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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1933
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes show Ians to meet for the Izaak Walton League gathering in 1933 with tense wording about Tuesday night plans. Details are incomplete but indicate a local meeting to secure a sensation or state of affairs.
Nelsonville is the site as Joseph Slater 81 a retired Hocking Valley coal operator dies after a pneumonia illness at his Columbus home. Born in England in 1851 he emigrated to the United States in 1869 and spent decades in Ohio Maryland and Illinois before settling in Nelsonville. He leaves five sons a daughter and numerous grandchildren with funeral arrangements anticipated in Columbus.
In Nelsonville on Sunday evening the Young People of the Presbyterian Church presented a varied program of musical selections. About seventy were present as John Holland opened with a scripture reading following the opening song.
Palm Queen Joe Galvin and Elwood McCreary sang a duet with Clara Galvin. Mary Frances Groves and Martha Sheppard plus Helen Weltzheimer contributed solos. A quartet including Charlies Evans Harold McCray Elwood McCreary and Joe Galvin closed the program as Tom Wolf announced the 1953 slogan Be Kind. The Rev Lloyd Evans urged members to watch for changes in technocracy public opinion and Ohio schools. Fred Stapleton wrote an article and Harris Wood spoke on future technocracy developments.
The Loyal Woman's Class of the Christian Church meets Tuesday at 7 PM at Mrs. Fred Juniper's home. Members are asked to bring a few sandwiches. Miss Merle Pedigo visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edgar in Athens, and Joe Pedigo stayed with his sister Mrs. Clarence McMillin in Haydenville.
Nelsonville January 2 George Cheshire Logan pleaded guilty to intoxication before Mayor J W Hickman. He was fined 10 dollars and costs. T B Pritchard charged with conducting a lottery also pled guilty before Mayor Hickman and received 90 days jail sentence suspended on good behavior.
Nelsonville Ohio reports weekly coal output continued to show strong demand despite holiday mine closures. The U S Bureau of Mines estimates 7 68 million tons produced in the week ending December 24 a 2 percent drop from the prior week and higher than 1931 figures. Local Hocking district mines remained idle for the holiday.
Phil Taylor recorded his ninth hole in one on the eighth hole at a Victoria British Columbia course marking another ace in his golfing tally.
A Red Cross car arrived in Nelsonville with 2,800 sacks of government flour. Distribution will begin immediately in York Township with Har ry Kelly directing Nelsonville, Brady Covert overseeing Buchtel, Walter Maccombs in Happy Hollow Deanville and Floodwood, and Mrs. Robert Beckler in Kimberly. Reverend Lloyd Evans serves as chairman of the overall committee.
Gorilla Jones of Akron and Sammy Slaughter of Terre Haute plan a January 30 title bout in Cleveland under American Legion sponsorship. Jones has held the world middleweight title and recently vacated the NAB title after a Paris loss. Slaughter has signed to fight, with NAB officials reassessing Cleveland's eligibility for sanction.
Athens police arrested three men, Charlies Ayres, Ernest Cheadie, and Edward Maxwell, during the weekend for intoxication. Floyd Graham was held on a traffic violation as a city prisoner.
Phoenix dated January two 1938 Halloran indicted as an accessory in the murder of Agnes Ann Leroi tied to Winnie Ruth Judd who faces a death sentence County prosecutor change delays arraignment as Halloran seeks continuance to probe alleged disposal of two corpses with new attorney vowing early trial or dismissal.
Glouster welcomes the year 1933 with its first baby a husky boy born to Mr and Mrs Andrew Goodman colored residents of Glouster. The child arrived at 12 20 AM just twenty minutes after midnight on New Year's Day with no weight or name reported by Dr Crawford who described him as a fine big youngster.
Pitt team members will dine with film stars after today's game with Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Joe Brown will be toastmaster and Floria Stuart will serve as official team mascot as ideal sunny weather greets the matchup.
Don Peden returned from Chicago after talks with Nelson Metcalf about a possible move to the University of Chicago. No definite decision is offered yet though a future announcement is expected. a radio report claimed Peden would join Chicago with Ohio coach William Trautwein, but the claim lacked reliable support.
Ohio No. 1 Mine of the Ohio Mining Company at Jacksonville is now under control after a fire on Christmas night. Company officials refuted rumors of a surface crack allowing air to enter and described sealing efforts and gas testing planned for next Saturday to ensure the mine remains safe.
The Cleveland radio station WHK began the year without union musicians after Otto Kapl led a strike. Six orchestra members and studio organist Helen Wyant were discharged, though the union says their contract ran through May 15.
The record notes Peden was in Chicago at the time while Mrs Peden remained at her home, establishing location details for the sequence of events.
ZANESVILLE January 2 The new Muskingum County Board of Commissioners by a Democratic 2 to 1 margin will begin its first session Tuesday and enact the state law setting salaries for all county officials. NEW PHILADELPHIA January 2 Fire destroyed the Roob Building causing about 30000 in losses and threatened Hotel Reeves owned by State Senator W G Nichols. investigation begun today.
Maynard L. Hicks a 38 year old Lorain business leader collapsed and died at his residence the day after a New Year’s Eve celebration Coroner Dr Thomas Peebles reserved verdict pending further investigation
Buckeye Lake Hotel and Post Office at Buckeye Lake was gutted by a Saturday night fire blamed on faulty wiring on the second floor. Fire departments from Newark Hebron and Millersport confined the blaze to the 100 year old building. Loss is estimated at 35000 dollars.
Japanese sources report that Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang’s troops moving toward Jehol entered Shanhaikwan and bombed the railway station along with several Japanese buildings causing damage and disruption.
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