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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1930
Page
3
Deputy Sheriff Stanley Dew, at the City Building with Police Chief George Bateman, paid for a petition carried by a local man. The document, tied to the Buckeye Baseball Club, was meant to raise funds for new uniforms for a Twilight League season. Dew confessed the act as an error in judgment that proved costly.
The column lists numerous visits and social engagements across Columbus Ravenna and nearby towns. It notes Mrs J M Hyde attending the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs sessions in Columbus and W G Woodson announcing his daughter Pauline's marriage to Rudolph Deakins in Columbus.
C H Peters aged 92 died Monday night at 441 Richland Avenue Athens after a long illness. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM at his residence with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery. Born March 2 1838 in East Norwich Long Island he moved to Ohio at 21 and entered farming then the Athens produce business. He married Mary E Foulke in 1876. surviving children include Mrs J Barker Athens John Peters alph Peters Texas Frank Peters Cincinnati a daughter Mrs George Read Vernon and another son George Peters California from a previous marriage.
The Justice Department announced plans to help Warden Thomas of the Ohio State Prison by offering Albert MacDonald, warden of the Chillicothe Reformatory, to assess housing some prisoners there. MacDonald will travel to Columbus to discuss capacity and logistics.
The Athens County Red Cross chapter organized to aid the Columbus Red Cross in relief efforts for the Ohio State Penitentiary disaster. Telegram volunteer aid was sent by Mrs. Dwight Sherford, secretary.
The Methodist Men's Club in Nelsonville plans a dinner at the church Thursday evening featuring Dr. Benson of Columbus as speaker. The program includes songs and orchestra entertainment with a listed committee chair Bingman and members Betts Miller Cranmer Wilson. Tickets should be reserved early for local men and visitors.
The Kings Heralds met Saturday afternoon at Marjorie Simington’s home on West Columbus Street. They sang In the Garden and conducted an Easter Time worship service with a bank offering received. A dialogue The Easter Cross featured Mary Adalyn Wilson Helen Sayre Marie Spencer Betty Sayre Emma Oliver Marjorie Simington and Mrs Spencer. Emma Oliver shared an Easter story Easter in the Heart read by Mary Wilson. Betty Sayre sang I Would Be Like Jesus with Ruth Spencer on piano. Helen Sayre read Bright Eyes Helps. The gathering ended with prayer and a luncheon of Easter appointments.
Tickets for the Senior Class play The Absent Minded Bridegroom at Nelsonville High School auditorium Friday April 25 at 8 oclock are sold by class members and may be exchanged for reserved seats Wednesday morning at Principal L E Buell's office.
The Jubilee Music Club met Friday evening at Miss Audrey Bean’s Jefferson Street home. The program featured music games and contests with Florence Easterling winning the egg hunt prize. Guests included Ruth Andrews from Columbus and members Betty Jane and Josephine Tignor, Betty Stewart, Mary Eunice Goodspeed, and others. A two course luncheon followed.
Class 21 of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Will Simonton on West Columbus Street. A pot luck luncheon will be served.
The Senior Orchestra of the Methodist Church will rehearse Wednesday at 7 PM at Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Welch’s home on West Columbus Street. Members listed include Jo Barnicut Virginia Lou Eberle Marjorie Hickman Helen Keating Irene Shelton Helen Linton Joe Stanley Myrtle Flinger William Harbarger Joe Galvin Billy Nelson Don Blackburn Edward L. Murphy.
All officers and guards of the W. E. A. Club are asked to meet at their hall Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock for practice.
American Legion will hold a regular meeting this evening at 7:30. Members are urged to attend for important business and to ensure full representation.
Narcissa Gaeta, anOhioPenitentiary convict hero who carried 60 men from a shambles, was found shivering in his third floor cell by Dr George W Keil. He suffers shock and has served since 1923 for robbery. Gaeta is from Mexico. Ben Rudner of Canton, a life prisoner for complicity in Don Mellett’s assassination, helped revive men from the burning block.
B H Mason and his brother R W Mason of Zanesville credit Guards Little and Baldwin with saving prisoners during a fire in the Columbus prison cell block. They say the guards passed keys and battered cell locks, risking their lives to free inmates.
Friends gathered Friday evening at Miss Celia Parker’s home for a farewell party as she prepared to relocate to Port Washington. The gathering featured cards and dancing with many attendees including Genevieve Searles, Fidave Harris, Bernice Mohney, Regina Davis, Madalen Bacanis, and others.
Mayor J. W. Hickman will be guest speaker at the Nelsonville Young Men's Fellowship Class on April 27 at 9 30 a m. Officers and members are urged to attend. A large turnout is expected. A banquet and party are planned for early May under a committee including Bill Hall Dean Long Frank Betts Bill Lawson and L B Dalton. A meeting is set for 8 o'clock Wednesday at the Christian Church.
D A R Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter held its April meeting at the American Legion Home on Saturday afternoon April 19. Vice-regent Mrs W H Hyde presided in the regent Mrs W H Weigand’s absence while she attended the national congress in Washington DC. The program included The Star Spangled Banner a flag salute and prayer by Mrs T D Brown. Mrs F B Acomb spoke on Caroline Scott Harrison and the Memorial. Eleven members answered roll call The Presidents Wives.
Mr and Mrs Crnes Hickman announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday April 22 at Cherrington Hospital in Logan. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Parry and J R Hickman of Nelsonville.
Porter Dicken county dog warden spends days in Nelsonville to corral loose dogs. Several canines found roaming the streets yesterday were taken in charge by county officers. Officials report numerous complaints of dogs running at large damaging lawns and gardens and urge owner cooperation to enforce regulations.
Mrs. Matilda Ida Barron 67 widow of Thomas Barron died Monday evening at her son R. J. Barron’s home in East Columbus Street after six months of illness. Born in Sweden she came to the United States at 13 and lived in Nelsonville 35 years. Survived by son, three sisters, a brother, and two grandchildren. Active in the Nelsonville Christian Church Missionary Society and Esther Class. husband T S Warren preceded her in death about four years.
Nelsonville notes a special Troop 46 meeting at 8 pm in the Legion Home to set up a baseball team and organize home repairs for a community clean-up. Charles Patton elected captain, with a new rule barring nonapproved Scouts from the team and enforcing attendance and exam advancement. Tenderfoot Scouts over two months in troop history barred from summer camping trips.
A Monday afternoon celebration at Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hostetter marked their son Chauncey’s tenth birthday. Guests included Wilbur Gethers Charles Smith Ross Riggs William Woolver Harold Lehman John Forrest Billy Riggins Jackie Wilson and Joe O Shaughnessy. Games and contests provided entertainment and refreshments were served.
Census enumeration by Gaylord C Peters reports 358 convicts confined at the Junction City State Brick plant as of April 22. The figure comes from a county census listing inmates and their housing at the facility.
Thirty White Rock hens owned by Mr and Mrs O E Reading of Jerseyville Road were reported stolen Friday night by Athens County authorities. The theft was discovered Monday.
One quarter of Athens County has been surveyed in the 1930 census under L W Roberts. Reports from 35 of 158 districts and 8 of 122 enumerators are in, with Chauncey and Coolville showing population gains while Jacksonville Trimble and Clinton Township show declines.
Police hunt an unnamed jewelry salesman as the possible murderer of Mary Baker found slain in Washington ten days earlier. Lieut. Edward Kelly believes the motive was Baker's refusal to reveal the other woman's whereabouts, a diamond ring loaned to Baker by that friend was found in her abandoned car.
Twenty eight Athens residents were fined one dollar each after pleading guilty in Mayor Woodd's court for violations of city traffic ordinances. The crackdown, begun Monday by city officials, targeted over time and double parking on Court and West Union Streets. The mayor said the enforcement effort would continue until the habit is halted.
Senate Lobby Committee heard charges that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment manufactured public sentiment against the Coast Guard shooting in the Black Dueck case last December. The hearing examined prohibition lobbying tactics amid the broader debate over enforcement and public opinion.
In Columbus, April 22 a group of women and workers from central Ohio gathered at the penitentiary morgue awaiting bodies of the dead with medical staff and chemicals. Guards denied permission to enter as relatives waited, some weeping, others refusing to believe the casualty lists.
October report from Montana describes a woman claiming a five week course of Kruschen Salts shed 19 pounds of fat. The quick regimen requires half teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast. The ad promises cleansing of waste and toxins and urges buying from McKee Drug Co with a money back guarantee.
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