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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1930
Page
2
Local correspondent H Bartlett provides society and locals brief items for Nelsonville and surrounding area. Telephone your news to 412 W as a service to readers and residents seeking community updates.
Nelsonville on December 16 reported the first day of a fund drive for a Public Health Nurse raising $410. Donors include RE P O Ellis Nelsonville Lumber Co F J Beasley Milling Co Athens Messenger C W Backus Lumber Co Board of Trade Red Men Athens Ice & Storage Co Bennett Creamery Retail Merchants Association American Legion. About $2,000 total is needed to finance the program and the sponsors will intensify the drive this week to finish soon.
Special program by the Senior Choir of The Methodist Episcopal Church will be Sunday at 7 p m under director Prof Charles J Poston. Junior Orchestra directed by Miss Bessie Stevenson opens with 15 minutes of Christmas music followed by a full choir program and community carols. White Gift Offering benefits the Methodist Children's Home and Home for the Aged.
Mr and Mrs George Bonner and Beverly Lou visited Mr and Mrs Alex Nelson. Thelma McGiffen and Elizabeth Divay of Columbus stayed with friends. Merle Nelson of Detroit visited with his parents. Clarence Stewart spent the weekend in Middletown with Rev C H Esichinger. Leland Roy now home after hospital stay. Elise Grammer’s guest Elizabeth Harper from Ironton attends Ohio University. Various residents visited Columbus Athens Stewart and neighboring towns for weekend or weekday stops.
Mrs. Sam Gilham and her son Arthur celebrated Mr. Gilham’s birthday with a Sunday gathering at their home. A noon chicken dinner was served to guests including Roy Gillham and wife from New Marshfield, Henry Berry and daughter Helen from Columbus, Frank Gilham from Athens, and Sam Gilham with Arthur.
In Nelsonville on December 16 two youths robbed Pastor's Store at 448 Poplar Street around 9:30 PM. They held manager Harry Harris at gunpoint, rifled the cash register for about $175, then fled from the front door as customers had just left. Police were alerted immediately.
Miss Adaline Ray hosted the Christian Church Business Girls' Class gathering on West Washington Street. Mrs. R. M. Henry led the session with Mrs. Grammer and Mrs. Betts presiding. Mary Roscoe read scripture. Frances Bennett accompanied carols. prizes went to Mrs. Steenrod, Adaline Ray, Verna Hand, Margaret Johnson. gifts exchanged. refreshments served to 25 attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sayre entertained Sunday evening at 696 Poplar Street with a chicken dinner and Christmas tables. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Allen and daughter Jean, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Linsecott and son Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis, and daughters Shirley and Imogene. A gift exchange followed.
Miss Harriet Katherine Morgan and Frank Nixon of Deanville were married on Monday December 15 at the Christian Church pastor Reverend Charles K Grammer Fayette Street officiating.
The Christmas Bazaar at the Buchtel Opera House hosted by the Parent Teacher Association raised 216 dollars for school purposes. Mrs Eva Wright chaired the committee with Mrs Myrtle Sweazy as association president praising patrons and friends for the successful event.
Inez Irene Savage fourteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Savage died Monday evening at their Doanville home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Doanville Church with burial at Greenlawn. Parents and three sisters survive.
The ladies of St. Patrick's Parish in Buchtel announce a board party at their hall on Thursday January 1 at 8 o clock. The public is invited.
The Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge will meet Wednesday evening at Mrs. Martha Davis's home on 998 Poplar Street. A Christmas gift exchange will be a feature of the gathering.
The ladies of St Andrews' Church invite the public to a card party this evening at 8 o'clock at their parish home.
The Esther Class of the Christian Sunday School held its annual Christmas party with a 6 o'clock dinner at the Dew Hotel. Officers elected for the new year included President Miss Beth Verity and others. Twenty four members attended with prizes presented to Mrs. Howe and Miss Verity.
The life record of an unnamed farmer, kept daily since before the Civil War, was disclosed following the death of 87 year old Charles Tibbetts in Wolfeboro New Hampshire. The diary spans seven decades of daily activities.
Sauk Center residents and town leaders reached a consensus that Sinclair Lewis is a good fellow who boosted their town with Main Street. Older residents recalled initial anger at the book but now praise his achievements and public regard has improved significantly.
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