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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1935
Page
2
New Year arrived on schedule with bells whistles and automobile horns in Nelsonville. Stores were closed today but open late last night. Informal watch parties formed as late license plate purchases continued at Deputy Registrar D. H. Shafer’s office amid a rainy start to the year.
Funeral services for Riley Sampson of Kimberly will be at the residence Wednesday at 10 30 AM conducted by Rev Lloyd Evans of the Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at Greenlawn. Also services for Vern Stuffie Bean killed when struck by an automobile Sunday night will be held Wednesday at 10 30 AM at the Dorr Run residence with burial in the family cemetery.
Nelsonville families announce the birth of William on December 2 to Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver and Paul Edward on December 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Oliver of Haydenville. A daughter weighing seven and a half pounds was born December 27 to Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Mackensie, the mother Nellie Pickett formerly of Nelsonville. Rev. C L Johnson, former local pastor, appears on W E N F Columbus each weekday at 8 am for morning devotions.
Funeral services for John Bennett will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Warren Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Lloyd Evans. Burial follows at Greenlawn. Members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics are to meet at 12:30 PM at their hall to attend the funeral. Members with machines asked to bring them.
Nelsonville firemen were called to Watkins Street on Monday afternoon to a chimney soot fire at Charlies Winchells home in the Shamansky property. The alarm was due to burning soot but no damage occurred.
Quick relief for indigestion and upset stomach from excessive smoking and drinking. Dr. Emil's Adia Tablets offered by The Cline Pharmacy Co with money back guarantee and check guarantee.
C V Dixon retires after more than 40 years delivering mail on Rural Route 5 from Athens Post Office. He began Dec 1 1904 riding a buggy through mud and long days. now the 26 mile route is surfaced and trips start earlier. Route changes take effect with P O consolidations reducing Athens rural carriers to eight.
Funeral services for the late Mike Dezso were conducted Saturday afternoon at the residence with a large turnout. Out of town relatives and friends attending included the Zockines from Oriston, the Toths from Sayre and Porterville, the Lucas and Pecsi families from New Lexington, lodge members from Murray City, and others from Athens Columbus Lancaster and Columbus.
Nelsonville FERA classes will resume Wednesday at 6 pm in the Senior High School Building after a holiday recess. Beginners typewriting class enrollment opens again for interested residents. Separately, Ann Preston celebrated her sixth birthday with 12 girls, 2:30 to 4:30 pm, including games, balloons, favors, and cake.
Nelsonville City Schools will resume classes tomorrow January 2 after a ten day holiday vacation.
Canaanville officials announce a joint installation with Rome Grange. The meeting is set for Wednesday night January 2 at the Canaanville venue, as officers for the coming year will be installed and all officers are urged to attend.
The usual Wednesday Holy Communion service at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is canceled due to the absence of rector Rev. L. W. Clarke.
The Chauncey Dover Special School District will resume classes Wednesday. Superintendent Wesley Walburn announced the reopening plan and schedule.
Athens County deputy registrar Charlie Jordan reports steady demand for automobile license tags. On Monday about 525 tags were sold with revenue near $5,500, well below 1983 year end total. More than 3,000 new licenses issued to date, 1,900 tags remain from the original allotment as offices stay open to serve late customers.
Verne L. Osborn of Bucoda tells how his well trained mule allegedly halted 1,000 feet above a cliff to save him after chasing a jackrabbit. Osborn says the mule remains suspended midair as he accepts the 1934 Burlington Liars Club title amid townspeople.
Local society notes list New Year guests in Columbus Belpre and Athens with residents including Dr. C. F. Junkerman Mrs. C. E. Welch and Mable Barnecut. Attendees include W. F. Heaton Akron and family Rose Colton, John Swanson Phil Bingman and many others visiting relatives. Mrs. J. D. Andrews reports her condition slightly improved.
Mrs. Sheldon Cline of Washington D C died suddenly in the capital. Her late husband was managing editor of The Washington Star and a former Nelsonville resident. He died seven years ago, son of L. J. Cline of Maple Hill. Eight children survive.
Pomeroy Purple Panthers upset Greenfield McClain 16 to 14 in Greenfield. Dinty Moore opened scoring with a first field goal and Pomeroy led most of the contest as defenses stifled scoring. Final margin came after a tight third period with Pomeroy maintaining a slim lead.
In Gallipolis on Monday the largest tobacco sale of the season moved 43 000 pounds of loose leaf at the local warehouse. The average price was 17.16 dollars per hundred pounds, with C E Watson of Crown City selling an 82 pound wrapper basket for 0 04 a pound. Watson’s crop totaled 510 pounds and brought 145 30 dollars, averaging 28 48 per hundred.
In Gallipolis a shipment of 100 piglets sent to relief families had five dead and twelve sick with cholera when inspected by Dr. C Ross Niday. He ordered the twelve to be killed and burned, and the rest to be butchered immediately, not guaranteed for more than a day.
Gallipolis reports Miss Bertha Guston postmaster at The Heights Pt. Pleasant W Va fell at home last night suffering a fracture of the right wrist and right elbow dislocation. She was taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment.
Twelve year old William Cruikshank of Pt. Pleasant W Va was at Holzer Hospital after a cartridge believed to be a blank contained a bullet. The round struck the palm of his right hand and doctors expected a rapid recovery.
Four young children perished when fire consumed their farm home 16 miles northeast of Codette while their mother visited a neighbor and their father was away fetching mail 10 miles away in Nipawin.
Four men recount as their plane crashes in isolated New York State forest. They describe losing altitude after a left engine failure, crashing into trees, escaping into a snow bank, and surviving a frigid night with minimal supplies. They signaled rescuers by lighting a tree after exhausting dwindling fuel.
Dr and Mrs Le Fever hosted a Sunday dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs George Hardy Monroeville Mary and James Rauch Columbus Mr and Mrs Frank Leeper Waterford Ote and Donna Lovell Mr and Mrs EB Leeper Fred Leeper Wilma Morrison Mountville Mrs Jane LeFever Mrs Alta Lovell Mrs Jessie Hill Bernard Lovell and Alice Smith in this city.
Glouster officials announce a special council meeting Wednesday at 7 PM to discuss an ordinance from the Ohio Fuel Gas Company seeking a higher rate for local gas customers. The company says current pricing loses money and the proposed rate would merely make the local distributor self sustaining, not profitable.
Ernest Schoenburn, a Mine 267 Hunterdon driver, was crushed between a mine car and his horse last Friday. He was taken to a Columbus hospital for treatment Sunday.
Roger Kittle James Stedman and Alfred Craft attended a Kiwanis banquet and dance in Pt Pleasant West Virginia on New Year’s Eve. They were guests of Gail and Mrs Faires former Glouster residents during their visit.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Johnson and Ralph Holmes of Columbus stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sayre as they rode home from a motor trip that took them through Baltimore Washington and Charlottesville.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will meet at Mrs. John B. Stiff's Spring Street home Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Also note Kiwanis Club did not meet New Year's Day due to regular noon time. meetings resume next week.
Reports from Maysville Kentucky show day one sales reaching 360480 pounds with an average price of 16 dollars 90 cents per hundredweight. The market signals a strong start for the post holiday period.
William Taylor, 54, brother of E H Tayelty, died Sunday morning after a lingering illness at Garland Pa. Funeral at Garland at 2 PM with burial in the local cemetery. Survived by his wife and one son Warren, four sisters, two brothers. residents of Pennsylvania except E H Tay and sister Mrs C Marker of Columbus.
A one year old child of Mr and Mrs James Glouster Robe rton died Monday morning at 8 39. Funeral services will be held at home Wednesday afternoon at o clock with Rev P Morris in charge. Burial will be made at Maplewood Cemetery.
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