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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
3
Nelsonville designated April 28 to May 2 for a city clean up with trucks collecting trash at street curbs. Residents urged to use stout boxes or barrels and place them for curbside pickup as crews follow a set schedule Tuesday through Friday. Week ends with a community push and strong citizen response urged.
Nelsonville hosts the Shawnee Athletic Club in the opening focal baseball game of the season scheduled for 2 30 at City Playgrounds. The Shawnee lineup includes O Harae McKnight Peyton Butsko or Litzinger Byrne R Jones T Jones Griffith Is Peart Crowe McKnight. Nelsonville presents a similar lineup with Odenthal and Williams adding to the core players Linton Williams Hilleary Hartley Galvin Stewart Odenthal Rey Duper Smith Whyte Carlin.
Nelsonville High School band made its first out-of-town trip for a Thursday night concert at the South Bloomingville P T A meeting. The program included Gym and Jerry by Nelsonville High-Y members directed by Earl Washburn. Hosts Mr and Mrs Maynard McDaniel entertained the band and friends at a supper after the meeting.
The spring Chillicothe District of the Methodist Church meets at the local church with over fifty ministers and many laymen attending. Dr. R O McClure presides as superintendent. Bishop H Lester Smith of Cincinnati is to speak tonight at 7 30 as part of the centennial celebration. Dr McClure will speak at 10 30 Sunday. The Logan United Brethren choir will perform The Seven Words from the Cross at 7 30.
Nelsonville City Schools will defer the election of teachers for the term starting next fall for a month or more awaiting state legislative action. Bills for operation and maintenance were approved as funds become available. The board approved issuing diplomas to 70 pupils and expects commencement on May 31.
Mrs. Clarissa Linton, 80, of Happy Hollow, Nelsonville, died last evening. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at the residence with burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by eight children including Charles, Asa, B. B., Margaret Dawley, Allie Vernon, Clara Addison, Pearl, plus ten grandchildren.
All officers of the Nelsonville alumni association are asked to meet tonight in the office of the Southern Ohio Electric Company at 7:30 o'clock.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church was entertained Thursday by Mrs. H. D. Krieg and Mrs. M. H. Lutz. Margaret Weltzheimer and Lois Devol played a piano duet. Mrs. L. R. Kelch led devotions as Mrs. Krieg led the program with a paper on American Indian effort. Mrs. Krieg shared Indian articles and Mrs. Lloyd Evans spoke on Chosen while reading missionary letters. Miss McDowell received flowers for her birthday as refreshments were served.
Miss Irma Wilson and Fanny Mulligan spent Thursday in Columbus. Mrs. Frank Knox returned after two weeks with daughter in Yellow Springs Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Riley, Mrs. Edward Green and child visit Rolland Riley family in Cleveland. Nelsonville April 28 Dr Walker s Old Timers beat Murray City Grays 7 to 6 on veterans field, Graham Smathers Taylor and Christian key batters for Old Timers Barstow and Phillips for Grays.
Woolery sisters in Nelsonville on Rt 2 entertained Mr and Mrs J C VanHassel Council Grove Kansas and Mr and Mrs J J Atkinson Corning Ohio. VanHassel a retired rural mail carrier was pensioned January 1 after 359 years in Uncle Sam service.
In Columbus the past week opened with higher receipts and dull demand, pushing fresh pork prices down. Hog supplies shifted to fewer large hogs and more new crop hogs, with pigs about half of weekly hogs. Cattle receipts remained heavy with fluctuating prices, while the lamb market declined after Easter, though old crop lambs did not meet buyers’ expectations.
The Socialist leader warned that capitalism has deeper ills beyond America and may fail under greater mechanization. He outlined three futures catastrophe fascism and socialism, criticizing arms spending and advocating against war while describing Roosevelt as a capitalist in struggle.
Federal Judge James A. Lowell of Boston faced congressional attack after freeing a suspect as George Crawford, sought in Virginia on murder charges, argued that blacks cannot serve on Virginia juries and that any conviction would be reversed by the Supreme Court. The piece also notes discussions on socialism and control of utilities at an Athens Women’s group event.
Glouster April 28. A union baccalaureate service will be held at Glouster High School auditorium Sunday night with Rev M S Rogers delivering the sermon. The program includes invocation by Rev A V Kessler, glee clubs, scripture, prayers, and benediction. High School pupils received athletics letters at chapel and include Cecelia Chute Thelma Dodson Alice McAfooe Beulah Post Thelma Ley Ruth Darling Lillian Lewis Genevieve Smith Eunice Post Howard McAllister Theodore Batterson Edmund Beshar James McLain James Wolf Stirl McClelland Paul McAfee Joe Marshall Charles Rogers.
Mrs. M Beshara, after initial hospitalization in Columbus for treatment, was brought back to her home in Glouster Wednesday night with no improvement in her condition according to officials billing the status as unchanged.
M M Bryson Glouster spoke at the Oakdale Parent-Teacher Association on April 28 in the school building. The program featured piano solos by Mrs Garrett McKee of McLeish and a first aid demonstration by Hollister seventh and eighth graders under Ralph Pritts.
John Morgan returns home to Painesville after visiting relatives and friends. L E B Richardson and Howard Antle travel to Columbus and Newark on business. C K Rockhold and son Cyrus come back from Bainbridge to family. H L Withers of Buckhannon West Virginia visits her daughter and son in law G and Mrs. Rogers in Liberty Indiana. Maurice Hunter and baby return home on Carpenter rural route after visiting Mrs. Hunter's parents G W Johnson. Charles Johnson visits Columbus with Robert Eddy. Ernest Markins returns to Fostoria after death of Mrs. Emory Markins. G J Johnson goes to Trenton to aid Friedstone Baptist meetings. R A Hines and Lois stay with Burr Oak hosts then visit Lois's grandparents in Bell West Virginia.
The Willing Workers Class of the M E Church will meet at the Hotel Gordon tonight. Congregants returning from the district conference in Nelsonville will arrive home in time for the gathering.
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