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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1928
Page
6
Murray City news items include residents visiting from Logan Lancaster and Columbus with floods affecting travel. Many relatives from Nelsonville Athens and Zanesville spent weekends in this city, while health notes cover a tonsil operation and hospital recoveries. The M A S club met with local members and guests. Dr. E H Hayman takes a government post in Johnson City Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Keirns celebrated with 42 friends at their home as music and socializing filled the day. Dinner at noon was served to guests including Glide Scealock family Columbus Nellie Sayers Millfield Ace Easler Less Bryson Linscott Morris Kierns Everett and others.
Mr and Mrs Fred Stephenson and family hosted Mrs W A Spaulding of North Louisville last week. Roads are rough with mud holes and large ruts. Herbert Bolin, a Columbus worker, visited over the weekend. Peach Ridge Bible school extends two weeks due to rain. Local attendees joined Union Sunday School at Sugar Creek church. Marie Smith helps at Harry Mercer home. Vera Stephenson, Cleveland teacher, visited her brother William on route home then they returned to their parents.
Ada Glen Sieber and Filene along with Ethan Keirns Ernest Linscott Edward Howard Victor and Letha Keirns are listed as residents of a local area in a fragmented notice. The fragmentary text suggests a family or property related context within the community.
Strouds Run area residents visit relatives across Logan Mansfield Peach Ridge Guysville Athens and Columbus. Families include Smith Thompson Perry Cain Cone Mcclead Matteson Huber Willies Gillett Poston and Robinson with several children spending Sunday and the weekend with relatives.
A farm accident left Lottridge Willie Hixon with severe burns to the neck and back while working on the C. D. Swartz property for Bert Weimer. A lightning strike on the Zumbach farm killed a valuable heifer last Thursday night. Community members attended the Anti Cant Sewing club meeting at Miss Jean Nestor’s in Coolville. Mrs. Ralph Allen and daughter Eleanore visited Mrs. H. H. Chapman in Coolville on Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis plan an indefinite visit to Akron with their son Guy Davis. Ray Blue of Marion came to take his wife and daughter home, bringing Helen and Evelyn Ackley to stay with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ackley. Dr. J. J. Stout and Dayton relatives visited Frank Caldwell’s home last week. Mrs. L. H. Allen and son Ralph visited Parkersburg on Saturday. Mrs. Leroy Boggs and daughter Catheryn spent Sunday with Rexal and family.
Hebbardsville Presbyterian church hosted a Friday night chicken supper and raised more than fifty three dollars. Dwight Penrod is improving after weeks of illness. Neighbors and friends gathered Saturday evening at John Lax home to surprise him with a potluck. More visits noted as Mr. and Mrs. Bean of Athens spent Sunday with the Bean family.
Coolville items list multiple visits and trips with residents traveling to Cincinnati Bridgeport and Torch. Obits and births noted including Dica Gardner's death and a new son born to Ernest Cole. Epworth League district convention set for July 2 at the M E church with a camp picnic and supper.
A satirical column critiques national defense costs and beauty spending while lampooning campaign cycles. It mocks political boasts and public opinion with quips about storks, moles, and installment plans, urging moderation and cautious optimism as elections approach.
Community members hosted and visited relatives and friends over the weekend and into Monday. Notable visits include Shade Johnson and Coe families in Athena, Dasy Hawk in New Marshfield with Sylvia Ziggafoos, and multiple gatherings involving Smith and Browning households. Guests traveled from Pomeroy, Athens, Marietta, Lancaster, and Ambrosia W Va for familial gatherings and a G A R convention attendance.
Charles J. Belles of Delco-Light visited Delco representative Fred Moorehead in Meigs county. W J Lawrence funeral held in Syracuse with ministers Sayre and Lineberger. Relatives from Covington Kentucky Huntington Cincinnati and Pittsburgh visited or stayed for services. Burial at Beech Grove Beech Grove cemetery Pomeroy.
Bishopville and Albany residents visit relatives and attend gatherings. Names include Harvey and Sylvia McVey, Ella Linscott, Ellen Pedicord, Jane Radcliff, Floyd Pedicord, Marguerite McDonald, Edna Easler, May Stump, J W Palmer, Minnie Morhead, and others. Attendees travel between Albany Barberton Errett Coolville Millertown and local homes for visits and a Sunday school picnic.
The New England Children’s Day Service scheduled for Sunday evening was postponed due to bad weather. The program includes songs recitations exercises and a drill by the children.
Friends and relatives gathered at Mrs. Elmira Swaine’s Haydenville home on June 22 for a surprise seventy fifth birthday picnic. Attendees included Emmett Krei der Lancaster Alice Smith Logan and many Haydenville residents sharing refreshments and gifts for Blanche’s twelfth birthday hosted by Mrs. Russell Anders on June 21.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Resinger of Allensville spent Saturday with Glen Hart and family. Bed Ford Fray Whaley and Glen Lee spent Sunday in Gillespieville. Charles Cullums of Ashville spent Saturday night and Sunday. Several households including Cucklers in Nelsonville and Jessie Cuckler and family hosted gatherings with Mr and Mrs Howard Cuckler and others.
Births reported at the home of Freeman Riley a son and at Jacob Zarley’s home a daughter. Farmers note a wet Saturday with G L Fleming selling 23 200 pounds for about 10 000 dollars. Several wells to come in next week while others wait until early next week. Local residents and visitors include Edward Moore Linscott Glazier Brawley and Middy with poems about June the sweet child. Rain totals reach 7.25 inches to date.
Columbus police seek a thief who escaped with 300 dollars from the Refiner's Oil Co filling station after forcing attendant T A West to open the safe with a revolver. A man used a gun to compel the combination entry Monday.
A deputy in the Yugoslav cabinet targeted the Peasant party with gunfire. The attack left two dead and four wounded, including Stefan etgditch, a leader of the Peasant party, as the smoke cleared.
Albany June 26. Community happenings list ice cream supper at Town House church on Saturday and Albany Grange meeting with songs and speeches. Cemetery cleanup planned, marshal appointed to enforce village ordinances. Various local visits, quilting event, and social guests noted. Lloyd Bolin opens new restaurant in M D Zimmerman building Albany. previously ran American in Athens.
Pleasant Valley hosts featured visits as H M McKinley and Amanda Meighen with Parkersburg relatives spend Sunday with Dana Baer in Pomeroy. Pearl Wood and spouse join daughter and son-in-law visit. K B Brooks and Bernice Brooks of Parkersburg travel, plus H H Brooks and Arthur Goodin families host. W T Martin ends trip to Niagara Falls and nearby sights.
The column lists neighbors visiting Marietta and Denver seeking work, plus a new local club to meet at J. W. Martin’s home. It notes family visits from Jarvis and Mingus relatives, a hospital stay for a daughter, preaching at Mt. Liberty church, and a Children’s Day program scheduled for Sunday evening July 1 at 7 30.
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