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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1934
Page
3
A stalled project connects two school buildings with a brick link and glass partition. An added reading room, new auditorium seating, and pavement on Fayette are planned before opening. The upgrades, funded by the PWA, aim to improve administration and classroom flow.
Mr and Mrs announce the marriage of Rachel Coulter to Lawrence in Athens with a ring ceremony at the Church. Rachel is a graduate of the School Ohio Wesleyan Bliss Business and a Hocking County high school alum. He will teach next year and they plan to live in the county. Home coming events at the Connett M E Church Sunday include a 10 30 preaching service noon meal and afternoon speaking with music provided by a Wil.
Wellston dominates Millfield 8 to 1 as Cramer allows three hits and racks up six strikeouts. Eddie Guinther leads Wellston with a double and two singles in four plate appearances while Sam Witham is held to thirteen hits and eight runs by the defense.
Nelsonville notices describe a Thursday Christian Church Sunday School picnic in Carbondale Pine Forest with ball games and horse shoe contests and ice cream. Thanks are given to M. H. Doo little C. W. Backus and John Keller for site and trucks.
Tompkins defense challenged the recount procedure arguing late notice and custody of ballots. The Athens County election board overruled motions and commended precinct workers after recounting changes in Ward One Precinct One and Ward Four Precinct Two, Nelsonville, with a $20 refund to Tompkins from the posted $100.
Nelsonville reports the engagement and upcoming marriage of Edna Laughlin to Oscar Hartley on August 22 1934. The couple, both Nelsonville High graduates, will marry at St Marys West Virginia with Rev Dawson officiating. Hartley works at Kroger Grocery on the Public Square.
Nelsonville social column notes visitors from Brownsville and Columbus. Mr and Mrs Lewis Keplar host relatives. Mr and Mrs Charles Deible Mr and Mrs Frank Moore and Mrs Harry Galvin plan a motor trip from Huntington to Richmond Bristol Asheville and White Sulphur Springs. Paul Hudson visits Dover. Carl Stratton and family depart for Kirksville Missouri where he will enroll in Osteopathy school in September.
A quirky ad praises Dr Platts Rinex Prescription as a remedy for hay fever rose cold and asthma with claims of quick relief. It promotes Cline's Pharmacy in Athens and Gem Pharmacy in Nelsonville as places to obtain the product.
Sunday dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Steward included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Seidenable and their children from Pomeroy. Wilcox School reunion attendees listed Char les Wilcox Alvada Mr. and Mrs. John Wilcox Fostoria Mrs. Vina Roberts Albany Don L. Wood Pomeroy and George Wood. Other visits included Mrs. Frank Wood with Rose Chase Carpenter Rutland Road.
The 102nd annual meeting of the Washington Association of Universalist and Unitarian Churches opens in Frost Sunday night with Rev. Charles R. Conrad of Portsmouth delivering the address. Harriet Druley of Milford follows with a sermon, and Richard Ames of Logan speaks Sunday morning.
Marriages were recorded for Lawrence Lehman and Rachael Wilson plus Mike Kochis and Mary Ann Miller plus Andrew Lang and Nell Sizemore plus Howard Ferry and Eileen Palmer. Ruth Watkins seeks divorce and child custody from Bryan Watkins in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging failure to pay court ordered child support since March 1932.
Ohio University will use the Palmer House on West Washington Street to house 64 men in a new cooperative living arrangement this fall. The program, overseen by Dean of Men John R. Johnson, will include room, heat, light, and telephone at 1.25 per week per man plus shared food costs, aiming to keep total expenses under 3.50 a week. A hostess will supervise meals and dormitory operations, with house governance by a president and board.
Rutland residents host and visit relatives across Ohio. Families from Harrisonville Cleveland Columbus Akron Lowell and Logan share gatherings and reunions. Wayne King recovers from Syracuse Mine injuries. Harve Johnson opens a restaurant on Main Street.
Son of Columbus spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Alpha Plummer. Mrs Plummer and daughter Jean returned home with them after spending a week in Columbus.
The Rev W H Reitz announces worship at Canaanville Church at 8:50? Sunday School 10 30 and Stewart Church worship 10 30 with Guysville service 7 30 in evening. Bethany Church home coming scheduled for Sunday September 9 with morning worship and afternoon program.
A claim that fakirs from native Indian teams cast spells to affect opponents in football matches circulates as local superstition. No verifiable evidence supports these assertions, with officials dismissing magic as a factor in play outcomes.
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