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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
6
The Lee township school board hired new teachers for the Fairview school Evelyn West Townhouse Walter Downs Look out Mildred Scott c. The report notes various local visits and family happenings including Columbus trips and a funeral in Columbus.
Hamden locals host visitors from Boston Jackson Ironton Chillicothe and Columbus during Decoration Day week. Postmaster exams prize Miss Alice Cross with top marks ahead of Earl Webb and Charles Rice. Mrs William Foose 74 dies after long illness funeral at 2 pm Friday with Rev Neil Peterson officiating.Grant Hudnail Benton Ills en route to Wilkesville to settle there.
Seventy-five members and guests attended the Albany grange regular meeting on Saturday night. After the business session a musical program was presented by home members and visitors from Stewart, with talks interspersed. Refreshments of ice cream cake and coffee were served after the meeting.
Sunday evening services at Weaver chapel on June 3 and revival services begin there Monday evening June 4.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Cline of Athens and Mr. and Mrs. E. Knowlton visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Knowlton. Mrs. Clarence Vorhes called in from Washington, D C en route home.
The Plains News lists numerous visits and social events. Families from Athens Nelsonville Columbus and Zanesville are noted visiting relatives including the Hawks West Smiths Bescoes Veritys and Hamer among others. Alumni attended a banquet while others traveled to Buckeye Lake Logan and Carbon Hill.
Zaleski and family hosted by Mrs. Samantha Johnson and Mrs. Charles Vanscoy in Charleston. James Dennis was summoned to Porterville for his brother’s illness. Electric street lighting began Saturday night. Several residents visited relatives in Columbus Dayton and Kansas City. A diphtheria recovery and a car accident near Greinmeyer curve left Oren Daft severely injured while Marion Molihan escaped harm.
Shade Emery Swartz paints for Mrs. Vienna Kelley. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Browning visit Mrs. Kate Turner. Mrs. 8 F Smith and sons Walter and Carl guest of Harry Smith. Roy Goldsberry and Ernest Howard shear for Leo Williams. Marty Howard returns from Marion after attending his sister Rose Jeffers funeral. Mrs. Maud Beebe and daughter Denis visit Athens and return. Miss Goldie Ashworth calls on Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Browning. Vienna Kelly stays with Mort Brazier family. Josie visits.
Memorial services will be held Sunday at Mt Zion cemetery on June 3. Flowers are solicited. Mrs J P Mohler called to bedside of daughter Mrs J W Weatherby who is very ill with pneumonia. Leota Gilliland visited sister Mrs Q E Goldsberry and family. Mrs Sarah Goldsberry visited. Mr F Stasher suffered a badly mauled hand on the road last Thursday and had the thumb removed at hospital.
Clarks Chapel hosts the Ruth family of Dublin and the Bells welcome guests. Prayer meeting set for Thursday evening. Wade Love of Athens visits the Sanborn and Carpenter households. Bun Decoration Day observed Sunday June 3 at 9 39 o clock with a picnic dinner.
H D Mills died at 67. Funeral at Rock Street home with Rev Thompson officiating. Dozens from Columbus Marysville Parkersburg Athens Reedsville Kanauga and nearby towns attended. Electricity progress noted as poles distributed. Many local visits and travels referenced, with several downtown names listed.
Family and friends attend Art Dean’s funeral in Tuppers Plains on Monday. Local residents visit relatives in Gallipolis and Bidwell. Neva Frecker joins Miller Lumber in Middleport. Numerous neighbors and kin share visits and church attendance across Chauncey, Silver Run, Hobson, Cheshire, and Bluefield.
Mrs Ellen Turley returned from Parkersburg where she visited relatives. Mrs Delbert Lee was a Pratts Fork visitor Sunday. Mr and Mrs Avery Roberts and son Marvin were guests of relatives in Huntington Sunday. Robert Griffith attended memorial services in the Pomeroy Presbyterian church. Miss Lenora Campbell is the guest of relatives in Steubenville. Samuel Winebrenner mashed his foot at the foundry Monday. A number from here attended the baccalaureate sermon in Pomeroy Sunday. Horace Karr Jr is listed among the graduates. The Rev Long U B pastor filled his appointment in Pratts Fork Sunday. Mrs Maggie Swearingen was a Nacine visitor Sunday. Miss Violet Courie Gallipolis spent Sunday with home folks. The community was surprised Saturday evening by the death of Q N Bridgman in Bowling Green. Funeral arrangements not yet announced. Mrs Emma Hayman Mrs Will Vencey and C L Arnold attended the U B church dedication in Morning Star Sunday. Mrs Mary Karr and family and Mrs Carrie Seidenabel were Point Pleasant visitors Saturday.
Local residents report visits among families in Bishopville Mountville Paris Gloucester and Trimble. Floy d Carter injured in bicycle accident. Erret Smith returns from Orient. Memorial service attended in Glouster. Numerous social calls and dinners noted with Pedicord Milhoan and Moody families across several towns.
Lottridge and Sharp families with children visited Joe White at Mound Crossing. Ackley and White and Gaston households hosted guests including the McKinleys and J. S. Gaston. Anti-Cant Sew ing club met at Alyce Chevalier’s home in Coolville. The Aid Society gathered with 14 members and 8 visitors, noting the president’s illness. Reverend Nutter visited Watkins home and will hold baptismal services near Roy Gordon’s home in two weeks.
New England couple Mr and Mrs Charles Showalter announce the birth of a daughter on May 27. Amesville residents Mr and Mrs C C Curtis visited Emmett Copeland family. Parkersburg hosts Mr and Mrs Chester Copeland and Nuzum family visits. Athens guest E H Kincade and daughter Octo spent time with Morrison. Worcester area social calls include Mrs John Wilson Amesville staying with her mother Mrs S J Copeland. Ice cream social planned at Presbyterian lawn next Saturday night. Ray Poston and children visited W A Copeland family. Frank Nuzum Parkersburg spent time with sister Mrs Genevieve Copeland.
Pleasant Valley residents host and visit relatives across Athens Hebbardsville and Marietta. The Mel Winleys, Victoria Dorsey and Beatrice Wood, and Kate Wood are among those noted with extended family time. Local memorial services were attended and several others visited kin across the area.
Peach Ridge visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilson of Sugar Creek, who called on Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter and grandson Nobert Sunday. Sylvester Smith, injured when his riding horse slipped and fell, is improving. J. W. Boyd and family from Nelsonville were guests of J. D. Lawrence and family. Robert Willie visits his uncle Howard Davis and family in Strouds Run. Mrs. Troy Noland and sons Sylvester and Forest spent the end of the week with Mrs. Noland’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Sharp, in Jackson County.
Carpenter Mrs. Alice Radcliff of Albany visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. McVay and son Jack of Akron and E. W. McVay of Albany spent Monday with C. H. Jewell and family. Mrs. Metta Knepp of Athens visited her parents. The Jewells hosted Emmett Starkey and family for a Sunday gathering. Albany visitors included George Wood and others. Sfremorial services at Hebbardsville drew several locals.
Mrs. Ezra Dalton and daughter Izora clean Dr. Copeland's vacant house while Mr. Fialph Taylor mourns a valuable cow killed on the railroad track Monday night. Several families from Shade Broadwell Stewart and surrounding areas visited Mr. and Mrs. Coen and Mrs. Grace Leslie Chester last week returning Sunday afternoon.
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