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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1940
Page
8
Chauncey-Dover Blue Devils practice hard for Friday night battle with Rutland at Arnold Stadium Nelsonville. Team in good shape aside from minor injuries. fans from Chauncey and nearby areas expected in large numbers for key league showdown.
Wide Awake class of the M E Church held a wiener roast Saturday night at Salt Creek with teachers Mrs Grace Crabtree and Emanuel Crabtree. Attendees included Wilma Allen Barbara Lee McHenry Florence Grandstaff Shirley Schoonover Betty Haimer Phyllis Crabtree Anna Mae Bobo Theda Devore Freda Devore Janet Nicholson Raymond Ralph Ronnie Crabtree and Grace Crabtree.
Mr William Baer of Lucas Ohio reports relief from rheumatic like pains in his left shoulder and arm after using Rux Compound. He urges others with similar pains to try the remedy and praises its comforting effect and affordability. The ad promotes Quick's Drug Store offering two sizes and urges demand for the Genuine liquid.
Laurel Cliff society notes list Mr and Mrs James Radford as Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Glenn Dill in Pom eroy. Local moves include Hanford Elliott to Harve Eastman property and Michials of Syracuse occupying the Stahl property. CCC transfers send Homer Curtis and James Gilmore to a Montana camp after Zaleski service. Ruth Curtiss and John Dryhaus marry and reside in Canton. L C H Club met with twelve members. Mrs Ruby Frick presided with guests Mrs Grueser Mrs Hartung and Mrs Alice Frick.
Chauncey resident Mrs. Pansy Canter Lanning, after weeks in Osteopathic Hospital Mari etta, was brought home Tuesday by the Stout ambulance. She was accompanied by her husband Walter and has had several blood transfusions during her stay.
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Howard Pennell entertained Tuesday night at their May Ave home. Guests included Mrs Pennells mother and sister Mrs Lewis Northrop and Betty Mae Northrop and Babe Moody Merle y Moody Gladys McLaughlin and two children Judy Ann and Jim Ace of Hollister Ohio and Ada Spurbeck and Mary Eileen Spurbeck of Mechanicsburg. W P A Recreation leader William C Hughes announces a nature hike for the boys on Saturday Oct 19. All boys wishing to go meet at the Chauncey Boy Scout building Saturday at 8 30 a.m.
The seventh and eighth grades at Columbia School held a Wiener roast on school grounds. A stroke left Mr. T. A. Vale critically ill at his Dyesville home, with daughter Clemma Vale at his bedside. Community members attended grange meetings and local visits, with reports of travel, social events, and a landmark note on Mexican female pilots.
Historical note records mustard gas discovered about 60 years prior to World War I. The find marks an early chemical defense and warfare development era with later war implications.
Dexter residents note visits from Canes family and friends of Columbus. Everett McKnight and Sam Halliday hosted guests. Lancaster fair attendees reported. Howard Carr spent Friday with the Cooks. Cash Braley and Ella Nelson hosted visitors from Columbus and Chauncey. Showalter families from Lancaster visited W R Amos. Kenneth Weaver family from Trimble and Ward Saxton with daughter from Dunbar spent weekends residents. Ed Minx and Ruth Davis family welcomed Minx's visit. Lena Saxton hosted F C Folden. H C French and Frances Cleland joined Bowles at Lake Hope. Cora Braley of Los Angeles visited Bowles home. Braley, a former Meigs Countian, traveled to Ohio to see a son in Akron and sister Romine in Dexter.
Mrs Ida Pendergrass Daugherty 71 died Tuesday morning at her Springfield Illinois home after a long illness. She was widow of Blake Daugherty and sister of the late Peter Pendergrass of Chauncey born in Albany with relatives in Athens County. Survived by daughter Flora Polk and son Harley Daugherty both in Illinois Ottawa. Funeral and burial set in Springfield Illinois.
Chauncey plans the first of a series of dances at the high school gym for Chauncey Dover lunch rooms. The October 19 event features an old time fiddlers orchestra and square dance music plus modern records played by a senior class electric turntable.
With lunchrooms at capacity, organizers seek funds for a dance event. The appeal notes limited space and emphasizes community support to ensure the dance proceeds. Fundraising targets and collection methods are described.
Mr. and Mrs. El mer Bellelchies and daughter Gladys entertained Sunday with a chicken dinner for guests including Mr. and Mrs. Edward Courtney Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wolfe and daughter Lella Mae Bremen Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Roy Azbell and family Oak Grove Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hart and family Sugar Creek Mrs. Virgil Hamilton and children Chauncey Mrs. Carl Hamilton Millfield and Miss Virginia Cubbison Chauncey
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