guests Visit Area Families

Several households hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Guests included the Carpenters from Newcomerstown, the Zinsmeyers from Cleveland, the Eelys in Chillicothe, the Parkers in Bolivar, the Samples at their home, and visitors from Charleston and San Francisco staying with local families.

Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Jim Foster At Shawnee Home

Neighbors gathered Friday evening for a stork shower honoring Mrs. Jim Foster. Ethel Wilcox won the award and Cecelia Fielder the door prize while a lunch was served to numerous local residents and visitors from New Straitsville and Cadiz.

Jim Foster Ethel Wilcox Cecelia Fielder Bruce Stiles Ottie Harrigle Pauline Canter Mary Slatzer Marjorie Brunton Margaret Kreitz Helen Wilcox Gwyneth Boyle New Straitsville Zenith Snyder Hise Murray City Virginia Fitch Pat Beckett Ernestine Cox Bessie Severance Mary Jane Jones Florence Slatzer Margaret Duvall Grace Thomas Georgia McKnight Margaret Hopkins

Poplar Ridge Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Poplar Ridge residents host and visit a long list of relatives and friends from Ohio and nearby towns. The notes record weekend gatherings, birthday and homecoming events, and multiple trips to Columbus and Gallipolis.

Social visit roundup at multiple households over weekend

A series of Sunday visits and weekend gatherings described include Clyde Davis hosting a Wiener roast with Rev Jettie Gohn Sara Kay and many relatives and friends. other homes welcomed the Paulins Jenkins Lemley Hix Jones Taylor Ramsey Moses and Coughenour families and companions from nearby towns for meals and social time.

Clyde Davis Jettie Gohn Sara Kay W. C. Wears Eugene Swartz Junior Wilson Junior Paulins Pamela Lewis Paulins Walter Paulins Walter Jenkins Cheshire Grant Potters Irma Ralph Lemley Jerry Fostoria Cora Lemley Ryger

Weekend Guests Spread Across Families in Baltimore Martinsburg and Canada

Columbus hosted by the Arthur Coughenour family with additional visitors Mr and Mrs Ora Rothgeb. Weekend guests from Baltimore included Mr and Mrs Wheeler Blankenship and son William along with Thelma Gross Curtis Oxyer Willard Oxyer and family. Martinsburg residents Mrs Beulah Richardson Roy Richardson Jr and L B Richardson also hosted guests. Other visitors from Cheshire and Chester joined Mr and Mrs James Durst. C E McBee took a Canada trip and Charleston visit followed. Stewart Conner and Charles Lee Harvey returned home with them for a visit.

Richard Hopkins Cadiz Edward Hopkins Margaret Jack Davis Cambridge Mattie Crawford Rachel Davis William Yarger Columbus Harold McGrew Lewis Huston Arcanum Bill Lehman Merle Steakley Toledo Edsel Wilcox Billy Florida Bill Jones Newark Mary Jane Jones Eddie Legge Dick Legge Zanesville Tom Hines Mary Jane Clarice Jean McLaughlin Ingelangie Barbara Elsh Ed Nichols Charles Schuster Athens Virginia Dishon Canton Margaret Hopkins Glenn James Parkersburg James Corble James Ora Halfhill Halfhill Ira Stacey Baird Grace Norah Belle Chaney Edena Simmons Gallipolis Pencil Adkins Roy Clark Cheshire Wilmer Halfhill Walter Paulins Fonzo Taylor Gerald Baird Jack Clark Clark Jack Brown Carl Taylor Mildred Peck Joan Spires Rose Juanita Tayor Roy Denny Edith Abbott Middleport Eugene Swartz Bruce Grant Huntington Grant Lassie Lemley Luther Lemley Ronnie Junior Lemley Chicamauga Harrisburg Clyde Davis R. S. Grant Willie Smith Pikeville Alfred Young Clinton Jones Woodrow Monk Olney W. Va Watson Davis Mr. Davis Lumbus Arthur Coughenour Ora Rothgeb Wheeler Blankenship William Thelma Gross Curtis Oxyer Willard Oxyer Baltimore L. B. Richardson Roy Richardson, Jr Beulah Richardson Martins Burg James Durst Ivan Grover Herbert Gilkey Chester C. E. McBee Canada Charleston Stewart Conner Charles Lee Harvey Thelma Taylor

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