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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1931
Page
10
Mrs. Bess Schoonover of Chauncey dies Thursday in St. Francis Hospital Columbus. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 PM from Chauncey Methodist Episcopal Church with burial in Nye Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Wilbert Love Chauncey announce the birth of a son at their Mill Street home with grandparents Mr Dudley LeMaster and Mrs Alva Karns listed. Mr and Mrs George Burton Chauncey announce an eight pound daughter named Marzella Mae. Billy Joe, their older son now 13 months, was buried last Sunday. Millfield Weedle Club met at the home of Mrs Lewis Sanders with two visitors Mrs C N Sanders and Mrs Ida Myers.
Chauncey Mine No 25 New York Company Hocking and Poston No 6 Millfield are operating today. A total of 138 mines are working in this field today. They are No 52 Luhrng Lick Run No 10 No 69 Ohio No 1 Chauncey No 25 No 24 No 2k Black Diamond Poston No 6 No 119 and Hocking.
Chauncey, Dec. 4 Mrs. B F Goodson suffered a severe heart attack Thursday morning and was in serious condition for a time Her condition is reported much improved now and she remains under care in Chauncey
Walter Hartley of Millfield was hurt at Poston Mine No. 6 on Thursday. He suffered a broken right great toe in the accident. Also noted is the Chauncey Ladies Aid quilting event at the Church of Christ in Millfield with several listed attendees.
Otis F Larson eight year old Coolville merchant dies in a Parkersburg hospital after a surgical operation. He ran a general store here since 1906 except for a year in Arkansas. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday at 1 p.m. Friends may call Saturday. He leaves wife Alda Place Sarson daughter Mrs Clyde Parrish and father Albert Sarson.
In Chauncey on December 4 the Rev Charles Hook will lead a 7 PM Sunday sermon at the Morristown Holiness Church followed by Sunday school at 9:30 AM.
Mrs Chester Sanders of Millfield entertained neighbors at a Thursday quilting party. Attending were Mrs W A Sell Miss Clara Bell Mrs C E Sanders Mrs Henry Heffkin Mrs Harold Blower Mrs Herman Theisen Jr and Mrs Lewis Sander.
Editors Charles Densmore Locke Bhijlden Hauck of Ohio University Green and White attend the two day fall convention at Kent. Densmore chairs the contest committee planning judging of Ohio college newspapers. Speakers include Paul Bellamy Louis Seltzer and Oliver Wolcott.
Mr and Mrs Inons of Colum bus travelled to Chauncey for a visit with cousins Mr and Mrs George Kech and others. Miss Lucille Mason returned from Steubenville and Columbus. Numerous Millfield residents hosted guests from Columbus Nelsonville Logan Athens and Cleveland during the week and weekend social passes.
Salvation Army kettles return Saturday at the Courthouse corner and in front of the Post Office. They will be gathered next week then resumed on Saturday December 12 and stay until Christmas. About 200 Christmas dinner baskets will be provided in the Athens district funded by the kettles. Adjt Bernard Stone notes the year’s list.
Preaching at 19:30 Sunday morning and 19:00 Sunday evening by Rev. Calvin B Hanes. Prayer meeting Wednesday 19:00, Young People 18:00 Sunday, Sunday school 09:15, jail meeting 13:00 Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Jesse Halsey describes conditions in Europe, noting a shift to goodwill methods after wars. He cites France as economically sound with large gold reserves and key Balkan influence, while warning about militarism in the U.S. and speaking on reconstruction in Greece and Asia Minor refugee integration.
County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson attends the three day convention of the County Auditor Association of Ohio in Columbus this week. The annual meeting closes today after sessions on state financial and real estate appraisal methods. Discussions covered the new intangible tax law to take effect next year and the cigarette tax effective last September.
Ansil Marcellus Bowdle and Henry Asbury McCabe die at home in Piqua Ohio. Dr Abner B Frame 91, another veteran, is present at their deaths. McCabe from New Jersey and Bowdle lifelong Piqua resident. Frame a 44 year local physician and Shenandoah veteran. Bowdle captained a Negro regiment. McCabe recruited and fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Bowdle and McCabe were captains during the war.
I. R. Brauser of Harmar Hill is credited as the only big game hunter in Washington County to kill a white deer. The event places him in notable company with Grover Cleveland who earned fame for the same during his presidency.
ZANESVILLE. Dec. 4. Under the will of Mrs Rosella McCune Young three granddaughters Ruth Anna Eloise Elaine and Edna Marie Gibson are to receive their share of the estate at age 25 unless they violate a provision banning dancing playing cards or smoking. If violated the share delays until age 30.
The plan, an orchestra leader, was fined at a hearing before Mayor Robert S. Wood on Wednesday and charged only with intoxication not driving while intoxicated as previously reported by The Messenger, police said Russ today.
Readable fragments list beef items priced at 23¢ to 55¢ per pound and 256 unit details for wieners and other meats. The note cites 12¢ 23¢ 55¢ marks alongside item descriptors and a contact line Phono 22941.
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