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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
3
Nelsonville readers are urged to check a special classifieds department headed by The Messenger with picks like Jiggs and Gas Buggies on display.
Mrs J W Stanley hosted the Needle Craft Club Friday afternoon on Fairview Avenue. Guests included Mrs Jessie Backus Mrs Geo Barrows and Mrs Jas Kuhn. Members present were Mesdames Geo Evans Charles Monns W E Allen S S Frank and Martha Davis. The ladies spent the afternoon tying comforts and enjoyed a two course lunch.
Miss Babe Creighton chairs a Busy Bee Marathon Club gathering Tuesday at 7 p m at her home on W Columbus Street.
Mrs. John Rosser hosted a Sunday dinner for her husband’s forty ninth birthday. Attendees included R. A. Rosser, the Rosser family members Martha George Jesse Isaac John Floyd, Floyd Steenrod, Bar Barber and their children Frances Billie Mae Rosser Logan, and Mayme Rosser Akron.
William Smith was held up Friday night by three unknown men on Cooley Hill as he walked home. They brandished a gun, tied his hands with a necktie, and took $30 before fleeing the scene. No arrests reported.
For some time Chief Pearson has held two posts, police chief and acting fire chief, as officials struggle to hire a fire chief. Former chief Loud has stepped in temporarily until civil service examines and fills the fire chief role.
Nelsonville schools contributed 148.50 to the war children’s relief fund to aid famine relief in Poland. Nelsonville High second team lost to Shawnee at Shawnee Friday night. Red Cross Xmas Seals sales by students reach 8000. The next lecture course event features Dorothea Sass in recital on December 17.
The Christian Woman's Missionary Society met last evening with President Mrs. C L Johnson presiding. The program included scripture reading by Mrs. E J Kessinger, papers by Mrs. A G Mechem, Mrs. Henry Poston, and Miss Lucile Kaelin, vocal solos by Miss Mabel Robison, and a missionary letter from Herbert Smith detailing 36 days in Africa. An offering was received.
The Presbyterian Mission Study Class will meet tonight led by Mrs. Ed Cooley with Mrs. N Hill guiding. The sessions have proven very interesting and a large number of women are attending.
Twin boys Rolla and Rolland Simington died after birth and were buried yesterday at Greenlawn. Their parents Mr and Mrs Will Simington mourn their loss in a brief obituary notice from the local community.
Mrs Gene Shafer and her young son Joe came back home on Saturday night, bringing a quiet update to family and neighbors about their return.
Blue law reformers gather for the International Reform Bureau’s 26th anniversary session in Washington. Speakers seen before the group's headquarters include State Rep Thomas Harrison Bishop J W Hamilton Dr Mitchell Carroll Father Eugene A Hannan Rep W D Upshaw Boole and Dr Wilbur F Crafts.
They were accompanied home by Mr and Mrs Joe Humphrey who will spend the holidays there.
Mrs. C. C. Frye of Columbus visited Sunday with Mrs. Clayton Murphy. Julius Fischer and wife spent the day at Grant hospital in Columbus. Ben Smith of Lancaster spent the weekend here. Mrs. Dick Brown and her son visited the former's parents. Mrs. Ida Jewett and Mrs. Esther Young returned from six weeks in Albuquerque New Mexico with niece Mrs. H E Walters Marie Bean. Will Fleck and Ralph and Louise Fleck spent the weekend in Columbus. Julius Shamasky OSU student visited his parents here. Mrs. John Rhodes stayed with her daughter and son in Columbus. Miss Flo Hutchins of Columbus spent the weekend with relatives here.
Everett Tanner bound over to the grand jury on a rape charge was released from the county jail on Saturday as Riley Morris posted bond. Austin Smith, another Trimble resident linked to the night of the alleged crime, was fined ten dollars and costs by Mayor Wallace for profane language and returned to surrender to authorities later.
Mrs. Joe Swett of Modoc pleaded guilty to making intoxicating liquors in Mayor Wallace court Friday. She was fined 200 dollars plus costs, with 100 dollars paid and balance secured. Swett, arrested over a week ago, had pleaded not guilty at arraignment. her change of plea avoids trial. This is her second liquor law violation.
Resolutions adopted by Glouster Lodge No 1197 honor Don Wilson of Athens found dead near the railroad track. The charter will be draped in mourning and copies sent to The Glouster Press and Athens Messenger, with sympathy to his family. Will Coulter, 53, dies of pneumonia. funeral at Crooksville. Mrs Gardner at his bedside.
A clash near Cloyne saw Sinn Feiners ambush Scottish Highlanders in daylight. One Sinn Feiner died, several Irish attackers were wounded or captured, and a Scots unit moving toward Cork returned fire with no major losses to themselves.
Wisconsin dispatch reports Minnesota lawmakers plan to introduce resolutions to amend the Volstead act. They will seek legalization of light wines and beer following a federal grand jury recommendation issued Saturday.
E F Skinner visited Columbus on Ford agency business this week. Ira Stansberry spent Sunday in Columbus with his brother Fred Stansberry at Grant hospital in Columbus.
Officials estimate that less than 6,000,000 horsepower comes from streams in the United States, but actual available capacity reaches about 54,000,000 horsepower. The finding highlights a much larger potential for hydropower than previously recorded.
Marion Ohio reports 250 hungry invisible guests will join President-elect Harding and Mrs. Harding at Christmas. Mrs. Harding pledges support to Central Europe famine children. Hoover seeks $35 million by asking each American family to host one or more children at home.
Apple Growers of Athens and Washington counties schedule a meeting at Grange Hall Coolville on Wednesday December 15 at one o clock. The gathering aims to discuss county apple growing matters and cooperative plans.
Mr and Mrs Arch Knowlton of New Marshfield welcomed an eight and a half pound son named Clovis. Mother and child are reported to be doing well.
The family of L. Don Wilson thanks friends for sympathy after the tragic accident. They praise Rev March for comforting words the singers for music the Brick Masons and Moose lodges for deeds and words Mr Walburn for services and many friends for flowers. I D Wilson and family.
In Passaic New Jersey the Dutch community discusses the fallout from the Rev Cornelius Denser and Miss Trina Hanneberg romance. Public excommunication of the girl's parents stirred divisions between defending the pastor and holding the couple responsible.
Fred C. Croxton, director of the social service department at the Ohio Institute for Public Efficiency, has accepted the directorship of the proposed Council of Social Agencies to be established in Columbus.
Five contacts were necessary to snuff out the light of William son, a black man at the state penue today. Johnson, who weighed pounds, was said tot the heavy man ever electrocuted here. He was convicted of killing a man during an Erie restaurant fight.
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