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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
6
The Chauncey Church of Christ will hold its annual Christmas entertainment next Sunday morning with the Sunday School. Miss Ruth Fiske’s class of girls leads the decorations and program features recitations songs and instrumental numbers by school members. Sunday School starts at 9:30. All are welcome.
Dec 18 in Chauncey reports Mr. and Mrs James McCollam and Mr. and Mrs I F McCollam hosted over Sunday guests at Main Street home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs Raymond Wilson and son Dicky of Union Furnace Solomon Goff of New Marshfield and Mr. and Mrs H E Ansel with Mr. and Mrs Wat kins of Zaleski.
Clyde Snyder of Greens Run visited his brother Wayne Snyder in Millfield. Isabel Brown spent Sunday with Miss Pearl Henery. Emmett Olbers and son Billie of Taylor Ridge visited the Browns. Carolyn Guerra, an eighth grade student, is at home in Millfield.
Evangelist William Ellis of Philadelphia will lecture at 7 pm at Chauncey Knights of Pythias Hall. His topic is Are We Speaking Prosperity What Say the Bible. The public is invited to attend.
Mrs Kenneth Landes and her daughter Betty Lou have returned to their home after a week in Columbus. They stayed with Mr and Mrs John Karr and Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown. Mr Landes went to Columbus on Saturday to bring them home.
Chauncey Mine No 25 of the Manhattan Coal Company operated today after idle periods. The mine had worked Saturday but was closed Thursday and Friday due to no orders. Miners expect good pay for Christmas, aiding many homes. Raymond Goodson returned to Pontiac after his brother Theodore Goodson’s death. Rev V Ahlbrand and Mrs Ahlbrand visited relatives in Chillicothe.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Bingham and guests Mr and Mrs Walter Wharton and Mrs Flay Channell visited Mr and Mrs Guy Brooks and Mr and Mrs John Shaffer in The Plains. Mrs James Mackie of Millfield was a Chauncey visitor on Monday.
Three men were arraigned before Mayor Alex Moore on Monday night for intoxication and fined. James Collins paid $25 and costs, Ray Collins $10 and costs, and Woodrow Knox $10 and costs.
Pomeroy report states Gallipolis Rotary Club has received a charter from the International body and will be presented with fitting ceremonies soon. A move is under way at Middleport to organize a Rotary Club with hopes to start early in the new year.
Dec 18 report recounts John Kelly, one of three penitentiary escapees from June, being captured after the escape. The item notes the badge and procedures following the breakout and identifies Kelly among the escapees.
Meigs County authorities moved two West Virginia men, including Kelly described as a desperate character, who were sent up from Meigs County two years ago for stealing a cow along the Rutland pike and attempting to sell it to a town butcher near the Sherman Arms barracks.
The Goes sler funeral party brought back the cremated ashes of August Goessler. The ashes are in the custody of Undertaker Ewing awaiting proper disposition. Mr. Compton, son-in-law and partner, says the jewelry store will continue as before.
Mrs. A. T. Lewis aged 68 died Saturday morning at her Letart Falls home. Her family faced a car crash near Racine earlier as they rode to Pomery to select a casket. no serious injuries were reported. Funeral set for 2 p.m. at the Letart Falls Methodist Church.
Kappa Signa Pi met last week at the chaplain Prof Cc D. Giauque’s home on May Avenue. Dr W S Gaerts felder lectured on Saint Paul as part of a continuing series begun a month ago. Ellis Shaney sang a vocal solo. A $5 contribution from Miss Edith Beecher was reported. Next meeting is at the Presbyterian Church Thursday at 7. The chapter lists 30 members and plans to limit further growth.
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