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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
3
Arthur M. Mann leads Sunday school at 9:30 A M and divine service at 10:30 A M with preaching by Rev Arthur McCullough. Public invited. no evening service.
Well known city woman Mrs Mattie Hewitt age 49 dies at Walnut Street home. Funeral services set for Monday 1 30 at Walnut residence with burial at Asbury. Hewitt leaves two daughters.
On Wednesday afternoon at Reverend C. L. Johnsons residence the ceremony took place with the ring service. Harry Andrews of Corning and Genevieve Morris of Glouster were wed and will reside in Corning where the groom is employed in business.
Nelsonville Ohio boards to hold regular teachers examination on Saturday August 28 1920 starting at 2 00 pm. Clerk D A Ferree files the notice. Also several small ads for sale and a dance event by the Order of Owls on Friday night August 20 with special music.
Miss Elizabeth Chapman and Mrs. J R Howe visit Columbus. Charles Crooks announces birth of a son to the Crooks family. families from Columbus and nearby towns, including Haydenville and Ashland, enjoy guests and weekend travels. Several relatives attend hospital visits in Athens Copeland Howe hospital and Col umbus social visits.
Nelsonville hunters report morning outings on September 20 may prove costly as the squirrel law runs from September 15 to October 20. A club meeting August 23 at new rooms above Cox Brothers on Washington Street invites members to discuss questions and consider a proposed squirrel supper.
Friday afternoon two men faced off before the courthouse as about thirty people gathered to listen to their heated exchange on political topics including corruption of the Democratic party.
The text notes discussions on Wilsonian policy in Mexico and Villa reforms, weighing the merits and demerits of Senator Harding as the world moves forward.
The excerpt recalls Civil War mobilization in 1863 64 and local units such as the 141st Infantry and 1100 students anticipated at Ohio University It also notes Athens County’s total Civil War enlistments 2610 and per-town contributions York 226 Troy 181 Waterloo 162 Alexander 162 and Athens township 267 plus 19 mentions of community efforts charity Vienna relief and local postal traffic. Prof Fordyce Stewart’s teaching tour and rising postal workload are mentioned along with Sayre Webster taking over the Willys Battery agency in Athens County.
They will move to Athens as soon as a house is found and prepare to demonstrate their plant at the Athens County Fair next week. Surveys have been made for 1,400 feet of road in Marshfield near the high school and work will begin immediately.
The Euphonic Male Quartet of Glouster offers patriotic sentimental sacred humorous campaign and jubilee music for indoor and outdoor events including celebrations lodges churches and parlor functions. They provide terms by phone or through manager M. B. Tucker.
Water from the creek is unusable for locomotives so steel cars haul water from the Hocking river to the city tank. A Water analysis will be done after a sample from Corning mines is sent to the state fish and game department. Street paving bids were not received, delaying work until spring.
Lottridge Reynolds Gilbert of Athena visited his Bethel parents on Sunday. Guy Davis called on Howard Lake residents while Mrs. Edward Foreman spent time with her sister Mrs. Sarah Blackburn. Vanderhoof natives N. G. Foreman also visited. Herman Bowers and daughter from Zanesville, John Howard and Jesse Lake called on Mr. and Mrs. E G Swartz and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kincade. Miss Lorena Leake entertained.
The column mentions Edith Rice visiting Vanderhoof relatives and returning to Ripley West Virginia. It notes Chase having a hand mashed while sawing wood. Also calls residents to prepare for the Athens Fair on August 24 25 26 27 and to enjoy themselves.
Athens County Farm Bureau urges farmers to join during the educational campaign. The poem extols Farm Bureau agents and promises public support from the Athens chapter led by Mr. Wallar to boost membership and numbers.
Vanderhoof notes farmers glad for refreshing showers though they arrived too late to aid the crops. Mrs. Tracy Ashcraft departed for Parkersburg to visit her sister Mrs. Curry.
Mrs. Cora Lake and daughter Blanche leave Saturday to visit relatives in Delaware and Marion. Bill Chase visits Coolville Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wind Chevalier visit in Lottridge and Coolville Sunday. Floyd Stout Lorena Lake and Willis Myer dine with Dorthea and Reynolds Gilbert Sunday. Vanderhoof School gains a woman teacher for 1920 21 Miss Bissle from Bethany. Herman Bowers of Zanesville and his little daughter spend days with John Lake and family.
Lauravener of Baloy pots paid the fine for possessing and selling intoxicating liquor and has filed an error with the clerk of the court claiming insufficiency of the conviction. Her husband Sam Evener remains in jail and plans a similar petition. J. J. Woolley represents Evener.
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