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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1931
Page
3
Local notices and society items from Nelsonville and nearby areas feature classifieds and community updates. Readers are urged to send news and notices to the station for publication and circulation listings.
Nelsonville Fire Department logged 39 alarms in 1930 with 28 inside the city and 11 calls to other towns. Total local fire losses were about 15559 dollars, four fires above 1000 dollars, Netkirk blaze in December caused the greatest damage, and officials warn motorists to avoid parking near hydrants to keep access clear for pumps.
The body of Mrs. Margaret Frakes Nichols, 66, who died Tuesday at home near Worthington, was brought to Stouts Funeral in this city where it will remain until arrangements for funeral services are made. The time will be announced later. Mrs. Nichols formerly resided at Asbury Ridge.
Nelsonville High School girls travel to Logan Friday for a Hocking Valley League game. Nelsonville aims for a second league win after beating Wellston 39 26, while Logan sides with four veterans Guest Wheeler Lecrone and Betty Hack. Last season Nelsonville defeated Logan 37 14.
Condition of Mrs. I. E. M Hellyer after a goiter operation at White Cross Hospital is reported favorable. Miss Anna Mae Voight of Junior High School is confined at home with rheumatism. Dr. A. L. Pritchard travels to Columbus to be with Flersche McKee who had surgery at Mercy Hospital. W. L. Powell, C. O. Railroad weighmaster, injured after a fall, is recovering satisfactorily at Grant Hospital in Columbus.
Fraternal Order of Eagles members meet at the hall Thursday at 1 o'clock to attend the funeral of the late John Robinson.
Funeral services for John Robinson who died Monday at his Elizabeth Street home will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the residence with Rev. H A Sayre of the Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Kiwanis Club in USTER holds first meeting after weeks with 17 members and 3 visitors. Rev. F. E. Roberts addresses members before leaving for Linden and is honored with a fountain den. Attendance prize goes to Herman Atlas. visitors include McCullough of New Lexington, Carpenter and Dan Kovach.
Miss Pro Clarence A Kuhner of Haute Indiana to marry Mr D P Reese's daughter. The couple plan a late June wedding. Kuhner graduated from Indiana Normal College, resides in Cleveland area, and will teach at Indiana Normal College.
Sisters are requested to attend the regular meeting on Thursday at 7 o'clock. A potluck dinner and social time will be enjoyed after the meeting.
Mary Swett Tent No. 58 installed new officers in Glouster on Monday night led by installing officer Edna Embrey. Patience Wallace was named president with Lois Wallace senior vice president and Felda Stansberry junior vice president.
Miss Frances Taylor of Columbus and daughter of Mr and Mrs E H Taylor of Glouster recently passed the State Civil Service Commission stenography test. She ranked high in a class of eighty that took the exam.
H. F. Kittle, manager of the Athens Lumber Co. in Glouster, and L. W. Roberts of the Athens Lumber Co. in Athens left Tuesday for Cleveland to attend the Building Producers and Equipment Exposition. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers and marks the association's 50th annual convention in conjunction with the exposition.
Miss Alicia Patterson and Miss Elizabeth Chase, prominent Chicago society figures, completed a perilous 1900 mile air journey across Australia. Patterson, daughter of publisher J. M. Patterson, is an experienced flyer, while Chase is a renowned globe trotter.
Nelsonville held a Monday teachers meeting at the High School. Dr W L Gard of Ohio University spoke on the National Education Association noting 109 percent senior junior high enrollments and widespread teacher membership locally and nationwide. The meeting was chaired by Grace Roberts with Mildred Roberts Kenneth Kinneer Lucille Lang and Harold Figley on the committee. Principal Lewis E Buell led the event.
Mr and Mrs William Edgell return to Bexley after days with Mr and Mrs W W Gibson and Mr and Mrs William Morgan. D W Gibson of Delaware spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs A L Price formerly of this city travels to Detroit for her son Wallace Warner in Marine Hospital. Mrs Bert Young visits Columbus relatives. Mr and Mrs Joe Sherman return to Akron after several days here. Miss Magmie Gettle returns from Columbus. Mrs R M Henry and Miss Beth Verity visit Columbus. Co C Sharp visits Columbus. Mrs Harry Davis travels to Columbus to be with her mother at White Cross Hospital.
The Past Councilors of the Daughters of America will convene Thursday at 7 PM in the Junior Order Hall. A pot luck lunch will follow. All members are urged to attend.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a Victory Day event Friday January 16 at Mrs. William Standall's home 414 Chestnut Street. A noon pot luck luncheon follows. Visitors from Chauncey and Glouster will attend and speak alongside local members.
Thomas McHenry and Leland Hughes of Athens were arrested Tuesday night on intoxication charges. They will be arraigned tonight before Mayor Robert B. Wood.
Ohio senator Johnson of Youngstown introduced a bill proposing state aid for aged residents age seventy or older meeting residency and conduct tests. Applicants must lack jail time and provide for dependents. aid would cap at one dollar per day combined with other income and exclude couples with property over 3900 dollars. A State Aid Department would run the program within the Welfare Division.
Columbus Jan 14 The State Finance Department began rewriting the partial appropriations bill to repeal the lump sum budget system and restore itemized budgeting as Governor George W White seeks to eliminate the Cooper era deficit. The measure calls for 24 6 million dollars for the first year of the biennium and faces committee action next Monday.
In Los Angeles on January 14, the Edison Company through President R. H. Ballard announced a 7.5 million dollar addition to its Long Beach generating plant to begin next month. The Los Angeles division of Southern Pacific Railroad plans a 15 million dollar construction program in 1931, creating work for several hundred men over the year.
A group of Bethlehem Steel stockholders demands officers and directors repay 34,493,668 dollars in bonuses paid since 1891. The request was filed from Newark New Jersey as reported by United Press.
About 190 workers will be hired for three public improvement projects started in Columbus today. The projects carry a total cost of 212,665 dollars.
Two men robbed R. S. Lockhart drug store in Columbus Tuesday night. They took $27 in cash and a can of narcotics valued at $20 before fleeing.
In San Diego a $75 000 home and a new 16 cylinder car await David King of Israel upon his return. A trust fund created by Judge James Rutherford funds gifts, with a bid for Beth Sarim the House of Princes. Rutherford says David and his brethren will rise as perfect men, in modern dress.
The Wickersham Commission held a formal session in Washington on January 14 to approve its prohibit ion report before forwarding it to the White House for submission.
Reports that distress signals from the missing seaplane Tradewing were traced to fishermen who mistook star shells from two British cruisers for aviator flares. No further news from the Trade wind as the star shells were fired off San Miguel Monday night.
The Senate approved Edgar B. Brossard of Utah as a member of the reorganized tariff commission, part of a six member slate named by President Hoover. Lincoln Dixon of Indiana also won confirmation, with all six already serving under recess appointments.
In Los Angeles on January 14, Daisy De Voe is tried for stealing from actress Clara Bow while serving as her secretary. Prosecutors introduce telegrams and letters from men signing as Bart Harry and Rex, tying De Voe to the alleged extortion of 125000 dollars for return of the notes.
Lishon Jan 14 Dornier flying boat DON will proceed to Rio De Janeiro between Jan 25 and 31, Capt Christiansen, commander, said today.
Four suits totaling 8,060,600 dollars were filed in U S District Court in Trenton and in the New Jersey Supreme Court. Plaintiff A Renseville Frome former Campbell company official accuses Dr George T Dorrance Arthur C Dorrance of slander libel alienation of affections and fake imprisonment.
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