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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1930

Page

3

Ohio Coal Output Shows Losses Amid Weekly Decline

Ohio's soft coal production for the week ending August 2 is 7,957,000 net tons, down 1.6 percent from the prior week, per the Bureau of Mines. The year to August 2 totals about 267,418,600 net tons across 182 working days, with comparisons to 1929 and earlier years. Ohio also produced 428,000 tons in the week ended July 26 versus 458,000 in 1929 and 425,000 in 1928.

Nelsonville United States Bureau of Mines Ohio

Funeral services for Ben Ball held in Athens

Nelsonville Aug 11 Funeral services for the late Ben Ball 49 will be Tuesday at 2 PM at the Christian Church in Athens. Burial at Greenlawn. Ball died Saturday noon at his Armitage home. He leaves wife Elizabeth Ball eight children and brothers Joe and Harry Ball and sisters Mrs Claude Cranmer and Mrs Steve Holland all of Nelsonville. He was born in England, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Ball.

Nelsonville Ben Ball Christian Church Athens Greenlawn Ball Armitage Elizabeth Ball Joe Harry Ball Claude Cranmer Steve Holland England

Boy Scout Patrol Reorganization Noted in Nelsonville

Aug 11 district notice lists Troop 46 changes effective Aug 8 with No 1 Patrol Unit Commander L Dalton and units led by H McCray and E McConaha. Assistants include G Thomas J Forbes Jr and others, while No 2 Patrol is led by E McConaha with F Kouri as instructor and Charles Patton as patrol leader along with listed assistants.

BOY Scout Nelsonville F. Kouri Charles Patton H. Evans William Raybould Charles Hellyer Robert Figley Jack Auflick James Barrows Robert Riley

Funeral for Mrs Minnie Tignor Held at Church of Jesus Christ

Reverend Anderton of Columbus presided at the Sunday funeral for Minnie Tignor 61. Services were at the Church of the Latter Day Saints at 1 p m. Burial followed at Greenlawn beside her son Carl who died earlier.

Nelsonville Anderton Columbus Minnie Tignor Church of the Vatter Day Saints Greenlawn Carl

Mrs Laughlin Heads to Detroit for Two Week Vacation

Mrs Minnie Laughlin leaves Sunday for a two week vacation visiting her sister Mrs Gilbert Valkinburg in Detroit and relatives in Jackson Michigan and Toledo.

Minnie Laughlin Gilbert Valkinburg Detroit Jackson, Mich Toledo

Funeral Sunday for 99-Year-Old Mrs. Bryson in Chauncey

Nelsonville reports funeral services for Sarah Ann Bryson 99 who died Friday at her daughter’s home 718 Chestnut Street. The Chauncey FE Church hosted the rites with Rev. Gilbert Courtney officiating and Nye Cemetery burial. Relatives and friends attended in large numbers.

Nelsonville Sarah Ann Bryson James Bartow Chestnut Street Chauncey M. FE Gilbert Courtney Christian Church Chauncey Nye

Orrs welcome son in Columbus with White Cross birth

Mr and Mrs Ralph Orr announce the birth of a son on Sunday August 10 at White Cross Hospital Columbus. Grandparents are Reverend and Mrs W J Orr Ironton and Mrs Jessie Smith of Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Ralph Orr Ori Smith Wilson Avenue Columbus White Cross Hospital W. J. Orr Ironton Jessie Smith

Baby Jeannette Williams Dies In Nelsonville District

Bet ty Jeannette Williams three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Williams died Saturday at their Nelsonville District 29 home. Funeral services were held at Stout's Chapel this morning at 9. Burial followed at Greenlawn. Parents and grandparents survive.

Nelsonville Betty Jeannette Williams Ed Williams District 29 Stout's Chapel Greenlawn

Euchre Benefit Planned at St Patrick's Parish Hall

A benefit euchre party is set for Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in the St Patrick's Parish Hall in Buchtel to raise funds for a local cause.

St. Patrick’s Buchtel

Woman's Relief Corps to Meet at Odd Fellows Hall

The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a meeting this evening at 7 30 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall.

Woman’s Relief Corps Odd Fellows’ Hall

Postponed Glenford Dugan Post meeting in Glenford

The regular meeting of Glenford Dugan Post American Legion was postponed from Tuesday evening to Wednesday evening at 7 30 o clock.

POST Glenford Dugan Post American Legion

Daughters of Union Veterans Meet Tuesday Evening

The Daughters of Union Veterans will hold a meeting Tuesday at 7 30 in the Odd Fellows Hall. A large attendance is anticipated.

Daughters OF Veterans Daughters of Union Veterans Odd Fellows’ Hall

Local visitors call on friends and relatives this week

Mr and Mrs Billy Wagner and son Billy Jr and George Lama of Dayton were guests of Mr and Mrs Joe Porter at week’s end. Mrs Dave Burnelle and Miss Julia Burnelle were Athens visitors Saturday. Mr and Mrs Delbert Davis Paul Davis and Ward Hamm spent Sunday with Columbus relatives.

Billy Wagner Billy, Jr George Lama Dayton Joe Porter Dave Burnelle Julia Burnelle Athens Delbert Davis Paul Davis Ward Hamm Columbus L. C. McAllister Louise Marie L. A. Whitmore New Jersey McAllister Jean Ann Zail Kemp, Jr John James L. R. Powell Powell Mary McMillen Urbana Don Davis

Local families visit relatives across state lines this weekend

A stream of visitors spent the weekend with relatives in the city and surrounding areas. George and Margaret Johnson with Fred Johnson hosted in Zanesville. Eltons Selma Smith visited Ed Love. H C Paulus Edna Paulus traveled from Lakewood to Fort Street. Charlies Davis from Washington DC visited local friends. several others vacation or travel from Philo Logan Columbus Kirby WV Philadelphia and Virginia.

George Johnson Margaret Fred Johnson Zanesville Elton Smith Selma Columbus Ed Love H. C. Paulus Edna Paulus Lakewood L. R. Powell Fort Street Will Grace Katherine Columbus Charlies Davis Washington, D. C C. Longley John Philo Arlene Betts Ethel Johnson Clayton Scheide, Jr Logan Mary Adeline Wilson L. F. Carpenter Washington C. H Carl Starkey Virginia West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Wade Starkey Kirby W Va C. A. Stover Glenn F. Weymueller Philadelphia Springfield Fred Mulligan Warren S. Clements Jane Dew Allentown Ss. J. Dew Albert Pospichel Bernard Clarence Pospichel James Birge George Wraith Harry Edgell Anne Louise Jack Charles Edgell Mary McCarty Charles Walker Corning Charles McCarty

Slashes Man Charged After Chest Wounds at Guess Home

Lester Robinette 27 Walker Street to be arraigned in Mayor Wood's court tonight at seven after allegedly cutting Dan Burchfield a plasterer in a dispute over money. Burchfield was wounded in the chest and is recovering at the Guess residence. Robinette was arrested Sunday morning on West Union Street by Chief Finsterwald and Police Captain Maple.

Dan Burchfield Lester Robinette Walker Street Robert Wood Burchfield Robinette Guess Finsterwald West Union Street Charles Maple

Burial set for Mrs. Sarah Lyons in Betsy Lane Ky

Mrs. Sarah Lyons 68 wife of Harry Lyons died Saturday at her Betsy Lane home. She will be buried at West Union Street Cemetery after funeral services Tuesday at 2 PM at The Plains M E Church. She leaves a husband three daughters three sons and 12 grandchildren.

Sarah Lyons Harry Lyons Betsy Lane Francis P. Frebault East State Street The Plains M. E. Church West Union Street Lyons James Lane South Wales America the Plain Bets Glouster Anna Timerick Detroit Hannah Jonas Tampa Fla

Hayes and Young Families Hold Annual Reunion

Ninety relatives and friends gathered at Miss Susan Youngs home near Burlingham for the Hayes and Young reunion. Honorees included Miss Young age 75 and Mrs. Hanna Hawk age 90. C V Hayes was elected president and Miss Norma Young secretary for the coming year. The next meeting is set for the third Sunday in August at Burlingham.

Hayes Susan Young Burlingham Hanna Hawk Chester Miss Young Young Hawk Felin Stiles Athens Goldsberry Lucille Hayes

Ohio requires license to hunt groundhogs warns warden

Ohio law forbids hunting groundhogs without a license according to Game Warden E. J. Clark of Chester. Clark reports many hunters in Southeastern Ohio are pursuing groundhogs without proper licensing, signaling enforcement attention.

Ohio E. J. Clark Chester Clark

Exhausted man found walking to Chillicothe in Ohio

Walter Warner of Chillicothe was found exhausted in Columbus and admitted to Mercy Hospital. He said he was walking to Chillicothe due to a lack of funds.

Columbus Walter Warner Chillicothe Mercy Hospital

Marion Mob Protests Endangered Black Bodies Displayed

Crowds gathered around the private funeral of two Black men as state troops kept bystanders back within a block of their homes in Marion. County Prosecutor Harley Hardin planned to confer with the attorney general on prosecuting mob leaders and Herbert Cameron for aiding in Deeter’s killing and an assault on Miss Mary Ball. Hardin said at least 20 mob members were known and may face September Grand Jury action.

Homes Harley Hardin Herbert Cameron Shipp and Smith Claude Deeter Mary Ball Deeter Hardin

Lynching of Two Negro Youths Spurs Guard Deployment

In Marion Indiana state troops guarded the homes of Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith after a mob lyched them last Thursday for confessing to killing a white man and assaulting his sweetheart. The bodies were cut down Friday from maple trees in the courthouse yard and brought to Munete before plans resumed.

Marion Ind U.pk Thomas Shipp Abraham Smith Shipp Smith Munete

Two Men Fined in Athens Minor Court

Charlies Tobiver of Kimber Township was fined 100 dollars after arraignment before Ma Car H Porter on a charge of aseanit and battery. Tol liver was arrested on an affidavit and pleaded guilty. fined and costs paid, discharged. Everett fol Albany was fined 100 dollars and costs on a possessing charge. in default, Bolin was jailed.

Eemreh Ed Oor Ryail Viabie Jonas Bolin Athens County

Swift is Right Youthful Speedster Arrested in Cleveland

Eugene Swift of Cleveland, a college student, was arrested for driving 65 mph through a downtown street. He was arraigned before Judge Marty Hesman, fined 100 dollars plus costs, and jailed at noon for inability to pay.

Youngstown Eugene Swiffo Cleveland Swift Colleps Marty Hesman

Guest Returns Home From Wheeline Visit

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strickhird of 100 Central Avenue hosted their first guest Mrs. Earl Datton of Wheeling West Virginia last week. She returned to her home Sunday.

Frank Strickhird Central Avenue Earl Datton Wheeline W. Va

Genuine Bayer Aspirin Ad Promises Safe Relief

An advertisement urges readers to buy genuine Bayer Aspirin for reliable pain relief that is safe and non depressing to the heart, highlighting consistency in effectiveness and safety for cold headaches and sore throats.

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