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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
3
Local column highlights social news and gatherings in Nelsonville and surrounding areas. Mentions staff correspondent H. Bartlett and a Classified Ads and Circulation desk contact for 412-W.
Nelsonville hosts Logan at the Nelsonville High Gym with near capacity expected. Logan brings a strong delegation while local hopes rest on Nelsonville’s boys and girls to win. Evans may start at guard, possibly replacing Hart or Campbell, followed by the boys game.
Robert Fidler age 54 died in University Hospital Columbus from injuries in an automobile crash near Buchtel several days earlier. Body to family home in Buchtel. Funeral set Sunday at 10 30 a m at Buchtel M E Church. Burial in Buchtel. He is survived by wife Anne and several children.
The Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a regular meeting at the American Legion Home Saturday January 17 at 230 PM. Guest speaker will be Gold Star mother Mrs. Mabel W Sprague. Legion Auxiliary Woman's Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans members are invited.
Wilford Gladden dies after a stone fall at Mine 10 Derthick when a sharp rock pierced his chest and fractured his left arm during cleanup work. Coroner's inquest to follow. Survived by his wife two children and parents. Funeral at the Church of Christ with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
VOOSTER Jan 16 The last major council meeting of the month will be held tonight at 7 oclock in the City Building. Reports for December will be read at this session. Several parts could not be ready due to the regular meeting date shifting to the second.
The Post Office Department will establish a star mail route from Athens to Morgan County via Amesville Lathrop Kure Chesterhill and Penns at a distance of 9.8 miles. The service will operate one way daily by the B&O Railroad, through Malta, reflecting a new mail delivery station.
Plan anniversary events in Jacksonville as Charles Thomas Lodge O F. hosts a regular meeting on Saturday night. A speech program is scheduled and refreshments will follow. Members of the Rebekahs and their families have been invited to attend.
A sonic funeral for Mayor Malcolm Penman will take place at his Republic Avenue home Saturday at 1 p.m. Rev. J. L. Landsitter and Rev. Paul E. Kemper will officiate. Burial is planned in Oakfield Cemetery near Moxahala as businesses close 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Mrs. George Reed aged 73 died at Grant Hospital in Columbus from injuries suffered when struck by a car on October 8 while returning home from church. She had been admitted days after the crash and the body was to be taken to her family home tonight with funeral plans pending.
The Jacksonville M E Church revival continues through Sunday with evangelist Reverend Kemper of Gloucester delivering the message "Quench Not the Spirit." Epworth League gathering scheduled for 6 30 p m followed by sermon at 7 60.
Glouster Lodge No. 607 F and A M will meet at the Masonic Hall Saturday at 12 80 oclock to attend the funeral of Mayor Malcolm Penman, former Past Master of the lodge.
Rev Miles E Hoon formerly of Elm Grove West Virginia will fill the pulpit at the Church of Christ Sunday morning and evening at the regular hours in Glouster.
New Lexington High School basketball travels to Glouster to meet the Tomcats on January 17 at 8 p.m. in the local gym. No preliminary game planned.
A large attendance is expected at the regu lar meeting of Magic City Lodge No 797 S O O F tonight. Harold Shirkey of Jacksonville will serve as Special District Deputy Grand Master and install the officers.
FE. H. Taylor returns to Glouster from Garland Pennsylvania after being summoned by the death of his mother Mrs. Sarah A. Taylor.
In a moonlit nursery tale, Mr Punch, Miss Doll, the tin-soldier andKnarf pursue a mysterious skink that vanished through a wall. The group debates who will climb a tree to retrieve it before King Fat-Wat’s deadline, as tension rises and a skink finally begins its descent.
Funeral services for John Robinson 66 died Monday were conducted at his Elizabeth Street residence with the Rev H A Sayre of the Methodist Church officiating. The Fraternal Order of Eagles assisted. Burial took place at Greenlawn. Out of town mourners listed include Grace Rodda Maude Stevenson Myrtle Se bring Fred Birkheimer Frank Se bring Helen Se bring Jr Columbus Harvey Robinson Rose Mercer Will Eagon Quaker City H D House Anca Shambhart Paul Delaware Andrew Robinson Newark Emma Cook Hobart Cook Grace Stevenson Miticd McCoy Harvey Hamir Hazel Stevenson Murray City.
Mrs Earl Baker returned from Columbus where she was called Sunday due to her father W G Bennett's illness. Bennett is in St Francis Hospital recovering from a surgery last Monday. Mrs A B Johnson and Miss Hazel Wallace also spent or returned from Columbus with relatives and friends.
Nelsonville reports the sudden death of Bradley Reynolds a former Dew Hotel barber and longtime resident. He died Tuesday evening at his home in Clarksburg West Virginia. Funeral services and burial were held there Thursday. He was a member of Valley Lodge No 169 K of P Nelsonville. He leaves his wife a son and a daughter.
Harriet Woods died suddenly Thursday at her Buchtel home days before turning seventy three. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Buchtel M E Church with burial in Buchtel Cemetery. She is survived by four sons Perry Haydenville Clarence Ralph Chauncey and Ellis Woods a brother Charles Kelly Athens and a sister Mrs Adaline Roberts Athens and eight grandchildren. Her husband Addison Woods preceded her in death.
Miss Luin Lane taught a first grade reading demonstration at East School on January 14 with all Nelsonville City Schools primary teachers present. Superintendent H E Zuber chaired a follow up discussion focusing on aims results technique learning laws and reading tools.
The T. Co. L. Club met Wednesday evening with Mrs. Daisy Kesterson hosting and Mrs. Blanch Stanley presiding. Prizes were won by Mrs. Mae Ennis and Mrs. Kester son. next meeting set for February 11 at Mrs. Stanley’s home with a chicken dinner.
Mrs Leonard Cooley hosted her bridge club on Fort Street with guests Mrs Lee Pritchard and Miss Vivian Roscoe. After a 6 o'clock dinner, three tables played. Mrs W H Hyde won first high score, Mrs John Zeller second, and guest prize went to Mrs Pritchard.
E D Coffman assistant superintendent of the Athens district Western Southern Life Insurance Company based in Nelsonville is moved to Marietta to oversee company activities there. The transfer effective Saturday marks a promotion and Coffman plans to move soon. He came here from Glouster. Russell Lamborn of Athens, son of the late Byron Lamborn of Nelsonville, becomes assistant superintendent in the local district succeeding Coffman and will oversee the Nelsonville office.
Nelsonville report notes Miss Essie J Fisher a handwriting expert who travels continuously. Her work as a consultant and lecturer draws attention from local schools and businesses seeking penmanship guidance.
Teachers across Primary to Junior High view Miss Fisher’s teaching in writing as a model lesson. She delivers a closing talk outlining approach and benefits of demonstration teaching for all grade levels.
Announcement reports the marriage of Rosemary Putnam to Wilfred Grose on December 23 in Greenup Kentucky. The couple will reside in Columbia where Grose works as an electrician at the Neli House.
A small hole in the shingle roof of the residence of BUS Howers on Madison Street burned Thursday noon from chimney sparks. Damage was slight, according to reports.
The W. B. A. Club will meet this evening at the home of Mr. Carl Shaw on Fort Street. All members are requested to attend.
Starling Shingler of Mineral pleaded guilty to drunkenness before Magistrate C H Porter and was fined 55 dollars plus costs after arrest by Sheriff Wayne Wingett. Vern Scott and Charles Pyles also pleaded guilty to stealing chickens, were fined 109 dollars and costs each, and sentenced to 60 days in the Athens County Jail.
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