Athens Weekly Review
Dec. 17, 1936
LOCALS  

From Thursday's Daily;

Mrs. Tom Collins and Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Moody will go to Dallas to  
meet Mr. Collins who is returning from the government hospital for  
veterans at Muskogee, Okla.  He is reported to be much improved.  

Although details were lacking Thursday afternoon, Wofford Tanner,  
19 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tanner of Ash, suffered a  
badly lacerated eye he had a slight concussion of the brain in an  
accident on the Tanner farm this morning.  Young Tanner was  
brought to the Wolfe-Duphorne hospital here for treatment and  
remained a patient this afternoon.  

Mary Bass, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Bass of Athens  
has been admitted to the Wolfe-Duphorne hospital for treatment.  

Marshall Gregory and Essie Henderson have been summoned to  
appear as witnesses in the trial of Bob Cannaday in district court at  
Tyler on December 14.  

Robert, young son of Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Tucker, is improving after  
being quite ill with influenza.  

George Huckaby of the Dallas office of the United Press Association  
was here today on a quail hunt with a group of friends.  

Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Kemp, Mrs. Jeff Davis, Miss Beatrice Stalter and  
Mrs. Joel Lusk were visitors in Tyler Wednesday.
 
Vick Harrison is conducting a music school at the First Methodist  
Church in Chandler, being assisted in the work by Rev. Roy Gibbs,  
pastor of the church.  Classes for juniors are held in the afternoon,  
with the seniors and adults meeting at night.  Novel entertainment is  
provided each evening.  

According to an announcement of Supt. M. P. Willis, the Malakoff  
public schools will dismiss Wednesday, Dec. 23 and resume work  
after the Christmas holidays, Monday, Jan. 4.  Christmas trees and  
Christmas programs are a part of the plan of Wednesday afternoon  
prior to dismissal for the Christmas holidays.  More than 95-0 school  
children will participate in the Christmas holiday program.  

Friends in Athens have received announcements of the  
approaching wedding of Harry Gist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gist  
of this county to Miss Dorothy Stone Oglesby of Winnfield, La.  The  
wedding will take place at the Methodist Church in Winnfield on  
December 23rd.  Mr. Gist has been with a major oil concern in  
Winnfield for some time.  The bride-to-be is the daughter of Judge  
and Mrs. Robert Wade Oglesby of Winnfield.  Judge Oglesby is a  
former district judge of that section and is well known in legal circles  
in Louisiana.  

(From Saturday's Daily)
G. F. Crimm 82, well known citizen of the New York community, was  
here today.  He has just returned from a visit to children at Ballinger,  
Texas, and near Abilene.  He said that his son, Rev. B. B. Crimm,  
famous cowboy evangelist, will be here to spend the Christmas  
holidays.  While at Abilene he heard the famous evangelist Gipsy  
Smith in a special service.  

C. E. Smith and Miss Muriel Braziel, both of the Black Jack  
community, were united in marriage at a ceremony performed this  
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the office of Justice B. C. Hall who  
officiated.

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