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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1927
Page
7
Miss Magdalene Byron and others visited Nelsonville. several locals pursued jobs in Detroit Barberton Massillon and Columbus. Notable notes include Mrs Gertie Short ill at Longstreet and Thomas Wilson visiting Corning.
Beebe announces preaching services at Hoga Ridge on April 3 at 7 p m. The note lists numerous visits and arrivals in Athens, Marietta, Coolville, and surrounding areas, including Merrick, Sherman, Parsons, Root, Martin, Spurrier, Taylor, and others visiting family and friends over the weekend.
Local residents including Shade Miss Mary Burson and Blanche Harris spent Sunday night together. Several families visited relatives in Columbus and Jackson. Mutual calls and family gatherings were noted among Mulligans, Wills, Dixons, and Steiments with several households hosting others over the weekend.
Dutch Ridge residents Mr and Mrs Carl Graham and children Roberta and Harrison plus Miss Mildred Leighty spent Sunday at Sanford Lockhart's. Mrs J W Barnhill returned from Athens after visiting her daughter. Winford Barnhill visited friends in Columbus. Ted St Clair works for Aunt Mea. Irena Douglas of Coolville ridge and Th Chapman of Guysville visited W S Lockhart family. B Chapman also visited Mr and Mrs Wart Graham and family Sunday.
Eunice Wyatt’s twelfth birthday observed at her home with about 80 attendees. Harold Ball of Mann's Business College and several local families visited. Darra Turner welcomed a newborn son on March 2. A separate gathering honored V. Gree nler on his fiftieth birthday with guests from Arizona and Chillicothe.
Miss Willa Wade resumes duties at White Cross hospital after two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs J W Wade. Mr and Mrs Jack Rife plan Cincinnati trip to visit brothers Dace and Frank Evans. George Yates shows improvement after illness. Mr and Mrs Frank Rife and family dined with Mrs Margaret Conkle Ball. Miss Dorothy Bookman and Miss Willa Wade visited Nelsonville Friday. Mr and Mrs George House and others visited Murray City to see Mr and Mrs Vess Hammond. Royal Crochet and Embroidery Club met with Mrs John Sabo. attendees listed. An error corrected in Sun Messenger about Old Fashioned Wedding by Pythian Sisters Mrs Lillie Robson played bride Samantha Huggem. Gilberta Barstow as Josiah Green groom.
Bethany Mr and Mrs Guss Kyle and family of Beebe visited Mr and Mrs Isaac Barnhart on Sunday. Charley Norris of Stewart came on Saturday to tend farm business. Charley Moore Clarence Petty and George Wright came to Coolville on Saturday for business. Mrs Martha Petty and son Leslie visited Athens Church. Mrs Anora Wright and family visited Mr and Mrs Wharley Norris of Stewart Indiana. Mr and Mrs Lewis Moore Herby Moore of Athens visited Sunday afternoon. Isaac Barnhart suffers rheumatism. Gustus Johnson of Athens spent Sunday with his mother Mary diobneuity.
Ireland Mrs. W T Minear and two daughters Alice and Virginia Faye of Beebe visited Sunday with Mrs Minears parents Mr and Mrs L C Johnson. Mrs 8 D Root and three children of New Marshfield spent Sat and Sun with Mrs Root's parents Mr and Mrs W E Dunfee. Mr Root motored home Sunday evening. Mrs J W Robbins of Athens spent Sunday with her brother Charles M Campbell and family. Mr and Mrs Ralph Grimes have gone to Zanesville for work. B S Johnson and Delmer Cuban were in Marietta Friday on business. Mr and Mrs Orland Branch Sidney Lee Belpre and Mrs Ella Tilton Coolville spent a day here recently with Mr and Mrs Clark Johnson.
Carpenter Emmett Starkey and family visited relatives in Columbus over the weekend. Miss Levada Bowen of Middleport stayed with her aunt Mrs. H I Steward. The Dudgeons and Mrs. S H Smith resumed work as cooks on New York Central camp cars at Rutland. Mathias Wood’s health remains poor. John Rawlings celebrated his birthday with about 20 neighbors. Gladys Boggess of Columbus visited aunt Mrs Jesse Sisson. Earl Jewell and family visited Pomeroy. Denton Cooper and Claudie Wood of Athens visited relatives here. H J Steward moved to own home from O B Wood yard farm. Doctor Stanley of Albany attended Mathias Wood, Mrs John Sheppard, and Miss Effie Wood. O B Woodyard of Hilliards returned home after three weeks here fencing and farming.
Maude Campbell visits Akron relatives while Joe Evans and Vina Reynolds stay in Logan. Rob Hawk returns from Cleveland and moves goods to his mother’s home. Frank Risley moves to Athens. Everett Gaskin seeks work in Columbus. wife and son stay with Gaskins parents. Elmer Stage builds a two room house for Charles Barrett and family of Athens.
The senior class of Syracuse High School will hold commencement exercises at the Asbury M. E. Church on Saturday evening April 23.
The Parent Teacher Association plans a repeat performance of An Old Fashioned Mother, staged recently, next Friday evening. The show highlights community efforts and features local participants in a family drama suitable for all audiences.
A Tuesday evening program held at the M. E. church by the high school and grades drew a large crowd and earned praise for its organization and variety.
The Ladies Aid society met on Wednesday for an all day session with a noon luncheon. Mrs A E Williams and Mrs Irving Karr hosted. A quilting party at Mrs W J Lawrence’s home followed as preparations continue for a larger church budget than ever before.
Owing to a quarterly meeting the Coolville M. E. church will shift Sunday school to 6:45 AM and services to 10:45 AM next Sunday. The issue notes a marriage license in probate and a 50th wedding anniversary, plus visits and a Grange program this Saturday.
A church announces a Sunday evening service to observe the Sabbath Day. The note emphasizes reverence and rest, inviting congregants to attend and reflect on the day’s meaning.
The pancake supper held at the M. E. church Tuesday evening drew a large crowd. The event raised funds for church activities and featured a warm, community atmosphere.
Miss Tillie Carleton returns to Kingsbury after spending winter with Mrs. Fannie DeWolfe. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calkins, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Van Johnson, spent Thursday in Portland. Mrs. Curt Lallance, returning from California Pa, goes home for summer. Miss Dora Cobb to Huntington then home. Thomas Jordan of Huntington visited Friday. Parent Teacher delegation attended the Gallipolis meeting Friday. Mrs. Max Roller of Middleport visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holmes. Miss Gertrude McBride and Marcia Karr take three hour courses from Ohio University correspondence division. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Karr Jr of Middleport were guests of the former's parents later.
Miss Esther Dane was confined to her bed for some time Georgia Blackford has moved in with his mother Mrs Louise Blackford Mr and Mrs C L Pruden and Mr and Mrs Leonard Bateman of Sugar Grove visited their daughters over the weekend Several residents attended the minstrel show by Carbon Hill High School sophomores Friday night
Amesville reports hardware stock moved to a new State street room. Local youths visit Columbus. a rider breaks an arm in a horse accident. Theft of a car motor meter noted. A near fatal heart episode at D. B. Bennett’s eased. A horse incident injures A. B. Christman. Alumni social at the high school. Morris heirs property sold. Sandrock and Utley parcels traded. Road improvements praised. fruit outlook remains hopeful as temperatures fall.
Carbondale will present The Little Clodhopper at Albany Opera House on April 6. A Saturday night performance by the high school drew praise as the best ever in Carbondale and a repeat show is planned for Tuesday at the K P Hall. Several local residents are noted visiting or returning from trips, including Alma Sargent Eunice Mc Daniels and others.
An old musterole ad promotes Musterole Gold Tablets as safe fast relief for head colds and muscular pains. It claims effectiveness for chest troubles and notes price 35 cents, from The Musterole Co Cleveland Ohio.
The Jolly Joker club met at Mr and Mrs Carl Harris to celebrate Mrs Harris birthday. Attendees included Jennie McManaway Blackford Flossie Johnson Mable Hillyer Alma McManaway Ida Harold Esther Brooker Ambrose Brooker Adrian Turner Cora Harris Gladys Harris Helen Eckles Lizzie Dane Grace McManaway Jane Collins and out of town guests from Sugar Grove Carbon Hill. The evening featured games and quilting. Visitors included William Waugh and daughters Fanny Idalee Haydenville and Mr and Mrs Jess Beougher and Betty Lou Wred McManaway hosted by Mrs Fred McManaway.
Mild corrective aid promotes healthy stomach bowels for children six and older. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a safe vegetable mix, claim to tone up the eliminative tract and reduce bad breath. Variants come in 15c 50c and 60c sizes.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Karr hosted a social at their home Friday evening for a club of young married couples.
The Reverend Wood of Delaware delivered a speech at the Asbury Missionary Episcopal Church event. His remarks addressed community concerns and spiritual guidance to attendees gathered for the service.
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