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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1919
Page
3
Local items include sale notices for a four room house at 962 Walnuts and an Indian sidecar being offered cheap. Council No 119 Jr C U A M to meet with two state officers present. Social notes report a well attended masquerade at the Christian church with prizes, plus Valentine gatherings and various residents visiting Columbus and nearby towns.
A weekly social highlight enjoyed a Valentine themed party Friday evening at Miss Hazel Eddy’s Scott Street residence. Guests wore childhood costumes, played nostalgic games, and the dining room displayed extensive Valentine decor. A late three course luncheon followed with favors given to attendees.
Friends report Jack Martin Very II is seriously ill with no recovery hoped. He has been ill for months as his daughter Mrs Krepple of Chicago arrives to be with him.
Miss Lu cile Wells led a Sunday School Valentine party at the Methodist church with gifts and an elegant luncheon after late games. Guests and members included Elisabeth and Lillian McNaughton Ruth Evans Mary Williams Ina Murphy June Seibert Louise Waltz May Josephine Pierce Evelyn Hartley Tressie Velma Walker Gladys Robinson and teachers Leta Lewis Corrine Krepple Helen Colling.
The Episcopal Church will hold services tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 PM and a good attendance is urged.
Charles Rizer and Wash Blrtcher were taken to the county jail today by Chief Pearson to await Grand Jury action and possible trial for allegedly stealing 200 pounds of copper wire from Highland Coal Co.
Mrs. Waldo Chute hosted the Class No. 25 ladies of the Methodist Sunday School led by Mrs. Robert Hickman. The Chute home on Fort Street was festively decorated for a social evening enjoyed by thirty five ladies followed by a Valentine luncheon served late.
Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 A M divine worship at 10 30 A M and 7 P M Epworth League at 6 P M Pastor Mann will speak on Which Shall it be Bolsheviam or Christianity in the morning and On Quest for a Lost Soul in the evening All are welcome to attend services.
Pastor C. L. Johnson invites all to Christian Church Bible school at 9:30 A M with rapid attendance growth. Last Sunday Bereans near 00. expect over 100 tomorrow and 410 total. Morning worship at 10 30 Sermon Adorn the Doctrine Evening services at 7 feature Christian Endeavor missionary meeting How it is done Mid week prayer Wednesday 7 Men’s prayer Thursday night.
J C Brikhart pastor leads Sunday School at 9 30 A M with sermon by Rev E H B Smith district superintendent at 10 30 A M A praise service at 2 30 P M followed by a long service at 7 P M An evangelistic sermon titled The Carousal in the Palace at 7 30 P M Come and join these services at the church.
Chauncey News Missionary Society gathered at Mrs Leona Six home on Mill Street for its regular monthly meeting. The program featured devotions by Mrs Pendergrass talks on Women Wage Earners of the Orient and China and India papers by Mrs Six and Mrs Nye with musical selections. Luncheon followed for members including Mesdames Hamilton Nye Gardner Day Wilson Osborne Law Fiske Law and others.
The Knitting Club met with Mrs Branch Gardner on Thursday for an all day gathering. Members worked through the usual club tasks and shared a noon chicken dinner provided by the hostess. The pleasant social event was memorable for those in attendance.
Geo R Smith who died at his Columbus home was brought to Chauncey for interment in Nye cemetery. Funeral services were held at his sister Mrs Shepherd’s home. A former Chauncey resident, he once ran a store in the old Jackson building. his wife died here. He visited last summer at the Nye home rekindling old ties.
Mrs Dorcas Shannon Smith wife of William Smith died Friday after a lingering illness at her Chauncey residence. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m from First Christian Church with burial in Nye cemetery. Born April 18 1845 she was 74. Married William Smith New Year’s Day 1866. Survived by husband brother Jack Shannon Shelby Mich and sister Mrs Mary Moore Columbus. A lifelong Christian, she was loved and respected locally.
Fred P. White died this morning at his country home near Mechanicsburg after a year of illness and a recent stroke. He leaves a wife and seven children including Doris, Leslie, and Fred at home, plus a brother Frank and four sisters. A longtime Athens tinsmith, he was 63 and will be buried in Hebbardsville Cemetery after services at the Apostolic Faith Assembly in Mechanicsburg. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Frances Morris aged 70 died Thursday night at the Athens State Hospital from tuberculosis after eight months confinement there. The body was shipped this morning to Marietta for burial by undertaker Baughman.
London reports a British war office view that a rigid Zeppelin type airship of 10,000,000 cubic feet could lift about 280 tons, with 150 tons available for commercial load. Such craft could cross the Atlantic and return, weather permitting, linking Britain with India, Africa, Australia, and Canada as wireless stations expand globally.
Judge Edward Fleming of the South municipal court fined Claude Simpson $500 after a patrolman saw part of a Jimmy in Simpson's pocket as he stood before a saloon. Simpson admitted intent to break in. He said he was glad to be arrested before entering the saloon to avoid a penitentiary sentence. The judge called him Pollyanna for the comment.
Mrs. J L Underwood of New Castle Pennsylvania found an 1818 copper cent in a field near Lincoln City Indiana. The coin, said to have been carried on a string by Abraham Lincoln, has a hole for the string. She declined 250 dollars. Local resident Joseph Gentry recounts Lincoln told him of losing one coin.
In Freeport Maine seventy five year old Mary E Little perished in a house fire on the site of the earlier home where her mother had died in a prior blaze.
An ad touts Chevrolet as the safest investment, claiming superior depreciation results. It notes a Baby Grand car bought by O. D. Daily of Albany Ohio on September 15 1914 sold recently near its original price after 60 000 miles with a motor in factory condition.
Three transports Pastores Madawasika and Antigone reached Newport News Virginia with nearly 6000 troops from across the United States after severe storms. The Pastores endured three gales, slowed to manage seas, and carried units from Michigan Ohio and Illinois with artillery and medical detachments. The Madawaska held 3000 troops including 226th field artillery and 47th coast artillery, while Antigone brought sick and able crews from various states.
A garbled list of hymn titles and postlude references shows items such as My Country, Tis of Thee and America along with benediction and a postlude attribution to BHesse. The readable phrases imply a church or concert program with patriotic and sacred works.
Port Orisabe Bordeaux bound ships to New York due around February 24. W. t. Brest Boston due February 27 with casual pany 262. Florence Lackenbech Nantes to New York due March 4 with two casual officers. Fitemis St. Nosaire to New York due about February 36 with 26 casual officers.
The Twenty-Seventh Division will depart Brest on March 2 3 and 4 aboard the Leviathan. The unit is a New York National Guard organization preparing for reassignment and transport.
Washington on February 15 lists assigned priority for evacuation hospital one eighth sero squadron base hospital 29 and 47 and Air Service photographic sections 17 and 23.
The transport Matsonia from Bordeaux reached New York harbor after a voyage across heavy seas. She will dock at Hoboken tomorrow morning and carries 3,346 officers and men aboard.
Mrs Thomas Wolmer welcomed a nine pound baby boy in Chicago today. The mother and child are reported doing well and in good health following the birth.
Detroit reports Private Joe Kageff calms his household after his claim of picking up French cooties in a letter was misinterpreted as French cuties. The misunderstanding prompted a domestic clarification.
Springfield Illinois resident Carl Watkins was fined 160 by Judge Fitzhenry after a heavy mail sack was found lighter when its contents were removed. The incident suggests a surprising twist to mail processing and penalties.
In Patterson New Jersey a strike by the 8,800 member silk workers union ended after negotiations. Magnate, secretary of an unspecified union, announced a settlement returning workers to the area with a tentative agreement for a wage or condition adjustment.
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