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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1926
Page
5
Miss Charlotte MacGregor visited. Zeta Tau Alpha held a formal Aunt Jemima breakfast at Miss Marion Coe’s home 162 Lancaster Street. Guests included Bushees and other members marking the first grand chapter honor guest at a darky breakfast, with social visits across town and family travel notes through the week.
Chauncey obituary notes Wilda A Worden age five died at home five hours after arriving by ambulance from Columbus. Funeral at 10 20 a m conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney. Burial Nye cemetery. She leaves husband William H Worden and three children two daughters ill Maria Elsie Worden and Bess Settles of Columbus and son William Earl Worden. Sister and other relatives listed.
CHAUNCEY Oct 4 The Loyal Woman's society of the First Christian church will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Jesse Henry Walker street Athens Mrs Henry a former resident of this city was a member of this church society Mrs Guy Brookin will have charge of the business session and Mrs B F Ferrel will be program leader.
Miss Dorothy Jane Minister departed Chauncey this morning to take a position as an instructor at a Frankfort Ohio high school. She had spent the past week with her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Minister on Ellis Avenue.
Mrs. H. E. Smith hosted a chicken dinner at her Chauncey home on Oct 4 for her husband’s birthday. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Stromger Nelsonville and Mr. and Mrs. Evan West Columbus. Mrs. George T. Williamson and daughter Jo Ann left Chauncey by motor for James town Pa after visiting relatives in Athens Middleport and Murray City.
Harold Ogg, an employee in Columbus, spent Sunday at the Chauncey home of a relative or friend. Details of the visit are limited in the surviving fragment, but the report notes his local stopover on the Sunday.
CHAUNCEY October 4 The second annual reunion of the Eliza Seevers family was held at the Athens fair grounds on Sunday October 3 in honor of Mrs Seevers who is 80 years old All children attended except one daughter Alice Four generations were present with representation from Mansfield Barberton Marion Columbus Lower Salem Warren and The Plains George Hall was elected president Will Hall vice president and Ruth Fisk secretary treasurer The next gathering will be the Sunday before Labor Day in 1927 with the place to be announced later
An advertising copy touts Creomulsion as a twofold remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germs. It claims creosote is a leading healing agent for persistent coughs bronchitis and related throat ailments with guaranteed satisfaction and money-back if no relief when used as directed.
Colonel Carmi Thompson of Cleveland and special investigator for the Philippines for President Coolidge finished his duties in Manila and will depart for the United States on October 4, the War Department said today.
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claiming easy weight gain. It states a woman gained ten pounds in twenty two days and offers a money back guarantee if you do not gain at least five pounds in thirty days. Available as 60 tablets for 60 cents at pharmacies.
The Kiwanis club meet at the Church of Christ from 6:30 to 7:30 p m with E M Blower chairing the board of public affairs. C B Dillon of Glouster schools will give a five minute talk on Why I Believe in Kiwanis the second of six five minute talks by Kiwanis members.
The Mid-Hocking mine near Burr Oak resumed work after over two years idle. With a 1000 ton daily capacity it can employ about 200 men when fully running. The mine was taken over by Sunday Creek Coal Co. over a year ago and has since been electrified.
GLOTSTER Oct 4 notes Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Lewis and daughter Alice returned from Gallipolis after attending the funeral of Daniel Wright of Columbus held Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright of the same town were also mentioned in the report.
Columbus and Bert Wright of Springfield attended the funeral in Gallipolis and joined Mr and Mrs Lewis for an evening ride to Gloucester before returning home Monday. Elma Perie, 10, daughter of August and his wife, has come home from Grant hospital Columbus in an invalid chair after surgery for appendicitis. Mrs Will Chambers, who went to the hospital on September 24, returned with them.
The Oct 4 feature lists a fine arts quiz with questions on poetry music drama literature and art. It asks who wrote works such as Ghosts Sartor Resartus Childe Harold Lohenin and Leaves of Grass and who the concert artist in the illustration is.
The M M S society closes its Ford and Packard contest after months of work. The Packard winner will be honored with a banquet by the Ford committee. Members are invited as Columbus shows improvement. Mrs Young’s condition worsened after a bus incident, with hope for recovery fading.
Mrs. C A Young of Glou ster is expected to be discharged soon after diabetes treatment at Mt Carmel Hospital. The report notes her improving condition as she continues medical care locally.
In Duncanville Mary Vetiz, wounded by her husband John Vetiz during a midnight shooting, died as he then took his own life. John Vetiz, 58, shot Mary then fatally killed himself. Authorities reported both deaths as a domestic incident.
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