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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1929
Page
6
New Straitsville High School coach Mr White announces a season opening football game against Junction City on Friday September 20. Junction City recently defeated Bremen 33 to 12.
The Plains notes illness and recovery reports, a daughter’s birthday party with many attendees, and travels of residents. Dan Bartlett will rent the Schmidt property and move to Momence for a year. Calls for social visits and family movements recur through sections, with church and club activities listed.
The article notes hunting begins Monday morning with shots heard across the area. It lists residents visiting in Pratts Park and Athens for visits, school preparations, and a funeral at Pratts Fork Church for Mrs. Amanda Davis with Rev Day officiating, along with a family reunion in Big Run Meigs County.
Rutland Miss Etna Gardner of Columbus visits with her parents Mr and Mrs A E Gardner for a week. Mrs Howard Stansbury of Cincinnati stays with her parents Mr and Mrs John Kincaid. Mrs Mary Hawkins in poor health but shows some improvement. Celia Curtis returned from Woodstock and is very ill. Lee Williams and family and Elbert Williams visit relatives in West Virginia. Sam Bryan and wife return to their Columbus home. Miss Nancy Rawlings of Pomeroy spends Sunday with friends here.
Local families including Lottridge McBee Cain and Boggs households in Parkersburg and environs hosted and visited kin from Athens Cleveland Reedsville Fairview Vanderhoof and Coolville. Motifs of Sunday gatherings dinners hospital calls and relatives traveling between towns marked a weekend of social outreach.
Amesville notes professor Springer reports year to date pupil counts for High School 75 seventh and eighth grades 22 fifth and sixth grades 41 and primary 31. Community items include visits by several families from Charleston Cincinnati and South Salem, a return from vacation for Mrs Lovell and Mr Dutton, Eastern Star meeting with watermelon, hunting licenses and squirrel reports, a birthday party and a surprise for Mr and Mrs Fling, and the seventh child born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Jago.
Bedford families including Eldon and Jean Clark visited Jed Van Meter. Hart and Resinger families from Allensville shared Sunday time with Thomas Resinger. Jena Sams visited Lelia Lev act while Elizabeth Clark stayed with Lena Hines. Ted St Clair visited Joe Christy family with Sumner ties as Van McCumber moved into a Dale Hart home in Burlingham. Numerous other neighbors hosted or joined Sunday gatherings across the area.
The Rev. Barnes will preach the coming year in the M E Church and the Rev. Koester in the U B Church. Numerous local visits and movers are noted including residents from Racine Columbus Akron Success and Reedsville. Families Parker Bahr Chapman and Christy join the village social circuit.
Shade The Thev and Mrs John Brown ine of Glouster were guests of Mr and Mrs Ek Browning Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Iva Mohler called on Mrs J Smith Wednesday. Mrs Vienna Kelley visited her brother Everett Bissell and family at Ambrosia West Virginia Friday. Mr and Mrs Mitt Chappell were guests of Joe Hawk and Mr and Mrs Perry Smith Sunday. The Rev Mary Helen Smith filled her appointment at Jerseyville M I Church Sunday and dined with Mr and Mrs Fred Biehl. Mr and Mrs Joe Basom were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Will Hope. Mrs Anna Colburn and Mrs Fred Biehl and son Washington and daughters Kathaleen and Nita called in Athens Sunday evening. Miss Edith Douglas was guest of Mrs S J Smith recently.
Local residents from Columbus Athens McArthur Chillicothe and Lancaster drop by for weekends and fairs. Notables include Miss Marguerite Wood and Nihl Hank visiting Jerry Martin. Oscar Brown visiting Will Brown. George Howell and John Howell Jr in Athens. John Chatfield visiting his ill mother in Columbus. Mrs E F McKibben and children at the fair. several visits to Sam and Blanche Howell and family. marriage licenses issued to Snyder Remy and Richards Rushford Lewis Downey. Rev Cherrington moves to Marietta. Wiser appointed pastor. Rotary Club hosts Georg A Cooper Lewis Storck James Hannon. Ohio U S 50 Highway Association meeting in court room with multiple leaders. Ottie Brown dies of typhoid. court sessions with Clark burglary larceny plea and Mossman larceny case.
Bearwallow Ridge residents Lillie Douglass and daughter Reva attended Armanda Dean's funeral at Pratts Park. Arthur Martin and son Carl hosted S. C. Stanert visitors from Athens. J S Levacy family from Halliday visited C F Sinclair. Anna Yerkey called on Kate Sinclair with Hazel. R E Douglass and wife of Athens visited to check farm. Bedford Fair set for September 28 with invitation to all to attend with a guest.
Mrs. Wilbur Baughman hosted a midday luncheon in Albany for her sister Mrs. Floyd Jones of California. Afterward attendees sang poems were read and contests held. over 90 people attended. Local quick notes include three new property purchases by Welker Bailes and Hovey and J J Reinheimer moving to Cincinnati for work.
The Syracuse Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Asbury M E church elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs Irvin Karr vice president Mrs C Y Bridgman secretary Mrs Clarence Springer treasurer Mrs Avery Roberts correspondence secretary Mrs A L Flanagan extension secretaries Miss Marcia Karr and Miss Belle Carleton etc. A cemetery cleaning meeting at Townhouse Church Friday was announced.
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