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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1919

Page

2

College Hill Social Notes Mention Visitors and Moves

Mrs Jane Beckley and son Clarence visited Corning with sister Mrs Bertha Defenbaugh. Mrs Delbert Tippie to Columbus hospital for surgery. Bertha Defenbaugh guests of friends Mr and Mrs James Nero in Athens. James Nero and George Murray visited Delbert Hill, who moved to Chauncey.

Jane Beckley Clarence Corning Bertha Defenbaugh Delbert Tippie Columbus James Nero Athens George Murray Delbert Hill Chauncey

Scouts Build Homemade Fire For Demonstration

Scoutmaster Porter and Assistant Battin with Troop 3 scouts demonstrated fire making without matches using on site apparatus. They used rotten pink wood from a hollow tree as tinder and a green branch bow with soft pine to finish the setup. The display showed a scout could improvise warmth if stranded.

Porter Battin Troop 3

Firemaking without matches in Troop Three tests

Mr Porter notes an epidemic of tests in Troop Three since last Monday night. Tenderfeet and class two Scouts must complete their tests by next Monday night or provide valid reasons for delay.

Porter

Local Social News From Sand Rock and Nearby Towns

Sunday visits shade the week as Will Marquis and Lydia Bowman joined sister Mrs. Sarah Copeland. N H Colvin and Illinois guest Norman McClure visited relatives in Athens and Mary Brown respectively. George DeWees of Amesville stayed with George Brown. Orlo Ogg and son Harold visited daughter and son-in-law Mr and Mrs Guy Vandyke.

Will Marquis Lydia Bowman Sarah Copeland N. H. Colvin Athens George DeWees Amesville George Brown C. O. Bryson California Norman McClure Illinois Mary Brown Orlo Ogg Harold Guy Vandyke Hal Brawley Marion J. E. Parmiter Cleveland Burke Linscott Jacksonville Carl Grandataff Branch Townsend

Visitors and Local Calls Across Circle Hill Area

Circle Hill notes show Mr and Mrs Charles Fitzer and two children visiting Luhrig mother Mrs P R Rutledge. John Quinn family visiting Radcliff friends. Jess Skinner Chauncey visitor. Rose Rabbitt Logan visiting mother. Gladys Spellman Nelsonville calling on Mrs Charles Steward. Rice Thomas family calling on relatives in Athens. Ollie Garlingher in Athens. Bid Lee Athens visitor. Bob Buchanan moved household goods from Athens to this place. Mrs Charles Stewart in Nelsonville.

Charles Fitzer Luhrig P. R. Rutledge John Quinn Radcliff Jess Skinner Chauncey Rose Rabbitt Logan Gladys Spellman Nelsonville Charles Steward Rice Thomas Athens Ollie Garlingher Bid Lee Bob Buchanan Charles Stewart

Beaumont Guests and Local Family Visits Report

A series of social visits across the area includes the Santee family from Hobson staying with the Dursts. Circle Hill visitors Alfred Carr family with John Durst and Mary Durst's relatives. Mary Durst and two children visiting relatives. John Wyant visiting Orbiston. Julia Wyant and daughter called to Orbiston due to Anna Quinn illness. Pearl Tittle and son visiting Chauncey area. Edward Hook visiting his in laws locally. and Mr and Mrs Thomas Tittle hosting.

Milton Santee Hobson Homer Durst Alfred Carr Circle Hill John Mary Durst Charles Ryan John Wyant Orbiston Julia Wyant Anna Quinn Pearl ‘Tittle Little Son of Chauncey Thomas Tittle Edward Hook

By the Way Miss Katherine Alder Man of Ohio Visits Kin

Miss Katherine Alderman, possibly Ohio’s oldest unmarried woman, stays a week with her sister Mrs. Sarah An at Mudfork, after living with her niece Mrs. J. W. Wheatley.

Katherine Alderman Ohio J. W. Wheatley Mudfork Sarah An

Week-end Guests From Kansas Visit Ohio Families

Miss Alder man born in 1833. By the Way Mrs Henry Edwards Mrs Villa Gish of Rock Creek Kansas and Mrs Emily Wendell of New Lexington are week-end guests of Mr and Mrs Albert Edwards of Jacksonville. Mrs Edwards was reared in Perry county near Hemlock and after marriage went with her husband to Kansas where they became prosperous. The Marshall and Edwards families were early settlers in Athens and Perry counties. There are many of them residing there yet. These ladies will spend some time in Ohio.

Henry Edwards Villa Gish Rock Creek Kansas Emily Wendell New Lexington Albert Edwards Jacksonville Edwards Marshall Perry County Hemlock Kans Athens Perry Ohio

Brookville Couple Wed In Morning Ceremony

Miss Blanche Russell of New Marshfield and Mr. Guy Burkett of Brooksville wed today at the First M E parsonage read by Rev C L Strecker at 10 45. Attendant was T A Russell, father of the groom. The bride is daughter of Newton and Mrs Russell. couple will reside in Brooksville where he works as a miner.

Blanche Russell New Marshfield Guy Burkett Brooksville C. L. Strecker M. E. Parsonage T. A. Russell Newton Russell Russell

Ohio four liquor proposals on November 4 ballot

Four measures petitioned by liquor interests would redefine intoxicating liquor and repeal statewide Prohibition if enacted. Voters face two constitutional amendments and two referendums urging support or opposition based on national and statewide prohibition enforcement.

Ohio Congress Nets

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