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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1931
Page
3
J H Bartlett staff correspondent notes classified ads and circulation lines inviting an experienced representative. Telephone contact to apply and engage the service.
John Wearson Pearson, 55, former Nelsonville police chief and guard at the Ohio Penitentiary, died Sunday at Radium Hospital Columbus after heart trouble. Funeral plans pending. He served as Nelsonville chief until 1929 and later worked at Ohio Penitentiary following a Civil Service reversal of his dismissal. He leaves a wife in Detroit, a son Jack, three daughters, a brother, and other relatives. Local echoes note his fearless, capable police service and long community ties.
Mrs. Caroline Ayers 66 died Monday night at her Millard home. Funeral arrangements pending. Alberta Woods 13 died early at her home near Aberly. arrangements to be announced. Misses Dorothy Thompson Garnet Sutton Columbus return home after two weeks with Lucille Coakley. Numerous visits and greetings among Columbus residents noted.
Nelsonville January 5. Mrs Viola Jane Spencer 51 died Sunday at St Francis Hospital Columbus. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 1 PM at the U B Church Murray City. Burial at Greenlawn. She is survived by husband John Spencer and two children of Murray City.
Mary Withem 93 died at home in Nelsonville after a life tied to New Pittsburgh Church. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 30 am at New Pittsburgh with Rev Shearer of Pilgrim Holiness Church officiating. Burial at Carbon Hill. She is survived by husband Thomas Withem and several children.
Nelsonville residents Mr and Mrs James Weaver on Poplar Street announce a son born Tuesday December 30. Mr and Mrs Arthur Rosser report the arrival of a son on Thursday January 1 at their home.
The Past Chiefs' Association of the Pythian Sisters will meet Tuesday evening January 6 at 7 o'clock at Mrs. W. W. Gibson's home on Madison Street. The Degree of Pocahontas will meet Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock with Mrs. Anna Linton on St. John Street. A good attendance is requested.
A called meeting of the Wo man’s Relief Corps will be held this evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Charles IL, Pensyl, Fort Street. All officers are requested to be present.
Mrs. W. L. Powell and son Louis travel to Columbus to be with Mr. Powell who will have surgery at Grant Hospital. He sustained serious injuries to his left shoulder in a fall two weeks ago while working as weigh master at the C. O. railroad yards in Nelsonville and was taken to a local hospital after the accident.
Nelsonville police report Bill Corbett, a long sought suspect from the East End, escaped arrest as he eluded officers during a morning attempt to confine him. Corbett, previously known for a December 1929 jail breakout, reportedly fled after a night escort from Black Fork. He is wanted for petit larceny for allegedly stealing a camel cloth overcoat hat muffler and a Bible from a young man near Orville during a Christmas Eve dispute. The coat and hat were recovered. the Bible and muffler remain missing.
Forest Grove Oregon Mrs EK Parrot searched a hay stack for a prize hog lost in early fall. She uncovered a thin hog that had fainted in ladylike fashion, ending the search with a humorous note on the mislaid animal.
William Ira Grimm, 54, of East Main Street Columbus, died Friday after a several months illness at St Francis Hospital. The body was taken to the Van Sickle home in Deanville where funeral services were held at 2 pm. Burial was at Greenlawn Cemetery.
William Darb of Darbh Walter sought work and waited at the City Building. Mayor Hickman, then Deputy Sheriff Joe Farbeann, arranged arrest for Darh Baker on pending matter. Police say Baker is a suspect in a Longstreth dance hall arson. Homer Johnson was arrested in Clayton district and fined $10 plus costs after pleading guilty to an intoxication charge.
Captain Tom Brown 86 longtime B&EI railroad conductor on the Southwest Division died Friday evening after checking in his train. He previously ran the New York to St Louis express No 4 from Parkersburg. His home was Loveland Ohio and he was part of the veteran conductors group with figures like Pat McGinty Harland Cleveland and others.
Officials at Fairchild Airport express concern for Walter Hing ton and Robert Chew who left here Saturday for Washington D C and have not been heard from since.
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