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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1926
Page
7
Pauley brothers sell their milk business to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bobo living beyond the depot. They will serve customers as before, after recently buying the route from Harry Rowell. Various local residents were noted visiting, returning, or hosting relatives over the weekend in Albany and nearby towns.
A. J. Van Dyke marked his 64th birthday Friday evening with family at his farm home. Attendees included Frank and Edith Bobo and their children Mary Ruth and Clarice, Helen Van Dyke, Russel Van Dyke and five sons Carl Harold Fred John William, Chase Jeffers Mae West, and others unable to attend. Van Dyke has lived on the farm twenty six years and serves as Lee township constable highlighting his long local ties.
Mr and Mrs H R Watkins held a Saturday birthday party for their sons Garis and Oryn with about forty five young guests enjoying games and music. Refreshments were served and gifts were given to the boys.
Burr Oak residents plan a Decoration Day service Sunday May 30 at 2 pm at the Dew cemetery near Burr Oak. Mrs Eva Beal Palos died Sunday at 11 am and will be buried Tuesday at Moundsville. She was the widow of James Beal. Local families visit relatives in nearby towns while births and health concerns are noted among neighbors.
Graham Chapel residents Mr and Mrs Carl Graham and Miss Herbert Hawk and family were mentioned. Miss Mabel Hawk visited Miss Margaret Dailey. Miss Verna Darnell of Rocky Point spent the weekend with her cousin Miss Rose Williams of Athens.
Mrs Liz Guess visited Mrs Cecil Jewett in Nelsonville and stayed overnight with Mrs Ella Six. Forty eight friends surprised Mr and Mrs Lafollette Friday night for music dancing and refreshments. The Lafollette family will visit McArthur from Saturday to Tuesday with the Sam Murphy family. Progress on the Micheals house is shown as W C Nichols and Carl Micheals build it. Gordon Phillips of Parkersburg drove here to visit Fanny Ball. The Hawk couple from Columbus stayed with relatives. Jeff Harrison traded a touring car for a Ford. Many relatives and neighbors in Athens Logan Webb Summit Luhrig Canal Winchester and Carbon Hill feature in visits and travel of locals.
Pratt's Fork guests include Mr. and Mrs. Elza Sapp of Athens visiting the Emmett Jones family. Mae Goldsberry returns to Marion after a week with relatives. A C Howett and son of Athens visit the Jessie Gilkey home. Grant Gilkey of Athens visits his parents with Mrs. Gilkey returning home after a few days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Peoples also referenced.
Local residents and visitors are listed as spending weekends and Sundays with relatives in Hockingport Belpre Parkersburg Coolville Torch and Parkersburg. Mentions include Dutton White Ford and Hall families Parker Wells Keever Noland and Cordill with farm produce ships and orchard spraying noted.
COOLVILLE NEWS reports twenty one Class Four members of the M E Sunday school, chaperoned by Mrs C B Harper and Mrs Harry Walden, picnicked at Lock 18 on Tuesday and resolved to repeat such trips all summer. The note covers community visits, local social life, minor arrests for speeding, and a cemetery cleanup day with uneven participation.
At their regular session Saturday afternoon May 29 Troy Grange outlines a program featuring jokes by Watkins Warren McKinley and C E Keller, a segment on The Grange of thirty years ago by E A Dutton, readings by Flora Dean and Fannie Bingman, and a talk Seven reasons why I am a Granger by G O Shanks.
A Sunday birthday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rardin's south of town celebrated the births of Mr. Rardin, his sister, and two grandchildren. Guests from nearby towns included Ola Bardin family, Orvil Bardin family, Leigh Bristol family, Church Barton family, H. H. Hetzer of Reedsville, Ola Hodge of Parkersburg, Miss Hazel Barton of Akron, Melissa Safreed of Buffalo, W. Va., and Wayne Bardin of Parkersburg, W. Va.
A large group of Coolville residents led by Mr and Mrs J W Kincade enjoyed a Sunday motor trip to the Kincade home near Langsville via Pomeroy. The party included Mr and Mrs R E Daugherty with son, Mr and Mrs George DeWees with son, Mr and Mrs Earl Kincade, Miss Mable Buck and friend Jeffers, all bringing well filled baskets.
Sunday gatherings include Mr and Mrs Sam Frost and family of Graham Chapel with Judson host Mrs Lauer and Ernest Lauer. other visitors come from Athens Long Run and Rocky Point. Several locals and relatives visited, helped with house work, or made short trips to New England and Graham Chapel.
Carpenter Henry Williams and H H Dennison families hosted Sunday guests from Salem Center. Carolyn Sisson of Albany visited grandparents D M Sisson. Walter Jordan’s ill son Walter Jr. showed improvement. John Carpenter projected hospital treatment. John Rawlings and others visited Athens. J R Ogden of R D 1 had a serious tractor accident with mangled legs. He freed himself with a pocket knife.
A Rutland physician, Dr Jiiden, was summoned and is attending to an injured person after a recent incident, with on-site efforts to extricate and stabilize the individual ongoing.
Hamden Ohio Mr and Mrs Charles Suthers honored their daughters Lucy and Olive with a birthday party at their Buifdio street home on Saturday May 22 Music and games accompanied refreshments as guests included Floyd Edna Cornelia Hoag land Ruby Kazel Adams Wellston Bessie Smith Thelma Matthews Emmet Wyckoff Norma Woodruff Hagger Fain Mrs Stella Russell and children Mr and Mrs Quince Young and daughter Faye Also present were Will and John Martin and their sister en route from Jackson to Cincinnati Grace Morehead returned from Columbus where she had tonsils removed News notes cover local visitors post office affairs and residents including James Mitchell Harry Dickman and Dave Thomas
Amesville hosts thirty Sewing Girls members with Zoe Heston and Clara Wilson at Mrs. Oren Brawley’s Sand Rock home. D. A. Browning of Gloucester greets locals Thursday. Columbus Fire Marshal Jennings visits on Friday. Weekend guests include the Penroses of Pennsville and the Eckards from Junction City visiting Hart Strode and family. Hart Strode’s hatchery runs 5500 to 6000 birds per hatch season.
Bethany residents visit family in Athens and Stewart while church attendance reaches forty two. The Bethany minister plans to return for services on June 6. Visitors include Thelma Moore and Wright family members with Barnharts in Guysville. Children prepare for an upcoming Children day service.
The passage links Isabella I of Castile, Clara Barton, and Lydia E. Pinkham to landmark initiatives. It notes Isabella inspired transatlantic exploration, Barton founded the American Red Cross, and Pinkham popularized her vegetable compound marketed to help women nationwide.
A simple dainty frock pattern for a child sized 1 to 5 years uses contrasting or single materials. The 3 year size needs 1.4 yards of figured material and 1/4 yard plain material at 27 inches wide. one material needs 2 1/2 yards. Patterns mailed for 15 cents. Also notes a 1930 era Germany birth rate context.
A stream of local and Columbus visitors fill weekends in Murray City. Many residents and relatives are listed visiting family and friends in Nelsonville, Glouster, Carbon Hill, New Lexington, and Columbus, with several taking trips for work or hospital stays.
Taylor Ridge residents and friends visited Jacksonville and Columbus areas on Saturday and Sunday. Audra Chafant graduated from Glouster High School in an evening ceremony described as among the largest classes this year. Several residents, including Fred Heffken and Herman Kempton, traveled to Columbus to see Mrs. John Dalton, who is improving after a hospital stay.
Historical note suggests Socrates did not ingest hemlock from the true hemlock plant but from a close relative of the parsnip, altering the understood source of his death.
Astronomers observing the final sun eclipse in Sumatra report locals grew alarmed, believing a dragon tried to eat the sun during the darkened sky.
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