Funeral honors Jack Rutherford after deadly Murray City crash
Funeral services for Jack Rutherford killed in an automobile accident near the Hunterdon mine were held at the M E Church Sunday. Rev. Householder conducted the service and Greenlawn burial followed. Relatives and friends from West Virginia, Dayton, Carbon Hill, Akron, Cleveland, Nelsonville and Barberton attended along with many Murray City neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ruthford
Hunterdon
M. E. Urch
Householder
Greenlawn
William Rutheford
West Virginia
B. R. Rutheford
Dayton
Charles Rutheford
Charles Shultz
Carbon Hill
Anna Rutheford
Myrtle
Akron
Ed Patton
Lucille McCully
Barberton
Roscoe Campbell
Cleveland
Harve Nixon
Bertha. Myers Crossing
Richardson
Sapp
Parry
Nelsonville
Jack Rutheford
Dwight Carsey
Columbus
Richard McCann
William Currens
Ethel
Burke Wolfe
Earl Morris
Gayport
Scott Urick
Philo
George Bolin
Albert Storer
Nice
Alberta Wright
Letha Wright
Carbondale
Edith Short
Athens
Syracuse Baseball Game Featured Four All-Star Siblings
Sun day afternoon game at King's Park saw Pomeroy and Syracuse All-Stars clash as the Syracuse lineup boasted four pairs of brothers the Quillens Hemsleys Duckworths and Guin thers. Local social notes report health and travel updates for area families across Pomeroy Huntington and Columbus with Rally Day at M E Sunday School and messages about illness surgery and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King's Park
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Grace Winebrenner
Louise Nichols
John Williams
Columbus
Charles Calkins
Toledo
Virgil Campbell
Lucile Smith
Sharpsburg Church Notes and Local Happenings
The Rev Gregory preached at J Hermon Sunday morning and will speak next Sunday night October 21 on Our Duty. Visitors Mr and Mrs George Hanson and others attended Lancaster Fair. Roy Love of Cambridge visited Sharpsburg. Mrs Anna Gilchrist near Arietta Hospital underwent surgery with limited recovery hopes. William Grimes is seriously ill. A young couple moved into Clarence Kerns’s house. The Gregorys and Mrs Tuttle attended a Morning Star rally in Lawrence County. A Mellmeier and son graded Bartlett school grounds. Vern Harris rented A D Keirns’s farm after a sale. the McCune family visited Bardins. McCune plans a furnace and basement work. Nelson’s saw mill works on Cattoway farm timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
J. Hermon
George W. Hanson
Chesterhill
Glen Caldwell
Lucille Love
Roy Love
Cambridge
Sharpsburg
Anna Gilchrist
Arietta Hospital
William Grimes
Clarence Kerns
Tuttle
Broadwell
Morning Star Church
Lawrence County
A. Mellmeier and Son
Bartlett
Vern Harris
A. D. Keirns
Columbus
A. D. McCune
Dallas
Frank Bardin
McCune
Nelson
Cattoway
LocalResidents Visit, Move, and Family Visits Reported
The Plains area hosts guests and visits across families including Mr. and Mrs. Joe Geisicke and Hazel Geisiscke in Gallipolis. Several families travel to Lancaster and Mansfield for visits and county fair events while others relocate from the Michaels house to Athens and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Geisicke
Akron
A. M. Humphry
Gallipolis
Hazel Geisiscke
Fletch Hawk
El@on
Lancaster
Nel Scott Hiller
Erwin Stauffer
Donald
Merwin Stauffer
Phillip
Upper Plains
George Swart
Henry
Dayton
Raymond Scott
West Virginia
Wilber Powell
Ray Michaels
Rol Bricker
Wilberell
Della McCombs
Edith Schard
Myers Cross
New England Visitors and Local Social Roundup
New England residents Mrs. Burtena Copeland and daughter Esther of Columbus visited friends. Ray and Forrestine Starlin of Columbus spent time with their parents. Attendees included O O Bryson at Grange Day in Nelsonville and multiple families visiting others in surrounding towns. A Presbyterian church supper is planned at Emma Copeland’s residence next Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burtena Copeland
Esther
Columbus
Ray and
Forrestine Starlin
Mrs
H. H. Starlin
Albert Gardner
Glenn Potter
Amesville
Lou
el Spaulding
Emmett Copeland
Merwin Bryson
Esther May
Hamden
O. O. Bryson
The
Presbyterian Church
Emma Copeland
Taylor
E. H
Pleasanton News Highlights Local Visits and Events
Pleasanton hosts include Mr and Mrs C W Gilmore and son of Cincinnati visiting Wayne Kenney family over weekend. Pleasanton School pie supper Friday night led by Lora McClain and Helen Kenney. Grand jury witnesses from Athens include Ray Morrison Frank Martin Henry King and Wayne Kenney. Dock Kenney travels south for health. George Gillery builds new barn for Wayne Kenney. Mrs George Gilkey improving after Toledo hospital care. Henry King attends Sugar Creek birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Gilmore
Cincinnati
Wayne Kenney
Pleasanton School
Lora McClain
Helen Kenney
George Gillery
Ray Morrison
Frank Martin
Henry King
Athens
George Gilkey
Toledo
Dock Kenney
Sugar Creek
Wedding Announcements and Local Social Visits
The wedding of Mrs. Gertrude Mace and William Driscoll of Athens has been announced. The bride is the daughter in law of Armstead Mace, and her husband is the son of Jack Driscoll of Zaleski. Doris and Virgene Mace attend school in Athens. Visitors include Elizabeth Vansky at Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Rice in Wellston. Charles F. Atkinson and granddaughter Jean Scott of Columbus visited. Rebecca Bowman and daughter Ethel Keller plus John Mays of Columbus visited G. S. McGlaughlin. H. V. Atkinson of McArthur spent a Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Viletta Herwick and Mont Herwick family of Creola visited Eber McKibben. Mrs. Bentley of Circleville visited daughter Mrs. W. C. Watson. Mrs. Watson accompanied her home for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Mace
William Driscoll
Athens
Armstead Mace
Jack Driscoll
Zaleski
Wellston
Charles FE. Atkinson
Jean Scott
Columbus
Rebecca Bowman
Ethel Keller
John Mays
Bowman
McGlaughlin
H. V. Atkinson
McArthur
Viletta Herwick
Mont Herwick
Creola
Eber McKibben
Bentley
Circleville
W. C. Watson
Watson
Local Social Roundup from Peach Ridge and Nearby
Residents and visitors listed with weekend and weekday visits across Athens Marietta Jackson County and surrounding areas. Notable names include Everett Junod Stephenson Davis Chadwick Perry and Willie, with multiple family and guest gatherings at homes in Athens Steubart Zaleski Glouster and Chesterhill.
Social notes from Burr Oak and Glouster region
Local residents and guests are listed in a series of social visits and events. Names include Myrtle Hines Chauncey Mary Binderbasin Eva Ives and family Dennis Kerr Doris Latta Wahi Post Smith, with mentions of travel to Columbus for illness and a 12 pound birth, plus a church appointment by Rev. L. E. Souders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Hines
Chauncey
Eli Westfall
Mary Binderbasin
Glouster
Eva Ives
Forrest Dennis
Glenn
Ray Kerr
Hemlock
Bessie Doris
William Doris
Gladys Ivers
Paris
Eva Ivers
W. C. Post
Columbus
Faye Ivers
Robert Smith
Carbon Hill
Charles Wahi
Giouster
Juanitia Latta
Gilouster
Herman Binderbasin
L. E. Souders
Logan
Pleasant Ridge Church
Union on the Hill in the politics of 1890s satire
A satirical column by A. La Snedéien mocks political gamesmanship and party rivalries. It notes Democrats and Republicans in a fast changing era with references to a reform climate, social antics, and a stray aside about a landmark case involving Rockefeller and the court system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union - ON - the - Hill
A. la Snedéien
Bethany Pie Social and Hallowe'en Party Planned
Miss Bessie Lemmon a Green Valley school teacher plans a pie social and Hallowe'en party at that Place Friday evening October 19. Several local families visited relatives and friends Sunday including the McPhersons and the Pettys. News notes also mention people hunting and gathering wild grapes during pleasant Situma weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lemmon
Green Valley
Dan McPherson
Frank McPherson
Rockland
Charley Norris
Dana Bean
Irene
Leo
Davis Grubb
Clarence Petty l
Inghram Clark
Charles Woods
Athens
Woods
Rilegh McDaniel
Edward Petty
Robert Petty
Robert, Sr
J and
Cari
Marietta
Wes Frost
Frost
Martha Petty
Blanche Hayes
Clarence Petty
Dave Dalton
Susie Woodey
James
John Lightfoot
Nelsonville
Lottridge Aid Society Seeks November Meeting Host
Lottridge Aid Society met last Friday at the home of Mr and Mrs L H Allen with sixteen members and twelve visitors present. Refreshments were served. next gathering planned for November at Mr and Mrs L T Runnion. Visitors Earl White joined Aldo McKinley’s hosts Sunday evening. Ellie Celia Paul Kinnen and Paul Baker were mentioned with Hershel Horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Aid Society
L. H. Allen
L. T. Runnion
Earl White
Aldo McKinley
Ellie
Celia
Paul Kinnen
Paul Baker
Coolville
Hershel Horns
Local Families Visit Relatives Over Weekend
Cutler Route 2 Mr and Mrs Highland Root and daughter Clarice of Coolville visited Mr and Mrs Layman O Neal Sunday. Numerous family groups including O Neals Shermans Jarvis Nice and others visited relatives in the area. Lola Nice ill and Mrs Rosa Merrell with C H Laughlin were in town looking after farm matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Root
Clarice
Coolville
Layman O’neal
J. R. Spurrier
Mary Lou
Eleanor
Richard
William Sherman
Raymond Jarvis
Noah O'Neal
Alvan French
Etta Bailey
Marietta
Maxine, Glenn
Claire Nice
Robert Kelly
Earl Nice
Family
Wall Nice
A of
Broadwell
Ralph Nice
Rosa Merrell
C. H. Laughlin
Chillicothe
Weekend Visits Reported Across Glouster Area
Bishopville and nearby communities share a series of Sunday visits. Miles Easler and family, Albert Embrey and Leona, visit A B Phillips and J W Palmer households. Dwight Smith visits Eugene Jones. Bertha Martin visits Alden Wells in Athens. Donna Wells shows slow recovery. Charles Pedicord and Elton Pedicord with Orleana and Madge Pedicord visit James and Nancy Roberts on East Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Easler
Donald
Glouster
A. B. Phillips
Albert Embrey
Leona
McLeish
J. W. Palmer
Dwight Smith
Eugene Jones
Bertha Martin
Athens
Alden Wells
Donna Wells
Charles Pedicord
Elton Pedicord
Orleana
Madge
James
Nancy Roberts
East Branch
Local Social Notes From Springfield Area Gatherings
A sequence of short social visits and dinners is recorded across Springfield and nearby towns. Several families including the McKinleys, Pinells, Flanders, Chapmans, Allens, Swishers, Gainers, Boggs, and Laurences are noted hosting or visiting relatives and friends at homes in Coolville, Fairview, Pomeroy, Parkersburg, Belpre, and Beebe.
Halloween Hallowe'en Night Program At Temple Church
Albany brief notes describe a Hallowe'en event at Temple Church with a masquerade program and plate lunch. Also covered are Local social visits, church group meetings, and the same period’s family and guest gatherings across Albany including continued notes from several residents and a reference to a page continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Church
Albany Grange Confers Third and Fourth Degrees
Albany Grange held a regular meeting at the opera house with members from New Marshfield Rome Canaonville and Star Granges. Two candidates received the third and fourth degrees, followed by two demonstration drills. Refreshments were served to 65 attendees and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lax were admitted as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Grange
Opera House
New Marshfield
Rome
Canaonville
Star Granges
J. W. Lax
Mrs Clarence Vorhes and Sister Visit Columbus Area
Mrs Clarence Vorhes and her sister Mrs Russell Drake and her husband spent the end of the week visiting in Columbus. The visitors toured local landmarks and enjoyed gatherings with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Vorhes
Russell Drake
Columbus
Whan Visits Wife in Colum Bus Hospital
South Canaan residents report William Whan traveled to Columbus on Thursday to see his wife, who is recovering in a Colum bus hospital. Mrs. Whan is improving and hopes to return home soon. Community members attended the Farmers' Day meet at Nelsonville Friday. Miss Nita Butts visited Athens Saturday. Miss Beatrice Windsor, a Ohio University student, spent the weekend with her parents. A ple social will be held Friday evening Oct. 19 to raise funds for school supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Windsor
C. W. Townsend
Beebe
H. R. Watkins
Aldo McKinley
Alphonso McBee
Newberry
Reed
Parkersburg
Leroy Boggs
Edd Bailey
Stewart
Robert Sharp
Margaret Rameburg
Vander
Louise
Lawrence Bailey
Carson Boggs
Belpre
Fred Vorhes
Ray Knowlton
Ant
Will Moler
Athens
Mae Knowlton
iMageté Lavelie
C. 1. Steward
Lancaster Fair
O. A. Knight
Penn State College
E. G. Knight
Mary Barnes
Gallipolis
Sam
W. J. Sanders
Co. J. Sanders
E. W. Sanders
Columbus
William Whan
Nelsonville
Nita Butts
Beatrice Windsor
Ohio University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Murray City
Harry Jewett
Murray
Fred Donson
Edwin Barker
New Town School
Union Furnace
Pridgen
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Pearson Foster
Ohio State University
Robert Foster
Harve Campbell
Zanesville
Lem Campbell
Fred Surgeon
Esther Briley
Ruth Penn
Frank Kidd
Ohio
James Kidd
Avery Roberts
Marvin
Clinton Roberts
Huntington
Glenroy Ewing
Irving Karr
Errol Mallory
Mabel
St. Cloud
Fla
East Liverpool
Washington
Carrie Seidenabel
Hortense
Rutland
Martin Stobart
M. E
Henry Roush
Middleport
John Karr
Constance
Horace Karr, Jr
the Plains News
Walter Ferrel
Pontiac
Mich
Elmer Laverly
Cameron
Allison
Donardine
Michaels
Scott Allen
Grant Michaels
Richard Michaels
Joe
Fisher Station
Frank Thompson
Laonville
Mary Snyder
Joe Martin
Litchfield
Harry Sisson
George Burdette
Berma Yerkey
Pennsro
W. Va
Frank Smith
Eliza Seevers
Don
Mansfield
Homer Seevers
Joe Ruston
Isonville
Mike Dukeman
Chilgen
Newark
Hershel Darnell
Etheldean Gordon
Samuel Darnell
New England
Oo. O. Bryson
Neilsonville
I. C. Gaston
Grace and
Marie Dodds
Hockingport
C. H. McKinley
Ray Bean
Guysville
Mrs. Bean
Pleasanton
Peach Ridge
Jessie Everett
C. F. Junod
A. H. Stephenson
Toronto
Canada
Vera Stephenson
Fred Stephenson
H. B. Spaulding
Herbert Everett
Rebecca Everett
Roy Noland
Webster Sharp
Jackson County
Silas Davis
Beatrice
Betty
Little Federal
Howard Davis
Glen
Isabelle
Helen
Strouds Run
Jane Davis
George Willie
Frank Chadwick
D. F. Same
Smith
Mary
M. L. Davey
America
Rockefeller
Bethany
Lottridge
Cutler
Bishopville
Marion Frost
Springfield
Mildred Runnion
Weimer
Ross
C. D. Swartz
Arthur Cole
Fairview
John Pinell
Charley Flanders
Velma
L. T. Runni
Hall Chapman and Baby
F. W. Chapman
R. M. Allen
Samuel Gainer
Tuppers Plains
Emmett Swisher
H. C. Swisher
Albany
M. E. Church
BE. H. Lasch
Will Gillogly
O. D. Dailey
C. N. Jones
Ed Rickey
Floyd Fought
Jeff Tewksbury
Earl Hart
Reynoldsburg
Henry Reeder
F. Lee Smith
Adah
Walter Lee
Letonia
W. B. Webster
South Canaan
the Security Savings Bank
Bank of Athens National Bank
Athens County
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