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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
7
Chester notes describe residents' summer activities and visits including Russell Hayes returning from the Maritime Biological Laboratory and Calvert Reunion attendees. It lists guests from Nelsonville Knoxville Columbus Ravenna and others, plus local positions and school staff changes. An accidental incident in Bohemia exposed an inscription under a heavy weight at Hradec Kralove station.
Middleport Garden Club and Amateur Gardeners Club wrap their year with awards for flower arrangements and mission garden excerpts. Incoming president Tom W. Jones receives gav el from outgoing president Mrs. Tompkins as Mrs. Stout earns high scores in a bridge event and prepares to move to Athens.
Mrs. Harry Harris and relatives visited at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton. Jeffersonville teachers Treadley Heinlein and others head to their jobs. Families attended camp meetings in Lancaster and Chillicothe while relatives visited Stratford and West Virginia. Local school board arranged water supply for a well chlorination project. A farewell dinner for Rev. O W Williams drew attendees from McArthur and beyond.
Bradford social notes list residents and visitors for a Labor Day weekend. Names include David Might, Clarence Might, Guy Russell, Elizabeth Humphrey, Lena Davis, John Baker, William Baker, Clyde Stewart, Charles Gill, Jessie Russell, John Lee Jr., and Charles Burt. Families from Ravenna Akron Zanesville Pomeroy Pt. Pleasant Sandusky and nearby towns are mentioned with visits and travel.
Minersville Methodist Church members plan a Sunday trip to Alfred for a Chester Circuit religious retreat and picnic on Sept. 7. Rev. James D. Taylor leads services with district superintendent Rev. Kestle as speaker. transportation to Alfred departs at 8:45 a.m. from Minersville.
Joseph Ash of Lawrence County appeared before Justice P. L. Peoples after two Saturday night accidents. He arranged to pay for the damages, totaling several hundred dollars, received a suspended 30 day jail term and a $100 fine plus costs.
Mrs Ben Petrel, ill, was taken by ambulance to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Tuesday. Mrs Katie Wilson and granddaughter June Wilson arrived for an indefinite visit with her brother and sister in law in Racine. Paul Sayre, visiting his mother, boarded the boat on which he is employed Wednesday evening at Pomeroy. Miss Mildred Roush and nephew Michael Ray Fisher of Craig Beach arrive for a two week visit with her mother in Racine R D. Miss Rosaline Beards, worked in Columbus, returns home after visiting Grand Rapids Flint and Cincinnati with 25 girls. Miss Barbara Kessler, guest of Miss Virginia Fitzgerald in Charleston, will leave for Saint Aloysius College in New Lexington. Rev T T Shelton and son Billie spent time with son in law and daughter at Logan.
The report notes Mr. and Mrs. Wilcoxen and daughter Virginia Ann returning home to Logan while Mr. Wilcoxen left Monday. Mrs. Wilcoxen and Virginia Ann stay for a week. The page includes a science blurb explaining pearl formation by a parasite in oysters.
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