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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
7
Athens attorney John J. Woolley will address Nelto gonville Senior-Junior High School chapel Friday morning. Directors of Boy Scout Troops 45 and 51 will hold a joint session at the Y M C A at 7 30 tonight. Scout Week begins February 8 with all local Scouts urged to wear uniforms through February 14.
Nelsonville reports church services will be held at Miss Irene McDowell’s home tonight due to repairs. The Cosmopolitan Club gathers Friday evening with Mrs. Walter Wolf. Local personal notes mention residents visiting Columbus, Hartman Theater, Beatty Hospital and various relatives across Indiana Detroit and Washington.
Nelsonville Ohio February 7 two local teams prepare for Friday 2 30 pm debates in the high school auditorium The affirmative and negative squads face Wells ton and Gallipolis with Dr McWhiston of Ohio University as judge Miss Acker guides the groups The question asks whether the United States should cease protecting capital invested abroad by force of arms except in war and the participants include Arvilla Landis Bob Mhuenefeld Paul Collamore and rest of the nine-member teams competing for Southeastern Ohio crown.
Hocking Valley Company No 75 Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias held its annual inspection and officer installation in Nelsonville on February 5. Major H W Bach of Columbus acted as inspecting officer. New officers include Captain S H Lancaster First Lieutenant W W Gibson Second Lieutenant C W Monks Recorder G W Pearce Treasurer J S Mooney Guard W E Clements Sentinel Albert Barber. Several visitors attended.
The Merchants Institute conducted by J W Griest and staged by the Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association closed with two well attended sessions. Clerks and executives met. members reacted favorably to the institute and plans to implement suggested solutions were announced.
Mrs. Gay Aumiller hosted a Wednesday bridge gathering at North Columbus Street with three tables. High scorers were Mrs. Walter Mechem Mrs. Will Morgan and Mrs. Cecil Shafer guest L. P. Rice attended. Tom Joyce remains in Chexiiaey Hospital after a serious car crash on Chestnut Street. Joyce has a fractured skull and arm injuries and is semi conscious. The Nelsonville Church of Christ revival continues with a large crowd and a 83-member children's chorus directed by Mrs. Tuckerman. Mr. Tuckerman leads a solo and adult song fest. Reverend K H McCorkle preaches tonight on The Monkey Wrench of the Bible, following last night’s talk Seven Detours to Hell.
Nelsonville Greyhounds practice hard aiming to topple Pomeroy and solidify the Southeast Ohio League lead. Friday’s away game could seal the title. Chillicothe and other league contests follow Saturday with three games on the local floor. The girls and junior high squads also compete with Carbon Hill and Nelsonville teams respectively.
The Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters met Wednesday evening with Mrs. H. BE Lancaster of West Washington Street. A social hour with games followed the business session. Mrs. Lancaster, with Mrs. C. A. Jack and Mrs. J. D. Adamson, served luncheon to members including Mrs. Will Fleck Athens Mrs. I. E. Hellyer Mrs. Carl Coakley Mrs. Robert Eddy Mrs. W. W. Gibson Mrs. Carl Bateman Mrs. Harry Davis Miss Louise Pearce and Miss Bertha Howard.
The Pollyanna Class of the Christian Sunday School entertained Monday evening at Mrs. Raymond Powell's home on Myers Street. Present were Mrs. Claude Cranmer teacher Mrs. Walter Linscott Miss Lillian Hellyer Miss Adams Miss Viola Wood Miss Mary Cranmer and Miss Elsie Coakley.
Edward Newman 75 died yesterday at his Orbiston home. Funeral services will be at the Methodist Church in Orbiston Saturday at 2 o'clock. Burial at Greenlawn. He is survived by his wife and several children.
The Berean Class of the Christian Sunday School in Nelsonville plans a 9:30 a m Sunday morning service with singing evangelists Mr and Mrs E C Tuckerman performing song numbers. The regular teacher will present the lesson and the public is welcome.
Sam Williams, a Negro of near New Pittsburgh, was released from Athene County Jail after bond signed by Nate French. The $48 balance of a $75 fine will be paid in $10 installments monthly through July 10. Williams was arrested on the Jerseyville road after officers received a sheriff’s office call and pleaded guilty in Justice Carl H. Porter’s court.
Unconfirmed reports from Vienna indicate a virulent influenza epidemic in Prague and Czecho Slovakia with grave rumors of a cemetery averaging two burials per hour. Authorities consider the reports greatly exaggerated and await official confirmation.
Beventy bodies lay at the morgue awaiting burial while a similar number remained at the crematorium as furnaces operated day and night.
Violent disturbance erupts at Reading County Prison as state officials county authorities and city police mobilize to quell about 200 inmates. Authorities coordinate to restore order and assess damages and security lapses.
An old advertisement extols syrup pepsin as a health booster and mild laxative. It claims a single spoonful aids digestion, appetite, and elimination, promising quick body changes in ten days and improved function of the stomach and bowels for children and adults.
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