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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1934
Page
3
Nelsonville Easter services filled the churches with more than 300 attendees at the 5:30 morning service. Cantata sung at 10:30 featured soloists and full choir. baptisms and new members, plus deacon appointments, marked the day. Easter decorations, sunup service music, and the Lord’s Supper concluded a week of evening services.
The Davis Grocery on Poplar Street was entered last night with a broken window pane and loot including a small quantity of cooked oats and a few rifle shells. Police were informed this morning.
Nelsonville High School Band directed by Ward W Hamm presents a memorial concert on April 13 in the high school auditorium. The program features Glenford Dugan Drum and Bugle Corps city glee clubs and the Crooksville Legion Quartet assisting.
Rev R F Strickler departed last evening to join his daughter at Marion and together they will visit his family at Cuyahoga Falls. He planned to travel to Uniontown, Pa, later this week to celebrate his father’s eighty first birthday. He will return for Sunday services.
The Loyal Woman's Class of the Christian Church will meet Tuesday evening at seven o'clock with Mrs. Fred Juniper on West Washington Street for their regular monthly gathering.
Nelsonville High School Band under Ward W. Hamm will travel to Columbus on May 19 to perform at the annual state scholarship award meeting. The sessions are set for Central High School.
The Ladies of St. Phillip Neri Church in Murray City invite all to a parish hall event Tuesday at 8:30 PM featuring a benefit card party. Bridge and euchre will be played for charity.
A group of 12 Doanville girls directed by Mrs. Fred Thompson will sing on WALR Zanesville Tuesday at 11 in a Clover Farm Stores sponsored contest.
The Esther Class of the Christian Church meets at the Nelsonville church with a potluck dinner at 6 30 this evening.
Mrs Josephine Kourt aged 71 widow of Edward Kourt died at the family home on Mound Street at 1 am after a stroke two weeks earlier. Resided in Nelsonville over 35 years and was devoted to family. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at 199 Mound Street conducted by Rev Lloyd Evans. Survived by children James California Mab le Haffner and her two children Amy Jo and Jack Grace Anna Ambrose Harry and a brother and sister group in Columbus Lancaster New Lexington and one step daughter Edna Haughee Chicago.
Funeral services for Mrs. Howard Jonson aged 70 were held at 10 o clock this morning at the Methodist Church in Rutland. She died Saturday in Columbus. Mrs Jonson had worked at the Feeble Minded Institution in Columbus and formerly lived on Leading Creek before moving to Columbus.
The Drum and Bugle Corps of Glenford Dugan Post American Legion will assist the Ohio University Band at the Memorial Auditorium Athens in the annual concert on Sunday night April 8 Ward W Hamm director announced. The Ohio University Band is directed by C W Janssen and draws large audiences.
Personal mentions list Easter visits by Dr. Lowell Burnelle and families from Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Leighton Aumiller, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caren and son Bobby in Columbus, Will Tedrow Crooksville, Harry J. Nolate and daughter Sue, James Fullington and Mrs. Courtright, A. G. Mechem, Miss Louise Rothrock visiting from Western College, Miss Doras Wallace from Athens, and W. D. Edgell party with Florence Mulligan, all noting relatives and hosts in Columbus, Utica, Oxford, Mt. Vernon, and nearby towns.
Donald Lanning aged % years died Saturday night at Cherrington Hospital Logan after treatment. Funeral services were held at 3 PM today at the New Floodwood Church, Rev Shearer presiding, with burial at Green Lawn. He leaves wife Ruth, mother Mrs Reuben Lanning, three brothers and two sisters.
Heavy rains have kept the Hocking River high around Kimberly. William Daugherty of Black Lick visited Mr and Mrs Albert Brown. William Davis attended George Gille funeral at Nelsonville last week. Locals attended special meetings at Nelsonville Holiness Church. Mrs Elda Barnhart and Christene Barnhart stayed with Mr and Mrs Vaughn Foughty at Oak Grove.
Netters in Columbus unveil seven spring matches starting May 2 with Western State Teachers. Next are Michigan State on May 4, Michigan on May 12, Cincinnati on May 15, the Big Ten meet at Northwestern May 17 to 19, then Western State Teachers at Kalamazoo on May 25 and Michigan State at East Lansing on May 26.
Los Angeles April 20 John E Beans Reardon veteran national league umpire was scheduled to undergo a blood transfusion to speed recovery from a glandular operation performed two months ago Several baseball friends offered blood for the transfusion His condition was not serious
All men and boys interested in organizing a band are asked to meet tonight at the K of P Hall at 7 o'clock.
New Orleans April 2 The Cleveland Indians announced the release of Julian Johnson John Lucas and Woodrow Davis to the Zanesville club of the Middle Atlantic League a Cleveland farm.
Marshal Fred Heck arrested GLOUSTER Ray Ready Red town and James Smith Saturday night on intoxication charges. Smith pleaded guilty before Mayor F Wallace and was fined plus costs. Ready remained jailed until Sunday morning and was arraigned with fines and costs.
The Orpha Class of the M. E. B. Sunday School will meet tonight at the home of Mrs. Wayne Wiley on Republic Avenue.
Corning High School will present the class play Are You a Mason in the high school auditorium Thursday night. Clayton Hockman physical instructor serves as business manager and Maurice Foraker mathematics instructor is director. Miss Louise Milgate music instructor with the school orchestra will perform special musical numbers.
Out of town relatives and friends attended the funeral of Thomas Park. Among them were Mrs. Helen Zimmer and Mrs. Helen Little of Detroit, Mrs. Clarence Wright of Houston Pa, Robert Park of Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keer, Mrs. Elizabeth Snedden and son Walter of Love City, Dr. and Mrs. James Park and son, Mr. and Mrs. John Park, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Park, Samuel Park, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Batley, Mrs. Belle Bryan of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stump of New Lexington, Mrs. Jack Jones Sr. and son Jack Jr. of New Straitville.
GLOUSTER E H Taylor a local machinist who was seriously injured in an automobile accident in this city the night of March 1 was brought to his home from University Hospital Columbus Sunday afternoon He is in a weakened condition and will have to be kept quiet at his home for several days Mr Taylor suffered a skull fracture and a blood vessel in his head was ruptured He also suffered from erysipelas while at the hospital.
Washington April 2 The Civil Works Administration employed well known artists including the creator of Little Lord Fauntleroy at 38 dollars a week every Saturday to produce pen and ink drawings for a national exhibition at the Corcoran Galleries on April 24. Reginald Birch and many other celebrated artists faced near starvation before the CWA hire. works are shown at the Congressional Library and in museums.
In QLOUSTER on April 3 both the Church of Christ and the M. E. Church held sunrise services at 6 oclock with large attendance. Each church presented a pageant and had strong Sunday School turnout. The M. E. Church conducted baptismal rites during morning worship and both churches were decorated with potted plants.
Jacksonville M. EF Church hosted a three episode pageant Sunday evening titled And There Was Light on Easter. The program portrayed the night after the crucifixion and the morning of the Resurrection with cast members including Mrs Wayne Snyder Mrs Grace Binderbasin Mrs David Cox John Johnston Delbert Tinkham Bernice White. A church chorus accompanied the production with Mrs Chester Lowery on piano and Mrs J G Deeds directing.
Mrs Charles Williams traveled to Columbus Sunday afternoon with her husband for an appendicitis operation at a Columbus hospital. Relatives here have been advised the operation is expected to take place today.
Mrs. W. S. Clegg of Newark attends thirteenth wedding anniversary dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Car Stahi in Trimble. Guests include J. J. Biahi and brothers and sisters in law Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stahl and Mr. and Mrs. H. R Stahl.
Mrs Lawrence Colbert, née Sera Meredith, is recovering after a major operation at a Colume bus hospital last week. Mr Colbert visited Sunday, reports indicate she is getting along nicely.
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