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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1928
Page
6
Local residents list many visitors and weekend guests. Mrs Glen Lopez visits Mrs James Lantz and others attend football games in Rutland and Columbus. Families from Nelsonville Detroit Toledo and Columbus share time with local hosts and relatives across the week.
Sharpsburg hosts the Mt Hermon Farmers Institute November 7-8 with state speakers and exhibits expected to draw a profitable meeting. Also note Reverend Gregory delivered a political sermon Sunday to a sizable audience, and locals react to Route 26 tax assessments. Mr and Mrs Frank Bardin visited Amesville. women toured Athens. Amesville schoolhouse talks dominate town discussion. George A Harris visited Athens. B E Armstrong visited Athens.
Mrs. Ralph Richardson and son Robert spent two months with parents before a Florida trip. Mr and Mrs Isaac Barnhart hosted Willis Grimes family and Barnhart kin from Guysville. Florence Collins visited Aunt Martha Petty in Little Hocking. Nellie Parsons visited Ladd on Haga Ridge. Isabell Jarvis and Miss Lee with sons Billie Jr and Delmer dined with Mrs. Lois Petty. Belva Harris of Stewart spent days with her mother Mrs. Martha Petty. George Wright of Chivel and Gas Co visited his mother. The Hallowe en program and picnic at Green Valley hosted by Miss Bessie Lemmon drew a large crowd and netted 31.50 with a guess cake won by Rank Ladd.
The Clarks Chapel cafeteria sociable for Rockriffle teachers Miss Mulligan and Mrs Brett was held at the school building last Friday night. Attendees included Cart er the county attendance officer and local residents noted the event. Ed Maxwell and son Billy of Athens visited his sister Orpha Sanborn on Sunday. Charlies A Sheldon and family from Athens spent last week with son-in-law and daughter J. A. Bell. Helen and Elizabeth Phillips visited home at week’s end. The Bolin family reunion occurred at C. E. Bolin’s home with many relatives present. Miss Nita Butts of South Canaan joined the end-of-week gathering with Mabie and Miss Jennie Dil r.
Grace Ivers of Burr Oak and her mother Eva Ivers hosted and visited by Eva Ivers, Miss Grace Ivers, and Mrs. Forrest Dennis in Glouster. Mary Binderbasin and Mrs. Hillyer visited Pleasant Sunday School. Nearby residents W A Hogsett, Mrs. George Zenbaugh and daughter Dorris, and others joined.
Amesville reports Amesville Ohio Fuel Gas Company connected its wells southeast of here with their line on the Dean farm ensuring all producers receive gas. Ed Dean says he was paid 54 dollars for one month’s rental on a well and two more payments due soon. Additional wells on Mrs Dean farm W L Carpenter farm and F J Beasley lot due this week. Charles Fox leased rest of R Goddard farm and drilling likely nearby.
Bishopville visitors include Donna Wells in Athens with grandmother Bertha Martin. Crookaville’s Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pedicord and Glouster guests attend meals and calls. The Christian Endeavor Society met at the church Tuesday night. Betty Jean Stump celebrates her fourth birthday with a party including many local families and guests.
Lottridge and Coolville area residents visited friends across several towns with church greetings at Lawrence Chapel and Lottridge A B Church. Various extended families gathered for meals and correspondence while Carthage and Belpre names appear among visits and the Swartz crew unloaded lime this week.
New Asbury residents Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Mantle and their children spent Sunday with Mrs. Mantle’s father Mike Kinnen and family. Glenna Flanders visited her parents Charles and Mrs. Flanders. Mrs. Coke Lawson and Mrs. Hugh Kayser returned from West Virginia. Local couples called on friends Sunday evening and shared gatherings at Old Man’s Cave near Logan with multiple families including the Niggemeyers and Shu ler family.
Peach Ridge School house hosts a masquerade pie social Friday night October 26 to benefit the school. Local families, including Souths and Romines, plus numerous Athens and Peach Ridge residents, are listed as visitors and guests in weekend gatherings.
Berma Yerkey and Frank Smith drove to Nelsonville with Ed Burdette to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jess Beverage. Mrs. Eliza Simmons stayed with her daughter Bernice Keeton’s family in Buchtel. Various residents hosted and attended friend gatherings, meals, and Sunday visits across Athens County with extensive neighborly activity noted.
Mr and Mrs Elmer McKibben in Columbus as Grand Lodge representative. Eastern Star hosts party for Mr and Mrs O C Hull of Michigan with pot luck for members and families. Mrs Irene Fowler and aunt visit New Lexington. Seghers and Segbers families noted. Zed Thomas to Dayton for telegraph work. A Columbus trip coincides with a local car accident en route to visit sisters.
Syracuse hosted a star versus Pomeroy baseball matchup Sunday at King's Park. Battery for the All Stars included Bert Grimm and Ralston Hemsley. Pomeroy selections featured Carroll Grimm and Nesselroad. The item also notes local family movements, funerals, church activities, illness, and visits across Syracuse and nearby towns.
Carpenter family returns from the South to home base. New Pontiac and Chevrolet owners appear in town. Dudgeons host Sunday guests while others visit relatives in Zalaski and Columbus. Vesta Robinson suffers tensilitis. Ellsworth McKnight acts as relief agent. Mrs. McKee suffers hand burns. Mrs. Chase has had a stroke of paralysis.
A simple paper toy uses scissors paste and a paper clip to create a two passenger glider. By folding cutting and attaching figures Jerry and Dan readers can launch a controllable flyer and perform boomerangs and dead stick landings as a part of Ruth Dewey Groves new serial High Flight.
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