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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1926

Page

6

Wewsy Items Gathered By Messenger Correspondents

Athene area society notes recount Baptist missionary dinner plans, Halloween parties, and club gatherings. Members from Athens lodge attended a banqueting event in Albany. Brown, Dailey, Lasch, and Barrow noted among attendees. Edison and Miss McVay assume new roles. many family activities listed. A church missionary day includes dresses for dolls and a community house project. Local deaths, travels, and school events appear with notes on visitors and neighbors.

Murray City News Highlights Local Meetings and Obits

Murray City reports a busy week with a Chillicothe Teachers meeting at the high school auditorium and a Parent Teacher Association business session deciding to purchase books for lower grades. The issue notes births, retirements, visiting dignitaries, church activities, and a county post installation at Murray City.

City C. H. Merrill Wilt Murray City Sesson Adda Smith Ohio State Ed. Kleffner Teacher Association Portamouth Marietta Hamden Chillicothe Mra Fie Smiley Virgil Hamerickhouse van Wert Herb Poore Wellston Circleviis

Buchtel Hosts Halloween Masquerade at Walker Home

A Halloween masquerade at Dr and Mrs A K Walker’s home drew many attendees from Buchtel and area. Mrs Harve Sayre won best costume as youngsters played games, music and enjoyed refreshments. News notes include football Chauncey beating Buchtel 7 to 4, and a birth announcement for a 3 pound 9 ounce boy.

Mra A. K. Walker Harve Seyres Mire Charles Rittemier Elizabeth Gaho Margaret Colbert Mim Hath- Arm Mim Mario Shiveley Mérm Hary Covert Vere Vorner Wills Newman Myrtle Sweasy Olive Dixon Myre Bayre Dee Groves Wee Shively Eve Wright Dana Bookman William Losey Leona McQuaid K Walker Buchtel Public School Athenis County Opera House Thurtley BD. O. Chapple J. H. Porter Atinias Wiliam Haydmn Hite Bookman Kenneth Kinnely Gamen Muse Ware Leane Whitmnere Chris Russel Chauncey Bachtel Miss Ae Mere Kiwaté Taylor Dangt Pennayl- Wanda Victer Oakley Akron Geesta Oakiey

Community notes from Glouster and nearby towns</T:

Mrs. Ed Barstow and daughter Gliberta visited Nelsonville on Wednesday while classes were canceled Friday for teacher meetings in Columbus or Portsmouth. The duchiel high school held a masquerade ball at the opera house with attendees from Murray City Glouster Nelsonville and Athens. Prizes went to best dressed longest staying unknown and worst dressed. Master Kefton Dowler Raymond Nader and Miss Syx earned prizes at a Halloween party for M E church primary scholars with 46 young children present.

John White Leo White John Clark Glouster Francis Willard Temple Frank Shaw Union Duchtiel High School Oath Murray City Nelsonville Athens Ora Donley Georgia Stadler M. E. Church Kefton Dowler Raymond Nader Syx

Plain conflict and social updates from Plains area

Reported incidents include a break in at Clarence dance hall with candy land tobacco stolen. Local social notes mention Mrs. Laura Washburn visiting Bri and Bre, Frank Smith, and family planning a stay in Columbus. Several residents list visits, relatives, and moving plans in Hemlock, Corning, Murray City, and Poston. Funeral attendance noted for Enertee Noble in Calombos.

Clarence Laura Washburn Bri Bre Frank Smith Clyds and Smiths Columbus Joe Hutchins Harry Betta Hemlock Mir Mire Charles Roof Corning Base Waraven Murray City Frederika Nida J. Plaing Lillie Anderson Alfred Mattison Fen Poston Don Gabriel Jack McAlister Warren Hocking Mart Guseman Farry St Nichols Cathryn Hawk Mildred Guseman Phil Powell M. | Fleck Ray Micheals Rol Bricker John Shafer Floride Enertee Noble Calombos

Hamden B and Brakeman WH Visit Midland City

Fragmentary report notes Hamden B and brakeman WH Johnson visiting Midland City en route from Portamouth to Chillicothe. The garbled text suggests a rail line or travel snippet with names and places, but details remain unclear. Further readable context would clarify the event or date.

Johnson Midland City Portamouth Chillicothe

Local Apple Picking and Community Visits Recorded

Hockingport residents spent Wednesday with friends in Hockingport while others visited the Little Hocking apple packing house on Friday. Members of the Fruit Growers Association of Little Hocking, with W F Kampf as president and Harry P Curtis as secretary, are noted for their productive work. Mrs. Hayden hosted a Ladies Aid and Missionary society meeting at Torch with fourteen attendees lampooned by travel troubles on the ridge road. Duttons heard Myers Cooper’s gubernatorial address in Milford Center and E M Parker joined him to Athens on business. Othe Elliott and Mary A. Bione are mentioned among visitors, with Howard Oakes planning a large apple crop. Sen are still busy picking and hauling apples to Little Hocking packing house.

Denny Taylor Wheeling Brickley Hockingport FE. A. Dutton Mytta Adame E. K. Parker Appie Little Hocking H. J. Holcombe Athens Harry Dye Coolville Methodiet Doctor Holcombes Ice Conley A. Dutton Heard Addromes Myers Cooper Ohio EB. A. Dutton Milford Center Clarence Dutton E. M. Parker Othe Eliott Parkersburg Mary A. Bione C. W. Oakes Newbury Howard Oakes Sen Little Hack

Amesville Social News Highlights and Local Updates

Amesville residents gathered for family birthdays and church events as the community reported visits by out of town relatives, a Halloween party at the Esther class, and notes on local property moves. Teachers attended a Portsmouth meeting while multiple homes saw repairs and occupancy changes amid weather permitting road work delays.

Fragmentary report from a wanderer in Ireland and notes on visitors

The fragmentary text records an unnamed narrator in Ireland seeking topics for writing. It mentions Mr Dexter Allen visiting from Athens on business and an assortment of fleeting personalities, with no clear events, marriages, illnesses, or deaths reported.

Local residents report car accident and family visits

In a passage of neighborhood notes Trem Coolilla and Mrs C E White were referenced as visiting relatives, with Mary Eileen mentioned as a daughter. Alter spent several days with Mr and Mrs Harry Laughdlin. Mr and Mrs Lewis Moore returned home in Beth bakhment area west of Athens on state highway 90 near Friday morning. The text notes a narrow escape when their car turned over happened about a mile west of the town.

Mary Eileen Coolilla C. E White Harry Laughdlin Leuwis Moore Beth Bahkment Ny 90 Athens

Community Notes From Carbon Hill Area

Carbon Hill items report Anna Wilkinson visiting Willard with daughter Chelles Evkos, Donald Hughes taking a Willard job, and several locals traveling to New Straitsville and New Philadelphia. Funeral of John Dehuen held at M E church with burial in Carbon Hill cemetery. many out of town relatives attended. Church aid societies met and hosted meals, with members and guests listed. Pupilmasquerade at I O B hall. local families visiting Columbus and nearby towns.

Anna Wilkinson Willard Ohio Chelles Evkos Donald Hughes Dave Murphy New Straitaville John Dehuen M. E Donnally Carbon Hill Liston Wesley Matheny Frits Gehmidt Song John Hovns Adam Mennci Columbus Jerry Green Crooksville Clarence Dalton Tim Mitchell Pete Ainsley Blaine Suzanne Lift Jer Martha Carey Long Island Martha Mingus Ethel McNabb New Philadelphia McNabb Guy Spencer Billy Bailey Christian Church Aid Society Rebecca, Smith Neil Wilkinson Mary Chute Eddie Evans Sarah Webb Priscilla Lohman Edith Chute Ernest Wilkinson M. E. Aid Society Sarah Evans Ida Hughes Anne Evans Love Kemmerling Clara Shaw Marthe Smith Margaret Hoss Lizie Green Clara Spannow Annabelle Atkinson Ettie Devol Stella Smith Zoa Blosser Eliza Johnson

Ravenswood visitors and local gatherings in Coolville

Coolville notes describe guests from Akron and Lancaster visiting relatives, a Caledonian meeting, basketball games with Desy, and a farewell party for Mrs. Mills. Other items mention sleigh travel signs of winter, local society activities, a funeral, and a Hot Springs treatment trip for Herman Dunfee.

Oolville Ravensryood Edward Bizzard Akron Guy Rockey Nora Wise Robert Lancestée T. H. Mr Mra F Bardin Havelg D. M. Green Laidies Ald Society NeWsinia Mills Iman Fred Laughlin Wilson Carwan Saunders Alex CaMswell McLaughlin

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