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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
3
Aug 17 Dale of Melvin Bruce of Walnut Streets was bitten on the neck by a stray hound near 1st night. He received two stitches. the dog is captured by Police Bateman and will be kept in for two days as officers assess the rabies risk.
Aug 17 entertaining at table with Miss Mary Krieg Bulfy Miss Lucy Krieg and Mr Mrs Floyd daughter Jean Logan L J Krieg and other relatives. Also mentioned are Mrs Ralph Parks and guests enjoying time at Lakeside.
Nelsonville report says E. L. Hutchinson bought the frame store on Hocking Street from C. W. Craig. The second floor is being converted to living quarters while the first floor becomes a remodeled business room. A new stairway and front porch are added with Bernard Inman as the local contractor.
The Queen Esthers group met at Mary C. Miller’s Chestnut Street home in Nelsonville on Wednesday evening. Officers elected include Mary C. Miller as president Fannie Glen as vice president Royal Gilbert as secretary Jeanette Cramner as treasurer and Vera Coakley as news reporter. Eight members and one guest Jean Anne Kemp of Columbus attended after refreshments following the social hour led by Mrs. Alva Patton.
The annual Lent reunion will be held Sunday August 27 at the Grotto Grounds, officials announced. The event gathers members for a community gathering and remembrance during the Lenten season.
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The Return from a week at Summerland Beach Buckeye Lake includes members Tom Auflick John Steenrod Bill Raybould Mark Herrold George Labh Paul Wolfe Wayne Woodard and John Sheffield with Bennie Sterling as advisor and Roland Pierce as assistant Jimmy Pierce served as mascot The Chippewas plan a potluck supper Monday night to install officers and kickoff a winter of activities
Scouts of Troop 46 meet at the K of P Building for an outdoor session. Patrols Kangaroo Panther and Greyhounds list patrol leaders and members. A broader program includes monthly combined meetings, sea scout prospects, a flying squad and a bicycle squad planned for the winter.
Nelsonville High School principal Lee Powell and Mrs. Powell return home to 67 East Columbus Street. Mrs. Hannah Parry and family come back from Greensburg Pennsylvania. Evelyn June Craig returns from visit with grandparents near New Marshfield. Belle Harrold resumes stay at home after Lancaster visit.
Max M. Matthews, Ohio University alumnus of 1898 and 1899 and current State Tax Commission representative, is in Athens auditing delinquent intangible tax accounts in the county auditor's office. He notes about 300 residents in Athens County may be cited for nonpayment with efforts to collect on amounts over ten cents.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church in Guysville will host an ice cream social on Saturday evening on the lawn of Mrs. Leta V. McLaughlin to benefit the church. A Guysville orchestra will provide music.
Sereno Lodge No 479 I O O F will hold degree practice at the lodge hall Friday night at 7 30 o clock.
In Topeka Kansas federal and state agents chase a million dollar bond forgery case as Governor Landon seeks to remove State Treasurer Thomas B Boyd amid a widening probe. Total forgeries exceed 1.15 million with 150 000 in fake warrants found and about 100 000 circulating publicly.
4-H Club exhibits from Athens County Fair will be placed on August 22 at the fair grounds. Clothing, food, handicraft, garden and potato projects go to the 4-H Club Hall. poultry to the poultry show. pig pens. sheep buildings. and dairy and beef at cattle stalls. Leaders and members help set up, banners will hang, garments labeled with entrant details, hangers provided. Ohio State University judges will be selected. leaders may collect tickets for members on Tuesday.
Mechanicstown article reports the Louisiana 4-H Sewing Club held its last meeting at leader Miss Louise Blackburn's home on August 16. Eight of nine members attended and named studies. three visitors, Martha Hooper Irva Tubbs and Pauline Barnhill, attended. A poem was read by Eula Mae Ashton. Records and projects were finished. After refreshments, members enjoyed a lawn treasure hunt and each received a remembrance.
The annual home-coming of Lawrence Chapel will be held Aug. 20 with speakers Rev. and Mrs. Frank Batterson of Glouster and Prof. D. T. Burna of Berea. The Glouster M. E. Church male quartet will sing and M. M. LeFavor of Glouster will lead the song service and reminiscence for old members. Guests include families from Charleston, Pittsburgh, Millfield, and Amesville as attendees visit locally and at neighborhood gatherings. One sun-
In Chicago on August 17 Judge Harry M. Fisher refused to grant La Mode Garment Company an injunction to restrain violence during a strike by 400 workers. He held the company officials did not come to court with clean hands and ordered compliance with the NRA code including a 40 hour week and a $12 minimum weekly wage.
Dred and seventy attended events with many staying overnight at Springfield and Weston homes. Guests included Mrs. Mabel Boggs and two children, Mrs. Gertrude Carroll, O. L. Davis, and Catherine Boggs visiting Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Salem, Jane Lew, and Athens. Families and friends traveled between Amesville, Glouster, Coolville, Richmond, and Washington D C for reunions and church gatherings.
Bishopville residents including Mr and Mrs Carl Welling and Mr and Mrs Dwight Smith spent Sunday in Murray City with Mrs Emma Tippie. Miss Cora Shepherd of Burr Oak visits relatives Frank Pedicord and spouse. Mrs Wilf Hoon calls on Mrs Sade Thomas in Glouster. Odessa Day with Frances and Jack Day enjoy a few days in Columbus. Donald Woodruff of Cleveland visits grandfather Ira Falls. J M McDonald family and Milhoan sister spend Sunday at Rising Park Lancaster. Charles Moody family and J W Moody with Daugherty also visit Glouster on Sunday.
Max von Scheele arrived in Columbus from Topeka by air and then went by ambulance to Glouster after six weeks of leg injuries from being struck by a skidding automobile in Topeka. Dr C von Scheele accompanied him on the business trip.
The fifteenth annual Kasler descendants reunion will be at the Athens Fairgrounds on Sunday September 3. It is an all day picnic with a noon basket dinner and invites visitors and friends. N M Kasler of Jacksonville is the oldest at eighty two. L W Ley of Glouster and Thomas Griffith of Hollister join NRA signer list for the area after oversight noted.
Mrs. William Rollins of Jacksonville was transported by local ambulance to Grant Hospital in Columbus on Wednesday for observation. She was accompanied by Dr. C. von Scheele of Jacksonville.
Mr and Mrs Del Joseph of Corning say Mrs Joseph injured her shoulder and collar bone in a fall and is being taken to a Zanesville hospital for observation and treatment. Marl Wemmer of Jacksonville visited Jesse Withem and family. Harold Ahle spent Tuesday with his aunt Mrs Laura Carpenter of Federal. Thelma Standley was a guest of her aunt Miss Ruth Losey of Oakdale from Sunday to Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L M McDaniel of Sand Rock spent the weekend with Arenee Ahle and family.
The Liggett Laughlin families will gather at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday August 20 for a picnic lunch at noon.
A rumor claimed Ohio Mining Co bought coal under D. M. Sawyer farm in Jacksonville. The mine office and Mr Sawyer both deny knowledge of any deal. The matter had circulated months ago before a fire at Ohio Mine 1 and has not been pursued since.
Jack and Elizabeth Ann Munden depart for two weeks visiting relatives in Clarksville and Cincinnati. In Clarksville they will see grandparents Mr and Mrs M F Andrew. In Cincinnati they will stay with uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Herbert West.
Twenty Past Noble Grands Club members from Marcellite Rebekah Lodge with nine visitors left Glouster by motor for Springfield to tour the Odd Fellow Home aboard a special bus and sedan. It marks the club’s yearly trip and first visit for many to the home. Later, the Christian Endeavor Society plans a church parlor meeting and social at the Church of Christ.
Rev. F. J. Batterson of the M. E. Church will preach at the Church of God Friday night at 7 30. The public is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Harold Dew and Mr and Mrs Charles Williams with two sons depart Glouster for a two weeks outing in Michigan. Dew and Williams work as mail carriers on Routes 3 and 5 respectively with Ralph Shepard and Ernest Jones substituting on those routes.
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