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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1929
Page
3
A hard fought league game produced a decisive win for the rivals. The report notes strong defense and a long rivalry with showy plays by key players. The outcome tightens standings as both teams push for a title run.
Mayor Alex M. Moore sought details on wounded Hicks and the hospital where he was treated after a West Washington Street shooting left Alexander and McKinley Hayes dead. Confusion over White Cross and St Francis hospitals was clarified by a physician, with Hicks to be moved back to Athens for a hearing.
The Rev. John Sharpe known as The Children's Bishop will address the Athens Presbyterian Brotherhood on Thursday February 21. Rev. Sharpe, a Scotchman, is noted for his engaging sermons and will speak Thursday night, announced by Rev. A. Y. Wilcox.
Nelsonville falls 36 to 22 to Columbus Central High Pirates on home floor Saturday night. Woodward and Eddie Plank paced Central with two field goals each in limited third quarter action. Stocklen led Nelsonville with nine points, Hartley added six. A junior high and second team pick from Carbon Hill beat their high school rival 21 to 19 in the preliminary.
Extra Services Nelsonville reports series of cottage prayer meetings on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 30 with multiple hosts and leaders across Chestnut Poplar East Columbus Fort Washington and Washington streets. A large rally prayer meeting is planned for the church Wednesday at 7 pm.
Nelsonville reports a Messenger carrier Clif ford Williams bruised after being struck by an auto while crossing Public Square. Glasses broken knees bruised and a cut above the eye. Clark Spring fined $10 and costs for intoxication. Mrs Lucinda Finney, 80, former Nelsonville resident, dies at State Hospital Athens. Funeral at Stout's Chapel Tuesday 10:30 with burial at Greenlawn. Her husband long deceased. sister in Logan.
In Nelsonville, from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon, a steady stream viewed the body of Everett Koon of Denville at Stout's Undertaking Rooms. Koon was electrocuted in Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Henry Joos in May. A funeral service followed at Stout's chapel with Rev. C. V. Pridgen delivering a sermon on The Wages of Sin Is Death. Isaiah Koon, his father, attended burial at Greenlawn. casket openings were declined.
Forty five members of the Athens High School Band directed by G. E. Stephenson will perform at 8 o clock Tuesday night in the Nelsonville High School Auditorium. Soloists include Delia Dorsey and Rex Koons with a program featuring saxophone sextette and a boys quartet and marches, selections from popular songs, and light operatic numbers.
Mrs. Leland G. Devore and Miss Fern Parry joined Miss Frances Parry as honored guests at a Sunday birthday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parry in Chauncey. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Leland G. Devore Mr. and Mrs. Will Parry Miss Fern Parry Miss Frances Parry and Clarence Kelch.
Sarah Parker age 65 wife of Riley Parker died at the family home in Trimble Saturday night after long illness. She leaves her husband and several children. Funeral services will be held at the residence Tuesday at 2 PM with burial in Glouster. She was mother to two girls who drowned in a nearby accident years ago.
Ras Tus Dexter sixty four a lifelong Nelsonville resident died at McConnell Pennsylvania Wednesday from injuries in a mine accident that fractured his spine. The body arrived Saturday night at Myers Street home and funeral services were held at 10 this morning at the Baptist church conducted by Rev Isaac Miller. Burial followed at New Marsh field. He leaves two daughters one son three brothers and two sisters.
Nelsonville announces the marriage of Miss Halcidean Linton to John William Fricker of Lancaster. The ceremony occurred Saturday evening February 16 at the Christian Church study with Rev. K H McCorkle officiating. The couple will reside in Lancaster where Fricker works as a printer.
The Rainbow Class of the Christian Sunday School will meet in its classroom this evening at 7 30 o clock. A business session will be followed by a social hour with refreshments served.
Firemen were called to Chestnut Street yesterday morning when smoke poured from an attic above the Guy Young grocery. A coal stove flue into a blind chimney caused the smoke clogging the attic. No damage occurred. Also notes hosts for Sunday dinner with relatives from Columbus.
Sunday School attendance reached 450 with a collection over 31 dollars. About 300 communions were served at the morning service. Epworth League saw 80 youths, and the evening sermon highlighted family life with 58 stereopticon slides. Several visitors from Columbus and Athens attended sweet life themed programs.
In Hollister the Girls County Basketball Tournament award ceremony honored Lodi as recipients of the sportsmanship cup after a two day event. Ada Adams Hollister won the foul shooting contest with 14 of 20. four Hollister players joined an all county team selected by Harold Wise and Ed Sharp.
Reports from Nogales Sonora indicate the Mexican state faces a fresh revolutionary upheaval with widespread unrest and calls for change spreading across cities and towns on the eve of the developing crisis.
Attorney I A George of Zanesville, world traveler and former grand orator of Ohio Freemasonry, will address Glouster Lodge No. 607 on Wednesday night with a male quartet performance and refreshments to follow. A death notice from Athens reports Mrs. R D Elkins, a former Glouster resident, passing away at her son’s home. funeral set for Tuesday in Jackson.
Early today bandits blew open the safe at the Ritz theater in Tiffin and escaped with 1200 dollars. Police search the area for the suspects. The theater was closed at the time of the break in.
Guy Fiske from Wallbridge visited relatives here over Sunday. Clara Lyttle of Logan stayed with Miss Carrie Cox. Guy Fisk and Mrs. Arley Isk were in Lancaster Saturday. Thelma Mills of Ohio State University visited her parents. Mrs. Woodard recovers from a fall injuring her right leg. Founders Day PTA observance at 7:30 pm at Nelsonville High School auditorium with five city schools presenting. speaker is Mrs. S. H. Bing of Athens.
Harlan Cline age 72 died early Sunday morning at the Athens State Hospital after a short illness. Funeral plans await arrival of his son Edward from Marmon North Dakota. Cline had lived in Dyesville Meigs County previously. Surviving are a widow four sons and three daughters Edward Charles Jesse Floyd Ruby Eva and Cora all of Marmon North Dakota.
Three Columbus children were seriously injured yesterday with two possibly dying after one was struck by a Hocking Valley switch engine and the other two hit by autos. Nine people overall were injured in a bus truck crash near Huron, with six in serious condition, all connected to the Al Barlow Rainbow theatrical review.
In Columbus on February 18 Merle Stebelton 20 of Amanda died in a two car crash near Canal Winchester. Edison Marion 19 riding with him was seriously injured. McKinley Brown driver of the second car was held for investigation. Ben Martin 54 of Green Township near Jackson was killed by a passing car while watching his son tow another vehicle from a ditch.
Milton Dix, 43, was struck and killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Jackson on February 18. The accident occurred as the man moved along the tracks and was fatally injured. Local authorities investigated the incident.
You can feel stronger by trying the Cystex 48 Hour Test after night time discomforts and backache. The ad claims the World's largest drug stores recommend it, with nearly a million packages sold and a money back guarantee if not completely satisfactory.
Accused by his wife of non support, Paul Dray was arrested in Lisbon Sunday by Sheriff William Williams. He was brought to Athens and confined in the Athens County Jail and was to be arraigned Monday in the Athens County Probate Court.
Charles F. Bowen of Columbus had a two year old infant named Schlabach from Fredericksburg undergo surgery to remove a nut kernel from the right lung. The operation was performed yesterday by a surgeon and the infant died during the procedure.
Miss Vivian Stover contracted a severe head cold aboard a sleeping car returning from a visit. After consulting her physician she used double strength Ayer's Pectoral and within hours congestion eased and fever abated. By the next day no trace of the cold remained, with other cases also reported as certified by attending physicians.
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