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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1927
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rhodes and Miss Marie Pyle return from Columbus after visiting Miss Dorothy Rhodes. Athens guest list includes Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Horn en route to see Elizabeth Horn in hospital. Numerous pupil and teacher mentions span Ohio towns with visits to kin, schools, and civic groups in a bustling society roundup.
Contemporary Poetry and Prose program kicks off at Miss Genevieve Apgar home 151 Grosvenor Street. Elsie Druggan leads the afternoon on The Short Story with Mrs. Raymer McQuiston reading on The Technique of the Short Story and Professor McQuiston discussing The Psychology of the Short Story. Mrs. J E Bain travels to New York City for an inter city trip.
Mrs A K Smith and her daughter Dorothy from Logan visited in Athens on Sunday.
The Athena chapter of the Delphian Society will convene at 7 30 p m Tuesday evening in the Hotel Berry lounge for a regular session.
Mr and Mrs Cash Zimmerman and daughters Marcia Margaret and Alice visited the Lewis and Huston homes on Carpenter R D 2 Sunday. Other guests included Henry Zimmerman Mrs Zimmer mans son Forrest Marple McArthur John Witheral Mr and Mrs Joe Frost and two sons Stewart they were entertained at dinner.
Mr and Mrs Noah Ogdin of Salem and Mr and Mrs Ray Holliday of Point Rock were Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs Seldom Nelson at 9 Spring Street, according to local society notes.
Mrs Myrtle Gibson arrived home last evening after a three weeks’ visit with relatives in Akron Kenmore and Barberton and time spent with her son in Grove City, Mr. and Mrs Guy Bolin.
The Messenger colors contest lists numerous students and teachers from Nelsonville Athens Glouster The Plains Jacksonville Pomeroy and surrounding areas. Winners and merited participants include Helen Dennison Nellie Hamer Miss Finkbone Miss Lane Miss McKee and many more across multiple classes.
A short note frames a playful game of golf as a loving exchange. The writer compares a par of four to a moment shared between father and mother, using the sport as a metaphor for a simple, thoughtful gesture.
The rules define letter golf as changing one word to another in a set number of strokes. Change COW to HEN in three steps: COW HOW HEW HEN. Each step must be a complete common word, one letter at a time, preserving letter order. Solution appears on today’s last page.
Hemden Mrs Ollie Wright entertained Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Harry Wright Mr and Mrs Wilmer Wright and children Doris Jean and Herry and daughter and Mr and Mrs C Martin and son Paul Marvin of Columbus for a family gathering.
Mr and Mrs F C Segale of Cozadale Ohio visited Hamden on Friday to find a house and plan to move in early October. Segale, a former B and O agent at Cozadale, asserted seniority after the office was discontinued and took the Hamden agency.
W A Kibbey named as ticket agent for Chillicothe. Burley Henry of McArthur en route to Chicago. Miss Elsie Perry teaching at Eagle Mills visits her parents. Charles Campbell of Dayton spends weekend with local friends.
Miss Martha Sunnafrank elder daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Sunnafrank of North Main street surprised friends by marrying George Ridgeway of Jackson at Catlettsburg Kentucky. The Christian church wedding was officiated by the Rev Greenwood. The couple will live with the bride’s parents for now.
Miss Mildred Thomas traveling to Columbus to consult physicians returned home on Saturday. Mrs. Addie Livingston came back Saturday after a week with her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kruger. Emmet Whitley of Columbus spent the end of the week with Mr. Glenn Wilbur.
In Parkersburg on September 26 the infantile paralysis quarantine ends at midnight but guards stay on bridges and highways into Wood County until Monday night. Children who left the city to avoid the quarantine face Tuesday entry, and returning stayers must show affidavits of their whereabouts. Those from affected areas may be kept out of school and quarantined.
J H Thomas, long time Labour MP and former Macdonald cabinet member, is pictured here. Once a railway engineer, he has recently been elected a Welsh bard at the annual Eisteddfod, proving his skill in both singing and verse writing.
Chauncey sept 26 James Hardy 74 died at his home in The Plains at noon Sunday after months of illness from cancer Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday from The Plains church burial in The Plains cemetery Rev W W Harter of Chauncey will conduct He was a miner and longtime resident of The Plains coming from Orbiston He leaves a wife six children two of whom live outside the area and several siblings grandchildren and great grandchildren Survivors include Mrs Odel Donnelly Mrs Edward Buffington Luke Hardy Joe Hardy and Edward Hardy plus a daughter Mrs Bertha Hardy Slater who died earlier
Chauncey, Sept. 26 Fred Carter 39 railroader died last Thursday in an Oklahoma City hospital after a three week bout with brain meningitis. Funeral held Saturday in Oklahoma City burial there. Former Chauncey Corning resident son of Mr and Mrs J B Carter Columbus. Survived by wife four brothers and three sisters.
James T. Johnson formerly of Chauncey died suddenly Friday at his Dayton Ohio home. He visited Chauncey recently and was in good health. His wife Izola Ogg and a daughter had died earlier. Funeral services were held in Dayton with burial there.
Funeral services for L. D. Shields 79 of Chauncey will be 2 pm Tuesday at the Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev. B C Elsen of Chester Hill Ohio will conduct. Burial will be in Nye cemetery Chauncey.
Miss Stella Carter spends the weekend visiting friends in Columbus. Mr and Mrs William Bradfield and son Paul Bradfield of Columbus visit Chauncey at Mr and Mrs Charles Bradfield's home. Bradfields return to Columbus Sunday morning. Mrs Bradfield to spend a week in Chauncey. Mrs R Hamilton of this city spent last Friday in Glouster visiting sister Mrs H F Kittle. Harley Ogg and Charles Long of Columbus visit Chauncey Sunday. Esther Fiske improves from appendix operation at Sheltering Arms hospital and is at home. Mr and Mrs Carl Conrad and children of Shawnee and Mr and Mrs Ben Fielder and daughter Florence of this city visit Jackson with cousins Mr and Mrs Charles Carpenter.
The Mississippi floods caused more than 225000 head of horses, mules, cattle and swine and over 1306000 poultry lost, with flood coverage estimated at 4417500 acres across 124 counties or parishes, per the U S Department of Agriculture.
Morgan proclaims obedience to laws and jury service as patriotic acts on par with war deeds. He argues civic duty reflects national courage and duty beyond battlefield heroics. Citizens urged to fulfill obligations for republic.
Geoffrey F. Morgan, lecturer at Athens Presbyterian, defines patriotism as serving laws, paying taxes, voting, and jury duty. He says citizens must face facts, support a well-run government, and resist laxness to curb lawlessness and ensure justice in courts.
A Newburyport Children's Home notes endorse Father John’s Medicine as indispensable for health. They claim it helps with coughs and colds and acts as a body builder without alcohol or harmful drugs, noting seventy years of success and urging friends not to be without it.
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