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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1930
Page
3
Nelsonville crowds await the biggest game of the season as the Athens quintet visits Friday night. The prior meeting in Athens ended 29 to 24 with Athens leading by five. Reserved seats were sent to Athens and early reservations were urged by Principal L. E. Buell. The single game will start at 8 o'clock.
Pupils at New Floodwood School achieved perfect attendance for the last school month. Names listed include Enid Ellis Thelma Hughes Ruth O Nall Delbert Hammond Helen Harvey Lucille Carr Roberta Ward Madeline De Long Ruth De Long Frederick Lanning Opal Wicks John Kowalieski Mary Lawsey Rachel Hook James Staley Frances De Long Dorothy Vincent Robert Tipton Kathryn O Neil Kenneth Harvey Betty McQuire Clyde Simmons Eveline Burley Maxine McDonald Alice Mae Simmons Louise Green Dock Branham Chester Call Richard Carr Gail Finn Willard Lanning John McQuire Carl O Nail Jack Perry Howard Shelton Charles Peach Leonard Peach Jacob Peach Helen Hammond Verta Miller Helen Perry Arlene Lattimer Ida Belle Ellis Clyde Finn Belford Hammond Charles Hook John Lanning Richard Shelton Merle Simmons Eugene Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tedrow Jr. returned to Columbus after visiting their parents Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Tedrow and Mr. and Mrs. James Sharp. Mrs. Andrew Gill and her little daughter went home to Columbus ending a visit with sister Mrs. Glen D. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minner are visiting Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Rhodes. Miss Kathryn Hall returned to Columbus Sunday evening after visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Largent.
Nelsonville February 24 Reverend Lloyd Evans argued that a minister has no right to tell townspeople what to do. He urged individual freedom of thinking and criticized past church dictates from money to social life and politics. He called for church focus on worship and inner honesty while allowing personal conscience.
Regular rehearsals for the musical comedy All Aboard begin last Friday at Murray City High School. The show will run February 26 and 27 at 8 p m in the local Opera House to raise funds for a new gymnasium. Director R E Adams of a producing company oversees about 65 cast members with seven costume choruses.
Nelsonville Feb 24 officers say a quarrel at James Rizers Floodwood home between Rizer and Carl Sommers ended with Sommers shooting Rizer with a .22 revolver. Rizer escaped serious injury, bullet passed under right shoulder blade and was removed by Dr. A Jy Pritchard. Both men were taken to Athens for treatment as deputies investigated.
Harry McKinney of Toledo spent Friday and Saturday in Nelsonville for the Haybrow Council reunion. The event, usually on Washington's Birthday, was advanced this year. He arrived late, having noted the change only after receiving his notice.
Wesley Howard 81 a Morgan County native longtime Nelsonville resident died at 4 AM at his Poplar Street home after a long illness. Funeral 2 PM Wednesday at his home with Rev. H A Sayre and Rev. C P Pridgeon. burial Greenlawn. He was predeceased by wife and son Everett. left a daughter Bertha and son Ervin, plus siblings.
Mr and Mrs Fred Edington and daughter Martha Ellen traveled to Madison West Virginia to visit Mrs Charles Edington and Mr and Mrs P B Verity. Mrs Edington and daughter stayed several days with Mrs Verity. Miss Marguerite Cook returned to Fostoria after a weekend at home with her brother Ray Cook accompanying her to Columbus. Roland Bayless of Columbus and Clayton Schelde of Logan visited friends and relatives here for the weekend.
February 24 attendance was large at the Millfield Parent Teacher Association meeting in the East Side School Building. Pupils presented a program. Eben Gillespie reported. traveling pictures won by Mrs Stauffers in lower grades and Miss Lauretta Fielder in upper grades. Oscar Simpson led the business session. Next meeting will feature the program presented by association parents.
Mrs Elizabeth Knode and Miss Helen Howard hosted a Sunday dinner at their Ellis Avenue Chauncey home honoring their brother and sister in law Dr and Mrs John M Howard of Amesville.
Mr and Mrs Fred Leake Greens Run host weekend guests Mr and Mrs Harold Blower and children of Millfield and Mrs Dora Heffkin and granddaughter of Taylor Ridge. Mrs Lottie Cannon Chauncey spent Sunday at her Greens Run home. Additional visits include Mrs Heffkin and daughter visiting Mrs Katherine Schrappe in Chauncey, and Lawrence Highshoe with Miss Edith Sawyer from Columbus staying with D M Sawyer in Greens Run.
Lima report says Ralph Sealand, 20, of Lakewood and an engineering student at Ohio Northern University Ada, died from injuries when his car overturned in Lima on February 24.
Funeral services for Mrs Lewis Champlin of Chauncey were held at 10:30 Sunday from her home. The Rev Guss Graham conducted the ceremony with Church of Christ singing. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery. She leaves husband, Ernest Champlin, three daughters, Hazel Davis Ethel Lang and Clara Hillen, three sons, and 13 grandchildren.
The unprecedented February traffic volume weekend in Toledo left two dead and about a score of people injured as highways overflowed with vehicles.
An ad touts Adlerika as a two tier laxative that cleanses upper and lower bowels with glycerin buckthorn and saline. It promises relief from constipation gas sour stomach and headaches in two hours and lists multiple area pharmacies in Athens Nelsonville Murray City and Coolville.
Mr and Mrs Arlan Branham Chauncey announce the birth of a son at their home Friday February 21 weighing 9 pounds 3 ounces named Thomas Burns Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Thomas Oliver Chauncey.
Founders Day will be observed at the Chauncey Parent-Teacher Association meeting in the high school auditorium. Mrs. Fannie King is in charge of the program, and those interested in P T A work are invited to attend.
A Michigan ad offers Palmo Globules as a remedy for frequent nighttime urination and back pain. It promises a free $1.90 box to first-time customers who mail their name and address, plus 10 cents for postage, with no obligation and a second $1.09 box sent by return mail.
The column lists numerous social visits and travel reports from Columbus and surrounding towns including Mrs A B Johnson in Columbus Monday. Mrs Frank Poston visiting Madison West Virginia accompanied home by Mr and Mrs Charlies Newton. Mississippi?
The Daughters of Union Veterans plan a 7 o'clock gathering on Tuesday at the Odd Fellows Hall for a local meeting.
Miss Edna Shafer visits Walter Floto in Steubenville today after a weekend with his wife and young daughter staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Vern Vorhes. Miss Lillian Coleman of Columbus also visits her parents Mr and Mrs Jas Coleman at week’s end.
Elizabeth Jane Dew Chapter D A R met at the homes of Mrs John Hill and Mrs B E Bell on Saturday afternoon. Miss Mary Lou Hudson played cornet solos with Miss Rachel Catherine Coakney at the piano. Mrs J M Hyde spoke on George Washington and Mrs KR Jackson on the Forerunners of Old Glory with flag facsimiles. Mrs P P Poston read on Historic Sites of Ohio and potential National Congress delegates were named.
Class 19 of the Methodist Sunday School was entertained by the teacher Mrs Retta with a program and refreshments. The gathering included students and several parents in the church hall.
Howe met at Mrs Ruth Barber's home on Poplar Street Friday evening with Mrs Hasel Dunkle assisting. A letter from former member Mrs Neva Dunkle of Dallas was read. Washington's Birthday themed games and coffee tests were enjoyed. Mrs Eva Kerr and Mrs Annabelle Davis were guests. Fourteen members answered roll call.
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