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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1932
Page
3
Nelsonville police assist in a search for two local girls missing since Thursday. Lorraine Clifford 32 and Emma Oliver 13 were last seen on Chestnut Street about 8 P M Thursday. Clifford had left a week earlier but returned after a day’s absence.
In Nelsonville on January 25 the Young People's Society of the Presbyterian Church set a new attendance record with 65 members responding to roll call. The group named itself The John Lloyd Evans Chapter in honor of Pastor Lloyd Evans. Myron Boozer attended as a Synod of Iowa guest and Coach Julian Yantis spoke on fraternity life and college days.
Miss Jane Calhoun aged 89 died Saturday at her niece Laura Calhoun’s home in The Plains. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 30 am at Brush Church Galma County with burial in the nearby cemetery. She was the last of 11 Calhoun children.
Ad claims Hills Cascara Quinine quickly cures a cold and lets you return to work. It urges readers to buy at any drug store, take two tablets now, follow box directions, and drink water. The copy promises rapid relief and a money back guarantee if not effective, twice as fast as competing remedies.
Local staff correspondent offers classifieds service and circulation assistance via telephone. Readers and advertisers are invited to use the dedicated line for inquiries and updates on local society notices.
Mrs Margaret K Irvin widow of Frans Irvin and a former Nelsonville resident died Sunday at her Columbus home. The body will be brought to Nelsonville Tuesday for funeral services and burial. A niece Mrs Daisy Ross survives.
Luke Murphy aged 52 died Saturday evening at his Jackson Street home after a long illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 pm at the Pilgrim Holiness Church conducted by Rev. D. C. Shearer. Burial is in Carbon Hill. He is survived by his wife and three sons.
Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor announce the birth of a daughter named Betty Lou born Sunday Jan 27. She is a granddaughter of Mrs Elia Taylor of this city and Mrs P J Brady of Happy Hollow.
The Citizens' Committee will allocate 1.5 million dollars for direct relief of destitute families in Greater Cleveland from a 1 mill special tax levy voted last November. An additional 500 thousand dollars from the levy will go to county debt owed to the city for tending county patients and other welfare work. Randolph Hide chairs the committee created by county commissioners to oversee the distribution as part of the 2 million dollar program.
In New Philadelphia on January 25 the O. N. O. Women's Bridge Club crowd filled the courtroom as testimony resumed in a divorce suit brought by Willard Hostetler against Treva Hostetler 21 a leading Midvale club member.
Prisoners at Dartmoor prison in the Devon Moors attacked warders, burned the warder's office and main cell block, and fought off police reinforcements from Plymouth. The outbreak, described as unprecedented, did not result in any escapes and began after a convict attacked a guard.
Jacob Lombardo 17 of Springfield says he sought relief from depression by getting arrested after admitting stealing a car from Alvah Turner of Columbus. He was arrested in Mansfield Ohio and faces possible five to fifteen years.
Nelsonville reports the fire department purchased 200 feet of two inch hose to tackle small indoor fires with limited water. The hose, in 60 foot lengths with small nozzles, can attach to the four inch line to reduce water damage. A new siren was installed on the large truck and the City building quarters are undergoing a renovation program.
The Christian Sunday School section invites its Business Girls Class to gather Wednesday evening after the prayer meeting at Mrs. Willard Simmonton’s Walnut Street residence.
An advertisement offers Q-623 guaranteed relief for rheumatism neuritis arthritis sciatica lumbago. It claims the prescription has helped thousands when other remedies failed and promises it will help with a few doses. Sold only at Quick's Cut Rate Store.
Routine notices of lodge club and other organization meetings will now be published at the head of the Announcement column in the Classified Page under Classification Number 9.
Local notes indicate Miss Evelyn Ogg entertained the King's Heralds Saturday at her Chestnut Street home. The gathering opened with a Junior Friend worship, featured duets by Leora and Anna Mae Allen, and a reading by Marietta McKibben.
Paul Weltzheimer and Floyd Wolf, students of Ohio State University, Columbus, were visiting at their homes here at the end of the week. Miss Labcilie Ballou, Columbus, was the guest of Miss Ruth Hyde, at the end of the week. Mrs. W. A. Pride, Glouster, spent Sunday here with her father, the Rev. L. G. Matheny.
Edna and Dick Tennsill joined Margaret Tennsill and Roger Scott in Columbus to see Selby Tennsill, in St. Francis Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Pete Shough, Mrs. Wannah Parry and family were in Columbus on business Saturday. Lulu and Charles Long hosted Misa Kate Gallagher and P Gallagher’s family in Middleport and Columbus. Charles Cox visited his mother Mrs. Leste Cox at the Glen Wer. Mrs. Will Morgan visited relatives in Columbus today.
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