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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1926
Page
7
New systems gathered by Messenger correspondent. Troy Grange will meet March 13 on the Pomona gathering in Albany March 20 inviting all Pomona members. lecture hour devoted to degree work as a class of candidates is initiated. All officers and members urged to attend.
Numerous residents from Athens and surrounding areas visit family and friends including Elza McGraner planning to move to Athens. Debating teams from Lodi high school prepare for Athens county debate while Millersburg hosts a debate. Local sports note mentions Lodi basketball schedule with Glouster. Several residents attend church and social events. hospital updates cite Will Davis improving in Athens and Merwin Stauffer recovering at White Cross after surgery.
Carpenter Sam Tewksbury visits his other daughter in The Plains while his daughter Libby Reeves stays with him. George Spencer of Xenia buys the Whitlatch farm vacated by Charles Bowen. Bernice Rawlings has dental work in Athens. The New York Central camp cars stay for a few days to lay new steel. A series of visits and relocations include Mrs. J Sisson and daughter Mary, Mr. and Mrs Mort McKnight, Mrs. C L Caster and Welcome, and the Woodyards moving to Columbus home. John Carpenter improves after illness.
Shade Edna and Hellena Shuler spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Everett Bosworth. Dora Burleigh stayed with Alvira Colmer. dna Riggs and Mary Blackwood visited friends in Athens. Berdena Hawk was a Friday guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Grim. Will Reading and his wife visited his sister Miss Sylvia Ziggafoos in Athens. Sunday Mr and Mrs Will Gilkey and daughter Nancy made a business trip to Athens. Dale O'Brien called on Charles Westcott Sunday. C E Ruth made a business trip to Athens Saturday.
Pratt's Fork daughter Nancy visited Mr. and Mrs. Grant Gilkey of Athens Saturday. Pearl Smith spent the weekend with friends in Athens. Fred White of Flora and Will Gilkey hosted relatives Sunday in Athens. W M Beal called on J Smith Monday afternoon. Mrs. Alex Sapp spent a few days with relatives in Athens. Henry Tubbs, with Frank Cain this winter, was weekend guest of Iris Tubbs of Athens. Audra Douglas returned to Wayne Wingetts after weekend with Herb Douglas of Chase. F M King of Athens visited Sunday. Mrs. Fanny Orr and daughter Dorothy visited relatives in Athens Sunday. Thaddeus Haning was Sunday guest of Gerald King and family. Emmett Jones and Mrs. F C Blackwell hosted Monday. Fraley Fox spent Monday night with Charlie and Mrs. Fox of Sumner.
The New Marshfield Summit grange met Saturday night with three candidates initiated and a luncheon served. Local social notes list guests visiting families from Athens Chauncey The Plains and nearby towns with birthdays and hospital visits noted.
Death reports circulate around Chester hill Lartlett Plantsville and nearby towns with multiple deaths noted. The piece also mentions Joe Beard purchasing land from Howard Crosten and moving, and records the Athens marriage of Dean Minturn George and Lenor Evelyn Strode with details of the bride’s attire and her father C T Strode. Mr George teaches at Mt Hermon and the couple's wedding was in Magistrate P W Helwig office. Robert Grimes and Miss Louise visiting Frank Quinn guests over Sunday.
Mrs. Mariah Bentz died at her daughter Mrs. C. D. Swartz home early last Thursday. Funeral services were held Sunday at 11 o clock in the Alfred M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Mr. Wilson. Burial was near her old home. Ores Swartz of Millersport attended for family after her passing. Various neighbors and relatives visited or joined in Sunday calls and gatherings through the day.
In Lorain a council plan targets all modern dances and labels Charleston moves as vile, with Mayor Grall vowing police enforcement. Marion officials rebuff bans and question who decides which dances qualify as modern, amid broader reform debates.
A Lorain council member derides Henry Ford as a dancing master while calling him a successful auto builder, comparing his talents to a manufacturer of lizzies and labeling the situation as applesauce.
Tokyo reports the privy council dubbed the "old men’s home" with members aged 69 to 85. The oldest is Baron Morimasa Takei and the average age of councillors is 71.
London report says novelist M Hut chinson, famed as one of the shyest men in London and author of If Winter Comes, has married but will not name his bride.
Brooklyn reader Fred G. Marquart reports feeling drunk most of the time with dizziness and impaired thinking until constipation was cured. He credits a short course of Carter's Little Liver Pills for relief and improved appetite. Pills advertised as moving bowels and purifying the system.
Broadwell W W Jackson Harry Jackson and H D Morris traveled to Colum bus on business. Viola Tuttle mourns loss of her 14 year old grandson at Jeff White home. Miss Kath er Young James White sick. Goldie Ogg visiting home from Parkersburg hospital training. Joe Young improving. Mr and Mrs W L Nice visiting daughter Art Vincent at Guysville. Attendees from here at Boednotts sale on Sand Rock. Walter White Pomeroy guests of Scott White. Blanch Smith Stewart home for weekend. Federal creek road dragged. cars back to running Sunday.
In London two eminent bankers differ on spending. Sir Felix Schuster argues overall expenditure is too high and calls for public economy. Dr Walter Leaf contends that rising living standards have boosted spending power for the benefit of trade.
A private entry heads to the Schneider Cup in London with Col. W A Bristow piloting a self designed mystery monoplane named The Crusader. Bristow, an English aeronautical engineer, plans to fly the craft in the race built from his own design.
Mrs Geo Jones hosted the M K C club evening of embroidery and chat with members including Mrs Pearl Seaman Mrs Win Polingy Mrs Howard Bush and others. The Ladies Adult Bible class met at Mrs James Bradbury home for a social evening and refreshment. District residents and visitors list multiple weekend visits and moves including Linns to Logan Cambridge and Nelsonville.
Columbus Ohio Marchae P Woodbury editor of the Columbus Citizen died in a hospital here after an operation for appendicitis. He was well known throughout Ohio.
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