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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1934

Page

10

Twenty Mines Operate For Fourth Day In Chauncey District

CHAUNCEY Feb 15 For the fourth day this week twenty mines in this district report work The list includes Hocking Poston No 6 Chauncey N Y No 25 Kimberly Lick Run Car bondale Luhrig Coonville Black Diamond Ohio No 1 No 235 No 267 No 9 No 107 No 219 No 2 24 No 68 No 68 and No 10X.

Chauncey Hocking Poston Chauncey N. Y Kimberly Lick Run Carbondale Luhrig Coonville Black Diamond Ohio

Good Old Days Memory Sparks Muddy Road Walks

Mrs Isa belle Coe and daughter hosted Marie Fitzer at Chauncey. Mrs Lettie Coe Hintz recalls school days with girls in arctics and mud roads. They walked 112 miles to Chauncey school along Nelsonville Road where the current home of Mrs T J Blackford stands.

Chauncey Isabelle Coe Lettie Coe Hinta Marie Fitzer Rutledge Nelsonville Road Hintz Fitzer Chauncey School T. J. Blackford

District Personal News From Chauncey Area

Feb 15 district notes report Mrs Alex Madek from Detroit has scarlet fever. She is daughter of Noah and Hazel Harvey of Chauncey. Mr and Mrs John Martin, ill at The Plains, show improvement. their niece Miss Preston of Parkersburg WV has stayed with them. Zelda Mae McKinney of Chauncey area recovers from pneumonia. Charities Bradfield Sr visits Athens to see daughter Mrs George Wil Hamon and family. Mrs Guy Brookins and Thelma Jean of Chauncey visit Shater family in The Plains. NM A Carter visits Columbus this week.

Chauncey Alex Madek Hazel Harvey Detroit Mich Zelda Mae Andrew McKinney Near Chauncey Bradfield Athens Vinitine Bie George Wil Hameon Morris Avenue Guy Brookins Thelma Jean John Shater the Plains NM. A. Carter Columbus

Valentine Party at Deanville Nursery School

Pupils of the Deanville nursery school conducted by Mrs. Dorothy Goodson Chauncey and Miss Frances Nichols Athens enjoyed a Valentine party on Wednesday. The event featured exchanging Valentines a games program and refreshments.

Chauncey Deanville Dorothy Goodson Mias Frances Nichols Athens

Miner Injured at White Ash Mine No Batley Run

Chauncey February 15 Harry State suffered a serious injury to his left foot and leg yesterday at White Ash Mine No Batley Run where he works. He was taken to Sheltering Arm Hospital Athens. Statenre married. He is brother in law of Roy Lester Mill Street Chauncey.

Chauncey Harry State White Ash Mine Batley Run

Minnesota treasury reports 195000 from football receipts 1933

University officials announce a $195,000 athletic surplus from football receipts in 1933. The report highlights the football program's financial performance within the university treasury for that year.

Athletic Treasury University of Minnesota

Holiness Church Officer To Speak Twice Sunday

CHAUNCEY Feb 15 Misa Ocle England who leads the West Virginia Holiness Church Training School at Heights will visit Morristown Holiness Church Sunday to speak at 2 pm and 7 pm She will be joined by training school workers Special music is planned and attendance is invited Rev L R Roberts Pilgrim Holiness Church district superintendent will preach Friday at 7 pm and a cottage prayer meeting is set for Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Ray McKee in Bailey Run

Chauncey Misa Ocle England West Virginia Holiness Church Heights W. Va Morristown L. R. Roberts Weat Carrollton Ohio Pilgrim Holiness Church Ray McKee Bailey Run Epworth League Lewis Lee Memphis Jadwin Marietta Manufacturing Company Pt. Pleasant Elmer Bush Gallipolis Eugene Shaw Clara Vance F. F. Thornton Child Buffalo Homer Saunders Dayton C. G. Houck H. H. West Wellston Homer Deardorff Charleston Walton Brownell Sinking Springs Wayne Booth Kananga

Richard Waldie Suffering Stroke In Chauncey Home

Richard Waldie of Chauncey is in serious condition at his May Avenue residence after suffering a stroke Tuesday night. Relatives have been notified of his condition.

Chauncey Richard Waldie May Avenue

Western trek survivor’s kin honor pioneer burial in Minnesota

Word from Athens, Meigs County, relics a pioneer line after the Civil War as Mrs. Outhouse dies in Seattle and her body is sent to Minnesota. The party endures mud slides near Drexel and Missoula Montana, sidings carved from hills to haul a 2000 pound steel vault for burial.

W. C. Merritt Morrin Avenue Athens Onis Meigs McKinstrys Whitlocks Steadmans Rutherfords Wales Haven Winona County Minnesota Pickwick Samaria Whitlock G. N. Outhouse Seattle Wash

Cheshire Welcomes New Pastor For First Sermon

Cheshire, Feb. 15. Rev. J. C McMahan preached his first sermon at the Methodist Church. The Boston seminary graduate from Springfield, Ohio succeeds the late Rev. A. B. Davidson. The Ladies' Aid Society plans an all‑day meeting and potluck February 22 with Mrs. F. W. Butcher.

Cheshire J. C McMahan Methodist Church Boston Springfield Ohio A. 8 Davidson Ladies’ Aid Society F. W. Butcher Cheshire High School Crown City Gallipolis Vocational Agriculture Home Economics Chester Lang Ray Fife

Ohio to distribute tag money to counties

Ohio counties will receive the second advance of license tag funds totaling 2,570,300. Registrar Glen M. Datley said vouchers will be signed and sent to 95 counties, with distributions including Franklin 160,000 Cuyahoga 450,000 Montgomery 105,000 and others, all counties receiving shares before week’s end.

Columbus Ohio Glen M. Datley Bureau of Motor Vehicles Athens County Fairfield Franklin Cuyahoga Gallia Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Montgomery Morgan Perry Vinton Washington

Institute to Open with Local Speakers

Decatur Community Institute opens Friday night February 16 with Kenneth C. Ray Athens County schools superintendent as speaker. Saturday's session features Miss Kinsey Washington County home demonstration agent and Sam H. Plumer farmer and writer. Vital statistics show 22 births and 10 deaths in Decatur Township in 1933. Amos Johnson aged 89 is confined to his room by illness.

Little Hocking Decatur Community Institute Kenneth C. Ray Athens County Miss Kinsey Washington County Sam H. Plumer Decatur Township Amos Johnson

Loyal Self Starters Class Meets at Dwight Smith Home

Taylor Ridge church group holds Wednesday session with president Eugene Jones presiding. Minutes by Thelma Standley. They plan weekly prospective-member cards for four weeks and study the Book of Matthew this quarter. Refreshments served to listed members and guests.

Bishopville N. S. Gardner Floyd Smith Don Withem Thelma Standley Harold Ahle Herman Jones Eugene Jones Marguerite McDonald Dorthea Milhoan Geneva Standley Dwight Smith George Golding Columbus James Golding Eileen Leake Athens Mary Davis Ladies’ Aid Society Elmer Davis Bertha Heskin Fred Olbers Katie Winn Etta Davis Della Olbers John Davis Fred Heskin Evan Davis Carl Welling Bess Sayre Roland Mulpas James Harrison Gardner Boyden Kennedy Freida Hanning Lancaster

Quilting party hosts and community visits noted in Oak Grove

Oak Grove residents recount a quilting party with guests including Mrs. Simon Parson and Mrs. Betty Foughty. Family visits span Connett, Nelsonville, and Carbondale with relatives of the Foughty and Ely families. Lenore Schulte and Frank Johnson wed in St Marys West Virginia, sparking a serenade by local youth. Funeral for Frank Wolfe drew attendees from Connett. Leonard Ely from Londonderry stayed with uncle Michael Ely.

William Foughty Simon Parson Betty Foughty Flo Hankison Galactia Parson Raymond Humphrey Connett Ariey Howard Clara Cox Nelsonville Charlies Wachenschwane Betty Thelma Ely Bret France Carbondale Arthur Hartman Hartman Thomas Schulte Lenore St. Marys W. Va Frank Johnson M. C. Kittle Murray City Herbert Ely Mark Foughty Chauncey Raymond Foughty Frank Wolfe Leonard Ely Londonderry Michael Ely

Battery E IIth Fie Artillery drill before federal inspection

Battery E IIth Field Artillery of the Ohio National Guard held a drill at the Armory ahead of a federal inspection set for March 24. Twenty four members received anti typhoid shots. 62 enlisted men and three officers are in the unit led by First Lieutenant Pat Halts with Second Lieutenant Harold O Linscott and Elbert E Carmichael assisting.

Iith Fie Artillery Ohio National Guard United States Army National Guard Pat Halts Harold O. Linscott Elbert E. Carmichael

Illnesses Reported in Harrisonville Community

Mrs. Lizzie Lambert is seriously ill at Holzer Hospital after being admitted Monday. Sadie Lambert tends to home duties and cares for an infant. Mell Welch visits his mother Mrs. Ellen Welch in Columbus. Howard Hooks helps care for his mother Mrs. R B Lambert from Dayton. Myrtle King Henry Emmett Mayheer and Eunice Chase are ill. Bill Chase and his wife visit her parents Mr and Mrs S A Wyatt.

Lizzie Lambert Holzer Hospital Sadie Lambert Point Rock Mell Welch Ellen Welch Columbus Howard Hooks Dayton R. B. Lambert Myrtle King Henry Emmett Mayheer Eunice Chase Bill Chase 5. A. Wyatt

Floyd Mond Takes Charge Of Niday Service Station

Kanauga Feb 15 Floyd mond of Gallipolis has taken charge of the Niday Service Station here. Sunday School Class No 3 was entertained by Mrs Owen Black with refreshments and a social session. Local residents and visitors noted in mixed reports of travels and visits across Gallia and surrounding towns.

Kanauga Floyd "Rummond Gallipolis Owen Black John DeLong Pomeroy Carter Troy Russell Charleston John Vickers Homer Reliance Sidney Stewart Dan Sullivan E. C. Venz William Houston Albert Spencer Columbus C. G. Houck Homer Saunders Pt. Pleasant Virgil Roagers Ohio Hospital For

Albany Grange Initiates Class At Regular Meeting

At the Albany Grange regular meeting on Saturday night the first and second degrees were conferred on a class of candidates. The meeting was well attended. The note also mentions Hamden High School basketball squads closing their season with a Friday home game, the Future Farmers game at 6:30, and local residents Mrs. J. F. Brown improving after surgery at White Cross Hospital in Columbus. Derrell Roy is born to Clifford Andrews of near Fisher, with grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Harvey McVay of Albany and Mr and Mrs Late Andrews of McArthur.

Albany Albany Grange Hamden High Schoo Hamden J. F. Brown White Cross Hospital Columbus Clifford Andrews O Fisher Derrell Roy Harvey McVay Albeny Andrews McArthur

Rio Grande area social notes mix with games and visits

Rio Grande residents hosted visitors from Bellaire and Shadyside at family homes. Local youths watched sleigh rides on Shompson Hill and Lovers Hill, with refreshments. County Agent Reed spoke to the Civic Association as households planned a basketball game between Amoses and Andys for Feb 17.

Irwin McCarley Norman Bellaire Everette Lewis Shadyside W. E. Welker Anna McCarley Edna Arundel Mildred Lindsey Mary Ann Porter W. T. Packer Cavalry Church Shompseon Hil Lover's Hill Reed Rio Grande Civic Association Amoses Andys

Twenty two join Local Union of Painters

Twenty two men joined Local Union No. 416 of the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers of America organized Feb 1. Affiliated with the AFL this is the only such union between Marietta and Columbus. Members must prove ability with James McCoy president stating the goal is a living wage and best service. Other officers are L H Bingman secretary and Lawrence Slaughter treasurer. The group also includes sign painters.

The Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America American Federation of Labor Marietta Columbus James McCoy McCoy L. H. Bingman Lawrence Slaughter

Hand Care for Bright, Smooth Hands at Home

In this era, use gentle soaps, glove up for housework, and apply hand lotion after washing. Lemon fixes discolorations, tissue cream at night keeps hands soft, and rubber gloves protect from harsh cleaners for a youthful look.

Chesterhill Boy Tops West Point Test Selection

MARRIETTA Feb. 15 Congress man Robert T. Secrest announced West Point selections after tests in Zanesville and Marietta. Chesterhill native Lewis Gibbons led the exam and was chosen principal. First alternate is John Ridembaugh of Frazersburg. second alternate Osborne Wiseman of Zanesville.

Marrietta Robert T. Secrest West Point Zanesville Marietta Lewis Gibbons Chesterhill Morgan County John Ridenbaugh Frazersburg Muskingum County Osborne Wiseman

Green Pastures Noah Succumbs in Chicago

Salem Tutt Whitney a 55 year old actor who played Noah in The Green Pastures died at a cousin's home in Chicago after months of heart disease. He joined the Broadway production in 1930 and his death marks a third loss among the play's black cast following Wesley Hill and Samuel Davis who died in a taxi accident and heart attack respectively.

Salem Tutt Whitney Noah Green Pastures Memorial Auditorium Chicago Whitney Wesley Hill Samuel Davis Angel Gabriel Hill Davis

The Big Shakedown Plays Ohio as Shady Lady Theme

Glenda Farrell stars as a gangster's moll in The Big Shakedown at the Ohio Theater with Charles Farrell, Ricardo Cortez, and Allen Jenkins in a racketeering romance. The film follows her jilt by a gangster and her peril after she knows too much about his business.

George Arliss Ohio Hollywood Glenda Farrell Ohio Theater Rolex Charlies Farrell Bette Davis Ricardo Cortez Allen Jenkins Henry O'Neill Phillip Faversham Robert Emmet O'Connor John Francis Dillon Niven Busch Rian James

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