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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1928
Page
6
Murray City items list visitors and guests from Cleveland Detroit Columbus and Zanesville. Birth announced for a son to Gerald Robson and Audrey Hopstetter with grandparents named. Local church Ladies Aid quilting and Legion Auxiliary meeting noted along with a minister attending conference.
Syracuse society items list residents visiting relatives in Columbus Cleveland Pittsburgh and Wellsburg with several returns and trips noted. Church activities at Asbury Methodist Episcopal include routine meetings and a pastor attending Springfield conference.
Sept 3 community notes report a former minister Reverend Moody visiting Sunday school in good health after forty years as pastor. Township schools begin Sept 4 with Nellie Savera at Inch and Virgina Carpenter at Hooper.
Amesville MELVILLE Sept 8 The Bean farm well on Duck Creek with a $2000 right of way was dry. An adjoining landowner offered $3500 for drilling rights but refused. Through traffic noted with licenses from Pennsylvania West Virginia and DC. Mrs Jesee Chase Albany and others visited this week with Mr and Mrs W W Inman and Mr Hartley and families.
Edith G Goldsberry of Marion visits relatives in Arden while Elmer Goldsberry and son Wilfred join Mrs Sarah Goldsberry’s circle. The Goldsberry and King families travel to Detroit to see relatives as Mary Butte returns from Buckeye Lake. Residents attend Peter Josten farm sale. others host visitors from Athens and Alabama. drilling activity begins on Grace Day farm.
Local families and visitors frequent the area with travel from Columbus and Cleveland. Residents attend church in Nelsonville, visit relatives in Marietta and Logan, and join a carnival in Nelsonville. School opens September 4 with teachers Bechler and McKee. various residents host guests and attend holiday gatherings and Sunday school events.
A satirical UN article mocks modern politics and civic life. It riffs on T model cars, golf, and public figures, noting Vice era excesses, party loyalties, and humorous quips about President runs, elections, and a bird’s eye view of society through a golfer’s lens.
Zaleski and Mrs D D Canfield from Pleasant City visited Mr and Mrs R H Thomas. Mrs Canfield formerly Cora Brewer lived in Zaleski before marrying Mr Canfield who was pastor of the M E church here. Mr Thomas is a stepbrother of Mrs Canfield. Mrs Watson of Pleasantville has rented Mrs Baughman’s furnished home in Zaleski where Mr Watson will oversee schools this year. Cheshire teacher Charles Ables and Mrs Ables with their baby will reside with Mrs Elizabeth Vansky. Mrs Wagenbach and sons left for Newark NJ ending a two month visit with Mrs Wagenbach serving as mother to Mrs Atkinson and relatives. Mr and Mrs F McKibben and children visited relatives in Berea and Newark. Yrar Schneider and Florimel of Columbus visited relatives. Dorothy Vansky joined them in Athens. Mr and Mrs Don Anders and daughter Margaret of Kelsonville visited. Patrick Murphy and Segbers family members from Columbus visiting at Segbers. Mr and Mrs O H Burns and sons Junior and Jumni of Berea and Mr and Mrs Charles Latta of Me arthur called on friends. Donald A McKibben and two friends Lewis and Sherwood Rains of Reading PA spent a week with James McKibban. all are Cincinnati Conservatory students. Adolphe Sax noted for inventing the saxophone after a life of hardship.
The Plains News items list local visits and events from Plains, Cantonville, and nearby areas. Notable mentions include Mrs Lewis Stauffer of Akron visiting family, Nellie Scott's funeral attended by Fletch Hawk and James Gabriel, and Edgar Slater returning from Betsy Lane. Several residents are noted travelling for family visits, teaching moves, and school-related activities.
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