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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1919

Page

2

Local notes and visits around Athens and nearby towns

Mrs E L Rogers visits Athens area relatives while others host guests from New Vienna Barnsville and Sebring. Social events include a Grange Children's Day in Cooldille and a cream social at Ray Clarks. Numerous family visits and motor trips mark the week in this community.

E. L. Rogers Athens Nellie Brafford Reuben Ridenour Centennial Ida Cubbison Lewis Berry Quinn Barnsville Ladies Aid Clara Clark Dora Carruthers Helen Rogers C. B. Brandeberry Bingman Mabel Hornsby Sylvia Cubbison Gill C. E. Brandeberry Hiram Root Walter Dunfee Earl Clark G. P. Russel Ray Clarks

Local Social Notes Highlight Neighbor Visits and Birth

A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Rylmer Ack ley last week. Roy Runnion stayed with Gilbert Knight last Wednesday evening. Mids Pearl Carrol of Akron visits friends in the area. Mrs Alex Caldwell visited Mrs Chas Day last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs M M DeWees were Sunday guests of Eric Burke and family. Parker of Tuppers Plains surveyed the Anna J Runnions farm last week. Fern Metz spent last week with Leslia Morris and family of Athens. Mr and Mrs Messenger Hurshshaw and their young daughter were Sunday dinner guests of Robert Runnion.

Rylmer Ackley Roy Runnion Gilbert Knight Mids Pearl Carrol Akron Alex Caldwell Chas M. M. DeWees Eric Burke Parker Tuppers Plains Anna J. Runnions Fern Metz Leslia Morris Athens Messenger Hurshshaw Robert Runnion

Buckeye State Building & Loan Co Ad

Week by week month by month year by year the Buckeye State Building and Loan Co attends to customer business. Depositors earn 5 percent interest and borrowers receive liberal terms. Easy loan approvals and prompt courteous service at Rankin Building 22 West Gay Street Columbus Ohio.

Buckeye State Building & Loan Co Rankin Bldg West Gay St Columbus

Children Day Services Planned at U B Church

Sunday evening services are set at the U B Church for Children Day. Mr and Mrs C FE Knight and their two children visited the lat ter's parents Charles Day and family Sunday. Mrs Leslie Morris of Athens visits her parents Oliver and Mrs Davis.

Guysville C. FE. Knight Charles Day U. B Leslie Morris Athens Oliver Davis

Ice cream supper planned in Snowville

Gold Ridge Ther announces an ice cream supper in Snowville for Saturday evening. Local notes list visits and family events including births, visits to Athens, and weekend trips among residents Ruth Haning Dara Howett and Lena Buckler.

Snowville Ruth Haning Clayton Tubbs Dara Howett Athens Frankie Douglass Alpha Faye Frankie Della Haning Ada Saul Dana Howett James Haning

Blind Man Seeks City Solicitor Nomination in Wellston

Roy J. Gillen, a totally blind Wellston resident, graduates Thursday from Western Reserve Allan School with top grades in a class of 26 and announces his candidacy for city solicitor. He lost sight 15 years ago at a foundry. since then he earned high school at the State School for the Blind, degrees from Ohio University, a scholarship, a master’s, and two years in law school before completing his course at Western Reserve.

Wellston Roy J. Gillen Western Reserve Allan School Gillen State School For the Blind Ohio University State University Western Reserve

Two 2 a Year Men and Croix Winner In Y M C A Service

George W. Perkins Jr of Riverdale on Hudson and Spike Randall of New York City have left the U S Army for Y M C A duty in France. About sixty A E F men including John L Mott transferred to Red Triangle work rather than return to America. Perkins 24, Princeton ’17, won a commission after leading a famed college reform fight. Randall 25 has four wound stripes and a Croix de Guerre earned after front service and a machine gun wound setback. He is noted as a motorcycle rider with a shrapnel scar and a hospital stay.

George W. Perkins, Jr Riverdale-on-Hudson Spike” Randall Third Avenue New York United States Army Y.M.C.A France A.E.F John L. Mott Red Triangle America Spike Perkins Princeton Dick Cleveland Philadelphian Society Fere-en-Tardenois John R. Mott National War Work Council Y.M C.A Army

Ohio Wheat Prospects Forecast Record State Harvest

Ohio crops show a May gain in winter wheat to 106 percent with a projected 56,268,000 bushels and northern spring wheat acreage doubling. Oat and hay outlook weaker to mixed, rye near prior gains, fruit crops down from ten year averages. Local social notes and church event details included.

Columbus Ohio J. L. Cochran

Fairview Social Notes Include Visits and Church Service

Mr and Mrs Vern Dixon hosted Rev West and guests Edgar Dixon and family Miss Icie Cole returned from a long visit with her sister Mrs Ed Marshal of Latrobe Rev West preached at the Fairview U B Church Mr and Mrs Charles Cole visited Parkersburg recently and Mr and Mrs William Bond were also mentioned in local society notices

Vern Dixon Edgar Dixon Icie Cole Ed. Marshal of Latrobe Rev. West Fairview U. B Charles Cole Parkersburg William Bond

Walden Monumental Works Boasts Growth and New Finish

The Walden Monumental Works in Athens has kept busy delivering monuments promised before Decoration Day. Mr Walden is known for substantial and artistic work with a large stock of granite in light dark and red. He expects James Nich aels back soon to help with rising business and mentions a hammered finish for larger monuments.

Athens Walden James Nichaels New York Nichaels

The Grumbler by Charles Albert Chatfield

A pondering poem about a road grumbler who finds fault in all things and people. The speaker notes the grumbler views the world as a joke and implies humor as a remedy, ending with a contrast between a grumbler’s hell and a smile’s heaven.

Marriage Licenses Granted for Gloucestershire and Albany Districts

James Jennice, 25, a miner, and Mary Domenico, 22, a teacher, both of Gloucestershire, received marriage licenses. Everett Carbaugh, 20, a farmer, of Albany R. D., and Anisten Searls, 20, a teacher, of Carpenter, were also licensed.

James Jennice Miner Mary Domenico Glouster Schaffer Everett Carbaugh Farmer Albany R. D Anisten Searls Carpenter

Root testifies on treaty copy amid Senate leak probe

Elihu Root told the Senate treaty leak committee that he has had a copy of the peace treaty for weeks, obtained from Henry P. Davison. He asserted the document was not secret since the German government published the text, and defended Davison’s possession as part of Red Cross duties.

Washington Elihu Root Senate Root Henry P. Davison New York American Red Cross War Council War Council The American Red Cross Davison Paris Red Cross United States Knox Hitchcock

Boy's Dream Pony Replaces Racing Roadster Ambition

A childhood wish to own a Shetland pony eclipsed a racing roadster dream as a young person pursued a simpler, more attainable goal. The story traces early aspirations and the enduring appeal of a pony over speed and competition.

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