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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
2
Nelsonville's two officer force led by Chief George Bateman and night patrolman James Cope set a local arrest record for 1935 with 417 arrests, up from 336 the prior year, led by intoxication as the dominant factor.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Kessinger will return this evening from Steubenville where she attended a New Year’s Eve dance at the country club. Mrs Josie Baugh and daughter Mildred visit until Sunday with Mr and Mrs Carl Hartley at Duncan Falls Ohio and Mr and Mrs Claude Hall in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Leo Hans and Rhea of Akron are guests of Mr and Mrs B M Coakley and Mr and Mrs John Hoodlett. Mr and Mrs EB G Cliffton have returned after spending days at Newcomerstown with friends.
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Simonton announce the marriage of their daughter Hazel to Clyde Barber son of Mr. and Mrs. George Barber. Attendants were Mrs. Naomi Mc Leod of San Pedro California and Miss Edna Simonton, sisters of the bride.
Shirley Ann Dunn aged 40 months died at her Floodwood residence parents Mr and Mrs Harry Dunn. Funeral services set for Friday at 10 am at the home with burial at Green Lawn.
C L Stout visited Coolville on Wednesday for the funeral of his mother in law Mrs A C Davis. Mrs Stout had been staying at her mother's home and returned home with Mr Stout after the service.
Nelsonville district officials of the United Mine Workers of America will join Local Union No. 3905 at Kimberly Mine wash house tonight at 7 o'clock. Ernest Hoskins says the meeting will explain Saturday work provisions under the seven hour day five day week. Officials present include John Owens and Thomas Price of District 6 Herman Theisen H T Rainey and W B Morris of Local Division.
Mrs Jennie Clark 79 a former Nelsonville resident died in Columbus at 4 o clock New Year s Day Funeral plans not yet set but the body will likely be brought to Nelsonville for burial Friday or Saturday Survived by three sons and one daughter
Supt. and Mrs. Pielgard Hansen and children spent a week with relatives in Columbus. Edith Denney and son Ralph of Grove City visited C. R. Reed’s family. Ray Strausbaugh and sons visited Earnest Major. Lottie Kruskamp and Catharine Wells stayed with Dave Valentine in New Matamoras. J A Woods on business in Columbus. Kathryn Gallegar visiting relatives there. Rilia Davis and Ardith Ann with Danville relatives. D B Davis spent Sunday with A L Devault. Lillian Parsons vacationed with Luther Parsons’s family. Russell Waltz and family visited Ray Cooper at Radcliff. Harold Bernard, from Virginia, spent time with family. John Lewis near town hosted a New Year’s party for several couples.
A testimonial touts Vendol as relief for stomach and liver ills with improved appetite sleep and energy. Mrs L Van Gerlich of Lowell Ohio credits the triple strength remedy for steady digestion and renewed health after 39 days. Athens Pharmacy markets the product as nature based and prescription backed.
Funeral services for Thomas Cullison who died early Wednesday will be Saturday at 1 PM at the Holiness Church on Chestnut Street. Burial will follow in Matheny Cemetery.
The Literary Digest reports a nationwide poll with 1,370,774 ballots. 541,845 voters approved Roosevelt’s New Deal policies while 828,929 rejected them, 60.47 percent against and 39.53 percent for. Twelve states back the policies, thirty-six oppose, totaling 309 electoral votes against the New Deal.
A government backed plant in the Virgin Islands will produce 250000 gallons of fine brown rum yearly as part of the Virgin Islands Company drive to make the islands self supporting. The operation under Interior Department overseen by Governor Cramer aims to revive a once profitable industry and provide work for about 22000 residents.
Frank Jonas aged 68 longtime resident dies Wednesday in a Dayton hospital after becoming ill during a visit to his children there. He is survived by his wife and nine children including William and George in this city and Alfred near Dayton, plus three brothers Henry George and Joe and a sister Mrs. Jennie Humphrey in Columbus.
Two intoxication arraignments were heard in the court of Mayor 8. G. Holland on New Year's Day. Fred Jenkins of this city and Linzey Reeves of Modoc pleaded guilty and were fined $5 plus costs each.
The Morristown Holiness Church schedules its weekly cottage prayer meeting for Friday at seven oclock in the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Walton.
A. L. Snedden offers satirical takes on New Year optimism, campaign rhetoric, and fiscal warnings. He mocks money talk and inflation while reflecting on politics, marriage, and world peace with wry, ironical prose.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Scott hosted Christmas dinner with many Scott relatives and friends at their home. Others visited family in Cleveland Glouster and Athens while several individuals spent holidays with relatives in Lancaster Hebbardsville Bolin Mill Lower Plains Youngstown Columbus and Athens.
Paul and Wayne Orr made a business trip to Columbus. Many families from Milbourne West Virginia to East Liverpool and Athens share Christmas and weekend visits with relatives in Bashan and nearby towns. Rev Grover White returned from Kentucky after a series of meetings.
Veterans leaders advocate immediate full cash payment of adjusted service certificates due 1945 plus refunds of interest and cancellation of unpaid interest. They propose optional interest on maturity value, issuance of special government obligations worth about 500 million tied to the US Life Insurance Reserve, and foresee total immediate costs near 1 billion dollars with 500 thousand veterans involved.
A Treasury review shows $12.4 million in relief expenditures excluding farm and city mortgage loans and RFC Hoover-era costs. Roosevelt promises relief peak passes while signaling next year’s cuts. farming aids top $5.25 billion and public works near $5.5 billion as recovery funds flood multiple programs.
Opal Odenthal of Walnut Street will host the WBA members Friday night at the Nelsonville club.
Detectives report the youths planned robbery for education funds. Dale Rogers was abducted and robbed of $5, then dumped. The pair confessed to hitting a filling station for $4.20 and shooting the McClanahans during a pursuit. An elevator operator alerted police. Bert McClanahan held a revolver. no shot was fired by him. Gratt, a school teacher, was later seized in a car theft tied to a pharmacy hold-up netting about $30.
Rome defends bombing as justified after claims Ethiopian beheadings of Italian aviators. Swedish Red Cross members waved flags to warn targets while Stockholm pledges a larger unit. Meanwhile U S neutrality talk grows as Italy’s campaign stalls and insurance costs fall.
Funeral services for Frank Gee will be held Friday at 1 PM at the Murray City Methodist Church. Burial is planned in Lancaster.
Hawk Social notes a series of personal items: J Jenking and family visiting Minerton. Mrs Arley Carr and daughter with her. Alfred Trueman now of Wellston and Chicago visit. John Jenkins and Jamie Leston from W Va with parents Mr A J Jenkins. Christmas visits by Alfred Trueman and Wellston. Dickie Shifflet from State School at Columbus visiting parents. Thomas Carpenter and Carr attended a fiddley at Welliston. Rosie Napper recovering. revival at the Church starting in January with Melvin Dunn as pastor and Herbert McKinniss. Carr and Jackson errands. Mattie Lowell visiting her daughter. Frank Reynolds from near Van.
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