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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1931
Page
3
Local society items and classifieds snippet from Nelsonville area. Mentions a staff correspondent and a telephone line for assistance. Encourages readers to call 412 W for an experienced representative and classified ads and circulation contact.
Nelsonville reports a community play titled Who Killed Earl Wright will be staged Monday evening March 2 at the Bible School Auditorium Church of Christ with local actors except the defense attorney. Admission is free and a 1100-seat audience is anticipated. Parental teacher meeting and a long social column follow with numerous local residents noted in Columbus and Athens visits.
Saturday February 28 Troop 46 will hold a Second Class Accomplishment Hike with Tom Auflick Don Martin Billy Weltzheimer George Ridenour James Sterling studying fire building cooking and tracking. Meeting at the Legion Home 10 40 for inspection and start the hike under adult leadership. A Father and Son banquet and Court of Honor follow at Legion Home with District Commissioner W W Whitlatch addressing troop committee officers Scouts and fathers. Achievements and objectives for 1931 will be stated. Members of the Troop Committee listed. Pot-luck affair. All Troop 46 members to meet Y M C A 6 15 Tuesday for planning. Friday 4 15 Junior Assistant Scoutmasters Kourt and Sterling will test second class candidates in pacing and signaling. All who plan to test must report promptly.
Nelsonville community forms Scout Street Patrol with Boy Scouts at each school under a captain directing student traffic control during school hours. Motorists urged to cooperate. reckless drivers reported to police. American Automobile Association funds patrols. local police to inspect traffic flow and safety efforts.
Nelsonville principal Lewis E. Buell attended the dedication of Lancaster’s new South Grade School, praised as ultra modern with 18 teachers for eight grades and equipment including a 600 seat auditorium, basketball floor, showers and radios in each classroom. Dr. J. L. Clifton spoke. Ora Butcher now leads the South School.
Eudora Chapter No. 72 of the O E S meets at Masonic Temple in Nelsonville tonight at 7 o'clock for its regular session.
Older residents report more plowing this season than ever before as hundreds of acres near Athens are prepared for spring planting. Farmers note soil breaks easily and water from creeks wells and springs returns in districts previously hit by drought, signaling a shift in conditions.
Funeral services for J Homer Scott of Columbus and former Athens resident killed in a Sunday automobile collision near New California Union County will be held at Rutherford Undertaking Columbus at 9 AM Wednesday and at Athens Christian Church at 2 PM. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Scott was born and raised in Darwin Meigs County.
Mrs. Mary Baker aged 89 widow of William Baker Civil War veteran and private in Co G 65rd regiment O W L died Monday night at her Fern Street home. Funeral services set for 10:30 Wednesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Broadwell. Survived by son George at home and daughter Mrs Florence Rowland of Chesterhill.
Eight girls from the Athens Salvation Army attended the Young People's Conference in Cincinnati on Saturday. Marybelle Maxwell Queenie Love Florence Burnside Othella McKibben Garnet McKibben Anna Simonton Dorothy Dunfee Mildred Culver represented this district at the annual George Washington banquet.
Nelsonville report states Mrs. Mary Keplar, who earlier pleaded not guilty before Mayor Bill Hickman, changed her plea to guilty last night. She was fined 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication.
An old advertisement touts ZEMO as a safe family antiseptic liquid that ends dandruff and scalp itching when applied to the scalp. It claims cooling cleansing effects and urges readers to keep ZEMO handy, noting price points of 60 cents and one dollar.
In Cleveland on February 24, Yvonne Richman Marco, widow of slain gangster Frank Marco, says she will oppose New York authorities' bid for extradition. She describes her last hours with Marco at the Victoria Hotel and fears for her life amid ongoing investigations into multiple gang slayings including Jake Lingle’s. Marco, also known as Mario or Callahan, had prior prison terms in Ohio and was sought for several killings across Chicago, St. Louis, and elsewhere.
Mrs. John Campbell travels to Pomeroy after the death of her uncle, Morris Cousins. Granddaughter Violet Russell goes to Springfield due to illness of her sister, Levit Valentine.
Mrs Lena Belle Ingles Gilson 37 wife of Howard Gilson former deputy sheriff of Athens County died Monday at 1 30 PM at her North Cemetery Street home after a major operation six months prior Funeral services set for Thursday at 9 AM at Central Avenue M E Church conducted by Rev Ward Radford burial in Trenton Survived by husband twins Marjorie Lou and Mildred 16 and son Robert Richard father George Ingles of Irenton two sisters Daisy Dunham of Irenton and Mrs Charles E Moore of Fullerton Ky two brothers William Ingles Wellston and Eustace Ingles Akron plus a nurse caretaker
An Athens County family whose home was destroyed by fire needs a cook stove and four and three quarter inch springs for a bed, per Adjt. Bernard Stone. In response to an appeal, Athens residents have provided furniture and clothing.
The Chauncey Parent-Teachers' Association presents Rebecca's Triumph a three act play with an 18 piece orchestra at the Athens Grange Hall on the Athens Fair Grounds Thursday night. The event offers a lively community entertainment in a classic small town venue.
The Northminster at Ether AE Church of Columbus will offer an entire program at the evening service Sunday March 1. The program will include addresses by a team and a special event hosted by the Westminster fellowship of the local church.
Harry Johnson 38 an insurance agent from Hamilton was killed in Oxford when his auto was struck by a C I W train last night the collision occurred here near the tracks.
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