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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1933
Page
10
Commencement dates for rural high schools in Hocking County run April 21 to May 4 with graduates at South Bloomingville Rockbridge Haydenville Carbon Hill Murray City Union Furnace Laurelville Liesboro and Gibisonville. Speakers include Dr J L Clifton Dr B O Skinner and Dr E B Bryan.
Eighth grade examinations for rural county promotions were held Tuesday with 316 eligible to take the tests. Pupils from Falls and Marion Townships and part of Green Township gathered in Logan, with 43 applicants from the local district. Grades were expected next week.
A sneak thief entered the residence of C. E. Brehm on Mound Street Monday evening while the family was away and stole approximately percent in change left in the dining room.
In Logan on Monday Deputy Sheriff Stanley Sparnow recovered a sum of money dropped by a coal hauler in a local store last Saturday. The owner was not learned.
Logan reports Frank Blasius RB V Wright Dr Claude Lyon and Barton A Hall plan to attend a meeting Wednesday night hosted by the Athena Chamber of Commerce. David C. Warner secretary of the state water conservation board will be the speaker.
Earl Redd of Marion Township pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 20 dollars plus costs by Magistrate C. T. Stephenson on Monday night. Irvin France pleaded guilty to driving with fictitious license plates and was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Mayor Elias Bright after arraignment. Deputy Joe Farbearn disclosed the plates had disappeared from Vic Joyce’s car seven weeks earlier at the Grotto Grounds.
Franklin Kerr Guild met at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan with hostesses Mrs. Frank W. Harden Harold Chambers Mrs. Paul Collison Miss Minnie Louise Bowen and Miss Helen Rochester. Dinner preceded the program. The meeting featured a business session devotionals on stewardship and a missionary Easter reading by Mrs. Henderson. Junior Choir sang vocal selections and a duet by Charles Floyd and John Kieinechmidt. Eastern Women Today and Tomorrow was set as the coming year study. Guests included Mrs. George Schwenkera Frank Ricketts Miss Frances Perry Miss Mary Louise Bowen and Mrs. Robert D. Green.
From Snyder in Shawnee visited his daughter Mrs. Harry Strain Monday. New Lex Theater in New Lexington plans talkie equipment in the former Thomas Lynch house on Clark Street. Easter services were held at the Methodist Church. Funeral services for Frank Cullay of Milleraport, uncle of Howard Elliott, were held here.
Logan residents report Judge Harley M. Whitcraft affirmed the lower court verdict against Columbus Alten in a state case. Alten was convicted of hunting on Sunday. the higher court also remanded the case for execution of judgment.
Chauncey April 19 Rev G B Courtney reports 280 in Bible Schools on Easter Sunday Trimble Greens Run and Taylor Ridge Churches of Christ. Greens Run revival draws largest attendance Monday night with delegation from Trimble present. Beatrice Hixon and Rev C W Williams led vocal sales. several families joined the church. Rev O W Williams Middleport oversees evangelist duties.
Rev and Mrs V Ahlbrand led Easter services at the Chapel of the County Home Chauncey for inmates. Rev Ahlbrand gave the sermon while Mrs Rhibrand led devotions. George Harvey Nye of Chauncey offered an Easter recitation and local girls from Athens churches sang Easter songs.
Mr and Mrs Russell Cunningham of Chauncey announce the birth of their daughter Jo Ann at home on Monday April 17. Grandparents are Sherman Cunningham and Mr and Mrs James Speelman, Chauncey.
Margaret Groves sues George Groves in a contested divorce before Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Both sides seek custody of the minor children as the court hears evidence and dismisses the cross petition. Custody still under advisement.
The Delta Theta Tau Sorority hosted a post Easter dance Monday night at Pythian Hall Arcade Building. Len Richards Orchestra of Lancaster provided music. Chaperons included Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hack Mrs. Dorothy Wardwell and Frank Blasius.
ABey Scouts from Troops 99 155 and 160 with leaders and parents prepare for the Scout Circus in Logan at Columbus this Friday and Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Roy Tracy of Athens visited Mrs Francis Martin at Cherrington Hospital Sunday and joined hosts Mr and Mrs John Elder nearby. Dr and Mrs RR D Green and daughter Roberta of Cynthiana Kentucky are in town for a week with Mr and Mrs W P Heft. Mrs Ewald Schmitter underwent a surgical operation at Cherrington Hospital Monday for complications. Buell Eby of this city was a business visitor in Columbus Tuesday.
Logan Ohio reports that Judge Harley M Whitcraft will deliver the commencement address at McArthur High School Friday night, highlighting the graduation exercises.
Logan, April 19 Mrs J W Cole, resident here, was taken to Cherrington Hospital Sunday for treatment. Her condition was reported improved Tuesday.
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary No and the United Mine Workers held a monthly birthday social at Miss Jennie Courtney’s Main Street home. The event honored Mrs Grace Smith Mrs Cassie Ing and Mrs Ruth Smith with refreshments served. Attendees included Mrs Iva Hillyer Mrs Edna Courtney Mrs Ida Bellerchie and daughter Helen Mrs Addie Tippie Mrs Charles Baker Mrs Bess Perry Mrs Rhoda Olliver and sons William and Harry Mrs Pearl Schoonover and daughter Helen Mrs Beatrice Worden and daughter Elsie Mrs Alice Dowler Mrs Minnie Palmer and daughter Geneva and Virgene Mrs Ruth Smith and daughter Margaret Aletha Collins Mrs Fanny Palmer and daughter Betty Lou Ma rinda Cruickshank and daughter Ruth Mrs Zimmie Smith Wiley Eisenaugle Marshall Smith Dewitt Walker Holt Courtney Jennie Courtney and guest Mrs Reba Van Dyke of Athens.
Mrs Katharine Southerton of Chauncey marked her seventy fifth birthday with a surprise party at her Mill Street home on Monday April 17. Relatives and friends from Athens Sugar Creek McDougal Chauncey and surrounding areas attended including Dora Smith John Southerton Donald O Neal and two children Saul Border William Collins Leatha Collins Arthur Smith Harry Tope Marion Schoonover Clifford Saffel Oscar Lovesy George Lovesy Jack Canter Clarence Simmers William Leffier Jr and others. The two O Neal children are her great grandchildren.
In Chauncey on April 19 John Rankin of Millfield marked his seventeenth birthday with a Sunday dinner. A yellow and white color scheme adorned the table. Guests included Mrs. Imes and grandson Clarence Sproul of Wellston, Ruth Gardner of Chauncey, Virginia Hugh, Mrs. Frank Ferrer and children Mary Lou and Lois, Mrs. Emma Rankin and Miss Esta Rankin.
Mr and Mrs Homer Cunningham of Chauncey hosted Easter guests Montford Cunningham and Miss Agnes Cunningham from Columbus.
Mrs William A Hartley of East Millfield has been bedridden for several days with quinsy. Her daughter Mrs Daniel A Pierce of Athens is helping care for her.
A capacity audience attended the Easter program The Cross a Rainbow of Promise presented by the churchs young people Sunday night at Trimble Church of Christ A girls chorus sang Oershadowed Are the Skies and Nailed To the Cross
Mr and Mrs Roy Pendergrass and family Chauncey hosted Easter dinner at Jacobs Avenue with Rollie and Donna Figgins from Glouster and George F Pendergrass with Ida Pendergrass and son. Ray Gardner home hosted others from Chauncey Jerseyville Road while Floyd Linscott and sons visited relatives in Zanesville Cambridge and Byesville.
A Sunday School hour program titled New Life for Our World was presented at Clarks Chapel with a diverse group of child participants representing nations such as China Japan Mexico Korea and Burma. The event featured a reading from Mrs Helen Walls a class collection and later a Shade League gathering with songs scripture reading prayers and piano solos including Inspiration March by Carl Frischie.
Local residents attend funerals in Athens Parkersburg Marietta and nearby towns. Births baptisms and Easter services feature in community notes with names of families neighbors and visitors listed among church activities and social visits.
The program featured guitar numbers and pantomime worship for Easter led by Clell Bolin with Char les Roush storytelling. Regular services and mid week prayers were announced along with visiting relatives from Zanesville and Athens. The Rock Riffie P T A held a monthly meeting electing Foster Crawford president and listing officers, followed by a health show and a pot luck supper.
Dry forces including church groups and statewide prohibition organizations meet in Columbus to chart a course of action against beer and the repeal of prohibition amendments. Opinions differ on legal obstruction versus campaigning against repeal ahead of next November vote.
Lottridge School hosts an evening program on April 2 featuring a showing and entertainment plus ice cream and cake served.
Waterloo High School seniors stage the comedy Antics of Andrew at the K of P Hall Friday night April 21 at 7 p.m. The early autumn college town tale centers on Andrew Brown a Cameron College student whose wealth and party plans draw a web of guests and romantic mix ups. Through party hijinks and mistaken roles Harold and Willie improvise as lovers and the telegraph arrival of Uncle Isaac triggers humorous cross currents with a cast including Julie Boyton and Prunella Thorne among many others.
Local families visit others in Athens Tup pers Plains Parkersburg and Lancaster. Guests include Mr and Mrs C F Betzing Bertie Bahr G W Christy Gerald Cole and Therl Shafer. A basket dinner at Silver Ridge schoolhouse is planned for April 2. Dorothea Melba Vanmeter and Edith Betzing are among those noted.
Letart Falls and surrounding areas report a flurry of social visits over Easter. Families including the Crow and Alexander households and Ohio University students joined relatives in Letart and Racine. Local residents also noted illnesses and travel, with measles among the children and several residents moving or visiting kin in nearby towns.
The Ever Ready Sunday School Class held an impressive Easter program at 5 a.m. with 83 attendees. Rev. G C Nutter preached, and Mr and Mrs William Winefordner and family of Glouster were visitors. many local residents and relatives gathered for weekend Easter observances.
Several local women are participating in a play Those Husbands of Ours to be given Thursday night April 20 by the P. T. A. at Shade. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Butts and family spent Easter with their.
Mrs Homer Stanean and Mr and Mrs Ployes visited friends here with Ferdie Gilliang and Dora Go family last Sunday. Mrs Sarah Go Goldberg returned to her home after winter months. She was visited by her daughter in W Va. Mas.
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