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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1937

Page

8

Funeral Services for Former Zaleski Teacher Held Tuesday

Funeral services for Miss Mamie Shea age 51 were held at the Catholic Church Tuesday morning. She taught in Vinton County schools for 30 years until illness forced retirement two years ago. She is survived by her mother Mrs Hannah Shea a brother Michael a niece Miss Frances Williams and nephew John Williams. Burial was in St Sylvester Cemetery.

Zaleski Mamie Shea Shea Vinton County Hannah Shea Michael Frances Williams John Williams Josie Shea Williams St. Sylvester's Perry Bond Little Hocking Ardella Shuster Athens J. W. Coleman Janice Gary Logan Tom Compton Anna Button Mary Button Stockwell Grace Jones Bradbury Indianapolis Ind John Button William Chapman Fred Washburn Beverly John Chapman Barbara Jane Columbus Earl Chapman Billy Springfield Everett Turner New Plymouth Clarence Turner Walter Lake Toledo Flora Dill Frank Evans Haydenville Joe Phillips Loveland John Webb CCC Marietta Madison Baptist Church J. G. Deeds Zaleski M. E

Langsville Social Briefs Highlight Week End Visits

Langsville residents and relatives collected for a busy weekend with numerous visits to Columbus Akron Wilkesville and Clifton. Attendees included the Ledlie family the Chase family and many others with gatherings at the Swick home for a 51st birthday and an upcoming Wesley Chapel ice cream social for church aid.

Rio GALLIPOLIS hires Miss Huckster as instructor

Miss Betty Huckster of Kirkersville Missouri will become an instructor in women’s physical education and public school music at Rio Grande College starting September 27. She has musical credentials including member roles in the college band A Capella Choir and Kirkersville Symphony Orchestra and has taught at Culver Stockton Junior College Canton Missouri.

Gallipolis Betty Huckster Kirkersville Rio Grande College Huckster A Capella State Teachers’ College Missouri Ohio University Culver Stockton Junior College Canton

Kyger School Opens With Large Enrollment

Kyger School opened Tuesday September 7 with 104 pupils in attendance. Teachers include Walter Rife for 7th and 8th grades Ura Grover for 5th and 6th grades Mrs Mary Kennedy for 3rd and 4th grades Miss Gail Fulton for 1st and 2nd grades. The Durst family and others attended the State Fair along with the 4 H Club. Mary Kennedy leads the 4 H Club and Mary Hicks of Columbus was a weekend guest of Inn Rife. Local families moved properties and relatives visited as several townspeople left for employment or to visit relatives.

Kyger — School Walter Rife Ura Grover Mary Kennedy Gail Fulton Cash Durst Maxine Helen Comner Bradbury G. G. Werner Anna Mae Delmer Darst Mary Hicks Columbus Inn Rife

Davis family reunion marks Labor Day gathering

Gatherers from Gallipolis and Omaha joined the Evans descendants at Chickamauga Park for a Labor Day reunion. Five of six living Evans children attended, with L O Evans absent. The group plans yearly meetings.

Gallipolis Stanley Davis Bennett Kathryn Davis Omaha J. L. W. Evans Chickamauga Park Tom W. Jones Middleport Lloyd Owens Oak Hill John Everett Evans Ben F. Evans

Ladies Aid of Taylor Ridge Holds Meeting

Mrs. Evan Davis hosted the September meeting of the Ladies Aid Society at the Davis home. Mrs. John Davis led the session and presented a souvenir from former member Mrs. Minnie Keck of Lancaster.

Ladies Aid of Taylor Ridge Evan Davis Ladies Aid Society Davis John Davis Minnie Keck Lancaster Dwight Smith James Golding Carl Hilderbrandt Robert Hanning Detroit Julius Glackie Victor Paskivitch Carl Welling Bob Fleming Roberta Jacquelyn Fleming Steubenville George Walker Shinnston W. Va Dwight

National Insignia Puzzle Across and Down

A word puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues covering coats of arms land forms meals and letters. Solve to fill intersecting terms such as seeds bag noun cognomen and various geographic and linguistic entries.

Switzerland

Social and Personal Of Tup p ers Plains

J A Barrett and sister Miss Lucy and brother Ralph Barrett visited Tup­pers Plains from Sunday to Wednesday with friends. Leo Shields of East Liverpool arrived to be with his mother Mrs V C Shields who is seriously ill. Mrs Alice Bardin of Parkersburg stayed with Miss Tillie Reed and attended the Matlack reunion. Margar ite Kincade spent Sunday at home and Monday in Parkersburg with her parents and sisters. Mrs Alice Ritchey was in Marietta. Ward Springer and Wilbur Rice visited Columbus to see the State Fair. Wilbur Rice family visited New Lexington and James Christy’s in law. Olmia Davis and children visited Bethel. William Arbaugh and granddaughter from Nelsonville were guests of J W Arbaugh. J W Arbaugh attended the state convention in Toledo as delegate from JOUAM Tup­pers Plains council and was appointed district deputy. George Christy of New Lexington visited the C B Kincade home. A surprise birthday party honored Miss Iretta Arbaugh on her sixth birthday with twenty guests. Olive Orange schools opened with J Spurgeon Davis principal. Mrs Carrie Gainer grew a 14 ft 3 in corn stalk and has many stalks 14 ft high.

Columbus Zaleski Don Anders Margaret Anders Nelsonville Sam Baughman Athens Edward Hoffman Glen Collins Indianapolis Ind Harry Wyatt Vansky Langsville F. C. Taylor Akron Lock Allen Ward John Swisher R. L. Grapes Wilkesville William Musser Roseville L. E. Entsminger Daugher Maynard Davis Charleston Kenneth Chase Cincinnati J. E. Chase Dorothy Chase Margretta Hughes J. T. Ledlie Walter B. Kennan Bernard Ledlie Kermit Thomas Helen Whitehead Wilkensburg Francis van Coney Middleport Ledlie Rex Edmundson L. V. Hunt Cora Morris Ashville Lucy Woodrum Clifton W. Va Ida Meeks Canton Ruby McGary Ralph Jones Bellaire J. E. Longstreth Clarence Rathburn Springfield Henry Nelson Elmer Nelson William Ledlie Joseph Swick Karl Knapp John Miller Raymond Rife Elza Carpenter Wesley Chapel Church of Christ Edith Coey White Cross Hospital Maxwell Rising Park Lancaster Esta Kytta General Electric Company Cleveland Jack Kutta Helen Sanborn Bailey Run Clyde Pierce Fred Heffken Heffken Dora Heffken Jean June Heffken W. D. Coey John Davis Millfield Guy White Joseph O'Karma Kathryn Paskivitch Detroit Tuppers Plains J. A. Barrett Lucy Washington D. H Ralph Barrett Delaware Leo Shields East Liverpool V. C. Shields Alice Bardin Parkersburg Tillie Reed Matlack Margarite Kincade C. B. Kincade Misses May Fay Kincade Alice Ritchey Marietta Ward Springer Charles Springer Wilbur Rice New Lexington J. W. Arbaugh Clara Luise Castle Orange Pierce Lambert H. Green Toledo JOUAM George Christy Iretta Arbaugh Olive Orange J. Spurgeon Davis Carrie Gainer Minersville Robert Burnell Cecil Kimes Cecil Nelson Chester Flora del Russell Theodore Grueser Otto Hartenbach Dorothy Adolph Grueser, Jr Walter Grueser Gallipolis Joseph Withrow Huntington Nora Roush Will Kesterson Rock Springs Will Borham Will Woods Earl Hartenbach, Sr Chicago Blaettner Auto Company Gretta Floyd Brown Charles Hilewick Harry Mescher Harry Keiser Floyd Mescher Paul Keiser George Daniels Ruth Edson Roush Carmel Roush John McCallum Hettie Williams Syracuse Bertie Wolf Bradford Maag William Grueser Flora Dell Russell Marietta Fair

Minersville Social Briefs Sweep of Local Visits and News

Community notes list visitors and travels including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burnell from Cleveland attending a funeral in Charleston and Middleport. Several residents visit Athens, Columbus, and Marietta areas. illness and business trips noted. a baby recovering and local shop duties held by Ethel Garland and Mary Mee Callum. A final line cites Great Britain importing 22,898,480 cigars in 1935.

Another Dawn at Athena Daring War Film Premiere

The Warner Bros romance adventure “Another Dawn” debuts at the Athena Theater with Errol Flynn Kay Francis and Ian Hunter. A British garrison in Arabia faces destruction as a damaged dam mission requires a lone pilot to fly in and out with no return. The climax hinges on who flies the plane and saves the garrison while enduring impossible odds.

Iraq Arabia Warner Bros Athena Theater Errol Flynn Outfit Kay Francis London Ian Hunter

Court Term Ends at Gallipolis April Session

Gallia County Common Pleas Court wrapped its April term on September 7 with Judge W R White noting no new jurors have been drawn yet. The court adjourned as juror panels remain pending renewal.

Gallipolis Common Pleas W. R. White

Last of Graves mail moved to archives storage

The final batch of Gov. Bibb Graves mail connected to the Scottsboro cases has been transferred to the Alabama Department of Archives and History for safekeeping.

Mail IN Montgomery Ala Bibb Graves Scottsboro State Department of Archives and History

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