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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1941
Page
4
Fragmented text mentions WPA labor, orchard work, plant usage, road work, and bids or orders. It references workers, counties, apples, and a dump/rail context with unclear dates or places, preserving named entities where readable.
In a Twilight League game at City Playgrounds Nelsonville Eagles and Logan Mingos tie 2 to 2 after seven innings. Harrison pitched for the Eagles allowing six hits while Mingos pitcher Leonard held the Eagles to four hits with two Haddox hits. Haddox doubled scoring in the first and fifth, while Mingos tallied in the sixth on Brown and Marshall.
Haydenville Community Church plans 9 30 a m rededication service followed by Sunday School. A 7 30 p m praise service and a Thursday 7 30 p m prayer meeting complete weekly events. Murray City and Buchtel listings note Sunday School times worship and gospel meetings with weekly prayer. Home-coming services are set for August 31 and September 7 with a basket dinner.
Rev. Scott Cook of Erie Pennsylvania, who led Nelsonville's Church of Christ for six years, will preach at the 10 30 worship service Sunday and at the 7 30 union service at the Presbyterian Church. Mr Freer plans to return from a Winona Lake Bible conference Monday. large crowds expected at both events.
Charles Huddy has taken a post as superintendent of powder storage at Atlas Powder Co. in Ravenna Ohio. His wife and daughter will stay in Nelsonville for the winter where Patty Lou will attend school and Mrs. Huddy will continue teaching at Buchtel High School.
Clarence Farrow, leader at the Kimberly Mine in Nelsonville, was injured Thursday when caught between a car and a rib. He suffered several broken ribs and scratches and bruising on his arm.
The Chester Garden Club hosted a flower show at the high school building. Judges included Mrs. Garen Stansbury and Mrs. James Titus. Other items covered local visits, gatherings, and joyful family news from residents around Chester and Oak Hill.
Mr and Mrs Jack Righter and Joe Thompson from Columbus visited Mr and Mrs Homer Smathers and family. Mr and Mrs Dave Eberts and Mrs Floyd Peck went to Lake Erie. Bernard of Murray City visited Mrs Lillian Thompson and family. Thompson and children joined her parents for a visit. Emma Jenkins Joe Cooper and family from Mineral visited Homer Smathers. Lauretta Lenane employed in Columbus spent Sunday with Thomas Lenane and family. Vernal Wise and son Bobby visited Rachel Camp and daughter Elia for the weekend.
In Japan a child is counted as one year old at birth and reaches two on the next New Year. A baby born December 31 would be two the following day under the age system.
Pomeroy District No. 57 Rebekahs held a school of instruction at the 1 C C F Hall in Pomeroy. Mrs. Blanche Roller presided as district president, with officers from Ironton, Chagrin Falls and Columbus. Five candidates for initiation with Mrs Emma Sisson taking the work. The Ironton Lodge performed degree work as members wore pink and green. The Doris Rebekah Lodge presented officers with corsages. District officers installed include President Thelma Massie and secretary Blanche Roller. Attendance reached about 100 from Ironton Jackson Bidwell Dexter and Pomeroy. Flowers contributed by Norma Goodwin and local greenhouses. Next district meeting set for Ironton.
Marion Bismiller serves as Federal State inspector at the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction in Nelsonville, grading eggs and enforcing USDA size and quality standards. The operation, spanning 11 counties, uses candling for quality, with daily inbound shipments and a planned automatic grader to speed processing.
Racine notes Bradfords attend national rural letter carriers convention in Columbus. Rev T T Shelton and son Billie return from Hillsboro visit with Sheltons. Russell Lee spends two weeks vacation with parents and wife at Apple Grove. Mrs Howard Miles and daughters with Parkersburg visitors. John Sayre of Columbus visits niece Harriett Allen before returning home. Barbara Kessler heads to South Charleston for two weeks with Virginia Fitzgerald. Edith Hayman and Homer Hayman visit Ravenswood siblings.
The Longstreth annual home coming on Sunday August 31 features a 10 30 am softball game and a 2 30 pm baseball game between Carbondale and Carbon Hill Other activities and a Carbon Hill High School Band concert are planned with a dance to close the celebration that night.
Mr and Mrs John Wood will be weekend guests of their son Harris Wood and family in Columbus.
Paul E. Brown led the Landscape Gardening Class at the Public Library in Nelsonville on Wednesday evening. The discussion covered appropriate shrubs for highway planting and next week’s topic will be unusual perennials fertilizing shrubs and trees.
Nelsonville residents are invited to buy whitewash at the Linscott Garage along the new canal road. buyers should bring containers and will be served by a man at the garage. The sale continues while interest remains in the project.
Konrad Scholl, former Pom eroy High School instrumental instructor, is releasing a music text titled Brief History of Music. The work, set for mid September press, targets Casper Wyoming high school then broader use. Scholl and his wife plan to travel to Casper after visiting Middleport relatives. He has taught stringed instruments and music composition.
In the probate court book the marriage license record remains blank after four days as officials foresee a full week before any license is issued. Probate Judge E. R. Titus predicts a delay under the new Ohio marriage law.
Under the auspices of the Buchtel and Murray City Methodist Churches the talking motion picture Golgotha will be shown to residents Monday September 1. In Buchtel shows are at 2 and 4 p.m. at the high school auditorium and in Murray City at 7 30 and 9 30 p.m. Special tickets are available from local merchants listed in the notice.
Stella Rodgers sues in common pleas court to force Ohio Power Company and co owners Eleanor Phillips Werry and Emiline Phillips Hendricks to transfer one thousand dollar stock to Rodgers. She claims she provided the full purchase funds and seeks sole ownership of the share.
A brief report notes the death of a young child. The article mentions a man claiming he becomes taller when lying down than when standing, offering a peculiarity in the narrative.
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