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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1922
Page
3
Tuesday evening prayer meeting at the Presbyterian church will review the last two chapters of Building with India. Many in the congregation have read the book and found it interesting, and it is the duty of all society members to be present.
The cloth bound postal guide price drops to 75 cents with the twelve monthly supplements at 25 cents making a total of 1.00. Businesses and individuals are urged to take advantage of the offer. A handy book for every school room.
The Missionary Society will again have charge of the regular Wednesday study meeting. Members are reminded to attend and participate in the planned discussion and readings.
The Berean Bible class held a good session on Sunday with 93 men present. An eleven piece orchestra supplied music. The regular teacher led the lesson. September 10 is home-coming day with a class picture planned. All Bereans urged to attend and boost numbers.
All troop members are ordered to gather at the Y on Friday evening to organize the Labor Day parade arrangements.
Volunteers from the business girls class completed a full upstairs refit at the YMCA during vacation. The gymnasium and locker rooms were painted, a white oak floor installed, and seats added in the locker room. All work was done gratis by members. An open house is planned for early September.
Rev and Mrs C H Sowers of Westerville Ohio are guests of Rev and Mrs Paul E Kemper. They visited New Straitsville and are greeting friends in McArthur. Sowers formerly led in New Straitsville and McArthur. Mrs Shaw and Rev Kemper are siblings. Eleanora Edington returns from Washington DC illness trip. Dr and Mrs J M Hyde return from a St Louis motor trip. Mary Willis returns home after time in Columbus and Ironton. Mr and Mrs Frank Moore and Mr and Mrs Harry Galvin are noted in the gathering.
Three children visited Colum bus Sunday and stayed with Mr and Mrs Charles Deible for their 25th wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs Don Davis of Athens announce the birth of a ten pound daughter arriving Monday morning. Mr and Mrs John Edington drove to Columbus Sunday and returned with Miss Elizabeth Edington who had been visiting Mrs Sam Hanley and Mrs Gay Aumiller for two weeks.
In Nelsonville Ohio on August 23 1922 the child Clyde Leroy Jr died after illness leaving parents grandparents and many relatives to mourn. The note expresses deep family sorrow and fond memory of the short life. A separate letter from Nelsonville dated August 8 1922 shows Verna Lane requesting higher pay for a high school teaching position and calls for alignment with experience and regional salaries. Also notices list visitors from Gallipolis Casey Ill Newark and promoting local social guest visits.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Matheny express gratitude to friends for sympathy during illness and death of their child and for the floral offerings.
A Nelsonville high school teacher states he did not resign and is willing to return if offered fair remuneration. He clarifies he did not seek the principal post and promises the board a verbatim reply to present the facts to patrons.
The opening date for Nelsonville Schools is fixed for September 11 with buildings ready and sanitary facilities installed. Principal J C Hall to meet senior class Thursday morning September 7, with other class meetings on September 7 and 8, plus a teachers meeting September 9 at 1 p m. D A Ferree Supt.
Rev. Father P. S. Ruane of New ark arrives in Nelsonville to take charge of St. Andrew's Catholic church as Father Bryne prepares to depart for Athens. Ruane begins acquainting with the new congregation ahead of Bryne’s Thursday departure.
The King's Men conducted a Sunday evening service at a local venue with a good audience and a profitable outcome. The visitors were well received and the event concluded successfully.
Mrs Gertrude Q Kinney and Mr W A Donaldson of Sand Run Ohio were married in Logan on August 28. The service was performed by D H Lappen. They left for a motor trip to Indiana and Dexter Missouri and will be at home to friends upon return.
The Knights of Columbus hall hosted a dinner for Father Byrne as he prepares to leave for Athens to assume a new pastorate. Four years in Nelsonville saw a growing congregation and a new rectory, with 150 invited guests and pastors from nearby churches in attendance.
Dr. and Mrs. Bradford Acomb entertain guests Miss Elizabeth Acomb of Scranton Pennsylvania and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atkinson with son George of Cambridge during an afternoon gathering.
Ed Sayre, about 45, suffered a crushed right leg above the ankle after getting it caught between a mine car and an adjacent track at mine 68 near Jacksonville. He was treated by Dr. LeFever and transported by train to a Columbus hospital. his leg is not expected to be saved.
Marshal Williams says residents reporting bootlegging and gambling in the city must sign communications or nothing will be acted on. He notes that a signed letter demonstrates good faith from the tipster to assist officers.
At a meeting in Athens Monday night 13 new precincts were created for the county pending no objections after due legal notice. Athens gains 6 new precincts Nelsonville 3 Glouster 2 Trimble Village and Sugar Creek each one precinct.
Police Chief Roush arrested four boys after the Sunday evening robbery of the Baker and Baird meat market and a Sunday afternoon break in at the College Inn with $10 and cigarettes. The suspects are believed to be the same youths linked to earlier tobacco thefts and ice cream heists at the College Inn.
Chief Roush disclosed that two of four boys who entered the McKee Drug Co meat market Sunday evening divided $32 found between themselves while two others waited outside. The quartet appeared before Juvenile Judge Johnson Tuesday for a hearing. all four have prior appearances, and one is on probation.
Five persons were killed by irregulars at Westport Ireland as they left a church after a Mass for Michael Collins, a Dublin dispatch reported this afternoon.
A testimonial from a banker's friend claims stomach trouble and colic were cured after two years of use. The ad asserts the remedy clears catarth in mucus and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. It promises a money back guarantee at several drugstores including Mc Kee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and other druggists.
Friends of Geoffrey F Morgan former superintendent of schools note that he completed his Chantang lecture tour on Wednesday then departed for Los Angeles to visit his parents for two months before returning to Ohio around November 1 for lyceum work. During the season he delivered 84 lectures in as many days across West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio. only twice was a talk interrupted by rain, which he finished later that day.
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