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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1923
Page
7
L. H. Pendergrass and Mrs. E. R. Bingman served as the honor guests and hosts for the gathering, with others in attendance to celebrate the occasion.
Mr and Mrs Floyd J Nye and their two sons Kenneth and Robert of this city will leave by motor Saturday for Florida to spend the winter.
Mrs Edward Minister and her five children plan a motor trip to Columbus to spend the weekend with her sister Mrs Dora Orr. Dorothy Eleanor Harold Charles and Elbert will accompany their mother.
Members of the Women’s Bible Class hosted a surprise farewell party for Mrs. Floyd Nye at the Brookins home before her Florida departure. Guests included Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Shafer, Florida Shafer, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Bradfield, Mrs. Harvey Nye, and others in a social evening of conversation and music.
Mrs Mary Bolin returns to her home with her son Dorsey Bolin after visiting relatives in Rockland Ohio and Parkersburg West Virginia.
Ernest son of Mr and Mrs Dorsey Bolin aged 18 is spending a few weeks visiting in the country with his aunt Mrs Nora Lochary at Armadale.
The teachers and pupils of the primary building host a social this evening at the Washington building to benefit the school. Sandwiches pie cake and fruit salad will be sold and the public is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins hosted a dinner Wednesday evening in honor of Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye who are set to leave the city on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hamilton traveled to Athens to visit Mrs. T. W. Duffer, the latter’s mother, during their day of sightseeing.
Rev. G. B. Courtney traveled to Taylor Ridge Wednesday evening to fulfill his appointment at the Church of Christ.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. F. Church will conduct an all day meeting today at the home of Mrs. Frank Cline near Chauncey. The event gathers members for fellowship and church work planning.
An health adage urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble by drinking lots of soft water and taking Jad Salts a few days to flush and stimulate blocked kidneys. The remedy, described as inexpensive and safe, should be used with physician checks twice yearly.
Athens National Bank will sponsor a countywide Thanksgiving show in its new bank building on November 22 23 and 24. Farmers may exhibit fruit wheat corn oats and vegetables while farm wives may enter breads and cakes. Cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded and details are available from the Athens National Bank.
Local announcements include birth of Rob ert William Patterson at Peach Ridge with family visiting points in Point Pleasant and upcoming return.Visits include Fred Spaulding in Columbus, Frank White and Roy Noland to Guysville, and a Spaulding Robinson reunion at Grosvenor. Other items note illnesses, travels, and a Greenville Mich marriage of Lonson Lewis to a new wife after the death of his first spouse.
The West Virginia state road commission sent Otto L. Weidfelt, the German ambassador to the United States, a $5.60 check representing a bond posted by a Bolivar policeman after a speeding charge.
Governor J. C. Walton may stand before the Senate tomorrow to answer 22 charges in the articles of impeachment filed by the Oklahoma House. The trial concerns accusations of misconduct and abuse of power.
Secretary of the Navy Denby testifying before the senate public lands committee assumed full responsibility for the transfer of control of the naval oil reserves in Wyoming to the department of interior.
Dayton reports from Wilbur Wright Field say the giant Rarling bomber took off for its first altitude flight at about 9 30 this morning and is continuing a test run.
Jacksonville church group met at Mrs Ben Lents home with 34 members present. They introduced a Japan study book and featured a skit Mrs Rip Van Winkle who had slept 50 years in Japan and was now clothed in a kimono sewn by local girls. A Halloween lunch followed and dolls with fortune bibs were given. November meeting planned with Wahennla Mills. The Women’s Missionary Society also met at Mrs Maynards Green’s Run home with invited women and men attending.
All electrical service in Athens county from the Southern Ohio Power Co. was halted about 11 30 Wednesday night. The outage, lasting roughly 25 minutes, occurred while permanent connections for the main lines were being made at the flood wood silent of the power company.
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