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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1940
Page
3
Chauncey Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge will meet Thursday night at 7 30 in the K P Hall with degree team practice. Members plan a pre Halloween hat sale to be worn during the social hour. Forest Rose lodge inspection is set for Thursday night Oct 31.
Chauncey guests credit a pleasant surprise at the Noland home for Mrs. Noland’s 36th birthday. Friends from Athens Chauncey Columbus and Charleston gathered. many gifts and refreshments were shared with family members and neighbors in attendance.
The Plains High School senior class will sponsor magician Benjamin Franklin IV appearing in the high school auditorium on Thursday night October 24 at 8 o'clock.
Mr and Mrs James Kisor hosted a chicken dinner in Greens Run for guests including William Barnhart Lonnie Phelps Billie Kisor Ruth Kisor and John Clarey of Chauncey. The Harknesses at Two Mill Ridge hosted relatives from Chauncey and Coonville. Carolyn Kay Tippie a 73 4 pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Hollis Tippie in Chauncey on Oct 21. Grandparents are John Tippie and Pearl Hunter. Kenneth Reeves Paul Hamilton Raymond Anderson and Herbert Shields left with the Ohio National Guard for Camp Shelby Miss for a year of training.
Chauncey Floyd Kisor transfers from Fort Hayes Columbus to Fort Custer Mich. Local families host relatives and friends from Athens Harmony Obetz New Marshfield Haydenville Chillicothe Athens Colum bus Chauncey and Greens Run with gatherings at McHarg McCollum Noland Byers Carsey and others.
Oat Wess Chauncey hosted Sunday guests at their Jacobs Avenue home: Mr. and Mrs. Tonnie Baron Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Lenhart and Mrs. Kathrine Caubaugh of Parkersburg. Mr. Baron, long ill, has returned to work. Mrs. Baron is a daughter of Mrs. Vess. Mrs. Katherine Baron Caubaugh, recently married, expects to join her husband in New London Connecticut in early November.
Chauncey Mary Eleanor Bradfield age 10 of Athens injured when she fell in the basement stairway. She sustained a broken left arm with both bones fractured above the wrist. She is granddaughter of Mrs. Isabel Bradfield Chauncey.
Chauncey Charles Leffler of Millfield suffered a head injury and a facial laceration after being struck by coal at Mine No. 6 in Millfield where he works. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens by Dr. C. N. Sanders. A benefit party will be held Friday October 25 at 8 p.m. in the Luckoff Building led by Mrs. Leo Martin Chaun.
The kings in contemporary playing cards are described as sharing the jovial look of King Henry VIII, known for his many marriages, a fact noted in the historical observation.
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