Birthday Party for Ratty Baker at 44 Grosvenor Street
The sixth birthday party for Ratty Baker was held Tuesday from 3 to 5 pm at the Bakers home 44 Grosvenor Street. Guests included Lois McCoy Mary Ellen DeMolct Carolyn Fuller and many others with prizes and a pink candle cake. An out of town guest Mrs L K Louks visited Athens relatives while Charles Weber recovers from a broken foot. The Central Avenue M E Church Missionary Society meets Thursday at 7 30 pm. Judge L Worstell and son Lawrence plan a Cadiz visit for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Imes
Alice Francis
Charles de Molet, Jr
Lois
Betty McCoy
Mary Ellen DeMolct
Carolyn and
Franceis Fuller
Howard Baughman
Mary Kathryn Sherrard
Margaret Alice Guthrie
Margaret Johnson
Helen Jones
Carel Austin
Beatrice Daugherty
Obert Warren
Frances Thorp
Iss Jordan
Sara Jean Finstein
Ann Beasley
Betty Stailey
Son Baker
Marian
Alice Pierce
Ruth
Pauline Cone
Frances
Charles Nichols
Alice
Judge
L. G. Worstell
Lawrence
Cadiz
Judge Worstell
Streckers Return From Marietta Visit
Dr and Mrs C L Strecker and their children Charlies and Mary Jane from Cincinnati spent Tuesday evening here after visiting Dr Strecker's relatives in Marietta. Mrs Strecker and the children will stay with her parents Mr and Mrs F J Beasley at 11 Elmwood Ave while Dr Strecker returns to Cincinnati after a brief stop.
Miss Pauline Danford to Attend Sutton House Party
Miss Pauline Danford leaves Thursday for Sutton West Virginia to join a house party at Miss Betty Walker’s home. Miss Walker is a Chi Omega sister of Miss Danford and a 1925 graduate of Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Danford
Sutton
W. Va
Betty Walker
Chi Omega
Danford
Ohio University
Mrs Villa Van Dyke Recovers From Appendicitis
Miss Villa Van Dyke returns home from Columbus after a successful appendicitis operation and is making an encouraging recovery. Rev H F Wright and daughter Miss Margaret Wright of Wolcottville Ind arrive in Athens to visit Prof and Mrs Allen R Kresge at 94 University Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Villa van Dyke
Columbus
H. F. Wright
Margaret Wright
Wolcottville
Ind
Athens
Wright
Allen R. Kresge
University Terrace
Local social notes update from Athens area
Mrs. Charlies Hiess visits end as she returns to lostoria after a month with Mr. and Mrs. Hess at 121 Morris Avenue. Colleague Mrs. Hess continues to Columbus to visit her sister Mrs. J Criges. Miss Gladys Partlow comes home after a month with Mrs. H B Kelley in Harmony. Miss Carol Poling of Adams visits Athens with cousins Miss Olive and Miss Mabel Dorsey. Wilbur Imes travels to Huntington West Virginia for a week off with uncle J H Baird. Mrs Nell Roach Hannan goes to Philadelphia to be with her ill sister Mrs Minnie Roach Reed. Miss Toulse Angell leaves for a few days in Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlies Hiess
Robert C. Hess
Morris Avenue
Lostoria
Columbus
Hess
J. C. Jriges
Gladys Partlow
H. B. Kelley
Harmony
Carol Poling
Adams
Athens
Olive and
Mabel Dorsey
Nell Roach Hannan
Philadelphia
Minnie Roach Reed
Esther church plans Thursday picnic on East Side grounds
The Esther class of the Christian church schedules a Thursday evening picnic at 5 oclock on the East Side school grounds weather permitting. Members and their children will participate.
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Esther
The
Christian Church
Mills Returns From Pittsburgh Trip Attends Farm Bureau Meeting
Mr. N. E. Mills finished a two day business trip in Pittsburgh and briefly stopped in Columbus to attend a Farm Bureau meeting at the Southern hotel. Athens county Farm Bureau president Mr. Herbert Dutton was present.
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N. E. Mills
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Farm Bureau
Southern Hotel
Herbert Dutton
Athens County
Bureia
Pittsburgh visitors at Canaan- Viele home
Mr August Knendle and his daughters Mary and Ann of Pittsburgh and Miss Catherine Griffin of Athens were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs A Cavanaugh at Canaan- Viele.
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August Knendle
Mary and
Ann
Pittsburgh
Catherine Griffin
Athens
A. Cavanaugh
Canaan- Viele
Finsterwalds appeal county road land award
Fred and Effie Finsterwald filed an appeal in the Athens county common pleas court challenging the $759 compensation granted by county commissioners for the Morrison hill road relocation on their farm. They contend the award for land taken and damage to improvements is too low and have moved the case to probate court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Fred
Effie Finsterwald
Morrison Hill
Finsterwalds
Local Social Notes from Millfield and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Mary Evans visits Murray City due to her mother illness. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bowers spend weekend with Fulton family. Milton Brookins attends funeral of James and wife Carr of Circle Hill Tudsd. Clarence Kelly and family visit Lancaster hosts. Dee McDaniel of Columbus visits relatives here. Mrs. A W Russell ill. Wi Border and family visit Pataskala then to Lon Woods. Masonic meeting at Trimble attended by several. Needle club hosted by Mrs. Fred Totman. Cooley family called to Nelsonville for niece Margery Ann Wright’s death. Owen visiting relatives in West Virginia. Frank Daugherty hosts dinner. guests include John Daugherty, Bess Whinnery, George Russell and Newark children. Walter Border family visiting Horace Border on Bailey Street. Bess Whinnery and George Russell return to Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evans
Poston Company
Murray City
Bernard Bowers
Fulton
Milton Brookins
James Carr
Circle Hill
Clarence Kelly
Lancaster
Albert Kelly
Dee McDaniel
Columbus
William Owen
West Virginia
Frank Daugherty
John Daugherty
Bess Whinnery
George Russell
Newark
Walter Border
Horace Border
Residents exchange homes as Skinner sells Maple property
Glouster resident F F Skinner sells the Maple street home to Charlies Phelps of Hunterdon who will take possession at month end. Skinner buys H S Kittle property on Madison street for his family to occupy once Kittle vacates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. F. Skinner
Maple Street
Charlies Phelps
Hunterdon
Mr. Skinner
H. S. Kittle
Madison Street
Mr. Kittle
Loyal Women host at Mrs Lennie Snowden home
The Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Lennie Snowden Thursday evening. All members urged to be present. H. A. Chapman of this city and Fort Johnson of Trimble were in Columbus on business Tuesday. Glouster Sportsmen Club to meet at the mayor's office Thursday evening to discuss important club business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Lennie Snowden
H. A. Chapman
Fort Johnson
Trimble
Columbus
Glouster Sports Men Club
Young lad killed near Byesville in berry-picking incident
July 25. Robert Tucker, 12, of Byesville, was instantly killed by a southbound Pennsylvania passenger train near Byesville on the Marietta division. He was returning from berry picking and did not heed the whistle. The body was severely mangled.
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Marietta
Robert Tucker
Byesville
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lines
Ohio stockholders plan joint committee for Dollings Co.
About 290 Dollings Co stockholders met in Columbus to safeguard interests of Ohio investors. Attorney John A. Bushnell will appoint a general state committee to represent stockholders, with Frank S. Monnett saying only Franklin Brick & Tile Co Columbia and Recording Devices Co Dayton may pay full value, while some subsidiaries might return as little as 16 cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
R. L. Dollings Co
John A. Bushnell
Frank S. Monnett
Paying Starts in Short Time
Bids for three Athens street paving projects were opened by the board of control. Two Athens bidders, Mariner & Sams and Fred Beckler, entered bids on two contracts each. Beckler led on Arden Place and Watt street with the lowest totals, while Mariner & Sams led on Stewart Street extension.
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Athens
Board of Control
Williams
Mariner & Sams
Fred Beckler
Stewart Street
Mulberry Street
Arden Place
May
Marietta
Jed Beckler
Watt Street
Mass State Street
Morris Avenue
Local Socials and Weather Hit Pratts Fork Area
Ernest Wingett returns from the west after a short stay. Families including Sapp Dailey and Williams visitations span Pleasanton Baker Settlement Shade and Seetwood. Rev Ackerman preached at Pratteork. A wind storm Tuesday damaged corn fields and hay, felled trees and cut telephone lines, while Miles Cain works on a barn project in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wingett
West
Alex Sapp
John Jones
Pleasanton
Lars Sapp
Charlies Dailey
Baker Settlement
Rev. Ackerman
Pratteork
Rich Williams
Floyd Williams
Seetwood
Homer Gatchell
E. W. Colburn
Shade
C. L. Orr
Dorothea
Gladys Smith
Athens
Miles Cain
Jesse Gilkey
Athens Almanac Recalls Old County Business Names and Finch Plums
Mr. Wilcox preserves a rare Athens Messenger almanac from editor Jennings era in Athens county. It lists historic local businesses such as J F E Weidman Clear Factory Strah Bros lumber dealers Calvert McCune Townsend Sleeper and many others. The note credits Mr. Wilcox as originator of the Finch plum from a Bloody Run Pennsylvania sprout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilcox
Athens Messenger
Jennings
Almanac
Athens County
Athens
J. FE. Weidman Clear
Strah Bro’s
C. McLean
R. F. Brannon
Carpenter & Henderson
Warren House
Elmer Golden
Wilcox
Bloody Run
Pennsylvania
Ames Township
Finch
Steel Subsidiary Presidents to Discuss 12-Hour Day
United States Steel executives from its subsidiaries will meet in New York tomorrow to discuss ending the 12 hour workday. Elbert H. Gary, chairman, announced the planned discussions today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
Mrs. Loring Searles Seeks Hospital Surgery in Columbus
Mrs. Loring Searles went to a Columbus hospital today for a surgical operation. Her daughters Helen and Dorothy remain in Albany at the home of Mr. Elmer Searles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring Searles
Columbus
Helen
Dorothy
Albany
Elmer Searles
Ohio to Host First Radio Wedding in Cincinnati
The first Ohio radio wedding will occur in Cincinnati on August 29 at Music Hall during the fall festival. The festival management announced the event and promised wedding presents for the couple in this unique ceremony.
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Cincinnati
Music Hall
Red Mules Complement Silk Pajamas in Fashion Notes
Nia Mules sports red leather mules paired with printed silk pajamas, a current trend highlighted in the fashion note. The bold color and soft contrast showcase a lively, contemporary style.
Woman Wanders City Streets Rescued by Police
A woman identifying herself as Miss Carrie Risner, 45, of Gordonsville West Virginia, wandered downtown Cincinnati and was rescued by police and taken to the city hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Carrie Risner
Gordonsville
W. Va
City Hospital
Funeral services for Charles Courtney Thursday
Funeral services for Charles Courtney will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock at the West Union street chapel and burial in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Courtney
West Union Street
Gamble bequest funds Presbyterian missions in Ohio
Cincinnati July 25. A will by David B. Gamble of Cincinnati frees $200 000 for Presbyterian missions. The document also directs gifts to other institutions and relatives. Gamble died recently in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Presbyterian
David B. Gamble
Cincinati
California
Women Cigarette Smoking Rates Reported by Social Workers
Forty percent of American women are cigarette smokers, social workers estimate, contrasting stiff white linen collars with a violently printed cotton frock. The remark blends fashion and public health commentary from the era.
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Aca
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Zane Grey
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Clarence Buddington Kelland
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Corra Harris
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Hugh MacNair Kahler
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
John Milton
Ladies’ Home Journal
Country Gentleman
Saturday Evening Post
Canada
Party
Missionary Society of the
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Ideal
Security Savings Bank
Look and News
S. Court St
Louisville
LOU
Brunswick
Parker Bros
Bank of Athens
Wilbur Imes
Huntington
J. H. Baird
Millfield
Glouster
Studebaker
John Crawford
Foley Building
Mr. Crawford
High Street
Melligan
Ladies’ Aid Bible Class
Methodist Church
Infirmary Grove
Chauncey
Giouster
Hocking
F. F. Carpenter
Luster Fought & CO
Puritox
the Vine Pharmacy
Oscar Fulton
Mgr
R. C. Fulton
Service Mer
C. D. Shafer Co
Harburger
Nia
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Acctesso
PS Laundry Service
Silk
McHenry & Sisler
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Oxfords
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Otter
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