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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1942
Page
5
Kimberly Davis arraigned before Magistrate Floyd Brown and held to the grand jury on a petit larceny charge after being accused of taking a $20 wristwatch from J. M. Davis.
Three prisoners escaped from Nelsonville City Jail after tearing ceiling and floor boards to separate the men’s jail from the women’s on the second floor. A rope fashioned from blankets allowed exit from the second floor window to the ground as breakfast was served. Suspects include Earl West Guy Tanner and Ernest McCumber, with Tanner and West awaiting grand jury action and Tanner facing break in and entering charges while McCumber was fined for operating a vehicle under the influence.
Nelsonville church schedules Passion Week vesper at 7 with Rev Lloyd Evans delivering a talk on The Communion of Saints and the doctrine of Prayer for the Dead. The item notes a stray line about a fringe-footed lizard in the southwest.
Rutland Christian delegation attended a Youth Rally at Bradbury. Union services at the Baptist Church continue with Rev. Koch. A Methodist cantata is planned for Sunday morning. Mrs. Mary Price returned from Spencer West Virginia. Parishioners visit and attend events in nearby towns.
Members meet at advisor Mrs. Arthur Ingram's home Friday April 3 from 6 to 7 30 pm for reorganization enrollment papers ready and 4 H work and health books arrived to plan the year’s program
Pontia Mich State Police cap a case of three farmer killings after arresting Dominick Piccone an ex convict two weeks out of prison He confessed to shooting one farmer to death in vengeance and killing two others to aid his escape Trooper Roy Perkins said a fourth man was seized to help him flee.
Nelsonville High School will present the comedy Faith Hope and Fiarity in the high school auditorium on April 17. The cast includes Elizabeth Shafer, Margaret Warren, Junior Johnson, Jimmy Knight, Frances Reeves, Marilyn Shafer, Carl McCombs, Mary Kate Shields, Chris Wolfe, Charles Long, Monty and Reggie Van Twiller, Tommy Rosser, Margaret Dishong, and Cecil Woodrum with direction by Mrs Lucille Long and Miss Blanche Moorehead. Harry Westfall serves as publicity agent.
Rev and Mrs Whitmore lead revival meetings in New Pittsburg with a sunrise Easter service followed by Sunday School at 9 30 led by Mable Martin and a 2 o clock Easter praise service. Gale Lanning recovers from a mining accident hip injury and Ira Rodger remains ill at home. Pittsburg church installing a new lighting system.
Mayor Herman Ogg urged Nelsonville citizens to attend Good Friday services planned by local churches. A union service will run from noon to 3 PM at the Presbyterian Church, with all Nelsonville stores requested to close during the service to allow owner and employee attendance.
Mr and Mrs James Francis hosted a dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Leo Pope Ruth Price Mr and Mrs Lewis B Francis Miss Harriett Francis Rev and Mrs Edgar Haskins and Munroe Francis. The Hyperion Club meeting was postponed due to Easter services at the Girl Scout Little House.
Mr and Mrs Jack Rizer announce the birth of a daughter Patricia Sally at Cherrington Hospital on Friday March 27. Grandparents are Elmer and Fred Rizer Wolfe and great grandparents Charles Holcomb Dick Rizer and John Young of West Virginia.
Easter morning at 6 30 a.m. a sunrise service will be held at the Buchtel Methodist Church with Mrs Frank Evans leading the devotionals. In Nelsonville the Junior Class plans an Easter egg and bake sale Saturday at the Southern Ohio Electric Co office on the Public Square opening at 9 o'clock.
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