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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1929
Page
3
In Nelsonville on February 13 the Usual story and picture hour for boys and girls will be held at the M. E. Church. Promptly at 6 o'clock, a lively song service and interesting stories will be followed by colored pictures for young people. All Sunday School and Junior Church members are invited. The meeting will last about three quarters of an hour.
Dr and Mrs Dana Starr journeyed from Athens to Mt Sterling en route home and were hosted by Mrs Lydia Johnson and others. numerous residents and visitors including Mrs Emma Edwards, Miss Stella Edwards, Mrs C A Hooper, Walter Mechem, Charles Weltzheimer, Miss Ruth Donley, and Ada Alice Lama celebrated a sixth birthday with Ada Alice receiving gifts. Several trips to Columbus and Cleveland marked the week with hospital talks and Luncheon plans for lawmakers’ wives.
Ten tables of euchre and six of bridge were played at the St. Andrew's Church benefit card party last evening in the Parish Hall. High euchre scores went to Mrs. Dave Evans and Eugene Hohenadel, while Miss Freda Smith and Wallace Glenn led in bridge. Mrs. Thomas Mulligan won the door prize. Refreshments were served, with good attendance from Buchtel and Murray City.
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dutch Leidy announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Monday February The baby has been named Shirley Louise.
County high schools will contest a two day girls basketball tournament in Hollister starting Friday at 9 am. Most county teams participate and the final will be Saturday night. Some schools will dismiss Friday. if not in session the day must be made up later, says County Superintendent H R McVay.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets claim to cleanse poisons from the system and ease stomach trouble, pimples, fatigue, and headaches. Advertising asserts a vegetable formula with olive oil, priced at 60 to 80 cents, offering a calomel substitute.
Sixty Nelsonville Scouts from Troops 45 and 51 gathered at the YMCA in Nelsonville during National Scout Week and Lincoln Birthday observances. H. F. Mechem led the program with Lincoln life notes while six merit badges were awarded, and speakers emphasized thrift, kindness, reverence, and Scout laws.
East End Parent-Teacher Association will hold its monthly meeting at the East Building Friday evening February 15 at 7 o clock. The national association anniversary and East group thirteenth anniversary will be observed with a program by first and second grade pupils. Past presidents received invitations for participation. Refreshments will be served and each parent asked to bring a cup and spoon.
Nelsonville notices announce York Grange No 2436 will hold a regular meeting Friday February 15 at 7 30 pm at Oak Grove. All members urged to attend. In other items the G E G Sewing Club met at the home of Mrs Claude Cranmer on Madison Street. hostesses served luncheon and guests included Mrs James Hartman. Members listed include Mrs Bernice Linscott and Misses Gay Ervin Elsie Coakley Mildred Bryan Viola Wood and Mary Cranmer.
Don Richard Harmony celebrated his fourth birthday on Saturday afternoon at his parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harmony, East Franklin Street. The party ran from 2 to 4 o'clock with games and refreshments for 18 guests.
The Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will serve a luncheon at the church on Thursday from 11 to 1. Menu includes soup baked beans sandwiches pie and coffee. Served on the cafeteria plan. Public invited.
Nelsonville reports the death of Mrs Ella Spencer Bates who passed away Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida. The body will be transported Thursday to Cadiz Ohio for funeral and burial. Mrs Bates was formerly a Nelsonville resident.
Eugene Vascoy fourteen died in a Columbus coast ing accident while companion Richard Jordan fifteen was injured. Police said the youths were riding a toboggan on a hill when they collided with a parked car.
The second class of the Girl Scout leadership course taught by Miss Claudia Roberts met at 7 pm Tuesday in the Athens Chamber of Commerce rooms with 25 attendees. Patrols Crocus Forget-me-not Violet and Firefly named leaders and drills included rope tying and dramatized laws.
Approval by the National Retail Credit Association followed the Federal Reserve Board move to curb speculation and restrict credit to legitimate uses at the Tri State Convention final session in Toledo.
Cincinnati report states a carefully laid plot led to the kidnapping of Nancy Ellen Keyes, granddaughter and adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathan Keys of Hillsboro. Lillian Keyes ages 17 was riding when struck and thrown from the automobile by the kidnapper.
Police search for a man who beat Marion Harper, a recluse, to death with a wooden stick. Harper's body was found in his shack in Thacker Hollow near Byers. He had a broken neck and a fractured skull. motive unknown, police suspect money hidden in the hut.
Arrest report shows Lawrence Hughes taken by Constable Harry Datton in Dayton for failure to provide for an illegitimate child. Hughes was to be arraigned next day before Justice Car H Porter. Susie Clarey of Morristown, grandmother of the child, filed the affidavit and says Hughes had an earlier arrest and used an assumed name.
The divorce case Katherine Calkins Rousey versus Dr Schuyler C Rousey will not be heard by the District Court of Appeals in Athens. Judge Middleton said the case will be submitted when the Court of Appeals meets in Pomeroy for convenience of the principals. Nine Ohio Colonies Company injunction cases were dismissed at cost of plaintiffs in error.
A brief sales note touts a 76 acre Fisher farm with 3 oil wells for 5500 dollars and asks for passengers to Florida. It promotes selling unused items and eggs for Barred Rocks while advertising another fish special as Lent begins.
Seventeen dogs were killed at the county dog pound last week, announced by Porter Dicken, the county dog warden. Four killed because they had killed sheep on farms near Athens, those dogs destroyed after two sheep claims were filed. Other dogs were killed for lacking 1929 license tags or being unclaimed. Unlicensed dogs see few owners claim them. dogs are selected from the pound at intervals for sale to tag purchasers.
The Girls Glee Club presents three ensemble numbers at the Founders Day convocation in Athens. Director Margaret Benedict notes the upcoming Ohio Association of University Girls Give Clubs contest and mentions a potential WLW Cincinnati broadcast at noon.
The Athens Business and Professional Women's Club meets Thursday in City Building club rooms. Publicity chair Mrs. Dasa Long says the emblem committee will present the program, followed by what is described as the end of a segment of the report. Gales endanger ships in Seattle as four vessels face anxious conditions in the Pacific today.
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