New Straitsville Men s Bible Class Holds First Meeting
New Straitsville reports the Men s Bible Class held its first business meeting in the church basement with 14 members present. Officers elected: Roy Meredith president George Lanning secretary Fred Blankenship treasurer. Meetings set for the last Monday monthly and a cooking demonstration planned at George Lanning s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Roy Meredith
George Lanning
Fred Blankenship
Hardin
Josephine Hardin
Tillie Whitmer
Minnie Bird
Nellie
Kate Lines
Columbus
Pythian
Mary Cope
John Ward
Ralph McCannon
Otto Ashbaucher
Dora Blankenship
Logan
Ada Hanning
Old Town
Philo
Eimer
Straiteville
Walter Barnes
Racine Youth Paul Allison Honored At Birthday Party
Paul Allison received the sincerest surprise birthday honors Saturday night at Eileen Roush’s home in Racine. A social hour of dancing and cards preceded refreshments while Betty Neil Helen French and others extended best wishes and gifts to the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Paul Allison
Eileen Roush
Mr. Allison
Betty
Wayne Neil
Helen French
Louise Lewis
Hope Massie
Helen Sharpe
Nina Byers
Virginia Thompson
Judy Bell
Freda Beaver
Marcella Cleland
Johnnie Davita
James Cleland
Russel Lee
Letart District Gardeners Plan Big Planting Run
Letart district gardeners prepare to plant a large cabbage and tomato acreage this year as thousands of small plants near readiness in greenhouses. A seed salesman failed to secure enough orders for a carload of potatoes, with drought last year hurting yields. Community members and families from Apple Grove to Athens visit each other, and local deaths, illnesses, and funerals mark the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Adda Haywood
Movie Couple Granted Divorce After Seven Months of Marriage
Virginia Cherrill of the movies obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce from Cary Grant in Los Angeles. The couple wed seven months earlier in a quiet London registry office. She charged Grant with vile name calling and later alleged excessive drinking, choking and threats to her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Virginia Cherrill
Cary Grant
London
Bonide
Grant
Mae West
Rio Grande Class To Meet Saturday Night
Loyal Friends Sunday School Class will meet Saturday night at Miss Bess Geotting's home with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson in charge of games. Health plans were outlined at a recent PTA meeting at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Margaret Jones
Victor Fowler
Mra
Mildred Welker
Roy Mathais
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
Growing Interest in Coolville Methodist Meetings
Coolville The special services at the Coolville M E Church continue during the week with growing interest. Choir leader Mrs C A Daugherty of Empire Ohio was called home due to family illness leaving Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Coolville M. BE
C. A. Daugherty
Empire
Ohio
Garden Club Formed by Albany Flower Growers
Albany residents form a Garden Club at the M E Church with a tea last Friday electing Mrs J E Woodyard president and outlining plans for a constitution. Members and guests discussed best plant methods, shared poetry and music, and a spring revival by Rev David W Williams was announced for March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Score of
Flower Growers of
Albany
M. EB
E. Woodyard
Dorcas Homes Guests and Local Social Roundup
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Radcliff and son of New Brighton Pa visited last week. Several families and friends traveled, called, and hosted gatherings in Dorcas Homes area. A long list of residents and visitors from Racine Eagle Ridge and nearby towns shared meals, trips to Pittsburgh, and social events through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
Russell Radcliff
New Brighton
Ward Foster
Georgie Beegie Jr
William Cole
Liberty
Pittsburgh
Emerson McCullough
Levin Shane
Jess Rhoades
Win Rhoades
Youngstown
Clem
Irene Theiss
Frank Arnott
Racine
Anna Hoops
Vera Beegie
Lon Gibbs
Ralph Gilmore
Pomeroy
Art Bestie
Albert Wolfe
Ladies Aid Society
George Beegle
Waldo Beaver
Liff
Dutch Ridge
Austin Hull
William Conant
Parkersburg
R. L. Sharp
Son Glen
Forest Frasier
Laurelville
Olive Orange School Group Visits Athens
Miss Ruth Drake Olive Orange High School home economics teacher led a student group to an Ohio University home economics meeting in Athens on Saturday. Also noted are local visits and family gatherings including the Cole and Kim households and church-related social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Orange
Athens
Tuppers Plains
Ruth Drake
Olive Orange High School
Ohio University
Taylor Ridge Church Group Entertained By Mrs. Carl Welling
Members of the Young People's Class of the Church of Christ met at the home of Mrs. Carl Welling on Friday night for a business and social gathering. Charlene Wahl led devotions and a nominating committee including Doris Davis Irie Kempton Della Chalfant and Wilfred Mulpas was chosen to report in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Church of Christ
Carl Welling
Charlene
Della Chalfant
Clara Hildebrand
Iris Kempten
Charlene Wahl
Doras Mulpas
Mary Frances Kempten
Gertrude Lainey
Lillie May Hooper
Elpha Hooper
Bertha Botts
Willard Coey
Deloss Bulstrom
Ernnest Chalfant
Wilfred Mulpas
Welling
William Davis
Jackson
Evan Davis
Mary Keck
Lancaster
Minnie Keck
Wilbur Risley
Athens
John Wenger
James Golding
Dora Heffkin
John Davis
Roy Strausbaugh
Fred Heffkin
Dwight Smith
Glouster
Elmer Davie
Jacksonville
Carl Hildebrand Jr
Columbus
Charles Boley
Helen Hildebrand
Vern Kempton
Delmer Kimpton
John Kempton
Pittsburgh Boys Sentenced for Train Wreck Plot
Two Pittsburgh youths received suspended sentences to Lancaster Boys Industrial School after being found guilty of attempting to wreck a train. The incident occurred Tuesday as police and local authorities investigated the derailment attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pittsburgh
Lancaster
Robin Battles Own Reflection at Strasburg Filling Station
A robin in Strasburg north of Dover has fought its reflection in a filling station window since Friday. The bird returns each day to peck at its image, rests on the window sill, and resumes the attack with renewed vigor. Passersby watch the ongoing duel while attendants consider boarding up the window if it continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Strasburg
Here
Browne
Attendance at Gibisonville Falls as Illness Strikes
Gibisonville school attendance dropped again this week due to measles and whooping cough with twenty six absent in one grade. Miss Evelyn Moore had surgery in Lancaster last week. Mrs. Elmer Krinn of Logan is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. F. Miller. Miss Nelle Schneider hosted her Latin class theater party on East Main Street with Veiva Brashes invited. Supt. J. L. Archer and family visited Columbus. Spelling contest winners were Margaret Whitcraft and Paul Griffith in third grade, Bert Smith in fourth, Helen Griffith in seventh. Families from Lancaster and Logan visited Edna Kreider's family. Revival services continue at the U B Church with rising interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibisonville
Evelyn Moore
Lancaster
Elmer Krinn
Logan
J. F. Miller
Nelle Schneider
East Main Street
Veiva Brashares
J. L. Archer
Columbus
Margaret Whitcraft
Paul Griffith
Bert Smith
Helen Griffith
Allegra Beavers
Pearl Ziegler
Ray Ziegler
Fred Keller
Edna Kreider
U. B. Church
Watkins Funeral Services Held at Carthage Church
Funeral services were conducted for H. R. Watkins at the Carthage Presbyterian Church by Rev. Henry Snyder of Reedsville. A large gathering from nearby towns attended, with many visitors and extended family listed from Athens, Grafton, Winona, Parkersburg, Dutch Ridge, and other communities. The event included a potluck dinner and quilting, followed by community notices and upcoming revival and preaching engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selby Glazier
Amesville
Wiliam Hawk
Dwight Rutherford
Meeting at Dexter Attended by Several From Near Rutland
Grass Run Side Hill reports a gathering of the Ladies Aid Society at the Dexter Church home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Amos. Numerous local residents and guests from Rutland and nearby towns attended social visits and Friday night meetings at area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Rutland
Grass Run Side Hill
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dexter Church
W. R. Amos
Harry Saxton
Mildred Braley
David Saxton
Cheshire Women's Home Missionary Society Meeting Report
Cheshire The Women s Home Missionary Society met March 22 at Mrs 8. V Sayre s home with devotionals led by Mrs Kathryn Shaver and a program led by Mrs J H Starcher. Refreshments served to nineteen members and guests. Local attendees from Kananga church included Mrs Ora Pulling Miss Grace Wagner Miss Elia Wagner Mr West and Wade Abies. The operetta The Wild Rose directed by Miss Norma Conard drew good attendance Wednesday night. Several area residents and relatives were noted as guests in subsequent social notes and hospital updates. The article also lists multiple local visits and illnesses including Byron Grover in McMillan Hospital and Mrs Ralph Burnette undergoing surgery with improving condition. A Ladies Aid meeting at the M E Church and a pot luck dinner at Addison are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
BE. S. Stanley
Everett Lewis
McCann
Sisson
Ziggafoose
D. Hoffee
Adriel Welker
O. D. Dailey
E. M. Baughman
J .E. Cline
Fred Peavey
Eldon Dailey
Hillcrest Inn
Frank Knapp
Marion
Deiley
Knapp
Peavey
Mardy Ann
Peggy
W. M. Higley
Florida
David W. Williams
Townhouse
Henry Reeder
W. H. Knowlton
Pickerington
Carrie McPherson
London
Athens
Lowell Lewis
Piqua
Lewis
Melissa Biddie
Ohio University
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardeville
Hobart Reeder
Kenneth
Union
Mahala Knowlton
Fernie McVay
Clyde Vincent
Zanesville
Bartlett
Vincent
Martin Townsend
Temple M. E
Presbyterian Auxiliary
John P. Coe
Marshfield Road
Denver McVay
Clifford Andrews
Fisher Station
A. W. Leadinghaus
Norma Jean
Greta June
Frank Bolton
Vaughn Chase
Trimble
Leadinghaus
Bolton
Chase
Norma Conard
George Warner
Doris
Middleport
Wade Yeanger
Genevieve Bing
Harry Teal
Columbus
Alva Bing
Waugh
Cheshire
Charles Thomas
Old Rgger
Fanny Swisher
Mansfield
Curtin
Byron Grover
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Thomas Ragan
Gallipolis
Carl Legg
Ironton
Willis Mayes
Ralph Burnette
Holzer Hospital
Charles King
Susan King
Cottageville
W. Va
H. H. Roush
Mildred Swisher
Doris Roush
Merri Bunce
Addison
Clara Ward
Leland
Lloyd Roush
Mt. Pleasant
Vinton County
Co. £. Peoples
Pomeras
Local Social Notes and Urbana Relief Office Probe
Tuppers Plains Mrs Belle Rice of Reedsville visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Bahr. Miss Reva Douglas was in Marietta Saturday. Mrs Nettie Steward is recovering after measles. Mr and Mrs Elmer Newland called to East Liverpool Saturday by his sister's illness. Miss Tillie Reed guest of Mrs Hattie Green Bethel. Mrs Etta Swindler and daughter Velma Matlack in Parkersburg Saturday. J W Arbaugh and children and Minnie Matlack in Athens Saturday. Lena Keller called on the Sanborn family in Middle Urbana. A Columbus special investigator in Urbana questions Governor Davey over relief office salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Morris
Zion
M. KE. Sayre
Dayton Roush
Grace Crow
Ohio University
Mollie Barringer
Capt
W. B. McDade
Kananga
J. D. Law
Betty Amos
H. M. Allen
O. G. Shields
East Letart
Clarence Shields
Dam 23
Athena
J. W. Fenton
National Red Cross
Frank Rhodes
Fairview
Edward Pilchard
Philson Norris
Florence Bays
Roy Roush
Manchester Quillin
Ed Miller
H. B. Hunt
James
Charleston
L. T. Runnion
Harold
Herman Ahart
Eileen
Enterprise
Newberry Club
Charles Ahart
Frank Taylor
Fred Runnion
Flourine Frame
Coolville
Wilbur Woodburn
Earl Holdren
Robinson
Howard Oakes
John Gibbs
Alice McMahan
Holman
Orange Christian Church
Reedsville
Snyder
Lona Clark
Carrie Gainer
Tuppers Plains
Edna Culver
Portsmouth
John Archer
Culver
United Brethren Church
John Bachelider
Paul
the Plains
Lena Ackley
Charley Reynolds
Pearl Robinson
Strouds Run
Flora Keebaugh
Harvey Persons
Athens
Orville Ewing
George Maxwell
Guysville
Frank Lawrence
Frank Wooten
Emmett Cole
Pearl Cole
Little Hocking
Arthur Cole
John Barnhill
Freda
Dutch Ridge
W. A. Barnhill
J. Biddison
Lewis Ludwick
Stewart
Leroy Nichol
Thelma Bailey
Charles King
L. B. Bailey
Arthur Zickerfoose
Parkersburg
Bari Kincade
Leroy Nichoson
Fred Everett
New England
Belle Rice
Reedsvile
C. W. Bahr
Reva Douglas
Marietta
Nettie Steward
Elmer Newland
East Liverpool
Tillie Reed Gee
Hattie Green
Bethel
Etta Swindler
Velma Matlack
J. W. Arbaugh
Minnie Matlack
Lena Keller
Sanborn
Middleport
Murray City revival crowds gather nightly for service
The Murray City revival at the pr ness Church continues with services each evening at eight o clock led by local families and guest speakers. Various locals and visitors from Columbus Nelsonville The Plains Pontiac and Crooksville attended gatherings over the weekend and shared meals and fellowship with church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Pr Ness
Junction City
Langsville Community Notices Ties Residents to Homes
Local names and movements appear as families relocate within the Langsville area. Residents like Gid Rateli moved to Hattie ord north of the village and Delbert Hayes and Harry Garnes moved from Charleston to Parkers Run. Several others, including Athens visitors and relatives, are listed in a weekend roundup of comings and goings around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langsville
Smith House
Gid Rateli
Hattie Ord
Harry Garnes
Charleston
W. Va
Parkers
Delbert Hayes
Athens
F Haye
Henry Ward
Howard Phillips
M. D. Brickies
W . N Huntley
Harmon
Jom
Hayware James Hull
Vinton
Arthur Treleaver
Eleanor Jane
Galli Braley
Sunday Miller
R. W. Miller
Parker
Home Economics Dept. University
Local News Fragments Highlight Family Ties and Car Crash
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Bethany Ridge and Nelsonville family mentions and a car crash near Lancaster involving two men after a collision with a motorcycle rider. Names and details are garbled but reference to residents Conley and Yaun Conley appear amid scattered local references.
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Athens Messenger
New Straitsville Men’s Bible Class
W. J. Jones
J. M. Spencer
Homer Beegie
Charlies Stobart
John Stobart
Dink Smith
Bob
Rex Wolfe
Blayne Watson
Charles Spencer
James McCilaskey
Midland
Walter Stewart
Leonard Howell
Charleston W. Va
Ed Howell
Betty Jean Hoback
Fifth Street
Letart District
Misees Maud
Josie Pickens
Springfield
Maes
Louise Carr
Apple Grove
J. D. Roush
H. C. Alexander
W. H. Feefer
C. ©. Sheets
Thivener
Mary F. Wogan
Par- Tech
Norma Wyer
Ada Deeter
Mary Gaskins
Mary Jo Amsbury
Ira Conley
Brooks Conley
Sidney Stewart
Nancy Weethee
Mis
Marcella
Frank Wigal
George F. Caylor
Delaware
Ralph Duffield
Donald Runion
Queen Esthers
Congregational School
Alva Harper
Robert Thorn
Hockingport
Child's
Guy LaFon
Butler
Theodora Peck
Sadie Miller
M. H. Macfarian
Howard
D. A. Armstrong
Dorcas Homes
Harry Houdasheit
Charlies Wilcox
Harold Beegie
Harry Wolfe
Milt Wolfe
Arthur Beegie
Allen Salser
Ohio State University
Donald Salser
Edd Salser
Guess Salser
Eleanor Cowdry
Fayman Cole
Robert Cole
Canton
Elias Cole
Christian Church
FE. G. Kim
Mary Keller
Route 7
Belle Keller
Effie Warren
Reedaville
W. E. Matlack
Cletus Chapman
Robin
Dover Bird
Hopkins
FERA
Harry Hopkins
Martin L. Davey
Donald Hoskins
Franklin County
Francis Canny
U. S
Dayton
John W. Bricker
J. A. Larch
Mary
Clarence Frost
Mary Guess
Misa Lucile Rose
S. E. Watkins
Margaret Frost
Amos Hixon
Willow Creek
George Dean
Stella
Herbert Blair
John Aiken
William Jenkins
Myrtle
Daisy Murphy
Howard Stal- Naker
Norman
O. L. Davis
Fred Vandyke
Edd Shears
Slape
James Deems
Carson Boggs
G. QO. Will
Seth F. Nicholson
Rutland High School
Paul Winn
Frank Halliday
Virgil Adkins
Harrisonville
Dale Bachner
William Bachner
Glenn Tompson
Stephen Davis
Lewis Saxton
Wade Saxton
Clyde Jones
Salem Center
O. 8. McCann
Oliver Bratton
Cheshire Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Urbana
Urbana Choe’sing
Davey
Murray Cj
Greeny
Brady Wolly
Run
Dwightson
Haze
Leo Mitch Plymouth
Miter
Dory Spencer
James Russel
E. A. Person
Mrs. Geraig
Nelsonville
Spe
Mrs. Cha Jr
Jumbus
John Maraz
Jack Jack
Elizabeth Ner
Arthur Slater Satning
Paul Shelt
Pontiac
Mich
Mark Shelton
Orville
Buchtel
Dan Langly
Harry
Cora Gaffey
J. A. Ayers
Jerry
Ralph Olarine Stamper
Lumbus
Charles Shaffer
Clarence
Columbus Archer
George Archer
Tunis Nunemakermouth
Fie
Lynn
George Cothe
And
Walters
Vintie Hopkins
Theodor
George and
Mare T
Margaret Popoczy
Jef Crooksville
Mr. and
Popoczy
Langs
Bethany Ridge
Char
Sons
Opa
Conley
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