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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1935
Page
3
A fragmented retail note hints at a shift in trade by showing a lead in upcoming sales and a rising demand. The brief suggests a plan to boost commerce through increased supply and promotional activity.
Dec. 16 at 8 o'clock p m a class program at the School Auditorium in Athens features Mrs Leland Way W Va and Jacob Sherman ge, honoring our grandpar Mrs N Welch with illness noted and family greetings.
The POMEROY Townsend Pension Plan Club of Meigs County will hold a weekly meeting Saturday at 1 PM in City Hall. Plans aim for a membership of 500 soon and open eligibility to anyone over 18 years.
Harry Panatta age 40 and Manuel Garcia age 29, both of Clarksburg, are held after Tuesday night arrests by state and local officers for alleged liquor violations. They were stopped near Tuppers Plains while transporting a large quantity of whiskey from Kentucky to West Virginia. An Huntington attorney for the defendants says the defense will argue they did not violate liquor laws by transporting liquor through the state, and the case may test existing law.
Mrs A W Mc Kay and Mrs R F McKay visited Athens to see their daughter Jean at Ohio University. Mrs Clair McHaffee and Mrs W H Craig are ill. Mrs C W Jones moved into the Hartinger property on South Second Ave. and Garfield St. The Robson family moved to Gravel Hill. Mrs Charles Sauer visited Shade on the Athens Jerseyville Road. A bazaar and bake sale fundraiser planned by Heath Methodist Episcopal Church Foreign Missionary Society at Sanborn Jewelry. Mrs Ben Turner hosted Ladies Auxiliary to the Brakemen of the Railroad Trainmen in Pomeroy.
The funeral of five year old William Stephenson was held at the M E Church Straitsville with burial in the cemetery. He leaves a wife Elizabeth and children Carl Clyde Betty and Margaret. Other notes include community visits and local social events such as a chicken supper and bingo at Woodbine Rebekah Lodge. William Randolph Hearst arrived in Topeka to meet Gov Landon amid political talk. Lake Baikal in Asia spans 13,500 square miles.
Twilight Garden Club leads effort to decorate Pomeroy with storefront displays and tidy sidewalks. Civic Club likely to discuss plans tonight. community action encouraged among merchants and residents. Seedless watermelons noted in horticultural trials.
Middleport reports Ohio University senior and former Middleport Yellow Jacket star Art Lewis has been invited to join the East West Shrine football game in San Francisco on New Year’s Day. Lewis, an All-Ohio tackle for three years, has earned All-Midwestern and All-American recognition.
Chauncey Dover PTA announces a fundraising carnival December 16 at 7 30 p m in Chauncey High School gym. Proceeds fund grade library books with events including tap dancing an eighth grade chorus a comedy song acts a food sale fish pond and fortune telling booth.
James Milton Brookins 87 a pioneer resident of Dover Township died at his Chauncey home Tuesday morning Funeral services will be held Thursday at 230 PM from the Church of Christ in Millfield Rev Gilbert Courtney will officiate Burial will be in Nye Cemetery Chauncey He is survived by four children Mary E Mills and Howard Brookins Athens Guy M Brookins Chauncey Olive Brookins at home a sister Jane C Witham Chauncey and eight grandchildren
Mine No 5 at Murray City resumes work as another operation joins the district. A report notes 17 mines were active Wednesday including Nos 9 5 28 255 219 107 10X Ohio 1 Poston 6 Chauncey N Y 25 Hocking Lick Run Kimberly Black Diamond Carbondale Coonville Lubrig.
The Floodwood revival opened Monday night led by evangelists Rev. Victor Glenn and Rev. John Peel of Bedford Indiana. Special music featured each service at 7 pm. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Andrew McKinney and family and Mr and Mrs George Adkins of Chauncey.
Chauncey near Sand Ridge 35 year old Durwood A Rupe died Tuesday night at home after a long illness. He is survived by wife Nell Sweeney Rupe and two children aged 18 and 10, plus his mother Mrs. James Rupe and several siblings. Funeral arrangements pending.
Chauncey residents update on health as Mercy Hospital Columbus reports Chauncey native Immogene Locke recovering after major surgery. Clifford Shafer shows improvement from appendicitis while James Rackham remains serious. Kathryn Schrappe and Zona Sapp show improved, and Newton Grigsby shows slight recovery after a stroke.
Chauncey Evangelist Wilson of Newark is holding a revival at The Plains Church of God in Plains. Services start Monday night at 7 30 and continue nightly with special music. Rev Harry Craig is the regular pastor. The December Everyman's Bible Class meets Thursday night at the Church of Christ with a business session social program and refreshments. Dan Johnson will lead the meeting. All men of the class are invited.
Chauncey and nearby towns feature social rounds with visits from Jimmie Smith Nancy Sue and Sheldon Powell in Nelsonville. Chauncey hosts include the Bryans Adkins McKinney and Orme circles with travel to Athens Hemlock Glouster Burr Oak and Spencer Ridge. A weekly Morristown Holiness Church cottage prayer meeting is planned Friday at 7 with Clyde and Bailey Pierce.
The Feenay Bennett Post American Legion holds a 6 30 banquet before business. Chief speaker Barton Holt of Logan, Eighth District Commander, will address members. All members urged to attend if possible.
Wil iam Faris an aged Black resident sought payment from Birmingham city for 1873 cholera epidemic work. He says Col James R. Powell hired him to make 72 coffins at two dollars six bits daily, five weeks, with proof lacking and health issues delaying claim. A separate note reports a 1,080 pound Angus steer named grand champion at Buffalo Junior Livestock Show.
Long Bottom notes report Lemoyne Hysell of Ravenswood found dead with a revolver in hand beside the Bonar barn after an apparent self inflicted death. Coroner from Ripley called the autopsy, death dated to the previous night before 11 o clock. Hysell leaves a wife on the Ohio side.
Members of the Heath Methodist Episcopal Bible School Ladies Winmore Class meet Friday evening at Ada Bings home on 8 Second Ave. Members should bring sandwiches. A Christmas exchange will follow a brief business session during the social hour.
Governor Floyd B. Olson offers the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation to aid Hennepin County authorities in pursuing the assassin who killed Walter Liggett, prominent Minneapolis newspaper publisher.
Pomeroy Music Club presents a Christmas vesper Sunday at 4 pm at Peace Evangelical Church. The program features solo and choir pieces plus vocal and instrumental arrangements. Public invited to attend.
Step In Start Quick Every Day this Winter and prevent cold weather stalling. Mobilgas promotes Arctic 10W or 20W Mobiloil as a ready starter and engine protection. Dealers drain crankcases and refill. Extra: Socony-Vacuum radio show Flying Red Horse Tavern every Friday at 8 PM on Columbia Network.
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