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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
3
Students and teachers at Nelsonville High anticipate the fourth Athletic Carnival to be held Friday and Saturday next week with wrestling boxing skits and music by Covert's Mountaineers and the N H S Band. Coach Yantis and Coach Hannahs supervise events and Ward Hamm directs the 40 piece band.
Tickets for the county farm clubs banquet set for April 12 at the Athens Grange Hall are available from Ed Howard in Nelsonville by calling 2106-1-1.
Local classified ads and circulation contact details list 412-W as the line for ads and services. The notice emphasizes staff correspondence and a request for a willing representative to handle classified tasks.
Nelsonville reports a candle light pageant tonight at First Methodist Church with fifty women and girls in the cast and over 400 involved in candy handling. Mrs. La Mance directs the music and will deliver the sermon. the song service starts at 7 30. Dr. W N La Mance spoke on Individual Salvation urging moral agency and consideration of others rights.
The Drill Team Club of the W B A meets tonight at Mrs Ethel Matheny Poplar Street. Two birthday anniversaries will be observed and a potluck luncheon will be served.
Eight members of the Nelsonville Council of the Daughters of America attended the Logan Lodge inspection Tuesday night with Mrs. Elizabeth Durst of Pomeroy in charge. John Wagner pleaded guilty to intoxication in Nelsonville on April 7 and was fined ten dollars plus costs.
Mrs. Wilbur Hutchins and Donna Jean return to Athens from visiting Claude Cranmer. G. D. Ridenour and S. S. Steenrod with Bob Cordray were in Columbus on business. Miss Vernon Bush leaves for New York City after winter in town. Miss Edith Beagle visits Columbus. Miss Juanita Sines returns to Walbridge to rejoin her graduating class and finish school.
At the G W McAfee home near Coonville on April 3 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Farrar. The infant opened her eyes in a bed that once belonged to Jessie and King. Mrs Farrar is the youngest daughter of G W McAfee.
Nelsonville April 1 Rabbi Jacob Tarshish of Temple Israel Columbus will speak at Nelsonville Presbyterian Church Monday night April 25 at 8 oclock A dinner will be held in the church basement at 6 oclock and Rabbi Tarshish will speak in the auditorium following the dinner His subject on the world economic situation will be announced later
Nelsonville April 7 F S Knox and Oral Daugherty of the Sunday Creek Coal Company left Wednesday for West Virginia to examine coal lands. The company has no holdings there, but officials say they are considering securing a large tract in the neighboring state for development.
Nelsonville board of trade votes to discontinue monthly dinner and forum meetings until fall. Meetings may be held during suspension at the president Edward E Rosser's call. Board of directors will continue regular meetings on the last Wednesday evening at secretary Victor Oakley's office.
Nelsonville April 7 fire men were called to the Junior High School about 10 PM for smoke from the kitchen of the home economics department where soup was being prepared for today meals. The fire was on a slow flame but in leaving the building last night turning off the fire was neglected. The meat in the kettle burned. A passerby reported the smoke and the alarm. No damage resulted.
Students will have a holiday tomorrow as Nelsonville teachers attend the Ohio State University Conference in Columbus Friday and Saturday. A majority of local teachers are expected to join the sessions. The King's Men meet John Barrows at 363 Madison Street Friday night at 7 30 with the Rev John J Scott leading the devotional service.
In Nelsonville on April 7 readers note a special Fort Street Church of Christ youth meeting at 9 15 a m and attendance is urged. Dolores Carsner daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Carsner Longstreth was buried at Greenlawn. an infant Traugh burial also reported. Mrs Elsie Richardson Traugh underwent a successful operation in Grant Hospital Columbus with her parents at her side.
Dr. Elmer B. Bryan president of Ohio University told Southeastern Ohio Health Commissioners the value of human life and the role of physicians in extending life. The luncheon drew 100 representatives from 18 counties as Dr. H. G. Southard outlined health department duties.
Barnett continues through late fall checking and approving loans certified by county committees and filing blanks with Washington officials for final approval. In Athens County 16 farmers have had applications approved. last year 58 farmers borrowed 5300 dollars through the Seed Loan Fund. Barnett operates from Hotel Berry in Athens and, after Gallipolis, will spend the rest of the week in Athens County seeking further loans.
The April issue of The Preamble Athens Junior High School newspaper came out Thursday. It highlights school teas dinners banquets club meetings assembly programs athletic awards and jokes with abundant artwork. Parker Walker editor-in-chief Julian Bing business manager and Eugene Cottle faculty advisor are named.
William Stone Luhrig was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate C H Porter for assault and battery after pleading guilty. Stone was arrested by Constable Leslie Bradfield for an assault on his wife Rebecca Stone. Roy Shafer Athens pleaded not guilty to writing checks without funds and was bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court in 400 dollar bond for four checks totaling 43 56 to D J McKinley of Jacksonvilll.
Debating teams from Canton McKinley and Bluffton High Schools meet in Columbus on Saturday night for the final of the Ohio State High School Debating League championship.
Ottawa reports new tax schedules raise excise sales and income taxes to balance the budget. A tripling of the special import excise on US goods accompanies a 16 percent tax on gross premiums Canadian insurers pay foreign firms. Income taxes rise notably for varied income levels, and the sales tax moves from four to six percent.
Teachers received their pay today but bills from the April Board of Education meeting will not be paid due to insufficient funds. The clerk E. R. Walker was instructed to pay once funds are available. The board approved roof and painting work at the Senior High School and discussed grading the Junior High hill with city employee Ray Shafer.
Dr. Thomas A. Watson assistant to Alexander Graham Bell in the invention of the telephone will address telephone officials and employees of Ohio at the annual convention of the Ohio Independent Telephone Association in Columbus on April 12 and 13. Other speakers include Herman E. Hageman Lorain president of the Ohio Association Frank Binkley Bellefontaine E C Morgan Eaton B T Van Voorhis Marion and William C. Henry Bellevue.
Swiss trapper Stephan Rattin leads expedition toward uncharted Mato Grosso jungle seeking missing British explorer Colonel Fawcett. They’ve traveled 1530 miles from Rio de Janeiro via rail, air, and foot, facing dense jungle and hostile terrain while hoping for a rescue prior to autumn rains.
The article recalls the scenic wonders of Hocking County with its deep ravines and caves visited after motor cars entered the region. It notes mineral traces in the area, mentions Queer Creek Big Pine Run and Cedar Fork, and tells of a carved bark claim reading This is the road to hell.
The will of Charles J. Dorst was admitted to probate today by Probate Judge 8 M. Johnson of Athens County.
Washington D C recounts 1900 era experiments in auto tech with ideas from Henry Landes Sacramento for a hill climbing stepper and Henry Wilcke Detroit for a starter jack. Gaston Cordeau Brooklyn devised a foot operated horn plunger and John Sutton Brooklyn created speed indicating color plates. Willem Parker Royal Oak proposed engine driven dust blowers, Luther Barrett St Louis designed a front fender drum, Kalamazoo inventor eyed a body hinged starting device, Augustus Moss Sandusky offered a sand caster, and a horn attachment with a warning record.
In Probate Court marriage licenses for Cart Be six twenty one Mamley Ron son of Robert Six and Morte Iana seventeen Batley Ron daughter of Sanford Kesler. James L Tully twenty eight Buchtel son of George Tully and Myrtle M Mahoney nineteen daughter of James Mahoney of Buchtel.
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