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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1936
Page
12
Social items from Taylor Ridge report trips to Fairfield County Fair in Lancaster and Columbus visits by local families. Notably Edythe Coey, 17, recovers from injuries after a shotgun shell explosion during a waste paper burn.
Langsville residents and visitors are mentioned with brief updates. Services announced for Friday night at Langsville Church. Leland Miller and wife visit sister Mrs J R McKnight. Glenn Powell's family from Gallipolis visit aunt Mrs E M Brown. Various visits and ambulances noted among local families.
Kanauga community resumes social items with the Home Missionary meeting at Cheshire well attended. Dayton and Clayton Spencer of Portsmouth visited. Sidney Stewart returns from the Ohio River area for a few days. The Queen Esther Society met Miss Ella Wagner. Mrs. W. E. McDade weekend in Washington.
An 11 year old Japanese boy retaliated for poor English grades by setting fire to the home of his teacher Shinji Seida. The incident highlights student frustration and potential safety concerns in urban Tokyo. Police are investigating and no injuries are reported.
Dora Grubb of Athens Ohio is appointed Administratrix of the Melvin C. Grubb estate in Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months or be barred. Dated October 6 1936. S M Johnson Probate Judge of said County.
Cutler social notes tell of Cutler Rebekah Lodge members attending a Beverly school of instruction. A Junior Sunday School Class party was hosted by teacher Misa Nellie Secoy. Local visits include P A Barrett of Vincent with Eva Landers family and various relatives visiting in Columbus and Spencer area.
East Concord notes list local visits and social events. Rev. David P. Morris will preach on October 21 at East Concord on The Lord's Supper. Families dining and visiting relatives, along with attendance at the Lan caster Fair, are noted.
Readable directions for apple peach or pear pickles crab apples and peach chutney with spices and syrups. Instructions include boiling times packing in sterilized jars and sealing. A brief historical note mentions the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 as bootlegging context.
Coolville announces a free dinner at six o clock Saturday night in the Coolville Auditorium with addresses at 7 30 by Judge Roy J Gillen and George H Bender. The Marietta High School Band will perform for the occasion.
Caroline reveals a family tale about a buried silver tea service used for La Fayette. Major Meed confirms the story, recalling a sick child, a raiding party, and Pompey the butler who buried the silver and later vanished with troops. Kate and Caroline await the continuation.
Murray City reports show Supt H R George and family in Columbus on Saturday with Mrs Bess McLain of Toledo visiting ill relatives in the Shelton family. Others include Miss Helen Brooker visiting her grandmother in town, plus multiple local residents hosting or visiting kin from Glouster Crooksville Pomeroy Greens Run and Willoughby. Hungarian officials supply Tokay wine to all soldiers and gendarmes daily.
The Standard Bearers met at Mrs. Wilbur Householder’s home with Miss Clea Conaway presiding. Betty Dunlevy led a Study Book session for 12 members and one guest. Several local residents visited kin in Columbus and Lancaster, with multiple trips and hospital news referenced.
Mrs. Helen Under hill returned to Columbus after a vacation with her mother and sister Mary Karr and Marcia Karr. George Duskey, oldest Syracuse resident, is seriously ill. John Gilmore visited Pomeroy Sunday. James Ables gave an unusual bouquet to Rev. Copley and wife at Asbury M E Church service. Evangelistic campaign under way at Syracuse Church of the Nazarene. Ashworth and Arnold families from Rock Springs spent Sunday in Syracuse. Mrs. Guy Smith and daughter and Mrs. Kenneth Frasier and son Roger dined with Mary Karr Wednesday. Sadie Thivener and daughter Margaret returned to Cincinnati after five weeks with Stowe and Echols families. Martha Echols of Parkersburg arrived to visit Irving Karr. Avery Roberts and Marvin Bartels' family visited Huntington. attended Ernestine Bartels' wedding.
Maurice Kerchanblat a Paris watchmaker inscribed the entire book The Story of Joan of Arc by Paul Corbanic on the back of a picture postcard. The miniature work contains 11 198 words.
Dexter residents report visits to Hobson and Springfield relatives. illness notes include typhoid fever and a newborn daughter announced for the McCaskey Ogden families. Theft incidents recount 43 chickens and a pocketbook found after a prior loss at Nelson and Forsythe households. Revival services led by Selah Weatherby and multiple social visits fill the week.
The essay argues that a genuine national political alignment should hinge on the liberal conservative divide over government’s role. It dismisses new third parties as temporary and self serving, urging focus on broad democratic aims rather than special interests. It warns against organized factions that would favor specific groups over the common good.
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