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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1930
Page
20
Kathleen Carpenter of Athena visits relatives including Mr and Mrs John Gillette and Mr and Mrs Jesse Bennett. Local residents attend dinners and birthdays. Phil Gillette quietly marries Barbara Simson of Beaver Town. Automobiles, illnesses, and school openings feature as neighbors mingle in Columbus and surrounding towns.
Local government voices dissatisfaction with Marshal Fischer's performance after a council session in Loyster on September 6. The group ordered Mayor Penthan to ensure better duty adherence, while other items include alley blockages by the Connecting Gas Company in Urbancrest and a resident’s sewer access complaint. City reports show August fines, receipts, and expenses, plus a hospital discharge for Walter Gayton after a Muskingum River crash.
Sunday services set at 1 20 p m at the Baptist Church led by Rev Peyton from Caldwell with a gospel team. Local residents travel for teaching posts, visits and fairs. Marietta Fair attendance noted. several families from Washington Cleveland Parkersburg and Columbus appear in social and school updates.
Carpenter opened here Tuesday with a staff of teachers from last year including Ina Ride xin Freda Turner Nellie Radekin and W H Hempton for the grade school while Cath erine Bites Mera Willam Padk and W E Campbell teach the high school Mrs C Chapman will be the music teacher More than three hundred pupils en roll the grades ending in an unusually large high school enrollment A McVay Akrop is visiting Comet here Sept 6 Schoola
Lottridge Lure Depay spent test week visiting at the home of her uncle Jacob Zumbach near New Philadelphia. She was accompanied home by Bri and Mia Zumbach and daughter Beulah on Wednesday. They will spend their recreation visiting relatives and trends there and at Success. Mrs. Sam Hixson called on Brn. L. B. and Mrs. S. M. Alien Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Swisher and two children Glenn and Harold attended the State Fair Friday and spent the night in Columbus. From there they went to the home of Mr. Swisher s brother Clarente Barnhill in Cleveland, visiting until Tuesday. Mrs. Willzm Dixon in Parkersburg slating in the care of her husband in the St Joseph Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sams and family were guests last Sunday of Mrs. Sams parents near Grahams Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sanbortt and family of Long Run were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sams and family Monday afternoon and evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hixson and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hixson and two children, called on Mr. and Mrs. John Chev yatter Wednesday night. Sept. 6 Miss I
GLOUSTER Sept 6 Mrs John LeFever 4%, died Friday afternoon at 2 12 from a complication of diseases following a period of illness. The obituary notes she was survived by her sister Mrs C H Jewell and Jemilly Emory. The report also mentions Bard Starkey driving the school bus and a man named W W Reeder hiring a builder for Albany. Herb Clark substituted on the mail route Thursday for Frank Gibson.
Frost Rost and families gathered for Labor Day visits with relatives in this area. A daughter was born September 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Frost. Many relatives from Sidney, Marietta, Columbus and Toledo were mentioned as visiting or hosting.
A Liberty Hill woman died at home four miles east of the city. She leaves a husband and five children Jacob LeFever Alliance Emily George Forrest and Charles at home, plus one grandson Ernest. Funeral services are Sunday at Liberty Hill Church at noon conducted by Reverend F E Roberts. Burial will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Nora Whaley stayed with sister in Akron this week while Clarence Matthews family joined relatives in Fremont. Columbus and Athens visitors recalled. Farmers busy with ensilage cutting and building a silo from blocks by Garnet Perry. Dennis Pauley and families hosted in Middleport. extended visits noted through Sunday. Sept. 6.
Mr and Mrs Pearl Morris spent Sunday with Clarence Morris and family near Athens. Robert Mutpas of Union visited his parents Friday. Mrs Carl Morris and sons of Athens visited her mother. Mrs G L Bryson Thursday. Mrs Watt Grover and son Jack visiting this week with Mrs Grover's parents Ed Donaldson. Mr and Mrs Erret Eddy of Glouster called in Biré. Eddy's mother Mrs Phillips. Friday evening Mrs Glen Seatock and daughter visited relatives in Athens. Mrs John Jones and daughters Thelma and Ruth spent Friday evening with Mrs Henry North. Mrs Mattie Kittle and family visited relatives at Morgan County. There will be a home coming and basket dinner at the church here Sunday Sept 14. Everybody invited.
Sept 6 report from Kimberly lists Guy Hunter dying at Charlerrington Hospital Logan after an infection from a forehead cut. Marriage announced for Misa Mulliran and Kermit McKinney of Cheshire. Wes Pickett appointed Columbus salesman. Various visits and travels include Albert Brown to his brother Clifford, Robert Becklar a Nelsonville business visitor, and multiple church and social events at Oak Grove and Nelsonville. Funeral services for Welth Marks held at Hocking. 4H Club meeting notes. next meeting Sept 20.
Langsville Angsville report lists Don Miller visiting his parents this week while employed by the telegraph company. Mrs Harold Gardner reportedly improving alongside updates on J A Thomas and J W Millett. Mrs Elizabeth Ward visits with daughter Bia Boho family. Alonzo Hampton fractures arm at home. Mrs Issac Rupe, formerly Alice Rupe, dies after brief illness at her home on Poplar Ridge.
A well known local resident who lived here until marriage leaves a husband and three children plus her father and a brother. Funeral services will be held at the residence with burial in Rutherford Cemetery. Ammunition of Huntington, W. Va. visitors included Etheren and family. Allen Ward of Columbus visiting relatives, while Mrs. Ligud Thomas and daughter spent time with sister Dizzie Hopper in Rutland. Ray Ward of Columbus also visited friends and relatives here.
Clifton Hatch and families join Lingcott Easler reunion at Athens County Fairgrounds. Mrs Vidla Daugherty visits sister Clifton Hatch. Curtin Johnson of St Louis calls on Bradley Meek. Marlon Dunfee of Guthrie Center Iowa visits after 25 years. Parsons, Barnhart, Grimes and Brandeberry attend several area reunions and gatherings.
Sharpsburg Sept. 6. Mr and Mrs George Brooksy Mrs da Grimes and Ella Thompson visited Markt where Mrs Brooks was treated for cancer by Dr Cunningham. Visitors include Mrs Kitchen and family from Lancaster, Miss Thelma staying nine weeks, Lat Mrs Mats Linscott Mooney and husband from Sioux City, Hallie Linscott Galbraith from Columbus, and Ruth Brooks. Rev Gregory attends U. B. Conference in Columbus. Mrs Viola Tutlic of Broadwell attends. Clarence Kerns returns from Columbus and Stony Point. John and Mayne Edgerton visit parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Kerns. Bartlett area residents return home.
Community notes record relatives visiting from Columbus and Dayton, neighbors and friends staying with Barton and Deem households, and Sunday School planned at the M B Church. Attendees include Mrs Grace White, Mr and Mrs H S White, and several Armstrong, Bardin, and Beard families visiting Marietta area.
Harrisonville notes mention Bowyer and son of Alderson West Virginia visiting for the heating department at the new High School Building. Miss Lila Stewart reported ill and Andrew Dye improving. Ladies Union met at Mrs. William Alkin’s home amid a program by Frances Knopp Livitn Lorene Wilson and Maxine Wilson. Schools opened with 9 grades and 46 high school pupils enrolled.
Dr and Mrs W W Ford of Columbus spent the weekend with the latter s parents Mr and Mrs Je Linge. King Crosby and family visited Mrs John Musser and Charile McMillan s clan, with numerous relatives joining for meals and gatherings.
A Cleveland man recounts a year of illness and dependency before Konjola use. He credits it with stopping pain, restoring weight, improving sleep and nerves, and making work enjoyable again. The advertisement notes the product’s wide endorsements and local availability through McKee Drug in Athens, Ohio.
Shawnee HAWKEE Sept Mn and Mrs Donald Starkey Ports mouth visiting relatives. Ralph Peyton Jr closed out his confectionery business Tuesday. Mr and Mrs George Walk Mel Cuneville moved family and goods to Healnut Street. Harold Jaytes returned from Willard this week. Misses Roagetta Peterson and jury Evelyn Ellis spent Wednesday in Athens.
The Plating Plattsmouth mission group lists officers and attendees for a religious society meeting. Re-elected president was Charles Me lowgh. secretary Richard Cyrus and treasurer Dory Nagle held posts, with Mrs Fail Cowan and several others named among attendees.
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