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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1962
Page
4
Murray City community notes detail visits and family gatherings. Families from Willoughby Newark Toledo and Dayton are mentioned visiting relatives here. The American Legion Auxiliary held a meeting with prizes awarded and upcoming poppy sales planned.
Salem Center notes list numerous visitors and hosts from Columbus Gallipolis Vinton Route Williamson W Va Middleport Newark and Wellston including Mr and Mrs John Gardener announcing the April 26 birth of a daughter with Marvin Miller as grandparents and Iva Muller as great grandmother. Local social ties center on Spaulding Holliday Smith and Smith families with multiple dinners calls and overnight stays.
Mrs E C Johnston outlines visits of Ewington residents to family and friends including Lizzie Caton and Lloyd Ashburn gatherings. The WSCS of Salem Center met April 26 with 16 members at Marie Edwards home. Several families from Flatwoods Kentucky and Jackson Ohio were listed as visitors and guests visiting local residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Haning of Flatwoods visited Mrs. Haning's parents the Lamberts. Joseph Johnson and others spent the weekend in Columbus for a beagle field trial. Various local families hosted dinners and visited relatives across Flatwoods Minersville Columbus and nearby communities.
Racine Mrs. Gussie Rice hosted visitors from New Cumberland and others as local residents joined a pre conference meeting at the EUB Church. Attendees from out of town included many named residents and relatives joining in the funeral of Mrs Waide Roush from Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Mrs Evelyn Brickles and others from Tuppers Plains and Guysville visited Mrs Josie Matlack in Long Bottom. numerous families from Pomeroy and Parkersburg visited relatives and moved to Buchanan W Va. Edward C Bellar and Nancy L Stobert, both of Athens, obtained a marriage license.
A long list records transfers of various parcels and lots within Athens County and nearby townships. Names include Gale R Kasler Dean Kasler Robert Hawk Emory Rogaski C A Modesitt Herman Buckley and many others with multiple parcels in Glouster Trimble Nelsonville The Plains Canaan Troy and Chauncey townships.
Keeper Social Notes records multiple visits and moves among families in Ky and WV, including Lily Francis and James Plummer of Dayton visiting Wen dell Roush relatives, Paul Ward from Columbus visiting Ches ter Ward’s family, and James Clark returning from California to join L. L. Clark family. It notes a song fest at Popular Ridge, a move into Joe Stewart property by E Durban and family, Mary Darst recovering from an operation, Pvt Richard Barnett stationed in Korea with the 802 Engineers Battalion, and social dinner guests Perry Bradbury, Arlene Spurlock, and Garfield Searls among others.
Mr and Mrs Floyd White and children of Steubenville joined Mrs Pearl Snyder and Mr and Mrs Ernest Thacker and Dianne for a weekend in Vinton. Lowell Cardwell and family visited Francis Cardwell and Mrs Zorin Comer and sons. Mrs Isaac Snodgrass returned home after a Charleston visit. Harley Cloud and family stayed with Carl Justice in Balti more. Homer Casto visited Goldie Cromley of Bidwell. James Stambaugh were dinner guests of Francis Ponn.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cottrill remains very ill in Radcliff. Daphne McLaughlin has been absent from school all week. Mrs. Shirley Peters is substituting for her during the absence.
Mr and Mrs Bernard Paul sen visit friends. Mr and Mrs Robert Shinn and daughter stay with his mother Mrs Dean Shinn while father is in hospital. Mrs J P Miller and Kathy Easter with her husband at Deltaville Virginia. Kelly Hawk bronchitis and Ginger Cullums scarlet fever. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Lanning visit Mr and Mrs George Heines. Mrs Nora Eakins visits sisters Mrs George Heines and Mrs Ellen Killinger. Mrs Killinger accompanied home to Dayton for a short visit with son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Walter Killinger. Mr and Mrs Ralph Gink and two daughters Donna Gail Susan Connie Lanning visit Ellen Killinger and Mr and Mrs George Heines.
A long list of visits and social calls across Temple, Columbus, Athens, and nearby areas is noted. The State Highway Department plans new bridges on Route 680 as residents, including families led by the Ross, Hawk, Swartz, Cotterill, and Scott households, host and travel for Easter and Bible School events.
David Spagnola, student at the U S Navy radar school in the Great Lakes training center for 26 weeks, graduated April 3 and took a 15 day leave before reporting to Norfolk Virginia for reassignment Zed Thomas of the Baltimore and Ohio agent in poor health is now a patient at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan His brother Woodrow Thomas and wife of Athens and several relatives visited him recently Mrs Thomas Taylor a patient at Grant Hospital Columbus being treated for a fractured hip rests comfortably in room 529 Tony Hayes birthday celebration hosted by Mr and Mrs John Hayes drew nine children Isabel Thompson Carpenter a guest Mrs Robert Martin Barberton was here for the funeral of Mrs John Martin McArthur they stayed with Mrs Martins parents Mr and Mrs Harry Tripp Etta Egleberry recently spent weeks in Columbus and Fairborn returning home Ira her brother joined her for the weekend Clea Burke recently graduated from Nurses Aid Training at a Columbus Hospital spending a few weeks at home Freddie McKibben and children Lennie and Shirley of The Plains Easter guests of Rev and Mrs Everett McKibben James and Vivian Albaugh Columbus visited their mother Mrs Lucy Albaugh Roy Kaplar Columbus was an Easter guest of Mr and Mrs Buddy Brooks Mrs Orland Burk and Mrs Hubert Beck Columbus spent the weekend here Acting on an oral motion Common Pleas Court dismissed the Ray Shafer suit against Joe Sims filed April 11 1960 for 115 60 alleged unpaid bill
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