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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
3
Nelsonville and vicinity classified ads and circulation service promoted by staff correspondent Cc. H. Bartlett. Call 412 W for an experienced representative. Your news and society local notices to 412 W. Service urged for readership and advertisers.
D L Pugh Marietta spoke to the Nelsonville Rotary Club on the history and growth of Scouting since 1908. He noted 3 800 000 US enrollments between 1917 and 1926 and outlined regional structures and the local district headquartered in Marietta.
Will open with a chicken supper at 4 30 p m and continue with lunch booths offering candy ice cream pop hot dogs and hamburgers bingo game fish pond and more amusements in the Opera House decorated for the event Dancing runs from 8 to 12 with prizes awarded later Mrs Keva Wright chairs the bazaar committee and the event is hosted by the Buchtel Parent Teacher Association
Glenford Dugan Post No 229 of the American Legion voted $50 to aid a city health nurse in Nbeilsonville. The group backs toy collection and repair for needy children at Christmas and asks donations or toy repair items via F Fr, Jackson, or any Legionaire.
The Willing Workers' Class of the Christian Sunday School will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM at Mrs. Harry Dileher's Monroe Street home. A pot luck luncheon will be served.
All members of the Local Worms Class of the Christian Church are asked to attend the annual dinner Friday at 12 o'clock noon at the home of Mrs. Sam Starkey on Ashton Avenue.
Clem Kepler pleaded guilty to petit larceny before Mayor Bill Hickman in Nelsonville. He received a $100 fine plus costs and 30 days in the County Jail after involvement in missing items tied to Mrs. Johle Richardson’s move. A revolver and two chickens were reported missing. the gun was later found in Morristown. Austin and Pat Allen were arrested for removing gasoline from a service car. Pat, a minor, to be arraigned in juvenile court at Athens. The brother pleaded guilty, was fined $100 and costs, and given 90 days in jail.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 oclock at the family home on Poplar Street for FE B Beard. The Rev H A Sayre and the Knights of Pythias conducted the rites. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery.
The Mizpah Class met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Green on Fast Franklin Street with a 6 pm dinner. Mrs. A L Barker led 16 members in a roll call rhyme session about their earnings, followed by a business session led by President Mrs. Dave L Wallace and Christmas carols.
Muriel Marie Faulkner of East Canton marries Richard Shepherd of Columbus at an December 4 ceremony in Columbus officiated by Rev. G C McKibbens. Only witness present was Mrs. Ted Edwards. The couple will reside in Columbus where the groom works.
All officers and guards who have regular places on the Degree Staff of the Daughters of America are urged to be present Friday evening for practice.
Nelsonville's community and organizations express strong support for hiring a full time public health nurse. The City Board of Health, led by Dr. Hubert Hyde, will provide 900 for medical needs and office supplies for the nurse. Mayor Hickman confirms two rooms above the City Building will be available for the nurse.
John Warren aged 67 died at his Circle Hill home Tuesday. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 PM with burial at Greenlawn. He is survived by his wife Hattie Glenn Warren and several children.
Mr and Mrs Emmett Siddle announce the birth of daughter Joan on December 1. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Siddie and Mr and Mrs Andrew Kisor.
The W B A will meet at their hall this evening. All officers and guards are asked to wear white. It has been requested that all members be present.
Mrs. Sam Starkey, county president of the W C T U, attended a Wednesday meeting in Glouster after traveling from Nelsonville. The visit highlighted local church and temperance activity within Athens County.
Marietta reports 76 year old Arza Swayne retired Bartlett farmer found on his farm Monday with fatal injuries from a bull goring. Autopsy showed neck broken and body bruised after initial assumption of a heart attack.
The G. E. G. Club met at the Ray home on West Washington Street Monday evening hosted by Miss Louise Ray Miss Thelma Hass Miss Mildred Bryan and Mrs H J Long A chicken dinner started the event followed by a Christmas gift exchange Bingo awarded prizes to Mrs Kathleen Smith and Walter Linscott Attending were Oscar Ralston Mr Vernon Nelson Carr Piquarr ed Stone Columbus Mrs Claude Cramer Mrs H J Long Mrs Mary Hutchins Mrs Kath een Smith Mr and Mrs Maynard Henshaw Mr and Mrs Walter Linscott Mr and Mrs Ralph White Mr and Mrs Lewis Mc Bride Mr and Mrs Leonard Newman Miss Pearl Barrows Pauline Morrison Velma White Elsie Coakley Albert Hartley Clyde Ray and Willis Wolfe
Members of Glenford Dugan Post No 229 American Legion are guests of the ladies auxiliary for a turkey dinner Thursday at 6 20 in the evening. All members are urged to attend and enjoy the banquet served.
The body of S. E. Barnhill, former Athens resident, who died Monday in Pekin Illinois, will arrive in Athens Thursday and be taken to J. R. Baker's home at 440 Rich land Avenue. Funeral services set for 10 30 Friday morning at Bates Church with burial in the church cemetery.
A school bus was seized by officers in Dublin Georgia after they discovered several gallons of whisky aboard. The incident prompted a security check and potential charges against unnamed suspects.
A citizen writer argues Athens should consolidate competing clubs into a single central organization, citing Nelsonville as a model. The piece praises past civic efforts like fencing the cemetery and urges residents to drop minor factionalism to pursue definitive city goals before it’s too late.
The Parent Teacher Association and school will host a Christmas tree program at the Picnic Grove Schoolhouse Friday evening December 19. Residents are invited to attend and enjoy the community event.
Athens postmaster Harry W. McKinstry said holiday mail must be mailed early to ensure on time delivery and avoid swamping the office. He urged sending letters and packages to distant points promptly and careful wrapping of fragile and perishable items amid a high parcel post volume.
Frank Mitchell, 34, one of three robbery suspects being moved to the State Penitentiary from Toledo, freed his handcuffs and escaped from two deputies aboard a T. and O. train at Kenton early today, according to Warden B. and Thomas.
Frank R. Kellogg, Nobel Peace Prize winner, declared in Oslo that Western civilization could vanish into universal chaos if the world enters another war. Kellogg spoke during a ceremony in Nobel Hall recognizing his peace work.
The secretary of state and co author of the Pact of Paria voiced hope for humanity and a peaceful future. He stressed the importance of cooperation among nations to prevent conflict and promote stability.
Former champions Dee Barba and Jackie Fields headline the Christmas Benefit Boxing Card in Chicago. Barba faces Eddie Shea of Chicago while Fields meets Paul Pirrone of Cleveland, with Ray Miller of Chicago also on the lineup.
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