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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1925
Page
8
Chauncey, Nov. 2. It is understood the Beaumont mine will begin operation on Wednesday. A number of men from Chauncey and nearby areas will be employed there. With Chauncey mine on an Erie railroad order and Bailey Run mines active, a strong holiday business is expected in the vicinity for the next several months if operations continue.
Mrs. Agnes Fierce of Chauncey sends her ten year old brown and white terrier Buster on a journey to Burbank California. The loyal guest pet who has lived in her home for years will join her in moving to reside with her niece Mrs. Elizabeth German. Fierce says she would cancel her trip rather than leave Buster behind.
Chauncey November 2 Mr and Mrs Walter McGuire entertained friends at their home last Friday evening with dancing music and refreshments. Attending were Mr and Mrs F Ks Cook Mr and Mrs W C Nichols Mr and Mrs Arthur Coon Mr and Mrs Ambrose Ter rel Mr and Mrs Sfiteh Woodyard Mr and Mrs William McDonald Mrs Vivian Woodyard Miss Hazel and Gay McDonald Charts and Howard McDonald and rant Cook all of The Plains Mr and Mrs William Hawk of Athens Arthur Wilson of Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs Delbert Jones Or ville Jewell and Bernice Young of New Marshfield.
Mrs Lee Cohostover and Mrs W D Hines hosted a masquerade party Friday evening at Mrs Schoonover’s Mound Street home. Guests mingled in disguise with guessing games and refreshments of sandwiches pickles pie and coffee. The decor featured black and yellow. Attendees included Mrs W J Hines Mr and Mrs T R Hamilton and son Dean Mrs A L Preston Mrs Wesley Six Mrs Luther Cruishank Mrs Anne Cunningham Mrs H A Letber and Ruth.
Chauncey November 2 Mrs Fred Grandstaff entertained her Sunday School class of the Church of God at a masquerade Halloween party on Mill Street. Wendell Grandstaff and Mrs Royal Matson performed piano numbers while Mrs Grandstaff and Mrs Matson assisted in serving. Present were Lucille Martin Dannie Adkins Georgie
Elizabeth Hillyer Tippie Grace Frazee Nellie Jones Edna Katzenback Addie Schoonover Gen va Palmer Ethel Phillips Lenora Rackham Deloris Rack ham Charles Martin Heatrice West Evelyn Jones Dora Jones Clifford Grandstaff Orlantine Pencilli Mrs William Matson and son Jackie Bill Mr and Mrs Fred Grandstaff appear in a society page or social notices column.
Chauncey November 2. Mrs. Zell Douglas hosted a Halloween masked party for her daughter Anne Mae Douglas at The Vilains. Ruby Parfitt won the flower contest, with Wendell Moore and Bernadine Sewell as consolations. Guests included Bernadine Sewell, Russell Sewell, Harry Douglas, Lavenda Moore, Reba Jellicon, Helen Gabriel, Stella Gabriel, Sam Gabriel, Ruby Farfitt, John Farfitt, Ralph McAllister, Dorothy Breaker, Juanita Stailey, Hubert West, Jernard Matheny, Otto Lewis, Maxine Howard, Joe Tinkham, Minnie Bobs, Charles Savagre, Verna Nagle, Kathryn Hawk.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Coon spent last Wednesday in New Straitsville Miss Dessie Anderson of The Plains is visiting in Cincinnati Month West of Hocking spent Saturday with Mary Louise Ackley at The Plains Mr and Mrs Rex Ackley and Miss Millicent Klee of The Plains and George Booth and Bernice Stanley of Athens spent Prides at the home of Mr and Mrs 8 A West at Hocking
Montray West and Ralph Russell of Pomeroy visited S. A. West's in Hocking on Friday. Mrs. S. A. West and Hyla and Ada and Evelyn and Wilma Ruth West with Mrs. Rex Ackley of The Plains were in Pomeroy visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jenton Pointer. Glee Hyla West and Wilma Stuth West visited Mrs. Rex Ackley. They confessed judgment through their attorney in Common Pleas on Saturday morning. The note dated October 28, 1924, principal 8177 with 7 percent interest was to be collected.
Charles Bowen and Aaron Bowen sued by W. J. Barstow for payment of a promissory note with interest totaling 189.45. The filing indicates a confessed judgment against the defendants.
Vic Hallam was found not guilty of a paternity charge brought by Estella Chapman. The Common Pleas court on Saturday ordered him to recover the costs of the action from the plaintiff.
The Ohio registrar of vital statistics reports that in the last three years the state Negro population increased only eight percent despite overall growth.
The speaker notes a 36 percent rise in deaths for the same period and calls tuberculosis the great ravager of the colored race, highlighting racial health disparities in the period.
C O Johnson once Gary Indiana mayor and four Cincinnati peace officers convicted of conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition law were released on parole and were en route to their homes from Atlanta federal prison. The group includes John Heidenreich former police sergeant and former patrolmen Haff Donovan and Red Mitchell.
A terse quip from Youngstown Ohio quotes a local reader about the precarious position of husbands, noting that outlaws threaten their freedom while in laws restrict them. The line reflects satirical takes on family and crime in a mid-century urban setting.
Andrew Groeschner, a fireman, praises Tanlac for curing two years of indigestion with gas pains around the heart. He says Tanlac improved his appetite, sleep, and overall health after a year of use and urges buying Tanlac from reputable druggists.
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