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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1931
Page
6
Yuletide social season centers on homecomings as families from near and far gather. St Pauls parish hosts on Sunday with Father Band and Halband, featuring violin, carols, readings, solos, and a Santa Claus visit for about two hundred children.
Mrs. B Newton hosts a noon dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Cappock and families. Numerous relatives plan Christmas visits in Athens and Cincinnati, with arrivals by car from Columbus, Chicago, Grand Rapids and Cleveland. Observers note hospitalities, travel plans, and a funeral attendance as residents prepare for the holiday season.
Miss Martha Whipple visits from Cleveland to spend the holiday with her parents at 17 North Congress Street. Ma ine Maurine Cornwell, daughter of Charles and Mrs. Cornwell, is home at 34 South Congress Street for Christmas. Dr. J. M. Higgins and family plan a Dayton trip for Christmas Week. Mr. and Mrs. A L Johnson and grandson depart for Columbus to celebrate with relatives. Lawrence Worster of Cleveland.
Amesville officials announce the New England Presbyterian Church meeting will shift to January 10 due to the moderator's Christmas trip to Flint Michigan. Sunday School starts at 9 30 a m with a Christmas program. a carols and readings service directed by Miss Effie Glazier follows at the Amesville Presbyterian Church. Also noted is Elyria firefighters making over 4000 toys for local needy children.
Twenty three members of Boy Scout Troop No. 1 attended a Christmas party at the Methodist Church scout rooms Tuesday night. Scoutmaster Ralph Dupler and Assistant Scoutmaster James Scriveo led a business meeting and shared scout news. The group exchanged gifts around a pine tree decorated with red lights, then enjoyed sandwiches ice cream cake marshmallows and cocoa before playing games.
Two armed intruders bound Nathan Pollack and Sophie Pollack with chicken wire in Cleveland and fled with 1200 dollars. Police investigate the home invasion and robbery case as officers search for the suspects.
The Army will distribute school lunch milk to those in need during school holidays. Adjutant Bernard Stone announced milk from schools will be sent to the Salvation Army at 2 West Union Street for pickup at 4 p.m. after schools close.
Louise Herr 87 known as the Mother of Baldwin Wallace will be buried in Woodvale Cemetery after services at Emmanuel M E Church. She was active in campus life and a member of the women's faculty club.
Mrs. W F Lowman 61, former Torch resident, died Monday in Cleveland of gall stones after two weeks illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Torch Baptist Church with burial in adjoining cemetery. She is survived by husband formerly of Porch mother Rowena Nixon of Torch and sister Mrs Roy Dunfee of Xenia.
Cleveland Ohio December 23 1935 Sheriff John Salzmann faces removal after a Common Pleas Court found him guilty of refusing to start gambling at race tracks last summer. His counsel Luther Day will file a petition in error with the Court of Appeals next Monday seeking to overturn the decision. Judge A W Overmyer of Fremont presided at the hearing and ordered the removal.
Alfred Andrews, recently treated at Dayton Veterans Hospital, is spending Christmas with his family before returning to the hospital for further treatment at week's end.
Trimble Township Board of Education borrowed 6000 from an Athens bank to pay teachers a month and a half. no state aid arrived. The $5000 expected will go to the bank to repay the 36000 loan, leaving teachers without funds before Christmas.
Glouster on December 23 prohibits parking on Depot Square tonight until after the community Christmas tree exercises and treats are distributed to children from Glouster and nearby areas. A short program precedes the treats, but it will not delay the event. Hundreds of children are expected to attend the annual gathering. FRAZIER CHILD BURIED in Glouster. Funeral services for the five days old infant of Mr and Mrs Pearl Frasier were held at Jacksonville United S Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The child died Monday night at 1 o clock.
motorists complain the West Main detour at Day Creek and High Street deteriorates daily with mud and rutted dirt. A thin lime cover has worn away leaving the route nearly impassable and a longer detour expected as repairs lag behind. charity dance aids displaced Illinois orphans through Moose leaders in Glouster drawing hundreds to a fundraiser.
An Oakdale grade school held a Christmas program Tuesday night that drew one of the best attended crowds of the season with many visitors from distant areas. The event occurred Tuesday afternoon as the school prepared for vacation.
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