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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
3
C H Bartlett serves as the Melenger correspondent based in Nelsonville, filing news and updates for the publication Pelephone Your News from the local area.
Column item notes a Nelsonville resident Luca Evans reporting shifts at Mes Sncr and inviting readers to phone her for details. The brief column fragment references local happenings and contact.
Nelsonville students will stage Penny Buns and Roses in the school auditorium next Wednesday at 8 pm. Tickets are sold by cast members or at the high school office. The operetta, directed by Ward W. Hamm and Miss Shaw, features a magical oven that can bake away years, with characters including a little old wife and her husband and a mild villain.
The Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville will observe Bible Sunday December 8 in line with Protestant churches nationwide. The local drive offers a New Testament to new Sunday School pupils and to families without a Bible, with copies delivered during the week. Reverend Evans will speak at 7:30 p.m. on The Universal Book.
Nelsonville report notes Troyal and Select Masters degrees conferred on one candidate at Haybrow Council meeting in the Masonic Temple last night. Applications for degrees received. St Bernard Chapter to exemplify Mark Master degree under new ritual Monday evening.
Carbon Hill high school girls defeated Buchtel High School 24 to 14 in a basketball game held Tuesday evening at Buchtel. The win improved Carbon Hill's record in the season.
Troop No. 81 Boy Scouts gather Friday at 7 PM in the M C A for a pot luck supper. Rev Lloyd Evans will give a talk on Napoleon Bonaparte.
Hocking Valley Railroad petitions the Public Utilities Commission to suspend passenger train service on its Straits ville and Monday Creek branch and Brush Fork and Snow fork branch from Nelsonville. A hearing is set for December 36 at 10 a.m. in Columbus. Train Nos. 224 233 282 237 832 and 337 are affected. The line cites rising auto use and bus competition reducing revenue and making service unprofitable.
Crowds attend American Legion Jubilee Week at the Christian Church Auditorium. Beauty contest runs tonight through Saturday with a diamond ring prize and community crown. The oldest married couple won coal for 45 years of marriage. Other prizes include a six foot one inch winner for tallest man and a baby contest prize awarded to infant son of Rev and Mrs McCorkle. Pioneer Players seek homes for a real baby with foster-parent letters read tonight. Amateur Night Friday offers local contestants and sprige for newest married couple. Saturday will crown the beauty winner.
Mrs Frank Mellinger hosted her bridge club Tuesday evening at 1068 Monroe Street. Guests included Mrs Wilbur Martin Mrs Harry Galvin and Miss Catherine Newman. In the play Mrs Donald Lowden held high score Mrs Oscar Bingman second high and Miss Newman won the guest prize.
Local residents asked to donate clothing for children aged 6 to 16. Bring garments to the school office within ten days.
Nel sonville High School debaters face Gallipolis High School in the first preliminary round of the Ohio State High School Debating League tournament. The 2 30 p m Friday December 6 debate in the high school auditorium will be judged by Professor Ceckham of Ohio University. Thirty six teams entered this year as the state wide elimination series advances toward the interscholastic championship. Desatera who will represent Nel Souville High School include Arvilla.
Four students Pierce Paul Collamore Catherine Wolf and Jean Jewett alternate as teams coached by Mise Rosemary Uchker discuss the question: Resolved that trial before a judge or board of judges be substituted for trial by peut jury in the United States. Ohio State University Division of Public Speaking sponsors the tournament. J Glenn Ross division instructor manages the league. prizes will be awarded. The league aims to foster public speaking and promote discussion of public questions in high schools.
The Casinopolitan Club will meet at Mrs. DowsAfart home on Fort Street Friday at 7 30 p m for their annual Christmas party. The Blind Commission will present articles on dia in May, as announced.
The Lover Women’s Class of the Christian Sunday School will meet at the home of Mrs. Sam Starkey on Friday December 6. A thetaflen nual chicken dinner will be served at noon.
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