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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1928
Page
8
Myrtle Jackson will captain the Red division as members gather for a surprise supper. The event reverses a prior supper given by the Blues to the Reds, with Mrs. Bess Wilson noted as Red division captain.
Chauncey social rounds include Mrs. Earl Bridgewater hosting guests on High Street with Akron visitors Mrs. A I Miller Mrs. Thomas Raynow and Mrs C E Kelly. Dwight Post reports the Athens teachers convention last week and the birth of a nine and a half pound baby Friday morning. Soldiers Reunion in Glouster drew Attendees Mr and Mrs Henry Staffinger and Mr and Mrs John M Tippie while Walter Ferrel and Hal Osborne visited from Pontiac Michigan. Carrie Channel returns to The Plains after three weeks with the Brookins in Chauncey. Mrs George Fluhart's neuritis illness shows improvement.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at the Millfield Church of Christ with quilt figure, business session, and a pot luck dinner. President Mrs Celia Boudinot led the group as members including Mrs J R Wade Mrs Viola Howard Mrs Mae Wade Mrs Mabel Mingus Mrs Margaret Riley Mrs Morris Mrs Viola Wade Mrs Celia Ou dinot Mrs Burt Pettit and Miss Olive Brookins attended.
Robert Bulloch and Miss Macatawa Pedicord of Glouster wed Thursday at Jacksonville. The couple, graduates of Glouster High School, plan Columbus home. he studies at Office Training School and she to study music. Others move and council discusses water system and street work.
Chauncey October meeting of the Women Quilt Ladies' Aid Society held at the church on Friday. Attendees included Mrs. William Cochran Mrs. Be Cunningham Mrs. Carrie Ross Mrs. James Campbell Mrs. Noah Harvey and others.
Numerous families on Chauncey street vacate and relocate within the area. Ira ears and family leave, Cyrus Witham family moves in from Sand Chauncey, Agnes Fierce joins Naomi Bible Class, and other residents including the Sweeney and Michaels families are noted in ongoing neighborhood shifts. Details reveal shifts in homes and church activities as residents move between properties and attend Sunday School.
Chauncey, Oct. 6. Pleasant View Temple Pythian Sisters held its last meeting with the installation of two officers Mrs Maggie Dean as guard and Mrs Lucy Howard as protector. Installing officer was Mrs Myrtle Jackson. Attendance was large with two visitors Mrs Lucy Surcon of Murray City Temple and Mrs Garnet Stevers of Atheon Temple. a social hour featured a chicken supper served by Ision members.
A listing highlights businesses including Millikan Logan Book News Athens Messenger J L Beckley Son McHenry Sissex Cornwell Finsterwald Sisters Home Furnishing McKee Drug Burnett Smith Silvus Style Shop and more in the Athens area business directory.
One scarlet fever case is reported in Chauncey with a quarantine at the Parry home on Lexington Avenue. Belva Mae Parry, six, is ill with the disease.
Fourteen local residents attended a reception held October 2 at the home of Mrs. Ross Matheny in Middleport. Guests included Mrs. Iva Wright Mrs. Roy Wrigtee Mrs. Ruby Gairhigg and other community members as Ohio's grand chief of the Pythian Lodge presided over the event drawing several hundred lodge members from surrounding areas.
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