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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1930
Page
6
Local society notes detail Mr. and Mrs. R E Davis traveling to Baton Rouge for Mr Davis to take an assistant superintendent post at Real Silk Hosiery. Many relatives and friends from Athens and nearby towns hosted guests and joined reunions during the holiday period.
Mrs. Duanne B Laughlin and her son Chauncey Duanne left Cadiz for home after a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs S C Lum mis at 111 Grosvenor Street. Mr and Mrs Frank Anthony and Mr Herbert Oxley attended the homecoming at Connetts Chapel Sunday. It was Mrs Anthony s first visit to her birthplace in 40 years.
Mrs N McHarg and her daughter Miss Wilman Walburn set out Wednesday on a motoring trip with Detroit and Ann Arbor as their aims. In Detroit they will visit Mrs W F Copeland, sister to Mrs McHarg.
Mrs. D. W. Selway of Cadiz returns home after a visit starting Saturday in Athens with her brother M. fr. McCune, another brother L. M. McCune, and her mother Mrs. Frank McCune.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Bobo visited in Athens to accompany Mrs. Bobo home from her parents, then returned to Covington. Mrs. Oda Haddox and children Marjorie Catherine and Roy Jr. have gone back to Columbus. L. V. Burdette rests in St. Frances Hospital Columbus after two major surgeries in four weeks. Charles Knox and Gertrude Matheny visited Portsmouth with friends and relatives. Pocahontas Tepee of Rippling Water No 131 meets Wednesday at 7 30 in Red Men Hall. John Kilpatrick daughter Jean Athens and Lemma Lloyd with Charles Foster of Murray City toured Letart W Va during Labor Day. Harold Wise returns from football camp near Ashland with Coach Paul Jenkins. Wise, his wife and daughter visit his in laws, Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Porter, and plan to leave Friday.
Mr. Walker Haney of 36 West Union Street left Sunday to join the high school faculty in Ravenna after spending the summer with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Scott Haney.
Floyd Hinkle, 49, a Swanton area farmer, shot at his wife during a quarrel and, believing he had killed her, then shot himself. He remained near death with remote chances of recovery. The Hinkle farm lies east of Swanton.
Canton dispatch reports Brush-Moore Newspapers Inc announcing the addition of the United Press Association to its world wide news gathering facilities. The seven Ohio newspapers will expand their noon daily editions with UP wire service.
Orville Thorp and Harrison Lyle, young men from McArthur, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff Henry Meadows and Constable Charley Moore after Elva King of Zaleski reported a late Saturday night assault near a lonely suburban spot beyond Raccoon Bridge. They pleaded not guilty and were bound over to court on $200 bonds.
Mrs Edna Arthur of Orchard Park New York died at her home August 29 age 70. She was born and raised in McArthur the daughter of Oscar Gillman and lived here until her marriage about 30 years ago. She is a sister of the late Mrs W J Ward of this place and her niece Miss Edna Ward of McArthur cared for her for six weeks.
The Odd Fellows reunion at the Fairgrounds in McArthur attracted a good crowd for a Labor Day entertainment. The Athens high school band provided music as locals from Columbus Athens Barberton Michigan Philo and nearby areas mingled including Mr and Mrs Donald McGillivray and many others.
The descendants of Hiram and Elizabeth Russell gathered at Keystone Park near Jackson on August 30. Seventy nine relatives attended a noon picnic and a post lunch business session decided to continue annual reunions.
Officers chosen for the coming year include Hiram Russell of Long Island New York as chairman and Ed Kennedy of Columbus as president. The 1931 reunion is set for July 4 at Keystone Park with many Russell and Looker family members attending from multiple towns.
The column recounts a hometown visit by Frank Hudson and the Johnsons to McArthur en route to Asheville, and notes a playful children story about shadow figures Knarf and companions causing mischief with a writer and a paper tunnel. The piece closes with a whimsical conflict between the author and mischievous shadows.
Chauncey Sept 2 Clare mont Walker of Chauncey sustained leg and knee injuries Sunday when the machine he rode with two others plunged over an embankment between Chauncey and Nelsonville. He was taken to his mother Mrs James Burton’s home. He previously injured the same leg months ago in a motorcycle collision on Converse Street Chauncey.
The body of Guy Hunter thirty six died in Cherrington Hospital Logan was brought to Chauncey and taken to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs William Hunter Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon and burial in the cemetery at Buchtel He died from blood poisoning after a cut on his forehead He is survived by his wife four children his parents and several brothers and sisters His father William Hunter is bedfast and an invalid.
Three Chauncey classmates met at Rev. and Mrs. G. B. Courtney’s home. Helen Bradfield and Virginia Hall joined Mrs. Gordon Hazel Henry Denver and other relatives for a weekend visit. A Beaumont picnic supper at Harvey Courtney’s hosted Paul Courtney family and Willis West party.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye and family Chauncey attended a Dent family picnic at the Athens Fairgrounds on Sunday. Mrs Earl Thompson The Plains hosted guests Mrs Mary Robinson and Mrs Cora Davis Nelsonville and Mrs Mary Meinhart Chauncey. Hazel Harvey Detroit has visited Chauncey parents Noah S Harvey. Jank Pendergrass and daughter Dorothy of Millport visited Mr and Mrs Peter Pender Chauncey this weekend.
The Conrad family reunion drew about 150 attendees from Chauncey and nearby towns including Columbus Cleveland Dayton Wellston Springfield Jackson and Akro n. Charles Conrad aged 87 was the eldest present. A church service followed a picnic with Rev Steen and Rev J A Hopkins speaking on religious themes.
AT HOMECOMING CHAUNCEY, Sept. 2. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Charles Bradfield Sr hosted a Saturday evening gathering including Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wood and Mrs. Leonard Koenig Jr with daughter Ruth of Murray City, plus Mr. and Mrs. Fred Surtees and family, all of Cincinnati. Also present were Dr. and Mrs. Nile Sanders and Mr. and Mrs. George Williamson with children Ann and George Jr. of Chauncey.
Leonette Milhon visited Mr and Mrs H C Milhon in Columbus last week. Mr and Mrs John Huff Florence Finney were guests of Mr and Mrs W H Arnold and daughter Miss Linnie for the weekend. Mrs Huff's former Sunday School class gave her a surprise party at the Arnold home Saturday night.
Mrs Ina Stubbins Ash sues Rev Floyd L Ash former Uhrichsville pastor for divorce alleging he is deeply infatuated with his former foster daughter Mary Saunders filed in New Philadelphia on September 2. The suit claims the minister’s behavior and affection harmed the marriage.
A Pittsburgh woman, former Mrs Laura M Ash, was involved in a divorce case here in August 1929. The girl mentioned is now a ward of the Tuscarawas County Children's Home.
Reports diverged at the inquest into the Texas Special wreck that killed six and injured eleven. Railroad officials and Coroner John O Connell supported a rock pile on the track as the cause, while Kirkwood Police Chief George D Schroeder said no evidence backs that theory.
Four more oil wells will be drilled this fall on property south of Canaanville by Fred Slaughter and L F Jones using shallow drilling apparatus. Two wells will be drilled on the Slaughter property. Three wells are producing on the Jones lease and four are active on the Slaughter property.
The halibut boat Orient collided with the freighter Admiral Nelson off the British Columbia coast yesterday. The Orient sank. ten crewmen were reported missing as advices to the Pacific Steamship Company stated.
Evangeline Reams of Friends Rescue Home in Columbus will address the Athens County Tent Meeting at the fairgrounds tonight. Over 500 people attended Sunday and Monday services. Music features 11-year-old evangelist Dolores Luker of Mount Vernon along with Barnett of Newark and Rev. John Guy of Deltroy. Speakers include Rev. C. B. Winland and Rev. F. C. McPeek of Mount Vernon. Sponsored by the Athens County Tent Meeting Association.
Cleveland's new police chief George J. Matowitz pressed a campaign against vice by raiding gambling resorts. Sixty two men were arrested after raids on dozens of alleged gambling venues as axes smashed equipment and books were seized.
Pattern 1825 offers a linen or wash fabric dress with pleats and a smart coat with a robed collar. Sizes 4 6 8 10 require specific yardage. includes simple instructions and no dressmaking experience needed. Cost Fifteen cents for pattern, twenty five cents for book with pattern, orders to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, New York City.
Co M Coulter and Armie H Krussell pastors of the First Methodist Episcopal Church travel to Oxford to attend the Ohio Annual Methodist conference hosted by Miami University. The event is the largest in Methodism with about 2500 participants. Paul Cable and Robert Worthman represent Athens in the junior laymen’s conference September 5 to 7. Dr W N Alderman attends the senior laymen’s conference. Dormitories and dining rooms are prepared for visitors.
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