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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
3
Nelsonville December 29 report shows weekly church attendance rising with 86 morning and 80 evening worshipers. Next Sunday aims for 100 in each service as the vested choir plans new music and January 9 will feature the first communion of the year with baptism of infants and adults.
In Nelsonville the Y M C A reports unusual activity as auto license tags are distributed. Three clerks handle demand while delays arise if owners lack a bill of sale and weight ticket. the rush should end by January 1 when new tags must be attached to all cars.
Mrs. Co. D. Shafer and her brother J. L. Jack traveled from Nelsonville to Columbus then Urbana to attend the funeral of Joseph A. Jack. Born in Athens county he later farmed in Champaign county and was a well known local citizen.
Nelsonville gathering for Christmas dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Barrow drew four generations. Attendees included Mrs Wesley Six of Carbondale, Mrs John Barrows of Nelsonville, James Barrows and daughter Betty Jane of Zanesville.
In Nelsonville city league action the American Legion and Y Seniors failed to appear for a game. The league committee warned that if Thursday night games are not played the league may be terminated. The Y Seniors forfeited to the Phi Sigs, then the Seniors won an exhibition 63 to 18 led by Rowers eight baskets with Dixey and Steenrod six each. Raybould of the Sigs also had six.
Thomas Green pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor Eberle and was fined 10 dollars plus costs. Theron Goodson of Chauncey also paid 10 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to fighting. Porter Barron, arraigned Monday for fighting, changed to guilty. sentence deferred.
A Logan squad of last year's high school players will play the Y M C A five in Nelsonville on Friday night as part of the open house program. The game is scheduled for 10 o'clock.
Nelsonville retailers announce all stores closed for New Years while Thursday afternoon closings continue with usual Friday late hours. A special Local Union No 127 UMWA meeting is set for December 30 at 1 PM in the I O O F hall.
A special lodge meeting of the St Bernard chapter will convene at the Masonic temple Thursday evening. The event includes installation of officers and a lunch following the ceremony.
The Nelsonville High School Glee Club is mentioned in social notes. The Faithful Workers class of the M. E. Sunday school plans a Friday evening party at Mrs. Charles Reynolds on Myers Street with music readings and a playlet. Election of officers is noted for the group.
Members of the class are requested to take their earned New Year’s offering and sandwiches for the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lowery entertained Christmas day for their daughter Esther on the occasion of her marriage to Harley Allen of New Plymouth the ceremony held last Friday. Attendees included Eugene Wolf Enterprise Mrs William O Hara Marion and family, Charles Wachensch er family, Charlies Wendell Ollie and Morse Lowery. Mr Hick and Mrs Hick hosted a turkey dinner Christmas with Clinton Hick James Grant and Mark Hick of Columbus. They returned home Sunday evening.
Miss Garnet McMarrow and Hobart B. Rife were married Christmas morning in the Christian church study with Rev. O J Howearth officiating. The couple, both of Buchtel, will reside there after the ceremony.
Local residents report holiday hospitality as Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mender and son Roland Mills visit Lancaster. S. P. McDowell hosts Elmbrook Farm guests, while the Edgars of Columbus join Will Powell’s Athens home. Several families travel to Columbus Peters burg and Lakewood for Christmas and return home with stories of kin and friends.
Passengers on Baltimore and Ohio train No. 22 eastbound were shaken when the engine struck a large rock near the Mineral tunnel early this morning. The locomotive stayed on the rails and no serious injuries were reported.
A damaged engine rack and parts halted a train near Athens as crew cleared the wreckage. Ed Cole and Servisor led a crew to Mineral to recover the rack. The train was about an hour late, expected to arrive at 2 46.
Waldo Spurbeck, 28, deemed a hopeless cripple, peddled liquor from a street corner to earn a living. A customer offered a different idea leading to his appearance before Probate Judge Hammond, who fined him 100 dollars and costs and jailed him after he refused to reveal liquor sources. Deputies in jail care for him due to his inability to move or walk unaided.
Chester Penix aged 31 was jailed in Cincinnati on December 29 for bigamy. Miss Mary Christie of the juvenile court investigated and charged that he had four marriages.
A listing of radio program highlights across stations including CFCA Toronto WIZ New York WRC WGY WBZ WEAF KGO Oakland. Programs feature tenor Allen Me musical comedy Henry Burr artists and the KGO Little Symphony Orchestra with evening time slots in different time zones.
The marriage of Mrs. Juanita Yellowdog of Nelsonville and Enos Wade Lockade of Pine Grove was performed yesterday by Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig. The bride has continued the medicine business since the death of her husband, Chief Yellowdog, a medicine dealer and Indian doctor.
Mayor Alex M. Moore announced the traffic light system at Court Street intersections with Union Washington and State streets will start at 8 30 tomorrow morning. Pedestrians are urged to cross only on green at intersections and obey new signals as safety officers guide the change.
Mary Jane Crippen died at 97 on Christmas. all real and personal property goes to son Harvey C. Crippen. Columbus probate granted. no inventory or appraisal requested. Will dated December 19, 1903. codicil from July 1921 names Harvey as executor without bond.
Washington reports that Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League proposed verdicts of deliberate death by own action in cases where deaths were caused by drinking poison bootleg liquor. He warned that trusting bootleggers or their labels is gambling with lives, noting the danger.
The Thea Chapter O. E. S. in Glouster installs 1927 officers and appointive leaders after November elections. Names include Worthy Matron Patience Wallace, Associate Matron Elizabeth Clark, Conductress Phyllis Roberts, Secretary Allie Kinney, Treasurer Isabel Bulloch, Trustee Mary Bryson, with Chaplain Mary James and Warder Ida Park among appointees. Funeral for Harry Dan Hoffman Jr. announced. service in I. E. church at 1:30 Thursday. burial Maplewood Cemetery in Glouster.
Hollister resident Mrs Isaac Rothery, who was admitted to Grant hospital in November with a fractured hip, remains in serious condition with only slight hopes for recovery.
Somerset, Pa, Dec 29 two workers were instantly killed when a gas explosion ripped through Consolidated Coal Company's Acosta mine near here early today.
Fred Hallam of Jacksonville and Miss Jessie Galbraith of Columbus wed in Columbus. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. C. D. Coburn at the Twelfth Avenue Methodist church. The couple was seen by Miss Helene Gibbs and Bernard Hodapp, with dinner afterward at the bride’s mother Mrs Hallie Hallam’s home.
Loyal Women of the Church of Christ in Glouster will stage a dollar social Thursday evening starting at 7:30. Each member earns a dollar and reports how, with a prize for best earnings talk. A program is planned and lunch will be served for a 15 cent admission.
Glouster Der 29 The Glouster Temple Pythian Sisters will observe its regular birthday night at the meeting Thursday evening. Each member is requested to bring her favorite dish for the party.
Tris Speaker, who had said he would speak at 10 AM today to clear his name in the baseball scandal, now says he will make no public announcement. The reversal comes after earlier reports of possible actions to address the controversy.
Harold Montgomery was found not guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor under 18 by a Beckley Athens jury in Probate court. The trial lasted most of the day with foreman Beckley Athens leading the deliberations lasting only minutes before the verdict.
Chauncey's Mr Headley marketed ducks and geese through a Messenger ad and drew a surprising response. Potential customers were directed to call Athens 703 412 W Logan 60247 Pomeroy 111 3 or Gloucester 8 for supplies or poultry.
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