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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1929
Page
7
Local residents and relatives from Coolville Nelsonville Athens Circleville Logan and Scranton visited family and friends in Murray City over the weekend. Several trips included Columbus Dayton Detroit Pontiac and Akron with multiple dinners and gatherings noted.
Local notices recount Sunday services and social visits in the area. Names include Reverend Lottridge, Miss Fern Metz, and families such as the Sharps, Ackleys, Warners, and Frosts, with multiple calls and dinners noted on Sunday and Thursday.
New Straitsville figures John McGinley Pat Callahan Robert O Donnell and John J Sweeney attended a St. Patrick's celebration in Junction City hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Several students from Ohio State University visited family while others traveled to Columbus and Shawnee for visits and illness follow ups. The funeral of Rt Rev Monsignor O Neill, vicar general of the Columbus diocese, was noted with Rev H J Kellerman officiating.
Hamden residents report Mrs. John Thompson attending church for the first time in three years due to illness. Mr. and Mrs. Paul White visit Logan for medical treatment as Hamden Lodge 517 I O O F trustees arrange a joint driveway easement with Ira Saultz. W H Dye adds two display windows on Railroad Street. Two robbers captured after railroad car thefts near Grosvenor, confessed in Athens, with stolen goods recovered in Athens and Washington County.
Rutland W W Watson a Civil War veteran in his nineties is not expected to recover from illness. Dennis Beckley of Columbus visits his father John Beckley. Homer Forest travels to Philo for back sprain treatment. Howard Pond goes to Star Hall to see his ailing mother.
Hollister Otto Bethel a minor and Miss Minnie Dickess of Springfield were married in Springfield last Wednesday. Mrs Ezra Holsington and son Ezra Jr of Springfield visited her parents Mr and Mrs W A McGee at week’s end. John Grandy of Springfield spent the weekend with his parents in Trimble. Mrs George Orndorf, previously ill, shows improvement. Continued on Page Eight.
Mona Evers recommends sage tea and sulphur as a simple at home gray hair recolor. She notes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur costs 76 cents and can restore hair to its natural color after one or two applications.
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