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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
2
A Thursday fire at Mrs. Frank Beans Walnut Street home in Nelsonville caused severe damage from burning soot and a defective flue. The shingle roof and supporting rafters were damaged and downstairs rooms will likely need re plastering and papering. Neighbors moved all furnishings from the burning house.
Raymond Marks died last night of meningitis at the family home in Sugar Creek. Funeral services were held this afternoon. Burial followed in The Plains Cemetery. He was survived by his parents and siblings Delbert Alva and Florence.
A benefit party is planned for tonight at 7 30 at St Andrews Parish Hall in Nelsonville. The event supports a local cause and invites community members to attend.
Members of the G A Club will hold a benefit party in the 1 C C F Hall Saturday night at 8 oclock.
Plans are complete for a head pin bowling tournament sponsored by the Nelsonville Eagles at Central Alleys. It runs from Sunday, December 18, for the full week with the alleys open each evening. No entrance fee, high prizes for top scores, and the public may enter unlimited games. The event began on Sunday to allow business people to participate.
Oliver Bishop repeated his win in a euchre contest sponsored by the Eagles at the local club. Thursday Harmon Dupler was his partner and they earned the most points across five games for a total of 41. Floyd Steenrod and Whitey McHaffey tied with John Brown and Pat DeLong for most games won. Steenrod and McHaffey won the playoff. A larger crowd is expected Sunday when Murray City Aerie No. 1044 visits for another euchre match and several other local tournaments are planned through winter.
Nelsonville church announces Rev. Leland Goodman sermon at morning service The choir performs On to Bethlehem and The Christmas Vision cantata led by Charles Poston and Sigrid Love The evening program includes Hark the Herald Angels Sing and The Glorious Vision plus Silent Night. Evening service starts at 7 pm.
Johnny Johnson sparked the Brooks Shoemen with scores of 217 254 and 191 for a 662 season high as Brooks won two of three against Shines Beer and Lunch of Logan. Johnson led with 662 total and a 254 single while Will Jones added 217 for 576. Shines totaled 2648 to Brooks 2656 in the final frames, with Neiman Auto Supply on deck and Glouster visiting Sunday against the Elks.
A Young People's Rally of the Pilgrim Churches is set for Oak Grove Church in Nelsonville on Friday December 16 at 7 pm. Principal speaker will be Miss Katherine Kinsey, a graduate of God's Bible School. Also speaking briefly is Miss Mabel Fair, returning from an evangelistic tour in the Far East, with vocal and musical selections from local and zone representatives. Zone chairman Rev. B A Awe urges full church delegation.
Minersville residents report visits across Ohio and Indiana plus illness in the community. Sara Jane Reese of Cleveland, born here, died, with funeral in Cleveland. two brothers and a sister survive. The Ladies Aid hosted Rev John Brown of Chester and charity gifts were shared. The Methodist cantata Santa Listens In is slated for December 24.
Pleasanton social notes list Sunday visitors and guests around the Bolin, Haning, and Bolin families including McKibben Sapps Fricker and Chase. Several relatives are noted visiting from Ath ens Pratts Fork Lancaster Akron Hebbardsville Mansfield and Dayton.
Mrs. Alice Barber aged 87 died at her Monday home after a long life begun in England and coming to the United States in 1882. Survived by six sons and three daughters, thirty grandchildren, many great grandchildren, and one great great granddaughter. Funeral services set for Sunday at Warren Funeral Home with burial in Buchte Cemetery.
Thirty six members of Class No 21 of the Methodist Sunday School held their annual Christmas party in the church social rooms last evening. They sat at a long table decorated with trees and holiday appointments for dinner at six. They exchanged gifts and sang carols after the meal. Mrs. Georgia Kilpatrick and Mrs. Gladys Bayliss of Athens attended as class members. Programs for the coming year were discussed. Mrs. J. M. Hyde, guest, was given a gift for substituting for the teacher, Mrs. Carl Coakley. Mrs. Hess Nichols of Wheeling, formerly a member, also attended.
Members gathered Wednesday with Mrs Sylvia Fiske for a post lunch afternoon of games and contests. Prizes were awarded to winners and a Christmas gift exchange was held. Attending were Mrs Pearl Keiffer Mrs Leatha Deer Mrs Irvin Brooks Mrs Arthur Ingram Mrs Elsie Herdlitzka Mrs Lillian Herdlitzka and the hostess.
Mrs Arthur Ingram entertained the Initial Rock 4 H Club for its annual Christmas party with carols gifts and games. Oscar Shaw Jr of Bessemer Ala guest of the Shoughs and will soon depart for Dayton to join Johnny Sims Orchestra. Civil War pensions total about two million dollars weekly.
The Great Waltz at the Athena Theater features a Strauss score chosen by a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer poll. Led by Luise Rainer Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus, the selection includes Artists Life at the podium, At the Monastery, Revolutionary March, One Day When We Were Young, You and You, Die Fledermaus ballet music, Tales of the Vienna Woods and There'll Come a Time with Methusalem piano.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ at Harper and Jackson Streets announced Sunday events. Sunday School is at 9 30 a m Sermonette at 10 30 a m Zions League at 6 p m preaching at 7 p m Speaker Charles McCray will deliver Prophecy of the Coming King.
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Harper and Jackson Streets will host a bazaar and bake sale on Saturday December 17 starting at 10 a.m. in Nelsonville. Ohio State Grange chose Columbus for its 1939 convention to be held in the second week of December. A note on biology describes the South American flat headed catfish carrying eggs on its stomach with cup shaped cells collecting the eggs.
Mrs. Margaret Ann Jonas, 75, wife of August Jonas, died at her Locust Street home after a two year bedfast illness. Funeral services Sunday at 2 PM at C. F. Wallace & Son Funeral Home with Harvey Smith in charge. Interment in Glouster Cemetery. Survived by husband and four children: Henry W. Jonas, Mrs. Lucy Bass of Columbus, Thomas Newman, and John Jonas.
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