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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1941
Page
2
Deputy registrar Ed C. Evans of Nelsonville announces changes to the 1942 drivers license law. Licenses go on sale September 8 with permits required by October 1. Minors 16 or older may get six month temporary permits for 65 cents. Applicants 18 and under must be accompanied by a guardian. Regular licenses remain 40 cents. Applicants may apply in any county.
John B. Friess of Athens pleads innocent to driving through a red signal in Mayor C. G. Dew’s court. A Saturday hearing is set for Aug. 16 after affidavit by W. H. Glenn. Guy Fellem pleads guilty to intoxication, fined $10 plus costs. Ben J. Hall fined $5 plus costs for insufficient brakes. Affidavit by State Highway Patrol. Weekend reports mention two breaking and entering cases, theft of an acetylene torch by Mrs. Sam Neiman, and a break in at Nelsonville Lumber Co. office Friday night with no loss.
A severe electrical storm caused extensive damage in Nelsonville. Lightning struck the corner of Stuart's Opera House on Public Square, hitting the building’s highest point and knocking bricks onto the street.
All day Sunday School picnic organized by the Methodist Church of Buchtel across from the Dew Cemetery in Culp hickory grove. The event on Thursday, Aug. 14 invites members to bring a basket dinner and enjoy games and races with cold drinks provided. Socrates is noted for his frugal habit of not wearing sandals or stockings.
Nelsonville attendees from the local Methodist congregation joined the School of Christian Service at the Lancaster Camp Grounds last week. A large delegation from the Woman's Society of Christian Service joined on Wednesday. A picnic lunch accompanied the day as participants praised the program and enjoyed Miss Etta Moten, the Negro contralto, as the Chautauqua entertainer.
The Buchtel Methodist Church schedules a home coming on Sunday September 7 inviting all former members and friends. Committees handle program and dinner with the high school band providing music and former pastors among the speakers.
Mrs Leona Warren hosted the G T Club gathering on St John Street with 12 members. Freda Powell won a surprise package, and prizes went to Elizabeth Ray Marie Carpenter Georgia Foughty Hazel Pierce and Ruth Knight. Ice cream cake was served. A Sept 9 picnic is planned at Kachelmacher Park Logan.
Rev William George and Rev C A Freer left early this morning for Winona Lake Indiana to attend the Great Bible Conference. Miss Lee Galvin visits sister Mrs Stanley Reed at Lorin. Miss Florence Mulligan Columbus weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Fred Mulligan. A J Nixon Columbus weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Berry Hickman Fort St
Col William Crawford led 480 frontiersmen from Mingo Junction toward Sandusky villages in 1782. Indians and British gathered for a counterattack as Night fell after June 4. Crawford was captured and killed in a brutal scene, signaling the nearing end of the Revolution in the West.
Mrs. Lydia North Davis 81 died in Akron Friday. Funeral Sunday at M E Church Chauncey with Rev C E Palmer. Burial Nye Cemetery Chauncey. Survivors include two daughters and a son in Akron, another son Carl in Cuyahoga Falls, three sisters, and nieces served as pallbearers.
A good attendance was reported at the annual picnic of the Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boudinot. A picnic supper was served and a business meeting was conducted by Mrs. Mabel Smith, society president.
Mrs John Rankin of Millfield was taken to Shelt ering Arms Hospital Friday for an emergency appendectomy after a sudden illness. Her condition is favorable. Rankin is formerly Madeline Border, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wall Border of Millfield.
During a Saturday storm a fire alarm sent Chauncey units to the Mullins farm north of Chauncey where an outbuilding fire caused minor damage before firefighters kept the blaze in check.
Members of the Chauncey Church of Christ Friendship Bible Class will gather Wednesday night at Everett Devore and Lois Devore s home on East Main Street. Everett Devore Charles Bradfield Lois Devore Pearl Henry Eva Ferrer lead the devotional, with a good attendance expected.
Chauncey Personals reports Mrs. George Williamson, Mr. Williamson and children have returned from West Virginia where he is engaged in shaft sinking near Maplewood. They visited Beckley and Lewisburg where Mrs. Williamson has a cousin Mrs. Norma Koenig Wallace. They came home Saturday night.
The Everyman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday night at the Church Parish House. Carl Shafer will lead with devotions a business session and program. The social committee led by Paul Porter Floyd Nye and Frank McDaniel will arrange refreshments.
Local notes report no further Buchtel Band Boosters meetings until after the new term. Residents share visits and family travel updates including Sayre family recoveries, Lafollette furloughs, and Colbert and Colbert relatives visiting Massillon, Murray City, Cleveland, and Columbus.
Perry County notes report that 70 year old county employees may be reappointed for a year at a time until Jan 1 1945 with employer consent. Real estate tax receipts lag, with Sept 11 as deadline for settlements. Other items include new car registrations, a clerk resignation and appointment in the auditor’s office, state and federal subsidy receipts, probate appeals, wills and estates, licenses and fines, and marriage licenses and property transfers.
Glouster High School Band of 27 in uniform marched from the school house to the depot square led by Margaret Summer to perform pieces including Go Northwestern March Symbol of Honor and On Wisconsin. The event was sponsored by local merchants with ads, and 20 percent of proceeds funded a new instrument.
Funeral services for Elmer L. Jones manager of the Telephone Exchange drew a large gathering of relatives from across Ohio and beyond. Attending were J S Jones Sarah Allen Wells Jones I B Foster Ruth Jones Joseph Bee and many others from Washington Pittsburgh Un iontown Springfield Columbus Dearborn Toledo Lima Wooster Circleville Shelby Amesville Nelsonville and Athens.
Mr and Mrs Hugh Cunningham announce the marriage of their daughter Betty to David Putman Little of Newark. The ceremony was Sunday August 3 in Russell Kentucky with Rev Townsend of the First Methodist Church officiating. The couple will reside in Columbus where Mr Little works for the Pennsylvania Railroad and Mrs Little works for Bell Telephone Company.
Voters in Glouster will cast ballots at designated sites for the upcoming primary on Tuesday. Precinct 1 votes at the Fire Department Building on Front Street, Precinct 2 now at Elma G. Bgll shop at Republic Avenue and Summitt Street, Precinct 3 at the Townhouse on the west side, and Precinct 4 at P. J. Stanley garage on Main Street.
Mrs Elizabeth Clark is in critical condition at White Cross Hospital with pneumonia after an incident Wednesday. Her son John R. Clark and grandson Robert have each donated blood for two transfusions. Special nurses care for her while her daughter-in-law remains at the hospital.
GLOUSTER Loyal Men's Class of the Church of Christ and wives hold an outdoor meeting at El Palmer's home on Chase Hill. A 6 o'clock picnic supper precedes daylight hours horseshoe and other games followed by a program. Prompt arrival urged.
Mrs. Lawrence Lyons of Nelsonville Route 2 was removed to St. Anthony's Hospital in Columbus Saturday for an appendectomy operation.
Nelsonville reports the Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Nelson Dowler.
The Junior Order sponsors a benefit party in Nelsonville at the IOOF Hall on Tuesday evening with play set to begin at 7 30.
Property transactions listed include oil and gas rights across 3 acres in Pleasant Township and 141.5 acres under water and gas rights in the same township. Transfers involve Catherine Moore to Charles E. Denman, then to Edna Fern Denman, with Crooksville Bank taking 0.57 acre and later Homer Eam acquiring 0.233 acre in Crooksville.
Local residents and visitors are noted in a string of weekend social updates. Mrs Emmett Anderson and Mrs P B Sidders join travels to Washington DC while Miss Elizabeth Munden visits her parents, and MFA related family gatherings occur in Columbus Columbus area and surrounding towns with multiple extended family stays and visits.
Mrs. Stewart Taylor hosted a birthday party last Tuesday from 1 to 3 PM for Jane Ann Van Horn of Columbus celebrating her ninth birthday. Guests played games opened gifts sang Happy Birthday and enjoyed cake ice cream and balloons. Helpers included Mrs Felda Stansberry assisting with serving.
GLOUSTER Glouster Methodist Church hosts a benefit program at the Palace Theater on Tuesday and Wednesday August 12 and 13 to fund redecorating the church. The Hit Parade of 1941 is the main attraction with a comedy feature. Tickets have sold well and a large audience is anticipated.
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