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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
16
Chauncey Mayor W D Hines announced the annual clean-up drive will run from May 1 through May 15. Residents should store trash in containers and place near alleys for town trucks. Hauling to the Railroad Yard at Bailey Run is free.
Dorothy Mullins returns from a month with sisters Ann Mullins and Mrs. Hubert Lowery in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullins host dinner guests including Max Jansen of Jacksonville and Jean and John Mullins. Other local visits include Ferrol McClelland's guests Cecil Bullock and Ruth Moody. Church night at the Church of Christ and WPA meeting at Abner Phillips's Chauncey home.
The Plains Church of the Nazarene will host Rev Ray Chauncey Close in the morning service at 10 45 with regular pastor Rev Drell H Goff preaching at 7 30 p m Mrs Carrie Channel leads the Sunday School at 9 30 a m Volcanic bombs form near active volcanoes hurled from eruptions in viscous magma shaping them into spheres
Mrs Spaugh Howard and her daughter Jean departed for Grant's Pass Oregon after visiting Chauncey following the death of Charles H Howard Their party included Victor Howard Chief Yeoman in the Navy en route to duty on the U S S Arizona at Pedro California The Plains residents E C Howard and family sent farewells with friends gathering at their home Wednesday night and Thursday morning Also visiting is Douglas Howard from Plain City Ohio with Frances Howard at Verse Street home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kendall and their Greens Run visitors were feted at a home coming dinner at George Wade’s home. Relatives from Greens Run and nearby towns joined in an elaborate meal and reminiscences with Wade and Kendall families and guests from Millfield Glouster Virgil Wade and others.
The Chauncey Young Married People's Class at Greens Run Church of Christ met at the Vernon home with 17 members present. Mrs. Eileen Leake led, with devotion by Mrs. Dorothy Vernon. They planned the annual chicken dinner for May 11 and Greens Run Church Night on May 2.
Chauncey Saffol remains in serious condition after a major surgical operation at Grant hospital in Columbus. Family members including Mrs Mabel Saffol, Lauretta, Clarence and Dorothy Saffol, Chauncey, and Mrs Lorene Saffol Hanna of Lancaster have visited him this week. Also notes the 27th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Bruce Russell at their Millfield home with about 50 guests and gifts.
In Melbourne a flock of sheep was saved when an emu rushed from a hillside and led them through a hole in the fence to safety as a bushfire swept the Grampians. In Ohio, Sadie Effa Mullen filed for divorce from Albert S. Mullen in Athens County Court, with hearing set after June 2, 1939.
The Wilkesville high school will present the operetta Hansel and Gretel directed by Miss Jane Steele in the auditorium Friday night April 28. Other items include Pythian Sister activities and new membership, a hospital visit by the Strong family, funerals attended for Orin Davis and Mrs. Eberts, and local notices on clean up day May 1.
Glenn A. Toaz of Cleveland has invented an electrically lighted device to show varied positions of dots for Braille characters. He says the device will speed the printing of books for the blind.
The listing shows East and West bound B&O trains with numbers and times, Chesapeake and Ohio services for south and north bound runs, and New York Central departures and arrivals including Daily Except Sunday and specific morning and evening slots. Details include No 4 Diplomat, No 44 Daily, No 2 National Limited, and other numbered trains with arrival and departure windows.
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