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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1923
Page
6
The high school will stage a literary program at the auditorium next Tuesday evening featuring a short play A Family Flurry. Thanksgiving Eve services will be held at the Presbyterian church with Rev. F F Brown and local Rev. Fred Alkire from Columbus speaking and George Atkins directing the special music.
Fifteen accessions were recorded at the recent revival at the F B church with fifteen persons baptized Sunday morning. W W Brown and wife of Middleport visited A J Carpenter and family last week.
Mrs Myers and Mrs Link Chase are improving while the high school home economics department runs a practical lunch. A three cent bowl of hot soup is served to more than forty pupils with staff including buyers, bookkeepers, cooks, waiters and dishwashers. Experiments study digestion as Victrola music and stories accompany lunch.
Daniel Wisen is critically ill and may not recover. The grange held a regular session Friday night and the Masonic lodge met Saturday night. Degree work and social activities were featured at both gatherings with a good time reported.
The author protests a November 14 arrest for hunting rabbits out of season and without a license. He says he was not hunting with five hounds and was not outside Beaumont village when Officer Nash arrested him, and he describes becoming angry and making threats after denial.
Relatives and friends visited family in Belpre and Marietta over the weekend. Julié Watson spent the weekend with kin in Belpre and Marietta. Kirk Stewarns of Cincinnati was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Dye. Mary Gillilan visited friends in Little Hocking on Monday. Esther Dunfee and daughter Josephine were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dunfee on Saturday. I Dunfee's business trip took him to Centennial on Tuesday.
Howard Haning, 55, died instantly near his home four miles west of Pageville after a wagon he was driving with his son Glen fell into a ditch and crushed him against a stump. He was a respected Scipio township resident leaving a widow and five children. funeral arrangements were not yet made.
Howard Alkire returns from Columbus to tend business as Will Forrest takes over Harley Derry property and moves in this week. Presbyterian church hires Rev. Frank F. Brown from near Chillicothe as pastor. Parsonage repairs continue and Brown plans to move so his son can start high school this week.
Mr and Mrs George Atkins spent Sunday at 8 L Shrivers home for a quiet visit.
The Christian Endeavor group shows rising interest and attendance. Miss Michaels led a missionary program Sunday evening with an uplifting talk on India. A Thanksgiving program is planned for next Sunday evening led by Mart Chase.
Vanderhoof and nearby areas show social ties as residents host guests and visit relatives. Dinner invitations include Mrs Ralph Congreve in Coolville and Mrs William Ashcraft. trips to Athens and Delaware cited. hunting and fishing outings noted. school district superintendent Dillinger visited Vanderhoof. several exchanges with neighbors and relatives occur through the week.
Mr Brown spent 26 years with lanterns and ticket punches for K M railroad and now runs Hobson to Gallipolis. T V Jordan of Columbus visits relatives and hunts rabbits. Mrs Kayser suffers rheumatism. Judge Carleton of Pomeroy came for legal business. George W Black of Parkersburg visits Kasper family. Woodyard and caster received a brown sage buller with 50 000 bushels daily capacity. Mrs Hayes of Covington Okla returns home after three months. Harley McCall family stay with J H McCall. Mort McKnight and wife were Albany visitors. A F Russell from near Albany was a Monday business caller.
Charles Herbert Falls born February 10, 1883 in Bishopville Ohio died November 12, 1923 in Athens Ohio at age 40. He worked in the lumber business, joined Masonic lodge in 1907, married Iva Hammond on January 20, 1912 and left daughter Charlotte Ann age seven. He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents Ira and Marissa Falls, and sisters Mrs. Fred Kittle Mrs. Fred Woodruff and Miss Helen Falls.
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for floral offerings, to the singers for music, Rev Hoon for consoling words, and the Masonic brethren for their services at the death of our son and husband. Mr and Mrs Y L Falls, Mrs C H Falls.
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