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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1925
Page
3
The Elizabeth Zane Dew chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized at the American Legion home in Nelsonville with state leaders and prominent women attending. Officers were installed and Mrs. Henry Poston honored for her decades of effort. many out of town delegates and local members joined in the ceremony.
A blaze at 12:45 in a Nelsonville cottage on Poplar Street destroyed the home of Mrs. James Jones and her three children. A coal heater in the dining room is blamed. Mrs. Jones woke the children and they escaped unharmed. Loss is about $500 with no insurance. The widow’s husband died in a mine accident two years ago. the state industrial commission had built the home.
Miss Anna Krivdo aged 19 dies at home in Murray City after several weeks illness. Funeral set Tuesday at the Catholic church in Murray City with Rev Father Galforini officiating. Burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Mike Krivdo and several sisters and brothers.
Nelsonville community notices that the Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will gather Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Tedrow on West Franklin Street.
Annual bazaar and entertainment at East School drew strong attendance Friday afternoon and evening. The event cleared two hundred dollars for school funds.
Large crowds filled Stuart’s opera house on Saturday as the Grotto minstrel wrapped a three night engagement. Mrs Vic Donahey, wife of Governor Donahey, attended as a distinguished visitor.
At the Rebekah meeting in Nelsonville on Friday members will pack a Christmas box and send it to the I O O F home. Members are urged to attend and bring gifts for the box.
Miss Ivah Hanning of Columbus spent the weekend as guest of her aunt Mrs. John Hill. Mrs. Will Pennell left to visit Inez children in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Oliver and Blittle son of Columbus were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Stalter. Mrs. Sam Hanley and son of Columbus visited home folks over Sunday. Dana Pennell of Columbus spent Sunday with his parents here. Mrs. Howard Musser of Delaware was guest over Sunday of her sisters. Ruth McLaughlin recovering after appendicitis at White Cross hospital. Born to Willard Simington and Gladys Starkey a daughter on December 8. Mrs. John Horton spent Saturday in Columbus. Mrs. George Bethel of Adrian Michigan visiting sister Mrs. Henry Poston. Misses Annabell Lee Marian Miller and Thelma Thornton of Youngstown, Ohio University students, were weekend guests of Miss Ruth Kelch.
A Sunday program under the Women's Missionary Society of the Christian church featured a pageant tracing the girlhood of various nations from the Indian child widow to the cheerfully portrayed Girlhood of Christian America. Mrs. B. Lane read, Miss Parren from Mt. Vernon sang, and national-costumed participants impressed audiences.
The spotlight’s use made each scene stand out with remarkable clearness. The house was crowded and many had to stand during the program.
In London the United States coast guards and British acquiescence ended Sir Broderick Hartwell's rum running venture. Hartwell, known as the boot leg baronet, started operations two years ago. his last shipment in April was seized, costing over 400000 dollars and sending him to bankruptcy.
Shenandoah reports the first untoward coal strike incident in the lower anthracite fields since September 1. A mob of about 5,000 men halted a trolley car and ordered three passengers, maintenance workers from a local colliery, to alight.
A listing of Tuesday radio and time slot schedules across several stations Eastern Central and Pacific time zones. Programs include Davis Saxophone Octet Royal ensembles violin recitals orchestras and dance orchestras with numerous station call letters and broadcast times.
Columbus hosts the Ohio Valley Retail Shoe Dealers association convention on March 2 and 3 with Murray City president Charles Seidenfeld and Columbus figures Earle Small and W. J. Kinatle among speakers at a Chittenden Club dinner.
In New Lexington on December 14 T R Lee 22 a railway clerk died when his motorcycle balked on a steep hill and he was struck by a car while his brother Lee Risser towed him homeward. Cecil Risser survived.
Berlin reports that Germany may back French plans to market German railway bonds through the railway trustee and reparations commission. If realized it could enable France to clear French troops from German soil and steady the franc. Interest would likely be raised above five percent, possibly seven percent.
Mrs. Margaret Hickey, 73, of near Canaanville, died at 3 80 oclock Sunday after apron flames from a cook stove burned her. Her daughter and son Joe and Mary Hickey were also burned trying to help. Funeral services will be at St. Pauls Catholic church Wednesday at 10. Burial in Catholic cemetery.
Chauncey December 14 The Loyal Boys Sunday school class at the First Christian church held its annual Christmas party at Mr and Mrs Karl W Gardner home. A two course chicken dinner followed by games and music capped the evening. Officers elected for 1940 include President Forest Smart, Vice President Wayne Smith, Secretary and Treasurer Bennie Ferrer.
Mrs. Neil Hammack files for divorce alleging cruelty by her husband. The petition claims she was struck over the head and driven from their Lancaster home. The couple married October 26, 1920, have no children, and she seeks temporary and permanent alimony to pursue the action.
In Chauncey high school gym Friday night Chauncey defeated Athens 18 to 14. Chauncey players included Virgil Lahugh Shortie Smith Sanders Stanley Howard Clyde Ferrell Gillespie and Dwight Hill.
Miss Wyona Gardner of Chauncey spent the weekend in Columbus as the guest of Miss Floride J. Sprague, a Chauncey resident and Ohio State student, who attended the Ohio State game against Ohio University.
Chauncey teachers and pupils along with Morris town school and Chauncey churches plan Christmas programs. The schools will perform on the Wednesday afternoon before Christmas and churches will hold entertainments on Christmas Eve.
Hugo Teaanee of Chauncey sustained a left leg injury just above the knee last week when kicked by a horse while working in the Chauncey mine.
Sunbury Ohio December 14 Peter J Martin Bon Air farm south of Galena has qualified as a member of the 100 Bushel Corn club of Ohio by averaging 107 bushels per acre on a ten acre field of Woodburns gold en corn. The plot was bottom land last year. He will receive a county championship medal and life membership during farmers week this year. Martin is a former Athens boy and attended Ohio university.
Mrs. Harley Boeckler wife of a Christian minister near Ashtabula died at City Hospital Springfield at 3 p m from injuries in a collision Friday when her automobile was struck by a Big Four locomotive near here Dr P E Cramer 65 a Springfield physician also died Friday night The Boeckler husband was born in Waterloo township Athens county
A vintage ad touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a palatable alternative to liquid cod liver oil. It claims rapid weight gain and restored strength for the thin and nervous, with a 60 tablet bottle priced at 60 cents and a money back guarantee if five pounds are not gained in 30 days.
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