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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
2
The Hooper Ridge Church of Christ in Chauncey announces its annual home-coming on Sept. 20. Bible school starts at 9:30 a.m. with preaching by Rev. M. E. Hoon, followed by a basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program led by Rev. G. B. Courtney. Former members and friends are invited.
Chauncey Mine No 25 and Poston No 6 Mill field operated Wednesday and are working again today. Hocking mine is idle today. Fifteen mines worked Wednesday and twelve are working today. They include Luhrig Kimberly No 9 No 69 Ohio No 1 No 24 No 86 L. D. Poston No 119 Black Diamond Poston No 6 and Chauncey.
Mr and Mrs E J Sams hosted guests Sunday evening at their Bates Church area home. Attendees included Wright Pugh Orison Glidden Charlies Brown Carl Brown and many more. Music was provided by several guests including Mrs Charles Brown Wilfred Tippie and Maxine Lowery.
W W Wachtel of Loose Wiles Biscuit Co says advertising in the Sunshine Biscuit program is essential to merchandising. He notes stopping ads would disrupt trade calls as surely as a break in the customers’ story.
Oklahoma celebrations marked the 38 year anniversary of the Cherokee Strip opening with a reenactment of the original wagon and herd race. Crowds in Ponca City and Garber watched as covered wagons ox-carts and cow ponies trotted the prairie echoing history and some participants later struck oil becoming millionaires.
Ad warns Wr. J. Leonhardt's Hemroid internal remedy ends itching bleeding and protruding piles. Claims quick action even in stubborn cases by healing and restoring affected parts and reducing lower bowel blood congestion. Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store offers money back if HEM-ROID tablets fail to end pile misery.
John Porter 11 son of Mr and Mrs Harry Porter Sugar Creek suffered a badly crushed right finger when it was caught in a wheel. He is in the sixth grade at Sugar Creek school taught by Miss Lauretta Fielder Chauncey. Mr and Mrs B E Carter and son Jimmie of Chauncey spent Sunday in Columbus with Cecil M Hughes family and were joined home by Stella Carter Chauncey who had stayed a month with relatives in Columbus.
Mrs William Cage and children Bob Ruth of Warren Ohio visit Chauncey to see Mrs Cage’s mother Mrs Blanche Hayden and uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Frank Sands They also visit Mrs Dane Osborne in Chauncey who is receiving treatment at Grant Hospital Columbus
Dorothy Bailey returns home to Middleport after a two week visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hysell. Mrs. J R Dicken goes back to Logan ending a visit with her son W FE Dicken and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hysell finish the week visiting friends in Middleport.
Mrs. Guy M. Brookins Chauncey entertained Wednesday night at Converse Street residence in Converse Street honoring their daughter Thelma Jean on her third birthday anniversary. Gifts included a birthday cake. Refreshments were served. Attendees were Mr. and Mrs. John Shafer Mr. and Mia Elmer Bingman Anna Lee Channell Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Robinson Miss Olive Brookins and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brookins with Thelma Jean.
Homer Cunningham of Chauncey has returned home from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens after a left elbow injury at the mine. Miss Esther Clary of Chauncey came home from Sheltering Arms Hospital after appendix removal surgery. Mrs Dane Osborne of Chauncey is improving at Grant Hospital Columbus where she is receiving treatment.
Thelma Peddicord age 13 daughter of the Rev Earl and Mrs E Peddicord of Browns town Ind sustained a fractured leg when she fell from a truck taking riders to a Sunday School picnic. Rev Peddicord formerly served the Chauncey Church of Christ and is well known locally.
Mrs F E Boudinot reports the third annual reunion of descendants of John and Margret gathered to celebrate family ties and shared heritage. Attendees from multiple generations honored their ancestors and planned future gatherings.
Hixson was held at Rock House on Sunday with a basket dinner then a business session led by Athens president Mrs. L W Kelley. Officers elected include Dr P E Hixson as president H O McDaniel as vice president Lester Edwards as secretary and treasurer.
Donald Buss Powell returns home after a week with Nelsonville relatives. William Cole hosts Sunday guests, including his sister and her husband from Bartlett. Chauncey High School Building hosts a community meeting with Oscar Simpson Herman Theisen Sr. and Frank Daugherty on a charity initiative. Township trustees J. P. Closter and F. E. Boudi attend amid a power line crane electrocution incident on Sand Ridge. Disturbances at Crooksville station traced to the event on Monday.
A drug ad markets Alleniu as an inexpensive remedy for rheumatism with an 48 hour pain and swelling relief guarantee. It claims uric acid depots begin leaving the body in 24 hours and offers similar relief for sciatica neuritis and lumbago with a money back guarantee.
A bird’s body remains suspended on a transmission tower after winter passages. Workers have not yet removed the carcass, leaving a stark reminder of seasonal hazards along the line.
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