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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1933
Page
20
City funds records report balances and receipts through December and January. Auditor Ralph Ele details total funds, tax receipts, auto registrations and expenditures, noting a final balance near the low thousands. Local clubs and committees discuss upcoming Rotary and education meetings led by LLE.
Nelsonville obit notes Max Bowers 25 died Tuesday night at his parents home from influenza and a nervous breakdown after an 18 month illness. A Nelsonville High School class of 1926 graduate, he was a Christian Church deacon and worked for the Southern Ohio Electric Company. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs Downers, a brother Don Jr, sisters Amy Jo and Mrs Glenn Allen. Funeral plans not set.
Nelsonville High School Band presents its second winter concert at 3 00 p m Sunday January 2 in the High School Auditorium The program features One Beautiful Day a national contest selection for Class organizations with marches overtures a walse and an solo Other numbers include unusual stage decorations arranged by the band committee Ralph Parks Jr Rosemary Smith John Huddy Samuel Hawk and James Barrows No admission charged In attendance also Class No 19 Methodist Sunday School held a pleasant meeting with Mrs Rose Vaughn Helen Largent and Mrs Wleanore Kelly Devotions led by Mrs Hazel Dunkle and Mrs Retta Howe A business session planned Red Cross sewing Ways and means discussed and refreshments served
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, a natural vegetable laxative, replace calomel and aid bowels and liver without griping. The 20 year physician founder claims the tablets provide pleasant, safe relief for dark mouth, bad breath, dull feeling, and torpid liver with one or two tablets nightly.
The funeral party for Fred Preston arrived in Nelsonville at 2 30 pm Tuesday and went to Greenlawn for burial beside his father. Services were held in Columbus, Rev Herman Sayre of the First Methodist Church read a prayer, and pallbearers were old classmates Harry Kelly Watson Wolfe Art Gillihan Frank Poston Carl Campbell and Bob Ohlinger. Relatives in attendance included Mr and Mrs Charles Preston Scarsdale New York and others from Columbus Bremen Lancaster Athens.
A Monday evening party at Jennie Tennihill home celebrated Miss Helen Shaw birthday with a three course dinner for 28 girls. Guests of honor were Miss Shaw and Mrs Doris Horch. Helen Washburn presented a gift to Miss Shaw.
Mrs Anthony Toerner of Logan spent Tuesday here with friends. Mr and Mrs Frank Rauch of Athens spent Tuesday in Nelsonville. Mr and Mrs Este Crabtree have returned from an eastern honeymoon motor trip. Mrs Mary Myers of Jackson spent last week with her sister Mrs William Lacy. Friday they went to Columbus to visit Mr Lacy who is seriously ill in Grant Hospital.
The Past Councilors' Association of the Daughters of America met Thursday evening at Mrs Sophia Mann's Fort Street home. President Mrs Elizabeth Scott presided during the business session. Eight members and three guests attended the social hour and dinner. The next meeting is set for Ellen Steenrod's home on February 16.
The Queen Esther Circle of the Methodist Church will meet tonight at Betty Sayre's home. All members are urged to attend.
Troop 1 of the Girl Scouts hosted a Tuesday dinner at the Methodist Church to celebrate Miss Helen Shaw's birthday. A gift was presented and the event featured new scouts Audrey Bean Elma Robson Elizabeth Coope and Wanda Lee with Gladys McAfee named lieutenant replacing Margaret Shafer. The group won use of the church basement for regular meetings joining the Boy Scouts and will meet on Tuesday evenings.
Nelsonville report says Gene Hitchings age small son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Hitchings fell from a tree at home fracturing two bones in his left leg Monday at High Street.
Plans for the annual Farm Bureau banquet were discussed by 13 directors at the office of county extension agent T. H. Johnson. The event will be held in February with C. A. Dyer as speaker. A committee to arrange the affair includes R. R. Barker M. D. Losey and T. H. Johnson. A legislative and taxation committee was named to study the farmers tax burden. County activities were reported by T. H. Johnson.
In Cleveland on January 25 a crowd of 350 unemployed fought with police in front of an Associated Charities relief station. Nine men and women were arrested and scheduled to answer charges of creating a disturbance and assault and battery after a protest by a committee was ordered from the building as officials denied unrestricted aid.
The Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will start a 20 by 40 foot log community house at once at the Waltonian farm in Waterloo Township near the State Forest. Ground breaking is Saturday with William Casley directing and seven members listed to assist. Additional work will occur on Sundays and other days, with Harry Dalton available for information. The project aims to provide summer gatherings and later a dam and lake for fishing on the farm adjoining state forest land. Next Tuesday is the Walton League’s regular meeting night.
Mr. Carl H. Beasley traveled to Columbus on Tuesday then flew to Chicago for a wholesale grocers and canners convention and a Clover Farm representatives meeting. He plans to return home Thursday.
The 1932 health report by Dr J M Higgins shows 20 children served by the Child Welfare Committee with dental care and 16 with tonsillectomies. 5 fitted with glasses and 3 treated for infectious ears. Tax-supported aid came from local clubs and a missionary tea, with Christmas seal funds supplying milk eggs and cod liver oil.
The Lottridge United Brethren Church will hold preaching services this Sunday January 29 led by Reverend Snyder with special music by the Reverend and Mrs Snyder and the Reverend Hermie and the Misses Snyder. Guests include Mr and Mrs Earl Kincade at dinner with Mr and Mrs John Chevalier. Mrs L H Allen Mrs R M Allen and baby spent Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Sharp. Mr and Mrs John Gaston and Mr and Mrs John Archer were guests.
Webster Westerville 17 a farm hand was struck and killed by an automobile near Newark last night. Deadly incident details remain unclear with no information on the vehicle or exact location released. Local authorities are investigating the crash and notifying the victim’s family.
Frank W. Phillips, with 19 years in natural gas distribution, is appointed Athens district manager for the Ohio Fuel Gas Company. A Ohio State mechanical engineer and LaSalle business graduate, he will start Feb 1 overseeing 43 communities from Gallipolis to Syracuse and the Hocking Valley. He succeeds John V. Wise who moves to Staunton district.
In Botoga Colombia on January 25 the government invoked the Kellogg Anti War Pact to resolve its dispute with Peru after Peru appealed to the League of Nations.
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