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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
5
Chauncey January 1 Sunday Mike Newiski of Greens Run injured in Poston No 6 mine Millfield after being caught between cars. He suffered hip and back injuries. Attended by Dr C Nite Sanders Millfield and returned home. He is married with a family.
The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ Bible School will elect officers for the new year during the Bible School session next Sunday. Nominating committee members are Mrs. Perry Chalfant Mrs. P. H. Willeke and Mrs. Fred Olbers.
George Byers of Millfield, employed at Mine No 119, Millfield, is reported to be improving after suffering a fracture of his right ankle when run over by a car last week. Dr. Sanders of Millfield attended the injury.
Chauncey residents return from Christmas visits in Columbus and Lancaster. Floyd Stanley and family visit Mrs William Robinett Sr., and Mrs Arthur J. Smith is reported ill on Main Street. Marion Blackford leaves for Lancaster after a Chauncey visit. Neil Tinnett and Daniel Fulton are ill at home. Lena Wilson and Max Wilson spend New Year in Columbus. Sanders children ill in Trimble Heights. Graves visiting in Columbus while husband at White Cross Hospital. Ray Thompson returns home from Holzer Hospital.
The State Department of Education sent an outline for Temperance Day on January 16 to Athens County Schools. The program, reflecting state law, covers temperance history and physiology, includes music and recitations, and will be shown in assemblies. Notable items include Dr. Charles Mayo on the brain, a tableaux on sober living for workers, and a roll call quoting Roosevelt, Edison and others.
Miss Elizabeth Stanley returns to Chauncey to live with her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Stanley after five months at a Dayton school. She plans to finish the current school year in Chauncey.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Minister Sr and family welcomed guests at their Ellis Avenue home including Mr and Mrs Frank Weaver and Mr and Mrs Donald Weaver of Xenia Ohio and Victor Weaver of Columbus. Mrs Frank Weaver is Mrs Minister s sister and Mrs Reese is also related. Edward Minister Jr has returned to Pittsburgh ending a visit with his parents.
Miss Vernice Welling entertained the Young People's Class at her Tay Ridge home honoring Miss Elizabeth Hilderbrandt who has missed only one Bible School session in two years. A program followed by social, games and refreshments.
In Chauncey on January 1 the mining district observes a holiday. Fifteen mines operated in the district on the previous Wednesday, reflecting a pause in activity.
Dundee and Penny Crain race to New York after a sequence of bridge party murders in Hamilton. They probe Flora Miles and Tracey Miles amid blackmail hints, suspecting a web of jealousy and crime as a gangster case unfolds and new leads surface in The Evening Sun.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM from the Church of Christ in Chauncey for Mrs. Quincey Bescoe 63 who died at her Oregon Ridge home. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. She is survived by her husband six children one brother three sisters and 16 grandchildren Four children preceded her in death.
The Athens National Bank has been appointed administrator of the estate of Benjamin C Nye. The court order formalizes the bank's duties to manage debts, assets, and distribution under probate law.
Roy Erb aged 21 and Ruth C. Shivers aged 19 both of Nelsonville are named alongside Wayne Swartz of Guysville and Bernice Randolph aged 21 of Prays Perk in a local notice listing residents and monetary amounts associated with the case.
In Athens County Common Pleas Court the F. H. Gifford Garage Company of Amesville filed a civil suit seeking relief. The complaint outlines the business dispute and seeks resolution under state law.
In Athens court Calvin Bean faces a claim for 273.87 on garage bills with two dated items: June 25 1929 for 147.14 and August 1 197% for 126.73. Milling Grocers Co awarded 207.79 against A J Johnson in Common Pleas for listed payments.
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