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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
2
Nelsonville Paul Allen, service and safety director for the City of Nelsonville for six months, resigns to become deputy in the office of County Engineer B. F. Beckler. He starts Monday Jan 4 and remains a Nelsonville resident. Mayor Holland says a successor is not yet chosen as city finances after year end are considered.
The Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church in Nelsonville held a 6 pm chicken dinner at McDaniels with 16 members. Mrs Bertha Barker hosted at her bright home for devotions, a poem, carols, a short business session, and a gift exchange.
Nelsonville reports Joe Wright, janitor at the Junior High School Building, had an appendectomy Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. His condition is listed as satisfactory.
Nelsonville marks New Year with citywide quiet as stores banks and post office close. Mines idle and watch parties held across the district. Elks and ladies host annual dance at the club on Hocking Street.
Nelsonville police chief George Bateman warns that shooting air guns within the city is a misdemeanor with severe penalties. Reports since Christmas include eye injuries and broken windows as boys misuse air rifles. Police urge parents to enforce the ban and curb the outbreak.
The Rev Le land Goodman of the Church of Christ will speak on God and the New Year at the 10 30 am service. The choir sings Come Thou Bethlehem and a Mary Margaret Betts William Scott duet. Evening sermon Four Dimensions. Sunday School 9 30 am Union Young People's 5 30 pm. Weekly notices list board meeting choir practice Loyal Women's Aid Esther Aid and Woman's Missionary Society events.
The Hyperion Club will hold its annual social meeting Saturday afternoon at 3 30 at Mrs C E Welch's home. A business session with officer elections will follow, then a musical program arranged by Mrs Ralph Parks and Mrs E G Clifton. At 5 30 the group will have a turkey dinner at the Dew Hotel.
Twenty four members of Class No 21 of the Methodist Church held a farewell party for Mrs Charles Bayliss at Mrs Rachel Inmans new Fort Street home. A covered dish dinner followed by a social hour preceded presenting a gift to Mrs Bayliss who leaves Monday for Athens as Mr Bayliss begins duties as Athens County sheriff.
Jacksonville mayor H R Phillips reports many complaints about boys shooting airguns on streets and narrowly missing people. Parents will be held responsible for any accidental shooting or damage caused by the guns. Chauncey Wilson and Lena Wilson with Dorothy Elaine Wilson are mentioned in travel notes. A 1439 Burgundian clock anecdote is cited.
Nelsonville officials report the levee near W Washington Ave will not be weakened by canal project work. Service Director Paul Allen confirms the cut to form a curb line for the new street skirt will not reduce strength, and soil moved will be placed behind the levee to keep it at equal height and thickness after completion. Residents recalling the 1907 flood and 1913 sandbagging monitor the excavation with concern, but Allen asserts the levee will be stronger.
Rev. Gilbert Courtney will preach at the Church of Christ after Bible School at 9 30. He will be at Taylor Ridge Sunday afternoon and Greens Run Sunday night.
Miners across the Chauncey district take New Year’s Day off after a busy week. Most mines are idle except Goose Run 10X and Mine No 15 closed. Working pits include No 5 9 28 60 90 219 255 267 Chauncey N Y 25 Poston No 6 Hocking Coonville Carbondale Lick Run Kimberly and Black Diamond. Local ore houses also closed. Community watch parties and dinners planned for the holiday.
Chauncey and surrounding area residents share visits and illnesses. Hartleys host Cope Kittle Pierce and Hartleys plus Jerry. Lizzie Barber visits Mary Dowler Ludwig who remains ill. Fisk family hosts Fisk Sr parents. Bobby Fisk visits Howard and Nelsonville relatives. Daniel Fulton ill with influenza. Linens note Albany trip by Mary Lee Blower and Donna. Dr. Sanders and Emmett Olbers travel to Columbus.
Doanville Church invites the public to a Sunday evening service at 7 o clock led entirely by its young people. The program features special music and talks in celebration of the New Year.
Mrs Floyd Nye is reelected president of the Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ at a Wednesday meeting held in Mrs Carl Shafer's home on Mound Street. Five members were ill and unable to attend.
A series of revival meetings will begin at Zion Church Sunday night led by Rev. Fred Fields. Services start at 7 o'clock each night with special music by Owen Snedden and John Powell. Mr. W. E. Dicken announces the event and invites the public.
The Plains Church of the Nazarene will have Rev. Lester H. Stanley fill the pulpit both services on Sunday January 3 replacing regular pastor Rev. Drell H. Goff. Sunday school at 9 30 a m is led by Mrs Carrie Channel and the Young People's meeting at 6 30 p m is led by Miss Margaret Bricker.
Chauncey and Mrs. Floyd Stanley hosted a large family gathering for Christmas Day a lavish turkey dinner. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Robinett Jr and their children Billy Lee and Norma Jean of Columbus along with Mrs. Stanley's father Mr. Ford and Mr. John Stanley and the Stanley couple. The Robinetts stayed through Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Albert Corwin have returned to Perry O after visiting here for the holidays with Mrs Clara Caldwell. Mrs Doral Horch and Clara Jane returned after holidays with Dr and Mrs C E Welch at Summit Station. Dr Welch and Mrs Welch spent Thursday in Columbus. In Nelsonville Supt and Mrs E J Arnold and family are spending New Year with relatives at Wilmington.
Mr and Mrs Fred Leake hosted holiday guests at their Greens Run home including John Leake of Hopewell Ohio and Mr and Mrs George A Daft of Baltimore Ohio Also visiting were Robert Kinney of Columbus Mr and Mrs Glen McConkey of Albany Mr and Mrs Ray Leake and children Nancy and Lanny Greens Run and Mr and Mrs Harold Blower and children Mary Lee Donna and Tommy of Millfield
The Mothers' Bible Class of Zion Church has indefinitely postponed its Friday meeting at the home of Mrs. Emma Hawk due to the serious illness of her mother Mrs. Hester Scott. Mrs. Hawk was called to Salem by her mother's illness.
Fragmentary notice notes a marriage announcement near Marion and references Maude Figgins and a school connection. It also mentions a 10 year old individual and a motor vehicle fire engine estimate of 20 000 in service in the United States.
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