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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1928
Page
6
Coolville March 10. Funeral services for Henry Barrows were held at the M. B. church with burial in Coolville cemetery. Miss Marian Pilcher of Dayton will arrive, services at 3 PM Sunday. Numerous relatives attended. The Ladies' Aid and local societies held gatherings and visits as part of community notices.
Sharpsburg records a string of small items from the period after the protracted meetings. Families visit, births announced, health concerns noted, and church activities teased with a Hermon Bible class soon to begin. Local travel and family visits fill the recent social sketch.
Redtown and Mrs. Charles Palmer hosted Saturday guests including Bundey Wilbur Myres Miss Mary Bane Dale Fuller and Charles Morrison all of Columbus. Several locals visit hospitals and travel to Zanesville Jacksonvill e Glouster Greens Run and Cincinnati as family members recover.
Mrs Alfred Trueman and children Opal and Ronald returned home to Columbus Monday after visiting Trueman’s parents. Arley Carr and Henry Harley of Columbus visited relatives. Hubert McKinnon and A E Carr were in Wellston Saturday. Residents attend revival at Radcliff. Virgil Carr left for Marion to work as a mechanic. Mrs Bob McGinness and daughter Margaret visited Mrs Tom Carpenter at Irish Ridge. Bill Maseis at mine this week. Charles Carr returned to Chauncey for the week with his wife and children.
Mrs. Clifford Herron visited Athens Friday as kin and friends gathered in the area. Numerous locals and visitors from Athens, Barbertown, Columbus, and Union were listed among kin, church goers, and social calls. Summit and York Grange met with about seventy in attendance, and church group activities included a Church of Christ class gathering with refreshments for twenty members.
Murray City reports on Ladies Aid at the M E church and quilting activities with Marshal R A Surtees. The Priscilla club and Martha club hosted gatherings, while personal mentions note residents returning from Columbus, visits, and family travel, including Mary Zyronosky and Mrs Alice Anders. Sheriff sales feature 137 acres in Nelsonville and other property offers.
The Plains News notes Felinsky hospitalized in Connellsville on Sunday. Several residents including Mr. and Mrs. Seve Charney, Mrs. Tude Gabriel, Grand Pa Harrison, Mrs. Eliza Seevers, and Miss Maxine Soward are ill with grippe. Mrs. Roy Gabriel tends her cousin Mrs. Darrel Hooper at Athens home. Quince Anderson, back from Sheltering Arms in Athens, will return weekly for arm recovery. John Hamer of Athens visited his brother Wit Hamer and family. Harry Fatton and sons of Nelsonville visited Haydenville neighbors. J W Spatton of Haydenville hosted guests Thursday.
Monday entries from Columbus to Logan and Nelsonville recount visits by Tay M Dupler Dave Thorn and many local families including Mr and Mrs Carl Dixon Mr and Mrs H Dodds and Mrs Jay Dupier. Sixty nine children fed at the Monday school kitchen with volunteers. A social at the Lovett home featured music and a pot luck supper.
Hamden notes a schedule change effective 12:01 a m Sunday March 11 1928 affecting one passenger train through town. Eastbound train No 22 from St Louis to New York will arrive at 12 38 p m instead of 1 58 a m and will run ahead of the National Limited. The train will no longer carry mail except on Sundays while express No 50 will carry mail during the week. Local freights shown only between Hamden and Parkersburg.
Relatives from Pomeroy Huntington and Columbus visit Syracuse area. Miss Marcia Karr invites, Mrs Clara Clunk hosts, Lucile Smith returns to Huntington, Lyman Cobb strikes English duties, Mrs Vergil Campbell hosts, Ben Quisenberry attends, Ladies Aid meets at M. D. church, Mary Karr and Kate Harris host Middleport visitors at a soup sale.
Vinton County Mail board approves family season tickets for 1.50 covering all four fair days September 11 15 16 and 17. Marriage licenses issued Frank Townsend and Garnet Friend of Zaleski. Mrs BD Thomas travels to Columbus for daughter Mildred's operation at White Cross Hospital. Ohio Democratic State convention slated in Columbus with Vinton delegates listed.
Mrs. B Worley Post died Tuesday afternoon at White Cross hospital Columbus after an operation. She lived in Burr Oak and Gloucester area, aged about five years shy of a full life, leaving a large family including sons Donald Everett Ernst and many siblings. Funeral was held Saturday at the Church of Christ Glenster with Rev. F. B. Roberts. burial at Maplewood Cemetery.
Relatives visited over the weekend as Miss Mary Wolf, 71, died at her brother Starvey’s Trimble road home with services and burial planned at Mooper's Tydec. Rev. Salmon accepts West Union pastorate beginning April 1. Local residents Giffords and Linscott make a Columbus trip. Chesterhill youths caused disturbance leading to fines. Birth of a daughter, Yannetella Frances, at North Liberty Indiana. Marvey Linscott on Hooper's Ridge gravely ill with gangrene, Civil War veteran status noted. Christmas Endeavor at Richland Ave M P church set for 6.46 with Reverend Gator to speak at 7.20.
Shade FADE reports routine social visits with S J Smith in Pomeroy and Athens, plus local helpers and guests. The obituary notes Aaron Barnhill of Marlon died in a Stockbridge automobile crash and was buried in Jerseyville. Wales football tale closes the page with Percy Harding’s tragedy at Aberavon.
Pratts Fork activities report Saturday evening visits by Marcel 10 P Eugena Goldsberry and George and Hida Smith to Mr and Mrs Herbert Duch. Several relatives and neighbors hosted gatherings through Sunday including Mrs Alvira Grim with Jacob King. notices of Mr and Mrs Wilt Gilkey and Nancy in Athens. Harry Smith visiting Ulza Sapp in Athens. Walter Smith visiting Roy Goldsberry. and Roy Goldsberry visiting S L Smith. News of the death Thursday morning of GH Whe n Hams aged 56 after appendicitis at Sheltering Arms hospital in Athens. He leaves a widow Ida Trost and children Laura Henry George Wilbur Harvey plus two stepchildren Suzina Schaffer and Joisle Fiorea. Funeral set for Pratt Fork Saturday March 10 at 1 from Walburn undertaking, burial nearby.
March postings recount Mr and Mrs Harris Nadcliff forming a quick quint in Marion county. Dalley Morris assists at the post office briefly. Howard Steward and Lion Starkey visit Pomeroy. Mrs Hella Robinson returns home after winter with relatives Nancy McCall. K Carpenter of Albany visits Mary Carpenter and Dwight Scipio. George Scipio confined at home due to illness. Mr and Mrs S C Smith visit Albany. Starkey family released from quarantine. Miss Helen Coast, a Racine high school teacher, remains home with smallpox.
Andre Baltisse, living in Toul France, remains alive six weeks after a shotgun pellet blew away part of his skull. He is paralyzed but continues to fight for recovery despite severe head injuries.
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