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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1931
Page
3
Nelsonville and Vicinity items from staff correspondent H. Bartlett note readers to send society and local notes to the advertised phone number for submission and mention appreciation of service.
Nelsonville visits Zanesville in a key basketball showdown after a nine game winning streak. The 9 o’clock varsity contest follows an 8 o'clock junior high game as local fans expect a season feature. Tickets available at the high school office.
The Past Councilors' Association invites members and Daughters of America to the Junior Order hall Thursday at 7 o'clock. All members are urged to attend and a dinner will be served.
Miss Rose Shay hosted her bridge club at 36 East Columbus Street Tuesday evening. High score trophies went to Miss Rosemary Udéker for first and Miss Corinne Krep for second. A luncheon followed the play.
An open program meeting of Pateran Presbyterian girls club was held Tuesday night with Edith Jordan delivering the welcome to 35 girls. Madge Campbell, the president, opened the ceremony followed by a devotional by Mar Wiles. Rose Zenn spoke on Christ in the Poetry of Today and Ruby Hankey discussed Negro Spirituals. Mabel Wilson shared missionary news. Mrs. C. J. Cotting sponsors the club. A gypsy party is planned for the next meeting at 8 pm Friday in the church with guests invited.
City auditor G. H. Evans estimates the 1931 budget with General Fund at $11,510 approved by the City Council and Athens County auditor. Safety Fund about $17,665 versus $17,945 last year. Health Fund up by $500. Service Fund about $20,157, up from $18,519.47 in 1930. Total expenditures last year were $55,819.47.
Arthur Hall of Marietta Ohio known as the Golden Eagle begins a skate from Marietta to Miami Florida to attract publicity and perhaps romance He travels about 60 miles daily but encounters rough roads and a ditch scrape causing minor injuries He plans to continue to Logan Lancaster Cincinnati Winchester Ky Atlanta and beyond while avoiding any automobile rides for the journey.
Chauncey, Feb. 18. An alarm at 7:30 PM reported a fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Goodson on Main Street. A defective chimney is believed to have started the blaze which spread to the attic. Furniture was moved out, but smoke and water caused extensive damage to roof and ceilings. The Chauncey chemical engine assisted. Insurance is said to partially cover the loss.
Chauncey Feb 18 Mrs Flarrett B Duffee 81 longtime resident of Chauncey died Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Hull F Kittle Ath ens wintering with relatives Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Rev G B Courtney Church of Christ Chauncey Interment Hebbardsville Cemetery Survived by daughters Mrs Kittle Mrs Hamilton and two sons Ray and James Duffee
The Plains Par ent-Teacher Association heard Supt H E Zuber of Nelsonville Schools discuss parental education. Supt Rice of The Plains School led the business session in Mrs Graves absence. The Plains High School Dramatic Club performed Silas Marner.
Grand Master William T. Watkins of Marietta will address the district I O O F lodge meeting in Chauncey this evening with about 125 attendees expected. Social hour will feature refreshments. The Plains area notes report visits by Eugene Day and son Robert to Mr and Mrs Henry Evans and other local guests and say Mrs Guy McMillen in White Cross Hospital is much improved after a recent operation.
The Parental Education class in The Plains will meet Thursday evening at o o clock in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCollough, as announced.
Funeral services were held at 10 30 A M Tuesday at the family home for William McElfresh 71 of The Plains The Rev Earl Cowen former minister of The Plains M K Church conducted the service Interment followed in Chesterhill cemetery He is survived by his widow and several brothers and sisters He died by drinking carbolic acid in The Plains area Chauncey Update: Chauncey Parent Teacher Association presented Rebecca's Triumph at the high school auditorium with a repeat performance after a large audience last Thursday
The first aid school in the new Fast Millfield church building progresses with most mine workers enrolled. The Ladies Aid Society will meet for dinner and quilting. Dover Township Board of Education met in Chauncey. Aged resident Lewis Eavener suffered a serious stroke at Sand Ridge. Messenger deliveryman Lewis Tracy resumes duties after influenza. sister Pauline Tracy covered during illness. Numerous Sunday and weekend visits and social gatherings across Millfield, Trimble, Wyandotte, Detroit, and Columbus. mentions of illness improvements and family travel.
Mrs. Hamilton Shaffer of Dayton, president of the Ohio Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations, told Athens Junior-Senior High School P T A members that the movement began in 1890 in Washington with 34 years of growth to over one and a half million members. She noted expansion to Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and foreign countries, and outlined major projects including health exams for preschoolers and parent education. The March meeting will feature Mr. W S Weller speaking on The Educational Program of Parent-Teacher Associations.
Emma J. Hixon 44 died at home after a month long illness. Funeral Thursday at 1 PM at First M E Church with burial in McDougal Cemetery. She was daughter of the late John and Margaret Hixon of Ames Township and formerly worked as a housekeeper at Athens Steam Laundry. Survived by sisters Mrs Arthur Wemmer and Mrs H L Morris and others, and brother J G Hixon. Miss Hixon resided at 74 University Terrace with Mr and Mrs W C Mingus and Julia.
Owen Carmichael of Ranch Bakery on Court Street suffered severe burns to arms shoulders and head when he lit an oven that he did not know was filled with gas. He is recovering at home.
Griff H. Evans III of Athens the city auditor residing at 18 Maplewood Drive is ill at his home with improving condition noted by family and officials.
Peter Goins of Plantsville was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Deputies Bayless and Rasp on a non-support charge.
Mrs. Cynthia Kasler improves from illness while students Israel Linscott and Warren Kasler study at Bliss College in Columbus. Extended family visits occur across Linscott and Kasler households with several Sunday gatherings and relocations noted.
Ohio University Women's Glee Club will perform in Alumni Memorial Auditorium at 8 PM Thursday. Margaret Benedict directs with Ruth Alexander assisting in pantomime training titled An Evening at the Opera featuring Johnson Conaway Kern and others. Mildred Masten accompanies with two solo piano pieces. a string quartet will also perform. Vincent Jukes and theater arts class handle scenery. No admission charge.
Chicago authorities weighed three theories in the death of 24 year old dancer Lillian Anderson. Her nude body was found on the hotel room floor with a towel about her head and possible toxin signs noted by physicians awaiting post mortem results.
Major General Smedley D Butler told 500 members of the South Bend Knife and Pork Club he had a hell of a good scrap with the grafters in Philadelphia and remains a reformer. He avoided Mussolini mention, saying when the crime problem is solved Al Capone will go back to Italy, then noting he cannot discuss it.
February 18 report from Turn About TRONTON states Coalgrove marshal Albert Nance and assistant Jack Dalton filed $50,000 damage suits claiming they were beaten by inmates in Lawrence County Jail after being jailed for malicious destruction of property. They report 200 lashes each with belts and straps and lasting injuries.
Shade Mr and Mrs Holly King and son were Sunday guests of Mrs Libbdie Curses and family. Callers at the S J Smith home included Vienna Kelley Josie Blasier Masie Meeks Ruth and Harry Smith. Mrs Fred Smith visiting her parents Herb Douglas. Revival services Sunday night led by Rev McCullough of Columbus was not present. Miss Nate Mulligan hosted a Valentine party Saturday night. Refreshments served. Carl Sargent and Clyde Smith visited Cincinnati to see Sargents mother in hospital. Everett Meeks of Holliday spent time with his mother Mazie Meeks. Roy Goldsberry of Millfield guest of his sister J Smith. Old men of the vicinity practice for basketball starting Saturday. Mr and Mrs Joe King of Athens guests of Mrs J Smith Monday.
The Athens Division of the Salvation Army aided 504 local families in the last three months at a cost of 38203. Employment was found for 45 applicants, 26 workers were placed by Adjutant Bernard Stone. Total three month expenses reached 1175.45 with 1530 garments and 265 pairs of shoes purchased for those in need. Groceries valued at 160.52 supported 58 families. Frank S. Roach seeks 2000 from the Athens Community Chest to cover interest and part of the debt on Salvation Army property for 1951. Adjutant Stone personally reviews each case and provides meals at 2 to 5 dollars weekly per family based on children.
Ohio University registrar Frank B. Dilley reports the second semester enrollment at 2 440, down 157 from the fall term but up 180 from the prior year's second semester. Only in special cases may students enroll after this week as new entrants total 83.
Rains reached half an inch in Athens County on Tuesday with 55 of an inch noted by BE. V. Wolfe of The Plains. Overnight Tuesday an additional .02 inch fell. Wolfe expects the weekly total to approach one inch with Wednesday’s rainfall.
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