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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
2
Igor Hickman urged boys in Nelsonville to handle Christmas air guns with care after numerous complaints. He cited damage to birds and windows caused by holiday barrage and called for caution to prevent injuries and property damage.
Nelsonville High School girls basketball hosts the local Alumni squad tonight in the high school auditorium. Alumni players include Mary Picard Adeline Ray Louise Vice Kecca Sharp Margaret Shafer and Jen Shaw in a Hi Y program event preceding the other games.
William Howe hosted a Sunday School class gathering Thursday evening in the church social rooms with games and contests. A luncheon was served at o clock to members and guests, totaling 20 individuals.
Bible School to be held Sunday at 9 30 with devotional service at 10 30 led by Frank Johnson followed by communion services.
Mrs Anna Evans 88 died Tuesday in Washington D C funeral services were held at the First Nazarene Church Columbus today at 2 pm Miss Fraftees Scott attended from Columbus and family and friends gathered for the service Many local residents and visitors were listed in attendance and as part of the note of condolences and visits by neighbors and kin adopting the usual local obituary tone
In Nelsonville Ohio, Win Bols of this city at Ohio Mine No 1 Jacksonville endured three minor accidents on New Year’s Day. He first smashed two fingers, then fractured a toe, and finally a bolt wrench struck his mouth knocking out a tooth. He kept working through it.
Miss Ruth Hellyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hellyer of West Columbus Street married James Keating son of Mr and Mrs Edward Keating in a ceremony held Thursday afternoon January 2 at the Methodist Church in Athens. The couple will reside in Nelsonville.
Pupils in Room I and Room II at Oak Grove School earned 100 percent for the first semester. Names include Junior Hartman Wanda Hartman Wanda Wachenschwanz Guy Wolfe Richard Levering Howard Hartman Clide Smith Beatrice Hartman Junior Wachenschwanz Pearl Barnhart Ruth Hartman Donald Wachenschwanz Garnet Hartman Katherine Kinsey Glada Parsons Elden Carpenter Jessie Parsons Paul Wachenschwanz Irma Cagg Christine Barnhart.
Newport inquest heard Coast Guards did not fire warning shot before opening machine gun fire on the rum runner Black Duck. CG-290 crew said klaxon warned. Survivor Charles Travers testified the vessel fired without warning. 21 bullets hit the Black Duck at Warrragan sett Bay mouth.
Charles McKee returned to Akron after Christmas with Mr and Mrs James McKee. Claude Hall of Columbus visited Tuesday. Epiphany Church ended the holiday season with a New Year Eve watch party featuring a Bingo tournament. A late lunch was served at 11 30 p m for guild members and friends.
Old Time Fiddlers will perform at the Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday evening, an announced event likely drawing local music fans.
Isaac Simon, a local junk dealer, faced a rough year as a daytime thief drove into his yard yesterday and carried off about 20 dollars worth of scrap while he searched for the party that raided his barn and took 16 valuable skunk hides the night before.
The Rev. U. Daugherty of Carthage Missouri conducts revival services at the Holiness Church on Watkins and Foplar Streets. Begun Thursday night, the series will run for three weeks with nightly services.
The nineteen hundredth Pentecostal year of 1930 is marked by Protestant churches worldwide. Through Easter on April 20 Christians study The Acts of the Apostles. The local Presbyterian Church will distribute copies to members next Sunday and begin united study in coming months. Rev. Lloyd Evans will preach an introductory sermon on the author and subject next Sunday morning.
The Hyperion Club meeting set for January 4 is postponed to Saturday afternoon January 11 with Mrs. Stanley Dew, marking the annual social gathering and the election of officers.
A joint installation of officers for the Knights of Pythias and the Pythian Sisters will be held Saturday evening January 4 at Castle Hall Murray City.
L I Krieg was a business visitor in Columbus Thursday. Oscar Richardson spends the week with friends in Indianapolis. Miss Gladys Bowers and Miss Esther Briley return Sunday from Columbus and Logan to resume work in the Nelsonville schools.
A one year old child, son of Mr and Mrs Mauno Eckonen, died in Conneaut from arsenic poisoning after licking paint from a Christmas toy. The incident was reported by United Press.
James Keating age 21 a barber of Nelsonville wed Ruth Hellyer age 21 a waitress of Nelsonville per marriage license record.
Chicago bandit Charles Morgan who led a gang in Cleveland bank robberies last summer received a sentence of 24 years 11 months and 29 days in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Cora B. Ziegler, former Athens resident, died Thursday morning at her Youngstown home from hardening of the arteries. She leaves four children. George Sands and family will attend Sunday's services in Youngstown. The body will rest in a Youngstown Cemetery mausoleum until spring when she will be buried beside her husband Ray Ziegler in Athens.
I. J. Cooper president of Cooper Battery Corp announced the sale of the Madisonville battery factory to Globe Union Company of Milwaukee.
John Fry aged 10 was struck by a automobile and killed while crossing the street on roller skates on the way to a basketball game in Bellaire. The incident occurred last night prompting a local investigation by authorities.
A San Francisco dispatch reports that three inmates will die as California prisons execute sentences. The exact dates and methods are not detailed, but the news notes upcoming death penalties following judicial rulings.
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