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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1922

Page

3

Nelsonville Maccabees Install New Officers

At the regular Friday meeting of the W E A C T M the officers for the coming year were installed with Mrs Charles Martin as installing officer and Miss Gladys Nelson and Viola Wilkinson as ladies of ceremony. Officers include Commander Gertrude Gorsuch Lieut Com Elizabeth Fluke Past Com Bessie Bland Collector Mabell Heffner Record Keeper Evelyn Daft Chaplain Rebecca Hartley Lady at Arms Elsie Kreppie Sargent Lulu Williams Sentinel Elizabeth Hallet Pickett Minnie Shanner Capt of Guards Edith Briggs Musician Ethel Farrows Color Bearers Clara Hazelton Adda Neikirk The Review guests included 18 members of the Maydenville Review. An elegant luncheon followed the ceremonies and evening services featured sermons Heart obedience by Rev Wilcox of Athens. The International Holiness revival continues with Stan Ger awakening messages and singing by the Dunkleberger sisters One week remains all are welcome. The W B of O U M meet downstairs at the M E church Monday evening to attend church in a body.

Charles Martin Gladys Nelson Viola Wilkinson Gertrude Gorsuch Elizabeth Fluke Bessie Bland Mabell Heffner Evelyn Daft Rebecca Hartley Elsie Kreppie Sargent Lulu Williams Sentinel Elizabeth Hallet Pickett Minnie Shanner Edith Briggs Ethel Farrows Clara Hazelton Adda Neikirk Maydenville Review

Athens residents attend church meeting on Thursday

Rev and Mrs Charley Rev and Mrs E D Mureb and Mr and Mrs Charles Cameron of Athens attended meetings at the Christian church Thursday evening.

Charley E. D. Mureb Charles Cameron Athens The Christian Church

Magnificent Week of Services Concludes at Christian Church

The Christian church held a closing service with a full auditorium and a fervent audience. Dr Lowe delivered a persuasive call for unity among God's people, reaching sublimity through magnanimity and sincerity. Three young men responded to the invitation as the symbolic baptismal rite concluded the meeting.

Christian Church Lowe

Christian Church Plans Big Week of Evangelistic Services

Pastor L. Johnson leads a decisive week at the Christian Church with Bible school at 9 30 a m and 700 in attendance target. Evening evangelistic services host Dr T L Lowe nightly, all night gatherings in the big auditorium to accommodate growing crowds.

First M. E. Church Hosts Revival and Booster Night

The First M. E. Church reports a strong revival week with converts among all ages. Guest groups J O U M and D of A attended last night as the pastor preached on the necessity of spiritual dress for heaven. Prof. Good delivered the Ninety and Nine with inspiring song service. booster night features choir singing and the sermon The Great Invitation. Morning service at 10 30 with a sermon by the pastor. evening at 6 30 with Two Competing Railroads as the railroad night theme inviting railroad workers. Revival continues all next week.

M. E Good

Needle Club Luncheon Hosted By Miss Poston

Miss Mable Poston hosted the Ladies of the Needle Club Friday afternoon. At five o clock the daintily arranged tables featured an elegant three course luncheon. Guests included Mesdames Frank Poston Warren Badger W H Cann George Merritt E J Cable Dillion Sanderson John Wellman Willey Thurres of Logan. fourteen members attended.

Mable Poston

Daughters of America Host Special Meeting January 1922

At a Daughters of America gathering in their hall on January 19 1922 the State Counsellor Ada Bar ger of Cleveland District Deputy Mary E Garlington of Gallipolis and Logan council members were entertained. The degree team demonstrated the ballot welcomed officers and offered an invitation. The captain and team received praise for their work while Mrs Backus presented officers with a council gift. After speeches by the state counselor and district deputy a two course chicken supper was served to a large crowd.

Daughters of America Ada Barger Cleveland Mary E. Garlington Gallipolis Logan Council Backus

Sunday School Complements Growth at 9 80 A M

Miss Mabel Poston guides a Sunday School with increased attendance praised by the minister and teachers. Adults welcome. Evening service at 7 00 with Rev Arthur Marshall preaching. A report from the nationwide campaign finance committee will be read. Members and old friends invited.

Mabel Poston Arthur Marshall

Founders Day Plans At Central PTA Meeting

Sixty women attended the Central building Parent-Teacher Association meeting. A Xmas bazar netted 295 dollars and plans were made for a Founders Day joint meeting with other associations on February 17. A spring festival was organized to fund manual training rooms, with piano purchase and milk distribution efforts assigned to committees. The fifth grade showcased traveling pictures, and a 10 dollar allowance was given for the milk fund. No meeting is scheduled until March as Founders Day approaches.

Parent-Teacher Association Hamm Clark C. G. Sheppard Lou Rice Miss Clark Miss Mathewson Miss Masters Bartlett Association

Uniforms Fail To Stop Marietta In Narrow Hoops Loss

Nelsonville High School boys hosted Marietta at the local Y. After a fast game the visitors won 18 to 16, despite Nelsonville debuting their scarlet and gray uniforms.

Nelsonville High School Marietta

Funeral services for Dr McVay held Sunday afternoon

Dr F P McVey dies. funeral scheduled Sunday at 2 pm in First M church with Knights Templar conductors. Interment at West Union street cemetery. Friends may call at home from noon to 2 pm. White Shrine and Order of Eastern Star invited to attend in a body.

DR. McVay F. P. McVey Knights Templar West Union Street White Shrine Order of Eastern Star

Funeral services for Mrs Ida Wood in Sugar Creek

Funeral services for Mrs Ida Wood will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the Sugar Creek church with burial in Augustus.

Sugar Creek Ida Wood Augustus Cemetery

Court Notes highlights from Ohio cases in session

Dismissals and overdue actions mark court happenings. Several cases see orders for amended pleadings or future pleadings by January 25. Indictments nolled in State of Ohio v Nick Hardy and Clyde Laird. A sheriff sale return distribution ordered in Farrom v Bumgardner. Cash Wolf ordered to support Athens County Children's Home. Others show void judgments or dismissals.

Madge Barber Thomas Barber A. Dail Farrom Mary Bumgardner Jacob Shaw William Smith State of Ohio Nick Hardy Clyde Laird Vern Scott Ben Prose Everett Tanner Sheridan West Athens Ice and Storage Co Dr. Shoops Lab Dell F. Simmons Hiram Howe Mack Morgan Forver Charles Dupler Cash Wolf Mattie Wolf Athens County Children’s Home Gaye Holcomb Harley Holcomb

Glouster Passes Four Ordinances to Curb Vice

Glouster council approved four ordinances aimed at gambling bootlegging pool halls and soft drink venues with strict hours and penalties. A secret service fund 25 percent of liquor fines funds detectives and lawyers enforce the liquor laws.

Glouster Gormley Secret Service Fire Department C. G. Faires

Mrs J B Stiff Visits Shawnee With Family

Mrs J B Stiff spent the weekend in Shawnee with her mother Mrs Samuel Bates.

J. B. Stiff Shawnee Samuel Bates

Moose Heart Legion Special Meeting Notice

All members are requested to attend a special meeting of Moose heart Legion on Monday evening. Refreshments will be served.

Mooseheart Legion

Thelma McLaughlin Dies After Three Week Illness

Thelma, ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey McLaughlin, died at Corning at 2 AM after a three week illness from an brain ailment. Funeral services will be held at the M E church in Corning Monday at 9 o clock.

Thelma Harvey McLaughlin Corning M. E

Canaanville Babies to Swell Crowd Sunday

In Canaanville Ohio on January 21 twins will join the Sunday School for Cradle Roll Day. With 34 babies enrolled most are expected to attend if weather permits. Special music by the young men’s class is planned and a large crowd is anticipated. The contest among Guysville Stewart and Canaanville schools has become spirited.

Canaanville, QO Canaanville Guysville Stewart

Marietta High Faces John Hancock In Night Clash

Marietta high hosts John Hancock high in a basketball game tonight. Marietta just defeated John Hancock at their venue weeks ago and coach Barr has strengthened his squad hoping for a tougher challenge from the Met quintet.

Marietta Marietta High John Hancock High John Hancock Ohio Prep Barr Met

Father John's Medicine Promises Cold Relief and Safety

Vintage health claim notes Father John's Medicine boosts energy to resist colds and grip. It touts a gentle, alcohol and drug free formula said to purge impurities. The ad boasts 65 years in use and safety for consumers.

Father John

Burial Service Set for Dew Cemetery Adhered by Rev McCormick

Burial in the Dew cemetery to be conducted by Rev McCormick. The family home was formerly at Trimble.

Dew Cemetery McCormick Trimble

Tramps In Athens Busiest Nightly in City History

Athens officials report a record flow of unemployed transients through the city with about twenty to twenty five men seeking lodging at the jail nightly. Police caution residents to lock doors and keep homes secure as thefts and robberies rise and encounters with women on dark streets become more common.

Athens Real Hobos Knights of the Road Chubb Know T. B. Hickman Race Street Hickman Graham

Gift tax proposal targets estate tax dodgers in Frear bill

Washington January 21 A tax on large gifts to be paid by the recipient within ninety days after receipt is proposed in a bill introduced in the house today by Representative Frear Republican of Wisconsin Frears plan aims to reach tax dodgers who escape the estate tax by making gifts.

Washington Jan Representative Frear Wisconsin Frear

England Mourns Pope Benedict XV Death Toll

The bell of Westminster Cathedral tolled at 5 45 this afternoon to announce the death of Pope Benedict XV in Rome.

England London Westminister Benadiet XV Rome

Interstate Railroad Ordered to Reinstate Workers Over Wage Dispute

The United States railway labor board cites Interstate Railroad Company lines in southwestern Virginia to appear February 6 for an inquiry into alleged violation of an order. S. B. Atwood and H. K. Silvers were discharged for informing union officials about wage scales. unions claim wage increases were not implemented. The road argues it does not deal with labor organizations, but the board sustains the unions and orders reinstate ment for Silvers and Arwood.

International News Service Chicago United States Railway Labor Board Interstate Railroad Company Virginia S. B. Atwood H. EK. Silvers Labor Board Silvers Arwood

Increased shop capacity at Automotive Battery & Electric

The Automotive Battery & Electric company on Mast State Street has doubled service floor space by moving repairs to the basement. President Harry Simmons cites the large volume of recent jobs as the reason, noting the firm is about three years old and growing. Dwight Tritipp serves as secretary treasurer.

Automotive Battery & Electric Company Mast State Street Harry Simmons Simmons Dwight Tritipp

Huntington Upends Athens High 24 to 11

Telegram from Huntington coach reports Athens high suffered a 24 to 11 defeat with little energy. Shafter performs well and will travel to Portsmouth tonight. Huntington fields a strong team and aimed to avenge last season's football setback.

Torrance Huntington Athens High Shafter Portsmouth Athens

McGraw Named Highest Paid Giants Manager for Five Years

John J. McGraw signs a new five year contract as manager and vice president of the Giants. He will earn a salary of 65000 per year totaling 325000, plus a share of profits as a Giants stockholder. If success continues, he could net about a million over the term. The 1922 season opens with a World Series champion squad and new third baseman Heinie Groh.

Jack Veioce International News Service Sporting New York Giants John J. McGraw Charles A. Stoneham McGraw I Giants Heinie Groh New York Nationals

Weaver barred from return to organized baseball

CHICAGO January 21 George Buck Weaver former Chicago White Sox third baseman will not be reinstated in organized baseball by Judge K M Landis A ruling is expected in a few days Weaver was among White Sox players barred for conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series to Cincinnati He appealed for reinstatement which was disclosed by the International News Service

International News Service Chicago George ‘Buck” Weaver Chicago White Sox K. M. Landis Landis Weaver White Sox Cincinnati

U.S. Manufactures Exports Fall By Billions in 1921

Washington January 21 Secretary of Commerce Hoover released statistics showing a drop of about two billion dollars in United States manufactured exports during 1921.

Washington United States Secretary of Commerce Hoover Commerce Department

Senate approves plan for interstate rail mileage books

Washington date line reports the senate passed a bill directing the interstate commerce commission to require railroads to issue interchangeable mileage books at just and reasonable rates. The note recalls peace societies founded in England in 1816.

Washington Senate Interstate Commerce Commission England

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Opera House Nelsonville History OF the World William Fox Sheba Directed BY J. Gordon Edwards N. Y Queen of Sheba N. Y. Herald Mail Chocolate Shop Nelsonville News Maccabees Wilcox of Mmes Hill Frank Cooley Ton Shafer International Holiness Sunday School Stanger Dunkleberger Sisters W. B Needle Club Episcopal Church Presbyterian Church Ed Tanner James Elkins Derthick Canaanville Babies Vic Tima A Amon Father Johns GITY Victor Columbia Record Richardson-Gee Co Ohio Victor, Edison, Columbia Harley-Davidson Aliso A. D. Farrow B. M. Coakley People’s Bank Mazda Indian and Henderson Motorcycles E. State St. Nice Tor J. E. Zeller Regnt Hyde New Sanders Theatre Millfield Lostro
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