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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
5
Five gunmen were captured by two alert police squads during a confectionery store robbery attempt in Cleveland. Officers led by Sergt. Fred Schutt of Basic Cruiser No. 11 nabbed three suspects who were holding up Robert Hall near his home as Hall raised his hands.
Rev M Goodman of Surnips Mich led a Holiness Church revival outlining the seven locks of hair as symbols of strength humility liberty aggressiveness victory at home perseverance and unchangeableness. He traced Samson’s fall to Delilah and warned backsliders remain powerless when detached from faith.
Chauncey December funeral notice for Mrs. Oscar Winnignan formerly Miss Myra Cochran of Chauncey who died Tuesday morning in Columbus from pneumonia following influenza. Burial at Nye Cemetery Chauncey with services at The Plains Church by Rev G B Courtney. Survived by husband three children parents two brothers and one sister.
Chauncey news reports Clifford Rizer a 40 year old mine worker at L. D. Poston mine near Chauncey suffered serious injuries Tuesday evening about 6 o clock. While switching cars his foot slipped and the wheels passed over his legs and body. He was rushed to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens for treatment.
The Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge in Chauncey will hold a regular business session Thursday at 7 PM. An oyster supper will follow during the social hour. all members are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson hosted a birthday dinner at their Chauncey residence on Main Street for Irene Jackson. Chauncey guest Miss Stella Carter attended the event.
Troop One Boy Scouts met Monday evening at the First Methodist Church scout headquarters with ten on roll and thirty total members. Robert Wheaton was named scribe in James Lee Stansbury’s absence. Tom Johnson led as scout master. A feature was the examination of a wild duck’s feet and wings. The meeting ended with the Scout benediction.
The Athens City Federation committee in charge of the Community Christmas tree will meet Thursday at 2 PM in the Dean Irma E Voigt office West Wing on the campus. The committee includes federation officers and the presidents of all affiliated clubs.
The Past Chiefs Club of the Athenian Temple plans an all day quilting event Thursday at the K of P Hall with Pythian Sisters invited. A picnic dinner will be served. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bethel and daughter Olive of Adrian Michigan are visiting relatives at 16 Mill Street with Mr. and Mrs. H L Steenrod.
Ordinance No 721 fixes wages for the Public Service Electric Light and Water Works departments in Nelsonville Ohio. It lists salaries for chief and station engineers firemen clerks bookkeeper and laborers with semi monthly or monthly pay dates and daily rates for some labor. The ordinance repeals inconsistent ordinances and takes effect at the earliest allowed date.
Women’s Home Missionary Society and the Martzolff Class plan a Thursday 1 PM gathering in the Martzolff classroom of First Methodist Church to bid farewell to Mrs. Alwilda Alderman. Members will sew layettes for the Athens County nurse, bringing thimbles needles and scissors.
The Maccenas Literary Club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. E W Bingman's Raymond Drive home on Tuesday afternoon. Members opened with Bible quotations and discussed giving without expectation of return under the themes Christmas After Christ and Thinking of Others. A reading titled The Legend of a Rose was delivered by Mrs. Fred Stauffer as decorations and carols filled the room. Lunch was served by several members and gifts were exchanged.
Pratt Street Mission Band will hold an all day meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. E. C. Kenney on Richland Avenue.
W T Martin declares he will not loan money in the future. He demands immediate payment on all debts secured by real estate mortgages personal notes or other evidence of indebtedness due. signed by J W Bolin his attorney December 9 11 13.
Notice is given to creditors in Bankruptcy No. 7105 that Harry Richards filed a petition for discharge in the United States Court Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division. The hearing is set for February 14, 1930 at 10:00 A M before the Court. Harry F. Rabe, Clerk of U S District Court.
The Ames Bern Rural School District seeks sealed bids for a fireproof school building in Amesville Ohio. Proposals due December 15 2029, at 1 pm City Time, with bids on general contract and mechanical equipment items. Bond cash or certified checks required at 10 percent. bids opened after submission.
Mrs. A B Roe hosted the Women’s Missionary Society of First Presbyterian Church. Presiding was Mrs. Frank E Goldsberry. A Sloane reported a fourteen dollar package for Overseas work. Joy Cutler presented a Christmas carol history and selections. Caruso’s Noel played. Silent Night sung. Mrs. W H Cooper read Why the Chimes Rang. Mrs. Hoover’s group served refreshments. Mrs. George Smith returns from care of sister in Bellville West Virginia. Mrs Helel is improving.
A pot luck dinner at 6 precedes the Rebekah Lodge meeting at 7 Thursday in ZOO Company F Hall with a Christmas party to follow and each member to bring a ten cent gift for exchange. Daughters of Union Veterans meet Thursday at 7 in K of P Hall. Mrs. John Snow leaves tonight for Chicago after visiting her brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. W B Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. J Halliday Cline depart Tuesday by car for Ft Lauderdale Florida for the winter. Mrs. W R Cable returns today from New York City after a ten day visit with Mr. and Mrs. R Phillips Rose. Mrs. Cable and Mrs. Nose were school chums in Athens.
In Columbus on December 11, the Ohio Farm Bureau Corporation reports cattle prices now react to the size of market runs. Over 106 days prices rose with smaller receipts and fell as receipts grew, with current opinion favoring marketing on upturns. Fed steer supply appears larger than government estimates, stressing loadings and possible delayed relief. Strongest demand is for medium light steers as the public seeks smaller beef cuts.
Erie County sheriff seeks help locating three girls and three men who vanished from Sandusky yesterday. Police here are asked to search for the sextet believed to be traveling toward Lexington Kentucky.
Leaders of 128 Kiwanis clubs in Ohio gathered in Columbus for an all day conference to discuss district activities and work.
Chauncey-Dover High School hosts Troy High from Coolville in the Chauncey gym Friday with the opener at 7:30 p.m. The two games feature local rivals meeting on the court.
Joe Bryan of Chauncey sustained a left arm injury while at Mine No 68 north of Chauncey. He has been off duty this week due to the accident.
Miss Donna Sanders Miss Hazel La Hugh and Virgil La Hugh Chauncey spent the weekend in Columbus visiting Miss Ruth La Hugh. Friendship Class Church of Christ meets at the Donald Henry home Main Street. Revival services ongoing at the Holiness Church led by Evangelist Maffin from Dayton. Mr and Mrs Floyd Linscott and children from The Plains visited Hooper Ridge relatives. George Shingler, seriously ill in Sand Ridge, is reported improved.
Judge L G Worstell set December 24 for the recount hearing in the Com Pleasant Court between BE C L Woodworth and mayor elect Robert S Wood. The hearing aims to decide before year end as the new mayor takes office. Woodworth alleges irregularities at polls involving Ohio University students voting in Athens County. Depositions from 15 students and 10 election officials were taken. registrar of Ohio University also questioned. New witnesses expected when trial proceeds.
In Cleveland on December 11 an autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death of Kacile Schwartz 70 found bruised and bloodstained on the living room floor of the home of two elderly sisters Mary Carnegie and Louise Byrnes who left the house briefly and returned to find the body. The morgue identified him by his son Joseph Schwartz who said his father had been missing since Monday and police cannot explain his presence in the sisters home.
Harry L. Fishwick, president of the Illinois Miners' Union, labeled the Taylorville mine strike disturbance as loud Communist noise that will end soon. He claimed Communists were ordered to Taylorville and will talk themselves out, resulting in no coal supply cut.
Enrollment at the Athens County Religious Training School reaches 142 with nightly classes at the First Methodist Church. Attendees include students from Athens, Amesville, Green Run, and several churches, under instructors from Garrett Biblical School and Northwestern University.
The Athens County Courthouse second floor Common Pleas Court Room was refinished with pale sand walls and gray trim completed Tuesday. Woodwork floors seats and desks are being cleaned and polished and the room should reopen by week’s end. First floor walls center stair hall painting nears completion after three months of work.
In Clairsville five year prison terms and fines of 2500 each were given to two of three Communists convicted November 20 of criminal syndicalism. Tom Johnson of Cleveland and Charles Gwytth of Lansing Mississippi were bound for higher court. The third member, Idlllan Andrews of Cleveland, received an indefinite sentence in the Maryinville Reformatory not to exceed ten years. her sentence will also be appealed.
The Ridge community mentions Church of Christ leaders and members including Stade, Bess McCullough, Ruth McCullough, Robert McCallinter, George Staith, art Cowan, Helen Hilderbrandt Trimble, G. B. Courtney, Thelma Grandy, Hazel Staber, Miss Josephine Rhees and Olive Reed in ongoing notices.
Five Ohio University men were initiated into the Delta Gamma professional journalism fraternity in the editorial room of the Mossenger. Initiates were Ernest Piiock Falre mont W Va Robert Leake New Straitaville Michael Gragan Campbell David Stein and Elmer Dingekiey Cleveland. Seaman L Faris Ohio University director of publicity hosted the event and spoke about his experiences as a sports editor city editor and state editor for the Lima News and on the staff of the Scicto Gagette.
Mrs. Martine Dunn, 45, died when the car her husband was driving with him lighting a cigarette left the road and struck a tree in Norwalk. Four others in the vehicle were injured.
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