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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1931
Page
3
H Bartlet y staff correspondent reports community notes from Nelsonville and nearby areas. Telephone Your News and Your Society and Locals pages invite readers to submit items and use the classified ads and circulation office at 412 West for an experienced representative.
Nelsonville report from January 26 states Lewis Simms of this city pleaded guilty to intoxication and possessing intoxicating liquor. He received fines of ten dollars plus costs and one hundred dollars plus costs after arrest by Patrolman James Cope. Raymond Rogers of Kimberly also pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined nineteen dollars plus costs after arrest in the Mason City Hill district by Deputy Bayles and Officer Barrows.
Miss Gladys Ashby from Columbus spent the end of the week with relatives here. Mr and Mrs W C Poston are spending several days in Columbus. Charles Griffith left today for his home in Lemoine Ohio ending a several weeks visit with his grandfather J R Howe. Miss Anna Chapman visiting in Columbus with friends and relatives. Martin Ohlinger was a Columbus business visitor Monday. C H Roudebush of Zanesville was a guest here Sunday. Mr and Mrs Joe Mathewson and sons and Mrs C A Hooper of Athens were guests of relatives here Sunday. Fred Edington was in Columbus Sunday with his niece Mrs Robert Veon and her little son en route to Lorraine after a several weeks' visit here. Mrs Frank Bonifield of Carmichaels Pa visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Alva Johnson. Mr Bonifield returned home with her. Mr and Mrs Frank Freer of Madison W Va Mr and Mrs Fred Edington and daughter Martha and Miss Jean Freer were visitors in Columbus Saturday. Thurman Dow of Columbus spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Phil Kelch. Miss Lulu Parry has returned from a several weeks' visit with relatives in Akron.
Miss Margaret Clark and Miss Besse Deer hosted Mizpah Class of the Methodist Sunday School on Tuesday evening. After business, a social hour and two course luncheon followed with attendees including Mrs. Richard Brown and others. February meeting to be hosted by Mrs Craig with Miss Patton assisting.
A euchre party and an entertainment will be held this evening in St Patrick’s parish hall Buchtel. The play will begin at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to attend.
Music students from the School of Music at Ohio University were presented in a Sunday night recital in Music Hall Auditorium. An unusually large audience responded warmly to the performance. Participants included Dorothy Sloop, Marianna Linscott, Jane Gill, Kathryn Kern, Marcella Horn, Mary Helen Tee, Tarith Cutler, Robert Price, Jenn Mees, and Fieanor Push with several accompanists.
Nelsonville reports a weekly soft coal production of 9,195,000 net tons, up from the prior week. For the year to Jan 17, output totals 858,194,000 tons across 245 working days, with historical year comparisons and Ohio state figures noted for weeks ending Jan 10 to Jan 12.
Mrs. James Cope hosted a Thursday birthday party on Adams Street for her son Austin's 14th birthday. The event featured music games and stunts with prizes won by Gerald Thomas Leroy Grose and Bob Lancaster. Luncheon followed for guests including John Johnson Gerald Thomas Bob Lancaster Don Smith Ralph Barber Leslie Barber Ross Reed Leroy Grose Joe Spray Junior Johnson John Sheffield Kenneth Cope and many gifts for the celebrant.
Class 21 of the Methodist Sunday School will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Carl Coakley on Oak Street. Mrs. Carless Ogg and Mrs. Joseph Stanley are the assisting hostesses.
Nelsonville date January 26 The regular meeting of Fendorah Chapter No 72 Order of Eastern Star will be held at 7 o clock Tuesday night.
The Emergency Employment Committee estimates 4.5 to 5 million unemployed in early December, based on a survey of 46 cities covering 355 759 industrial policy holders. The figure corresponds to about 10 percent of nationwide workers.
The Athens County Red Cross board will convene at 7 30 Tuesday night in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to elect an executive committee and chapter officers. Relief campaign officers report $2125400 donated to the national fund and urge contributions at Athens banks or the Red Cross office. National officers say 103000 people are being fed in Louisiana by the Red Cross.
Bronx Zoological Gardens director Dr W Reid Blair acknowledges the city lacks antelope and caribou, with debate over bald eagles. He cites eastern geography and moss-eating habits as issues, mentions efforts to create an antelope reserve, notes other zoo items including a damaged zebra foot and tropical birds, and describes the Bronx Zoo as a hub for animal transfers to other cities.
Inquiry into the Southern Railroad passenger train wreck near Helenwood Tennessee began today. Five people were killed when the engine leaped the track and struck a bluff in rugged terrain twenty miles from the Kentucky line, with the scene distant from a highway and the nearest hospital.
Washington faces a split Republican stance as hearings begin on a 5 million dollar Red Cross relief appropriation and proposals to cash out veterans adjusted service certificates. Hoover opposes both, while the House and Senate finance teams weigh voluntary contributions and cash retirement actions amid Legion support.
Princess Beatrix, aunt of King George and mother of the Queen of Spain, suffered a fractured left forearm Saturday. By today she was progressing favorably as details of the injury were reported from London.
Senator Gerald Nye introduces a resolution for a five member special Senate committee to investigate the oil business. The inquiry would cover causes of crude price dips, resale margins, possible price fixing, field boycotts, organization and profits of combinations, end year stock ownership, pipeline utility ties, and profits of refiners for 1928 29 and 30.
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