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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1923
Page
2
Mr. Charles Stillwell has returned to Buffalo New York hospital with his wife by his side if health does not improve treatment will be given there His family includes a widow and nine children A brother Louie Wend lives in this city
Bill Burchee was fined 100 dollars plus costs in Mayor McCabe's court on Tuesday after being found guilty of possessing liquor. John Triplett also faced a Tuesday fine of 10 dollars and costs for drunkenness in the same mayoral court.
Mrs. Sarah McDonald, 68, died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. Amos Ailes home on East Columbus street. A widow, she lived with her daughter and is survived by two daughters and two sons. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm with burial at Greenlawn.
Mrs James Kuhn and Mrs Carl Barry hosted a surprise party for Nellie Kuhn on Tuesday at Mrs Kuhn's home. Twenty four guests attended a evening of music and games with refreshments at 9 30. Nellie received a present umbrella.
Funeral services for Mr. William Wend are set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Con nets Church. Wend was a longtime Con nets resident respected by many who knew him. Burial details follow in the obituary notice.
Arrangements are under way for a summer citizens training camp at Camp Knox Kentucky opening in late July for this year’s class. Several Nelsonville youths attended last summer. Citizens should confer with Mayor K. S. McCune for details.
The regular meeting of the Presbyterian Missionary Society is set for Thursday afternoon in the church parlors. The gathering begins promptly at 5 oclock with dinner served at 6. Guests include the West Minster Guild.
Nelsonville schools will hold regular sessions on Thursday February 22 and dismiss for a holiday on Friday March with the consent of the Board of Education.
Death notice from Lancaster Ohio confirms Mrs Sarah Newton wife of the late Charles C Newton died at her daughter Mrs Frank Webster’s home in Bellfontaine. She was daughter of Dr A J Shrader and longtime Nelsonville resident. Survived by three children Frank Webster Wilbert and John. Interment planned in Lancaster Ohio.
The Haybrow council No. 119 R and S M holds its annual reunion and inspection at the Masonic temple with Royal and Select Masters degrees at 8:90 p m, inspected by Clarence E O Neal of Zanesville. A turkey banquet by Eastern Star at the Christian church follows at 6:30. Super-Excellent Master degree begins at 7:00 with many visitors expected.
The Parent Teachers Association selects Nanook of the North for a benefit picture at the Opera House on Friday March 2 starting at 8 30 p m. The film has educational value with comedy romance and adventure and tickets are on sale by association members and Central School students.
Southern and colonial songs in special costume to feature the Lillian Johnston Duo on the Lyceum entertainment course at the Christian church Sunday February 28 8 00 oclock. Miss Johnston is a lyric soprano reader pianist dialect artist and imitator. Miss Florence Armstrong is a mezzo soprano and pianist.
Members of Glen ford Dugan Post American Legion authorize purchase of Knight lot at Columbus and Fulton streets for a new home and community building. Expected to be completed today.
History was made as the Athens Kiwanis Club hosted the Ro tary Club, the new group aiding Athens. About 26 Rotarians attended a college cafeteria dinner with entertainment and speeches. Ohio University Male Quartet performed, Rev A K Foster spoke, and officials including Mayor Gill gave remarks. The event urged city unity to improve Athens.
Mrs Hubert Wise of this city travels to Columbus for treatment of a serious eye ailment. Local friends await news on her condition.
Laura Dulin of Parkersburg West Virginia conducts revival services at the Church of God Saints church. Seven persons have identified themselves with the church. The public is invited to attend.
A large Chauncey Grent Teacher association meeting at the high school auditorium featured Prof. Thompson and Miss Bertha Bridgman addressing the value of the organization. Members lit candles on a birthday cake as part of a 26th anniversary exercise, followed by a social hour and fruit salad.
Mrs. Caroline Harvey is reported quite ill at her Mill Street home. Her daughter Mrs. Hollas Bowen of Logan was summoned to her bedside yesterday as local residents attend revival services at the First Christian church in Athens led by Dr. T. L. Lowe of the Fourth Avenue Christian church in Columbus.
Mrs Dane Osborne Mrs Arthur Swart and Mrs Glyde Jordan of this city were initiated in the I O T M lodge at Athens Monday evening. Mrs Harvey Nye has returned from Wilmington Del where she visited her son in law and daughter Rev and Mrs J A Long and family. Mr E J Soffell of Bucyrus was yesterday’s guest of Mr and Mrs J A Drake. Both Mr and Mrs Drake have been ill recently but are now greatly improved.
Rev W V Harter pastors Williard Mercer and Miss Anna Pearl Jellison in a Tuesday afternoon ceremony at the parsonage. Miss Jellison is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Jellison of The Plains.
Revival at the Methodist church continues as five are at the altar Tuesday night. A free will offering will be taken tonight for the pastor in addition to his salary as appreciation for three weeks of service.
A vintage financial notice by Buckeye State Building & Loan Co. urges careful saving and warns that losses teach safety. It promotes 5 percent deposits and mail business from Columbus, Ohio, citing resources over 23.8 million dollars.
Amesville notes report the creamery suspending operations due to losses, while Fairmount remains the local market alongside a Nelsonville milk station. Other items include visits by residents to family in Wisconsin, a mine labor dispute in Lathrop, a hospital goitre operation for Lewis Morris, and a near fatal incident involving Mrs. Carpenter. The Amesville Music Club members attended an Athens concert, and Mrs Nettie Prain Curtis’s remains were brought for service and interment alongside her husband.
Mrs. C. W. Gullette of Sunnyside Drive owns three coins over 1200 years old. The seven century Chinese cash were found with other money in a pot while grading near William Nast college in Kiuk lang China. Bishop David FL Moore obtained the coins in 1900 and gave them to his niece, Mrs. Gullette, who also owns many other foreign and American coins.
The report lists residents returning from Columbus after operations, visits by Wes Aleshire and Haze of Orbiston, and trips by Worth and Mrs Dicken to Nelsonville and Carbon Hill to see relatives. Several illnesses appear with quarantines at Austin Woodgeard’s home and others visiting Athens hospitals.
A vintage ad proclaims Ely's Cream Balm clears nostrils and relieves colds. It promises instant relief for congested air passages and inflamed membranes in the nose and throat, with hawking and snuffling stopping after a small application.
A terse line argues that self-satisfied children of light are irritated by happy children of darkness, reflecting a pointed cultural clash in mood and voice. The remark implies a tension between appearances of virtue and genuine happiness in contrasting groups.
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