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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1933
Page
3
The Jewelers and Phi Club split a Nelsonville league contest as Jewelers rally with a four run fourth inning to pull ahead. Hudson and Linco led the Jewelers while Phi Club fought back with late singles but fell short in the final frame.
Aug 11 mem Dugan Drum will attend the convention to be held over two days. Members will travel by bus Friday night and return early Sunday. The group is supported by donations from Clover Farm Stores and the board of trade along with the Legion home.
The bus will display banners for Fuel City and supporting firms. James Hall and Bob Kinney will take part in the individual drum and bugle contests. The drum corps join a large street parade on Aug 14 featuring about 100 musical organizations and will also attend the drum and bugle contest at College Field in Lima on Aug 14.
Nelsonville August 11 Esther Class of the Christian Church enjoyed an all day session in the church parlors. Members gathered for a quilting at 1 o clock and a warm dinner followed at 6 o clock. A business session ended with 22 members and 2 guests responding to roll call.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church resumes regular services with Sunday morning at 10 30 featuring the sermon God Be Praised The pastor returns from vacation and church school opens at 9 30 with selections by the Junior Orchestra.
Alva Daugherty received a message Thursday about his brother William’s serious illness in Columbus. Miss Rose Shay and Misses Monica and Rosemary Acker left for Chicago World’s Fair via Columbus. Mrs Gladys Whitlatch and Mrs George Tifft left for Cleveland to bring home Pauline Whitlatch. Supt EB J Arnold and party returned from Chicago World’s Fair. Mrs Margaret Freriks and Miss Irene Freriks visited Crooksville hosts Mr and Mrs John Carpenter. Others visited Montgomery West Virginia and Dublin after visits with relatives.
At the Nelsonville Athletic Club dance on Thursday night Bill Reed and Tom Galvin split the prize after more than 100 participants joined a treasure hunt event.
Nelsonville reports Ruth Kelch and Josephine Porter left for Columbus to join the Ohio Teachers Club on a journey to the World's Fair.
The Sunday School of the Logan Church of God will meet Sunday August 13 at 9 30 a m and feature preaching by Syssie E Cusic of Cincinnati Mrs Cusic also speaks at the 7 30 p m evening service Mid week prayer is Wednesday at 7 30 p m All services are in the Junior Order Hall on Main Street.
Mrs Dave Evans Wilma Wien and others returned from Buckeye Lake after a week long outing in company with Columbus friends. Rev Herman Sayre and family concluded a vacation in Michigan. The annual Pythian Sisters picnic at Rising Park Lancaster drew 24 guests for full day events with lunch and dinner.
Charlies Lucas of Canaanville and Dale Dalton of Guysville received $200 bonds and were jailed after Magister Porter charged them with firing into a sedan on Richland Avenue Saturday night. Nine shots fired. car damage $25. James Cassel identified the attack. Arrests by Constable Frank White. Roy Patterson of Millfield held on $400 bond for failing to support a minor and remained jailed after not posting. Opal M. Johnson charged her husband J. C. Johnson with assault and battery. he remained jailed on $300 bond after pleading not guilty.
Cheshire tops Farmers Club 5 3 in ninth inning at Gallia Academy field after a wild throw and a dropped ball helped two runners score. Addison beats Gallipolis 2 1 at Silver Bridge due to a ninth inning error. Notable visits include Mrs. Oscar Eagle of New York heading to Chicago for the World's Fair, and local residents visiting friends or traveling to events.
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis records two births in the last two days a daughter to Mr and Mrs O Dell Northup of Northup and a son to Mr and Mrs John Smeltzer of Gallipolis. Admissions on Thursday include C A Safford 65 Gallipolis for eye operation and Mrs Harley McCumber Hawks for treatment.
In Gallipolis on August 11 the preliminary hearing for Mrs Lena Howell was postponed to this afternoon because her attorney was out of town. She is accused of trying to break into the home of Miss Madeline Langley and will be arraigned in Mayor A J Stormont's court.
The twenty seventh Fulton reunion will be at Gallia County fairgrounds on Sunday August 20. Elaine Fulton, secretary, says a special program is planned for family and friends.
Redecoration of the interior a new furnace installation and general repairs have begun at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Gallipolis. No services have been held in the summer but officials expect to open for worship in September.
Gallia county Aug 11 Registration of local merchants in the NRA for Thursday includes William Wood Alberta Reynolds C E Hanes W E Speas and B W Hanna with no further details on stores or duties.
In Gallipolis on August 11 the Gal lia Community Association will hold a meeting tonight to set financing for the fall festival and determine final dates. Solicitation committees will be named and work will start immediately.
Gallipolis golfers defeated Jackson Country Club 28 1 2 to 25 1 2 at the Jackson Country Club Thursday afternoon. It marked the local team’s second win in two matches. Harmon O’Brien led with 36 38 for a 74, par 70 for 18 holes.
In Chicago delegates to the American Dental Hygienists Association debated brushing techniques. Dr. A C Fones urged a large brush with swift rotary motion, Dr. W J Carter endorsed a tiny bristle brush jigged up and down, while Dr. Benjamin Tishler favored any brush used well and often with no paste or mouthwash needed.
Five people died in traffic accidents in and near Columbus. Victims included Phyllis Pitsenbarger age 3 and Alan Witherspoon age 5 who ran in front of cars near their Imogene and John Galloway 10 and Harold Galloway 18 who were killed when Harold’s car hit a freight train at a crossing in Hebron Licking County.
A reader note warns Messenger readers about a Colorado gold mining scam promising huge profits with two cent shares. It shows doctored images and misleading maps from a company touting the Mystery Lode and Elkhorn Tunnel to lure investors and asks the paper for ad payment and commissions.
Mrs Laura Queen Bratton aged 46 died Thursday at McArthur. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 PM in Boring Chapel. Born at Wales Mills she leaves two daughters Mrs George Stillman of New Hampshire Ohio and Bessie of McArthur, two sisters Mrs G W Collins Albany R F D No 1 and Mrs Myrta Russell Wellston, and one brother William Queen Wales Mills.
In Columbus on August 11, 1933, USDA statistician Robert E. Straszheim reported Ohio wheat production rising compared with 1932 and normal levels. He noted the corn crop is about 25 percent below normal and oats similarly weakened.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh meet Colonial Manager Ibsen of the Greenland government in Julienhaab Greenland. Lindbergh awaits favorable weather to depart for Iceland, delaying his planned flight.
Trimble August 11. Grade teachers for Trimble were rehired at a board meeting Wednesday night. Recipients include Arch Knowlton for seventh and eighth grades, Jonathan Rainey for fifth and sixth, Edith Wolfe for fourth, Edra Lantz for second and third, and Hazel Raber for first grade. Herbert White was rehired as janitor of the grade building.
GLOUSTER Aug 11 H F Hambel and Carson Vernon were chosen as delegates to the American Legion State convention to be held in Lima next Sunday and Monday. E K Pough and C G Lunsford are alternates representing Frank McCann Post. Also on Aug 11 Miss Agnes Melligan of this city, touring the west, is in San Francisco with two Salt Lake City girls met in Europe last summer.
Miss Edna Binderbasin daughter of Mr and Mrs John R Binderbasin Sr has come home from Grant Hospital Columbus where she underwent an operation earlier this week She was accompanied by her mother and sister Mrs R E Williams of Middleport who were with her at the hospital.
Sept. Thomas W. Figley of Glouster schools sails with Mrs. Figley and their young son Billy for a relatives visit in Butler County en route to Chicago for the World's Fair. On return they will visit kin in Southern Indiana.
The Kempton family reunion will be held at the Athens County Fair grounds in Athens on Sunday August 27 an all day affair with a basket dinner at noon A short program is planned in the afternoon and the rest of the time will be spent visiting More than 100 members and friends attended last year and a larger crowd is expected this year
John A. Brown former Somerset Perry County superintendent will lead Bartlett-Vincent schools next year. He grew up on a Burr Oak area farm and is well known locally.
Nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Thomas of Pickerington now residing in Trimble is ill at Grant Hospital Columbus Mrs Thomas is the daughter of Mrs Gertrude Rainey of Trimble
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