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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1927
Page
5
Society and Personal Mention covers Mr. and Mrs. Edward Darling visiting Athens as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip M. Ricketts, and birth announcements for William Harvey Nye. Also notes from City Federation meetings at the Chamber of Commerce, plans for a twilight gathering, a protest letter to lawmakers, and programs on Americanization plus Flag Day preparations.
Mr. William Johnston of Richwood West Virginia visits his brother Mr. George Johnston at 92 East State Street, marking his first trip to Athens county in forty three years.
Mr and Mrs John W Stewart of Youngstown arrived Saturday to visit Prof and Mrs A A Atkinson in Athens before Mr Stewart travels to Ohio State University Columbus for the summer quarter. He will continue postgraduate education work while Mrs Stewart stays in Athens. Stewart is principal of the Campbell City junior and senior high schools in East Youngstown.
Miss Marieta Shirley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Shirley, leaves for Toledo this morning to live with Mr. and Mrs. James Ogle Jr. She is a high school graduate of the current year and will be employed in Toledo.
Miss Bessie Deal of Johnstown, a Nelsonville high school teacher, is at Ohio University for summer college and staying with Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Cooley at 75 West State Street. Mr. Paul Cotton and his mother left for Columbus to spend the rest of the week. Mrs. Mary E. Henry departed for a visit with her son, Mr. Fenton Wolfe, in Cedar Grove, West Virginia.
Mrs. Frieda Willock of 134 Grosvenor Street announces the marriage of her daughter Roanna Elizabeth to Clarence Huff Haning son of Mr and Mrs W B Haning of 94 West State Street. The ceremony occurred March 10 in Parkersburg West Virginia and the couple delayed announcement until after their 1927 Athens High School graduation. They will reside at 94 West State Street.
Alice Hayman honored on her sixth birthday by grandmother Mrs. B A Bennett with a party at 175 North Congress street Athens. Attendees included Joan Woolley Sue Woolley Jimmie Bain Junior Wilson Jane Gross Margaret Matters Eugenia Kresge Virginia McVay and Martha McVay.
Ten About the Flag Today covers key moments in U S flag history. It notes the baptism of fire at a major battle and details the arrangement of stars from Betsey Ross to the Civil War era, plus flags used by Congress and the presidency.
Miss Irma E Voigt and Mrs Zoe Brundage have returned from Pennsylvania where they attended the marriage of Zoe Brundage's brother.
Mr and Mrs F J Beasley and their son Norris Beasley accompanied by grandson Carl Jr traveled from Ohio to Washington DC for Colonel Charles A Lindberghs homecoming. Through an acquaintance with a marine they obtained fragments of Lindberghs plane as souvenirs from the repair site.
Mrs J G Cochran and Mrs Lois Rogers of Parkersburg West Virginia returned yesterday to their home. They were guests of Mr and Mrs I M Hutchinson at 11 Park Place over the end of the week.
James Lewen, a patient under the medical panel system in Glasgow, has swallowed eight thousand eight hundred pills and remains under treatment as medical staff monitor his condition.
Chauncey, June 14. Garden flowers will decorate the First Christian church for Children's Day exercises next Sunday morning. Miss Ruth Fiske's class will handle decorating. The program includes recitations songs by children, a violin solo by Charles Minister a reading by Miss Jeanette Palmer a vocal solo by Mrs Ralph Brown and special songs by the chorus choir. A special offering will be received. The committee is chaired by Mrs Floyd Nye.
Francis H. Keck of Chauncey will graduate June 16 from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. A Chauncey-Dover high school alum, he studied at Cincinnati and Louisville and is the son of Mr and Mrs George M Keck of Ellis Avenue. Invitations have been issued to relatives and friends.
In HOSPITAL CHAUNCEY June 14 Miss Frances West daughter of Mr and Mrs S A West of Hocking was taken to Holzer hospital in Gallipolis Sunday with appendicitis. She was scheduled for an appendix removal operation today. Her sister Mrs Benton Penn accompanied the family.
June 14 in Chauncey Ruth Shafer daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Shafer suffers from an infection of the left.
A little girl stepped on a rusty nail Saturday in her yard and sustained a puncture wound. Dr. W. V. Sprague is attending the injury and may have advised immediate treatment.
A meeting of Pleasant View Temple Pythian Sisters is held in the city this evening. Members plan routines and discuss upcoming events for the order.
A group from Chauncey The Plains and Millfield traveled to Murray City to view the extensive devastation observed there, described by locals and officials amid ongoing recovery efforts.
The flood and cloudburst last Friday caused damage in Murray City with several locals reporting relatives affected by the disaster. Community members assess loss as authorities coordinate relief for affected families and homes.
The Rev. B. F. Timmons gave the baccalaureate sermon at the State School for the Blind in Columbus on Sunday marking the start of commencement exercises. Tim mons, well known in Chauncey, formerly pastor of Saint's Church, has lived in Columbus for four years.
Wayne and Rita Smith and Avice Smith attended a party yesterday at the home of Clarence Story in Darwin Meigs County. Avice Smith then returned to Pomeroy after visiting Chauncey at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Guy Smith.
Mrs. Ellison White returns home to Steubenville after visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brookins of Chauncey spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brookins. Walter Patterson of Millfield is reported improving after surgery in a Columbus hospital.
Mr and Mrs Fred Agin and children of this city spent Sunday in Buchtel visiting Mrs Agins mother Mrs McKee. Mrs Guy Smith and daughter Rita traveled to Jerseyville last week to visit John Cowan.
Mrs Ervin Karns and daughters returned Saturday to their home from Columbus. Mr and Mrs Eli Westfall and children of Burr Oak were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs William Hines in this city. Miss Margaret Johnson returned from a visit in Columbus with her cousin Ethel Trainer. Miss Trainer accompanied her home for a visit in Chauncey.
Mr and Mrs Clinton Courtney hosted a surprise eighth birthday party for their daughter Marjorie on High Street Monday from 2 to 4 pm. Guests included Sarah Nye Letha Collins Leah Nye Eva Ferrer Edith Brown and others. ice cream and cake were served with help from Juanita Pendergrass Margaret Tippett Ruth Smith and Lucinda Sands.
A sequence of personal names appears, including Mary Louise Smith, Geraldine Parry, Mabie Ferrer, Vivian Matson, Lucille Parry, Helen Leiber, Nellie Schultz, Margaret Schultz, Eileen Smith, Ruth Courtney, Wanda Bumgardner, Lenore Schultz, Eileen Leiber, Pauline Agin, Juanita Pendergrass, Ruth Shafer, Martha Nye, Lucinda Sands, Frances Atkinson, Charles Harvey Courtney and Marjorie Courtney.
Two marriage licenses were issued yesterday from Probate court. John Francis Traubert 37 of Wellsburg West Virginia a baker married Ellen Lenore King 26 of Buchtel daughter of Hugh King with Rev Schaeffer officiating. Also William Benson Verity 37 roaster miner and Hather Warren 21 regee of John Warren with E Hedges justice of the peace officiating.
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