Birthday party honors Florence Lowery in Murray City
Mrs. Herb Cunliffe hosted a birthday celebration for granddaughter Florence Lowery of Columbus. Attendees included Mary Louise Albaugh and many local residents. several visits and outings noted. A car-cranking accident injured Hattie Cook. others visited relatives and attended gatherings across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Campbell
Murray City
Florence Lowery
Local residents enjoy gatherings and visits around The Plains
Mr and Mrs J H Adrian of Chesterhill hosted guests in The Plains area. Many families including the Aleshires, McElfresh, Smiths, Conkeys, and Harrisons visited friends in nearby Athens Buckeye Lake and Columbus. Encampment duties, berry picking, haying and a church class picnic at Athens fairgrounds were part of a busy week.
Jolly Workers 4 H Club Picnic Set on hill
Jackville 4 H Club plans a picnic on the hill above Margarts Creek Bridge Thursday at 6 pm with parents invited. Local families and members are noted visiting relatives in Amesville Dewey Luhrig and Mt Hermon over recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Workers 4-H Club
Margarts Creek Bridge
H. R. Jacoby
Hiram Westfall
Dale Keirns
Amesville
W. W. Dewey
Arthur Watkins
Hawk
Luhrig
I. N. McHarg
Jackson
Dean Jacoby
Columbus
Amos Driggs
James
Mt. Hermon
Rutland Social Notes Reflect Family Visits and Local News
Rutland residents share visits and chores as Anson Jackson, Mrs. Deering, and Mrs. Stevens are among those painting, traveling, or hosting relatives. Families gather for dinners and health concerns, with Burr Forrest and kin hosting a Sunday get together and many locals visiting kin in nearby towns.
Virginia Davis Injured When Machine OverTurns Near Albany
Altany July 24 Miss Virginia Davis of Albany sustains injuries Sunday evening when the machine she rode overturned near Carpenter on Junction. Clinton Jewell of Pomeroy escaped with minor bruises. The article lists many local visitors and social guests from Columbus Athens Nelsonville and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Davis
Albany
Altany
Carpenter On
Junction
Strouds Run Residents Host Weekend Gatherings
Social notices detail Mr and Mrs Charles Cone and family hosting visitors and relatives over the weekend. Several groups from Athens and Columbus visitments are listed with names, places, and kinship. The Strouds Run Literary Society plans a meeting for Friday July 26.
Local Social Roundup From Tuppers Plains Area
Tuppers Plains area social notes list visits and gatherings. Residents including Elsworth Keller, Mrs. Bell Keller, Conley of kersburg, and families in Liverpool, Columbus, and Syracuse are noted with dinners, weekend visits, and travel to Columbus for treatments. A service station purchase near Coolville and managers are mentioned along with new cement steps at a property.
Potato Projects At Chester High School Impress Officials
Seventeen automobile loads of farmers and visitors toured the Chester Township high school potato projects. Ten one acre plots were shown with yields estimated from 150 to 250 bushels per acre. Visitors included Edward Fleming Federal Inspector J B McCleland State Vocational Ed official G W Kreitler county superintendent N F Hartman Carpenter Experimental Farm head and Vocational Ag instructor F M Murgrave praised the students and project. The students formed a Future Farmers organization with the slogan Not more farming but better farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Township High School
Edward Fleming
J. B. McCleland
State Department of Education
G. W. Kreitler
N. F. Hartman
Carpenter Experimental Farm
Mr. McMurry
Camp Perry
Warren
166Th Infantry
Ohio
Harry Gribble
Bartlett
Ruth Smith
Lawrence Wilson
Flat Woods
Pine Grove
Coolville
N. C. Warren
Evert Wells
Coolville social notes list Sunday guests and visits
Coolville items record numerous Sunday visits by families and relatives from Athens Nelsonville Reedsville The Plains Rock Street and surrounding areas plus extended family gatherings at local homes and a note on church schedule adjustments due to camp meeting.
Birth and social notes from the community
Lottridge and Herbert Welch announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday July 17. An old-fashioned serenade for Mr and Mrs Jacob Zumbach drew a large crowd last Monday night. A Friday shower followed for the couple. Several visits and church notices fill a busy week with neighbors in Coolville, Beebe, Tuppers Plains, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Welch
Jacob Zuinsbach
Leroy Boggs
City Hospital
Parkersburg
John Chevalier
Will Chevalier
Tuppers Plains
Harry Carleton
Clarence Swartz
Old Man's Cave
Carson Boggs
Tilton
Coolville
Amos Hixson
MacDougall
Raymond Boggs
Will Griffin
Fairview
R. M. Allen
Eleanore
J. J. Gaston
Val Swartz
William Follrod
Alfred
C. D. Swartz
Nutter
Laurence Chapel
Emma Turner
Marion
Anthony Woode
Charles Woode
Frank Caldwell
Ethel Morris
Athens
O. L. Davis
Jacob Zumbach
L. T. Runnion
C. WA Townsend
Beebe
Community Notes and Local Visits Highlight Shawnee Folks
Shawnee residents host guests and visit relatives across Chandlersville Athens Columbus and New Lexington. Local sounds announce an old time homecoming planned by Home Owned Store Merchants and the Shawnee Band for Shawnee Labor Day. The piece also notes the global keep to the right traffic rule used by 60 nations with 43 still left hand driven.
Friday Meeting Highlights Darwin Sunday School Class
Bedford July 24 The Sun shine Class of the Darwin Sunday School met Friday evening with Frank and Swifford Chaney. Social hour followed and many members listed including Dorothy Jones, Julia Blackwood, Mabel Staneart, Lena Hines, Hazel Douglas, Florence Jeffers. Numerous visitors and families were noted. Several families visited others in surrounding towns during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Blackwood
Emerson Jones
Willie Young
Clarence Douglas
Charles Jeffers
Fred Biggs
Leo Turvey
Dale Smith
Ralph
Darsel Biggs
Leo Smith
Gerald Violet
Frank Jones
Murl Bahr
Victor
Harley Whaley
Ralph Smith
Cecil Heilman
Stanford Stockman
Homer Midkiff
Clarence Story
Frank
James l Levacy
George Tubbs
Wilford
Harold Chaney
Robert Lewis
Susan
Liverpool
Clyde Hines
Athens
Thomas Mulligan
Donald
Charles
Guy Lee
Maurita
Edith Whaley
Dolph Jeffers
Charles Hines
Willie Martin
del Whaley
William and
Mar! Hart
Victor Whaley
Frank Chaney
Millard Quivey
George McCumber
Murt Bahr
Crooksville
Earnest Hart
Glen Hart
Bill Young
Wayne Sloan
Willie Quivey
Washington, D. H
Willard
Hemlock Grove
Harve Chaney
Family visits and events across Athens and nearby towns
The Garden family visits relatives in Muncie and Athens as many relatives host gatherings. An infant named William Harry was born to G. L. Knight and lla Rogers in Athens on July 19. A quarterly Mt. Zion meeting is planned for August 10 and 11 with Rev. Harwood of Junction City to preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Goldsberry
Robert
Charles Lindenberg
Muncie
Indiana
Ee Goldsberry
Jacob Coen
Athens
Charley Coen
John Burk
Wade Burk
Hubert Burk
Ferdis Gillian
Fred Carsey
William Colemer
Chester
J. P. Mohler
G. L. Knight
William Harry
Knight
Lla Rogers
William St. Clair
Social Guests Gather Across Albany and Nearby Homes
Mrs. Berry Brooks of Albany hosts Carpenter and Blanche Carpenter. Mrs. C H Jewell welcomes I M Swett and Mr and Mrs Vinton Jewell. Delilah Dudgeon visits son Harry. End of week guests include Emmett Hull of Heath and Helen Howery of Columbus, Audra Norris of Baltimore, Minnie Fort of Williamson, and Pug Rife’s family. Durst and Marian Bosworth host Phyllis Geraldine in Dexter. Ryesville resident visits daughter F E Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Brooks
Albany
Blanche Carpenter
C. H. Jewell
I. M. Swett
Vinton Jewell
Delilah Dudgeon
Harry
F. Howery
Emmett Hull
Heath
B. M. Howery
Helen
Columbus
Minnie Fort
Williamson
West Virginia
Audra Norris
Baltimore
C. P. Jewell
Pug Rife
Phyllis Geraldine
Dexter
IF. M. Durst
Marian Bosworth
Ryesville
F. E. Wood
New England Church News and Social Visits
New England Mrs. Fred Starlin and sons attended the New England M E Sunday School. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sandborn visited Mrs. Sandborns uncle George Williams and family Sunday night. Velma Paul and Georgia Williams visited relatives at Canaanville Saturday. Lou and Eli Spaulding spent Sunday afternoon with their sister Mrs. Fred Laughlin. Harold Henry spent the end of the week at Buckeye Lake. Leonard Lewis Jr. of Columbus is spending a few days at New Eng. Mr. and Mrs. Harve Cunningham and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Starkey. An ice cream social at the M E Church is planned for Saturday evening August 10 for the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Adrian
Chesterhill
W. McElfresh
Harry Harrison
Marie
Evelyn Aleshire
East Hill
Athens
Herman Humphry
Buckeye Lake
Jeff
Frances Harrison
Dave Aleshire
Clarence Cooper
Wilma
Townsend
Albany
Rachel Osborne
Lawrence Hysell
Harry
Billy
Howard Knox
Shelby McAllister
Willoughby
Beulah Hawk
Lester Davis
Alfred Hawk
Leroy Hawk
Platt Freak
Millersport
Frank. Cook
Fin Cook
Clell Thorn
James Gabriel
Phillip Hawk
Harrisonville
Lower Plains
William Howard
H. B. Ator
Middleport
Curtis Shellman
Bud Daily
William Moore
Wellston
John Gabriel
James
Stella Gabriel
Charles Cone
Ernestine Junod
Harold Gillett
Delmar Gillett
D. B. Matteson
Fred Dowler
Cleo Cain
el Mes Ho P. Dowler
Canaan Lilo
Maude Morris
Jesse
Austin Cone
Albert Cone
Carpenter
Owen Beal
Andrew Biguns
Newman, Jr
Fan Matteson
Harold Matteson
Sugar Creek
D. B
Fred Starlin
New England
M. E
Charlie Sandborn
Harve Cunningham J
Floyd Starkey
Birthday celebration draws 150 relatives and friends
Shade July 24 One hundred fifty relatives and friends gathered July 21 at the home of Mr and Mrs John Jeffers Shade to observe the birthday anniversary of Mr Jeffers and his daughter Mary A picnic dinner was served The guest list includes McDonald Cline Ailes Ashworth Pierce Slusher O Brien Brown and many others from Shade Albany Athens Columbus and Guyville among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade
John Jeffers
Clyde Beasley
George
C. D. Ashworth
Fred Hooper
Harry Cunningham
F. of. McGrath
Sam Jeffers
Athlens
Ben Hooper
Glouster
A. P. Cooley
Heights
W. Va
R. F. Perry
Helen Pierce
Waldo Douglas
Pearl
Catherine Slusher
Plummer Lax
Alice Lax
Albany
Robert McClain
Howard
Adeline Bobo
Graham Chapel
Jesse Brown
Angel Ridge
A. B. Brown
Guy Webb
Guysville
William St. Clair Pratts
Rex O’brien
Hemlock Grove
Carmel Slusher
Syracuse News Items Highlight Local Births and Visits
Local notes report a June 30 birth to Mr and Mrs Cecil Jenkins of Cleveland, with mother Edith Long of Syracuse. Several area clergy and residents, including Rev C W Brady and Rev L O Linebearer, are mentioned visiting or returning from trips. Community events include a Wiener roast, missionary society gathering, and a traveling evangelist. Households across Syracuse and nearby towns are noted with illnesses, travels, and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jenkins
Cleveland
Edith Long
Syracuse
Jenkins
C. W. Brady
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Ironton
Wilbur Cornell
Louisa Wilson
Pleasant Valley Greeting Guests and Acknowledging Deaths
Pleasant Valley social notes list visits from H C Brooks Betty McVey Hetty Brooks and Akron party to the Grahams G Scott and family Delaware visitors to Arthur Goodin and wife and the Jack Cline families. Aaron Tewksberry buried at Hanning Cemetery. Knowlton and Davis families travel to Gallipolis for Ellea Byers’s death. A Pleasant Valley Church homecoming set for August 4 invites all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Brooks
Betty McVey
Hetty Brooks
J. A. Graham
Charlie Scott
Akron
Mr. Scott
J. M Knowlton
Herb Goodin
Delaware
Arthur Goodin
G. M. Jack
Lucile Cline
Pierson Cooper
Walter McWilliams
Zanesville
J. M. Knowlton
Pleasant Valley Church
Orland McCoy
Athens
H. H. Brooks
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Herb Cunliffe
Mary Louise Albaugh
Adrian Coe
Rema Koon
Mary Louise Jones
Beulah Loper
Rachael Roberts
Dorothy Robinson
Ruth Shuttleworth
Lelia Rose Williams
Julia Jean Jones
Mary Janet Roberts
June Loper
Virginia Loper
Floren Lowery
William Chivers
Myrtle Wollett
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Ann Morgan
Grace Donoghue
Agnes Murphy
Portsmouth
William Morgan
Art Ayers
Forest Ayers
Barberton
Lace Ayers
Cora Gaffey
Hattie Cook
Emory Hughes
Claude Clendenen
Ruth Brooker
Effie Jonas
Captalin Harper
Virginia Brooker
Jess Kidd
Adda Hughes
A.A. Person
Lucy Guthrie
E. A. Person
Myrtle Penn
Samuel Penn
Cecil Lunsford
Patrick Loper
Ed Pertler
Jack
Detroit
Jack Byron
Lawrence Lewis
Potts
Winington
S J. Philips Neri Parish
Thursdy
Grover Shhelton
Carlisle
Mise G.cooper
East Bernard
Leonard Shelton
Dora Shelton
Magdalene Byron
Elizabeth Thonis
Gertrude Hughes
Tates Rowland
New Straitsville
Charles Shelton
Strait
John Shelton
George Archer
Win Evans
Rolland Coburn
White Tlous Ky
Renzo Lewis
Wilmington
Charl Ralph
Charl Baird
Benton Penn
Frances West
Woriwroy
Barney Penn
Howard Buel
Mero
Dennis Babbs
Shawn
Edna Bailey
Carbo Hill
Miss Mahoney
Mary Brooker
Coluy
Wilma Gears
Stretch
George Brooker
the Plains News
Roy Shawley
Near Millfield
Worth Dicken
Clarence Lutter
James Staley
Dewey Barker
Willam Knight
Mort. Ferry
Charlies Tate
Joe Tate
Will Potts
Mansfield
George Potts
Elmer Laverly
Nelsonville
George Washi
Bran
Smith
the Plains
Ethel
Sam Jellison
M. E. Church
Tfe Fair Grounds
Jackville
Rutland
Guy Mutchler
Anson Jackson
Jack Deering
Chicago
Su Stevens
Lomeroy
Emma
Clarence Hysell
Gladys Moor
Bertha Rathburn
Ivor Young
Fanny Stevens
Pomeroy
Alpha Mae Ralph
Hyseiig
Stansbury
Mary Rawlings
Ray
Carrie Thomas Arthur
West Virguurday
Judd Bradford
Burr Forrest
Jean
Fremont
Caroline Forrest
Forrest
William Folan
Clarence Chase
Betty
Worley Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Sybil McCoy
Jess Woods
Ray Nicholson
Thomas Anderson
Almus Rawlings
Walter McGinnis
Eldorado
Kansas
Mariam Grapes
Cecil Kincaid
John Kincaid
Miss Davis
Clinton Jewell
Sam Scott
and Mies
Sam Gilham
Nelsonvill Mere
Gladys Patten
Mies Ilene Gilham
Helen Derry
Lnd
Mes & G. Nichols
Lowcoe
George Grand
Tiey Guham
Silas Scott
Mere Bred Eliott
BE. Bolton
Caseey
Sbrace Reeder
Miss Hagel
Co ‘ Iro
Maelii
C. N. Jones
Mary Elizabeth
Mired Elliott
Liv
Strouds Run
Elsworth Keller
Moolville
Bell Keller
Conley
Employkersburg
S.o Cole
I. C. Chapman and
Jilly
Tor
Hess Nickels
Gladys
Stewart
Ty. Sweller
Guy Springer
Guy Everett
Success
Jneer
Mable Kim
Mable Barnett
Rosa Parker
D. Parker
Reedsville
Callhi
EK. Parker
Bell Rice
Carrie Bahr
Montie Hoffman
W. S. Reed
Racine
Floyd Reed
Kim
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A. A
Vane Milhoan
Ellene
Cleta Baller
Em. B. Parker
Chester High School
Buffington Island
Mr. Wells
N. O. Warren
Reverend Warren
Dan Warren
Bernard Eiselstein
Rio Grande
Kr. L. Owens
Belpre
Professor Musgrave
Sam Johnson
West Shade
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Frisbee
Mechanicsburg
Edward Frisbee
Chester School
Hayes
Musgrave
Beaver
Fred Rice
Bertham Fell
May Knight
Nola Knight
J. W. Frost
Thelma Bingman
Dwight Robinson
R. W. Burden
Reedesville
E. M. Daugherty
JC. L. Stout
R. S. Wolf
Wierton
Adam Sherwood
Woodrow
Edgar Dixon
Lizzie Dixon
Sid Green
Arthur Hawk
Helen Jonson
Hawks
Mary Reeder
Henry Warren
H. H. Chapman
Benjamin Davis
D. C. Davis
Elizabeth McCall
Will Spears
Clyde Parrish
H. H. Parrish
Robert Brunton, Jr
Hockingport
O. D. Findling
Earl Person
Will Schreiber
Huntington
Charles Findling
Richard Roush
Apple Grove
Cc. D. Bentz
O. C. Statts
New Martinsville
Edward Alden
Geo. Jeffers
C. A. Bolin
Florence Pratt
William Smith
Arthur
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William
Albert Bolin
M. C. Bolin
Robert Stanley
Meigs County
Earl Bolin
Junior
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Richard
Catherine
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Lottridge
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David Cotterman
Stanley Griffith
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Crookes Ville
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Chandlersville
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Ohio University
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Margaret Nicholas
Cora Norris
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Toledo
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Walter Howard
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Parkershurs
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Mra
Irving Karr, Jr
Sionary Society
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Carl Chandranin
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Baby
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Holzer Ho
Str Nichols
Tuipers
Lillian Moe
Pittsburgh
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Charles Beegle
Marine
Arthur Fick
Virgil Campebell
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Chauncey
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