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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1934
Page
3
Nelsonville officials warn of water shortages as cold snap strains supply. Mayor Holland asks water users to conserve and shut off nonessential uses to prevent further outages.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as seven ways to stop a cough and cold symptoms quickly. It claims the product is harmless, pleasant to take, and offers a money back guarantee through your druggist if relief is not achieved.
Charles F. Patton of Nelsonville Ohio joins the Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery band as a student. He is class of June 1937, studies for Doctor of Osteopathy, and lives at 316 East Harrison Street Kirksville. He captained Nelsonville High School football and played other sports.
Miss Vivian Sweazey daughter of Mr. and Mrs Porter Sweazey of Buchtel married Mr Loren Fierce son of Mr and Mrs Carl Fierce of Modoc in Pt Pleasant West Virginia. The bride is a Buchtel High School graduate.
Mrs. Sadie Chivers aged 66 died at her Murray City home last evening in Nelsonville. Wife of William Chivers she leaves Howard of Columbus and three daughters Mrs Myrtle Woolett Mrs Gladys McDaniel of Murray City and Mrs Mary Binderbasin of Glouster plus 11 grandchildren and four siblings. Two sons preceded her in death. Funeral plans not yet set.
Charles Conley who died early yesterday will have funeral services Friday at 1 p.m. at the family home in Buchtel with burial in Whitmore Cemetery. He is survived by his wife three sons and three daughters.
Mrs Frank Higgins assisted by Miss Faye Howard will entertain the Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. The gathering is Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Higgins home on Poplar Street with Mrs John Murphy as devotional leader and Miss Helen Largent presenting the program.
Mrs. William Terrer and her children from Pomeroy were weekend guests of Mrs. Cora Tigner and Mr. and Mrs. George Badwell, sharing social hours in town.
Pomeroy church notes show the Women’s Council of the Church of Christ meeting at 7 PM Thursday at Mrs. K J Reece’s Yale Street home with Mrs. Eiva Gilmore as hostess and Mrs. Norman Gloeckner leading the missionary program. Rev Theo phil Mehl and family depart for a new Alabama pastorate after a brief stop in Jasper Indiana and visit with Mrs Mehl’s parent.
Pomeroy reports January car sales weak as new models arrived late. A total of 12 bills of sale were filed by noon, showing seven new trucks sold versus five new passenger cars.
A Tuesday fire on the Reedsville Tuppers Plains Road destroyed the home of Mrs. Ida Paugh and most of its contents. Officials believe the blaze started from an overheated stove and rapidly got out of hand before being noticed.
Henry Piggott testified in Marietta that Ella Kelly offered him 50 dollars to burn her Belpre home after a July 9 1933 blaze. He said he refused and could not find someone willing to start the fire. Piggott appeared as a surprise witness in the Common Pleas Court arson trial.
Andrew J. Bonnett received a 10 year term in the West Virginia penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the December 23 apartment shooting that killed William McNerny, 20, a former Belpre, Ohio youth. Bonnett cited the line He took my girl as his motive. The judge accepted the plea in circuit court Monday evening.
Three Youngstown steel companies sue in federal court to block an Interstate Commerce Commission order raising rail coal rates from Ohio River points Conway and Colona. The contested price would rise to 90 cents a ton from 80 cents. The suit seeks an injunction pending resolution.
Mrs Cora Blake Sharp of Fort Street Nelsonville died about 7 PM after two weeks of bereavement following her husband Charles C Sharp. The longtime invalid aged five years survived by three children Edward Rebecca and William with a brother Nat Blake of Columbus and other relatives. She was class of 1889 graduate and active Presbyterian.
Paul Parks of New York City son of W. H. Parks Nelsonville is baritone and director of the Travelers Quartet. The group appears on Tidewater Oil program Sundays Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 over the Columbia network. They will move to the National system after March. Parks and the quartet were invited to Washington for a birthday dinner for the President hosted by Vice President Garner, with Will Rogers among guests.
Extreme cold in Nelsonville reduced attendance at the President's birthday ball last night. Tickets for the High School Band and Masonic Glee Club program brought 2945 dollars, while the Nelsonville Aerie of Eagles netted about 40 dollars. All proceeds go to the Warm Springs Foundation endowment.
The record lists gatherings and guests across communities. Ladies Aid meetings at Taylor Ridge and Mrs. John Kempton’s quilting day feature many local names from Athens Jacksonville Glouster Trimble and Concord. Social visits include the Hefkins sixteenth birthday party and multiple familial and friend welcomes.
A farewell party for Rev and Mrs M S Rogers was held at the Church of Christ in Glouster on Monday night before their move to Bloomsburg Pa where he will lead the Church of Christ. The program featured hymns readings Maplewood quartet talks and a vocal solo with refreshments served afterward.
Revival services at the M E Church in Jacksonville closed Sunday night with increased activity in all departments. Evanglistic singer Miss Inez Staley of Oakwood led the music for the last four nights, following a similar musical program at the recent Gloucester M E Church revival.
Glouster notes report T A Noon has been reinstated with the New York Central Lines as fuel inspector for Ohio after returning from Buffalo. Noon previously served a decade as district fuel inspector before the department’s abolition and will assume duties Thursday. In Jacksonville Dr C von Scheele and grandson John Jomeson visited Zanesville to see Mrs Albert Shaw, aunt of Mrs von Scheele, who is seriously ill. A January Junior Loyal Daughters class at the Church of Christ Sunday School met at Lot(e) Baldersons with 12 members attending and prizes awarded to Ann Keith and Opal Lunsford. Rev O P Smith and Rev Deeds in Columbus for State Pastors Convention.
A consolation prize gathering hosted a list of attendees including Jack and Annabelle Chevalier, Charlies and Agnes Meyer, Gerald Chisholm, Mike Meyers, Catherine McVay, Olga Heinbaugh, Catherine Fleagie, Charles Boyagen, Eileen Conroy, Garnett Stemm, and Russell and Garrett Cory. The Corys are reported as grandsons of Mrs. Dora Hefkin of Taylor Ridge.
GLOUSTER Jan 31 New York Central Railroad traffic through this city was tied up for four hours last night when two heavily loaded cars on a southbound through freight train known as the Hot Shot jumped the track just north of the depot about 7 15. A wrecking crew from Corning cleared the line about 11 50 p m. The northbound passenger train due at 8 10 p m was delayed until 11 30 p m. Railroad men could not determine the cause of the wreck.
Glouster Ohio January 31 Mayor C F Wallace a Kiwanis member gave a three minute talk on city governance during the Tuesday noon club meeting at Hotel Gordon A piano solo by Mrs F D Kinney preceded the brief address Attendance prize awarded by E L Jones to B R Angie
Twenty guests attended a surprise party for Foster Fultz at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Conley 29 Maple Street, Glouster. A radio program and refreshments followed the birthday greeting. Guests included Joseph, Wallace, Allston and Robert Fultz Urban Morris D D Woods Densel Leach Virgil Tucker Lawrence Williams Ellsworth Burgess George Conley Bertha Elizabeth Williams Mattie Leach Mise Miller Mise Shelton Rendville and others.
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment for itchy pimples red blotches and irritation. It claims one application brings pimples to a head aids healing and offers a money back guarantee after decades of use.
David Trasin 12 son of Mr and Mrs Louis Trasin of Glouster underwent tonsil removal at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus. He was taken to Columbus January 21 but weak condition delayed the procedure until Tuesday when doctors reported he was recovering nicely.
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