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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1928
Page
7
Glouster Jan 21. A card and dance event will be held at the Moose hall Monday night to raise funds for school lunches. Donations cover hall and orchestra, admission 35 cents, proceeds to the lunch fund.
Gus Gaskalla was chosen president of the Glouster council with Mayor Gormley casting the deciding vote. Leonard Viney was appointed street commissioner. A cemetery trustees board was named, and an ordinance imposing penalties for drunken driving was introduced and adopted. Street paving assessment adjustments were approved, lowering several charges. An adjourned session will consider bond questions for street work.
Dr C von Scheele of Jacksonville reports receipt of a check from Dr George Woodhouse of Pleasant Hill for relief funds to aid the needy in the Jacksonville vicinity. Woodhouse, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Woodhouse of Columbus, spent his youth in Jacksonvill e and knows conditions in mining communities after idleness.
Personal T. A. Noon was a Columbus visitor on Saturday, spending time in the city and greeting local residents.
Mrs. Maud Miller of Glouster sustained serious injuries after an automobile carrying another woman and two men struck a freight train at a crossing near Hebron. She suffered a broken nose and jaw, head and body wounds, and was reported in serious condition.
Ber nice Humphrey presided at the Naomi Bible class session held at Mrs. Augusta Whitlatch's home in The Plains. Vera Whitlatch led the lesson discussion, with Thelma Linscott as program leader and readings by Edith Barrows and Ruth Grace. The social hour followed with a collation.
Under the miners class program at The Plains the Plains school building hosts a public meeting Monday at 7 o clock. Rev W Walter Ludwig Ohio university student pastor will chair the event with a speech by a Governor Donahey representative. Sam Newman a trade unionist is involved.
County board chairman David Johnson announced that no petitions have been filed by candidates for delegates to national nominating conventions. February 24 is the filing deadline. Two delegates and two alternates will be elected in the congressional district for the April 4 primaries including Athens, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Benton, and Gallia counties. Delegates are to indicate first and second presidential choices on petitions. It is expected they will name Senator Frank B Willis of Ohio as first choice.
George C Cleff becomes secretary and credit manager for D Shafer Wholesale in Athens after years with Ulrich and Cleff Wholesale in Columba. He and Mrs Cleff plan to establish a home in Athens. Their two married children are mentioned.
On a cold windy CHAUNCEY day residents report early signs of spring. Rev V Ahlbrand notes robins in his High street yard. A woman also sees robins and two bluebirds, while a man reports caterpillars on his premises.
Eli jah Paulk age 75 died at 4 a m Saturday at his daughter's home in Chillicothe. A former resident of this area and Nelsonville, his body will be brought here Monday for funeral services at 2 p m at the Church of Christ. Burial details are noted.
Frank Dilley reports unusually heavy early registration at Ohio University for the second semester. Freshmen and sophomores register and receive advising this week, while upperclassmen have Thursday and Friday. Regular registration is Monday February 6 with late fees after that date. Fees may be paid by January 25 for those already registered. Final exams start the week after and run through February 2.
Representatives of the 2 000 empires of a Dursley firm will sit monthly with the directors to decide all policies. The arrangement aims to align labor and capital interests and streamline decision making within the organization.
Burial will be held in Nye cemetery for Mrs. Paulk who preceded her husband in death by two years.
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon by Gilbert B. Courtney minister of the Church of Christ for Robert Edward Stall nine day old son of Mr and Mrs John Stall of Millfield. Burial followed at Sugar Creek Cemetery. The infant died suddenly Wednesday after going to sleep.
The regular weekly meeting of the Ladies Aid society of The Plains Methodist Episcopal church was held in the aid room. Attending members included Mrs. Thomas Cade, Mrs. Robert McAllister, Mrs. Barney Hill, Mrs. Edward Buffington, Mrs. William Hamer, Mrs. George Bean, Mrs. J. W. Hawk, Mrs. Zell Buffington, Mrs. Zine Courtney, Mrs. John Martin, Mrs. George Cochran, Mrs. Charley Keaton, Mrs. Harry Porter, Mrs. George Smith, and Mrs. Theodore Nagle.
Mr and Mrs F M McHarg entertained as their guests this week Mr and Mrs Ralph Patterson and daughter Barbara of Pennsylvania Mrs Elizabeth Barber Nelsonville spent Wednesday at the home of Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Jr Mrs Elmer Coon visited last week at the home of her sister Mrs John Conners at New Pittsburg
The Ohio state vocational education department will continue mining classes directed by J S Hemphill. The program, reopening to new members, covers arithmetic and mining with sessions in Glouster Jacksonville Athens Pomeroy Chauncey and more. A second foreman exam may be held in Athens next autumn.
Athens council approves city budget with 51 420.67 for coming year while residents face sewer concerns on North Congress. League of Women Voters plans January 26 pot luck at First Presbyterian to add members and discuss the National Defense Act with Prof Morrison leading a briefing.
Senior lieutenant Hobart A. Saylor serves aboard the cruiser Raleigh heading toward Nicaragua. The vessel carries 1000 men and is reported in transit on January 21.
North Lancaster street repaving committee to obtain estimates for remodeling the Dana Connett home to widen the street curve. An agreement with Mr Connett allows the work to proceed and the cost to be included in street projects. The council adjourned with a fourth meeting this month to finish the budget and appropriations.
The article notes the son of Mr and Mrs George Ssylor residing in this city.
Corning public school teachers spent Friday at the mid year teachers institute in New Lexington. The Corning school was dismissed Thursday evening for the week, and the meeting was conducted in New Lexington’s new high school building.
Ellen Napier, aged seven, died at her Corning home Friday night at 11 30 o clock after infirmities. A native of Scotland she spent the last forty years in Corning. Eight children survive Isabel Mc Laughlin Columbus Jane McKen na Ellen McGuire Corning Peter Napier Chicago James Napier Crooksville Thomas John and Charley Napier Columbus Two daughters Mrs Mary Bell and Catherine Napier preceded her in death Funeral arrangements have not yet been made
Corning dated January 21 reporting the Senior Christian Society of the United Brethren church naming Lulu Jones as president Margaret Mason as vice president Alice Mae Wilson as secretary Louise Schlingerman as treasurer Margaret Schlingerman as pianist and Catherine Hardy as chorister.
A report details Sone Napier 387 and a car on the move enroute here after escaping. The incident prompted medical attention and ongoing updates on his condition and location.
Miss Maurice Clifford leaves Corning with her parents for Nasanaimy Kentucky to join a Catholic convent as preparation for her life as a sister. Over the past decade more than 100 Catholic girls from Corning have entered convents.
Social notes report Mrs. Henry Schott’s daughter Lurline leaving for a bus trip on Saturday morning. Various relatives and friends, including Mrs. James Matthews of Drakige and Mrs. Jean Reasoner, visited in town. Ed Nash attended a funeral. Ed and others from Crookesville and Zanesville were mentioned among several local visitations.
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