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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1931
Page
2
In Cleveland on December 21 gunmen stopped a special policeman and an East Side merchant on the way to a bank. They escaped with 315 after robbing the officer of his revolver and car.
Chauncey, Ga December 22 Toys for needy children will be given at the Chauncey Community Christmas tree event at 5 30 p m with candy nuts fruit. The Menger Toy Shop Athens provided the toys in charge of Mrs Eugene Shaffer and Mrs Freer will oversee distribution at the New York Company store Chauncey Gifts include 50 cents value per child and were funded by officials miners of Chauncey Mine No 1 New York store and local wholesalers and travelers.
John Maurer, manager of the company store at Orbiston, arranged a charity event for the Orbiston Union Sunday School pupils. He supplied 75 pounds of candy nuts and fruit, aiding the Sunday School despite an industrial downturn. Sanders, the superintendent, and other leaders praise the effort and community cooperation.
Hear of death Monday Rigbert Buchanan to be buried Wednesday afternoon in Steuben He lived in Circle Hill for years and worked as a mine engineer Survived by wife Basil Buchanan and Ruth Buchanan plus several brothers and daughters Funeral services set for 2 p m Wednesday from the late residence
Chauncey Blue Devils will face Chauncey Zfimni in a basketball game Wednesday night at the Chauncey gym. Both boys and girls teams will play if set, events announced for the Chauncey community scene.
Entertains guests at their Main Street home in Chauncey on Sunday. Attendees include Floyd Stanley, Joe Ford, Joseph Stanley, Hiram Whit Weir of Pomeroy, Mr and Mrs Fraser and four sons Edgar Ferris Bobbie and Hubert Nelsonville.
The Christmas entertainment at the Church of God in Ghasnees will be held tonight at o'clock instead of 7 as announced. Public is invited.
The Messenger advertises its news service and contact number 126 Chauncey to receive local news updates by phone.
Sugar Creek schools in Chauncey schedule a Christmas entertainment on Wednesday with an assembly program. Afterward pupils exchange gifts and receive a treat from teachers Lauretta Fielder Imelda Smith and Linnie Hall. Parents and community members are invited to attend.
In Chauncey William Glass Jr and Louis Gadnai from Greens Run underwent operations on the last week to remove raisins from the eyelids. Gadnai had recently returned from Columbus hospital where an eyeball was removed after an earlier mine accident left him blind.
December reports show eleven mines in operation on Monday and thirteen today in Chauncey district. Four large workings listed are Chauncey Nos. 25 and 255 Greens Run Hocking and Poston No. 6 Millfield. Additional active pits include Lick Run L D Poston Nos. 62 8 10 68 Ohio No. 1 No. 24 No. 28 and Black Diamond.
Denzil Philips of Chauncey has returned home from St Francis Hospital Columbus after ten weeks of treatment including four surgeries. His condition fluctuated between critical and improving. He left his Chauncey home to be cared for by his parents Mr and Mrs Abner Phillips.
Federal agents and Toledo police ended over a month of undercover narcotics work with a roundup of more than 25 offenders in Toledo. Seventeen women were among those arrested, with most released after questioning in the basement of the new post office. Herbert Burns, 40, alleged to take welfare aid while earning over $100 daily from drug sales, was among the arrests.
Mr and Mrs Walter McCaskey hosted Sunday Culyde Bingman of Glouster and her husband’s sister Mrs Georgia Burdick of Adena Ohio. Burdick will undergo jaw bone surgery due to infection after eight teeth were extracted.
Glouster plans a community Christmas tree program at Depot Square Wednesday night with a Kiwanis session and song singing. Treats will be handed out by Santa Claus and helpers after 7 o clock. Children from Glouster and surrounding communities are urged to attend and sing along.
Trimble Grange met Saturday night in a special session to confer First and Second Degrees. A midnight lunch followed as Pauline Antle Margaret Antle Mildred Weiss May Howard Katherine Gillespie Laura Louise Pettit Courtney Pettit Arthur Corwin and Jasper Moody received the degrees with Ed Howard and family from York Grange visiting.
Knox-Woodworth Furniture Company plans to relocate after the new year to the first floor of the Ohio Collieries Building at High and Front Streets in Glouster. Ralph Guerra of Millfield sold the lease. the firm gains a storage room and basement access, increasing usable space.
In Glouster on Saturday a Moose charity dance drew over 300 attendees and yielded a sizable sum for the Moose Heart fund. Funds will help maintain the Moose Home for Children in the community, with annual support from members and friends.
Mrs G H Harper is seriously ill at her Urbancrest home from gall stones. She is 75, with limited hope of recovery due to age. A longtime city resident, she came here with her husband the late George Harper from Mountville. Glouster also notes Mr and Mrs Louis Gail attended a meat show in Zanesville hosted by the Zanesville Provision Company with a music program and film.
Mrs H R Grubbs reports two burglaries at Maplewood country home near Glouster Dee 22 with items including incubator automobile chains vinegar a cream separator and small goods stolen. Tracks from the house indicate likely arrests forthcoming as thieves identified. Mrs Grubbs widow moved to town for winter schooling and plans to return next spring.
The Gladys Viney property in No 6 District will be offered at sheriff's sale in front of the Athens Courthouse on January 23 at 1 PM. Appraised at 300 but may be sold as low as 200, two thirds of the appraised value.
The Athens City Council closed 1931 by paying all bills and leaving about 5500 in gas tax funds. Since 1929 the city has received around 68000 in gas tax revenue, with over 45000 spent on street labor. Bonds total 135000 with 40000 due for street and sewer assessments.
The council approved purchasing two trucks for street work and announced the annual city employees dinner at Hotel Berry on Tuesday December 29 at 6 PM. The January 1 meeting at 11 AM will organize the council. W H Pratt and Clyde Mansfield retire. A new courthouse sidewalk project is planned when weather allows. An ordinance to license peddlers and curb begging was discussed.
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