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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
5
Charles S. Bradfield Jr. files a staff report from Chauncey and Millfield The Plains. The Messenger runs want ads and community notices under Bradfield’s byline, inviting readers to place advertisements at the paper’s number 0253.
In Chauncey Millfield Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School elected officers for the year. Leonard Simpson will serve as superintendent with Emma Rankin as assistant, Pauline Tracey secretary, Elizabeth Jones treasurer, and Bertha Simpson pianist. The new leader invites all not in other schools to attend Bible School and church.
The Rev. Bert B. Courtney led the service Thursday afternoon at the Jackson-Wise M E Church for J. W. Cochran 60 a longtime blacksmith at the Monsarratt mine north of Millfield who died after a goiter operation at Mount Carmel Hospital Columbus Interment followed at Maplewood Cemetery He is survived by his wife.
Enrollment Day will be observed Sunday in the Bible School of the Church of the Nazarene in The Plains. Mrs. Carrie Channell, superintendent, says there will be special music followed by preaching services after Sunday School and a sermon at 7 oclock by the minister Rev. L. H. Stanley.
John Gabriel Sr and Jerry Hunter, prominent The Plains residents, are reported seriously ill at their homes. Clell Thorne remains ill at his in law aunt and uncle’s home in Lower Plains, with unimproved condition.
Mrs Lizzie Barber of Nelsonville visited her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs F M McHarg Lower Plains on Thursday Aurley Hillyer who had been in Akron is now in Chauncey visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hillyer May Avenue Mrs M B Tucker Chauncey has recovered from influenza Her daughter Miss Hildreth Reeves who had been ill is improving Dr C Nile Sanders Millfield visited Columbus on Wednesday William P Brown Millfield traveled to Columbus this week for eye treatment
W J Hawk reports his brother Hadley Hawk, a Spanish American War veteran, is in a dying condition after a year in a soldiers hospital in California. Hadley, formerly of The Plains, married to Abel Martin and father of several married children, leaves multiple siblings and a father in law Owen Martin. He has two Kansas brothers Ben and Dave and a sister Susan McCoy of Texas. Also noted is Chauncey housekeeping news: Raymond Savage and Mildred Canter married Christmas Eve are living with Mrs. Mary Meinhart in Chauncey.
Senate moves to reconsider confirmation of FPC Chairman George Otis Smith and two associates amid executive versus legislative clash. President Hoover anticipated to veto or refuse to return the nominations.
Guss Graham and Chauncey conducted the funeral for Elizabeth Shafer 80 a pioneer Dover Township resident who died at her daughter Mrs John Johnsons Peach Ridge Services included hymns by Mrs Cap Smith and Miss Stella Carter Burial took place in Chauncey Cemetery
A baby girl weighing 8 pounds arrived January 13 at 10 p m to Mr and Mrs Herman Humphrey in The Plains Bernice O Neil is the mother The child and mother are at Sheltering Arms Hospital Grandparents are Mrs A M Humphrey and Mr and Mrs Frank O Neil The mother is a Plains High School graduate who attended Ohio University and her father teaches at The Plains High School
Washington marking the 11th anniversary of prohibition as Hoover Commission readies its long overdue report after 19 months of inquiry. Critics and proponents clash nationwide while labor women and state legislatures take up the issue. A probe into telephone wire tapping for evidence faces House hearings and AFL affiliates prepare reform plans. Connecticut Indiana legislatures weigh anti prohibition measures.
Mexico City dispatch reports extensive quake damage in Oaxaca with twenty confirmed dead including two in the capital area. City of 36 000 faces epidemic risk as medical supplies run low while relief expected from Mexico City.
Martin left for Florida this week to manage business and stay in his Fort Lauderdale home until spring. Ill health delayed the trip, and he could not make it last year. He is a Plains Reading citizen and owns real estate there.
Ed Booth Harry Jenkins and Roy Leppert were jailed by federal officers in Jackson for breaking into the I. T. & T. Railroad Depot and stealing freight shipments.
Columbus January 16 announced by State Finance Director H. Le Bevis Merlin Hrenneman of Columbus formerly of Lina takes over as commissioner. He served six years in the role during three Donahey terms and one year under Cooper Hodgman. For the last year he was head of the State Division of Conservation. Prior to Donahey he worked 16 years in the State Auditor's Department.
A. Vane, manager of the National Automobile Dealers Association, predicted today that four million automobiles will be sold in the United States this year. He cited stabilization of the automobile industry as a key factor enabling this level of sales.
A business executive told the Wisconsin Automotive Trades Association about growth and reasonable earnings, signaling stable industry prospects and a positive financial outlook.
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